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Aaron Williams (other)
Aaron Williams may refer to: Music *Aaron Williams (composer) (1731–1776), British composer * Aaron Williams (musician) (born 1942), British musician *Aaron Williams (born 1993), American DJ better known as DJ A-Tron Sports * Aaron Williams (basketball) (born 1971), American basketball player * Aaron Pervis Williams (born 1991), American basketball player * Aaron Williams (boxer) (born 1986), American boxer *Aaron Williams (American football) (born 1990), cornerback * Aaron Williams (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer Other *Aaron Williams (cartoonist) Aaron Kyle Williams (born December 15, 1970) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and writer best known for his extensive work in the comic and gaming industries. Williams has created several popular comic series, including Nodwick, PS238, and ..., American cartoonist * Aaron Williams (ventriloquist), American ventriloquist * Aaron S. Williams, former director of the Peace Corps {{hndis, Williams, Aaron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Williams (composer)
Aaron Williams (1731–1776) was a Welsh teacher, composer, and compiler of West Gallery music, active in Britain during the 18th century. Life Williams was probably born in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, the son of William Morgan.Nicholas Temperley. "Williams, Aaron." In ''Grove Music Online' (accessed February 3, 2012). He served as clerk of the Presbyterian Scots Church, London Wall.D. W. Steel, ''The Makers of the Sacred Harp'', University of Illinois Press, 2010, p. 168. Publications Williams's publications include:William Billings">William_Billings.html" ;"title="/nowiki>William Billings">/nowiki>William Billings/nowiki> had studied the works of English psalmodists such as William Tansur and Aaron Williams."Steel, pp. 42f. St. Thomas Williams's tune "St. Thomas" was originally the second quarter of his longer "Holborn," published in his ''Universal Psalmodist'' (1763) and attributed to him based on the statement there, "never before printed."R.F. Glover (ed.), ''The Hymnal 1982: C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Williams (musician)
The Merseybeats (sometimes written as the Mersey Beats) are an English band that emerged from the Liverpool Merseybeat scene in the early 1960s, performing at the Cavern Club along with the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and other similar artists. The group's original members were Tony Crane (vocals, lead guitar), John Banks (drums), Aaron Williams (rhythm guitar) and Billy Kinsley (vocals, bass). Kinsley left the group at the beginning of 1964 and was replaced by John Gustafson, though Kinsley returned at the end of that year. The group split in 1966, with Crane and Kinsley continuing as a duo dubbed the Merseys. The Merseys ended in 1969. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Merseybeats would stage several occasional reunions before reforming permanently in 1993. The current line-up is Tony Crane and his son Adrian Crane on keyboards and lead guitar. History The Merseybeats Originally called the Mavericks, the band was formed by singer/guitarist Tony Crane and singer/bassi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ A-Tron
Aaron Williams (born April 10, 1993), best known as DJ A-Tron, is an American DJ, radio host, web personality, event producer, and entrepreneur. He was referred to by the ''LA Weekly'' as "The Twerk King". His business portfolio also includes a creative marketing and branding agency, management company, as well as an online jewelry store, The Work Shop. Early life When A-Tron was seven years old, he realized he loved to DJ and got his first set of turntables. He started DJing a lot more as he got older. He DJed in clubs and house parties. A-Tron uses the DJ software Serato. A-Tron started creating mixes online. Starting on air at the age of 16 on his own internet radio show JerkinRadio which covered more than jerkin and also about being open and proud of who he was to the city, A-Tron split time as a teen between school and music. After graduating from St. Bernard High School (Los Angeles, California) in 2011, A-Tron started headlining at Hollywood clubs and throwing massiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Williams (basketball)
Aaron Williams (born October 2, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who played fourteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played at the power forward and center positions. Basketball career Williams was undrafted after a college career at Xavier University, and played for the NBA's Utah Jazz, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, Vancouver Grizzlies, Seattle SuperSonics, Washington Wizards, New Jersey Nets, Toronto Raptors, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers. He also had brief stints in the Continental Basketball Association, Italy and Greece ( Ampelokipoi B.C.). Williams was selected to the CBA All-Rookie Second Team in 1994. In 2000–01, as a member of the New Jersey Nets, Williams posted his best numbers as a pro, playing all 82 games while averaging 10.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, but also had the dubious distinction of leading the league in total personal fouls committed, with 319 (an average of 3.8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Pervis Williams
Aaron Pervis Williams (born November 9, 1991) is an American professional basketball player that currently plays for MBK SPU Nitra of the Slovak Basketball League. Standing at 1.98 m (6'6), he plays at the guard and forward positions. After one year at Dodge City College and three years at Chicago State University he has played professional basketball in the United States, Albania, Canada, Lebanon, Sweden, Ukraine, Thailand, Hong Kong, Slovakia and Portugal. High school career Williams played high school basketball at Chicago Vocational Career Academy at Chicago, Illinois. He was a 2010 McDonalds All-American nominee and also earned all-Chicago Public League Red-South honors as a senior. College career After graduating from high school, Williams attended Dodge City Community College, where he stayed until 2011. As a freshman, he averaged 10 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game which featured a 22 points and 10 rebound performance against Garden City Community Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Williams (boxer)
Aaron Williams (born April 9, 1986, in Cleveland) is an American boxer. His professional record is 22-3-1 15 knockouts. Amateur He began boxing around the age of eight at a local neighborhood recreation center called Fairfax. As a young man he lived and trained for 3 years under the tutelage of Emanuel Steward, boxing trainer, commentator and inductee of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. As an amateur boxer he racked up nine national championships. Williams had an amateur record of 90–8. *2004 Olympic Trials Bronze Medalist *2003 Under 19 National Champion *2003 Silver Gloves National Champion *2001 International Jr. Olympics Champion *2-time Nat'l P.A.L. Champion *2-time Nat'l Junior Olympic Champion *4-time Nat'l Silver Gloves Champion *Member Kronk Amateur Boxing Team Pro Aaron moved to Las Vegas to pursue his professional boxing career. He made his pro debut at 19, on February 11, 2005, in Oklahoma City, stopping Mike Cooper (1–0) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Williams (American Football)
Aaron Williams (born April 23, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft. Early life Williams attended McNeil High School in Austin, Texas. He was considered the top safety recruit by '' Rivals.com'' and the second best cornerback recruit by '' Scout.com'' in 2008. He was selected 1st team All-State by Dave Campbell Texas Football magazine and was also named to the 2008 Parade All-American team. Williams was named an outstanding performer at the 2007 Army National Combine which led to him being selected to the 2008 U.S. Army All-American Bowl game. He was also a two-year letterman in baseball and track & field. He chose Texas over offers from Baylor and USC. College career As a freshman in 2008, Williams started one of 13 games at cornerback, recording 13 tackles and an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Williams (footballer)
Aaron John Williams (born 21 October 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Cymru Premier team Colwyn Bay. He previously played in the Football League for Walsall, Peterborough United and Newport County, and is also an England C-team international. Club career Walsall Early career Williams was born in West Bromwich, West Midlands. He grew up in nearby Wednesbury and attended Wodensborough Community Technology College, supporting Birmingham City as a youngster. He joined Walsall as an eight-year-old and later trained with Manchester United (as the clubs had a partnership at the time), but opted to remain with Walsall to stay close to home and get more game time. He eventually worked his way through the ranks at the Bescot Stadium, scoring 22 league goals for the youth team in the 2011–12 season. =Redditch United loan= He joined up with Redditch United on a work experience loan deal in late 2011 and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to Stourbridge on 26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Williams (cartoonist)
Aaron Kyle Williams (born December 15, 1970) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and writer best known for his extensive work in the comic and gaming industries. Williams has created several popular comic series, including Nodwick, PS238, and Full Frontal Nerdity. Career Aaron Williams is most famous for his comics '' Nodwick'', '' PS238'' and ''Full Frontal Nerdity''. He also is the creator of ''Backwards Compatible'', a comic on the gaming news website Crispy Gamer. Hero Games published ''PS238: The Roleplaying Game'' (2008), a standalone Hero System game based on the world of Williams' comic of the same name. He also wrote a Wildstorm series called ''North 40'', with art by Fiona Staples. In November 2011, DC Comics started producing a 5 issue mini series of '' Diablo'' Written by Aaron Williams. Bibliography Comics work includes: *'' Nodwick'' (script and art, Henchman, January 2000 – September 2006) *'' PS238'' (script and art, Dork Storm Press, December 2002 – Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Williams (ventriloquist)
Aaron Williams is an American ventriloquist. Biography Early life Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and came to live in Dayton, Ohio, at a young age. His mother died in 1941 and he went to live with his aunt, in Dayton's Hunk Town. In 5th grade, at Edison School, Williams was allowed to assist a magician who performed for the students. He was immediately fascinated. A teacher noticed he was good with his hands and showed him a Charlie McCarthy dummy doll. After graduation in 1951, William worked at SWS Chevrolet parking cars and then was hired at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. In the meantime, Williams continued to refine the art of projecting his voice. A fellow worker told him about a dummy that was for sale and Williams scraped up enough money to purchase the head, constructed the body himself, integrated it with a can of brown paint, and thus was born "Freddie". After putting together a routine and perfecting his technique, they began to work the local club circuit. Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |