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Wayne (surname)
Wayne is an old English surname meaning a craftsman: wagon driver or builder. It is the surname of: * Anthony Wayne, general in the American colonial and United States armies * David Wayne, American actor * David Wayne (musician), American musician * Don Wayne, American magic designer * Don Wayne (songwriter), American country music songwriter * Edward Johnson Wayne (1902–1990), British physician and professor of medicine * Elsie Wayne, Canadian politician * Fredd Wayne, American actor * Gary Wayne, American baseball player * Isaac Wayne (1772-1852), U.S. Congressman * Isaac Wayne (1699-1774), Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly member, Captain in Pennsylvania Provincial Forces during the French and Indian War * James Moore Wayne, US congressman * Jeff Wayne, American musician * John Wayne, American actor * Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (born 1944), American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter * Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne, Russian-American writer * Leland Wayne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him promotion to brigadier general and the nickname "Mad Anthony". He later served as the Senior Officer of the Army on the Ohio Country frontier and led the Legion of the United States. Wayne was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and worked as a tanner and surveyor after attending the College of Philadelphia. He was elected to the Pennsylvania General Assembly and helped raise a Pennsylvania militia unit in 1775. During the Revolutionary War, he served in the Invasion of Quebec, the Philadelphia campaign, and the Yorktown campaign. Although his reputation suffered after defeat in the Battle of Paoli, he won wide praise for his leadership in the 1779 Battle of Stony Point. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (born Kenneth Wayne Spruell, November 13, 1944) is an American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter. Music journalist, Jeff Johnson, writing in the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' stated, "There's no boogie-woogie-blues piano man out there today who pounds the 88's with the conviction of Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne." Biography Wayne was born in 1944 in Spokane, Washington, but he relocated with his family to San Francisco, California at an early age. His parents alternatively advised for and against the blues, but his mother's influence led Wayne to be influenced early by Nat King Cole, Little Willie John, and Fats Domino. The family moved in turn to New Orleans, Los Angeles and Compton, California. While he was growing up, Wayne drew further inspiration from The Three Sounds, George Shearing, Erroll Garner, Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaría, Ray Charles, Charles Brown, Floyd Dixon, Big Joe Turner, and Jimmy Reed. Based in Los Angeles during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wayne
Thomas Alan Wayne, M.D. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the father of Bruce Wayne ( Batman), and husband of Martha Wayne as well as the paternal grandfather of Damian Wayne. Wayne was introduced in '' Detective Comics'' #33 (November 1939), the first exposition of Batman's origin story. A gifted surgeon and philanthropist to Gotham City, Wayne inherited the Wayne family fortune after Patrick Wayne. When Wayne and his wife are murdered in a street mugging, Bruce is inspired to fight crime in Gotham as the vigilante Batman. Wayne was revived in Geoff Johns' alternate timeline comic '' Flashpoint'' (2011), in which he plays a major role as a hardened version of Batman, whose son was killed instead of his wife and himself, and dies again by the end of the storyline. Wayne returned to the main DC Universe in DC Rebirth, as a revived amalgamation of his original self killed by Joe Chill and his ''Flashpoint'' Batman self killed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Wayne
Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939. In the DC Universe continuity, Batman is the alias of Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American Playboy lifestyle, playboy, Philanthropy, philanthropist, and industrialist who resides in Gotham City. Origin of Batman, Batman's origin story features him swearing vengeance against criminals after witnessing the murder of his parents Thomas Wayne, Thomas and Martha Wayne, Martha as a child, a vendetta tempered with the ideal of justice. He trains himself physically and intellectually, crafts a Batsuit, bat-inspired persona, and monitors the Gotham streets at night. Kane, Finger, and other creators accompanied Batman with List of Batman supporting characters, supporting characters, including his sidekicks Robin (character), Robin and Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Wayne Van Leer
Blake Wayne Van Leer (January 13, 1926 – October 3, 1997) was a United States Navy officer who commanded the naval construction Battalion Seabees during World War II and the Vietnam War. He led the expansion of submarine-launched ballistic missile programs and the OMEGA Navigation System used for communication to the U.S. submarine fleet. He received the Legion of Merit award and the Moreel Medal for outstanding contributions to military engineering. He was the son of Georgia Institute of Technology president Blake R. Van Leer and women's rights activist Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer. Early life and education Van Leer was born in Berkeley, California on January 13, 1926 to Blake R. Van Leer, a colonel and university president, and Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer, a technologist and principal draftswoman in the Quartermaster general's research department. He was a member of the influential Van Leer family. Van Leer attended Needham B. Broughton High School, studied at North Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catie Wayne
Catherine Wayne is an American Internet celebrity, vlogger and voice actress best known for her character Boxxy in her highly energetic vlogs. Her rise in popularity began in late 2008 and early 2009. Career Online work In January 2008, Wayne recorded two videos addressing her friends on Gaia Online and uploaded them to YouTube under the alias ''boxxybabee''. They were reposted to the site ''i-am-bored.com'' later in the year, and then eventually appeared on 4chan. Wayne responded to the popularity of her initial videos in a third video that was uploaded to her new YouTube channel, ''boxxybabee'', in January 2009. The videos depict Wayne in heavy eyeliner rambling in an excitable stream of consciousness style about various topics and experiences. The presence of the videos was divisive on 4chan, with factions claiming to either support or oppose Boxxy, leading to various flame wars and hacking incidents. This led to a denial-of-service attack on 4chan itself, shutting the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Wayne
Ronald Gerald Wayne (born May 17, 1934) is a retired American electronics industry businessman. He co-founded Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) as a partnership with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on April 1, 1976, providing administrative oversight and documentation for the new venture. Twelve days later, he sold his 10% share of the new company back to Jobs and Wozniak for , and one year later accepted a final to forfeit any potential future claims against the newly incorporated Apple. Early life and education Wayne was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on May 17, 1934. to a Jewish family. He trained as a technical draftsman at the School of Industrial Art in New York. Career In 1956, aged 22, he moved to California. In 1971, Wayne started his first business, a company selling slot machines. The company failed, with Wayne reflecting in 2014 that, "I discovered very quickly that I had no business being in business. I was far better working in engineering." App ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggie Wayne
Reginald Wayne (born November 17, 1978) is a former American football wide receiver who played 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Miami, and was drafted by the Colts in the first round (30th overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft. A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Wayne was a member of the Colts' Super Bowl XLI championship team that beat the Chicago Bears. He ranks tenth all-time in NFL career receptions, tenth all-time in NFL receiving yards, and 24th all-time in career touchdown receptions. On December 14, 2014, Wayne played in both his 209th game and his 142nd win as a member of the Colts, breaking the franchise records set by Peyton Manning. Early life Wayne is the youngest of three sons. His father, Ralph, is a former linebacker for Grambling State. A New Orleans Saints fan in his youth, he was more interested in baseball growing up but chose football by the time he attended John Ehret High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Wayne
Patrick John Morrison (born July 15, 1939), better known by his stage name Patrick Wayne, is an American actor. He is the second son of movie star John Wayne and his first wife, Josephine Alicia Saenz. He made over 40 films, including eleven with his father. Later in his career, Wayne became a television host with the 1980 variety program '' The Monte Carlo Show'' and the 1990 revival of ''Tic-Tac-Dough''. Early life and career Born in Los Angeles, he is one of John Wayne's four children by his first wife, Josephine Alicia Saenz, daughter of Panama's Consul General to the U.S. He adopted his father's stage surname, Wayne. He made eleven movies with his father: ''Rio Grande'' (1950), ''The Quiet Man'' (1952), '' The High and the Mighty'' (1954) - as a props assistant, '' The Conqueror'' (1956), ''The Searchers'' (1956), ''The Alamo'' (1960), '' The Comancheros'' (1961), ''Donovan's Reef'' (1963), ''McLintock!'' (1963), ''The Green Berets'' (1968) and ''Big Jake'' (1971). Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Wayne
Olivia Wayne ''(née'' Godfrey, born 1986) is a British sports journalist, and co-presenter on the Sky Sports television show '' Good Morning Sports Fans''. Early life She grew up in Mill Hill, London, the daughter of Jewish parents. She was educated at North London Collegiate School and earned a degree in American and Canadian studies from the University of Birmingham. Career She is a presenter on the Sky Sports television show '' Good Morning Sports Fans''. Personal life Wayne is married to DJ and producer Zeb Wayne, the son of composer and musician Jeff Wayne, best known for the musical ''War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by '' Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was i ...''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wayne, Olivia 1986 births Living people Alumni of the University of Birmingham Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naunton Wayne
Naunton Wayne (born Henry Wayne Davies, 22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a Welsh character actor, born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Clifton College. His name was changed by deed poll in 1933. Stage actor His first London stage roles were in ''Streamline'' at the Palace in 1934 and in ''1066 and All That'' at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers). His first full role was as Norman Weldon in ''Wise Tomorrow'' at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' at the Strand for four years. He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society. From November 1956 he appeared in the long-running farce ''The Bride and the Bachelor'' at the Duchess Theatre. Film actor He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of '' The Lady Vanishes'', a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Boomin
Leland Tyler Wayne (born September 16, 1993), professionally known as Metro Boomin, is an American record producer, record executive, beatmaker, and DJ. He is known for his dark production style and its influence on modern hip hop and trap. Raised in St. Louis, Wayne began his music career as a producer in 2009, at age 16; he relocated to Atlanta to attend Morehouse College in 2011 and continued to work extensively with Atlanta-based artists Young Thug, Future, 21 Savage, Gucci Mane, and Migos. Wayne gained mainstream success after producing the song "Tuesday" by iLoveMakonnen and Drake, which reached number 12 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Wayne subsequently produced the U.S. top-20 singles " Jumpman" by Drake and Future and " Low Life" by Future featuring the Weeknd before attaining his first number one with " Bad and Boujee" by Migos. He followed this with "Congratulations" by Post Malone, "Tunnel Vision" by Kodak Black, " Mask Off" by Future, "Bank Account" by 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
