Strain is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Christina Strain
Christina Strain is an American comic book colorist, writer and screenwriter. Strain formerly worked for Marvel Comics as a colorist before pursuing a career as a writer. Strain's notable works include; the award-winning Marvel series '' Runaways ...
(born 1981), comic book artist (colorist)
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Isaac Strain Isaac Grier Strain was born March 4, 1821, in Roxbury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, of Scots-Irish origin, and died May 14, 1857, in Aspinwall, (alternative name of Colón, Panama) Colombia. At age 17 he joined the U.S. Navy to apprentice at s ...
(1821-1857), American/Canadian explorer
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Julie Strain (1962-2021), American actress and model and musician
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Michael G. Strain (born 1958), Commissioner of Agriculture & Forestry in the U.S. state of Louisiana
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Rob Strain
Robert D. "Rob" Strain is the former Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Strain held that post from August 4, 2008, through March 5, 2012. Strain announced in January 2012 that he will retire from NASA and return to private industry.
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, NASA Goddard Center director
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Ted Strain
William "Ted" Strain (March 1, 1917 – October 4, 1999) was an American basketball player. He was an early professional player in the National Basketball League (which later merged with the Basketball Association of America to form the NBA) a ...
(1917-1999), Former professional basketball player
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Dana Plato, (1964–1999), born Dana Michelle Strain, was an American actress best known for her role in the television series, Diff’rent Strokes
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John Paul Strain
John Paul Strain (born September 22, 1955) is an American artist specializing in art depicting American history. He creates hyper-realistic paintings of patriotic historical scenes, such as the American West, American Civil War, Civil War and D- ...
(born 1955), Nashville-born illustrator and artist known for the vivid realism of his paintings of Civil War scenes
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Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (January 7, 1890 – September 21, 1965) was an American pulp magazine writer and entrepreneur who pioneered the American comic book, publishing the first such periodical consisting solely of original material r ...
(1890–1968), born Malcolm Strain in Greeneville, Tennessee, was a military officer and author of military and western-themed stories and novels, as well as founder of National Allied Publications, which eventually merged to become DC Comics. Actress Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (born 1960) is his granddaughter.
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