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Oberg
Oberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Berthold von Oberg (died 1494), Roman Catholic prelate and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz * Carl Oberg (1897–1965), high ranking member of the SS in Nazi Germany * Dawn Oberg (born c.1965), American singer-songwriter and pianist *Evan Oberg (both 1988), Canadian professional ice hockey player *James Oberg (born 1944), American space journalist and historian *Lyle Oberg (born 1960), Canadian politician in Alberta *Kalervo Oberg (1901–1973), Canadian anthropologist *Matt Oberg (born 1976), American actor *Margo Oberg (born 1953), American surfing champion *Metta von Oberg (1737–1794), German baroness *Ralph Oberg (1899–1961), American art director * Scott Oberg (born 1990), American professional baseball player Places * Oberg, Germany, a village in Ilsede, Lower Saxony See also * Öberg, a Swedish surname *Eilhart von Oberge Eilhart von Oberge was a German poet of the late 12th century. He is known exclusively throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Oberg
James Edward Oberg (born November 7, 1944) is an American space journalist and historian, regarded as an expert on the Russian and Chinese space programs. He had a 22-year career as a space engineer in NASA specializing in orbital rendezvous. Oberg is an author of ten books and more than a thousand articles on space flight. He gave many explanations of UFO phenomena in the popular press. He is also a consultant in spaceflight operations and safety. Early life and education James Oberg was born in New York City on November 7, 1944. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1966, a M.S. in applied mathematics (astrodynamics) from Northwestern University in 1969 (where he was also a NASA Trainee) and a M.S. in computer science from University of New Mexico in 1972. US Air Force At Northwestern University he started Ph.D. work in Mathematics, but was called to active duty by the United States Air Force in 1970. There he worked with modeling laser and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Oberg
Scott Michael Oberg (born March 13, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He currently serves as a special assistant to baseball operations for the Colorado Rockies. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 5 seasons with the Rockies. Oberg played college baseball at the University of Connecticut. Career College Oberg played college baseball at the University of Connecticut for the Huskies from 2009 to 2012. In 2009, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2011, he underwent Tommy John surgery. Colorado Rockies Oberg was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 15th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Rockies and made his professional debut with the Grand Junction Rockies. In 2013, he played for the Modesto Nuts. Pitching for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers in 2014, Oberg appeared in only 27 games due to injury. When the Rockies placed John Axford on family leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Oberg
Evan Oberg (born February 16, 1988) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman. He played 7 games in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning between 2010 and 2012. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2009 to 2019, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League, though he also spent one season in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. His last season was for the Lacombe Generals of the Allan Cup Hockey West (ACHW), a semi-professional league in Alberta, Canada. Playing career Oberg played two seasons with the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) before joining the University of Minnesota-Duluth. After six games with the Bulldogs, Oberg was seriously injured during a team practice. Pushed into the boards feet first, he dislocated his fibula, fractured his tibia and tore his left ankle on his left leg. The injuries forced Oberg to miss eight weeks. Oberg finished the season with one goal, a game-winner, and two assists i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Oberg
Lyle Knute Oberg (born January 6, 1960) is an Albertan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly. He is also a physician and business executive. Life and career Oberg was born near Forestburg, Alberta in 1960. A physician by profession, Oberg was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a Progressive Conservative in 1993. He was first appointed to the Alberta Cabinet in 1997 and served numerous posts. Oberg was appointed Minister of Family and Social Services in March 1997. Over the next two years, he oversaw the move of children's services and services for persons with developmental disabilities to community-based delivery. He launched a western Canadian initiative to address Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and implemented an interprovincial strategy to share resources and develop new and better approaches for addressing FAS. As part of the Alberta Children's Agenda, he introduced the Alberta Child Health Benefit Program and played a key role in the dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Oberg
Carl Oberg (27 January 1897 – 3 June 1965) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He served as Senior SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in occupied France, from May 1942 to November 1944, during the Second World War, Oberg came to be known as the Butcher of Paris. From May 1942, under orders from Reinhard Heydrich, Oberg ordered the execution of hundreds of hostages and the roundup and deportation of over 40,000 Jews from France to extermination camps, most infamously during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup with the assistance of the Vichy French police. Arrested by American military police in Tyrol in July 1945, Oberg was sentenced to death by two different courts: British and French before being handed over to the French. In 1958 his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and later reduced to 20 years hard labour. Oberg was eventually released on 28 November 1962 and pardoned by President Charles de Gaulle. He died in West Germany on 3 June 1965. Early life Carl Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalervo Oberg
Kalervo Oberg (1901–1973) was a Canadian anthropologist. Oberg was dedicated to fieldwork, serving as a civil servant and a teacher. He travelled the world and wrote about these experiences so others could enjoy them as well. Oberg is perhaps best known for applying the term culture shock to all people who travel abroad into new cultures and for his doctoral dissertation, ''The Social Economy of the Tlingit Indians of Alaska''. Early life Oberg was born to Finnish parents in Nanaimo, British Columbia on January 15, 1901. His family moved to Sointula, British Columbia, when Oberg was very young, but the collapse of the settlement forced his family to leave. Education Oberg earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of British Columbia, attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a master's degree in economics, and earned his doctorate from University of Chicago which linked economics and the social organization among the Tlingit, an Alaskan Native trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margo Oberg
Margo Oberg (born ''Margo Godfrey''; September 8, 1953 in Pennsylvania) was the first female professional surfer in the world. She won her first competition at the age of 11, won her first world title at 15, and became the first professional female surfer in 1975. Biography Margo Godfrey was born on September 8, 1953, in Pennsylvania and her family moved to La Jolla, California when she was five years old. She began surfing at the age of ten, and began competing a year later at the 1965 Western Regional Surfing Championships, at which she won in her division (San Diego female residents). She earned her first national title in 1966 when she won the 12-and-under division at the Menehune Championships; she was the only girl in the division. During this early stage of her career, she was coached by former World Champion Mike Doyle, who also shaped her surf boards. She began surfing on Longboard (surfing), longboards, but switched to Surfboard, short boards in 1968. By the time she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Oberg
Dawn Oberg is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is influenced by multiple genres, including jazz and cabaret. Career Oberg was born and grew up in Minnesota, where she wrote her first song at the age of 14. She later wrote what she called "perverse drinking songs" throughout her twenties. She attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, after which she moved to Nashville in the mid-1990s. While in Nashville, she played in multiple country music bands, during which time she recalls having been influenced by Bob Dylan and Hank Williams, before switching to playing piano-based songs influenced by R&B and jazz. The first band she played in was Honky-Tonk Happy Hour; she contributed to their first album before leaving to form a cabaret duo called Blossom Theory, in which she played piano. In 2008, she released her first solo album, ''Horticulture Wars'', followed by ''Rye'' in 2013 and ''Bring'' in 2015. Reception A review of ''Bring'' in L.A. Record said that, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metta Von Oberg
Anna Metta von Oberg (November 10, 1737 – October 25, 1794) was a German Baroness and close friend to Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg. Von Oberg was born in Jersbek, Duchy of Holstein, and lived in the period from 1762 to 1794 in the monastery of Uetersen. There she met Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg. After they left the monastery, they lived together in a small apartment south of the monastery. Although Metta was 15 years older, they were linked in a deep friendship. She also played a part in the heart of the friendship between Augusta Louise and the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Again and again she encouraged the young Augusta Louise in correspondence with the poet, unaware that both would feature in later literary history. Even after 1783, when Augusta Louise moved to Copenhagen and married the Danish Minister of State Peter Andreas Bernstorff, she remained at the side of her best friend. Metta von Oberg died at the age of 57 after years of illness in the monaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold Von Oberg
Berthold von Oberg, O.P. (died 1494) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (1468–1489)."Bishop Berthold von Oberg, O.P." '' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 30, 2016"Banados (Titular See)" '' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 Biography Berthold von Oberg was ordained a priest in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Oberg
Matthew French Oberg (born August 12, 1976, in Larchmont, New York) is an American actor and comedian. He is primarily known for his roles in television series such as ''The Real O'Neals'' and ''Ugly Americans'' and ''Hart of Dixie ''Hart of Dixie'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from September 26, 2011, to March 27, 2015. The series, created by Leila Gerstein, stars Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart, a New Yorker who, after her dreams of b ...''. In 2015, he starred as Mitch Reed in '' The Comedians''. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people 1976 births 21st-century American male actors American male film actors People from Larchmont, New York American male television actors {{US-film-actor-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberg, Germany
Ilsede is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Fuhse, approx. 7 km south of Peine, and 20 km west of Braunschweig. Ilsede in its present borders was formed in 2015 by merging the municipalities Lahstedt and the former municipality Ilsede. History In the area of the municipality Ilsede one finds the most accessible burial mounds in the southwest area of the Bülten wood. They are just a few steps away from the path that leads from Groß Bülten to Rosenthal. A small forest path leads directly to the old grave field. Although mighty trees have grown on the burial mounds in the meantime, the graves are still clearly visible. At the edge of the forest, an erratic boulder with the inscription "Grave field of the Bronze Age, approx. 1000 BC. BC ”to the historic cemetery. The site is one of the protected archaeological cultural monuments in the district of Peine in the Heers (this is the neighboring, northwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
