Count
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
(or Countess) is a title of nobility.
Count or The Count may also refer to:
People
''Used as a nickname, not denoting nobility''
Music
* The Count, a performance name for English deejay
Hervé
Hervé is a French language, French masculine given name of Breton language, Breton origin, from the name of the 6th-century Breton Saint Hervé. The common latinization of the name is Herveus (also ''Haerveus''), an early (8th-century) latinizati ...
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Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...
(1904–1984), American jazz musician
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Count Bass D
Dwight Conroy Farrell (born August 25, 1973), better known by his stage name Count Bass D, is an American rapper, record producer and multi-instrumentalist who resides in Millheim, Pennsylvania. His production style is characterised by layers o ...
(born 1973), American rapper
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Count Lasher
Count Lasher (sometimes styled Count Lasha) was the stage-name of Terence Parkins (''c''.1921 – 1977
Michael Garnice states that Count Lasher died in 1977 at the age of 51, but in the ''Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, ...
(c.1921–1977), Jamaican singer and songwriter
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Count Matchuki
Winston Cooper (c.1929–1995), better known as Count Matchuki or Count Machuki, was a Jamaican deejay.
Biography
Cooper was born c.1929 in Kingston, Jamaica,Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, M ...
(c.1929–1995), Jamaican deejay
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Count Ossie
Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams (23 April 1926Ancestry.com. Jamaica, Civil Registration Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1878-1995 atabase on-line Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. – 18 October 1976Moskowitz, David V. ...
(1926–1976), Jamaican Rastafari drummer and band leader
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Count Prince Miller (1934–2018), Jamaican-born British actor and musician
Sports
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Michael Bisping
Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping (; born 28 February 1979) is an English actor, sports analyst, commentator and retired mixed martial artist, who competed in the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight division of the UFC. A professional competitor ...
(born 1979), English mixed martial arts fighter
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Count Campau
Charles Columbus "Count" Campau (October 17, 1863 – April 3, 1938) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1888 through 1894 for the Detroit Wolverines, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Se ...
(1863–1938), American baseball player
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Count Dante
Count Juan Raphael Dante (born John Timothy Keehan; February 2, 1939 – May 25, 1975) was an American martial artist figure during the 1960s and 1970s who claimed he could do extraordinary feats such as Dim Mak.
Early career
Keehan was born in ...
(1939–1975), American martial artist figure
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Count Gedney
Alfred W. "Count" Gedney (May 10, 1849 – March 26, 1922), was an American professional baseball player. During four seasons in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, to , he played left field for four teams, the Troy H ...
(1849–1922), American baseball player
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Count Grog
Greg Mosorjak (born June 21, 1961), better known as Count Grog, is an American professional wrestling manager, referee, ring announcer, commentator, promoter, and booker. As a manager, he has worked for Cueball Carmichael's Independent Profess ...
(born 1961), American professional wrestling manager
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Ted Hankey
Edward Hankey (born 20 February 1968) is an English former professional darts player and convicted sex offender. Nicknamed "The Count", he won the BDO World Darts Championship in 2000, was runner-up in 2001, and won the title for a second time ...
(born 1968), English darts player
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John Montefusco
John Joseph Montefusco Jr. (born May 25, 1950), nicknamed "The Count," is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1986, most notably as a member of the Sa ...
(born 1950), American baseball player
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Count Sensenderfer
John Phillips Jenkins "Count" Sensenderfer (December 28, 1847 – May 3, 1903) was a professional baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1866 to 1874.
Early life
John Phillip Jenkins Sensenderfer was born on December 28, ...
(1847–1903), American baseball player
Other
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Count Cutelli (1889–1944), Italian-American sound effects specialist
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Count Gibson
Count Dillon Gibson, Jr. (July 10, 1921 – July 23, 2002) was an American physician known for his advocacy in medical civil rights. As a young professor at the Medical College of Virginia, in 1955 he became the first person outside Tuskegee Syp ...
(1921–2002), American physician
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Count Suckle
Wilbert Augustus Campbell (12 August 1931 – 19 May 2014),George Ruddock"Jamaican Club Legend Count Suckle Died From 'Heart Attack'" ''The Voice'', 27 May 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014 known as Count Suckle, was a Jamaica-born sound system o ...
(1931–2014), Jamaica-born sound system operator and club owner
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Count Yogi (1915–1990), American author and golf performer
Fictional characters
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Count Binface, a British satirical political candidate
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Count Chocula, title character of an American children's breakfast cereal
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Count Dracula
Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by som ...
, title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel
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Count Duckula
''Count Duckula'' is a British children's animated comedy horror television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall Films and produced by Thames Television as a spin-off from '' Danger Mouse'', a series in which an early version of the ...
, title character of a British children's television series
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Count Floyd
Count Floyd is a fictional character featured in television and played by comic actor Joe Flaherty. He is a fictional horror host in the tradition of TV hosts on local television in both the United States and Canada.
The Count Floyd character ori ...
, a fictional horror host who originated on the Canadian sketch show ''SCTV''
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Count Jim Moriarty
Count Jim Moriarty (also called Count Jim Moriarty of the House of Roland) is a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy ''The Goon Show''. He was voiced by Spike Milligan. In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", Harry Secombe filled-in for ...
, a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy ''The Goon Show''
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Count Nefaria
Count Luchino Nefaria is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Publication history
The character first appears in '' The Avengers'' #13 (February 1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck.
Fictional ...
, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
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Count Paris
Count Paris () or County Paris is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. He is a suitor of Juliet. He is handsome, wealthy, and a kinsman to Prince Escalus.
His name comes from the Prince of Troy, Paris, in Homer' ...
, a fictional character in William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''
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Count Vertigo
Count Vertigo is a supervillain created by Gerry Conway, Trevor Von Eeden and Vince Colletta as an enemy of Black Canary and later Green Arrow in the DC Comics DC Universe, Universe. Count Vertigo is the last descendant of the royal family that ru ...
, a supervillain in the DC Comics Universe
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Count von Count
Count von Count (known simply as the Count) is a Muppet character on the PBS/HBO children's television show ''Sesame Street.'' He is meant to parody Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Count Dracula. He first appeared on the show in the Season 4 premiere ...
, a character in the American television series ''Sesame Street''
Animals
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Count Fleet
Count Fleet (March 24, 1940 – December 3, 1973) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the sixth winner of the American Triple Crown. He won the Belmont Stakes by a then record margin of twenty-five lengths. After an undefeated ...
(1940–1973), American Thoroughbred racehorse and American Triple Crown winner
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Count Noble (1879–1891), English Setter hunting dog
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Count Pahlen
Peter Ludwig Graf von der Pahlen (russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Па́лен, translit= Pyotr Alekseyevich Palen; , Palms Manor, Palmse, Palms (now ) – , Mitau (now )), a Baltic-German courtier and general, played a pivotal role in ...
(1979 – after 1987), British Thoroughbred racehorse
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Count Ricardo (foaled 2001), Australian Thoroughbred racehorse
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Count Turf
Count Turf (April 27, 1948 – October 18, 1966) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1951 Kentucky Derby. His grandsire Reigh Count won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and his sire Count Fleet won the 1943 Kentucky Derby and wen ...
(1948–1966), American Thoroughbred racehorse and Kentucky Derby winner
Entertainment media
Movies
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''The Count'' (film), a 1916 film starring Charlie Chaplin
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Count Cohn
''Count Cohn'' (German: ''Graf Cohn'') is a 1923 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hermann Vallentin, Frida Richard and Bernd Aldor.Bock & Bergfelder p.168
The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter.
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'', a 1923 German silent film
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Count Festenberg'', a 1922 German silent film
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Count Five and Die'', a 1957 British war film
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Count Kostia
''Count Kostia'' (French: ''Le comte Kostia'') is a 1925 French silent film, silent historical film directed by Jacques Robert (film director), Jacques Robert and starring Conrad Veidt, Genica Athanasiou and Claire Darcas.Soister p.175-76 It is b ...
'', a 1925 French silent historical film
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''Count Max'', a 1957 Italian-Spanish comedy film
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''Count Max'', a 1991 French-Italian comedy film
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Count Svensson
''Count Svensson'' (Swedish: ''Greve Svensson'') is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Emil A. Lingheim and starring Edvard Persson, Mim Persson and Barbro Hiort af Ornäs.Qvist & von Bagh p.124
The film's sets were designed by the art directo ...
'', a 1951 Swedish comedy film
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Count Tacchia'', a 1982 Italian comedy film
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Count Woronzeff'', a 1934 German film
Other media
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''The Count'' (computer game), a 1979 text adventure computer game
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''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (disambiguation), various media named after the novel by Alexandre Dumas
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Count Down TV
(also known as CDTV) is a Japanese late-night music television program, broadcast on TBS since 1993. The program is shown weekly, and features a Japanese music video hit chart countdown, live performances from musicians and music information. ...
'', a Japanese late-night music television program
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Count Karlstein'', a 1982 children's novel by Philip Pullma
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Count Luna'', a 1955 mystery novel by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Music
Groups
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The Counts, an American doo wop group of the 1950s
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The Count Bishops
The Count Bishops were a British rock band, formed in 1975 in London and which broke up in 1980. The Count Bishops had limited commercial success, but forged an important stylistic and chronological link between the root rhythm and blues band ...
, a British rock band from 1975 to 1980
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Count Basic, an Austrian band of several genres
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Count Five
Count Five was an American garage rock band, formed in San Jose, California in 1964, known for their hit single "Psychotic Reaction".
Background
The band was founded in 1964 by lead guitarist John "Mouse" Michalski (born 1948, Cleveland, Ohio) ...
, an American garage rock band
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Count Raven, a Swedish doom metal band
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Count Zero
''Count Zero'' is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, originally published in 1986. It is the second volume of the Sprawl trilogy, which begins with ''Neuromancer'' and concludes with ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'', and is ...
, an American pop rock band
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Count's 77, an American hard rock band
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The Fabulous Counts, an American soul/funk group circa 1970, later known simply as The Counts
Songs
* "Count", a song by Jesus Jones from their album
''Culture Vulture'' (album)
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Count Every Star", a 1950 song written by Bruno Coquatrix and Sammy Gallop
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Count On Me", several songs
Albums
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The Count!
''The Count!'' is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1952 and released on the Clef label in 1955.The Count's Men'', a 1955 album by alumni of the Count Basie Orchestra
*'' Count 'Em 88'', a 1956 album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal
* '' Count On Me'', several albums
Other uses
* Count, the result of counting
Counting is the process of determining the number of elements of a finite set of objects, i.e., determining the size of a set. The traditional way of counting consists of continually increasing a (mental or spoken) counter by a unit for every ele ...
* Count, an offence charged in an indictment
An indictment ( ) is a formal accusation that a legal person, person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that use the concept of felony, felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use the felonies concep ...
* Count (baseball)
In baseball and softball, the count refers to the number of balls and strikes a batter has in their current plate appearance. If the count reaches three strikes, the batter strikes out; if the count reaches four balls, the batter earns a base ...
, a baseball term regarding balls and strikes
* Count (SQL), an SQL statement
* Count butterfly, a species of the brush-footed butterfly genus ''Tanaecia
''Tanaecia'' is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
Species
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* Count data, a statistical data type
* Count key data, a data recording format
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* Counter (disambiguation)
* Graf (disambiguation), a German title akin to Count
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