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Randles is a surname which may refer to: *Elizabeth Randles (1800–1829), Welsh child prodigy harpist and pianist *Jan Randles, Australian Paralympic runner who competed in the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics * Jenny Randles, British author and former director of investigations with the British UFO Research Association *John Scurrah Randles (1875–1945), British businessman and Conservative politician *Jos Randles (1865–1925), English footballer *Kerri Randles (born 1971), American actress, writer and producer * Paul Randles (1965–2003), American game designer *Paul Randles (cricketer) (1922–1979), South African cricketer *Peter Randles (1923–2008), Australian politician *Robert Randles (1888–1916), English footballer *Tom Randles (footballer) (born 1940), former footballer for New Zealand *Tom Randles (hurler), Irish hurler from the 1950s to the 1980s See also *Randle, a surname and a given name *Randles, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Randles cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Randles
Elizabeth Randles (1 August 1800 – 6 May 1829), also known as "Little Cambrian Prodigy", was a Welsh harpist and pianist. A child prodigy, she started playing the piano at the age of sixteen months, and performed in public for the first time before she was two years old. Randles was taught by her blind father who was organist at the Holywell parish church. She performed for local aristocracy, leading to a performance for King George III and his royal family when she was three and a half. Caroline, Princess of Wales, hoped to adopt her but her father did not allow it. She did, however, spend a few days at the Princess of Wales' summer home, often playing with Princess Charlotte of Wales. Randles went on to tour the country as a child, performing with John Parry. In 1808, she returned home and learned the harp. She went on to take lessons from Friedrich Kalkbrenner before moving to Liverpool and becoming a teacher. Biography Elizabeth Randles, also known as Bessy, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Randles
Jan Randles (born 23 August 1945) is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Australia who competed in the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics and won two medals - gold and bronze. She was the first female Australian Paralympian to win a Paralympic Games marathon. The next woman win a Paralympic marathon was Madison de Rozario at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Personal Randles was born on 23 August 1945 in Melbourne. In 1974 whilst holidaying in Bali, she fell off a motorbike and broke her back. Sporting career Randles was classified "4" athlete in the Women's Marathon, 5000 m, 1500 m and 800 m. She won two medals: a gold medal in the Women's Marathon 4 event and a bronze in the Women's 5000 m 4 event. References Paralympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Living people Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Randles
Jenny Randles is a British author and former director of investigations with the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA), serving in that role from 1982 through to 1994. Career Randles specializes in writing books on UFOs and paranormal phenomena. To date 50 of these have been published, ranging from her first ''UFOs: A British Viewpoint'' (1979) to ''Breaking the Time Barrier: The race to build the first time machine'' (2005). Subjects covered include crop circles, ESP, life after death, time anomalies and spontaneous human combustion. She has also written skeptical investigations solving cases - including, co-authored with Dr David Clarke and Andy Roberts, ''The UFOs That Never Were'' (London House, 2000). Randles has written articles for many publications including ''New Scientist'', and has sold more than 1.5 million copies of her published books. It was stated in 1997 that her books had been published in 24 countries.From the dustjacket blurb of Jenny Randles' book '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scurrah Randles
Sir John Scurrah Randles (25 December 1857 – 11 February 1945) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Biography John Scurrah Randles was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1857 in Boston, Lincolnshire, the son of a Wesleyan minister, Rev. Marshall Randles D.D (1826–1904) and Sarah Dewhurst. He was educated at the Woodhouse Grove School in Lincolnshire and lived at Bristowe Hill, Keswick, Cumbria. In 1883 Randles married Elizabeth Hartley (? - 1853). An industrialist in the coal and steel business, amongst his positions he was the chairman and managing director of the Moss Bay Hematite Iron and Steel Company and a director of the Workington Iron and the Beckermet Mining Companies. Randles was elected Member of Parliament for Cockermouth in the 1900 general election. He lost the seat in the 1906 election, but regained it in a by-election later the same year. Defeated in the December 1910 election, he won Manchester North West in a 1912 by-election, and whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jos Randles
Joshua Randles (June 1865 – 17 October 1925) was an English footballer who was a one club man for Burslem Port Vale between 1885 and 1899. Career Randles probably joined Burslem Port Vale in the autumn of 1885. His first known game was at left-half in a 6–0 triumph over Cheshire side Crewe Alexandra in a friendly on 26 October 1885. He enjoyed regular football from September 1888 to February 1889, but played only occasional football thereafter. He played two Second Division games in the 1892–93 season, the club's first season in the English Football League. He did not feature in the 1893–94 campaign, and only played twice in the 1894–95 season. He did though play seven games in the 1895–96 season, claiming two goals against both Newton Heath and Newcastle United. Over the course of his 14 years at the Athletic Ground he had played in nine different positions for the club in 75 games, scoring 14 goals. Upon retiring as a player Randles became Vale's assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerri Randles
Kerri Lee Randles (born June 15, 1971) is an American actress, writer and producer. Biography Early life Randles was born in Decatur, Illinois, the daughter of Virginia, a secretary, and Terry, a business owner. She attended the University of Illinois at Chicago with an art scholarship but soon switched her major to Theatre. She studied theatre at Victory Gardens with Steven Ivcich and was part of improv with Mick Napier at the Annoyance Theater. She worked on John Hughes' films, ''Home Alone'' and ''Curly Sue'' as an extra, before earning a chance to audition in Hollywood for '' Roseanne''. Career Randles' first break came in 1993 when Oliver Stone gave her a bit part in '' Heaven & Earth'', earning Kerri her Screen Actors Guild card. Her first supporting role came in 1994 when she played Missy in the Showtime Rebel Highway series, Jailbreakers, directed by William Friedkin. Subsequent roles after that included Marilyn Monroe, in ''Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'' for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Randles
Paul Joseph Randles (December 16, 1965 – February 10, 2003) was an American game designer who designed German-style board games. Early life Paul Randles was a native of Seattle, Washington. Career Randles began his career in game development at Wizards of the Coast, where he worked on board games and card games including ''RoboRally'', ''The Great Dalmuti'' and ''Xena'' & ''Hercules''. He worked as a brand manager at Wizards. Randles left Wizards of the Coast and started his own game design company, Randles Games. He designed his first game '' Pirate's Cove'' with Daniel Stahl under his own firm. Randles and Stahl showed ''Pirate's Cove'' first to Amigo, and Amigo purchased the game in 2000 which helped Randles become a respected game designer in the European market in less than two years. His games ''Pirate's Cove'' and ''Key Largo'' (with Bruno Faidutti and Mike Selinker) were published first in Europe and then in the United States. Health About a year after leaving Wizard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Randles (cricketer)
Paul John Leonard Randles (21 May 1922 – 1 May 1979) was a South African cricketer, rugby player and lawyer. He played first-class cricket for Natal between 1952 and 1957. Paul Randles was born in Pietermaritzburg in Natal and educated at Hilton College, where he was head boy. He volunteered in World War II, serving in the Umvoti Mounted Rifles. He was taken prisoner at the fall of Tobruk in June 1942 and held in several PoW camps in Italy (PG 60, PG 41, PG 49 and Dulag 226). When the Italian Armistice was announced on 8 September 1943 he was released by the camp commandant and remained a fugitive for four months. During December 1943 he was sheltered and fed by the Pellegrini family near San Donato Val di Comino. In January 1944 he was recaptured by the Germans and imprisoned in Stalag VII-A, Moosburg. Later that year he was moved to Stalag IV-B, Muhlberg, and then to Stalag IV-G, Oschatz, a forced labour camp, where he remained until the end of the war. After the war, Ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Randles
Peter John Randles (10 June 1923 – 12 April 2008), Australian politician, was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Brunswick, representing the Labor Party, from 1949–1955. Following the Labor Party split in 1955, he joined the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) (later the Democratic Labor Party).Ainsley Symons (2012), 'Democratic Labor Party members in the Victorian Parliament of 1955-1958,' in ''Recorder'' (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch) No. 275, November, pp. 4-5. At the state election a month later, his seat was abolished. He unsuccessfully contested the new electorate of Brunswick West Brunswick West is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business district, located within the City of Merri-bek Local Government Areas of .... References 1923 births 2008 deaths Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Randles
Robert Randles (12 February 1888 – 8 or 9 October 1916) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Chesterfield Town. Personal life Randles served as a private in the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF during the First World War and was killed on 8 or 9 October 1916. He was buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Career statistics References English Football League players 1888 births 1916 deaths Footballers from Birkenhead Liverpool F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Men's association football inside forwards Canadian military personnel killed in World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers English men's fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Randles (footballer)
Thomas Randles (born 13 October 1940) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City. Career Randles played for Ellesmere Port before joining Stoke City in 1961. He made two appearances for Stoke both coming in games against Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ... at the end of the 1961–62 season. Randles emigrated to New Zealand in 1963 and went to play for various Kiwi and Australian teams and also played four times for the New Zealand national team. Career statistics Source: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Randles, Tommy 1940 births Living people Footballers from Blackpool English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ellesmere Port Town F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players English Football Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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