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Vasser
Vasser is surname, an altered form of French Levasseur or Vasseur.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=vasser Notable people with the surname include: * Jimmy Vasser James Vasser Jr. (born November 20, 1965) is an American former racing driver. Vasser won the 1996 CART IndyCar championship with Chip Ganassi Racing, and scored ten victories in the series. Vasser was the last American to win the CART champio ... (born 1965), American racing driver * Daniel "Dan" Vasser, a fictional character on the American TV drama ''Journeyman'' * Katie Vasser, a fictional character on ''Journeyman'' See also * * Wasser (other) * Vassar (other) Refereces {{surname, Vasser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Vasser
James Vasser Jr. (born November 20, 1965) is an American former racing driver. Vasser won the 1996 CART IndyCar championship with Chip Ganassi Racing, and scored ten victories in the series. Vasser was the last American to win the CART championship. Driving career Vasser made his CART debut in 1992 and qualified for the Indianapolis 500, setting a record for the fastest qualifying run by a first-year driver. Although he did become a top driver, his rise to prominence coincided with the CART–IRL split, so Vasser's best years were spent away from the Indianapolis 500. He has raced in the event on a one-off basis a few times since, finishing as high as fourth (in the 2001 race.) Vasser won four races in 1996 and did enough to maintain a lead in the standings for most of the season, clinching the championship at the season's final race. Teammate Alex Zanardi outperformed him over the next two years, winning the points championship both years. Vasser teamed with Juan Pablo Montoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Vasser
Daniel "Dan" Vasser is a fictional character on the American drama ''Journeyman''. He is played by Scottish actor Kevin McKidd. Vasser is the protagonist of the series, who begins to time travel, unable to stop or control the jumps. At the start of the series, Vasser is a reporter for the fictional newspaper the ''San Francisco Register'', and is happily married to Katie Vasser née Barron of seven years with whom he has a son, Zack." A Love of a Lifetime" Vasser was born in San Francisco, California to Frank Vasser, a photographer, who left his wife and family on Christmas Eve 1979 when Dan was seven." Home By Another Way" About ten years before the start of the series, Vasser was engaged to Deputy District Attorney Olivia "Livia" Beale, who he shared an apartment with. At the same time Katie was dating Vasser's brother, Jack. When Livia was believed to have been killed in an airplane crash, Vasser developed a gambling problem. It was at this point that Katie (who had recentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journeyman (TV Series)
''Journeyman'' is an American science-fiction romance television series created by Kevin Falls for 20th Century Fox Television which aired on the NBC television network. It starred Kevin McKidd as Dan Vasser, a San Francisco reporter who involuntarily travels through time. Alex Graves, who directed the pilot, and Falls served as executive producers. The show premiered on September 24, 2007, airing Mondays at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. The initial order from the network was for 13 episodes, all of which were produced prior to the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike by screenwriters. However, the series suffered from low ratings, and NBC canceled it in April 2008. The final episode of ''Journeyman'' aired on Wednesday, December 19, 2007. Plot The series centers on Dan Vasser, a newspaper reporter living with his wife Katie and young son Zack in San Francisco. For an unknown reason, one day he begins "jumping" backward in time. He soon learns that each series of jumps follows the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasser (other)
Wasser means "Water" in German. It may refer to: People * Anna Waser (1678–1714), Swiss painter * Annemarie Waser (born 1940), Swiss alpine skier * Ed Wasser (born 1964), actor * Edgar Wasser (born 1990), German musician * Joan Wasser, musician * Laura Wasser (born 1968), attorney * Markus Wasser (born 1968), bobsledder * Thierry Wasser, contemporary perfumer Places * Wasser, Germany, a village Other uses * Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt, a regional German agency responsible for the administration of federal navigable waters * Wasser- und Zugvogelreservate, several bird reserves in Switzerland * ''Wasser im Wind'', album by keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius See also * Vasser * Waser * Wassermann (other) Wasserman or Wassermann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron E. Wasserman (1920–2015), American food scientist * Aharon Wasserman (born 1986), American entrepreneur and software designer * Al Wasserman (born 1921), Am ... {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |