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Sorensen
Sorensen, or Sorenson, is a surname that can be of Danish or Scandinavian origin. The basic derivation is "son of Søren", the Danish variety of the name Severin. The name almost exclusively comes from Danish or Norwegian emigrants named Sørensen who altered the spelling of their names when they moved to countries outside Scandinavia whose orthographies do not use the letter ø. Notable people with this surname include: * Albert Sorensen (born 1932), American politician *Alfred Sorensen, Danish mystic, horticulturalist and writer who lived in Europe, India and the US * Arne Sørensen, Danish politician and writer * Arne Sørensen, Danish footballer and coach *Bill Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league footballer *Charles E. Sorensen, Danish-American, one of the principals of the Ford Motor Company during its first four decades * Christian A. Sorensen (1890-1959), American politician *Dane Sorensen, New Zealand rugby league footballer *Daniel Sorensen, Kansas City Chiefs strong safet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Sorensen
Jessy Ryan Sorensen (born March 1, 1989) is an American professional wrestler, who is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He began his career in 2008, but he gained national exposition when he participated in the X Division Showcase, a tournament hosted by TNA featuring X Division wrestlers. After the tournament, Sorensen signed a contract with TNA, but he suffered a neck injury during a match with Zema Ion. Due to the injury, he retired and worked in TNA under a backstage role until he was fired. Since then, he returned to wrestling and competed on several independent promotions. He also had some matches in WWE and All Elite Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Early career Throughout 2008, Sorensen competed in various Texas Independent Wrestling Promotions as Ryan Sorensen. Florida Underground Wrestling (2011–2012) Sorensen debuted for Florida Underground Wrestling on March 15, 2011 under the name Ryan Sorensen and lost to Damien Angel. A few days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Sorensen
Daniel Sorensen (born March 5, 1990) is an American football safety for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at BYU. Professional career Kansas City Chiefs 2014 On May 11, 2014, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Sorensen to a two-year, $930,000 contract after he went undrafted during the 2014 NFL Draft. After going undrafted, Sorensen received calls and offers from multiple teams, but stated he chose to accept the Chiefs' offer because they showed they really wanted him by having head coach Andy Reid call him personally. Throughout training camp, he competed for a roster spot as a backup safety against Sanders Commings, Jerron McMillian, and Malcolm Bronson. He received an opportunity to display his ability after Commings aggravated a foot injury and missed the majority of training camp. He went on to start three preseason games at strong safety after Eric Berry sustained an injury to his heel. On August 28, 2014, Sorensen reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louk Sorensen
Louk Sorensen (born 7 January 1985) is an Irish former professional tennis player. Sorensen was the first player representing Ireland to win a Grand Slam event main draw match in the Open Era. His father, Sean, was the first Irishman to play a Grand Slam main draw match in the Open Era, going out in the first round of Wimbledon. ( Matt Doyle reached the fourth round of the US Open in 1982 but played under the American flag then, only becoming an Irish citizen in 1985). His final event was the 2015 Aegon GB Pro-Series Glasgow where he lost in qualifying. Since retiring from playing, Sorensen has begun coaching and currently coaches Australian player John Millman. Personal life Sorensen's father Sean is the current captain of the Ireland Davis Cup team and played in the first round of Wimbledon in 1977, losing to Rod Laver. Sean also finished runner-up to Mats Wilander at an ATP Challenger Tour event in Buchholz, Germany, in February 1982. Louk's older brother, Kevin, was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Sorensen
Nicholas Carl Sorensen (born July 31, 1978) is an American football coach and former safety who is a defensive assistant for the San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at Virginia Tech and signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2001. High school years Sorensen lived in Vienna, Virginia and attended George C. Marshall High School. He lettered three seasons, each, in football, basketball, and baseball. He threw for 1,925 yards and 23 touchdowns during his football career and rushed for 604 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was inducted into the George C. Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame, which includes other NFL players Keith Lyle and Mike McCrary. College career Sorensen was a four-year letterman for the Virginia Tech Hokies and started at safety and linebacker during his final two seasons where he posted 117 tackles, ten tackles for losses, four sacks and an interception. He began his college career as a quarterback, and completed 42 of 80 passes for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Sorensen (politician)
Eric Sorensen (born March 18, 1976) is an American meteorologist and politician serving as the U.S. representative from since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Sorensen is the first openly gay member of Congress from Illinois. Early life and career Born in Rockford, Illinois, Sorensen graduated from Boylan Catholic High School. He studied communications and meteorology at Northern Illinois University. Sorensen began his career as a meteorologist at KTRE, the ABC affiliate in Lufkin, Texas, from 1999 to 2000 before moving to Tyler, Texas, where he was the morning meteorologist for ''East Texas News Daybreak'', which aired on both KLTV and KTRE-TV. He worked as chief meteorologist for WREX, Rockford's NBC affiliate, from 2003 to 2014, before becoming the senior meteorologist for WQAD, the ABC affiliate of Moline, Illinois. Sorensen became a fellow of the Society for Environmental Journalists in 2018. He retired from television in 2021. Sorensen took a job in communicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sorensen
James Sorensen (born 18 July 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former professional model and actor. He is best known for portraying Declan Napier in the soap opera ''Neighbours''. Sorensen served in the Australian Army in his early 20s. He completed his PhD in medical research in 2020. Career From 2004 to 2010, Sorensen worked as an Australian actor and model. During his final year at high school, Sorensen was cast in his first major role, '' Hating Alison Ashley''. He also appeared in various children's programmes and in 2005 played the lead role of Mike in the children's drama series '' Blue Water High''. He has also had guest roles in ''Wicked Science'' and '' Satisfaction'' and appeared in the short film "Physical Graffiti", which was filmed in Melbourne. In 2007, Sorensen had started in the cast in the Australian soap ''Neighbours'' as Declan Napier, brother of Oliver Barnes (David Hoflin) and son of Rebecca Napier, ( Jane Hall). On 30 January 2010, it was confirmed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen (born September 28, 1974, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American cartoonist and illustrator who authors a weekly comic strip that often focuses on current events from a liberal perspective. Her work appears on the websites Daily Kos, Splinter, The Nib, Politico, AlterNet, and Truthout; and has appeared in ''Ms. Magazine'', ''The Progressive'', and ''The Nation''. It also appears in over 20 alternative newsweeklies throughout America. In 2014 she became the first woman to win the Herblock Prize, and in 2017 she was named a Pulitzer Finalist in Editorial Cartooning. Career Raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Sorensen enrolled in the University of Virginia, where she drew a daily comic strip, ''Li'l Gus'', for its student newspaper, ''University Journal'', from 1994 to 1995, as well as contributing to the satirical magazine ''The Yellow Journal''. Sorensen soon became published in various comic anthologies, including ''Action Girl'' and the ''Big Book of the 70' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Sorensen
Alfred Julius Emmanuel Sorensen (October 27, 1890 – August 13, 1984), also known as Sunyata, Shunya, or Sunyabhai, was a Danish mystic, horticulturist and writer who lived in Europe, India and the US. Early life and background Alfred Sorensen was the son of peasant farmer near Aarhus in central Denmark.''Sunyata, the life and sayings of a rare-born mystic''. (p.137) His formal education ended after the family sold their farm when Sorensen was 14 years old. Sorensen then worked as a gardener on estates in France, Italy and finally England. In the 1929, while working at Dartington Hall, near Totnes, Devon Sorensen met Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian Nobel Laureate poet. The two shared conversation and Sorensen introduced Tagore to gramophone recordings of Beethoven's Late Quartets, the poet then invited him to his newly created university, Shantiniketan in Bengal to 'teach silence'. India For three years in 1930–33, Sorensen visited India and came to see the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lary Sorensen
Lary Alan Sorensen (born October 4, 1955) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1977–1980), St. Louis Cardinals (1981), Cleveland Indians (1982–1983), Oakland Athletics (1984), Chicago Cubs (1985), Montreal Expos (1987) and San Francisco Giants (1988). Baseball career Sorensen attended the University of Michigan, and in 1975 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the Brewers in the 8th round of the 1976 MLB Draft. In an 11-season career, Sorensen posted a 93–103 record with a 4.15 ERA and 69 complete games, 10 shutouts, 569 strikeouts and 402 walks in 346 games (235 as a starter) totalling 1,736.1 innings pitched. In 1978, Sorensen won a career-high 18 games for the Brewers and made the American League All-Star team. He worked three innings and, after allowing a leadoff infield single to Larry Bowa, retired nine batters in a row ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane Sorensen
Dane Hans Ivan Peter Sorensen (born 4 October 1955) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Sorensen represented New Zealand and his usual position was . Background He's the brother of fellow Kiwi international, Kurt Sorensen, and the nephew of another pair of Kiwi brothers, Bill and Dave Sorensen.Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' He is of Maori, Tongan and Danish descent. Playing career Sorensen began his career playing for the Mt Wellington club in the Auckland Rugby League competition when aged just 17. He first made the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1972 and also represented New Zealand Māori. He joined the Cronulla-Sutherland club in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1977 and, due to a release clause in his contract, later that year became the first New Zealander to be selected for the Kiwis while based overseas. Sorensen played for the Sharks from 1977 until 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Sorensen
Kurt John Sorensen (born 8 November 1956) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Background He is the brother of fellow Kiwi international, Dane Sorensen, and the nephew of another pair of Kiwi brothers, Bill and Dave Sorensen.Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' He is of Tongan and Danish descent. Playing career While playing in the Auckland Rugby League competition, Sorensen made his début for the New Zealand national rugby league team in the 1975 World Cup. The following year, while playing for Mt Wellington, he won the Auckland Rugby League's Rothville Trophy, which is awarded to the Premier One player of the year as chosen by the Auckland Coach. Sorensen then moved to England to play for Wigan for the 1976–77 season. He later played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, finishing the 1982 season as the club's top try scorer. While at Widnes, Sorensen played in 252 game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Sorensen
William Sorensen was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup, 1954, 1957 Rugby League World Cup, 1957 and 1960 Rugby League World Cup, 1960 World Cups. His brother Dave Sorensen, Dave also played for the Kiwis as did two of his nephews; Dane Sorensen, Dane and Kurt Sorensen, Kurt.Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' Playing career Sorensen was a member of the Ponsonby Ponies, Ponsonby United Rugby League Club and represented Auckland rugby league team, Auckland. He played in twenty four tests for the New Zealand national rugby league team, including seven games at the 1954 Rugby League World Cup, 1954, 1957 Rugby League World Cup, 1957 and 1960 Rugby League World Cup, 1960 World Cups. He was selected to go on the 1955–56 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain and France. After the 1957 World Cup Sorensen played for the Rest of the World against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |