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Noble
A noble is a member of the nobility. Noble may also refer to: Places Antarctica * Noble Glacier, King George Island * Noble Nunatak, Marie Byrd Land * Noble Peak, Wiencke Island * Noble Rocks, Graham Land Australia * Noble Island, Great Barrier Reef United States * Noble (SEPTA station), a railway station in Abington, Pennsylvania * Noble, Illinois, a village * Noble, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Noble, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Noble, Louisiana, a village * Noble, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Noble, Oklahoma, a city * Noble County (other) * Noble Township (other) People * Noble (given name) * Noble (surname) Animals * Noble (horse), a British Thoroughbred * Noble Decree, an American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse * Noble snipe, a small stocky wader * Vaguely Noble, an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Arts, entertainment, and media Characters * Noble, the humanoid werewolf form of Savage/Noble, the onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Causes
''Noble Causes'' is an American comic book series created and written by Jay Faerber, illustrated by a variety of artists and published by Image Comics. The series follows the lives of the Nobles, a wealthy superhero family in the Image Universe. The stories focus less on the Nobles fighting supervillains and more on their personal lives. Originally intended to be an ongoing title, it was downgraded into a series of miniseries and one-shots. It finally became an ongoing title in 2004. Beginning with issue #32, the series jumped five years after the previous storyline. At this point, the characters Gaia, Race and Liz are no longer active part in the family, while Doc's new wife, Olympia, and her two children joined the Noble family. The series concluded in 2008 with the publication of issue #40.Arrant, Chris"The Other Family of Superheroes: Retiring NOBLE CAUSES" Newsarama. August 3, 2010 Cast of characters The Nobles *Dr. Dudley "Doc" Noble: Patriarch of the Noble family. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble (surname)
Noble is an English surname which commonly appears in multiple areas of the United Kingdom. The surname first appears in 1199, during the reign of Richard I and it is common in Edinburgh, Scotland. Notable people Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Noble (engineer) (1844–1914), American civil engineer * Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet (1831–1915), Scottish physicist * Ann C. Noble, sensory chemist and retired professor from the University of California, Davis * Arthur Noble (1695–1746), Lieutenant-Colonel of the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia * Anne Noble, a New Zealand photographer * Bill Noble, an Australian rugby league footballer * Brian Noble (other) ** Brian Noble (bishop) (1936–2019), British Roman Catholic bishop ** Brian Noble (American football) (born 1962), American football player ** Brian Noble (rugby league) (born 1961), English rugby league player and coach * Chelsea Noble, American actress * Christina Noble (born 1944), Irish c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble, Oklahoma
Noble is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 6,481 at the 2010 census. Noble is Cleveland County's third-largest city behind Norman and Moore. History On April 22, 1889, the day the first Oklahoma "Land Run" opened the Unassigned Lands in the middle of Indian Territory to settlers, J.W. Klinglesmith, Albert Rennie and several other businessmen forded the South Canadian River and laid claim to the town site that was to become Noble. The town was named in honor of Secretary of the Interior John Noble, who was instrumental in opening the Unassigned Lands to settlement. The group had great plans for Noble, hoping it would become the future county seat. The Santa Fe Railroad completed a railroad depot in Noble in August 1889. For several years, Noble was a major shipping point for cattle and other goods from both sides of the Canadian River. Business prospered even more when Charles Edwin Garee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaguely Noble
Vaguely Noble (1965–1989) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and France. The colt is best known as the winner of the 1968 Group One Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe when he defeated the best horses from England, France, Ireland and Italy. He was later a leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland and a Leading broodmare sire in GB & Ireland. Vaguely Noble is one of the highest-rated horses ever to run in Europe. Background Major Lionel B. Holliday bred Vaguely Noble who was foaled in 1965. Vaguely Noble was by Vienna (GB) who won six races and £27,970 before he was exported to France and then to Japan.Pryor, Peter, ''The Classic Connection'', Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979 His dam was the Lancashire Oaks winner, Noble Lassie (GB) was by Nearco (ITY) from Belle Sauvage by Big Game. Noble Lassie was the dam of several other horses, but Vaguely Noble was her only graded stakes winner. Vaguely Noble was inbred to Hyperion in the third and four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble (horse)
Noble (1783 – after 1796) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from May 1786 to May 1788 he ran at least three times and won two races. He won the seventh running of The Derby as a 30/1 outsider in what was probably his first race. His only other success came at Newmarket later that year. He was retired to stud where he stood as a stallion for several years but made little impact as a sire of winners. Background Noble was a bay horse standing 15.1 hands high bred by his owner, Thomas Panton. Noble was one of three Derby winners sired by Highflyer a successful racehorse who became an outstanding breeding stallion, winning the title of Champion sire on 13 occasions (1785-1796, 1798). He was the fourth of ten foals produced by Lord Farnham's mare Brim, an important broodmare who was the direct female ancestor of the Derby winners Cedric and Doncaster. There are few available records for Noble's racing career, and it is likely that he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble (film)
''Noble'' is a 2014 film written and directed by Stephen Bradley about the true life story of Christina Noble, a children's rights campaigner, charity worker and writer, who founded the Christina Noble Children's Foundation in 1989. It stars Deirdre O'Kane, Sarah Greene, Brendan Coyle, Mark Huberman and Ruth Negga. Plot The film is set in Vietnam in 1989, fourteen years after the end of the war. Christina Noble flies into Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), a country "that she wouldn't be able to show you on a map". With a few dollars, her own hard-won courage, she is about embark on a life calling. The film explores her tough upbringing in Dublin and her early adult life in the UK. It is the inspirational true story of a woman who believes that it only takes one person to make a difference. Cast * Deirdre O'Kane as Christina Noble * Sarah Greene as Middle Christina * Gloria Cramer Curtis as Young Christina * Brendan Coyle as Gerry Shaw * Mark Huberman as David Somers * Nhu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Decree
Noble Decree (foaled 6 March 1970) was an American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old colt he won two of his first five races before ending his season with a win in the Observer Gold Cup. He was rated the best colt of his generation in the 1972 Free Handicap. In the following year he was narrowly beaten by Mon Fils in the 2000 Guineas before suffering a career-ending injury in The Derby. He had no success as a breeding stallion. Background Noble Decree was a "strong, shapely, most attractive" bay horse with a very small white star bred in Florida by Kinsman Stud Farms. He was sold twice at auction in the United States, fetching $75,000 as a foal in 1970 and $145,000 as a yearling in the following year. On the latter occasion he was bought by representatives of the Texan oil billionaire Nelson Bunker Hunt who sent the horse to be trained in Europe. The colt was sent into training with Bernard Van Cutsem at his Stanley House stable at Newmarke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Township (other)
Noble Township may refer to: Illinois * Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois Indiana * Noble Township, Cass County, Indiana * Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana * Noble Township, LaPorte County, Indiana * Noble Township, Noble County, Indiana * Noble Township, Rush County, Indiana * Noble Township, Shelby County, Indiana * Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana Iowa * Noble Township, Cass County, Iowa Kansas * Noble Township, Dickinson County, Kansas * Noble Township, Ellsworth County, Kansas * Noble Township, Marshall County, Kansas, in Marshall County, Kansas Michigan * Noble Township, Michigan Missouri * Noble Township, Ozark County, Missouri, in Ozark County, Missouri Nebraska * Noble Township, Valley County, Nebraska North Dakota * Noble Township, Cass County, North Dakota, in Cass County, North Dakota Ohio * Noble Township, Auglaize County, Ohio * Noble Township, Defiance County, Ohio * Noble Township, Noble County, Ohio Noble Township is one of the fifte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Kale
Ghost Rider is the name of multiple antiheroes and superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Phantom Rider. The first supernatural Ghost Rider is stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, who, to save the life of his father, agrees to give his soul to " Satan" (later revealed to be an arch-demon named Mephisto). At night and when around evil, Blaze finds his flesh consumed by hellfire, causing his head to become a flaming skull. He rides a fiery motorcycle and wields blasts of hellfire from his body, usually from his skeletal hands. He eventually learns he has been bonded with the demon Zarathos. Blaze is featured in the ''Ghost Rider'' series from 1972 to 1983. The subsequent ''Ghost Rider'' series (1990–1998) features Danny Ketch as a new Ghost Rider. After his sister was injured by ninja gangsters, Ketch comes in contact with a motorcycle that contains t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble (given Name)
Noble is the given name of the following people: * Noble Craig (died 2018), an American actor and Vietnam War veteran * Noble Doss (1920–2009), an American National Football League halfback * Noble S. Elderkin (1810–1875), an American politician * Noble Jones Gregory (1897–1971), an American politician * Noble Foster Hoggson (1865-?), an American builder, architect and author * Noble A. Hull (1827–1907), an American politician * Noble Johnson (1881–1978), an African-American actor and film producer * Noble J. Johnson (1887–1968), an American politician and judge * Noble Jones (1702–1775), one of the first settlers of the Province of Georgia and one of its leading officials * Noble Wimberly Jones (c. 1723–1805), an American physician and statesman, son of the above * Noble Jorgensen (1925–1982), a basketball player * Noble Kizer (1900–1940), an American football and basketball player, football coach and college athletics administrator * Noble C. Powell (1891– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Noble
Donna Noble (later Donna Temple-Noble) is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Portrayed by British actress and comedian Catherine Tate, she is a former companion of the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant). Originally appearing in the closing scene of the show's 2006 series and as a special guest star in its following Christmas special, " The Runaway Bride", Tate was not expected to reprise her role as Donna; for series 3 (2007), the Doctor travelled alongside medical student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman). However, Tate expressed interest in returning to the role, and she returned as Donna for the duration of series 4 (2008), and in a subsequent 2009–2010 Christmas and New Year's special. On 15 May 2022, it was announced that Tate would reprise the role for the series' 60th anniversary special in 2023. Within the series' narrative, Donna begins as an outspoken Londoner in her mid-30s, a temp worker from Chiswick wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble (SEPTA Station)
Noble station is a station along the SEPTA West Trenton Line to Ewing, New Jersey. It is located at Old York Road & Rodman Avenue in the community of Noble in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The station has off-street parking. In FY 2013, Noble station had a weekday average of 222 boardings and 252 alightings. History Noble station was originally built in 1901 by the Reading Railroad, as a replacement for a former North Pennsylvania Railroad built in 1889 and dedicated by President Benjamin Harrison. It is the last stop inbound before Jenkintown-Wyncote station in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, where it merges with the Warminster and Lansdale/Doylestown lines. Station layout Noble has two low-level side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...s. Gallery File: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
