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Michael Turner (historian)
Michael or Mike Turner may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Michael Le Vell (Michael Robert Turner, born 1964), English actor, plays Kevin Webster in ''Coronation Street'' * Michael Turner (actor) (1921–2012), South African born actor who played numerous roles on British television *Michael Turner (comics) (1971–2008), comic book artist and publisher known for his work on ''Witchblade'' and ''Fathom'' * Michael Turner (illustrator) (born 1934), British motorsport and aviation illustrator *Michael Turner (musician) (born 1962), Canadian writer and musician from Vancouver, BC *Mick Turner (born 1960), Australian musician and artist *Mike Turner (musician) (born 1963), former and founding band member of alternative rock band Our Lady Peace Politics *Mike Turner (Oklahoma politician) (born 1987), member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives * Mike Turner (Tennessee politician) (born 1955), Tennessee politician in the Tennessee House of Representatives *Mike Turner (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Le Vell
Michael Robert Turner (born 15 December 1964), known professionally as Michael Le Vell, is an English actor. He is best known for his role as mechanic Kevin Webster in the long-running ITV (TV channel), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', a role he has played since 1983. Early life Le Vell was born in Newton Heath, Manchester. When he was fifteen, his mother died from a brain tumour, and when he was 22, his father died of lung cancer. He has a brother, Phil and two sisters. Career Le Vell began his acting career in the Oldham Theatre Workshop after taking an interest in amateur dramatics while at school. He had a guest role as paperboy Neil Grimshaw in ''Coronation Street''. He then went on to appear in the BBC shows ''Fame is the Spur (TV series), Fame is the Spur'' and ''One by One (TV series), One by One''. Le Vell later attended an audition at Granada Studios for the series ''Scully (TV series), Scully'', where he met casting director Judy Hayfield. Hayfield presumed that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Turner (Australian Rules Footballer)
Michael Turner (born 6 December 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 245 games for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1974 to 1988. Michael "Micky" Turner grew up in Warrnambool and did his final years of high school at Monivae College in Hamilton. He followed in the footsteps of his father Leo Turner (1928-1997) in representing Geelong and played as a wingman and half forward. He was an All-Australian in 1979 and captained the club for three seasons between 1984 and 1986. In 1982 he was Geelong's leading goalkicker with 40 goals. In 1989, Turner signed on as captain-coach of Werribee in the Victorian Football Association. In 1995 he was appointed by AFL Victoria to be the regional manager for the Geelong Falcons, responsible for the development of junior talent in the area. In 2014 he completed his 20th year in the job and has helped make the Falcons one of the highest regarded junior development programs in Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Turner (businessman)
Michael John Turner CBE (born 5 August 1948) is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of the aerospace and defence company BAE Systems, and current chairman of Babcock International and prior to the hostile takeover by Melrose was chairman of GKN plc. Early life He attended Didsbury Technical High School (became Wilbraham High School in 1965) on School Lane in Didsbury. He gained a BA from Manchester Polytechnic in 1970, whilst working for Hawker Siddeley Aviation which he joined in 1966. Career Turner replaced the previous CEO at BAE Systems plc, John Weston, in March 2002 who was dismissed. Turner has previously been a Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company, responsible for all of the company's business units. Both Turner and BAE's previous chairman, Sir Richard Evans, have had an abrasive relationship with senior Ministry of Defence officials. The relationship deteriorated over cost over-runs and delays to major procurement projects, for example BAE announced a sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Turner (banker)
Sir Michael William Turner (1905 - 27 September 1980) was a banker for Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and commandant of the auxiliary police in Hong Kong. Early life Turner was born in Winchester, England, in 1905. He was the son of Skinner Turner, at that time Judge of the British Court for Siam in Bangkok and later Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China based in Shanghai. Education Turner studied at Marlborough College and then University College, Oxford and obtained a degree in military history. He played field hockey with the English national field hockey team. Career Upon graduation, Turned joined the London office of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC) and was then posted to Shanghai. Turner was later transferred to Singapore where he was interned in Changi Prison for the duration of World War II. It took him six months for him to recover from the conditions in the camp. After the war, Turner resumed his career with HSBC and, in 1953, succeeded Sir Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Turner (water Polo)
Michael Turner (born 5 January 1951) is an Australian former water polo player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2014, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame. See also * Australia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. Abbreviations Winning goalkeepers The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or ... References External links * 1951 births Living people Australian male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Olympic water polo players for Australia Water polo players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Turner (swimmer)
Michael H. Turner (16 June 1948 – December 2020) was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World University Games, and England in the Commonwealth Games, during the 1960s. He competed in freestyle swimming events. He represented Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, in the men's 4×100-metre freestyle relay. He also represented England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth P ... in Kingston, Jamaica, collecting medals in all three men's team relay events. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) References *Michael Turner's obituary 1948 births 2020 deaths English male freestyle swimmers British male freestyle swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Turner (footballer)
Michael George Elliott Turner (born 20 September 1938) is an English former professional football goalkeeper. Football career He was capped by England at youth level, but due to service in the RAF had to wait until December 1961 to turn professional when he joined Swindon Town from non-league Dorchester Town. He played 75 league games for Swindon and was part of Swindon's first ever promotion winning team in the 1962–63 season, before joining Torquay United in July 1964. He played 14 league games for Torquay over the next 2 seasons, before leaving the professional game. He subsequently returned to Dorset, working for Plesseys for 20 years before retiring (in October 2006 he was living in Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...). Turner is married with tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Turner (footballer, Born 1983)
Michael Thomas Turner (born 9 November 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Charlton Athletic Born in Lewisham, London, Turner started his career at Charlton Athletic. As part of a link-up Charlton had with Internazionale, he spent several months of his apprenticeship with the Italian club's under-19 team. After signing professional terms with Charlton, he went out on loan to Leyton Orient in March 2003 until the end of the 2002–03 season. The following season, he was captain of Charlton's reserve team, and was named Charlton's Young Player of the Year 2003–04. Brentford In August 2004, Turner joined Brentford on an initial one-month loan, which was later extended to two, then three, months. At the end of his loan spell, in November 2004, Brentford signed Turner permanently, on a two-and-a-half-year contract, for an undisclosed fee. He was highly rated at Griffin Park, being voted Players' Player of the Year in the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Turner (cricketer)
Francis Michael Turner Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (8 August 1934 – 21 July 2015) was an English cricketer active from 1954 to 1959 who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire. He appeared in ten first-class cricket, first-class matches as a right-handed batting (cricket), batsman who bowling (cricket), bowled spin bowling, leg break and googly. He scored 196 run (cricket), runs with a highest score of 28not out, * and took three wickets with a best performance of three for 56. Turner remained in cricket and worked for Leicestershire in administration. The club awarded him a benefit season in 1985. In 1994 he was awarded the MBE for services to cricket. References 1934 births 2015 deaths Members of the Order of the British Empire English cricketers Leicestershire cricketers English cricket administrators {{england-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
