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Jet (name)
Jet is a given name which may be either masculine or feminine. It is relatively common in Dutch-speaking countries, as a nickname for certain feminine given names (for example, Henriette or Mariëtte), and is pronounced in that context. It is rarer in English-speaking countries, where it is generally a masculine nickname or adopted name, pronounced . * Jet Black (born 1938), English drummer, member of The Stranglers * Jet Bussemaker (''Mariëtte'', born 1961), Dutch politician * Jet Harris (1939–2011), English bass guitarist, member of The Shadows * Jet Jongeling (born 1977), Dutch cyclist * Jet Li (born 1963), Chinese martial artist and actor * Jet Lowe, American photographer * Jet O'Rourke, Australian musician * Jet Rowland (2002–2004), Australian road accident victim * Jet Tila (born 1975), American celebrity chef and restauranteur * Jet Travolta (1992-2009), Hollywood actor, John Travolta's son {{given name * Jet van Noortwijk (''Ariette'', born 1968), Dutch cricketer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Rowland
Jet's Law is the first eponymous law to be created in the state of Queensland, Australia. It protects people from motorists who have a medical condition that may affect their ability to drive. The most common conditions reported are Epilepsy and Diabetes. Jet Paul Rowland On 28 February 2004, 22-month-old Jet Paul Rowland (born 9 April 2002) was killed when a driver with unstable epilepsy travelling in the opposite direction suffered a seizure, crossed the median strip on the Logan Motorway, south of Brisbane, and collided with the car Jet was travelling in with his mother Anita and his brother Bailey, aged 6. Anita Rowland, a police officer with the Queensland Police Service, sustained life-threatening injuries after the 200 km per hour impact. Bailey's spinal cord was severed, causing instant paraplegia. Jet later died at Brisbane's Mater Children's Hospital on the night of 28 February due to massive internal injuries after life support had to be withdrawn. The case high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Feminine Given Names
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Black L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tateo Ozaki
Tateo (written: 健夫 or 建夫) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese World War II flying ace *, Japanese golfer {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Zoon
Jet Zoon (born 1988 in Wageningen, Netherlands) is a Dutch diatonic accordionist/composer and winner of Nederlands Blazers Ensemble's jongNBE young composers competition for her piece, "Zooi op Zolder" (Mess In the Attic), which she performed in the VARA New Year's Concert in 2006 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Having discovered the diatonic accordion at age 7, Zoon studied under Judica Lookman, Roberto Tombesi, Ronan Robert, Luke Daniels, Jannick Martin and Bruno Letron at the Accademia del Mantice. Zoon currently performs alongside cellist Tessel Grijp and contrabass player Paul de Vriesband in the band Koek. Zoon has performed with Koek all across Europe, playing repertoire focused on balfolk (traditional dances) of central France, as well as music from the Balkans and Italy, including an dro, bouree, polka, mazurka, rondeau, cercle, jig, and other styles. In October 2009, Zoon and bandmates Karlijn Swart (flute) and Joris Alblas (guitar) debuted at Theater de Musketon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Van Noortwijk
Ariette "Jet" van Noortwijk (born 11 May 1968) is a Dutch former cricketer whose international career for the Dutch national side spanned from 1989 to 1997. She finished her career with 27 One Day International (ODI) matches, including games at both the 1993 and 1997 World Cups. Van Noortwijk made her ODI debut at the 1989 European Championship, aged 18.Women's ODI matches played by Jet van Noortwijk – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2015. A right-handed , on debut against she scored 46 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Travolta
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He came to public attention during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes ''Carrie'' (1976), ''Saturday Night Fever'' (1977), '' Grease'' (1978), and ''Urban Cowboy'' (1980). His acting career declined throughout the 1980s, but he enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s with his role in ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994), and went on to star in films including ''Get Shorty'' (1995), '' Broken Arrow'' (1996), ''Phenomenon'' (1996), ''Face/Off'' (1997), ''A Civil Action'' (1998), ''Primary Colors'' (1998), ''Hairspray'' (2007), and '' Bolt'' (2008). Travolta was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performances in ''Saturday Night Fever'' and ''Pulp Fiction''. He won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for his performance in ''Get Shorty'' and has received a total of six nominations, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Tila
Jet Tilakamonkul, known professionally as Jet Tila ( th, เจ็ท ติลกมลกุล; ), is an American celebrity chef, author, restaurateur, and restaurant developer. Early life Tila was born in Los Angeles to Thai Chinese parents who immigrated to the United States separately in 1966. His family traces their ancestry to the southern Chinese island province of Hainan. Restaurant and culinary career Jet Tila is the chef of the restaurants ''The Charleston'', and ''Pakpao Thai,'' both are located in Los Angeles, California. Tila is the restaurant developer of ''Dragon Tiger Noodle Co.'' with three locations in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. Tila has acted as a restaurant developer and minor partner for the chain restaurant Pei Wei Asian Kitchen (also known as Pei Wei Asian Diner, LLC). Tila was given a ceremonial title of a "culinary ambassador" for Thailand, appointed by the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Los Angeles. Tila has also been part of several novelt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet O'Rourke
Jet O'Rourke is a musician and architect from Adelaide, South Australia. He started performing in Adelaide and released a solo EP, ''Are Ya Gettin' On?'' which reached #93 on the ARIA Singles Chart and featured the single 'Fight the Good Fight'. Solo O'Rourke independently recorded the EP Are Ya Gettin' On? in 2002, at Mixmasters Studio. In 2003, Warner Music Australia and Warner Chappell Publishing signed O'Rourke as a solo artist, and released the EP featuring the single 'Fight the Good Fight' in October 2003. The song gained heavy airplay on commercial radio stations, such as Triple M, and led to O'Rourke promoting the EP extensively Australia-wide, and supporting rock acts such as The Pictures, and The Church. The Gear O'Rourke relocated to Melbourne in 2004 where he formed The Gear with Damian Gibson and Brett Wolfenden (later replaced by Leigh Baines and James Harding). The Gear won a spot on the Coke Live 'N Local tour and released an EP in 2005. The Gear EP was produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Lowe
John T. "Jet" Lowe is an American photographer. He is one of the photographers employed by the U.S. National Park Service on the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes ... (HAER) projects, and was the supervisor of engineering photography for HAER until his retirement in July 2013. His book, ''Industrial Eye: Photographs by Jet Lowe from the Historic American Engineering Record'' was published in 1986 by the Preservation Press. Early life and education John T. Lowe III was born in 1946. His father, a U.S. Navy aviator, called him "Jet." While at New College of Florida, Lowe went to Haiti for an independent study program, taking a camera with him at the last minute. He shot 20 rolls of film i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet Li
Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese film actor, film producer, Chinese martial arts, martial artist, and retired wushu (sport), Wushu champion. He is a naturalized Singaporean citizen. After three years of training with acclaimed Wushu (sport), Wushu teacher Wu Bin (wushu coach), Wu Bin, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. After retiring from competitive Wushu at age 18, he went on to win great acclaim in China as an actor, making his debut with the film ''Shaolin Temple (1982 film), Shaolin Temple'' (1982). He went on to star in many critically acclaimed martial arts epic films, most notably as the lead in Zhang Yimou's Hero (2002 film), ''Hero'' (2002), ''Fist of Legend'' (1994), and the first three films in the ''Once Upon a Time in China (film series), Once Upon a Time in China'' series (1991–1993), in which he portrayed folk hero Wong Fei-hung. Li's first role in a non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
