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Way (surname)
Way is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Way (1805–1874), English antiquary * Ann Way (1915–1993), English actress * Anthony Way (born 1982), English singer * Benjamin Way (1740–1808), English politician * Brian Way (1923–2006), English theatre teacher * Charles Way (born 1972), American football player * Damon Way (born 1971), American businessman * Daniel Way (born 1974), American comic book writer * Danny Way (born 1974), American skateboarder * Darren Way (born 1979), English footballer and manager *Soulja Boy (born DeAndre Way in 1990), American rapper and music producer * Edward Willis Way (1836–1898), Australian doctor * Erin Way (born 1987), American actress *Gerard Way Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the Rock music, rock band My Chemical Romance. He released his debut solo album, ''Hesitan ... (born 1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gerard Way
Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the Rock music, rock band My Chemical Romance. He released his debut solo album, ''Hesitant Alien'', in 2014. Way co-created and wrote the comic series ''The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'' and ''The Umbrella Academy'', the latter of which was later adapted into a The Umbrella Academy (TV series), popular Netflix series that ran for four seasons. He is also the founder of DC Comics, DC Comics' DC's Young Animal, Young Animal imprint, and wrote the imprint's flagship series, ''Doom Patrol''. Early life Way was born in Summit, New Jersey, on April 9, 1977, From the radio interview. the son of Donna Lee (''née'' Rush) and Donald Way. He is of Italians, Italian and Scottish people, Scottish ancestry. Raised in Belleville, New Jersey, alongside brother Mikey Way, he first began singing publicly in the fourth grade, when he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tony Way
Tony Paul Way (born 7 October 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for playing characters in a number of British comedy TV series including '' Extras'', '' After Life'', ''Black Books'' and ''Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer'', as well as comedy movies including ''Sightseers'' and ''Ali G Indahouse''. He has since moved into drama, appearing as Plague in ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', Dontos Hollard in HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', and Thomas Nashe in ''Anonymous''. Early life Way was born in Rochford, Essex and grew up in Wickford, Essex. Career Way started his career in comedy and acting at the age of 17 when he, Rhys Thomas, Stephen Burge, and Glynne Wiley started making comedy videos as sketch group Stay Alive Pepi while at college. The videos were noticed by Bob Mortimer and Charlie Higson, who gave Way his first television appearances in a sketch on ''The Fast Show'' and in several sketches in ''Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tahesha Way
Tahesha Leila Way (née Wright; born 1971 or 1972) is an American politician and jurist from New Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she has served as the state's third Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, lieutenant governor since 2023, and as its 34th Secretary of State of New Jersey, secretary of State since 2018. She was previously a member and director of the Board of County Commissioners (New Jersey), Board of Chosen Freeholders in Passaic County, New Jersey. Background Way grew up in The Bronx. She earned her undergraduate degree in English and American literature from Brown University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. She worked as a law clerk, a television producer for Court TV, and a literature professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Career Way was admitted to the state bar in 1998. She worked as a lawyer in Totowa, New Jersey, and as an administrative law judge. Way was appointed to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Samuel Way
Sir Samuel James Way, 1st Baronet, (11 April 1836 – 8 January 1916) was an English-Australian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 18 March 1876 until 8 January 1916. Background Way was born in Portsmouth, England. Reverend James Way, his father, was a clergyman in the Bible Christian Church, who emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia in 1850 along with his wife and four younger children to establish a mission. Samuel, the eldest child, remained behind, studying at Shebbear College in Shebbear, a small village in North Devon, and later at a school in Chatham in Kent. He left England to rejoin his family at the end of 1852, arriving in Adelaide in March 1853. He was soon employed in the office of John Tuthill Bagot, at that time a barrister, and in 1856 became an articled clerk to Alfred Atkinson (c. 1825 – 4 June 1861), solicitor of King William Street. Legal and judicial career On 25 March 1861, Way was admitted to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Richard Way
Sir Richard George Kitchener Way (15 September 1914 – 2 October 1998), commonly known as Sam Way, was a British civil servant, Chairman of London Transport and Principal of King's College London. Way left school at 18 and joined the War Office as an executive officer working in the finance department of the ministry in London and Hong Kong. From 1949 to 1952 he worked with the British Army of the Rhine organising the army's civilian workforce. In 1955, Way was promoted to Deputy Secretary, and, in 1956, was recommended for the post of Permanent Under-Secretary. The Prime Minister Anthony Eden considered him to be too young for this level of seniority, and he was moved to the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Supply. In 1960, he returned to the War Office as Permanent Under-Secretary, and, when the War Office was merged with the Ministry of Defence, he became Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation in 1963, where he remained until 1966 when he left the civil s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pete Way
Peter Frederick Way (7 August 1950 – 14 August 2020) was an English bassist. He was the co-founder and original bassist of the rock band UFO from 1968 to 1982; he briefly rejoined the band in 1988–1989 and full-time from 1991 to 2008. He was also a founding member of Waysted and Fastway and notably played with Michael Schenker Group and Ozzy Osbourne. Career Pete Way grew up in Enfield, London. He started playing bass guitar in bands with friends from high school. He and guitarist Mick Bolton became friends and they and a drummer formed their first serious band, The Boyfriends. After high school, Way left home at 17 and worked at a maritime insurance company and as a civil servant in the Ministry of Defence. The band eventually added singer Phil Mogg to the line-up and changed the band's name to Hocus Pocus. After the drummer had a nervous breakdown resulting from drug abuse, he was replaced by Andy Parker. They subsequently changed the band's name again, becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mikey Way
Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He also serves as the multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist of rock duo Electric Century. Way co-wrote ''Collapser'' with Shaun Simon; it was released in July 2019 on DC Comics. In 2024, Way cowrote ''Christmas 365'' with Jonathan Rivera, published under Dark Horse Comics. Early life Way was born September 10, 1980, in Newark, New Jersey to Donna Lee Way (née Rush) and Donald Way and is of Scottish and Italian ancestry. He was raised in Belleville, New Jersey alongside his older brother Gerard. Growing up, he worked in a Barnes & Noble and later Eyeball Records. Both of these played a major part in the formation of My Chemical Romance. Eyeball signed the band and released their debut record. The first concert he ever went to was a Smashing Pumpkins concert with his brother. After seeing them perform, Mikey told his brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kirsty Way
Kirsty Way (born 1998) is a British athlete who competes in trampoline gymnastics. She won seven medals at the World Trampoline Gymnastics Championships between the years 2015 to 2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy .... Awards References {{DEFAULTSORT:Way, Kirsty 1998 births Living people People from Dorchester, Dorset Sportspeople from Dorset British female trampolinists Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships European Trampoline Championships medalists 21st-century British sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kelly-Ann Way
Kelly-Ann Way (born September 18, 1964) is a Canadian retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer. Life and career Way was born in Windsor, Ontario, on September 18, 1964, and began cycling at the age of seven and in 1975 she joined the Windsor Bicycle Club. She became a member of the Canadian National Cycling Team in 1983. She studied at the University of Windsor between 1983 and 1987 and graduated with a Bachelor with Honours in Human Kinetics. In 1979 she won the Ontario provincial road championship at 15 years old and won her first national road race in 1980. She competed at the national track championships in 1982 where she won a silver medal in the individual points race and a bronze medal in the 3000m individual pursuit; in 1983 where she won a gold medal in the individual pursuit and a bronze medals in the 1000m time trial, the points race and the omnium event; and in 1991 where she won a gold medal in the omnium event. Way competed at the 1987 Pan American Games whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Way
Rev. James Way (17 June 1804 – 14 August 1884) was a Bible Christian minister in the early days of the colony of South Australia, and for whom Way College was named. He was the father of Sir Samuel Way. History Way was born in Morchard Bishop, Devon, and entered the ministry in 1826 and was elected President of the English Conference in 1847. He had been urged to take charge of the Canadian missions, but demurred, as his widowed mother depended on him. Subsequently Rev. James Thorne, one of the founders of the sect and secretary to the Missionary Society, asked him and Rev. James Rowe (22 October 1824 – ) to form a mission to Australia. Rev. James Way left for South Australia on the ''Anna Maria'', arriving in Adelaide in August 1850 along with his three younger children, his wife Jane, and her son Edward. Samuel Way, the eldest, remained behind to complete his studies, arriving in Adelaide in March 1853. Rev. Way soon came across Samuel Coombe of Brompton and P. P. Dunge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Isabel Stewart Way
Isabel E. Stewart Way (August 2, 1904 – September 23, 1978) was an American writer based in Azusa, California. Her first novel was ''Seed of the Land'' (1935). She was also a playwright and wrote hundreds of pulp genre stories and novels, especially Westerns and romances. Early life and education Isabel Stewart Way was born in Muskegon, Michigan, the daughter of Harlow Auburn Stewart and Alice Brown Stewart. Her father was a piano salesman. She graduated from Jennings Seminary in Aurora, Illinois, and spent two years at Albion College in Michigan, before she withdrew from school to seek treatment for tuberculosis in warmer states. Career Way was president of the Monrovia Writers League, and a member of the San Diego Writers' Club. She won the first prize for best story published in ''The Echo'' during 1927. In 1930 she reported on Krishnamurti's lectures at the Ojai Star Institute for the ''Monrovia News-Post''. She was named associate editor of ''Creative World'' magazine i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
