Obey (surname)
Obey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * André Obey (1892–1975), French playwright and writer *Dave Obey (born 1938), American lobbyist and politician *Ebenezer Obey (born 1942), Nigerian musician *Pattie Obey Pattie Obey is an American Jazz dance choreographer and a Jazz dance master teacher. In 2000 she was awarded the ''Jazz Dance World Congress Award'' due to her significant contribution to the world of Jazz Dance. Biography Obey is a native of C ..., American choreographer * Wallace Obey (born 1961), Liberian sprinter {{surname, Obey ...
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André Obey
André Obey (; 8 May 1892 at Douai, France – 11 April 1975 at Montsoreau, near the river Loire) was a prominent French playwright during the inter-war years, and into the 1950s. He began as a novelist and produced an autobiographical novel about his adolescence ''le Joueur de triangle'' (The Triangle Player). After his meeting with Jacques Copeau, he devoted himself completely to dramatic works. In 1945 Obey became provisional general administrator of the Comédie-Française. He was made full general administrator in 1946, and resigned in 1947 after just under a year's service. Obey's play ''Le Viol de Lucrèce'' was drawn on by Ronald Duncan for the libretto of Benjamin Britten's opera ''The Rape of Lucretia''. Obey served as general administrator of the Comédie-Française, in a provisional capacity from October 1945 until 6 April 1946, then with full powers until his resignation on 5 February 1947. Bibliography Novels *''Le joueur de triangle'' (The Triangle Player)/ 1928 ...
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Dave Obey
David Ross Obey ( ; born October 3, 1938) is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 1969 to 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as Chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations from 1994 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2011. He was the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Wisconsin, until surpassed by Jim Sensenbrenner in 2020. On May 5, 2010, Obey announced that he would not seek reelection to Congress in November 2010. He left Congress in January 2011, and was succeeded by Republican Sean Duffy. He began working for Gephardt Government Affairs, a lobbying firm founded by former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, in June 2011. Early life and education Obey was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the son of Mary ...
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Ebenezer Obey
Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi (born 3 April 1942), known professionally as Ebenezer Obey, is a Nigerian jùjú musician. Early life Obey was born on 3 April 1942 to an Egba–Yoruba ethnic background family. Obey, whose real names are Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Fabiyi, was born in Idogo, Ogun State, Nigeria of Egba-Yoruba ethnic background. He is of the Owu subgroup of the Egba. Career Ebenezer Obey began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar's band, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife– jùjú fusion. The band later metamorphosed into Inter-Reformers in the early-1970s, with a long list of Juju album hits on the West African Decca musical label. Obey began experimenting with Yoruba percussion style and expanding on the band by adding more drum kits, guitars and talking drums. Obey's musical strengths lie in weaving intricate Yoruba axio ...
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Pattie Obey
Pattie Obey is an American Jazz dance choreographer and a Jazz dance master teacher. In 2000 she was awarded the ''Jazz Dance World Congress Award'' due to her significant contribution to the world of Jazz Dance. Biography Obey is a native of Chicago. She had early roots in performance: her father worked for the Chicago Lyric Opera and she had two aunts who were professional dancers. She started dancing at age three, and began to perform professionally in the 1970s with Gus Giordano Gus Giordano (July 10, 1923 – March 9, 2008
''New York Times'', March 13, 2008), born August Thomas Gi ...