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Vinson
Vinson may refer to: Places * Vinson, Oklahoma, a community in the US * Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica People Surname * Vinson (surname), people with the surname ''Vinson'' ** Vinson political family Forename * Vinson "Vince" Champ (born 1961), American serial rapist and former comedian * Vinson Chiu (born 1998), American tennis player * Vinson Cole (born 1950), American tenor * Vinson Filyaw (1969–2021), American sex offender and kidnapper * Vinson Knight (1804–1842), American religious leader of the Latter Day Saint movement * Vinson Smith (born 1965), American football player Other uses * VINSON, a family of voice encryption devices * Vinson, a fictional member of the Stanfield Organization, on ''The Wire'' * USS ''Carl Vinson'' (CVN-70), a US Navy ''Nimitz''-class supercarrier * Vinson & Elkins, an American law firm See also * Vincent (other) Vincent is a masculine given name. Vincent may also refer to: Places Australia * V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinson, Oklahoma
Vinson is an unincorporated community in Harmon County, Oklahoma, United States. The community was named for Henry B. Vinson, townsite owner. Vinson had a post office, which was established on August 20, 1903. The post office (ZIP code 73571) was discontinued in 2017. Notable people *Rufe Davis, actor who appeared in ''Petticoat Junction''. * John W. Aaron (nicknamed "The Steely-Eyed Missile Man"); NASA electrical engineer credited with saving the Apollo 12 Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Commander Charles ... mission References Unincorporated communities in Harmon County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinson Massif
Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located about from the South Pole. Vinson Massif was discovered in January 1958 by United States Navy, U.S. Navy aircraft. In 1961, the Vinson Massif was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), after Carl Vinson, Carl G. Vinson, United States Member of congress, congressman from the state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, for his support for Antarctic Exploration, Antarctic exploration. On 1 November 2006, US-ACAN declared Mount Vinson and Vinson Massif to be separate entities.Stewart, J. (2011) ''Antarctic An Encyclopedia'' McFarland & Company Inc, New York. 1776 pp. . Vinson Massif lies within the unrecognised Chilean Antarctic Territory, Chilean claim under the Antarctic Treaty System. Mount Vinson is the highest peak in An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinson (surname)
Vinson is an English and French surname derived as a patronymic of Vincent. It may refer to: ; People * Amber Vinson, U.S. nurse who as a victim in the U.S. of the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak * Auguste Vinson, French physician *Carl Vinson, American politician * Carson Vinson (born 2001), American football player * Carol Vinson, Australian footballer * Charlie Vinson, American baseball player *Clarence Vinson, American boxer * Corey Vinson, American basketball coach and player *Eddie Vinson, American musician * Fernandus Vinson, American football player *Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States *Fred Vinson (American football), American football player *Fred Vinson (basketball), American basketball player *Helen Vinson, American actress * Jason Vinson, American football player * Julien Vinson, French linguist *Maribel Vinson, American figure skater *Mose Vinson (1917–2002), American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer * Pauline Vinson, American illust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Political Families (V)
The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with V. The Vails * George Vail (1809–1875), New Jersey Assemblyman 1843–44, candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1850, U.S. Representative from New Jersey 1853–57, U.S. Consul in Glasgow, Scotland 1858–61; Judge of the New Jersey Court of Appeals 1865–71. First cousin of Theodore Newton Vail. ** Theodore Newton Vail (1845–1920), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1916. First cousin of George Vail. The Vallones * Charles J. Vallone (1901–1967), Queens County Civil Court Judge 1955–67, Father of Peter Vallone Sr. * Leah Palmigiano Vallone, Democratic State Committeewoman, mother of Peter Vallone Sr, wife of Charles J Vallone. ** Peter Vallone Sr. (born 1934), New York City Councilman 1974–2001, Speaker of the City Council 1986–2001, Candidate for New York State Governor 1998, Candidate for New York City Mayor 2001. Son of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Champ
Vinson Horace Champ (born September 12, 1961) is an American former comedian and convicted rapist. Champ was a touring comedian who had gained minor renown for winning first place in the comedy category of the 1992 edition of '' Star Search''. In 1997, he was identified as a serial rapist when his DNA and tour schedule were matched up with a series of rapes on college campuses. He is currently serving a 30-to-40-year sentence at Nebraska State Penitentiary. His projected release date is in 2033, after which he will begin two consecutive life-term sentences in Iowa. Early life Champ was born in Stockton, California, as one of seven children to airman John Champ and Thelma Slade. When Champ was three years old, his older brother Victor died aged ten during an accident at Langley Air Force Base. He graduated Edison High School, where Champ placed fourth in both categories of a nationwide Dramatic and Humorous Interpretation contest hosted by the National Christian Forensics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinson Chiu
Vinson Chiu ( ; born August 8, 1998) is an American badminton player. He won a silver medal with his partner Joshua Yuan in the men's doubles at the 2022 Pan Am Championships. Chiu also won a silver and a bronze at the 2016 Pan Am Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and mixed doubles. Chiu currently plays mixed doubles with Jennie Gai. They won their first title together at the Mexican International Challenge in 2021. The duo won the silver medal in the mixed doubles at the 2023 Pan American Games. Chiu also once partnered with Indonesian legend Tony Gunawan and they went onto win the U.S. International in 2017. Achievements Pan American Games ''Mixed doubles'' Pan Am Championships ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' Pan Am Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series (8 titles, 9 runners-up) ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinson Cole
Vinson Cole (born November 21, 1950) is an American operatic tenor. Early life A native of Kansas City, the tenor studied at the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; the Philadelphia Musical Academy; and at the Curtis Institute of Music with Margaret Harshaw. Singing career He made his European debut in Angers, France in Handel's ''Acis and Galatea'' and followed that with the role of Belmonte in Mozart's ''Abduction from the Seraglio'' with the Welsh National Opera. In 1977, his youthful promise was recognized when he won the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, the WGN Competition, and was awarded both Rockefeller Foundation and National Opera Institute grants. As his career unfolded, he went on to sing leading roles in many major opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opéra National de Paris and Paris Opera-Bastille, Teatro alla Scala, and the theatres in Berlin, Vienna, and Hamburg. For nine years, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinson Filyaw
Vinson Wayne Filyaw (December 15, 1969 May 3, 2021) was an American rapist, abductor, and former construction worker. He was convicted of the 2006 kidnapping and rape of 14-year-old Elizabeth Shoaf in Lugoff, South Carolina. Filyaw had held Shoaf hostage inside an underground bunker for ten days before Shoaf alerted her mother via text message from Filyaw's phone. Filyaw turned himself in to police a day after Shoaf was rescued. He was sentenced to 421 years imprisonment in 2007 and died at McCormick Correctional Institution in 2021. The case was fictionalized in the 2018 television movie '' Girl in the Bunker''. Background Prior to the abduction, Filyaw was unemployed and had been wanted on a warrant for sexual misconduct since November 2005. The 12-year-old daughter of Filyaw's girlfriend accused him of drugging her with Benadryl in order to molest the girl in her sleep. He eluded authorities by hiding in a network of underground tunnels he had dug in the woods around Lugof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinson Knight
Vinson Knight (March 14, 1804 – July 31, 1842) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He served as a counselor in the bishopric in Kirtland, Ohio, from 1835 to 1838, then as bishop in Adam-ondi-Ahman in Daviess County, Missouri, from 1838 to 1839, and finally as bishop of the Lower Ward in Nauvoo, Illinois, having been called by Joseph Smith through revelation to that office in January 1841. Knight served as bishop in Nauvoo until his sudden death at age 38. Early years Knight was born March 14, 1804, in Norwich, Massachusetts, to Dr Randolphus E Knight and Rizpah Lee (daughter of American Revolutionary War Captain Sherebiah Lee). Following his father's death when he was five years old, his mother moved the family to upstate New York. Here Knight married Martha McBride, daughter of itinerant pre- Campbellite minister Daniel McBride and Abigail Mead, on July 26, 1826. They ran a farm in Perrysburg, New York and had seven children: five sons and two daughters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latter Day Saint Movement
The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 17 million nominal members, including over 17 million belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), 250,000 in Community of Christ, and several other denominations with memberships generally ranging in the thousands of members. The predominant theology of the churches in the movement is Mormonism, which sees itself as restoring again on Earth the Early Christianity, early Christian church; their members are most commonly known as Mormons. An additional doctrine of the church allows for prophets to receive and publish modern-day Revelation (Latter Day Saints), revelations. A minority of Latter Day Saint adherents, such as members of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinson Smith
Robert Vinson Smith (born July 3, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the East Carolina Pirates. Smith played in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints. He won Super Bowl XXVII with Dallas over the Buffalo Bills. Early life Smith attended Statesville High School. As a senior, he received All-state honors at defensive tackle in football and also in baseball. He accepted a football scholarship from East Carolina University. As a sophomore, he was a backup defensive lineman and posted 2 interceptions. As a junior, he was converted into an inside linebacker and became a starter, leading the team with 116 tackles. As a senior, he collected 118 tackles, leading the team in tackles again, and had 2 interceptions. Smith finished his college career with 294 tackles, 4 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VINSON
Vinson may refer to: Places * Vinson, Oklahoma, a community in the US * Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica People Surname * Vinson (surname), people with the surname ''Vinson'' ** Vinson political family Forename * Vinson "Vince" Champ (born 1961), American serial rapist and former comedian * Vinson Chiu (born 1998), American tennis player * Vinson Cole (born 1950), American tenor * Vinson Filyaw (1969–2021), American sex offender and kidnapper * Vinson Knight (1804–1842), American religious leader of the Latter Day Saint movement The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by ... * Vinson Smith (born 1965), American football player Other uses * VINSON, a family of voice encryption devices * Vinson, a fictional member of the Stanfield Organization, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
