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Sokol (surname)
Sokol is a surname of Slavic languages, Slavic-language origin (meaning "falcon"). Notable people with the surname include: *Alejandro Sokol (1961–2009), Argentine musician *Alois Sokol (1914–1991), Czech fencer *Andy Sokol (1928–1991), Canadian football player *Artyom Sokol (Russian footballer) (born 1997), Russian footballer *Artyom Anatolyevich Sokol (born 1994), Belarusian footballer *Daniel Sokol (born 1978), French barrister and medical ethicist *David L. Sokol (born 1956), American businessman *František Sokol (1939–2011), Czech volleyball player *Herman Sokol (1917–1985), American chemist *Jan Sokol (other), multiple people *Jason Sokol (born 1977), American historian *Koloman Sokol (1902–2003), Slovak-American artist *Kyle Sokol (born 1974), American bassist *Marilyn Sokol (born 1944), American actress *Matt Sokol (born 1995), American football player *Natalia Sokol (born 1980), Russian activist *Ondřej Sokol (born 1971), Czech director *Paweł Sokó ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Languages
The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic, spoken during the Early Middle Ages, which in turn is thought to have descended from the earlier Proto-Balto-Slavic language, linking the Slavic languages to the Baltic languages in a Balto-Slavic group within the Indo-European family. The Slavic languages are conventionally (that is, also on the basis of extralinguistic features) divided into three subgroups: East, South, and West, which together constitute more than 20 languages. Of these, 10 have at least one million speakers and official status as the national languages of the countries in which they are predominantly spoken: Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian (of the East group), Polish, Czech and Slovak (of the West group) and Bulgarian and Macedonian (eastern dialects of the South group), and Serbo-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Sokol
Natalia Sokol, aka Koza, is the leader of the Russian highly political art-group Voina. Life and work Natalia Sokol, together with her husband Oleg Vorotnikov (Vor of Voina), is a founder of Voina, a political artist group in Russia, which formed in 2005. Since its formation, Voina has made headlines for agitating public space and openly critiquing the Putin administration. Natalia Sokol, better known by her artistic name Koza, is the author, coordinator, and performer of the Voina works, including, but not limited to: * Mordovian Hour, 2007, Throwing Cats in McDonald's * Fuck for the heir Puppy Bear!, 2008, Pre-Election Orgy in Biological Museum * Cop in a Priest's Robe, 2008, 21st Century Russian Hero Gets Food for the Comrades by Robbing a Supermarket * Decembrists Commemoration, 2008, Voina Сelebrates Moscow City Day by Executing through Hanging Two Homosexuals and Three Illegal Migrant Workers inside the City's Biggest Mall * Storming the White House, 2008, Voina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol (given Name)
Sokol is an Albanian language, Albanian masculine given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Sokol Baci (1837–1920), Albanian revolutionary, chief of the Gruda *Sokol Bishanaku (born 1971), Albanian weightlifter *Sokol Bulku (born 1978), Albanian footballer *Sokol Cikalleshi (born 1990), Albanian footballer *Sokol Gjoka (born 1958), Albanian diplomat *Sokol Kushta (born 1964), Albanian footballer *Sokol Lleshi (born 1996), Albanian footballer *Sokol Maliqi (born 1981) Kosovar footballer *Sokol Mziu (born 1987), Albanian footballer *Sokol Olldashi (1972–2013), Albanian politician *Sokol Shameti (born 1978), Albanian journalist {{given name Albanian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilem Sokol
Vilem Sokol (May 22, 1915August 19, 2011) was a Czech-American conductor and professor of music at the University of Washington from 1948 to 1985, where he taught violin, viola, conducting, as well as music appreciation classes directed primarily toward non-music majors. He was conductor of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras from 1960 to 1988, and principal violist of the Seattle Symphony from 1959 to 1963. He was the featured soloist with the Seattle Symphony for subscription concerts held March 7 and 8, 1960, performing ''Harold in Italy'' by Hector Berlioz. Sokol was raised in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. At the age of 16, he studied with Otakar Ševčík in Boston. He received a bachelor's degree in music from Oberlin College in 1938, where he studied violin with Raymond Cerf, and studied for one year on scholarship with Jaroslav Kocián at the State Conservatory of Music in Prague. He studied under a fellowship grant at the Juilliard School in New York City. Upon his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Sokol (other)
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Viktor Sokol (russian: Виктор Сокол, link=no) or Viktar Sokal ( be, Вiктар Сокал, link=no) may refer to: * Viktor Sokol (footballer born 1954), Soviet and Belarusian footballer * Viktor Sokol (footballer born 1981), Belarusian footballer, son of above See also *Sokol (surname) Sokol is a surname of Slavic languages, Slavic-language origin (meaning "falcon"). Notable people with the surname include: *Alejandro Sokol (1961–2009), Argentine musician *Alois Sokol (1914–1991), Czech fencer *Andy Sokol (1928–1991), Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanina García Sokol
María Vanina García Sokol (born 27 December 1983) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. Biography García Sokol, who comes from the Misiones Province of Argentina, turned professional at 17 years of age. In 2003 she was a member of Argentina's Fed Cup squad and represented Argentina at the Pan American Games held in Santo Domingo. Competing mostly on the ITF circuit, she had a best ranking of 191 in the world and won a total of three ITF singles titles. She twice qualified for the main draw of a WTA Tour tournament, the Vancouver Open The VanOpen, currently sponsored as Odlum Brown VanOpen, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the ITF Women's Circuit. It is h ... in 2004 and the 2005 Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar in Bogota. In 2007, she retired from professional tennis. Based in Buenos Aires, she now works as a tennis coach and has s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Sokol
Tony Sokol (born March 23, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York (U.S. state), New York, United States) is an American playwright, writer and composer, best known for writing the theatrical horror series La Commedia Del Sangue: Vampyr Theatre in New York City. As a musician, Sokol played guitar, bass or sang in Queer Jesus, The Others, Busted Chops, Head First, 4Q, Death of the Party and the Abstract 4. He appeared several times on WBAI-FM with jazz vocalist Devorah Simpson, as well as backing her on live sessions on the station on guitar and with his band. Sokol wrote incidental music for the films ''Woman, Man, Gun'' and ''Hide Me'', both directed by Jenice Malecki; ''The Gauntlet'' and ''Quest'', directed by David Burgos; plus ''Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York'', directed by Elena Beloff. He wrote songs and incidental music for over a dozen films and over twenty stage productions and appeared on the Joan Rivers (TV) Show, Strange Universe, WNEW-FM, WBAI-FM, WABC-AM, WFUV-FM, WFMU-FM, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomislav Sokol
Tomislav Sokol (born 20 September 1982) is a Croatian politician currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croa ... since 2019. Political career Sokol became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 election. He has since been serving on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. In 2022, he also joined the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic. Also since 2022, he has been the parliament’s ENVI rapporteur on the European Commission’s proposal for a European Health Data Space. In addition to his committee assignments, Sokol is part of the Parliament's delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee. He is also a member of the European Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svyatoslav Sokol
Svyatoslav Mikhailovich Sokol (russian: Святослав Михайлович Сокол; 22 March 1946 – 3 December 2022) was a Russian editor and politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, he served in the State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ... from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2007 to 2016. Sokol died of a heart attack on 3 December 2022, at the age of 76. References 1946 births 2022 deaths Russian editors Communist Party of the Russian Federation members Russian communists Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Sokol
Sasha Marianne Sökol Cuillery (born 17 June 1970) is a Mexican singer, composer, actress and television presenter. Biography Sökol was born in Mexico City. When she was still a toddler, her parents (Michael "Happy" Sökol and Magdalena Cuillery) divorced and her mother married Fernando Diez Barroso, an executive at Televisa. As a child, she was known as Sasha Diez Barroso, but now goes by her paternal name, Sökol. She studied at the Colegio Peterson and later at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa. At that time, the music and television producer Luis de Llano Macedo was seeking to create a Mexican version of the band Parchís, and Sökol held castings at the CEA. Sökol has one brother named Michel Sokol Cuillery and two sisters, Alexandra and Ximena Diez Barroso. Timbiriche Sökol was selected as one of the original seven members and that is how she started her singing career in 1982. Sökol recorded seven albums with Timbiriche, which earned 25 gold a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Sokol
Ronald P. Sokol (born 1939), lawyer and writer, is a member of the bar in the United States and France. He and his wife live in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is the author of ''Federal Habeas Corpus'' and ''Justice after Darwin'' and op-ed contributor to the ''International Herald Tribune'' and the ''Christian Science Monitor''. Early life and education Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sokol attended Duke University for three years, leaving without a degree to study law at the University of Virginia where he was admitted in 1959. There he met Daniel Meador, then James Monroe Professor and later Associate Attorney-General under President Carter. The correspondence between Sokol and Meador continued for 45 years and is now collected at the University of Virginia. Meador regularly argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and was a practitioner and scholar of constitutional litigation. Career at Virginia Sokol graduated from Virginia in 1962 and was admitted to practice in Wisconsin, but cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Sokol (rower)
Pavel Sokol (born 30 June 1969) is a Czech former rower. He competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1969 births Living people Czech male rowers Olympic rowers for Czechoslovakia Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics People from Uherské Hradiště Sportspeople from the Zlín Region {{Czechoslovakia-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
