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Madison (name)
Madison is a surname of English origin that has become a popular given name in the United States. Madison, also spelled Maddison, is a variant of Mathieson, meaning ''son of Matthew''. A different origin is alleged by some where ''Maddy'' is assumed to be the pet form of Maud and therefore the meaning is ''son of Maude''. Madison is also used as a given name. It has become popular for girls in recent decades. Its rise is generally attributed to the 1984 release of the film ''Splash''. From an almost non-existent given name before 1985, Madison rose to being the second-most-popular name given to girls in the US in 2001.https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.html In 2021, the most recent year of available data, it was ranked twenty-ninth. As a masculine given name, Madison can be found within the top 1,000 names for boys in the United States up until about 1952. The name returned to the top 1,000 in 1987, remaining there through 1999, and it was the 858th-most-common name for bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddison
Maddison is both a surname and a given name. It is a variant spelling of Madison. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Ada Maddison (1869–1950), British Mathematician * Adela Maddison (1862–1929), British composer * Angus Maddison (1926–2010), British economist * Arden Maddison (1900–1987), English footballer * Francis Maddison (1928–2006), English museum curator, historian and Arabist * Fred Maddison (1856–1937), British trade unionist and politician * Frederick Maddison (footballer) (1849–1907), English footballer * George Maddison (other), multiple people * Guy Maddison (born 1965), Australian bass guitar player *James Maddison (born 1996), English footballer * John Maddison (1921–1982), Australian politician * Ken Maddison (born 1946), Australian rugby league footballer * Lee Maddison (born 1972), English professional association footballer * Neil Maddison (born 1969), English footballer * Robbie Maddison (born 1981), Australian mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Madison (bishop)
James Madison (August 27, 1749 – March 6, 1812) was the first bishop of the Diocese of Virginia of The Episcopal Church in the United States, one of the first bishops to be consecrated to the new church after the American Revolution. He also served as the eighth president of the College of William and Mary. In 1780, Madison was elected to the American Philosophical Society. Youth, education Born in Port Republic, in Augusta County (now Rockingham County), near Staunton, Virginia, he was the son of John and Agatha (née Strother) Madison. He was educated at home and at a private school in Maryland, before attending the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia where he graduated with high honors in 1771. On July 29, 1772, he received the gold medal given as a prize for classical learning by the Royal Governor of Virginia, Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, who is better known in Virginia as "Lord Botetourt". He read law with George Wythe, and was admit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianna Madison
Tianna Bartoletta née Madison (born August 30, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the long jump and short sprinting events. She is a two-time Olympian with three gold medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed fourth in the 100m race then won her first gold by leading off the world record-setting 4 × 100 m relay team. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won two more golds, first with a personal best to win the long jump then again leading off the victorious 4 × 100 m relay team. Other achievements include winning the long jump World Championship in 2005 and 2015, plus the long jump World Indoor Championship in 2006. She also was a pusher on the U.S. bobsled team in 2012. It was announced in August 2020 that Bartoletta would be joining SPIRE Institute and Academy as an ambassador. She will be joining the others such as Ryan Lochte and Elizabeth Beisel representing the school. The goal of the partnership with SPIRE and the ambassadors is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velvet Sky
Jamie Lynn Szantyr (born June 2, 1981) is an American color commentator and retired professional wrestler, currently signed to NWA. She is best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Velvet Sky. She is a former two-time TNA Women's Knockout Champion and is a former TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion as part of The Beautiful People (with Madison Rayne and Lacey Von Erich), with the group defending the title under the Freebird rule. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2003–2007) Szantyr was trained by Jason Knight at the House of Pain Pro Wrestling Dojo in New Britain, Connecticut. After completing her training, she began working as a valet and wrestler on the independent circuit using the ring names Miss Talia, Talia Doll, and Talia Madison. On the independent circuit, she formed a tag team known as T&A with April Hunter. Talia made her debut for World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) on March 3, 2004, where she defeated Alere Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Madison
Samuel Adolphus Madison, Jr. (born April 23, 1974) is an American football coach and former cornerback. He is the cornerbacks coach and pass game specialist for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the secondary/cornerbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at the University of Louisville, and was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Madison also played for the New York Giants. He has won two Super Bowls, Super Bowl XLII as a player with the Giants and Super Bowl LIV as an assistant coach with the Chiefs. Early years Madison attended Florida A&M University Developmental Research School where he played wide receiver and defensive back. Aside from football he also lettered in basketball, baseball and track and field. College career Madison played college football for the University of Louisville. Madison was a three-year starter for the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert P
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piper Madison
Piper Madison (born March 10, 2002) is an American Billboard top 40 recording artist and songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress. Television Madison appeared as Zelphaba in the Nickelodeon television series ''100 Things to Do Before High School'' and won a Young Artist Award for her role in 2016. Discography On July 1, 2019, Madison released her debut album, ''Who's Running Your Mind''. Her single "Little Bit of Rain", remixed by Chris Cox and Jared Lee Gosselin, debuted on the Billboard Dance Club Songs at No. 46 on September 14, 2019, and reached its peak at No. 14 on October 26, 2019. Madison performed at SXSW South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Te ... music festival in 2019. Madison released her holiday EP, ''Snowfall'', on November 15, 2019. Albums Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Madison
Michael Madison (born October 15, 1977) is an American convicted serial killer and sex offender from East Cleveland, Ohio who is known to have committed the murders of at least three women over a nine-month period in 2012 and 2013. He was arrested and charged with the crimes in 2013 and was sentenced to death in 2016. Madison is currently being held on death row. Early life Madison was born on October 15, 1977, to Diane Madison and John Baldwin, the product of an accidental pregnancy. However, Baldwin has denied that he was the father and had no contact with Madison. Madison had a severely abusive mother. His mother's boyfriends also abused him. He would later admit that he had mixed feelings over his mother's death. Arrest On July 19, 2013, police responded to reports of a foul odor, investigated a garage leased to Madison, and discovered a decomposing body lying inside. Two more bodies were found the following day – one in a backyard and the other in the basement of a va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Madison
Martha Madison (born Martha Anne Butterworth; July 27, 1977) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Belle Black on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. Early life Madison was born in Newport News, Virginia. She was raised in Houston, Texas, attended Cypress Creek High School (Harris County, Texas), Cypress Creek High School, and graduated from Texas A&M University in 1999 with a degree in psychology. She was also the Captain of the Texas A&M Dance Team. In 1999, she moved to New York City to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She danced with the Peyari Dance Project for two years. However, after several injuries, she was forced to retire from dance. Television career Madison had a small role in the film ''Kate & Leopold'' in 2001. She moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a career in film/television, and briefly appeared on the NBC soap opera ''Passions'' in 2004. Madison next played the role of Belle Black on the NBC soap opera ''Days of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Foster Madison
Lucy Foster Madison (April 8, 1865 – March 16, 1932) was an American novelist and teacher. Born Lucy Foster in Kirksville, Missouri, the daughter of George W. Foster and Almira Parker, she graduated from high school in Louisiana, Missouri. Her father, mother, and brother all died while she was a teen, leaving her to care for her two younger sisters. She became a school teacher in Louisiana, Missouri, then in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1890 she was married to Winfield Scott Madison. In 1893, the offer of a prize by a New York newspaper interested her enough to enter a short story and she won second place. She became a writer of both short stories and novels, plus a compiler of various Chautauqua assemblies. Her series of "Peggy Owens" stories and other tales for girls were popular early in the twentieth century. Her husband began to suffer ill health, so they moved to a farm near Hudson Falls, New York in 1924. She died there in 1932, a few days after she had a stroke A strok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Madison
Keith Madison is a former head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team. He coached the Wildcats from 1979 to 2003, and remains the most winning baseball coach in the history of UK Baseball. Playing career Madison was born in Brownsville, Kentucky and played high school baseball and basketball for Edmonson County High School. He signed a professional baseball contract with the Montreal Expos Major League Baseball Club as a 17 year old in 1969, reaching AAA (Winnipeg Whips) by the age of 19. In 1972, Madison signed with the Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball Club, playing in Tampa and Trois-Rivières (Quebec) before being released in 1974. During the off-season, Madison attended college at Western Kentucky University where he graduated in 1975. Coaching career Madison began his coaching career at Lake Wales High School in Lake Wales, Florida in 1976. The following year, he was offered the graduate assistant position at Mississippi State University under the tutelage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Madison
Joseph (Joe) Madison (born June 16, 1949), alternatively known as "The Black Eagle" or "Madison", is an American radio talk-show host and activist heard daily on SiriusXM Urban View. Career Radio career Madison began his broadcasting career in 1980 at Detroit's WXYZ-AM radio station. Joining an otherwise white lineup at WWRC-AM in the early '90s, he developed a crossover appeal handling issues that included race but were aimed at the station's multiracial audience. He left in 1998, after the station fired its talent and changed format, to start an online chat show. WOL and XM Satellite Radio He also worked at WOL-AM, and was placed in syndication on the Radio One Talk Network and its XM satellite channel. He left WOL in 2013. Urban View on Sirius Madison is heard Mondays through Fridays from 6am to 10am on Urban View channel 126, SiriusXM. On Feb. 25 – 27, 2015, Joe Madison hosted a record-breaking marathon whereby he talked for 52 hours on his SIRIUS XM talk show. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
