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Len Brown (other)
Len Brown (born 1956) is a New Zealand politician and former Mayor of Auckland. Len Brown, Leonard Brown or Lennox Brown may also refer to: * Len Brown (comics) (born 1941), American writer, editor, radio personality and comic book scripter * Len Brown (cricketer) (1910–1983), South African cricketer * Len Brown (footballer) (1910–1983), Australian footballer {{hndis, Brown, Len ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Brown
Leonard Charles Brown (born 1 October 1956)) is a former mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, and former head of the Auckland Council. He won the 2010 Auckland mayoral election on 9 October 2010 and was sworn in as Mayor of Auckland on 1 November 2010, being the first to hold that title for the amalgamated Auckland "Super City", and was re-elected in 2013. Brown had previously been elected mayor of Manukau City in October 2007, the second time he ran for that office. Brown is married to Shirley Anne "Shan" Inglis, and has three daughters. As Mayor of Auckland, Brown was a vocal advocate for the City Rail Link and helped pass the city's first Unitary Plan. Early years Brown was born in Taumarunui, a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. His family moved to Otara, South Auckland when he was seven years old. He attended Mayfield Primary School, Papatoetoe Intermediate School and De La Salle College. He remembers his youth in prosperous sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Brown (comics)
Len Brown (born October 7, 1941) is an American writer, editor, radio personality and comic book scripter, best known as the co-creator of ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'' and ''Mars Attacks''. Born in Brooklyn, Brown began working in the Product Development Department of Topps Chewing Gum shortly after he graduated from high school. As a creative editor, working with department head Woody Gelman, Brown developed ideas for both sports and non-sports cards, a position which put him in contact with leading comic book artists, who illustrated Topps humor cards. During his 41 years at Topps, Brown contributed to such series as Civil War News, Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages. ''Mars Attacks'' In 1962, inspired by Wally Wood's cover for EC Comics' '' Weird Science'' #16, Brown pitched the idea of ''Mars Attacks'' to Gelman. Gelman and Brown devised the storyline of a Martian invasion. They recruited Wood to visualize situations in rough sketches and hired Bob Powell to pencil the project. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Brown (cricketer)
Lennox Sydney Brown (24 November 1910 – 1 September 1983) was a South African cricketer who played in two Tests in 1931–32. Len Brown was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who turned to bowling leg-breaks and googlies later in his career. His first-class cricket career began with two matches for Transvaal against the 1930–31 English touring team and he took seven wickets in his first match, including Wally Hammond and Percy Chapman twice each. He was then picked, as the youngest member of the team, for the 1931–32 tour to Australia and New Zealand. Brown was rarely part of the touring team's first eleven in the major matches, but after a bad showing in the first Test match, which was lost by an innings and 163 runs, he played in a non-first-class match against a New South Wales Country XI and, bowling throughout the Country XI's first innings, took five wickets for 57 runs, with another couple of wickets in the second innings. That le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
