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Theron
Theron ( , ) is a surname of Occitan origin (from place-names Théron, Thérond variant form of *''Thoron'' — same as Le Thor (Vaucluse, ''Torum'' 1029) — from PIE ''*tur-'' or Latin ''torus'' "height"), and a given name in English. It may refer to: Given name *Theron of Acragas (died 473 BC), 5th century BC tyrant of Acragas, Sicily *Theron Akin (1855–1933), U.S. Representative from New York *Theron Ephron Catlin (1878–1960), U.S. Representative from Missouri *Theron Feemster, American record producer, songwriter, musician, and singer * Theron Hale (1883–1954), American old-time fiddle and banjo player *Theron Metcalf (1784–1875), New England jurist and judge *Theron Randolph, MD (1906–1995), founder of the holistic field of environmental illness and medicine known as clinical ecology * Theron Read (died 2009), American film actor * Theron Moses Rice (1829–1895), U.S. Representative from Missouri *Theron Sapp (born 1935), former American football running back *T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, ''Time'' named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Theron came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the leading lady in the Hollywood films '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1997), '' Mighty Joe Young'' (1998), and ''The Cider House Rules'' (1999). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in '' Monster'' (2003), for which she won the Silver Bear and Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first South African to win an acting Oscar. She received another Academy Award nomination for playing a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama '' North Country'' (2005). Theron has starred in several commercially successful action films, including ''The Italian Job' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theron Sapp
Theron Coleman Sapp, nicknamed Thundering Theron and the Drought-Breaker, (born June 15, 1935) is a former American football running back for the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He attended the University of Georgia (UGA). High school years Sapp was born in Dublin, Georgia, and grew up in nearby Macon, attending that city's Lanier High School. As a High School senior, Sapp led his team to the 1953 state championship game but lost 9-6 to a Grady High School team from Atlanta coached by future Bulldogs assistant coach Erk Russell. College years After signing to play college football at UGA, Sapp fractured a vertebra in a diving accident in the Spring of 1954. After recovering from his injury that year, Sapp participated in spring practice in 1955 and participated on the B team that Fall. In 1956, Sapp played on the Varsity team; however, another injury relegated him to reserve status. In 1957, Sapp became the starting fullback and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Theron
Leona Valerie Theron (born 7 November 1966 in Durban) is a judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa and formerly of the Supreme Court of Appeal. She was first appointed to the bench in 1999, aged 33, becoming the first black woman judge on the KwaZulu-Natal High Court. She was appointed to the Constitutional Court on 1 July 2017 by President Jacob Zuma to replace recently retired Johann van der Westhuizen Johann van der Westhuizen (born 26 May 1952 in Windhoek, South West Africa (now Namibia) is a former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Before his judicial appointment, he was a professor at the University of Pretoria Faculty of .... Theron is married to Charles Sarjoo and has four children. Education She received her Bachelor's Degree from University of Natal in 1987. Theron went on to receive her LLB (Bachelors of Law) from there in 1989. In 1989, she received a Fulbright Scholarship that allowed her to go on to get her LLM (Masters of Law) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Theron
Johannes Stephanus Theron known professionally as Leo Théron (26 March 1926 – 2010) was a South African stained-glass window artist who specialises in the '' dalles de verre'' technique (using glass and concrete). Early life Theron was born in Pretoria, the third son of Dutch Reform minister, Johannes Stephanus Theron and his wife, Helena Marais Rossouw. Education and career Théron studied art at Rhodes University in South Africa and then at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and Académie Julian in Paris. Returning to South Africa he became involved in designing mosaics and leaded glass windows for new churches. Subsequently he specialized in the technique called ''dalles de verre sous beton'', a method using coloured glass and concrete, developed in France after the second world war, and which he developed as a distinctive style during a return visit to France in 1964, when he studied the work of Gabriel Loire in Chartres, which profoundly informed his approach to the medium. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusty Theron
Juan "Rusty" Theron (born 24 July 1985) is a South African-American professional cricketer. He played for the Warriors cricket team in South African domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League and for the South Africa national team. He is a right-arm fast bowler and bats right-handed. He retired from South African domestic cricket on 8 October 2015, following a spate of knee injuries. In 2019, he qualified to represent the United States cricket team in international matches, after fulfilling the International Cricket Council's three-year residency rule. He represented the United States in a One Day International (ODI) match in September 2019. He is known as "Rusty," due to the rustic brown color of his hair. Playing career Theron made his debut for Eastern Province in October 2005, appearing in a List A match at Port Elizabeth against the Zimbabwe U-23 team, bowling them out for 145 and thus helping his team win the fixture with match figures of 2/26 of 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Theron (tennis)
Johan Theron (9 September 1975) is a former Namibian tennis player who represented Namibia in the Davis Cup. Career Theron was a member of Namibia's very first Davis Cup team in 2000. Namibia competed in the 2000 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV, against Zambia, Ethiopia and San Marino. Namibia won their group and was promoted to Group III for 2001. Theron won two of his three singles matches and both the doubles matches he played. During his Davis Cup career from 2000 to 2007, Theron played thirty-one rubbers in twenty-five ties, winning five of his twenty-two singles and seven of his nine doubles rubbers. In 2012 he was appointed as the Namibian Davis Cup captain. He works as a tennis coach in Windhoek Windhoek (, , ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek in 20 ..., Namibia. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Theron
Johan Theron (born c. 1943) was a former information officer in South Africa's apartheid government's Special Forces. Theron testified before South Africa's High Court during the trial of Wouter Basson for human rights crimes. Theron told the court that he had personally caused or supervised the murders of over 200 anti-apartheid political prisoners between 1979 and 1987. He claimed that the murders were merely a part of his job. At the conclusion of the Wouter Basson Wouter Basson (born 6 July 1950) is a South African cardiologist and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, during the apartheid era. Nicknamed "Dr. Death" by the press for his alleged acti ... trial in 2002, the presiding magistrate, Justice Hatzenburg, refused to grant Johan Theron indemnity from prosecution. Subsequent to the Basson trial, Theron never bothered to apply for amnesty from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge Theron
Inge Theron is a London-based South African, a skincare specialist, former radio personality, columnist and entrepreneur. She is mostly known for her brand FaceGym which she founded in 2015. Biography and career Theron grew up in Pretoria and Johannesburg with her mother who was a travel guide and historian. She completed her education from The Glen High School. She moved to London during 1994 to study journalism and started to work at Middlesex Hospital, hosting a radio show. She then moved to Virgin Radio where she worked with Chris Evans. Theron then moved further and worked for Jonathan Ross and finally commenced a branding agency of her own. In 2008, Theron co-founded Hollywood Domino, with actress Daya Fernandez. The concept of Hollywood Domino is based on a 400 years old Chinese Game which Theron and Fernandez reinvented. Theron then moved to India and consequently under mentorship of Gillian de Bono, started her column ''Chronicles of a Spa Junkie'' in the Financia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Theron
Johan Tertius "Gus" Theron (born 10 January 1975) is a South African former professional rugby union player. Theron played mainly on the wing and at centre. Early life Gus Theron was born in Robertson in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, about northeast of Cape Town. He attended Robertson Primary School and Robertson Secondary School. After school he attended the University of Stellenbosch. In 1998, 2000 and 2006 he played for Maties, the university's team that competed in the annual club championships. Professional career 1998–2000 Gus Theron started playing for Western Province in the first season of the Vodacom Cup in 1998. During that same year he made his debut in the Currie Cup for Western Province. In 1999 and 2000 he again played Vodacom Cup rugby for Western Province, but was also selected for the Stormers squad for the Super 12 competition. After the Super Rugby campaign was completed Theron continued his rugby in Cape Town, playing for Western Province i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duimpie Theron
Johannes Petrus "Duimpie" Theron (born 7 May 1979) is a South African-born rugby union player who played for the Namibia national rugby union team and represented Namibia during the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Playing career Theron played eight test matches for . His debut was in 1998, as a nineteen-year-old, in the Rugby World Cup qualifier against in Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom .... Theron played in three matches during the pool stages at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Shortly after the World Cup, he also played in a test match against , after which his next and final test was only five years later in 2004, against . Test history References {{DEFAULTSORT:Theron, Duimpie 1979 births Living people Namibia international rugby union players Blue Bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawie Theron
David François Theron (born 15 September 1966) is a South African former rugby union player. Playing career Theron represented the South Africa Universities under–19 and under–20 teams in 1986. He made his senior provincial debut for Free State in 1988 and in 1995 he joined Griqualand West. He made his test debut for the Springboks as a replacement against Australia on 3 August 1996 at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. His last test match was against New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland. Theron played thirteen test matches and two tour matched for the Springboks. Test history Coaching career Theron started his coaching career with Griquas in 2002 as an assistant to Swys de Bruin. He was appointed the Griquas head coach in 2007 and in 2011 he was appointment as the South Africa under-20 head coach. In 2016 and 2017, Theron was the head coach of the DoCoMo Red Hurricanes in Japan. See also *List of South Africa national rugby union players South Africa natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
