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Nana (surname)
Nana is a surname. Notable people with the surname include : * Abrewa Nana (born 1980), Ghanaian singer, songwriter, dancer and former Idol series judge * Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (born 1985), French-Cameroonian heptathlete * Daniel Nana Yeboah (born 1978), Ghanaian football player * Harding Nana (born 1981), Cameroonian basketball player * Karl Te Nana (born 1975), New Zealand rugby player * Kojo Nana Obiri-Yeboah, prominent Pentecostal pastor from Ghana active primarily in Uganda * Lek Nana (born c. 1936), Thai businessman and politician * Mizaistom Nana, a fictional character in the manga series ''Hunter × Hunter'' * Parbhu Nana (born 1933), East African cricketer * Prince Nana Nana Osei Bandoh is an American professional wrestler and manager of Ghanaian extraction, better known by his ring name, Prince Nana. He has stated that he is an Ashanti prince. Early life Although Nana was born in the United States, he clai ... (born 1977), American professional wrestler of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abrewa Nana
Dorcas Opoku Dakwa (born 3 December 1980), known professionally as Abrewa Nana, is a Ghanaian singer, songwriter, dancer and former ''Idol'' series judge. Early life and education Nana's parents are Isaac Dakwa and Juliana Blankson. The name "Abrewa" literally means "old woman" in the Akan language, her mother tongue. She adopted this as her stage name partly because she had been named after her grandmother. Raised mostly by her single mother, Nana attended primary school in Accra and Aggrey Memorial Senior High School, before studying Business Accounting at the Takoradi Polytechnic.Idol Girl Storms Back As a teenager, she idolized and |
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (born 2 August 1985 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian-French heptathlete and pentathlete. She has won two European Athletics Championships heptathlon gold medals (in 2012 and 2014) and two European Athletics Indoor Championships pentathlon gold medals (in 2011 and 2013). Her heptathlon personal best result is 6576 points, achieved at the 2012 Olympics in London. . Career Nana Djimou finished 4th at the 2012 Olympics heptathlon in London, with a personal best of 6576 points. Nana Djimou withdrew from the upcoming 2015 World Championships in Athletics after undergoing an operation in June 2015. Personal bests ;Outdoor *100 m: 11.78 (2008) *200 m: 24.36 (2011) *800 m: 2:15.22 (2014) *100 m hs: 12.96 (2012) *High jump: 1.83 m (2011) *Long jump: 6.43 m (2016) *Shot put: 16.17 m (2016) *Javelin throw: 57.27 m (2012) *Heptathlon: 6,576 (2012) ;Indoor *60 m: 7.59 (2008) *800 m: 2:18.09 (2011) *60 m hs: 8.11 (2010 and 2011) *High jump: 1.84 m (2010) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Nana Yeboah
Daniel Nana Yeboah (born 20 July 1984) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Between 2002 and 2008, he made six appearances for the Ghana national team. Club career In July 2012, Yeboah joined Egyptian side Al Ittihad on a two-year contract. International career Yeboah was member of the Black Stars, he played his debut in 2002 was than four years inactive and was recalled for the game on 11 October 2008 against Lesotho national football team The Lesotho national football team represents Lesotho in men's international football and is governed by the Lesotho Football Association. The team's nickname is "Likuena" (Crocodiles). The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals .... References External links * 1978 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Men's association football midfielders Asante Kotoko S.C. players Heart o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harding Nana
Harding Ngueyep Nana (born January 17, 1981) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player currently playing as a power forward for Swiss Central of the Swiss Basketball League. He is also a member of the Cameroon national basketball team. College career Nana signed with Virginia Tech out of Notre Dame Prep in Kensington, Maryland. In 2001-02, his first season with the Hokies, he played in only three games before missing the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery. He did not appear in any games for the Hokies in the 2002-03 before requesting a transfer to the University of Delaware. At Delaware, he was a three year starter for the Blue Hens after sitting out the first several games of his sophomore season due to NCAA transfer rules. In his junior season, his first full season as a starter he averaged 18.5 PPG and 10.4 RPG to lead the Colonial Athletic Association in both categories en route to a first team All-CAA selection. He followed that up with a 19.0 PP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Te Nana
Karl Solomon Te Nana (born 15 July 1975) is a New Zealand former rugby union and rugby league footballer, and currently works in broadcasting as a rugby commentator. A professional rugby union player, Te Nana won a gold medal as part of the New Zealand rugby sevens national team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He scored 113 tries for the New Zealand rugby sevens team. He was the leading try scorer during the 2000–01 Sevens Series with 42 tries. He was a member of the New Zealand squad that won the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens. He played for North Harbour Rugby Union, North Harbour in the National Provincial Championship (1976–2005), National Provincial Championship and spent the 2000 season with the Otago Highlanders in Super Rugby (then known as the Super 12). He played for the Point Chevalier Pirates in the Auckland Rugby League's 2010 Auckland Rugby League season, Phelan Shield. In 2019, he was on the first panel to determine the World Rugby women's-15s player-of-the-ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kojo Nana Obiri-Yeboah
Kojo Nana Obiri-Yeboah is a prominent Pentecostal pastor from Ghana who is active primarily in Uganda. He is the son of evangelical pastor John Obiri-Yeboah who was a well-known preacher in Uganda in the 1970s and 80s. His father was known for performing apparent miracles in his services. Education Kojo Nana Obiri-Yeboah attended Joseph Strechen Junior School and Aquinas Secondary School in Ghana. He continued his education in England, at Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2–19 Independent school (United Kingdom), independent, Day school, day and boarding school for Single-sex education, boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a Public school (United Kingdom), public school, it began as the Col ... and later Christ College in Blackheath, London. After a time helping out at his family's pineapple farm in Ghana, he returned to England to pursue a Diploma in Agriculture at Vauxhall College. Back in Ghana, he managed the family farm and a travel business. There, he felt called t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lek Nana
Lek Nana ( th, เล็ก นานา; 1924–1 April 2010) was a Thai businessman and politician. He was one of the founders of Thailand's Democrat Party (Thailand), Democrat Party at the end of World War II. Lek Nana served as Deputy Foreign Minister as well as Minister of Science, Technology, and Energy."New Thai Minister of Science, Technology, and Energy appointed", Xinhua News Agency, 29 August 1985 A Muslim of Gujarati people, Gujarati ancestry, he was a senior member of the Central Islamic Committee of Thailand. The Nana area on Sukhumvit Road derives its name from him. Career Nana became Deputy Foreign Minister in 1975 under Prime Minister Seni Pramoj, losing his office in the military coup that followed the October 1976 massacre of leftist protesters at Thammasat University. He served as an diplomatic rank, honorary consul-general for Iraq in Thailand until 1981. In December 1982, a powerful bomb exploded in his office building in Bangkok's Chinatown, killing a poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parbhu Nana
Parbhu Govan Nana (born 17 August 1933, date of death unknown) was an East African cricketer. He was a Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...n of Indian origin. Nana played three One day Internationals in the 1975 World Cup. He died sometime between 2009, when he visited New Zealand, and 2019, when it was reported that he had died "some years ago". References Parbhu Nana Profile and Detailsat ZambiaCricket.Org 1933 births Year of death missing East African cricketers East Africa One Day International cricketers Zambian cricketers Indian emigrants to Zambia Cricketers at the 1975 Cricket World Cup {{Zambia-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Nana
Nana Osei Bandoh is an American professional wrestler and manager of Ghanaian extraction, better known by his ring name, Prince Nana. He has stated that he is an Ashanti prince. Early life Although Nana was born in the United States, he claims that he is the son of an Ashanti tribe member with royal heritage and the heir to the throne of Ashanti in Ghana. When Nana was three, his family relocated to Ghana for five years, returning so that Nana could be educated in America. As a teenager, he relocated to New York City in America as an exchange student. In 1992, at the age of fifteen, Nana watched WrestleMania VIII, and was inspired by the WWF Championship match between "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Ric Flair to become a wrestler. A year later, he wrote to the World Wrestling Federation and asked their advice as to which professional wrestling school he should attend. The WWF recommended that he train under Larry Sharpe in New Jersey, but Nana felt that Sharpe's school was too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Nana (footballer)
Prince Nana Takyi (born 16 March 1983 in Kumasi) is a Danish-Ghanaian former football player in the striker position. He played for Akademisk Boldklub in the Danish Superliga championship, and played professionally for a number of Danish clubs in the Danish 1st Division, and was named 2008 Best African Footballer in Denmark. He ended his career in February 2010 due to injuries. Nana received a Danish citizenship in February 2008. Nana started his senior career in Danish football, playing in Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of multiple Danish champions F.C. Copenhagen. He later joined Akademisk Boldklub (AB), playing in the Danish Superliga championship. He made his Superliga debut in a 2–1 win against BK Frem on 31 August 2003.Prince Nana at DanskFodbold.com In February 2004, Nana was poised to repla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
