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Jimmie Revard
Jimmie is a variation of the given name James. Jimmie may refer to: Men * Jimmie Adams (1888–1933), American silent film comedian * Jimmie Åkesson (born 1979), Swedish politician * Jimmie Allen (born 1986), American country music singer * Jimmie Angel (1899–1956), American aviator for whom Angel Falls is named * Jimmie Davis (1899–2000), singer and two-time Governor of Louisiana * Jimmie Dodd (1910–1964), master of ceremonies of the television show ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' * Jimmie Fidler (1900–1988), American columnist, journalist, and radio and television personality * Jimmie Foxx (1907–1967), Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player * Jimmie Guthrie (1897–1937), Scottish motorcycle racer * Jimmie Hall (born 1938), Major League Baseball player * Jimmie Heuga (1943–2010), one of the first two American men alpine skiers to win an Olympic medal * Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American race car driver * Jimmie Lunceford (1902–1947), American jazz musician and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James (name)
James is an English language given name that is a derivative of the name Jacob (name), Jacob, most commonly used for males. Etymology It is a modern descendant, through Old French ''James'', of Vulgar Latin ''Iacomus'' (cf. Italian ''Giacomo (name), Giacomo'', Portuguese ''Tiago'' or ''Thiago'' (in ancient spelling although still used as a first name), Spanish ''Santiago_(name), Iago, Santiago''), a derivative version of Latin ''Iacobus'', Latin form of the Hebrew language, Hebrew name Jacob (name), ''Jacob'' (original ). The final ''-s'' in the English first names is typical of those borrowed from Old French, where it was the former masculine subject case (cf. Jules, Jules, Miles (name), Miles, Charles, etc.). James is a very popular name in English-speaking populations. Forms of James Abbreviations * Jas. (English) Diminutives * Jack (given name), Jack Jake (given name), Jak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Noone
James "Jimmie" Noone (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. After beginning his career in New Orleans, he led Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, a Chicago band that recorded for Vocalion and Decca. Classical composer Maurice Ravel acknowledged basing his ''Boléro'' on an improvisation by Noone. At the time of his death Noone was leading a quartet in Los Angeles and was part of an all-star band that was reviving interest in traditional New Orleans jazz in the 1940s. Early life James Noone was born on April 23, 1895, near the Stanton Plantation in New Orleans, Louisiana to Lucene Daggs and James Noone. All of his grandparents were slaves. His father James either left the family or died before Noone was 5 years old. In 1910, Noone's family moved to Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana. Noone switched to the clarinet and studied with Lorenzo Tio, and the young Sidney Bechet. Later life and career 1913–1942 In 1913, Noone was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith
''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' is a 1972 Booker Prize-nominated Australian novel by Thomas Keneally, and a 1978 Australian film of the same name directed by Fred Schepisi. The novel is based on the life of bushranger Jimmy Governor, the subject of an earlier book by Frank Clune. Story outline The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is set in 19th century New South Wales and tells the ultimately tragic story of Jimmie, an Aboriginal man caught between his family and culture and white settler colonialism. The story is written from the perspective of Jimmie Blacksmith, an Indigenous Australian man on a mission of revenge. The story is a fictionalised retelling of the life of the infamous Indigenous bushranger Jimmy Governor. Keneally has said that were he to write the novel today he would not write 'from within a black consciousness'. Notes * Dedication: To the Memory of Peter Cady iedJanuary, 1971. Awards The novel was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1972, losing to J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Carole Fife Stewart
Jimmie Carole Fife Stewart (born 1940) is a Muscogee (Creek) art educator, fashion designer, and artist. After graduating from the Chilocco Indian School and taking courses at the University of Arizona, she earned a degree from Oklahoma State University and began working as a teacher. After a six-year stint working for Fine Arts Diversified, she returned to teaching in 1979 in Washington, Oklahoma. Primarily known as a painter, using watercolor or acrylic media, Fife-Stewart has also been involved in fashion design. Her works have been shown mostly in the southwestern United States and have toured South America. Having won numerous awards for her artworks, she was designated as a Master Artist by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in 1997. Early life Jimmie Carole Fife was born on 1940 in Dustin, Oklahoma to Carmen (née Griffin) and James Fife. The oldest surviving child in her family of nine siblings. She was raised on her grandfather's allotment, bordering the Hughes Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Gibbs Munroe
Jimmie Gibbs Munroe (born April 15, 1952) is a ProRodeo Hall of Fame barrel racer inductee in 2019. She is also the granddaughter of Zack Miller of the renowned Miller Brothers 101 Wild West Show. In addition, she also served in many positions on the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) and helped advanced many causes for women competitors. Life Jimmie Gibbs Munroe was born Jimmie Gibbs on April 15, 1952, in Clifton, Texas. Munroe was 3 when she rode in her first horse show. She was 10 when she competed in her first rodeo. In 1980, she married another rodeo hall of fame inductee, Dan "Bud" Munroe, and they have one daughter whom they named Tassie. Career In addition to being a hall of fame barrel racer, she is also a barrel racing world champion in the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). In December 1975, she won the championship at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Horse Munroe rode her horse registered name Robin Flit Bar, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie O
Jimmie is a variation of the given name James. Jimmie may refer to: Men * Jimmie Adams (1888–1933), American silent film comedian * Jimmie Åkesson (born 1979), Swedish politician * Jimmie Allen (born 1986), American country music singer * Jimmie Angel (1899–1956), American aviator for whom Angel Falls is named * Jimmie Davis (1899–2000), singer and two-time Governor of Louisiana * Jimmie Dodd (1910–1964), master of ceremonies of the television show ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' * Jimmie Fidler (1900–1988), American columnist, journalist, and radio and television personality * Jimmie Foxx (1907–1967), Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player * Jimmie Guthrie (1897–1937), Scottish motorcycle racer * Jimmie Hall (born 1938), Major League Baseball player * Jimmie Heuga (1943–2010), one of the first two American men alpine skiers to win an Olympic medal * Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American race car driver * Jimmie Lunceford (1902–1947), American jazz mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Lou Fisher
Jimmie Lou Fisher (née Cooper; December 31, 1941 – July 11, 2022) was an American politician from Arkansas. A Democrat, she was the longest serving State Treasurer in Arkansas history. Early life and career Jimmie Lou Cooper was born in Delight, Arkansas on December 31, 1941, the eldest of the five children of Joyce Nutt Cooper and Tollie H. Cooper. Her father was a professional basketball player and school teacher and her mother was a high school basketball coach. During her childhood, the family relocated to five different towns in Greene and Faulkner counties when her father took a job as a school superintendent. She attended school at Delaplaine School in Delaplaine, Arkansas. She graduated from Vilonia High School, and attended Arkansas State College in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She married George Fisher in 1959, and started her career working for the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company. She and her husband had a son who died in infancy, and their marriage ended in the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Wilson (baseball)
James Wilson (July 23, 1900 – May 31, 1947), nicknamed "Ace", was an American professional athlete in soccer and baseball. He began his professional sports career as a soccer outside right in the National Association Football League and American Soccer League before becoming a catcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. Wilson was the starting catcher for the National League in baseball's first All-Star game. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed at tall and . Soccer Wilson, the son of Scottish immigrants, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he grew up in the Kensington neighborhood of the city. He left school when he was 14 to work in a local textile mill. In 1919, he left the mills when he began playing as an outside forward with Philadelphia Merchant Ship B in the National Association Football League. During his time with the team, he met Dick Spalding, another two sport athlete, whom he later hired as his first base coach when Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Walker
James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947) is an American actor and comedian. He portrayed James ("J.J.") Evans Jr., the older son of James Evans Sr. and Florida Evans, on the CBS television comedy series ''Good Times''. The show ran from 1974 to 1979, and Walker was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1975 and 1976 for his role as J.J. On ''Good Times'', Walker's character was known for his catchphrase "Dyn-o-mite!", and the actor later used it in his mid-1970s TV commercials for Panasonic Compact Cassette, cassette and 8-track tape players and in a 2021–2023 public announcement for Medicare. Walker also starred in ''Let's Do It Again (1975 film), Let's Do It Again'' (1975) with John Amos, and ''The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened'' (1977) with James Earl Jones. Walker continues to tour the country with his stand-up comedy routine. Early life Walker was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in the Bronx. He attended Theodore Roosevelt High School (New York City) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Lee Solomon
Jimmie Lee Solomon (March 11, 1956October 8, 2020) was an American lawyer and baseball executive. He served as the executive vice president of baseball operations in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2005 to 2010, before going on to serve as the executive vice president for baseball development from 2010 to 2012. He announced plans in September 2020 to head a subdivision of a private equity firm that would invest in start-up tech firms connected to sports, but died several weeks later. Early life and education Solomon was born and raised in Thompsons, Texas, a small town located about 35 miles southwest of Houston with a population of 246 people, according to the 2010 Census. He was one of six children born to Jimmie Lee Solomon Sr., a farmer, and his wife Josephine, who worked at K-Mart in Houston. His grandfather, Jeremiah, was his earliest and most influential role model, as he was college educated and continually encouraged the young Jimmie Lee to excel academically. Sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmie Spheeris
Jimmie Andrew Spheeris (November 5, 1949 – July 4, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter who released four albums in the 1970s on the Columbia Records and Epic Records labels. Spheeris died in 1984, at the age of 34, after a motorcycle accident. Biography Jimmie Andrew Spheeris was born in Phenix City, Alabama, to Juanita 'Gypsy' () and Andrew 'Curley' Spheeris, who owned and operated a traveling carnival called the Majick Empire. These childhood years of colorful transience were a major influence on later work, as evidenced in songs such as "Lost in the Midway" and "Decatur Street", among others. Spheeris had two sisters, Penelope and Linda, and a brother, Andy. After his father was murdered by a "belligerent carnival-goer," Gypsy Spheeris moved the family to San Diego, California. The family eventually settled in Venice, California. Gypsy Spheeris tended bar at an establishment on Main Street called The Circle. Spheeris had a son with Idalie Adams, James Zeus Adams, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
