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Marc Davis (snooker Player)
Marc Davis may refer to: * Marc Davis (academic), computer science professor * Mark Davis (actor) (born 1965), also credited as Marc Davis, British pornography actor * Marc Davis (animator) Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000) was a prominent American artist and animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films, and was revered for ... (1913–2000), Walt Disney Studios animator * Marc Davis (astronomer) (born 1947), astrophysicist and professor * Marc Davis (racing driver) (born 1990), NASCAR driver * Marc Davis (runner) (born 1969), American middle-distance runner See also * Marcus Davis (born 1973), fighter * Marcus Davis (American football), (born 1989), wide receiver * Mark Davis (other) {{hndis, name = Davis, Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Davis (academic)
Marc Davis was founding director of Yahoo! Research Berkeley, and led Garage Cinema Research. Davis received his bachelor's degree in 1984 from Wesleyan University, his master's degree in literary science and philosophy from University of Konstanz in 1987 and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995.Invention ArtsMarc Davis Davis was also chief technology officer and co-founder of Amova from 1999 to 2002. He served as the social media guru at Yahoo! Inc. and as chief scientist and co-founder of Invention Arts. Davis is currently a partner architect for Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...'s Online Services Division. References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Wesleyan University alumni Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Davis (actor)
Mark Davis (born 6 August 1965) is an English former pornographic actor, director, and exotic dancer. In 1998, ''The Independent'' labeled him "Britain's biggest male porn star in America". In 2012, he announced his retirement from the adult industry. He has been inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. Early life Davis grew up in Essex. In 1981, his family moved to Toronto, Ontario. Career After graduating from high school, he went to Los Angeles to shoot a ''Playgirl'' pictorial at 18 years of age. Soon thereafter, he moved to the US permanently. From 1984 to 1988, he was employed as a stripper for the " Chippendale" dancers. In January 1993, Davis began his career in adult films. In 2003, Davis was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame. In February 2006, he was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame. In his last years (2009-2012), he worked primarily for ''kink.com'', serving villainous roles in BDSM scenes. In 2012, Mark Davis announced his retirement from pornography, en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Davis (animator)
Marc Fraser Davis (March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000) was a prominent American artist and animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films, and was revered for his knowledge and understanding of visual aesthetics. After his work on ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' he moved to Walt Disney Imagineering to work on rides for Disneyland and Walt Disney World before retiring in 1978. Walt Disney once said of Davis, "Marc can do story, he can do character, he can animate, he can design shows for me. All I have to do is tell him what I want and it's there! He's my Renaissance man." Early life Davis was born in Bakersfield, California, on March 30, 1913. The family moved a lot, so Davis was in 26 schools before he was in high school. As a child, schoolyard bullies were an impetus for Davis to start drawing. He found when he drew that the other kids wanted his art, and the bullies wouldn't beat him up. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Davis (astronomer)
Marc Davis (born 1947) is an American professor of astronomy and physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Davis received his bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969, his Ph.D from Princeton University in 1973 and has been elected to both the National Academy of Sciences (1991) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992). He taught for a year at Princeton, 1973–74, then was on the astronomy faculty at Harvard from 1975 to 1981. Since 1981, he has been on the faculty of the Department of Astronomy and Physics at the University of California at Berkeley. Davis' work has been in physical cosmology and he has done a number of significant projects. While at Harvard, he led the CfA ( Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian) galaxy survey, the first redshift survey of galaxies, which motivated his interest in N-body simulations of the Universe. In the 1980s, at Berkeley, he was part of a collaboration with George Efstathiou, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Davis (racing Driver)
Marc Davis (born June 23, 1990) is an American former stock car racing developmental driver for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). Davis graduated from Mooresville Christian Academy in May 2008. Racing career Davis grew up in Colesville, Maryland as the son of an F-1 boat racer. He began competing in BMX, achieving US-2 and Gold Cup #1 rankings. He moved to quarter midgets at age 8, followed by Junior Dragsters. He spent three years racing Bandoleros before moving to legends.Marc Davis Makes Impression at Toledo Speedway ; October 14, 2007, ARCA, Retrieved January 30, 2008 At age 13 he was in this third year racing legends when he won two 2003 national car championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Davis (runner)
Marc Davis (born December 17, 1969, in Oceanside, California) is a retired American track and field athlete, who mainly competed in distance races like the men's 3000 metres steeplechase and 5000 metres. His personal bests include running 3:54.30 for the mile, 8:14.26 in the steeplechase and 8:12.74 for 2 Miles. Davis first gained fame while running for San Diego High School (the same alma mater as American distance star Meb Keflezighi), winning the 1986 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships - which at the time was the only high school national championship contested - on his home course before a national TV audience. Davis went on to run for the University of Arizona, winning the 1992 3000m Steeple Chase NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships. As a professional, he won the 1993 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 3000m Steeplechase, and in 1998 he won the USATF 5000 metres. On the roads he won the 1997 USATF National 5K Championship. Davis ran an Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Davis
Marcus Paul Davis (born August 24, 1973), is an American professional mixed martial artist and former professional boxer who is perhaps best known for competing in the UFC. A professional MMA competitor from 2003 until 2014, Davis also competed for Bellator MMA, the MFC, the Cage Fury Fighting Championships, and was a contestant on ''The Ultimate Fighter 2''. Background Davis was born in Houlton, Maine and raised in Bangor, Maine by his single mother along with his brother, Ron who is six years older than Marcus. Davis was troubled growing up, often getting into fights. He was also stabbed twice, shot at on more than one occasion, and witnessed rapes at a young age. He began karate when he was eight years old because there were no boxing gyms in his town, though he would eventually start boxing when he was 14 years old, having his first amateur match later that year. Davis attended Bangor High School and became a professional boxer when he was 18 years old. At 19, Davis began h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Davis (American Football)
Marcus Darnell Davis (born December 21, 1989) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Giants in 2013. He played college football at Virginia Tech. Early life He attended Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was named first-team All-Tidewater as a quarterback by The Virginian Pilot and also was selected to the First-team All-Beach District. He was ranked as the 9th best prospect in the state of Virginia by The Roanoke Times. He was ranked as the 112th best wide receiver prospect in the country by SuperPrep. College career Virginia Tech Freshman season In his Freshman year, he only recorded 5 receptions, 125 receiving yards along with one receiving touchdown. Sophomore season In his Sophomore year, he had 19 receptions, 239 receiving yards and 2 receiving touchdowns. Junior season In his Junior year, he had 30 receptions, 510 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns. Senior season In his Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
