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Mey (surname)
Mey is a surname (sometimes an alternative transliteration of Mei). People with the name include: Arts and entertainment * Alexandra Mey, (Claudia Alexandra Morales Mejías, born 1992), Venezuelan actress and producer * Lev Mei or Mey (1822–1862), Russian dramatist and poet * Marie-Anett Mey (born 1971), French entertainer * Reinhard Mey (born 1942), German singer-songwriter *Théo Mey (1912–1964), Luxembourg photographer *Varvara P. Mey (1912–1995), Russian prima ballerina Politics *Mey Norn (fl. from 2003), Cambodian politician * Ousmane Mey (fl. from 1972), Cameroonian politician * Piet Mey (born 1948), South African politician Sport * François Carlo Mey (born 2003), Italian rugby player *Jacob L. Mey (1926–2023), Dutch-born Danish professor of linguistics *Karin Melis Mey (born 1983), Turkish long jumper *Uwe-Jens Mey (born 1963), German speed skater Other *Cornelius Jacobsen May or Mey, early 17th century Dutch explorer *Karl Mey (1879–1945), German industrial phy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei (surname)
Mei () is a romanized spelling of a Chinese surname, transcribed in the Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect. In Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking regions, the name may be transliterated as Mui or Moy.Louie, Emma Woo: "Chinese American Names"., p.29. McFarland & Co, Inc., 1998. In Vietnam, this surname is written as Mai (Vietnamese surname), Mai. In romanized Korean, it is spelled Mae. The name literally translates in English to the Prunus mume, plum fruit. The progenitor of the Méi clan, Méi Bo, originated from near a mountain in ancient China that was lined at its base with plum trees.Li, Jin Sheng: "Yún hé Sān Bai Xìng.", p. 77. Print date unavailable. "Mei" is also an Italian surname, and one transcription of the Slavic surname also spelt Mey (Мей). Origins The Méi clan came from the Zi (surname), Zi (子) family. They were awarded a Monarchy, kingdom in the southeast of Bo County in Anhui called Mei kingdom. The Méi Ancestral home (China), ancestral hometown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Carlo Mey
François Carlo Mey (born 1 July 2003) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for ASM Clermont Auvergne. Early life François Carlo Mey was born in Italy, from a South African father. He grew up in Parma, where he soon started playing rugby with the city's main club. Club career From Parma, Mey moved to the neighbor Colorno in 2021, to play with the Top10 side Rugby Colorno, where he made his debut aged only 18. The following summer, he moved to the French Top 14 side ASM Clermont Auvergne. Mey made his first team sheet appearance for Clermont on the 21 January 2023, for the Champions Cup game against the Stormers. International career François Carlo Mey is a youth international for Italy. In 2022, Mey was named in Italy U20s squad for annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship The Six Nations Under 20s Championship is an international rugby union tournament. It is the under-20s equivalent of the Six Nations Championship. Originally the tournament w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstin Mey
Kerstin Mey (born 1963) is a German academic and president of the University of Limerick. She was the first woman to head a university in Ireland, on an acting basis, and having participated in an international competition, was appointed to the full position with effect from 8 October 2021. She held positions in a number of universities in Germany and the United Kingdom before moving to Limerick in the west of Ireland. Biography Early life and education Kerstin Mey was born in East Berlin, Germany in 1963. She attended Humboldt University, where she studied Art and German (language and literature). She ultimately earned a PhD in Art Theory and Aesthetics. Academic and administrative career She was pro-vice-chancellor and dean of the Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design, and professor of Contemporary Art and Theory at the University of Westminster. In April 2018, she became the vice-president for Academic Affairs and Student Engagement for the University of Lime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Mey
Karl Mey (March 1879 – May 1945) was a prominent German industrial physicist who directed the research and development branch of Osram AG. His presidency of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, starting the year Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, was crucial in that organization's ability to assert its independence from National Socialist policies. Education Mey studied physics and mathematics at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1897. He received his doctorate in 1902 under Emil Warburg; his thesis was on the cathode gradient of alkali metals. Career After receipt of his doctorate, Mey was employed at the Militärversuchsamt Tegel and then at the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, where he specialized in research and development of incandescent light bulbs. He became head of the AEG light bulb factory in 1909.Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; see the entry for Karl Mey. During World War I, from 1914 to 1917, he served in the infantry and saw action at the Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Jacobsen May
Cornelis Jacobsen Mey (in Dutch often rendered as Cornelius Jacobsz. May) was a Dutch explorer, captain and fur trader. Cape May, Cape May County, and the city of Cape May, New Jersey, are named after him.Russell Shorto, ''The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America.'' First Edition. (New York City: Vintage Books (a Division of Random House, 2004), p. 40. Family Cornelius May is said to be from the city of Hoorn but may have been born in the small village of Schellinkhout, just east of Hoorn, as he appears to have been the brother of Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout, after whom the island of Jan Mayen is named. Both brothers were the cousin of, in his day, a far more famous sailor, Jan Cornelisz May, who led several expeditions to explore the Northeast passage and between 1614 and 1617 circumnavigated the world with Joris van Spilbergen. 1614 to 1616 expeditions to New Netherland May sailed first i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uwe-Jens Mey
Uwe-Jens Mey (born 13 December 1963) is a German former speed skater, considered to be the fastest sprinter of his time because of his 500 metres supremacy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Warsaw, Poland. Biography Originally competing for East Germany (and after the German reunification for Germany), Mey's first notable achievement was in December 1983. At the age of 19, he outpaced André Hoffmann in the 500 metres and by doing so, Mey earned the East German title and a ticket to the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. There, Mey finished 8th on his favourite 500 metres distance. In the years after the Sarajevo Olympics he stood firm in the international sprinting sub-top, making step-by-step progression. At the World Sprint Championships, he finished 6th, 5th and 4th, respectively, in 1985, 1986 and 1987. Finishing second behind Dan Jansen in the overall standing of the first distances World Cup in 1986, Mey established himself at the 500 metres world top. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Melis Mey
Karin Melis Mey, née Karin Mey, (born 31 May 1983) is a South African-born Turkish female long jumper. She became a naturalised Turkish citizen in June 2008, and took the name Melis in addition to her birth name Karin Mey. The tall athlete at is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics team, where she is coached by Charley Strohmenger. Representing South Africa, one of her first international appearances was a sixth-place finish at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She represented her adopted country at the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing in the qualifying stages of the long jump. She was also sixth at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final that year. Melis Mey qualified for the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships but did not make the final. Outdoors she was the silver medallist at the 2009 Mediterranean Games and also in the First League of the 2009 European Team Championships. She won the bronze medal by jumping 6.80 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob L
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, where he is described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel. According to the biblical account, he was the second-born of Isaac's children, the elder being Jacob's fraternal twin brother, Esau. Jacob is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147. He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob had twelve sons through four women, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Mey
Pieter Mey (born 17 December 1948) is a South African politician and former police lieutenant. He has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) since May 2019. Mey is also the Eastern Cape provincial leader of the FF Plus. Early life and education Mey was born in 1948 in the town of Willowmore in the Union of South Africa. He matriculated from Willowmore High School in 1966. He obtained a B.Iuris degree in law from the University of Port Elizabeth. Career Mey joined the South African Police in 1966. He served in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Lusikisiki, Port Elizabeth and Western Area. He resigned from the police force in 1980 with the rank of lieutenant and started working in the real estate industry. Politics Mey was later appointed leader of the Freedom Front Plus in the Eastern Cape. In 2014 he stood for election to the South African National Assembly. He was not elected. In 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Mey
Claudia Alexandra Morales Mejías, also known as Alexandra Mey (born 22 October 1992) is a Venezuelan actress, model, singer, composer and producer. Career Alexandra Mey began her career as an actress in the play ''Fiddler on the Roof'', at the Aula Magna of the Central University of Venezuela, before studying acting in the Teatro Luz in Caracas. Her first television appearance was when she was aged 14, in the series '' Somos tú y yo''. The show was a coproduction between Boomerang Latin America and Venevisión, and was broadcast in Latin America as well as Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. Morales was featured on the soundtrack of the series, singing songs that would go on to be part of a Venezuelan national tour. The show premiered in Venezuela on 27 June 2007 on Venevisión, and its final episode was watched by approximately 5.9 million viewers, making it one of the channel's most successful shows. In Latin America and Europe the show premiered on 15 Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ousmane Mey
Ousmane Mey is a Cameroonian political figure who was Governor of the North Province of Cameroon from 1972 to August 1983.Milton H. Krieger and Joseph Takougang, ''African State and Society in the 1990s: Cameroon's Political Crossroads'' (2000), Westview Press, page 61, note 73.Antoine Socpa, ''Démocratisation et autochtonie au Cameroun: trajectoires régionales différentes'' (2003), page 278 . As of 2007, he is Chairman of the Board of the National Social Insurance Fund (CNPS)."Le PM inaugure l’immeuble de la CNPS de Buéa." Cameroon government website, July 2007 . Political career A native of northern Cameroon and a friend of President |
Mey Norn
Mey Norn () is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Pursat Province in the National Assembly of Cambodia The National Assembly ( km, រដ្ឋសភា, ) is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Cambodia. It is referred to as the lower house, with the Senate being referred to as the upper house. The National Assembly is an elec ... in 2003. . Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008. References Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
