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Samples (surname)
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Samples is a surname. People with the surname include: *Ed Samples (1921–1991), pioneering American stock car driver *Jim Samples (born 1963), American businessman and media executive * John Samples (fl. 1970s–2020s), American political theorist and author *Junior Samples (1926–1983), American comedian *Keith Samples (fl. 1990s–2010s), American filmmaker * Mike Samples (born 1950), professional Canadian football player * Pete Samples (fl. 2000s–2010s), name of Canadian musician Brent Freedman See also *Sample (surname) The surname Sample is most likely a version of the name Semple/Sempill, the Clan Sempill being a lowland Scottish clan originating near Glasgow, Scotland. Some members of the clan emigrated to northern Ireland and America. Notable members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Samples
Ed Samples (January 31, 1921 – June 10, 1991) was a pioneering American stock car driver, who competed in NSCRA and NASCAR events in the 1940s and early 1950s. He was the winner of the 1946 stock car racing championship and later won the 1949 National Stock Car Racing Association championship. Early life Born January 31, 1921 in Atlanta, Georgia, and driving from the early age of eight,Jones and White 2007, p. 19 Samples became one of the better-known moonshine runners in the Dawsonville area, a hotbed of the production of moonshine liquor during and after Prohibition. He survived being shot three times in a dispute over the production of the liquor shortly before World War II; soon afterward he changed his career to competition on the racetrack after observing the racing prowess of fellow moonshiner Lloyd Seay, declaring auto racing to be "safer than moonshine". He raced motorcycles a few times before switching fully to stock cars. Stock car career Samples raced at tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Samples
James Donald Samples Jr. (born 1963) is an American businessman and media executive. He is best known as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of TNT Latin America and Cartoon Network Latin America from 2000 to 2001, the General Manager and Executive Vice President of Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2007, the President of HGTV from 2007 to 2011, the President of Scripps Networks International since 2011, and the President of the Management Board at TVN Group from 2016 to 2018. Early life Samples was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree from Presbyterian College, he received a Master's degree in International Business Studies from the University of South Carolina. Career NationsBank From 1989 to 1993, Samples was a relationship manager, international examination department vice president, and manager at NationsBank. Turner Broadcasting System Samples spent nearly fourteen years with Turner Broadcasting System in various leadership c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Samples
John Curtis Samples (born c. 1950s) is an American political theorist, author, and vice president of the Cato Institute. , he serves as a member of Facebook's independent Oversight Board. Samples received a B.A. in political science and government from Eastern Kentucky University in 1978, and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1984. As a graduate student in political science at Rutgers in the 1970s, Samples met Michael T. Hayes, who remembered Samples as "one of the very best students I had encountered during my years there"; Samples later directed Hayes on the writing of the 2001 book ''The Limits of Policy Change: Incrementalism, Worldview, and the Rule of Law''.Michael T. Hayes, ''The Limits of Policy Change: Incrementalism, Worldview, and the Rule of Law'' (2001), p. ix. After completing his Ph.D., Samples taught for various periods at institutions including Texas State University, Rutgers, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University, while also serving in other pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Samples
Junior Samples, born Alvin Samples Jr. (April 10, 1926 – November 13, 1983) was an American comedian best known for his 14-year run as a cast member of the television show ''Hee Haw''. Early years A sixth-grade dropout, Samples was a stock car racing driver and carpenter by trade who went on the radio at the age of 40 and told a story about catching the largest fish ever seen in his hometown. The story was a humorous tall tale, and the recording of this radio story became a best-selling novelty record, "World's Biggest Whopper". ''Hee Haw'' He was asked to become part of the 1969 cast of ''Hee Haw'' and created a bumbling personality, often stumbling or slow-talking his way through delivery, messing up jokes, and forgetting lines. One sketch of the show he appeared in regularly was "The Culhanes of Cornfield County" in which Junior, Gordie Tapp, Grandpa Jones and Lulu Roman would sit on a sofa and engage in a comedic deadpan routine: For example, in one episode each would talk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Samples
Keith Samples (born 1955 or 1956) is an American filmmaker and former syndication executive. He graduated in 1977 at the Texas Tech University and pursued a sports career. He was founder of the film and television production company Rysher Entertainment. He was originally senior vice president of Lorimar-Telepictures, before landing a job at Warner Bros. Television and Walt Disney Television to help them develop projects for syndication. During his time at Rysher Entertainment, he grew the company into the biggest movie-making producers in history, developing their own movie projects. On May 27, 1997, he resigned from Rysher Entertainment and pursue his own projects. He went on to be a movie maker/television director/producer after leaving Rysher, starting his own production company to develop motion pictures and television shows. For a short period of time, in 2008, he worked at Media Rights Capital's television division. He infamously developed The CW's own Sunday night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Samples
Mike Samples (born May 27, 1950) is a former professional Canadian football player who played eleven seasons in the Canadian Football League for three teams. He was named CFL All-Star in 1981. In August 1983 he retired as a player and became an assistant coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 .... References 1950 births Living people American players of Canadian football BC Lions players Canadian football defensive linemen Drake Bulldogs football players Drake University alumni Hamilton Tiger-Cats players People from Bonne Terre, Missouri Saskatchewan Roughriders players Players of American football from Missouri {{defensive-lineman-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Samples
Pete Samples is the electronic music project and professional name of Canadian musician Brent Freedman, a Winnipeg and Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...-based solo artist and a multi-instrumentalist. Early life Freedman's mother was a clothing designer. Originally from Winnipeg, he began experimenting with electronic music, and moved to Montreal, where he studied fine art at Concordia University in Montreal."Brent Freedman/Gamla: Sustainable, Expressive, Honest" ''Woodworker's Journal'', by Joanna Werch Takes • Apr 28, 2015 |
