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MacFadyen
MacFadyen is a Scotland, Scottish patronymic surname meaning "son of little Patrick". The Celtic languages, Celtic prefix "Mac" means "son of", while "Fadyen" is a derivative of the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic ''Pháidín'', meaning "little Patrick". It is a variant of the surname McFadden (surname), McFadden, which has other variants. People with the surname include: * Allan Macfadyen (1860–1907), Scottish bacteriologist * Angus Macfadyen (born 1963), Scottish actor * Christie MacFadyen, Canadian actress * Donnie Macfadyen (born 1979), Scottish rugby player * Donald Macfadyen, Lord Macfadyen (1945–2008), Scottish lawyer and judge * Elmer MacFadyen (1943–2007), Canadian politician * Gavin MacFadyen (1940–2016), American investigative journalist * Ian Macfadyen, (born 1942), British retired Air Marshal * Matthew Macfadyen (born 1974), English actor * Ross Macfadyen, Scottish broadcast professional * Willie MacFadyen (1904–1971), Scottish football player and manager See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin MacFadyen
Gavin Hall MacFadyen (né Galter; January 1, 1940 – October 22, 2016) was an American investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. He was the director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) at Goldsmiths, University of London; Co-Founder with Eileen Chubb of the UK whistleblower support group, The Whistler; and a Trustee of the Courage Foundation. MacFadyen facilitated and protected whistleblowing activities and organized events at which whistleblowers and former intelligence personnel spoke publicly. He acted as an advocate for Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning, eventually becoming a director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism. Closely linked to Assange, he formed the official Julian Assange Defense Committee, which raises funds to pay the legal expenses of Assange and other WikiLeaks staff. MacFadyen has appeared in a number of documentaries about Wikileaks, including ''We Steal Secrets'' and ''Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero?'' The Gavin MacFadyen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie MacFadyen
William MacFadyen (23 June 1904 – 20 January 1971) was a Scottish football player and manager. A goalscoring centre forward, his 52 league goals for Motherwell's 1931–32 championship winning side remains the record goals total for a single season in Scottish League history. He also topped the scoring charts again the following season, netting 45 times. In total, he scored 251 league goals for Motherwell – the eighth-best top flight total in Scottish League history. Playing career Born in Overtown, Lanarkshire, MacFadyen played junior football for Wishaw YMCA before beginning his Motherwell career in 1921. Before establishing himself at Fir Park, he spent periods on loan with Bo'ness and Clyde. As well as the 1932 league title, he gained two Scottish Cup runners-up medals while at Motherwell, in 1931 and 1933. He appeared for Scotland twice during 1933, against Wales and Austria. Despite scoring in both matches, he wasn't selected for international duty again, alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer MacFadyen
Elmer Eric MacFadyen (January 9, 1943 – August 17, 2007) was a Canadian politician. He represented Sherwood-Hillsborough in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1996 to 2007 as a Progressive Conservative member. MacFadyen was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Donald & Annie MacFadyen. He married Judy McAlduff in 1968. MacFadyen was named government house leader in 1996 and was appointed to cabinet as Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs in August 2002. He was defeated in the 2007 general election held in May 2007. MacFadyen suffered a massive heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ... at his home in Charlottetown in August of that year and died in hospital. He was 64 years old. MacFadyen is the brother of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFadyen (surname)
McFadyen is a Scottish patronymic surname meaning "son of little Patrick". The Gaelic prefix "Mc" means "son of", while "Fadyen" is a derivative of the Gaelic ''Pháidín'', meaning "little Patrick". It is a variant of the surname McFadden. There are similar names including MacFadyen and McFayden. People with the surname include: List of persons with the surname * Charles Hector McFadyen (1892–1965), Australian rules football player and senior public servant * Don McFadyen (1907–1990), Canadian professional hockey left winger * Hugh McFadyen (born 1967), Canadian lawyer and politician * Ian McFadyen (born 1948), Australian writer, actor, and director * John Edgar McFadyen (1870–1933), Scottish theologian and professor * Ken McFadyen (born 1939), Australian war artist * Liane Buffie McFadyen, Colorado politician * Luke McFadyen (born 1982), Australian rugby player * Matthew Mcfadyen (born 1974), English actor See also * McFadden (surname) * MacFadyen MacFadyen is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFadden (surname)
McFadden is a Scottish and Irish patronymic surname, meaning "son of little Patrick," named after St. Patrick, Ireland's patron saint. The Celtic prefix " Mc" means "son of", while "Fadden" is derived from the Gaelic ''Páidín'', meaning "little Patrick". There are variant spellings, including Irish McFaddin, MacFadden, Mac Phaidin, the Scottish McFadin, McFadyen, McFadhen, MacFadyen, McFadwyn, McFadyean, MacFadzean, McFadyon, McFayden, Fadden, Fadyen, Faden, Fadin, and Fadwyn. McFadden is uncommon as a given name. People with the surname include: *Andrew McFadden, Australian rugby league football coach * Bernarr Macfadden (1868–1955), American proponent of physical culture *Bob McFadden (1923‒2000), American singer, impressionist, and voice-over actor * Brian McFadden (born 1980), Irish singer *Bryant McFadden (born 1981), American football player * Callum McFadden, Bassist with the band Hooton Tennis Club *Charlie "Specks" McFadden (1895–1966), American country blues sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christie MacFadyen
Christie MacFadyen is a Canadian actress best known for appearing in the film ''The Top of His Head''.Marc Horton, "Mystery-love story makes for obscure but rewarding film". ''Edmonton Journal'', May 11, 1990. Selected filmography * ''The Top of His Head'' (1989) * ''Swoon (film), Swoon'' (1992) * ''Spare Me (1992 film), Spare Me'' (1992) * ''Left Behind: The Movie'' (2000) * ''Clean Rite Cowboy'' (2000) * ''Too Much Sex'' (2000) * ''Left Behind II: Tribulation Force'' (2002) * ''Ararat (film), Ararat'' (2002) * ''Good Fences'' (2003) References External links * Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Canada-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Macfadyen
Allan Macfadyen (26 May 1860 in Glasgow – 1 March 1907 in Hampstead, London) was a Scottish bacteriologist, a pioneer in immunization against bacterial infection. Early life and education The youngest of four sons of a brass founder in Glasgow, Macfadyen was the son of Archibald Macfadyen and wife Margaret, who was a daughter of D. McKinlay of Stornaway. Allan Macfadyen was educated at Dr. Bryce's collegiate school at Edinburgh from 1871. In 1878 he became a student in the University of Edinburgh. He graduated there M.B., C.M. (1883), M.D. with gold medal (1886), and BSc in hygiene (1888). He studied chemistry and bacteriology in Berne, Göttingen, and Munich. Career Upon his return to England, he became, from 1889 to 1892, a research scholar of the Grocers' Company and lecturer on bacteriology at the College of State Medicine in London. The College was subsequently amalgamated with the British Institute of Preventive Medicine, of which Macfadyen was made director in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Macfadyen
Ross Macfadyen is a Scottish media, broadcast and communications professional currently working in the charity sector. Career Born in Glasgow, he started his professional broadcasting career with East End Radio, before joining Radio Clyde, where he was an on-air presenter, and became head of music for Clyde 1, Programme Controller for Radio Clyde, and then director of programmes for Radio Clyde, Clyde 1 and Clyde 2. He left Radio Clyde in October 2005 and joined Real Radio, part of the Guardian Media Group. He has also been a regular stand-in presenter on Get It On for BBC Radio Scotland. As well as his on-air work, Macfadyen was content services senior manager for "RNIB Solutions" and ran RNIB Connect Radio nsight Radio the radio division of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), with a network of radio studios across the UK producing programming by and for blind and partially sighted people targeted at the 2 million people living with sight loss in the UK. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Macfadyen
David Matthew Macfadyen (; born 17 October 1974) is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained prominence for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's ''Pride & Prejudice'' (2005). He currently stars as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series '' Succession'' (2018-present) for which he has received a Primetime Emmy Award, two BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Macfayden is also known for his roles in films such as '' Death at a Funeral'' (2007), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), '' The Assistant'' (2019), and ''Operation Mincemeat'' (2021). He made his television debut in 1998 as Hareton Earnshaw in ''Wuthering Heights''. He portrayed Tom Quinn in the BBC One spy series '' Spooks'' (2002-04, 2011), and Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC mystery series ''Ripper Street'' (2012-2016). He also starred as Henry Wilcox in Kenneth Lonergan's miniseries ''Howards End'' and Charles Ingram in the Stephen Frears' limited series ''Quiz'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Macfadyen
Sir Ian David Macfadyen, (born 19 February 1942) is a senior Royal Air Force officer, a former Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (2000–05) and Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle (2009–14). RAF career Born the son of Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen, Ian Macfadyen was educated at Marlborough College and entered the RAF College Cranwell in 1960. After service in fighter squadrons, in 1970 he became a flying instructor and a member of the Poachers formation aerobatic teamAir Marshal Ian Macfadyen Cranston Fine Arts at the . In 1980 as a wing commander he was appointed |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Macfadyen, Lord Macfadyen
Donald James Dobbie Macfadyen, Lord Macfadyen (8 September 1945 – 11 April 2008) was a highly regarded Scottish lawyer who served as a judge for over a decade. In 2002, he was one of the five judges who heard the appeal of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi against his conviction for the bombing in 1998 of Pan Am Flight 103. Life Macfadyen was born in Glasgow, to Donald and Christina Macfadyen. He was educated at Hutchesons' Boys Grammar School and then at Glasgow University, where he won many prizes and graduated in law in 1967. In 1969, Macfadyen was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates, at the unusually young age of 23. He was an advocate depute (prosecutor) from 1979 to 1982, and was standing junior counsel to the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland from 1977 to 1979 and to the Scottish Home and Health Department from 1982 to 1983. Macfadyen became a Queen's Counsel in 1983, aged only 38. From 1989 to 1995 he was a part-time chairman of Medical Appeal Tribunals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
