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Whittington (surname)
Whittington is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amanda Whittington (born 1968), English playwright * Andrew Whittington (tennis) (born 1993), Australian tennis player * Arthur Whittington (born 1955), American football player * Bernard Whittington (born 1971), American football player * Bert Whittington (1885–1969), Australian rules footballer * Bill Whittington (1949–2021), American motor racing driver * Buddy Whittington (born 1956), American guitarist * C. L. Whittington (born 1952), American football player * Clark Whittington, American artist * Dale Whittington (1959–2003), American motor racing driver * Don Whittington (born 1946), American motor racing driver * Erik Whittington, American guitarist * Eydie Whittington, American politician * Greg Whittington (born 1993), American basketball player * Harry Whittington (other), multiple people * Hulon B. Whittington (1921–1969), American soldier * Jeff Whittington (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Whittington
Amanda Whittington (born 1968 in Nottingham) is an English dramatist who has written over 30 plays for theatre and radio. Her work is widely performed by companies across the UK, with recent productions at Hull Truck, Oldham Coliseum, New Vic Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse. Be My Baby is a popular GCSE and 'A' level choice in English Literature and Theatre Studies. She currently has two titles in Nick Hern Books' Top Ten Most Performed Plays. In 2017, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy by Publication at the University of Huddersfield. Original stage plays include Be My Baby, The Thrill of Love, Ladies Day, Ladies Down Under, Mighty Atoms, Kiss Me Quickstep, Amateur Girl, Bollywood Jane, Satin n Steel, The Dug Out and Player's Angels (adapted for Bristol as The Wills's Girls). Stage adaptations include Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe, My Judy Garland Life by Susie Boyt and Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. Original radio plays include D for Dexter ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Whittington
Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey. Music * DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes * Excision (musician), Canadian dubstep producer and DJ Jeff Abel * Jeff Abercrombie Fuel is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by guitarist-songwriter Carl Bell (musician), Carl Bell in 1989. They are known for their hit songs "Shimmer (Fuel song), Shimmer" from the album ''Sunburn (Fuel al ..., bassist for American rock band Fuel * Jeff Allen (musician), Jeff Allen, English session drummer * Jeff Baxter, American guitarist for rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers * Jeff Beal (born 1963), American composer of music for various media * Jeff Beck, electric guitarist * Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter * Jeff Coffin, saxophonist, bandleader, composer and educator * Jeff Current, lead sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Madison Whittington
William Madison Whittington (May 4, 1878 – August 20, 1962) was an American politician from Mississippi. Whittington was a Representative to the 69th United States Congress in 1925, and the twelve succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1951) as a Democrat. In Congress, his nickname was "Mr. Flood Control." Early life Whittington was bornin Little Springs, Mississippi. He was the son of Margaret Isaphene McGehee and Alexander Madison Whittington, a farmer. He attended the public schools of Franklin County, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi College at Clinton, graduating in 1898. He then studied law at the University of Mississippi, graduating in 1899. While at Mississippi, he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, also known as the Fraternity of Delta Psi. Career He was admitted to the bar in 1899. He moved to Roxie, Mississippi on January 1, 1901 where he was principal of a school and also started practicing law. In Roxie, he was also a member of the board of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Dick Whittington
"Sweet" Dick Whittington (born 1934) is a long-time Los Angeles disc jockey who has also appeared as an actor in movies and on television. Career Prior to his arrival in Southern California, Whittington was a popular radio personality in the San Francisco Bay area at Oakland's KROW (960 AM), where he hosted the ''Night Watchman'' overnight program, and, later, a weekday afternoon show, from 1955 to 1958. In the fall of 1958, he moved to KSFO (560 AM) in San Francisco, as host of the 9 p.m. to midnight program. He began his stint in Los Angeles at KABC 790 AM, doing a one-hour talk show weekdays and a 3-hour Sunday talk show from 1965 to 1969. His greatest fame in the Los Angeles market came after he moved in 1969 to the morning drive time slot at KGIL AM 1260 in the "Sin Fernando Valley". For a brief time, he left KGIL to do the evening drive time slot at KFI AM 640. He was briefly heard in the late 1980s on KIEV (870 AM) and, for a few months in 1989, was back at KABC AM. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Whittington
Stephen Whittington (born 13 August 1953) is an Australian composer, pianist, teacher and writer of music. Biography Whittington was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1953. He studied music at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, where his piano teacher was Clemens Leske Sr. In the 1970s Whittington began performing contemporary music in Adelaide, performing music by George Crumb, Christian Wolff, Terry Riley, Cornelius Cardew, Howard Skempton, James Tenney, Alvin Curran, Alan Hovhaness, Terry Jennings, Peter Garland, Claude Vivier, Morton Feldman and other contemporary composers. He promoted the music of Australian composers, some of whom were resident in Adelaide, including Quentin Grant, David Kotlowy and Raymond Chapman-Smith, both solo and with the Breakthrough Piano Quartet. In 2011 Whittington played the music of Erik Satie at a concert held in the Elder Hall at the University of Adelaide. In addition to writing an essay on ''Vexations'', he has participated in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shayne Whittington
Shayne Mitchell Whittington (born March 27, 1991) is a former American-Macedonian professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents North Macedonia in the international competitions. He played college basketball for Western Michigan University. High school career Whittington attended Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Michigan. As a junior, he averaged 11.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game, leading Lawrence to a 23–2 record and earning Detroit Free Press Class D Honorable Mention All-State honors. As a senior, he averaged 17.2 points, 12.1 rebounds, 4.0 blocks, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game as the Tigers went 24–2, a school record for wins. He was named Class D First Team All-State by Bankhoops.com, BCAM, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press and Associated Press. College career In his freshman season at Western Michigan, Whittington played sparingly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Whittington
Robert Whittington (also called Robert Wittinton, or Robert Whitynton or Robert Whitinton) (c. 1480 – c. 1553) was an English grammarian. He was a pupil at Magdalen College School, Oxford, where he probably studied under the grammarian John Stanbridge. In 1513 he was admitted as a BA at Oxford, having studied rhetoric for 14 years, and taught it for 12 years. About 1519 he presented Cardinal Wolsey with a verse and a prose treatise, with a dedication requesting patronage. In the same year he published ''Libellus epigrammaton'', an anthology of poems addressed to Wolsey, Henry VIII, Thomas More, and John Skelton. His ''Vulgaria'', published in 1520, pays compliments to the late king Henry VII, to Thomas Linacre, and to More, who was here first described as "a man for all seasons". Whittington's efforts succeeded by 1523, at the latest, when he enjoyed the favour of Henry VIII. Whittington was most famous as the author of elementary Latin school books, including ''De nominum ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Whittington (other) (1924–2016), Liverpool-born writer and criminologist
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Sir Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423) was an English merchant and politician Richard Whit(t)ington may also refer to: *Richard Whittington (academic), academic in the area of corporate strategy *Richard Whittington (diplomat), British diplomat * Richard Whittington (author) (1948–2011), British food writer *Richard Whitington (1912–1984), Australian cricketer *Richard Whittington, High Sheriff of Surrey (2016–17) See also *Richard Whittington-Egan Richard Whittington-Egan (22 October 1924 – 14 September 2016) was a British writer and criminologist, the author of ''Liverpool Colonnade'' and ''Liverpool Roundabout'', two colourful chronicles of Liverpool's historical characters, crimes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Whittington
Lauren W. Whittington is an American journalist who serves as politics editor for ''Roll Call'' newspaper. She was promoted to that position in 2009; prior to that, she worked as a political reporter at the same publication. Career In 2005, Whittington was named one of "Pennsylvania's Most Influential Reporters" by the Pennsylvania political news website PoliticsPA PoliticsPA.com is a website centered on the politics of Pennsylvania. Content The website reports on political and campaign news in Pennsylvania, from the state legislature up to federal races. The editors write occasional features, like the we .... She has appeared as a guest on C-SPAN "Newsmakers" program. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Journalists from Pennsylvania Pennsylvania political journalists American newspaper reporters and correspondents Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-journalist-20thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadijah Whittington
Khadijah Ameenah Whittington (born August 5, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the CSM Satu Mare of the Liga Națională. After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School (where she was a teammate of T. J. Jordan), Whittington attended North Carolina State University where she became the fourth player in school history to score 1,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds in her career. She was selected by Indiana in the second round (26th pick overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft. Her hometown is Roanoke, Virginia. She played for Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ... in France during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season. North Carolina State statistics Source References External linksWNBA.com: Khadijah Whittington Playerfile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jont
Jont Openheart (born Jonathan Mark Smith Whittington, 17 August 1973)Author UnknownFrom Trent Bridge to the Social 19/11/05 BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2008. is an English singer, songwriter and musician. First achieving prominence as a slow left-arm spinner for Middlesex County Cricket Club,Palmer, JudithArts: The Mad Cow Collective 14/06/96 The Independent. Retrieved 29 September 2008. he then shifted focus to poetry then to music. Mainstream attention followed after his song "Sweetheart" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 US comedy film '' Wedding Crashers'' and two tracks from his 2008 album ''Supernatural'' were featured in season 5 of the US medical drama '' Grey's Anatomy''. In 2019, Jont released his ninth album, ''Gentle Warrior'', which expressed his deepening orientation towards spirituality and the healing power of music, and started playing "Gentle Warrior Ceremonies", a performance concept fusing song and meditation. Early life Dividing his youth b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Whittington (screenwriter)
John Whittington is an American screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Jared Stern, including ''The Lego Batman Movie'' (2017) and ''The Lego Ninjago Movie'' (2017). Career Whittington began his career by writing the screenplay for ''The Lego Batman Movie'' and ''The Lego Ninjago Movie''. In July 2017, Whittington was hired to write the script for ''Boy21''. In 2018, he wrote the screenplay for the Netflix film ''When We First Met''. In 2019, he wrote two episodes of the animated series ''Green Eggs and Ham'', based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. During reshoots, he rewrote the screenplay for the 2020 film '' Dolittle''. He wrote the DC Comics film ''DC League of Super-Pets''. He gained notability from co-writing the screenplay for the action adventure comedy film ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a 1992 platform game developed by Sega Technical Institute (STI) for the Sega Genesis. It follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic as he attempts t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |