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Sampson (surname)
Sampson is a surname, and may refer to: People A * Adrian Sampson (b. 1991), baseball player * Agnes Sampson, (died 1591), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft. * Angus Sampson (born 1975), Australian actor * Anthony Sampson (1926–2004), British journalist and non-fiction writer B * Brian Sampson (other), several people * Burford Sampson (1882–1959), Australian politician C * Catherine Sampson (born 1962), British novelist * Charles Rumney Samson (1883–1931), British naval aviation and armoured vehicle pioneer * Chris Sampson (born 1978), American baseball player * Cindy Sampson (born 1978), Canadian actress * Clay Sampson (born 1976), Australian rules footballer * Clark Sampson, American curler D * Dane Sampson (born 1986), Australian sports shooter * David Sampson (born 1951), American composer * Daz Sampson (born 1974), British dance music producer * Dean Sampson (born 1967), English rugby league player * Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), early American soldier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Sampson
Adrian David Sampson (born October 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, and in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants. High school and college Sampson attended Skyline High School (Washington), Skyline High School in Sammamish, Washington. In July 2009, Sampson had Tommy John surgery, which caused him to miss his senior season. After not receiving any college baseball scholarships, Sampson attended Bellevue College. After going 4–2 with a 2.36 earned run average (ERA), Sampson was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 16th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign with the Marlins and returned to Bellevue. In 2012, he went 13–0 with a 1.36 ERA and 107 strikeouts. Professional career Pittsburgh Pirates Sampson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth round of the 2012 Major League Bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Sampson
Douglas William Sampson (born 30 June 1957) is a British musician. He was the drummer for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1979. Biography Prior to joining Iron Maiden, Sampson was a member of one of Steve Harris' previous groups, Smiler, along with Dennis Wilcock, Mick Clee (born 1949) and Tony Clee (b. 1949) in 1975, after which he was asked to join Iron Maiden at their inception in the same year. He declined to join at the time as he was "a bit fed up with the whole rock band thing" because he was "completely skint," but accepted a further invitation from Steve Harris at Dennis Willcock's last gig to replace Barry Purkis in 1978 after he had taken up drumming again in a Southern Rock group called Janski. Following a year of rehearsing the band began playing small pubs with the band, during which they gained a large following, a highlight being a gig at London's famous Marquee club. Doug participated in the recording of Iron Maiden's demo, later released as ''The Soundhouse Tapes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jum Sampson
James H. "Jum" Sampson (born c. 1876) was a New Zealand-born rugby union player who represented Australia. Sampson, who was thought to have possibly come from Waihi, played as a number 8. He may have started his career playing in the Waikato between 1893 and 1895. After returning to where he was believed to have originated from, he spent one season in the Ohinemuri area the next year. During 1897 he joined the Parnell club in Auckland where he made the provincial side the following year. He was understood to have moved to Sydney in 1899 where he joined the Glebe (now known as Drummoyne) club. Sampson claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia. This was against Great Britain, at Sydney, on 12 August 1899. He never represented New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Sampson
Jamal Wesley Sampson (born May 15, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. A power forward / center, Sampson is the cousin of the 1983 NBA draft's number one overall pick Ralph Sampson. He attended the University of California, Berkeley where he played only one season before being selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round (47th overall) of the 2002 NBA draft. He was then traded along with Ryan Humphrey to the Orlando Magic for Curtis Borchardt. The Magic then traded Sampson to the Milwaukee Bucks for Rashard Griffith. After barely playing with the Bucks, Sampson was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers, appearing in only 10 games. He was later selected by the Charlotte Bobcats in the expansion draft in 2004, and signed as a free agent with the Sacramento Kings in 2005–06. On July 28, 2006, Sampson signed with the Denver Nuggets and played a further 22 NBA games. Sampson's final NBA game was played on April 18th, 2007 in a 100 - 77 victory over the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sampson (other)
Henry Sampson may refer to: * Henry Sampson (English cricketer) (1813–1885), English cricketer * Henry Sampson (newspaper proprietor) (1841–1891), English newspaper proprietor * Henry Sampson (New Zealand cricketer) (1947–1999), New Zealand cricketer * Henry Sampson (physician) (1629–1700), English nonconformist minister and physician * Henry Sampson (provost), Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, 1449–1476 * Henry Sampson Woodfall (1739–1805), British printer and journalist * Henry T. Sampson (1934–2015), American engineer, inventor, and film historian * Henry William Sampson (1872–1938), English-born South African politician and trade unionist See also *Henry Samson Henry Samson (c. 16031685) In 1620 Henry Samson travelled as a member of the Edward Tilley family on the historic voyage of the Pilgrim ship ''Mayflower''. The Tilleys died in the first winter but Henry Samson survived to live a long, fulfilling ... (ca. 1603–1685), English passenger on the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordie Sampson
Gordon Francis Sampson (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia. Beginning his career as a performer on his hometown island of Cape Breton, both in bands and on his own, Sampson has gone on to achieve international success as a songwriter in Nashville. He has written songs for Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and Rascal Flatts. He has also released albums as a solo performer. Sampson has received a Grammy Award, a Juno Award, two ASCAP Awards, East Coast Music Awards, and honorary degrees from Cape Breton University and St. Francis Xavier University. Background Sampson was born in 1971 to Francis Xavier Sampson (1946–2007) and Florence Ley. Sampson's only musical training as a child were piano lessons he took from his mother. He remembers being surrounded by fiddlers, who were very common in Cape Breton. Initially, he had no interest in fiddle music, but only wanted to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Sampson
Godfrey Sampson (1 June 1902 - 21 June 1949) was an English composer and organist, best remembered for his church and choral music. Sampson was born in Gloucester, the son of a clergyman, and attended Westminster School. From 1920 he studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music under Benjamin Dale, where he was Goring Thomas scholar in 1924, and where he also won a Mendelssohn Scholarship in 1927. In 1932 he became a professor of composition there. While still a student Sampson composed a Cello Sonata that was performed by Douglas Cameron and Harry Isaacs at Grotrian Hall, Wigmore Street in 1926. This was followed by the Symphony in D, which was premiered at the Royal Academy in 1927 and repeated at the Henry Wood Proms in 1928, conducted by the composer. Isaacs was also the soloist in Sampson's ''Symphonic Variations'' for piano and orchestra, broadcast on 8 June 1932 by the BBC Orchestra, conducted by Victor Hely-Hutchinson. However, most of his output in the 1930s con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Sampson
Glen Sampson (born 7 March 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sampson, Glen Living people 1960 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sampson
George William Sampson (born 29 June 1993) is an English street dancer, television presenter, singer, and actor. He won the second series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' on 31 May 2008 at the age of 14. He is an official ambassador of the United Dance Organisation. Career ''Britain's Got Talent'' 2007 series In 2007, dance teacher Dominic Chambers told Sampson that there were auditions in the area that would be right up his alley. He discovered he'd be auditioning for the first series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' only when he arrived. In his audition, he danced to " Drop" (Timbaland featuring Magoo & Fatman Scoop), receiving a yes vote from all three judges. However, despite Simon Cowell's enthusiasm, he was unable to convince the other two judges, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, to let Sampson proceed to the live semi-finals. This experience made Sampson determined to re-audition the following year and prove Holden and Morgan wrong. In the intervening time, he continued dancing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Sampson
Geoffrey Sampson (born 1944) is Professor of Natural Language Computing in the Department of Informatics, University of Sussex.Geoffrey Sampson staff bio page. He produces annotation standards for compiling (databases) of ordinary usage of the English language. His work has been applied in automatic language-understanding software, and in writing-skills training. He has also analysed |
Gary Sampson (other) (born 1951), American filmmaker and photographer
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Gary Sampson may refer to: * Gary Sampson (ice hockey) (born 1959), retired American ice hockey player * Gary Lee Sampson (1959–2021), convicted murderer in Massachusetts, United States * Gary P. Sampson, Australian economist See also *Gary Samson Gary Samson (born 1951) is a filmmaker and photographer known for his work in large format portraiture and his mastery of 19th century photographic techniques. He is currently an Emeritus Professor of Photography at the New Hampshire Institute of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis L
Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome * Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) * Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell * FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia * Francis turbine, a type of water turbine * Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also * Saint Francis (other) * Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name * Francisco (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |