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Mem (given Name)
Mem is a Portuguese and English given name. The Portuguese name is an alternative form of Mendo. "Mem" is also used as a male and female nickname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name * Mem de Sá (c. 1500 – 1572), Governor-General of Brazil * Mem Ferda (born 1963), British screen actor * Mem Nahadr (fl. from 1997), American performance artist * Mem Rodrigues de Briteiros (c. 1225 – c. 1270), Portuguese nobleman * Mem Shannon (born 1959), American blues musician * Mem Soares de Melo, 1st Lord de Melo (c. 1200 – 1262), Portuguese nobleman People with the nickname * Mem Fox (Marrion Fox; born 1946), Australian author * Mem Lovett (Merritt Lovett; 1912–1995), American baseball player * Mem Morrison Mem Morrison, born as Mehmet Muhaurem Ramadan, is a British performance artist. His work draws upon personal complexities by acknowledging cultural differences. Biography Morrison was born in south-east London to Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mendo (other)
Mendo is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and surname. The surnames Méndez and Mendes are derived from Mendo. An alternative Portuguese form of Mendo is Mem. "Mendo" may refer to: People * Carlos Mendo (1933–2010), Spanish journalist *Mendo Nunes (11th century), Portuguese nobleman *Mendo Ristovski Mendo Ristovski (born 18 February 1956) is an Australian former association football player. Playing career Club career Ristovski played for Footscray JUST in the National Soccer League. International career He played two matches for Australi ... (born 1956), Australian association football player * (born 1949), Spanish writer Other uses *Alternate name for Jumbee, Caribbean folk spirit *''Mendó'', 2021 album by Alex Cuba {{dab, surname, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem De Sá
Mem de Sá (c. 1500 – 2 March 1572) was a Governor-General of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1557 to 1572. He was born in Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal, around 1500, the year of discovery of Brazil by a naval fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral. In the early sixteenth century, Brazil was not a major settled area of the Portuguese empire. The Jesuits had established aldeias in order to evangelize the Brazilian Indians. Portuguese settlers actively enslaved the indigenous populations. Mem de Sá was nominated the third Governor-General of Brazil in 1556, succeeding Duarte da Costa, who was Governor-General from 1553 to 1557. The seat of the government at the time was Salvador, in the present-day state of Bahia. He was fortunate in securing the support of two important Jesuit priests, Fathers Manuel da Nóbrega (1517-1570) and José de Anchieta (1533-1597), who founded São Paulo, on 25 January 1554, which is today one of the largest metropolises in the world. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Ferda
Mem Ferda (born 30 October 1963 in London) is a British actor and film producer of Turkish Cypriot descent. Biography Ferda was born in Chelsea, London in 1963 to Turkish Cypriot parents. At the age of six, his mother took him to Cyprus, where his father was the Minister of Agriculture. The family emigrated back to London when he was 12 years old, following an assassination attempt on his father. Whilst studying, Ferda achieved two university degrees, a BSc Honors degree in Psychology and a master's degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.). He then began acting in television commercials and was eventually accepted and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a Postgraduate Diploma in acting. He has become known for playing the roles of villains. Filmography Theatre credits * Dr.Dudakov in ''Summerfolk'' * Shylock in ''The Merchant of Venice'' * Bosola in ''The Duchess of Malfi'' * Francis Flute in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' * Brutus in ''Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Nahadr
Mem Nahadr ( ), also known as M. Nahadr and simply "M", is an American performance artist and multi-octave vocalist having access to the whistle register and best known for the performance of the song "Butterfly", composed by Yoko Kanno and lyricized by Chris Mosdell for '' Cowboy Bebop''. She is co-produced by Grammy Award Winner, James P. Nichols. She is also an author, composer, poet, filmmaker, and human rights activist. Early life Mem Nahadr was born of African-American parents, with the genetic condition known as Albinism. Her parents discovered her love and natural understanding of music during a parent/teacher meeting at the age of five. She was discovered creating coherent improvised passages from her own imagination, on the class piano as the meeting was held at the opposite end of the classroom. Career In 1999, Mem Nahadr created a music label to promoted her music and protect her interests. She named this company MADWOMAN MULTIMEDIA, as an acquain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Rodrigues De Briteiros
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Mem Shannon
Mem Shannon (born December 21, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) is an American blues musician. He is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music. Shannon is a former taxi-cab driver turned bluesman.Scott Jordan"Mem Shannon's Spend Some Time With Me & Andy J. Forest" ''OffBeat (magazine), Offbeat Magazine'', March 24, 2005 Early life Shannon played both clarinet and guitar by the age of fifteen, due to being inspired by his father's collection of blues records. However, he started seriously practicing only after seeing B.B. King. Career Beginnings After playing in local bands for several years and enjoying local success, his father died in 1981 and he took a job driving a cab in order to help his family pay bills. His music career was put on hold until 1990, when he began playing in local clubs at the urging of a former bassist. In the early 1990s, he formed a group called Mem Shannon and the Membership, who won a spot playing at the 1991 New Orleans Jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Soares De Melo, 1st Lord De Melo
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Mem Fox
Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox, AM (born Merrion Frances Partridge; 5 March 1946) is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Fox has been semi-retired since 1996, but she still gives seminars and lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Career In 1981, while working in drama, Fox decided to retrain in literacy studies. She said: "Literacy has become the great focus of my life – it's my passion, my battle and my mission and my exhaustion." She has published books on literacy aimed at children, their parents, teachers and educators. She held the position of Associate Professor, Literacy Studies, in the School of Education at Flinders University until her retirement in 1996. Since her retirement from teaching, Fox travels around the world visiting many countries and doing presentations and speaking on children's books and literacy issues. Following an interrogation by US immigration officials on a trip in February 2017 to deliver a key ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Lovett
Merritt Marwood "Mem" Lovett (June 15, 1912 – September 19, 1995) was an American professional baseball player who appeared as a pinch-hitter in one Major League Baseball (MLB) game, for the 1933 Chicago White Sox. Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. Biography Lovett played on three freshman sports teams at the University of Chicago: football, basketball, and baseball. He was one of several players that the Chicago White Sox added as September call-ups in 1933; fellow call-up Milt Bocek went on to play a total of 30 games for the White Sox during 1933 and 1934. Lovett's only major league appearance came on September 4, 1933. Facing the Detroit Tigers in a road doubleheader at Navin Field, Lovett entered the first game as a pinch hitter in the top of the ninth inning, with the Tigers leading, 8–0. Batting for center fielder Mule Haas, Lovett came to the plate with two outs and catcher Frank Grube on base. The available play-by-play for the game simply says tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
