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Simone (surname)
''Simone'' is an Italian surname. The surname was first recorded in the year 1346, and is believed to be the Italian equivalent of ''Simon'' Origins and etymology The name ''Simone'' ultimately originates as a variant of '' Shimeon'' which is Hebrew for "one who harkens". Variants and similar surnames Popular variants of this surname include ''Simonetti'', '' Simoni'', '' Simioni'', '' Desimone'' among several others. Popularity of name According to United States Census data taken in the year 2000, there were approximately 7,040 people in the United States with this surname. Thus ranking ''Simone'' as the 4,607th in terms of most popular surnames.http://names.mooseroots.com/l/7112/Simone Notable people with the surname Simone Some of the most notable people with the surname ''Simone'' include: * Afric Simone (born 1956), a Mozambique singer and musician * Albert J. Simone (born 1935), a former president of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon (surname)
Simon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include the following. A * Abbey Simon (1920–2019), Jewish-American pianist * Abram Simon (1872–1938), American rabbi * Alice Simon (1887–1943), German victim from the nazis * André Simon (wine) (1877–1970), French wine expert * André Simon (racing driver) (1920–2012), French racing car driver * Anne Simon, American science advisor on the TV series ''The X-Files'' B * Barry Simon (born 1946), American mathematical physicist * Barry Simon (politician) (1936–2004), Australian politician * Ben Simon (born 1978), American ice hockey player * Bill Simon (politician) (born 1951), American businessman and politician * Bill Simon (musician) (1920–2000), American jazz musician * Björn Simon (born 1981), German politician * Bob Simon (1941–2015), American correspondent on CBS News C * Calvin Simon (1942–2022), American musician * Carlos Eugênio Simon (born 1965), Brazilian FIFA football referee * Carly Simon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Simone
Dr. Andrew Alexander Simone, (born May 12, 1938) is a Canadian physician, dermatologist and founder of Canadian Food for Children, a charity which collects funds and food for starving children around the world. He operates an Etobicoke (Toronto) based practice as one of the few walk-in dermatology clinics in the region. Early life and education Born and raised in Toronto, he is the son of a Sicilian immigrant father and a French-Canadian mother. He graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1963 from Queen's University and became a dermatologist in 1968 after specializing at Harvard Medical School. Personal life He was married to Joan Simone née Hoare, an English-Canadian, with whom he had 13 children. In 1985, after meeting Mother Teresa, he founded Canadian Food for Children. A fitness enthusiast, Simone has completed four Ironman Triathlons and the Boston Marathon twice. Achievements and honors * 1987: Papal cross, Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, St. Michael's Cathedral Basili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simuna
R. Simuna (or Semona,SIMUNA (SEMONA) ;Article or Simona, ; Article he, רב סימונא, read as ''Rav Simuna''; Alternative spelling: רב סמוניה, רב סמונא, רב סימוניא, רב סמוניא) was a Jewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone (), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. The sixth of eight children born from a poor family in Tryon, North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where, despite a well received audition, she was denied admission,Liz Garbus, 2015 documentary film, ''What Happened, Miss Simone?'' which she attributed to racism. In 2003, just days before her death, the Institute awarded her an honorary degree. To make a living, Simone started playing piano at a nightclub in Atlantic City. She changed her name to "Nina Simone" to disguise herself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Simone
Marco Simone (; born 7 January 1969) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. As a player, he was a striker and winger. He most prominently played for Milan, with whom he won four Serie A championships and two UEFA Champions League titles, as well as in France's Ligue 1 for Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco. At international level, Simone played four games for the Italian national team. As a manager, Simone has coached Monaco, Tours, Laval and Châteauroux. He also had brief spells in Switzerland, Tunisia, Thailand and Morocco. Club career Early career Simone was born in Castellanza. He debuted in Serie A for Como on 11 January 1987. After a few appearances in the top-flight Serie A, he was put on loan at Virescit Boccaleone in the secondary Serie C1 league. He scored 15 goals for Virescit in the 1987–88 season, and finished as top scorer of the Serie C1 league. He returned to Como for the 1988–89 Serie A season, in which he scored 6 goals. Como f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Simone
Kirsten Simone (born 1 July 1934) is a former Danish ballerina. She studied at the Royal Danish Ballet School with Vera Volkova and joined the Royal Danish Ballet Company in 1952. She became their first soloist in 1966. She created roles in Flemming Flindt's ''The Three Musketeers'' (1966), Elsa-Marianne von Rosen's ''Don Juan'' (1967) and Harald Lander's '' Fête polonaise'' (1970). She was a guest artist with several companies including the American Ballet Theatre and London Festival Ballet. Since her retirement she has taught at the Royal Danish Ballet School. Simone stars as mentor to a young ballerina in the 1966 film ''Ballerina A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on yea ...''. She was awarded the Ingenio et Arti medal in 2001. References Kirsten Simone, Ballerina Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Simone
Hannah Simone (born 3 August 1980) is a British-Canadian actress, television host, and former VJ and fashion model. She is known for portraying Cece on the Fox sitcom ''New Girl''. Early life Simone was born in London to an Indian father and an English mother of German, Italian, and Greek Cypriot descent. She has a brother named Zack. Simone spent her early childhood in Calgary. From ages 7–10, Simone moved through three continents, attending schools in each one. At the age of 13, Simone was living in Cyprus and was working as a fashion model. At 16 years old, Simone lived in New Delhi where she attended the American Embassy School. A year later, at 17, she returned to Canada. Initially settling in White Rock, British Columbia, she subsequently relocated to Vancouver where she attended the University of British Columbia. After her first degree, she returned to Hounslow, United Kingdom for a year, where she worked as a human rights and refugees officer for the United Nations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Simone
Gail Simone (aka Gladys Simonetti) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's ''Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other notable works include ''Clean Room'', ''Secret Six'', ''Welcome to Tranquility'', '' The All-New Atom'', and ''Deadpool''. She enjoyed a long-running stint on The Simpsons comics, and has also written for television and video games. Her work has been nominated for a number of awards including the GLAAD Media Award, and she is the recipient of a 2017 San Diego Comic Con Inkpot Award. Career Early work Gail Simone was born and raised in Oregon. A former hairdresser who studied theater in college, Housel, Rebecca (March 3, 2013)"Gail Simone!"Dr. Rebecca Housel. Simone first came to public notice through ''Women in Refrigerators'', a website founded in 1999 by comics fans in response to a scene in ''Green Lantern'' #54, in which the titula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Simone
Francesco Luigi Simone (born 21 July 1949) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and television host, known as "il poeta con la chitarra" ("the poet with the guitar") for the poetical value of his lyrics. Background Born in Acquarica del Capo in the province of Lecce, in the salentine peninsula of the region of Apulia, Simone started his career winning the Castrocaro Music Festival in 1972. In 1974 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Fiume grande", obtaining his first success in the Italian hit parade. "Fiume grande" also had a significant international success in its French and Spanish version (under the titles, respectively, "Je ne comprends plus rien" and "Río Grande"). In 1976, with the LP ''Il poeta con la chitarra,'' Simone got his main success in Italy with the song "Tu e così sia", which peaked fourth in the Italian hit parade. In the following years Simone grew his international popularity, especially in Latin America, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domonique Simone
Domonique Simone (born June 18, 1971, in Valdosta, Georgia) is an African-American adult actress. At the age of 17, Simone won a scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. At the age of 18, in 1989, she answered an ad for figure modeling and soon found herself shooting for pornographic magazines like ''Hustler'' and ''Players''."An Intimate Conversation with Domonique Simone" interview by Christopher Whaley, PoeticRockStar, August 27, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-17. Simone is noted for being one of the top black starlets in the business, starring in more than 200 movies during the 1990s. She had large pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert J
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albert (given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
