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West (name)
West is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Absolom M. West (1818–1894), American politician, and Confederate militia general * Adam West (1928–2017), American actor * Adam West (soccer) (born 1986), American soccer player * Alan West (footballer) (born 1951), English footballer * Alan West, Baron West of Spithead (born 1948), Royal Navy admirals and British peer * Albert West (1949–2015), Dutch singer * Albert Benjamin West (born 1883), American politician and lawyer * Albert L. West (1825–1892), American architect * Allen West (other), several people * Andrew West (other), also Andy West, several people * Anita West (born 1935), British actress and former television presenter * Anthony West (other), several people * Barbara West (1911–2007), English ''Titanic'' survivor * Barbara West (TV news anchor) (born 1948), American journalist * Belford West (1896-1973), American football player * Benjamin West (other), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolom M
Absolom was a Belgium, Belgian Eurodance, dance project produced by Christophe Chantzis and DJ Jimmy Goldschmitz. The group was popular in Europe by the end of the 1990s. For remixer and main-producer Chantzis the project was his first major effort in the Belgian dance scene. Vocals were done by Pascale Feront who gained some attention by entering the final of The Soundmix Show. A live-act was put together, consisting of singer Pascal Feront, two professional female dancers (Cindy and Ellen) and Christophe Chantzis on keyboard. He also supplied the additional vocals on some singles. Christophe Chantzis produced several remixes under the Absolom project name for artists like Tiësto, Fiocco (band), Fiocco, Zohra (DJ), Zohra, Praga Khan, DJ Visage, Future Breez and Ace of Base. ”Secret” The debut single “Secret” was Absolom's most successful single. The B-side, the more trance-based track “Baby Boomers”, was also very popular. The 12” release of “Secret” toppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy West (baseball)
William O. West (August 15, 1853 – October 27, 1928), was a professional baseball player who played second base for the 1874 Brooklyn Atlantics and 1876 New York Mutuals The Mutual Base Ball Club of New York was a leading American baseball club almost throughout its 20-year history. It was established during 1857, the year of the first baseball convention, just too late to be a founding member of the National Ass .... References External links 1853 births 1928 deaths Brooklyn Atlantics players New York Mutuals players Major League Baseball second basemen Baseball players from New York (state) People from Williamsburg, Brooklyn Baseball players from Brooklyn 19th-century baseball players Burials at Cypress Hills Cemetery Pittsburgh Allegheny players Manchester (minor league baseball) players {{US-baseball-second-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne West
Corinne West (born 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist. She was born and raised in California. Biography At 15, while in school at Claremont High, West left home with guitar in hand to travel across America in a converted school bus. She sang in hard rock bands in Los Angeles when she was a teenager. West studied theater while enrolled at Feather River College in her mid-twenties. She restored antique biplane wings, worked as a stonemason in the rural mountains of California, and opened a fine art business in fused-glass and metal in Quincy, located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with David Duskin (born 1974), a blacksmith. She is known for her singing and original songwriting which is based in Americana music. Her songwriting has met with much critical acclaim and secured her a position as a finalist in the 2005 New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival. In July 2006, West was featured in an interview on the BBC Radio 2 program, Bob Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin West (footballer, Born 1967)
Colin William West (born 19 September 1967) is an English former footballer who played as a winger. Career Born in Middlesbrough, he began as an apprentice at Chelsea, scoring the winning goal against local rivals Arsenal on his first-team debut in March 1987 in the First Division campaign, aged 19. He had spent most of that season on loan at Scottish second-tier club Partick Thistle. In 1987–88 he remained at Chelsea but did not become a regular in the side, and was loaned to Third Division Swansea City during the next. In 1990, West left Chelsea and signed for Dundee, helping them to win the Scottish Challenge Cup in 1990 and achieve promotion to the Scottish Premier Division in 1991–92 alongside former Chelsea colleague Billy Dodds, although they were relegated the next year. West then moved on, returning to his native North East England to play for Hartlepool United, where he was a regular but experienced another relegation, this time from the 'new' Second Divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin West (author)
Colin West (born 1951) is an English children's book author and illustrator. Since 1975, he has written and illustrated over 50 children's books. He studied at the Royal College of Art under Quentin Blake. Select bibliography *" Monty, the Dog who Wears Glasses", 1989 A&C Black *''The Adventures of Monty the Dog who Wears Glasses'' (''Monty the Dog who Wears Glasses'', ''Monty Bites Back'' and ''Monty Must be Magic'' in one book) Black, 1995 *''Moose and Mouse'' (I Am Reading series) Macmillan MacMillan, Macmillan, McMillen or McMillan may refer to: People * McMillan (surname) * Clan MacMillan, a Highland Scottish clan * Harold Macmillan, British statesman and politician * James MacMillan, Scottish composer * William Duncan MacMillan .../Kingfisher, 2004 *''Hello, Great Big Bullfrog'' Walker, 2009 *''Have You Seen the Crocodile?'' Walker, 2009 *"The Big Book of Nonsense" Hutchinson, 2001 References External linksAuthor website* 1951 births Living people Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin West
Colin West (born 13 November 1962) is an English former footballer who is now the assistant manager at club Hartlepool United. He played as a forward and scored 158 goals in 555 league and cup games in the English Football League, Conference and the Scottish Football League. He began his career at Sunderland in 1981, playing more than 100 games for the ''Black Cats'' before moving on to Watford in March 1985. He was sold on to Rangers the following year for £180,000, though made only occasional appearances as Rangers won the Scottish Football League Premier Division title during the 1986–87 season. He returned to England with Sheffield Wednesday in September 1987 for a fee of £150,000. Two years later he signed with West Bromwich Albion, before he joined Swansea City in August 1992, following a loan spell at Port Vale. He moved on to Leyton Orient in July 1993 and spent five years at the club. In 1997, he was loaned out to Northampton Town, before he switched clubs to Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester H
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Locality"; downloaded froCheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles, 17 May 2019 it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (a unitary authority which had a population of 329,608 in 2011) and serves as its administrative headquarters. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles extended and strengthened t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles West (other)
Charles West may refer to: *Charles Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville (1870–1962), British Army general and peer *Charles West, 5th Baron De La Warr (1626–1687), English nobleman *Charles Sackville-West, 6th Earl De La Warr (1815–1873), British soldier *Charles West (actor) (1885–1943), American silent film actor *Charles West (author) (born 1927), British crime mystery writer and actor *Charles West (MP), English Member of Parliament for Andover 1678–1679 * Charles West (physician) (1816–1898), founder of London's Great Ormond Street Hospital * Charles A. West (1890–1957), American basketball and football coach, and college athletics administrator *Charles Dickinson West (1847–1908), Irish mechanical engineer and naval architect *Charles F. West (politician) (1895–1955), U.S. Representative from Ohio *Charles Fremont West (1899–1979), first African American to play quarterback in the Rose Bowl * Charles P. West (1921–2015), American state politician from Delaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charcandrick West
Charcandrick West (born June 2, 1991) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Abilene Christian University and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Early life West was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and later lived in Cullen, Louisiana. He attended high school at Springhill High School in Springhill, Louisiana, where he lettered all four years in football for head coach Joey Pesses. He was named all-state his senior year after earning all-district honors in his sophomore, junior, and senior years. As a senior, he rushed for 1,350 for 16 touchdowns on 89 carries. In addition to his successful football career, West was a standout sprinter on the track & field team. He still holds the school and district record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.34 seconds. College career West originally committed to Louisiana Tech University as a cornerback in 2010. He was also recruited by Arkansas, Arkansas State, Louisia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandra West
Chandra K. West (born December 31, 1970) is a Canadian actress. Early life and education West was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the youngest of eight children. The family moved to Oak Bay, British Columbia, where she attended Monterey Elementary for three years. The family moved to Oakville, Ontario, where West spent the majority of her youth. When she was 17, West attended a summer acting camp located in Oxford, England. She later went on to study in the Theater Performance Program at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Career West's career began in 1991 when she played a small part in the film '' True Confections'', a 1950s conservative drama about a woman with an ahead-of-her-time awareness. West followed her screen debut with a smaller role in the 1993 miniseries ''The Secrets of Lake Success''. West appeared in three consecutive films; the first as the female-lead in ''Puppet Master 4'' (1993), then a smaller role as Miss Germany in the action film ''No Contest'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine West
Catherine Elizabeth West (born 14 September 1966) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey and Wood Green in May 2015. Early life and education West was born on 14 September 1966 in Mansfield, Australia, one of four children to Janet (née Conti) and Roderick West AM. Her parents were both teachers and her father was Headmaster of Trinity Grammar School in Sydney for 21 years. She is the great-great niece of Italian actress Italia Conti. She grew up in Sydney and was privately educated at Meriden and Ravenswood. West studied modern languages and social work at the University of Sydney. While studying there, she met her future husband Colin Sutherland who was the nephew of opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland. They lived together in Darwin, Northern Territory where she worked as a social worker in a refuge for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. West and Sutherland moved to the United Kingdom (UK) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian West (other) (born 1948), English rugby player
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Brian West may refer to: * Brian West (soccer) (born 1978), American soccer player *Brian West (musician) (born 1971), Canadian musician, writer, producer, engineer See also *Bryan West Bryan West (born 7 June 1948) is a former international rugby union and rugby league player. He was capped eight times as a flanker for England between 1968 and 1970. West was selected for the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa but di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
