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Larkin (surname)
Larkin is a surname of English, Irish and Russian origin (Russian: Ларкин, Ларькин, Ларкина, Ларькина). In England, the name is a kin, relationship name from Lar, a pet form of the personal name Laurence. In Ireland, the name means a descendant of Lorcain or Lorcan, originally found in the form O'Lorcain. People with the surname Larkin * Anatoly Larkin (1932–2005), Russian physicist, worked at Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics and was a professor at the University of Minnesota * Austin Larkin (born 1995), American football player * Barry Larkin (born 1964), American baseball player * Bruce Larkin, children's book author and poet * Byron Larkin (born 1965), American basketball player and sportscaster; brother of Barry and Stephen Larkin * Celia Larkin, Irish civil servant and politician * Chris Larkin, British actor * Christopher Larkin (other), several people * Clarence Larkin, early 20thC US author * Claude A. Larkin (1891–1969), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence
Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from Laurentum". The French feminine name Laurence is a form of the masculine '' Laurent'', which is derived from the Latin name. Given name * Laurence Broze (born 1960), Belgian applied mathematician, statistician, and economist * Laurence des Cars, French curator and art historian * Laurence Neil Creme, known professionally as Lol Creme, British musician * Laurence Ekperigin (born 1988), British-American basketball player in the Israeli National League * Laurence Equilbey, French conductor * Laurence Fishburne, American actor * Laurence Fournier Beaudry, Canadian ice dancer * Laurence Fox, British actor *Laurence Gayte (born 1965), French politician * Laurence S. Geller, British-born, US-based real estate investor. * Laurence Ginnell, Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Larkin
Eugene Thomas Larkin (born October 24, 1962) is an American former switch-hitting first baseman, designated hitter, and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire seven-season career with the Minnesota Twins. During his playing career he wore #9 for Minnesota, and was a member of both the 1987 and 1991 World Series championship teams. He is best known for hitting the series-winning single, a deep fly ball that was not caught by the Braves' drawn-in outfield and scored Dan Gladden from third base during the tenth inning in Game 7 of the 1991 Series. Larkin was one of seven Twins to be part of both the 1987 and 1991 World Series teams. The other six were Randy Bush, Greg Gagne, Kirby Puckett, Al Newman, Kent Hrbek and Gladden. Larkin attended Columbia University, where he played for the Lions and was later drafted in the 20th round of the amateur draft. He was the first alumnus of Columbia University to make the major leagues since Lou Gehrig. He also graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscelyne Larkin
Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski (January 14, 1925 – April 25, 2012) was an American ballerina and one of the " Five Moons", Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century. After dancing with the Original Ballet Russe and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, she and her husband settled in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where in 1956 they founded the Tulsa Ballet and its associated school. It became a major regional company in the American Southwest and made its New York City debut in 1983. She is portrayed in the mural ''Flight of Spirit'' displayed in the Rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol building. Early life and education Edna Moscelyne Larkin was born in Miami, Oklahoma in 1925, the only daughter of Eva Matlagova-Larkin, a young dancer from Russia, and Rueben Francis Larkin, an Eastern Shawnee-Peoria Indian. Her mother trained her in ballet until the girl was old enough to move to New York City to further her studies. There she studied u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Larkin
Matthew Larkin (born 19 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club. A midfielder, Larkin appeared 172 times for the Kangaroos in the VFL/AFL between 1984 and 1993. He captained the club for three seasons in the early 1990s. From 1985 until 1988 he won three of the four North Melbourne best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ... awards. He had been recruited from Boronia. References External links * * 1964 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players Syd Barker Medal winners Werribee Football Club players Victorian State of Origin players {{AFL-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Larkin
Margaret Larkin (July 7, 1899 – May 7, 1967) was an American writer, poet, singer-songwriter, researcher, journalist and union activist. She wrote ''The Hand of Mordechai'' on a kibbutz in Israel and its stand against the Egyptian Army in 1948, ''Seven Shares in a Gold Mine'' about a murder conspiracy in Mexico, and the ''Singing Cowboy'', a collection of Western folk songs. She won awards for her poem ''Goodbye—To My Mother'' and her play ''El Cristo''. Life Larkin was born on July 7, 1899 in Las Vegas, New Mexico to parents from English and Scottish descent. She studied at the University of Kansas."Margaret Larkin, writer, 67, dead" ''New York Times'' May 11, 1967. In 1922 she won the Poetry Prize of the Kansas Author Club. After moving to the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maeve Larkin
Maeve Larkin is an English actor and playwright. Plays She has written five plays for the Mikron Theatre Company. In 2012 they performed her ''Can You Keep A Secret? the Rise And Fall Of the Yorkshire Luddites'', in 2013 ''Don't Shoot the Messenger'' and in 2014 ''Troupers''. Her 2015 play ''Raising Agents'', celebrating the centenary of the Women's Institutes, was one of the two shows of Mikron's 150-venue 2015 tour; in writing it she worked with the National Federation of Women's Institutes and visited meetings of several WIs. For Mikron's 2017 season she wrote ''Best Foot Forward'', about the Youth Hostels Association. Television roles Larkin has had television roles including several in '' Emmerdale'', and appeared with Northern Broadsides in roles including Emilia in their Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenz Larkin
Lorenz Larkin (born September 3, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2009, Larkin formerly competed for Strikeforce and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of August 16, he is #8 in the Bellator Middleweight Rankings. Background Larkin was born and raised in Riverside, California as one of nine siblings. Larkin began training in boxing at a young age and also played football, but soon gave it up because he did not excel at it or other team sports. He attended Riverside Polytechnic High School. Afterwards, he continued boxing but was not able to compete as much as he would like to, due to his father's objections. Larkin also felt that he was too short to be a professional boxer in the heavyweight division, so he took up Kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu which led him to mixed martial arts. Prior to his career in mixed martial arts, Larkin also trained in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Larkin
Linda Larkin (born March 20, 1970) is an American actress, best known for her role as the speaking voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's 1992 animated feature film ''Aladdin''. Career Larkin began her career in 1990, with the film ''Zapped Again!'' as Joanne. She became the voice of Princess Jasmine in the 1992 Disney film ''Aladdin''. In order for her to voice Princess Jasmine, Disney required her to lower her voice as it was otherwise too high for the role. Larkin has reprised the role as Jasmine in the sequels and various other media, including ''The Return of Jafar'' and '' Aladdin and the King of Thieves'', as well as in the television series, ''House of Mouse'', ''Sofia the First'', and the ''Kingdom Hearts'' and ''Disney Infinity'' video game series. For her work at Disney, Larkin was honored as a Disney Legend on August 19, 2011. Personal life She has been married to actor and musician Yul Vazquez Yul Vazquez (born March 18, 1965) is a Cuban-American actor and mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Larkin (other)
John Larkin may refer to: Businessmen and public officials * John Larkin (Northern Ireland), Attorney General for Northern Ireland as of May 2, 2020 * John D. Larkin (1845–1926), American businessman * John Larkin Jr. (1804–1896), American businessman, banker and politician *John Larkin, English politician who competed in Liverpool City Council election, 1946 Performers *John Larkin (actor, born 1877) (1877–1936), African-American film actor and songwriter *John Larkin (actor, born 1912) (1912–1965), American actor in radio dramas *John Paul Larkin (1942–1999), American scat singing musician known as Scatman John Religious figures * John Larkin (Deacon of Charlestown) (1735–1807), American Revolutionary War-era minister *John Larkin (Jesuit) (1801–1858), American president of Fordham University Writers * John Larkin (author) (born 1963), Australian author *John Larkin (screenwriter) (1901–1965), American screenwriter Others *John Larkin, American Quaker settler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with the Runaways, which recorded and released the hit song "Cherry Bomb". With The Blackhearts, Jett is known for her rendition of the song " I Love Rock 'n Roll" which was number-one on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982. Jett's other notable songs include " Bad Reputation", "Light of Day", "I Hate Myself for Loving You" and her covers of "Crimson and Clover", "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" and " Dirty Deeds". Jett has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. She has three albums that have been certified platinum or gold. She has been described as "the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll". In 2015, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jett lives in Long Beach, New York, and has been a New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Larkin
Joan Larkin (born April 16, 1939 in Boston) is an American poet and playwright. She was active in the small press lesbian feminist publishing explosion in the 1970s, co-founding the independent publishing company Out & Out Books. She is now in her fourth decade of teaching writing. The science fiction writer Donald Moffitt was her brother. Biography Joan Larkin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Swarthmore College, a Master of Arts degree in English at the University of Arizona, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in playwriting at Brooklyn College. Larkin has served on the faculties of Brooklyn College, Sarah Lawrence College, and Goddard College, and as Distinguished Visiting Poet at Columbia College Chicago. She is a member of the core faculty of the Master of Fine Arts Program in Poetry Writing at Drew University. Larkin has also participated in institutions and theater companies as a visiting instructor (poet-in-residence) at West Side YMCA Writers Community in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill H
Jill is an English feminine given name, a short form of the name Jillian (Gillian), which in turn originates as a Middle English variant of Juliana, the feminine form of the name Julian. People with the given name *Jill Astbury, Australian researcher into violence against women * Jill Balcon (1925–2009), British actress * Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, American biostatistician and data scientist * Jill Becker, American psychological researcher * Jill Biden (born 1951), American educator and the First Lady of the United States * Jill E. Brown (born 1950), African American aviator * Jill Carroll (born 1977), American journalist * Jill Clayburgh (1944–2010), American actress * Jill Costello (1987–2010), American athlete and lung cancer activist * Jill Craigie (1911–1999), British film director and writer * Jill Craybas (born 1974), American tennis player * Jill Dando (1961–1999), British television presenter * Jill Dickman, Republican member of the Nevada Assembly * Jill D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
