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McFarlane (surname)
McFarlane is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Politics * Allan McFarlane (1792–1864), pastoralist and parliamentarian in South Australia * Brendan McFarlane (born 1951), Irish republican activist * Hugh McFarlane (1815–1882), American politician * Jann McFarlane (born 1944), Australian politician from Stirling, Western Australia * Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff (contemporary, 1926–2012), British peer; MP from Llandaff * Norm McFarlane (contemporary), Canadian politician; mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick * Robert McFarlane (1937–2022), American National Security Advisor to President Reagan 1983–1985; major player in the Iran-Contra Affair * William D. McFarlane (1894–1980), lawyer and politician, U.S. Representative for Texas Sport * Bob McFarlane (athlete) (1927–2006), Canadian runner and professional football player * Danny McFarlane (born 1972), Jamaican hurdler in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics * David McFarlane (footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan McFarlane
Allan McFarlane (10 April 1792 – 11 March 1864) was a Scottish pastoralist and parliamentarian in The Murray and then Mount Barker districts of the Colony of South Australia. His son Allan McFarlane sen. (1829–1908) succeeded him on the Wellington Lodge station. His grandson, Allan McFarlane jun. ran Jockwar Station, Tailem Bend, and had a son, also Allan McFarlane. Life Allan McFarlane and his wife Margaret (''née'' Horne) (22 November 1795 – 17 September 1878) and their family left their home in Caithness, Scotland, and arrived in South Australia aboard the ''Superb'' on 29 October 1839. Margaret's brother Donald Horne (died 1870) was a Writer to the Signet. McFarlane was appointed Justice of the Peace some time before December 1858 and Special Magistrate in 1864. In 1862, McFarlane was elected to the seat of The Murray in the South Australian House of Assembly, in a by-election occasioned by the death of Dr. David Wark. He defeated Henry Kent Hughes 20 votes to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve McFarlane
Steve "Bozo" McFarlane is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for Eastern Suburbs in NSWRL competition. He played as a . Playing career McFarlane made his debut for Eastern Suburbs in Round 12 of the 1979 season against Balmain. The following year, McFarlane was a member of the Easts side which reached the 1980 NSWRL grand final against Canterbury. He was denied a try Try or TRY may refer to: Music Albums * ''Try!'', an album by the John Mayer Trio * ''Try'' (Bebo Norman album) (2014) Songs * "Try" (Blue Rodeo song) (1987) * "Try" (Colbie Caillat song) (2014) * "Try" (Nelly Furtado song) (2004) * " Try (Ju ... in the first half of the match as Canterbury won their first premiership in 38 years, 18–4. The following season, McFarlane was a member of the Easts side which made the preliminary final, but lost 15-5 to Newtown. McFarlane played a further two seasons before retiring at the end of 1983. References 1958 births Rugby lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McFarlane (other)
Andrew McFarlane may refer to: *Andrew McFarlane (Australian actor) (born 1951), Australian actor *Andrew McFarlane (judge) Sir Andrew Ewart McFarlane (born 20 June 1954) is a British judge. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales from 2011 to 2018, and became President of the Family Division in July 2018 upon Sir James Munby’s retirement from that of ... (born 1954), British judge * Andrew McFarlane (motorcyclist) (1977–2010), Australian motocross racer * Andy McFarlane (born 1966), English footballer * Andy McFarlane (cricketer) (1899–1972), Irish cricketer See also * Andrew Macfarlane (d.1819), Anglican clergyman {{hndis, Macfarlane, Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane (; born March 16, 1961) is a Canadian comic book creator, artist, writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur, best known for his work as the artist on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and as the creator, writer, and artist on the superhero horror-fantasy series ''Spawn (comics), Spawn.'' In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane became a comic book superstar due to his work on Marvel Comics' ''Spider-Man'' franchise, on which he was the artist to draw the first full appearances of the character Venom (Marvel Comics character), Venom. In 1992, he helped form Image Comics, pulling the occult anti-hero character Spawn (comics), Spawn from his high school portfolio and updating him for the 1990s. Spawn was a popular hero in the 1990s and encouraged a trend in creator ownership, creator-owned comic book properties. Since leaving inking duties on ''Spawn'' with issue No. 70 (February 1998), McFarlane has illustrated comic books less often, focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona McFarlane
Shona Graham McFarlane (27 March 1929 – 29 September 2001) was a New Zealand artist, journalist and broadcaster. Biography McFarlane was born in Gore and educated at Otago Girls' High School, and studied teaching at the Dunedin Teachers' College. McFarlane taught art in New Zealand schools from 1950 tp 1952, before moving to London where she taught in the mid-1950s. During the 1960s and 1970s she served on the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, and was president of the Otago Art Society during the 1960s. Until 1975, she served on the Otago Theatre Trust committee, on the Dunedin Public Art Gallery council, and was president of the Dunedin Civic Arts Council. She was also a prominent campaigner to preserve several historic Dunedin buildings. As a journalist during the period from 1960 to 1974, McFarlane was women's editor of the ''Dunedin Star'', one of the two major daily newspapers in that city. McFarlane became a public figure as an original panellist of the long-running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie McFarlane
Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 – September 6, 1977) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful ''Hardy Boys'' series, using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. Biography Early life The son of a school principal, McFarlane was raised in the town of Haileybury, Ontario. He became a freelance writer shortly after high school. He and his family moved to Whitby, Ontario, in 1936. This period is described in his 1975 book ''A Kid in Haileybury''. Journalist As a young man he worked in Sudbury, Ontario, as a newspaper reporter, then for a weekly paper in Toronto, before taking a job at the ''Springfield Republican'' newspaper in Springfield, Massachusetts. Stratemeyer Syndicate While in the U.S., he replied to a want ad placed by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, publisher of such titles as ''Nancy Drew'', ''Tom Swift'' and the ''Bobbsey Twins''. As a result, he fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard McFarlane
Howard Osmond McFarlane (November 13, 1894, London – March 6, 1983, London) was an English jazz trumpeter. McFarlane played in film palaces from 1919 into the early 1920s. He played in Alex Hyde's band after this, recording with them in Germany in 1924. The group dissolved in the middle of the decade and McFarlane remained in Germany, playing with Bernard Etté (1924–26) and Dajos Béla (1925-32) and recording as a leader in 1926-27. He moved back to England and played with Jack Jackson in 1933-34; after spending time in Argentina with Béla again (1935–37), he did a tour of Europe from 1937 to 1940. He then joined the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ... ... Dance Orchestra, where he played from 1940 to 1957. References *Rainer E. Lotz, "Howard McFarlane". '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory McFarlane
Rory Mcfarlane is a British session musician who has also written scores for anime and games. He is probably best known for his score to the influential anime series ''Cyber City Oedo 808 is a 1990–1991 cyberpunk original video animation. It was directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Set in the year 2808 in the city of Oedo (Tokyo), it tells the story of three criminals who are enlisted into fighting crime in exchange for reduced sent ...'' (1990–1991). He also composed a score for a game called ''Buichi Terasawa's "Takeru: Letter of the Law"'' in 1996. Other than scoring, he has had a much more prolific career as a session musician for Richard Thompson's band, playing electric and standing bass. References External linksA picture of him * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona McFarlane
Fiona McFarlane (born 1978) is an Australian author, best known for her book ''The Night Guest'' and her collection of short stories ''The High Places''. She is a recipient of the Voss Literary Prize, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Nita Kibble Literary Award. Life and career McFarlane was born in Sydney, Australia in 1978. She studied English at the University of Sydney, the University of Cambridge and the University of Texas at Austin. Her debut novel, ''The Night Guest'', was published in 2013 and is about a retired widow who lives alone and suffers from dementia. It won the Voss Literary Prize and the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. It was also shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, The Stella Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. In 2017, McFarlane won the Dylan Thomas Prize for her collection of short stories, ''The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin McFarlane
Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor, narrator and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's ''The Dark Knight Trilogy'', Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series '' Outlander'', the voice of Bulgy in the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'', the voice of PC Malcolm Williams in the children's television series ''Fireman Sam'', and as the voice of "The Cube" on ITV. He also appeared in '' The Commuter'' (2018), in which he played Conductor Sam, as Chancellor Riggs in the 2015 holiday television movie ''Crown for Christmas'' (2015), as General Pierce in the science fiction horror film '' Patient Zero'' (2018) and as Aloisius Dupree in three films of the Batzan Trilogy titled ''The Invisible Guardian'', ''The Legacy of the Bones'' and ''Offering to the Storm'' in 2017, 2019 & 2020, respectively. His voice roles in animation and video games include JJ in ''Bob the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McFarlane (Australian Actor)
Andrew McFarlane (born 6 June 1951) is an Australian actor with many stage and screen credits. Personal life McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. After the family moved to Melbourne he attended Camberwell Grammar School and was involved in school plays and school cadets. He has long been open about his homosexuality. Career After making his TV debut in Crawfords police dramas '' Homicide'' and ''Matlock Police'', he won a recurring role on ''Division 4'' before joining World War II soap opera ''The Sullivans'' as oldest son John Sullivan. He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing in action – the writers left his final fate unresolved in the hope McFarlane would return to the show. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie ''The John Sullivan Story''. The role gained McFarlane a Sammy Award for best supporting actor in a TV series in 1977. He later took the lead role in the miniseries ''The Flying Doctors'', repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie McFarlane
William McFarlane (1 October 1923 – October 1998) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Bathgate Thistle, Hearts, Stirling Albion, Kilmarnock and Inverness Caledonian. McFarlane represented Scotland once, in a 6–0 victory against Luxembourg in May 1947. McFarlane was born in Fallin, Stirling on 1 October 1923, and died in Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ... in October 1998, at the age of 75. References ;Sources * External linksLondon Hearts profile (Scottish League) 1923 births 1998 deaths Footballers from Stirling (council area) Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Bathgate Thistle F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Caledonian F.C. players Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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