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McCall
McCall is a Gaelic surname, of Irish and Scottish origin. Notable people with this surname include: * Andy McCall (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1979), Scottish footballer and manager *Andy McCall (footballer, born 1925) (1925–2014), Scottish footballer, father of Stuart McCall * Annie McCall (1859–1949), English doctor * Archie McCall (1867–1936), Scottish footballer *Bruce McCall (born 1935), Canadian author *Carl McCall (born 1935), U.S. politician *Christina McCall (1935–2005), Canadian political writer *David McCall (1940–2021), Australian Anglican bishop, husband of Marion *Davina McCall (born 1967), British television presenter * Duke Kimbrough McCall (1914–2013), U.S. religious leader * Edward McCall (1790–1853), U.S. Navy officer *Frederick McCall (1896–1949), Canadian aviator, World War I ace, businessman * George A. McCall (1802–1868), U.S. Army general and amateur naturalist *Grayson McCall (born 2000), American football player *Guadalupe Garcia McCall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina McCall
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter. She was the presenter of the reality show ''Big Brother (UK), Big Brother'' during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She also hosted Channel 4's ''Streetmate'' (1998–2001, 2016), ''The Million Pound Drop'' (2010–2015), ''Five Minutes to a Fortune'' (2013), and ''The Jump (2014 TV series), The Jump'' (2014–2017), as well as ITV (TV network), ITV's The Biggest Loser (British TV series), ''The Biggest Loser'' (2011–2012), ''Long Lost Family (UK TV series), Long Lost Family'' (2011–present), and ''This Time Next Year (British TV series), This Time Next Year'' (2016–2019). McCall was a regular co-presenter of the ''Comic Relief'' annual telethons from 2005 to 2015. From 2010 to 2014, McCall presented the Sky One dance competition show ''Got to Dance''. Since 2020, she has been a judge on the ITV (TV network), ITV musical competition show ''The Masked Singer (British TV series) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl McCall
Herman Carl McCall (born October 17, 1935) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. A former New York State Comptroller and New York State Senator, McCall was the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York in 2002. McCall was the first African-American to be elected New York State Comptroller. He is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and he currently serves on the board of directors of several corporations. From October 17, 2011 until his retirement on June 30, 2019, McCall served as chairman of the State University of New York Board of Trustees. Early life and education McCall was born in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts. He is the oldest of six children of Herman McCall and Caroleasa Ray. Herman McCall moved to Boston from Georgia and worked as a railroad porter; he abandoned the family when Carl was 11 years of age. Thereafter, the family was supported primarily by welfare and by relatives due to Carl's mother's infirmity. McCall g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver McCall
Oliver McCall (born April 21, 1965) is an American former professional boxer. A veteran of the sport for over three decades, he is best known for winning the WBC heavyweight title in 1994 by scoring an upset knockout victory over Lennox Lewis. The next year he defended the title against Larry Holmes before losing it to Frank Bruno. McCall is known for an in-ring mental breakdown during his 1997 rematch with Lewis. McCall's son, Elijah, is also a heavyweight professional boxer. McCall is known for having never been knocked down in any of his 74 bout professional career. Early life Born in Chicago, McCall moved to live with his mother in Racine, Wisconsin and attended William Horlick High School, before transferring to Washington Park High School. McCall was also a talented high school basketball player. In 1981, however, McCall moved back to Chicago where he pursued boxing and won two Chicago Golden Gloves titles. Amateur career At the amateur ranks McCall competed in super hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McCall
John McCall (); (1852/1853 – March 1, 1877), also known as "Crooked Nose" or "Broken Nose Jack", was the murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok. McCall shot Hickok from behind as he played poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory on August 2, 1876. McCall was executed for the murder on March 1, 1877. Early life Many details of McCall's life are unknown. He was most likely born in the early 1850s in Jefferson County, Kentucky. McCall was raised in Kentucky with three sisters and eventually drifted west to become a buffalo hunter.''Buffalo hunters'' Legends of America online; accessed November 2016 By 1876, he was living in a camp outside Deadwood, under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin McCall
Kevin Lamar McCall Jr. (born July 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his association with fellow singer Chris Brown. McCall signed to Brown in a joint venture with RCA Records in 2012. He was featured on Brown's single the same year "Strip", which peaked at number 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He left the label in 2014 and is currently an independent artist. Early life Kevin Lamar McCall Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, on July 25, 1985. He has three sisters. He went to high school in Carson, California. Though he played football through most of his childhood and in college at Washington State University, he always had interest in music. Kevin started singing in the church choir, and later taught himself to play piano. Personal life McCall has two daughters, including one with model Eva Marcille. McCall was arrested at a courthouse in Fulton County, Georgia, in November 2019 after tussling with police before a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Kimbrough McCall
Duke Kimbrough McCall (September 1, 1914April 2, 2013) was an American Christian religious leader who served as Chief Executive Officer of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee, as president of two theological seminaries, as president of the Baptist World Alliance, and as a Baptist pastor. Childhood, college and marriage Born in Meridian, Mississippi, McCall grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, one of five children of John W. McCall, an attorney and judge, and Lizette Kimbrough McCall, a leader in Southern Baptist mission support. McCall attended Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, from which he graduated summa cum laude as valedictorian in 1935. While attending Furman, McCall met Greenville resident Marguerite Mullinnix. The couple married shortly after McCall's graduation and raised four sons: Duke Jr. and Douglas McCall (twins), John Richard McCall, and Michael McCall. Following his first wife's death in 1983, McCall married Winona Gatton McCandless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick McCall
Frederick Robert Gordon McCall (4 December 1896 – 22 January 1949) was a Canadian air ace during World War I, with 35 confirmed and two unconfirmed victories. After a career in civil aviation, he returned to service in World War II. Early life Born in Vernon, British Columbia, McCall came to Calgary with his family in 1906. In February 1916 McCall enlisted with the 175th Battalion, CEF, 175th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). Eight months later, he was in France with this battalion as a sergeant. McCall expressed interest in transferring from the army to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and received a commission as a lieutenant pilot trainee in March 1917. In December was assigned to No. XIII Squadron RAF, No. X111 Squadron on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front, flying the two seater Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 reconnaissance aircraft with F.C. Farrington. Aerial service in World War I McCall's first aerial victory occurred while flying the R.E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McCall (footballer)
Ian Holland McCall (born 30 September 1964) is a Scottish former football player and coach. During his playing days McCall played for Queen's Park, Dunfermline Athletic, Rangers, Bradford City, Dundee, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Happy Valley, Partick Thistle and Clydebank. He then began an extensive managerial career, mostly in the lower leagues of Scotland starting with Clydebank, Greenock Morton, Airdrieonians, Falkirk, Dundee United, Queen of the South, Partick Thistle and Ayr United. Playing career Ian McCall was born in Dumfries, Scotland. In his boyhood, he was a regular on the Palmerston terraces watching Queen of the South. His hopes of playing for his home town club were dashed, though, by then chairman Willie Harkness. "I played a trial game for the club, and thought I did reasonably well," McCall recalls. "Drew Busby was the manager, but I was told by Willie Harkness I might not make the grade. Instead I went to Queen's Park, and then three years after that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce McCall
Bruce McCall (born May 10, 1935) is a Canadian author and illustrator, best known for his frequent contributions to ''The New Yorker''. Life and career Born and raised in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, he was fascinated by comic books and showed an early aptitude for drawing fantastical flying machines, blimps, bulbous-nosed muscle cars and futuristic dioramas. In his memoir, ''Thin Ice'' (1997), McCall admitted that he was never good at physical activity as a boy, but could count on his mother to encourage his creativity. Bruce's father T.C. was imperious and unemotional, and left his alcoholic wife Peg without the attention she needed. Peg and the children tried to establish an attachment to him, but his stormy moods frequently pushed them aside. Without any serious technical training, McCall began his illustration career drawing cars for Ford Motor Company in Toronto in the 1950s. After several decades in advertising, he sought opportunities elsewhere in the publishing industry. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt McCall (racing Driver)
Matthew D. McCall (born July 3, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver and racing engineer. He currently works as a crew chief for RFK Racing's No. 6 Ford Mustang GT in the NASCAR Cup Series, driven by Brad Keselowski. Career McCall began racing at the age of nine, running go-karts. At the age of thirteen, he moved to the adult leagues, collecting over 150 wins, before moving to the World Karting Association Dirt Series. During that time, McCall collected the WKA's Most Improved Driver and Grand National Champion awards. McCall's major racing debut came in 1999, when began running Super Sport races at Hickory Motor Speedway, finishing fourth in points. The next year, he won Rookie of the Year and Mechanic of the Year awards. He would be runner-up for the track championship the following season. He won six races apiece in 2003 and 2004 and won the track championship the later year. He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut the next year at Martinsville Speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion McCall
Marion Carmel McCall (née le Breton) (born 1943) is an Australian pilot, notable for winning the international Dawn-to-Dusk Flying Competition, the first Australian woman to do so, and the first Australian to win the competition three times. Background Born in 1943 in Mornington, Victoria, McCall studied teaching at Melbourne Teachers’ College and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University. Following graduation, she taught singing for two years with the Victorian Education Department Board. McCall was poised to take up a position as an announcer with ABC Radio in Melbourne but through her association with Wangaratta Cathedral, McCall met, and married in 1969, the bishop’s son, David McCall. They had five children together. McCall has published several books of poetry and short stories, including ''Nullabor West'', a compilation of poems inspired by her life in Western Australia, where she lived between 2000 and 2010 while her husband served as Bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grayson McCall
Grayson McCall (born December 13, 2000) is an American football quarterback with the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. Early years At the age of 12, McCall joined a traveling Little League all-star baseball team that played in a televised tournament in Cooperstown, New York. McCall decided to quit baseball before high school. McCall attended Porter Ridge High School in Indian Trail, North Carolina. During his high school career, he passed for 3,863 yards with 34 touchdowns and rushed for 3,003 yards and 41 touchdowns. He was listed as a two-star recruit and the 2889th player coming out of high school in the class of 2019. He committed to Coastal Carolina University on December 19, 2018 to play college football over offers from Army Black Knights football, Army, Chattanooga Mocs football, Chattanooga, Eastern Kentucky Colonels football, Eastern Kentucky, and Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football, Gardner-Webb. College career McCall played i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
