English
English usually refers to:
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English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
surname which derived from the
Old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligib ...
word 'de Taille' meaning someone great in height, and it came to England after the
Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conque ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Ahmadu Tall
Ahmadou Sekou Tall (June 21, 1836 – December 15, 1897) (also Ahmadu Sekou, Ahmad al-Madani al-Kabir at-Tijani) was a Toucouleur ruler ( Laamdo Dioulbé) of the Toucouleur Empire (1864–92) and (Faama) of Ségou (now Mali) from 1864 to 1884. A ...
(1836–1897), Malian imam
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Amadou Tidiane Tall
Amadou Tidiane Tall (born 22 June 1975, in Kadiogo) is a Burkinabé football player who last played for Etoile Filante Ouagadougou.
Tall previously played for USM Blida in the Algerian Championnat National.
He was part of the Burkinabé 2004 ...
(born 1975), Burkinabé footballer
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David O. Tall
David Orme Tall (born 15 May 1941) is Emeritus Professor in Mathematical Thinking at the University of Warwick. One of his early influential works is the joint paper with Vinner " Concept image and concept definition in mathematics with particula ...
(born 1941), British educator
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El Hadj Umar Tall
Hadji Oumarûl Foutiyou Tall (Umar ibn Sa'id al-Futi Tal, ar, حاج عمر بن سعيد طعل), ( – 1864 CE), born in Futa Tooro, present day Senegal, was a West African political leader, Islamic scholar, Tijani Sufi and Toucoule ...
(c. 1797 – 1864), West African politician
* Gora Tall (born 1985), Senegalese footballer
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Ibrahim Tall
Ibrahim Tall (born 23 June 1981) is a Senegalese international footballer who plays for FC Meyrin. He is a versatile defender capable of playing either right back or centre back.
Club career
Early career
Tall was born in Aubervilliers, Paris. ...
(born 1981), Senegalese footballer
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JoAnn Tall
JoAnn Tall is an environmental activist of the Oglala Lakota tribe who has worked to ensure the people have a chance to approve major projects for energy development. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1993 for her protests agains ...
(21st century), American environmentalist
* Lida Lee Tall (1873–1942), American university president
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Mamadou Tall
Mamadou Tall (born 4 December 1982) is a former Burkinabé football player.
He was part of the Burkinabé 2002 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of group B in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification fo ...
(born 1982), Burkinabé footballer
* Modou Tall (born 1953), Senegalese basketball player
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Mountaga Tall
Mountaga Tall (born December 10, 1956) is a Malian politician who is President of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative (CNID)Siraj Al Tall (born 1982), Jordanian footballer
* Stephen Tall (1908–1981), American writer
* Stephen Tall (politician) (born 1977), British politician
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Tidiani Tall Tidiani Tall (c.1840 – 1888) succeeded his uncle, El Hadj Umar Tall, as head of the Toucouleur Empire following Umar's 1864 death near Bandiagara.
Tidiani Tall also had 4 children: Coumba Tall, Madina Tall, Fadima Tall, and Addafini Abdulahi. ...
(c. 1840 – 1888), Caliph of the Toucouleur Empire
* Tom Tall (1937–2013), American singer
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