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Tyra (given Name)
Tyra is a female given name. It may refer to: People *Tyra Banks (born 1973), American television personality * Tyra Bolling (born 1985), American singer * Tyra Calderwood (born 1990), Australian tennis player * Tyra of Denmark (died 1000 AD), 10th-century Danish princess * Tyra Ferrell (born 1962), American actress * Tyra Gittens (born 1998), Olympic athlete from Trinidad and Tobago * Tyra Grant (born 1988), American basketball player * Tyra Hunter (1970-1995), African-American transgender woman * Tyra Kleen (1874-1951), Swedish artist *Tyra Naha, Hopi American potter * Tyra Perry, American softball coach *Tyra Sanchez (born 1988), American drag queen * Tyra Shackleford, Chickasaw textile artist *Tyra Turner (born 1976), American beach volleyball player * Tyra Vaughn (1923-2015), American actress * Tyra White (born 1989), American basketball player *Tyra Wolfsberg, American bioinformatician *Tyra of Sweden, daughter of the Norse noble Styrbjörn the Strong Fictional characters * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American television personality, model, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15, and was the first African-American woman to be featured on the covers of '' GQ'' and the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'', on which she appeared three times. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1997 to 2005. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the world's top-earning models. Banks began acting on television in the sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' (1993), and made her film debut in the drama ''Higher Learning'' (1995). In 2000, she had major film roles, such as Eve in Disney Channel's ''Life-Size'' and Zoe in the box-office hit '' Coyote Ugly.'' Banks had small roles in the romantic sports film ''Love & Basketball'' (2000), the horror film '' Halloween: Resurrection'' (2002), and in the television series ''Gossip Girl'' (2009) and ''Glee'' (2013). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Turner
Tyra Turner (née Harper, born July 21, 1976) is a professional beach volleyball player from the United States who plays on the AVP Tour. Turner is a graduate of the University of Central Florida, where she played volleyball all four years. In 1998, she was named UCF's Scholar Athlete of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year. Turner was inducted into the UCF Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. Turner has been married to fellow AVP pro Chad Turner since January 2005. They have three sons - Myles, Blake, and Preston - and live in Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in southwestern Florida and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 92,245 in 20 .... References External links Q & A with the AVP's Tyra Turner* * 1976 births Living people American women's volleyball players American women's beach volleyball players Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyra (given Name)
Thyra is a female given name, variant of Tyra. Notable people with the name include: * Thyra (c.936-958), Danish queen * Thyra of Denmark (1853-1933), Danish daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hessel-Kassel * Thyra of Denmark (1880–1945), Danish daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden * Thyra Alleyne (1875-1954), second daughter of Forster Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados * Thyra Bethell (1876-1972), New Zealand organizer * Thyra J. Edwards Thyra Johnson Edwards (December 25, 1897 – July 9, 1953) was an African-American educator, social worker, journalist, labor and civil rights activist, and women's rights activist. Pan-Africanism, Pan-Africanist, and communist. Early life Thyra ... (1897-1953), American journalist * Thyra Eibe (1866-1955), Danish mathematician * Thyra Frank (born 1952), Danish nurse * Thyra Manicus-Hansen (1872-1906), Danish artist * Thyra Schmidt (born 1974), German artist * Thyra Stevenson (1944-2020), American pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Kingdom (TV Series)
''The Last Kingdom'' is a British historical fiction television series based on Bernard Cornwell's ''The Saxon Stories'' series of novels. The series was developed for television by Stephen Butchard, premiering on the 10 October 2015 on the BBC. In 2018 the show was acquired by Netflix. The series lasted for a total of five seasons, with the final season airing on 9 March 2022. A feature-length sequel, titled ''Seven Kings Must Die'', has been filmed for Netflix. Plot Series One The first series roughly covers the events of ''The Last Kingdom'' and ''The Pale Horseman'', the first and second novels in Bernard Cornwell’s ''The Saxon Stories'', however they are condensed for the screen. In the year 866, the Great Heathen Army's arrival in Britain is about to redefine the relationship between Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. Following the establishment of Danish rule in Jórvík and East Anglia, the show largely focuses on the resistance of the Kingdom of Wessex to ongoing Viking in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saxon Stories
''The Saxon Stories'' (also known as ''Saxon Tales''/''Saxon Chronicles'' in the US and ''The Warrior Chronicles'' and most recently as ''The Last Kingdom'' series) is a historical novel series written by Bernard Cornwell about the birth of England in the ninth and tenth centuries. The series consists of 13 novels. The protagonist of the series is Uhtred of Bebbanburg, born to a Saxon lord in Northumbria. He is captured as a child and adopted by a Danish warlord. The name of the fictional protagonist comes from the historical Uhtred the Bold; Cornwell is a descendant of this family. The story begins with the conquest of all but one of the major Saxon kingdoms by the Danes, with Wessex, the last kingdom, nearly overrun. Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallies his forces and begins the long struggle to fulfill his ambition of uniting all English speakers in one realm. Uhtred, despite his inclinations otherwise, repeatedly fights and schemes to bring about Alfred's dream ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man-Kzin Wars
''The Man-Kzin Wars'' is a series of military science fiction anthologies and is the name of the first. The short stories detail the eponymous conflicts between mankind and the Kzinti, set in Larry Niven's ''Known Space'' universe. However, Niven himself has written only a small number of the stories; most were written by other science fiction writers, as Niven opened this part of the ''Known Space'' to collaboration in the form of a shared universe. The cover art for the books in the series is created by Stephen Hickman. Origins The first story set in the Man-Kzin Wars, "The Warriors" (1966), was one of Niven's earliest published stories and one of the first of what would become his ''Known Space'' series. Niven did not consider himself qualified to write war stories; therefore, although a number of his later stories referenced the Man-Kzin Wars, he never actually showed them. However, there was a large fan demand for stories covering the conflict, and a number of his author fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Hamilton
A list of notable characters from the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' that significantly impacted storylines and debuted between January 2000 and December 2009. Alex Perez Alex Perez first appeared on November 29, 2000, later becoming the fiancée of Malcolm Winters and lover of his brother, Neil. The role, portrayed by Alexia Robinson, was created to fill the void left by Victoria Rowell. Prior to her debut, the character was only known as "Erin". In 2002, it was announced that Robinson was to exit ''The Young and the Restless'' after the expiration of her contract, and departed onscreen on May 9, 2002. History Alex arrived in Genoa City to work on an important case for Newman Enterprises and the firm's boss Victor Newman was immediately impressed by the way she was doing business. She was working together with Neil Winters and the attraction between them was high even though they were constantly fighting. Olivia Winters helped Alex win the case however, the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Collette
Tyra Collette is a character in the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'', portrayed by actress Adrianne Palicki. Character biography Tyra is a resident of the fictional Dillon, Texas. She works at Applebee's and lives with her mother and older sister, who is a stripper. Little is known about her absent father. Initially the girlfriend of Tim Riggins, she spends most of the series actively hating Dillon, football, and the Dillon Panthers. Season one At the beginning of season one, Tyra is dating Tim Riggins despite publicly flirting with Brian "Smash" Williams. She eventually dumps Tim, but is still devastated when she learns he slept with his best friend's girlfriend, Lyla Garrity. After witnessing her mother's abuse at the hands of her boyfriend, Tyra encourages her mother to get a job and become independent. She secures an interview for her mother through Tim Riggins, who calls in a favor with Buddy Garrity. However, her mother and Buddy begin an affair and her mother i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Styrbjörn The Strong
Styrbjörn the Strong ( non, Styrbjǫrn Sterki ; died about 985) according to late Norse sagas was a son of the Swedish king Olof, and a nephew of Olof's co-ruler and successor Eric the Victorious, who defeated and killed Styrbjörn at the Battle of Fyrisvellir. As with many figures in the sagas, doubts have been cast on his existence, but he is mentioned in a roughly contemporaneous skaldic poem about the battle. According to legend, his original name was ''Björn'', and ''Styr-'', which was added when he had grown up, was an epithet meaning that he was restless, controversially forceful and violent. Prose retellings It is believed that there once was a full saga about Styrbjörn, but most of what is extant is found in the short ''Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa''. Parts of his story are also retold in '' Eyrbyggja saga'', Saxo Grammaticus' ''Gesta Danorum'' (book 10), ''Knýtlinga saga'' and '' Hervarar saga''. He is also mentioned in the ''Heimskringla'' (several times), and in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Wolfsberg
Tyra Gwendolen Wolfsberg is an American bioinformatician. She is the associate director of the bioinformatics and scientific programming core at the National Human Genome Research Institute. Life Wolfsberg received a A.B. in molecular biology from Princeton University. She earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry and biophysics from the University of California, San Francisco. Her 1995 dissertation was titled ''Identification and characterization of ADAM, a novel gene family''. Wolfsberg transitioned to computationally based research by performing a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at NIH. She worked as a staff scientist at NCBI before joining the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) faculty in 2000. Wolfsberg is the associate director of NHGRI's bioinformatics and scientific programming core. Her research program focuses on developing methodologies to integrate sequence, annotation, and experimentally generated data so t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra White
Tyra Marie White (born Match 23, 1989) is a basketball player who was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks. She played college basketball for Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T .... Texas A&M statistics Source References External linksTexas A&M Aggies bio 1989 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyra Vaughn
Tyra Vaughn (March 13, 1923 – August 9, 2015) was an American actress, model, and showgirl, who appeared in motion pictures and television throughout the 1940s and late 1950s, and who later found a second career as a professional dance instructor. Early life She was born on March 13, 1923, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Her father was a police sergeant. She attended West Scranton High School from which was she was active in the drama club and graduated in June 1941. With the outbreak of World War II, she moved to Los Angeles and joined the USO as a professional dancer. In 1943, she joined other variety showgirls in protesting a waiters' strike at Earl Carroll's Theater-Restaurant in Hollywood. She was a swimsuit model, named "Miss Springtime of 1944" by the Blue Book modeling agency, run by Emmeline Snively. Later in 1944 she appeared as an artist's model in a segment for NBC's ''People are Funny'' program. Career after World War II After the war, Vaughn was a dance instructor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
