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Rapp (surname)
Rapp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Rapp (born 1968), American novelist * Alfred Rapp (1933–2011), German politician *Anders Rapp (1927–1998), Swedish geomorphologist *Anthony Rapp (born 1971), American stage and film artist * Barbara Rapp (born 1972), Austrian artist *Bernard Rapp (1945–2006), French film director and television news presenter * C. J. Rapp, American beverage inventor *Danny Rapp (1941–1983), American musician * Elizabeth Farrow Rapp (1926–2010), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player *Emily Susan Rapp (born 1974), American author and academic *George Rapp (1757–1847), pietist, German-American religious leader of the Harmony Society *Jean Rapp (1771–1821), French lieutenant general * Karl Friedrich Rapp (1882–1962), German engineer, founder of Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH *Katharina Rapp (born 1948), German artist * Larry Rapp (born 1948), American actor *Lea Bayers Rapp (born 1946), American non-fiction writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Rapp
Adam Rapp (born June 15, 1968) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director. His play ''Red Light Winter'' was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006. Early life Rapp was born in Chicago to Mary Lee (née Baird; died 1997) and Douglas Rapp, and spent most of his youth in Joliet, Illinois. He is a graduate of St. John's Military Academy (Delafield, Wisconsin) and Clarke College (Dubuque, Iowa). At Clarke, he captained the varsity basketball team. After college he moved to New York City's East Village, where he landed a day job in book publishing and wrote fiction and plays at night. He later completed a two-year playwriting fellowship at Juilliard School. His younger brother is actor-singer Anthony Rapp. Career Plays Rapp attended the O'Neill Playwrights Conference in 1996. His play ''Finer Noble Gases'' was staged by the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in 2000, by Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2001, by Carolina Actors Studio Theatre in Charlotte in 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Rapp
Mitch Rapp is a fictional character in a series of novel by Vince Flynn and in the film adaptation of ''American Assassin''. Since Flynn's death in 2013, the series has been continued by Kyle Mills. Character introduction Rapp is a counter-terrorism operative, employed, first unofficially then officially, by the CIA. The primary focus of the character is thwarting foreign terrorist attacks on the United States and he is presented as an aggressive operative who is willing to take measures that are more extreme than might be considered commonly acceptable. Character sketch Rapp's high school sweetheart Maureen Eliot, who was attending Syracuse University with Rapp, was killed in the December 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. She had been one of thirty-five Syracuse students returning from a semester overseas. One year later he was recruited into the Central Intelligence Agency by Irene Kennedy. Over the course of the series Rapp terminates a large number of terrorists both o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Rapp
Valentin Rapp (born 16 September 1992 in Tettnang) is a German professional squash player. As of February 2021, he was ranked number 131 in the world ''In the World'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Strata-East label in 1972. The album was rereleased on CD as part of ''The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions'' by Mosaic .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rapp, Valentin 1992 births Living people German male squash players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vern Rapp
Vernon Fred "Vern" Rapp (May 11, 1928 – December 31, 2015) was a Major League Baseball manager and coach. A career minor league catcher and a successful skipper in the minors, Rapp had two brief tours of duty as a big league manager. Minor League playing career Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Rapp signed his first playing contract out of high school in 1945 with his hometown St. Louis Cardinals. A right-handed batter and thrower, he reached the triple A level with the Columbus Red Birds in 1948, but never made it to the major leagues. After missing two seasons due to military service during the Korean War, Rapp was released by the Cardinals in 1955, and signed with the independent Charleston Senators of the American Association for the 1956 season. The experience provided him his first managing job, when, at age 27, he succeeded Danny Murtaugh as field boss of the last-place Senators. As player-manager, Rapp guided his club to only 19 victories in 59 games. The following season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torsten Rapp
General Bo Torsten Rapp (20 April 1905 – 23 March 1993) was a Swedish Air Force officer. As the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1961 to 1970, he was the first Supreme Commander who did not come from the Swedish Army. Early life Rapp was born on 20 April 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Johan David Rapp, a wholesaler, and his wife Eva Hedvig Gustava (née Swartz). He passed ''studentexamen'' at ''Saltsjöbadens samskola'' in the spring of 1923 and became a sea cadet on 29 June 1923. Career Rapp graduated as a naval officer on 5 October 1926 and was commissioned as officer with the rank of acting sub-lieutenant (''fänrik'') in the Swedish Navy on 7 October 1926. He became a lieutenant there on 6 October 1928 and was then commanded to the Swedish Air Force on 1 November 1928. There Rapp became a lieutenant on 1 July 1930, and he then underwent the Royal Swedish Naval Staff College's general course from 1932 to 1933 and its staff course from 1934 to 1935. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Rapp
Thomas Dale Rapp (March 8, 1947 – February 11, 2018) was an American singer and songwriter who led Pearls Before Swine, an influential psychedelic folk rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Described as having "a slight lisp, gentle voice and apocalyptic vision",Harrison Smith, "Tom Rapp, frontman of ’60s psychedelic band Pearls Before Swine, dies at 70", ''Washington Post'', February 13, 2018 Retrieved February 14, 2018 he also released four albums under his own name. He later practiced as a lawyer after graduating from |
Taylor Rapp
Taylor Rapp (born December 22, 1997) is an American football safety who is a free agent. He played college football at Washington, and was selected by the Rams in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft. Early years Rapp was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to a Chinese mother from Shanghai and a Caucasian father from Canada. After his birth, his parents decided to move to the West Coast. He was raised in Bellingham, Washington, with his older brother of three years, Austin. ''NFL.com'' described Rapp as a player who has "beaten long odds, undeterred by a city that failed to support prep football, a high school community that openly mocked him, coaches who were unprepared to develop his talents, college recruiters who blatantly overlooked him and kids who racially taunted him for his Chinese ethnicity." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Rapp
Siegfried Rapp (1915 - 1982) was a German pianist who lost his right arm during World War II and then focused on the left-hand repertoire. He is now mainly remembered for being the first to perform Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 4 for the Left Hand, Op.53. Life Rapp was born in Chemnitz, Germany. He studied piano at the Leipzig conservatory with Robert Teichmüller. During World War II he served on the Russian front, where he lost his right arm to shrapnel. Afterwards he resumed his piano studies, specializing in playing with one hand. Rapp was a popular pianist in East Germany in the 1950s. He often performed Benjamin Britten's ''Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra'' to general acclaim; in fact, a recording of one of his performances was made without his knowledge and sold by a radio station. Around 1950, Rapp sought permission from Paul Wittgenstein, the left-handed dedicatee of Prokofiev's 4th Piano Concerto (for the left hand), to perform the work himself. Prokof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rapp
The School of American Ballet (SAB) is the most renowned ballet school in the United States. School of American Ballet is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the age of six, with professional vocational ballet training for students aged 11–18. Graduates of the school achieve employment with leading ballet companies worldwide, and in the United States with New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Houston Ballet. History The school was founded by the renowned Russo-Georgian-born choreographer George Balanchine, and philanthropists Lincoln Kirstein and Edward Warburg in 1934. Balanchine's self- prescribed edict, "But first, a school", is indicative of his adherence to the ideals of the training that was fostered by the Imperial Ballet School where he received his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reneé Rapp
Reneé J. Rapp is an American actress and singer. After she won the 2018 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress, she took over the role of Regina George in the Broadway musical ''Mean Girls''. She then went on to play Leighton in the HBO Max comedy series ''The Sex Lives of College Girls''. In November 2022, her EP ''Everything to Everyone'' was released. In February 2023, a deluxe version of her EP ''Everything to Everyone'' was released, featuring two new songs. Early life and education Rapp attended high school at Hopewell High School in Huntersville, North Carolina, for three years, performing in the theater program and playing on the varsity women's golf team before transferring to Northwest School of the Arts. Corey Mitchell, Rapp's theater teacher, said Rapp "has a special distinction...There is a difference when that vocal ability is coupled with sincere emotions that can move an audience and that literally can excite an audience". In 2018, Rapp won the Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Rapp
Ray Rapp is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's one hundred eighteenth House district, including constituents in Haywood, Madison and Yancey counties. He served as Minority Whip. A college administrator from Mars Hill, North Carolina Mars Hill is a town in Madison County, North Carolina, Madison County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,869 at the 2010 U.S. Census, and was estimated at 2,032 in 2018 by the U.S. Census. It is the home of Mars Hill University, t ..., Rapp servered four terms in the state House. Rapp is a former Mayor of the town of Mars Hill. References Project Vote Smart bio page External links Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 1945 births Living people 21st-century American politicians People from Mars Hill, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Rapp
Philip Rapp (March 26, 1907 – January 23, 1996) was a film and television director and screenwriter. He wrote for Eddie Cantor and, for a brief period, wrote film scripts for Danny Kaye. Rapp is perhaps best known as the creator of Baby Snooks and The Bickersons. He died on January 23, 1996 in Beverly Hills, California. Rapp was a writer, director, and producer, and he directed a popular long-running radio series called ''The Batting Bickersons''. He also introduced the Baby Snooks character for Fanny Brice of the Ziegfeld Follies. ''Topper'' (1953) is also directed by Rapp. Selected filmography Director * '' Star Time'' (1950–1951) * '' Topper'' (1 episode, 1954) * ''The Adventures of Hiram Holliday'' (8 episodes, 1956–1959) Producer * ''The Adventures of Hiram Holliday'' (9 episodes, 1956–1959) Writer * ''Strike Me Pink'' (1936) * ''Start Cheering'' (1938) * ''Wonder Man'' (1945) * ''Ziegfeld Follies'' (1946) * '' The Inspector General'' (1949) * ''Topper'' (19 epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
