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Varney (surname)
Varney is a surname, and may refer to: * Alex Varney (born 1984), football player * Allen Varney (born 1958), American writer and game designer * Alphonse Varney (1811–1879), French conductor and composer, father of Louis * Bill Varney (1934–2011), American motion picture sound mixer * Carleton Varney (1937–2022), American decorator, designer, lecturer, and author * Christine A. Varney (born 1955), American lawyer, lobbyist, public official * Sir David Varney (born 1946), chairman of HM Revenue and Customs * Dike Varney (1880–1950), American baseball pitcher * Edmund Varney (1778–1847), New York politician * Edward L. Varney (1914–1998), American Modernist architect * Fallah Varney (1957–1981), Liberian soldier and coup leader * George Varney (1834–1911), American soldier * George D. Varney Sr. (1903–1982), American politician * George J. Varney (1836–1901), American historian * Harold Lord Varney (1893–1984), American author * Janet Varney (fl. 2000sâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Varney
Alexander Varney (born 27 December 1984) is an English Association football, footballer who came through Charlton Athletic's academy and played in the Football League for Barnet F.C., Barnet. Varney was born in Farnborough, London, Farnborough, in the London Borough of Bromley. He began his football career as a scholar with Charlton, and earned a professional contract in 2003, which was extended in 2004. A forward (association football), forward, he was called up for Germany at youth level and spent time on loan at Barnet F.C., Barnet, for whom he made his Football League debut on 21 January 2006 as an 88th-minute substitute (association football), substitute in the Football League Two, League Two goalless draw against Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers. He was released at the end of the 2005–06 season, and spent the second half of the 2007–08 season with Ebbsfleet United F.C., Gravesend & Northfleet in the Conference National. References External links * 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George J
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Varney
Stuart A. Varney (born July 7, 1948) is a British-American talk show host and conservative political commentator who works for Fox News and the Fox Business Network. Born in the United Kingdom, he worked as a journalist before joining Fox News in January 2004 as a business contributor, such as on ''Your World with Neil Cavuto''. Early life Varney was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England. After secondary school, Varney spent a year working in Nairobi, Kenya, before graduating from the London School of Economics. Journalism career After working as a reporter for Radio Hong Kong, he began his broadcast journalism career at KEMO-TV (now KOFY-TV) in San Francisco. He was then recruited to join the Manhattan bureau of the newly formed 24-hour news network CNN, which launched on June 1, 1980. He hosted the CNN shows ''Business Day'', ''Business Asia'', and '' Moneyline'' with Willow Bay. In 2001, he left CNN to host CNBC's "Wall Street Journal Editorial Board with Stuart Varney." He jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Varney
Reginald Alfred Varney (11 July 1916 – 16 November 2008) was an English actor, entertainer and comedian. He is best remembered for having played the lead role of bus driver Stan Butler in the LWT sitcom ''On the Buses'' (1969–73) and its three spin-off feature films. Having performed as a music hall entertainer, Varney first came to national recognition as factory foreman Reg Turner in the BBC sitcom ''The Rag Trade'' (1961–63). He appeared in further sitcoms including '' Beggar My Neighbour'' (1966–1968) and ''On the Buses'' stardom facililated overseas cabaret tours. Early life Varney was born in Canning Town, Essex (but now part of London), to Sidney Thomas Varney and his wife Annie (née Needham). His father worked in a rubber factory in Silvertown and he was one of five children who grew up in Addington Road, Canning Town. He was educated at the nearby Star Lane Primary School in West Ham and after leaving school at 14, he worked as a messenger boy and a page boy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Varney (politician)
Peter Varney is a New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ... politician, and currently serves in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Varney has been serving in the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2014. He attended the University of Canterbury from 1992 to 1998. Retrieved August 30, 2020 References Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Varney
Richard Fred "Pete" Varney Jr. (born April 10, 1949) is a retired American college baseball coach and a former professional baseball catcher. A graduate of Harvard College, he also played a notable role in the 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game, in which Harvard roared back from a 29–13 deficit in the final 42 seconds of play to tie Yale, 29–29. Both teams were undefeated at the time. Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Varney attended North Quincy High School and Deerfield Academy before enrolling at Harvard, where he played varsity football as well as baseball. In the 85th Harvard–Yale game on November 23, 1968, tight end Varney caught Frank Champi's pass for the two-point conversion in the final second to earn a tie, and a share of the Ivy League championship, with Yale. Although the famous game ended deadlocked, the furious comeback caused ''The Harvard Crimson'' to headline its game story, '' Harvard Beats Yale 29–29''. A standout in baseball, Varney batted .370 over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Varney
Mike Varney is an American record producer and music publisher. He is the founder of the Shrapnel Label Group, which includes Shrapnel Records, Tone Center Records, and Blues Bureau International. He also has a 50% stake in Magna Carta Records, a New York-based label. Varney is often credited with being the individual most responsible for popularizing the mid-1980s shred guitar boom, and has continuously specialized in producing musicians within the genres of instrumental rock, hard rock, jazz, jazz fusion, blues, blues-rock, progressive metal, and speed metal. Early life Mike Varney grew up in Novato, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to forming Shrapnel Records, Varney played extensively with the pre-punk San Francisco band, The Nuns. The Nuns were one of the most successful bands in the Bay Area at that time, regularly selling out at the local venues and clubs. He co-wrote and performed "Rock Justice" along with Jefferson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Varney
Luke Ivan Varney (born 28 September 1982) is a former English professional footballer who played as a striker. Across his career he had spells with 11 different teams. He began his career with non-League club Quorn, a club in his home county of Leicestershire, before moving to league football with Crewe Alexandra. His performances during Crewe's 2006–07 campaign, where he was named in the League One "Team of the Year" despite Crewe's finishing only mid-table and scoring against Manchester United in the League Cup saw him come to the attentions of bigger clubs and consecutive £1m-plus transfers to the Championship followed, as he joined Charlton Athletic and then Derby County. He had made over 200 league appearances, and scored his 50th career league goal, and career first top-flight goal, in the Premier League, with a 76th-minute strike against Fulham on his debut for Blackpool. Career Crewe Alexandra Varney was born in Leicester and played for Leicester youth up front and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Varney
Louis Varney (; 30 May 1844, New Orleans, Louisiana Р20 August 1908, Cauterets, France) was a French composer. Biography Louis Varney was the son of Alphonse Varney, a French conductor at the Bouffes-Parisiens and at the Grand Th̢̩tre de Bordeaux The Grand Th̢̩tre de Bordeaux is an opera house in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780. It was in this theatre that the ballet '' La fille mal gard̩e'' premiered in 1789, and where a young Marius Petipa staged some of his fir ..., he was also invited to conduct the "French Opera Season" abroad, notably in New Orleans, Louisiana, and this is how Louis came to be born there in 1844. He studied music with his father, and became first a conductor like him. He was conducting in a small theatre L' Ath̩n̩e-Comique, while he began composing, he succeeded in having one of his work, ''Il signor Pulcinella'' presented there in 1876 with considerable success. He was then proposed by the director of the Bouffes-P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Varney
James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his broadly comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous television commercial advertising campaigns. He played Jed Clampett in a film adaptation of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1993) and performed the voice of Slinky Dog in the first two films of the ''Toy Story'' franchise (1995–1999). He died at age 50 of lung cancer on February 10, 2000, leaving two posthumous releases, of ''Daddy and Them'' and '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire''. Early life Varney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. As a child, he displayed the ability to memorize long poems and significant portions of the material from books, which he used to entertain family and friends. When Varney was a boy, his mother would turn on cartoons for him to watch. His mother discovered that Varney quickly began to imitate the cartoon c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Varney
Janet Varney (born February 16, 1976) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for voicing Korra in the Nickelodeon animated television series ''The Legend of Korra'', co-starring as Sheriff Evie Barret in the television series '' Stan Against Evil'', her role as Becca Barbara in ''You're the Worst'', hosting the ''JV Club'' podcast and co-hosting the ''Avatar: Braving the Elements'' podcast. Early life Varney was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. She graduated as salutatorian from Rincon High School in 1993 and is an alumna of San Francisco State University, where she majored in theater, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1997. She later pursued a career in interior design before eventually finding her way back into acting. Varney was raised Mormon, but left the church at 17 and began to identify as an agnostic. Varney is of English and Scottish descent. Career Television projects Varney was co-host of ''The Hollywood Show'' with Brian Unger, a recurri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Lord Varney
Harold Lord Varney (1893–1984) was an American author. Varney was an editor at ''The Awakener'' and ''The American Mercury''. He was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, of which he wrote the account ''Revolt''. Later he moved in the direction of fascism. After the war he was a contributor to ''American Opinion'' and headed a pro-Panama committee. Varney was friends with Joseph P. Kamp, who was his executive editor for ''The Awakener''. 1893 births 1984 deaths American magazine editors Industrial Workers of the World members Old Right (United States) 20th-century American non-fiction writers American fascists {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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