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Duncan (given Name)
Duncan is an Anglicised form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic ''Donnchadh''. One of the first people to bear the name was king of Dál Riata Dúnchad mac Dubáin, who was possibly the grandfather of Fiannamail ua Dúnchado-Fiannamail O'Dúnchado. The final letter ''n'' in the Anglicised ''Duncan'' seems to be a result of confusion in the Latin form of the name—''Duncanus''—with the Gaelic word ''ceann'', meaning "head". One opinion is that the Gaelic ''Donnchadh'' is composed of the elements ''donn'', meaning "dark or dark-haired man" or "chieftain"; and ''cath'', meaning "battle", together meaning "dark-haired or dark warrior". For the etymology of the surname ''Duncan'' this web page cites: ''Dictionary of American Family Names''. Another opinion is that the Gaelic ''Donnchadh'' is composed of the elements ''donn'', meaning "brown"; and ''chadh'', meaning "chief" or "noble". Variations Royalty *Duncan I of Scotland (died 1040), king of Alba, the inspiration for King Duncan in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan I Of Scotland
Donnchad mac Crinain ( gd, Donnchadh mac Crìonain; anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" or "the Sick"; c. 1001 – 14 August 1040)Broun, "Duncan I (d. 1040)". was king of Scotland (''Alba'') from 1034 to 1040. He is the historical basis of the " King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play '' Macbeth''. Life The ancestry of King Duncan is not certain. In modern texts he is the son of Crínán, hereditary lay abbot of Dunkeld, and Bethóc, daughter of King Malcolm II. However, in the late 17th century the historian Frederic Van Bossen, after collecting historical accounts throughout Europe, identified King Duncan as the first son of Abonarhl ap crinan (the grandson of Crinan) and Princess Beatrice, the eldest daughter to King Malcom, the 2nd, and Gunora who was the daughter of the "2nd Duke of Normandy". Unlike the "King Duncan" of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'', the historical Duncan appears to have been a young man. He followed his grandfather Malcolm as ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Goodhew
Duncan Alexander Goodhew, (born 27 May 1957) is an English former competitive swimmer. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics. people with alopecia universalis Early life Goodhew attended Windlesham House School and Millfield School (Walton House). He was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 13. At the age of 15, he fell out of a tree, which triggered permanent hair loss due to alopecia universalis. Career Goodhew came to prominence as an international swimmer in 1976, finishing 7th in the 100m breaststroke at the Montreal Olympics that summer. Four years later, in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, he won gold in the 100m breaststroke, in a time of 1:03.34, and a bronze in the 4x100m medley relay. He represented England and won three silver medals in the breaststroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Pflaster
Duncan Pflaster (born 1973) is an American Off-Off-Broadway playwright, composer and actor. His first play ''Wilder and Wilder'' (a transvestite adaptation of Alice in Wonderland), was produced in 1995 at Florida Playwrights' Theatre in Hollywood, FL. He now lives in New York City, where many of his plays have been produced in theatre festivals, such as the Spotlight On festival and the Midtown International Theatre Festival. His first film ''Strapped for Danger'' was produced by Scorpio Film Releasing in 2017, and the sequel ''Undercover Vice: Strapped for Danger II'' followed in 2021. Scorpio Film Releasing also brought him in for additional material on their film ''Code Name: Dynastud''. His plays have often been labeled as magic realism; they frequently deal with metaphysical or science fiction plots, such as parallel universes, cloning, life extension, fairy tales and mythology. His writing often touches on themes of family, community, religion, and homosexualit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Lamont
Duncan William Ferguson Lamont (17 June 1918 – 19 December 1978) was a British actor.Brian McFarlane (Ed): ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'' (BFI/Methuen • London • 2000) p397''Picture Show Who's Who on the Screen'' (Amalgamated Press • London) 956p87 Born in Lisbon, Portugal, and brought up in Scotland, he had a long and successful career in film and television, appearing in a variety of high-profile productions. Career He trained as an actor at RADA in London. He had a considerable amount of stage experience pre-WWII. He acted in repertory and at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. He entered films in the early 1950s. On film, he appeared in '' The Adventures of Quentin Durward'' (1955, as the villain De La Marck), '' The 39 Steps'' (1959, as Kennedy), '' Ben-Hur'' (1959, as Marius, an associate of Messala), ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1962, as John Williams), ''Arabesque'' (1966, as Kyle Webster) and ''Battle of Britain'' (1969, as Flight Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Jones
Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films ''Moon'' (2009), ''Source Code'' (2011), ''Warcraft'' (2016), and ''Mute'' (2018). For ''Moon'', he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He is the son of English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Early life Jones was born in Bromley Hospital, Bromley, London, on 30 May 1971, the only child of English singer-songwriter and musician David Bowie (1947-2016) and his first wife, Angela "Angie" Bowie (''née'' Barnett), an American model and actress. His maternal grandfather, George, was a United States Army veteran and mining engineer who ran a mill for the Cyprus Mines Corporation, while his maternal grandmother, Helena, was a naturalised Canadian. His mother was born and raised in Cyprus, and has Polish ancestry.Bowie, Angela. ''Backstage Passes'', pp. 29–30 His birth prompted his father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Brennan
Duncan Brannan (born June 25, 1970) is an American voice actor, who has provided voices for numerous mainstream children's entertainment characters, English-language dubs of Japanese anime, and other commercial properties. Career Brannan was the voice of Chuck E. Cheese in restaurant chains across the U.S., as well as his English and Spanish voice in national commercials seen on PBS, Nickelodeon, and other places from January 1993 to April 2012. He was replaced by musician and singer Jaret Reddick when Chuck E. Cheese’s revamped their image. Brannan is also known for his work on the children's TV series ''Barney & Friends'' from 1997 to 2002, providing Barney's character and singing voice for home video releases, his singing voice for the PBS series following Bob West’s (who's also done voices of Chuck E Cheese characters) departure, fill-in and replacement, as well as Barney’s voice for numerous public relations spots on radio and television and merchandise from plush toys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Weir
Duncan Weir (born 10 May 1991) is a Scotland international rugby union rugby player. He plays professional rugby for United Rugby Championship side Glasgow Warriors at fly-half. Rugby Union career Amateur career Weir was educated at Cathkin High School. He played for Cambuslang RFC. Weir was drafted to Glasgow Hawks for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Drafting meant he could play for an amateur side when not used by his professional club. Weir was drafted to Aberdeen GSFP for the 2012-13 season; and Stirling County for the 2013-14 season. In the 2014-15 season, Weir was drafted to Currie; at the time Currie - an Edinburgh club - was nominally under Glasgow Warriors' purview. Weir's move to Edinburgh Rugby meant that he was then drafted to amateur clubs under Edinburgh's purview instead. So Weir was drafted to Hawick in 2016-17; and then Boroughmuir for season 2017-18. Professional career Weir made his professional competitive debut for Glasgow Warriors on 23 April 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The club plays its home games at FTX Arena, and has won three NBA championships. The franchise began play in the 1988–89 season as an expansion team. After a period of mediocrity, the Heat gained relevance in the mid-1990s when Pat Riley became team president and head coach. Riley constructed the trades of Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway, which propelled the team into playoff contention. Mourning and Hardaway led the Heat to four consecutive division titles prior to their departures in 2001 and 2002, respectively. The team also experienced success after drafting Dwyane Wade in 2003. Led by Wade and, following a trade for former NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Shaquille O'Neal, the Heat won their first NBA title in 2006, after Riley named himself head coach for a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Robinson (basketball)
Duncan McBryde Robinson (born April 22, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the NCAA Division III Williams College Ephs and the NCAA Division I Michigan Wolverines. He transferred to Michigan from Williams after leading the Ephs to the 2014 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament championship game. Robinson led the Big Ten Conference in three-point shooting percentage (.450) from the beginning of conference play in December 2015 until early February 2016. In his three-year career at Michigan, he was a member of tournament champions in 2017 and 2018. Robinson was the 2018 Big Ten Conference Sixth Man of the Year. He was part of the 2017–18 team that lost to Villanova in the championship game of the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Robinson signed with the Heat. He reached the 2020 NBA Finals wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Reid
:''For the Scottish electronic musician, see Linus Loves.'' Duncan Overbeck Reid (born 28 September 1989) is a Hong Kongese-Canadian professional basketball player for the Bay Area Dragons of the East Asia Super League (EASL). Professional career He has played for South China in the A1 Division Hong Kong and the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. Reid was drafted third overall in the 2017 CBA Draft by the Zhejiang Golden Bulls. National team career He represented the Hong Kong basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a popul ..., China, where he recorded the most points, rebounds, assists and blocks for his team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan McClure
Duncan Fraser McClure (10 June 1913 – May 1991) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back, with Heart of Midlothian being his only club at professional level; taking all cups and unofficial wartime competitions into account, he made over 400 appearances for the Edinburgh club. He was selected to play for Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ... in an unofficial wartime international fixture in 1940. After retiring as a player, McClure continued to work for Hearts for eight more years as a coach and scout, with Alex Young being one of his 'spots' in 1954. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Lindsay
Duncan Morton Lindsay (21 March 1903 in Cambuslang – 1972) was a Scottish professional football centre-forward. Lindsay began his career with his local side Cambuslang Rangers. In 1925 he moved to East Fife and in April 1926 joined Cowdenbeath where he was converted from a winger to a centre-forward. In May 1930, after 82 goals in 126 league games, Lindsay moved to Newcastle United for a fee of £2,700 as a potential replacement for Hughie Gallacher. Despite only playing 19 times in his only season with Newcastle (1930–31) he was top scorer with 12 goals. He moved to Bury in 1931 where he scored 17 times in 45 league games. After a loan spell with Ashton National, he joined Northampton Town, but played just once before joining Hurst and playing six Cheshire League Games towards the end of the 1933–34 season. He moved back to the Football League with Hartlepools United in 1934 and scored 26 times in 43 games for United during the 1934–35 season, but left at the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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