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Kain (surname)
Kain is a surname that is German, Jewish and Scottish. Notable people with the surname include: * Adria Kain, African-Canadian singer * Alfred Kain (1927-2010), Austrian cyclist * Andy Kain (born 1985), English rugby league player * Bob Kain, American businessman *Conrad Kain (1883–1934), Austrian mountain guide * Edgar Kain (1918–1940), New Zealand fighter ace of WWII * Eugenie Kain (1960–2010), Austrian writer *Frances Ida Kain (1908–1997), New Zealand dietitian and women’s air force leader * Franz Kain (1922-1997), Austrian writer and politician * Gabriella Kain (born 1981), Swedish handball player * Gylan Kain, African-American poet and playwright * Joanna M. Kain (1930-2017), New Zealand phycologist, marine biologist and driver * John Kain (rugby league), British rugby league player * John F. Kain (1935-2003), American economist *John Joseph Kain (1841–1903), American Roman Catholic archbishop *Joseph Kain (1854-1907), American politician and businessman *Karen Kain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adria Kain
Adria Kain is a Canadian rhythm and blues singer from Toronto, Ontario.Mitch Mosk"'Emotional, impactful, & honest': Toronto's Adria Kain shares her soulful & stunning debut album ‘When Flowers Bloom’" ''Atwood Magazine'', March 9, 2022. Her full-length debut album ''When Flowers Bloom'' was released in February 2022, and was longlisted for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize. She previously released several EPs, including ''Reverse Psychology'' (2016), ''DE(com)pressed'' (2017) and ''Still in Love'' (2018). In 2023, she participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health.Brent Furdyk"Feel Out Loud: Alessia Cara, Serena Ryder & More Canadian Artists Collaborate On New Single Promoting Youth Mental Health Initiative" ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'', March 2, 2023. She identifies as queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Joseph Kain
John Joseph Kain (May 31, 1841 – October 13, 1903) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling in West Virginia from 1875 to 1893 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis from 1896 to 1903. Kain was the first native-born American to be appointed archbishop of St. Louis. Biography Early life Kain was born in Martinsburg in what was then Virginia on May 31, 1841, to Jeremiah and Ellen Kain. After graduating from St. Charles College in Catonsville, Maryland, in 1862, he enrolled at St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. Kain was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Martin John Spalding on July 7, 1866, for the Diocese of Wheeling. After his ordination, Kain was stationed in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, where he served parishioners in eight West Virginia counties and four Virginia counties. During his time there, he restored churches in Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, and rebuilt churches in Winc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kain
Tom Kain (born July 1, 1963) was the director of sports marketing at Nike. He is also a retired U.S. soccer midfielder. He played collegiate soccer at the Duke University where he was named as the top collegiate player winner in the 1985 Hermann Trophy. He also earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1986 and 1987. Youth Kain grew up in Wall Township, New Jersey and graduated from Wall High School in New Jersey in 1980. While there he wore number 7, which the school has retired. Wall High School won the New Jersey Group III state championship all three years he played. He had 56 goals and had 40 assists during his junior and senior years at Wall. In 1999, he was named by ''The Star-Ledger'' as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1980s. After high school, Kain played for Duke University. His outstanding play for the Blue Devils led to his selection as a 1982 second team and 1983, 1984 and 1985 first team All American. In 1985, he won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kain
Thomas Gerald "Shaky" Kain (July 7, 1907 – June 24, 1971) was a professional baseball pitcher for 14 seasons in Minor League Baseball, a three-time championship-winning manager at that level for six seasons, a scout for Major League Baseball teams, and a college football referee. Early life Kain was born in 1907 in Nashville, Tennessee, and attended Hume-Fogg High School. He then attended the University of Georgia where he played college football, as a fullback and halfback, and college baseball. Sports career Kain was a pitcher in the minor leagues in 1927, 1929–1937, 1939, and 1941–1943, spending most of his career in the New York Yankees farm system. He had a win–loss record of 87–70 in 217 games pitched—although minor league baseball records for the era are incomplete—winning as many as 16 games in a season four times. He then was a manager in the minor leagues for the Butler Yankees (1939-1941), Amsterdam Rugmakers (1942) and Norfolk Tars (1943, 1946). He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutter Kain
Robert Deshawn Evans (born ), better known by his stage names Sutter Kain and DJ Bless, is an American rapper and producer from Queens, New York. His productions range from traditional East Coast hip hop to ghetto metal, a style that samples metalcore. The name Sutter Kain is based on the character Sutter Cane from the 1995 horror film ''In the Mouth of Madness''. He is the founder and owner of Never So Deep Records. Career Evans grew up in Rochdale Village, a housing development in South Jamaica, Queens, in New York City. He pursued music with his initial goal to become a battle DJ. He eventually left New York City and moved to the Carolinas. In 2002, at the age of 18, Evans landed his first recording and distribution deal with MCA Records. In 2003, when MCA was merged into Geffen Records, he parted ways and focused on his own record label, Never So Deep Records. He restructured the business to control aspects of the label including music/video production, marketing, pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war in his "Soldier's Declaration" of 1917, culminating in his admission to a military psychiatric hospital; this resulted in his forming a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the "Sherston trilogy". Early life Siegfried Sassoon was born to a Jewish father and an Anglo-Catholic mother, and grew up in the neo-gothic man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Kain
Roger James Peter Kain, (born 12 November 1944) is a British geographer and academic, who specialises in the history of maps. From 2010 to 2017 he was the Dean and Chief Executive of the School of Advanced Study of the University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree .... He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1990. ''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2017). Retrieved 19 June 2018. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Kain
Marty Kain (born 16 May 1988) is a New Zealand-born American cricketer who played for Central Districts between 2009 and 2017 and currently plays for the United States . In June 2020, he spent a stint as the head coach of the Thessaloniki Star cricket team in Greece. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft. In December 2021, Kain was named in the United States' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Ireland. He was later added to the USA's One Day International (ODI) squad for their matches against Ireland. He made his T20I debut on 22 December 2021, for the United States against Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea .... References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Kain
Khalil Kain is an American actor, film producer and rapper best known for his role as Raheem Porter in the 1992 crime thriller film ''Juice'' and as the second Darnell Wilkes on the UPN/CW sitcom '' Girlfriends'' (2001–2008). He is also known for his role as Patrick Peet in the 2001 horror film ''Bones''. Biography Kain was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York. His mother, June, is of African American and Chinese descent."Male Celebs Who Practice Martial Arts", '' Jet'', Sept. 24, 2001, at p. 40. Kain attended Hunter College High School in New York and later relocated to California, attending Foothill High School; graduating in 1983. Career Kain first appeared in the 1992 film ''Juice'' as Raheem. Following roles included Roosevelt Nathaniel Hobbs in the 1994 comedy drama ''Renaissance Man'' and Marvin Cox in the 1997 romantic comedy, '' Love Jones''. Kain portrayed golfer Tiger Woods in Showtime's ''The Tiger Woods Story''. In 2001, he teamed again with ''Juice'' directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Kain
Kevin Kain is a tropical disease expert based at the Toronto General Hospital, at which he serves as Director of the Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine. He is a Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, the Director of the Sandra A. Rotman Labs at the Sandra Rotman Centre, and holds a Canada Research Chair in Molecular Parasitology. Kain's sister is the ballerina Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training .... Selected publications *KC Kain, MA Harrington, S Tennyson, JS Keystone, 1998, ''Imported malaria: prospective analysis of problems in diagnosis and management'', Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998;27:142–article*ET Ryan, KC Kain, 2000, ''Health Advice and Immunizations for Travelers'', New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 342(23):1716-1725, June 8, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Kain
Karen Alexandria Kain (born March 28, 1951) is a Canadian former ballet dancer, and was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 2005 - 2021. Early training and childhood Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training because she believed it would improve her postural alignment, poise, and discipline. The family moved from Ancaster to Erindale Woodlands, Toronto Township when Kain was in grade 6 (age 11, 1962) so she could begin training at the National Ballet School of Canada. (The majority of Toronto Township, including Erindale Woodlands, is now Mississauga.) Upon graduating in 1969, she was invited to join the National Ballet of Canada. She also participated in Girl Guides of Canada programs as a member. Career Kain became a principal dancer in 1971, performing central roles in a wide array of ballets, eventually becoming well known in Canada, with the help of legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev. She worked as a guest artist with Roland Petit's Ballet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Kain
Joseph Kain (December 4, 1854–May 3, 1907) was an American businessman and politician. Kain was born in Kilwinning, Scotland. In 1861, he emigrated with his parents to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania. In 1866, Kain and his parents settled in Braidwood, Illinois. Kain owned a furniture store in Braidwood. He also was involved with the funeral home, livery and stable businesses in Braidwood. Kain served on the Kane County Board of Supervisors and was a Democrat. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1897 and 1898. Kain died in Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ....'Sudden Death In Chicago of Ex-Representative Joseph Kain,' The Joliet News (Illinois), May 4, 1907, pg. 2 Notes External links * 1854 births 1907 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
