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Callan
Callan is a given name and surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It can derive from Ó Cathaláin, meaning ''descendant of Cathalán''. Callan can also be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Allin or Mac Callin. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Aela Callan, Australian news reporter * Alan Callan (died 2014), U.S. businessman, musician, and filmmaker * Clair Armstrong Callan (1920–2005), U.S. politician * Colm Callan (born 1923), Irish rugby player * Curtis Callan (born 1942), U.S. physicist * Dave Callan (born 1975) Irish-Australian comedian * David Callan, Australian standup comedian * Dennis Callan (1932–2006), Welsh footballer * H. G. Callan (1917–1993), British biologist * Hughie Callan (1881–1917), Australian footballer * James Callan, cofounder of ''Spiritus Christi'' Roman Catholic splinter group * James L. Callan (1910–1991), U.S. businessman and politician * John Callan O'Laughlin (1873–1949), U.S. military journalist * K Callan (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan Pinckney
Callan Pinckney (born Barbara Biffinger Pfeiffer Pinckney September 26, 1939 – March 1, 2012) was an American fitness professional who created and popularized as well as excelled in the Callanetics exercises. Pinckney's nine books became international best-sellers and the video series that followed sold over 6 million copies. Pinckney's first video release, ''Callanetics: 10 Years Younger In 10 Hours'', outsold every other fitness video in the US. Within three years it had become the all-time individual best-selling fitness video.The Official Charts Company - Callanetics listed as the biggest selling fitness video of all time. Early life Pinckney was born on September 26, 1939, in |
Callan (TV Series)
''Callan'' is a British action-drama spy television series created by James Mitchell, first airing between 1967 and 1972. It starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, an agent of a state secret service dealing with internal security threats to the United Kingdom. Though portrayed as having responsibilities similar to those of the real-life MI5, Callan's fictional "Section" has ''carte blanche'' to use the most ruthless of methods. In the storylines interrogation is by means of torture, while extrajudicial killings are so routine they have a colour-coded filing system. With the possible exception of ''La Femme Nikita'', no TV series has ever presented a Western government agency in so sinister a light as ''Callan''. Despite being an assassin who stays in the socially isolating job because it is the only thing he is good at, Callan is a sympathetic character by comparison to his sadistic upper-class colleagues and implacable superiors. The downbeat cover for the Section's headq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Callan
Oliver Callan (born 27 December 1980) is an Irish vocal and performance satirist and impressionist known as the creator of '' Callan's Kicks'', '' Nob Nation'' and for frequent appearances on ''The Saturday Night Show''. He rose to fame during the 2000s when his daily ''Nob Nation'' slots aired on RTÉ Radio. His ''Callan's Kicks'' creation on RTÉ Radio 1 has been described by ''The Sunday Independent'' as "the best comedy show the national broadcaster has ever produced". ''Nob Nation'' and ''Callan's Kicks'' parody political, social and cultural personalities, with Callan performing as the characters featured on the show. His radio broadcasts have led to the release of regular podcasts, several CDs and appearances on prime time television programmes such as ''The Saturday Night Show'' on RTÉ One. He has also incurred the wrath of several politicians and the Kerry football star Paul Galvin for his impressions. He is well known in Ireland and the UK for skewering celebritie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Feeney Callan
Michael Feeney Callan is an Irish novelist and poet. An award winner for his short fiction and also for non-fiction, he joined BBC television drama as a story editor, and wrote screenplays for ''The Professionals'', and for American television. He wrote the template Irish police drama series, ''The Burke Enigma'', starring Donal McCann, and ''Love Is'', starring Gabriel Byrne, and went on to write and direct a number of documentaries, among them ''The Beach Boys Today'', a film that marked the band's 30th anniversary. He has published several novels and has written biographies of Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins and Richard Harris. His biography of Robert Redford (''Robert Redford: The Biography''; Knopf, 2011) was chosen by the ''Sunday Times'' as one of its recommended Best Books of 2011. It was subsequently awarded the Lucien Barriere Prize for Literature by the jury of the Deauville American Film Festival. In 2013, he published his second volume of poetry, ''An Argument for Sin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Callan
Michael Callan (born Martin Harris Calinieff; November 22, 1935 – October 10, 2022) was an American actor best known for originating the role of Riff in ''West Side Story'' on Broadway, and for his film roles for Columbia Pictures, notably ''Gidget Goes Hawaiian'', '' The Interns'' and ''Cat Ballou''. Early life Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, Callan sang and danced as a teenager. By the age of fifteen, he was dancing in local night clubs. Two years later, Callan moved to New York City and performed under the name of "Mickey Calin". Broadway Callan's first big break came when he was cast in '' The Boy Friend'' (1954) and ''Catch a Star'' (1955). He and his dance partner, Grace Genteel, appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' and '' Chance of a Lifetime''. When he was 21, he auditioned for Jerome Robbins for the role of "Riff" in the original Broadway production of ''West Side Story'' (1957–59). He auditioned several times before getting the role. He scored a great p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Callan
Father Nicholas Joseph Callan (22 December 1799 – 10 January 1864) was an Irish priest and scientist from Darver, County Louth, Ireland. He was Professor of Natural Philosophy in Maynooth College in County Kildare from 1834, and is best known for his work on the induction coil. Early life and education He attended school at an academy in Dundalk. His local parish priest, Father Andrew Levins, then took him in hand as an altar boy and Mass server, and saw him start the priesthood at Navan seminary. He entered Maynooth College in 1816. In his third year at Maynooth, Callan studied natural and experimental philosophy under Dr. Cornelius Denvir. He introduced the experimental method into his teaching, and had an interest in electricity and magnetism. Callan was ordained a priest in 1823 and went to Rome to study at Sapienza University, obtaining a doctorate in divinity in 1826. While in Rome he became acquainted with the work of the pioneers in electricity such as Luigi Galva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hughie Callan
Philip Hughes Callan (26 December 1881 – 5 February 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was killed in action serving with the First AIF in France. Family The son of Philip Hughes Callan (1840–1893), and Rose Margaret Callan, née Miller, Philip Hughes Callan was born at Ararat, Victoria, on 26 December 1881. He married Eleanor Lilian "Lala" Williams on 17 June 1911. Education He grew up in Melbourne, and attended Christian Brothers College, Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. Football Callan, who played his entire career as an amateur, played in the ruck, and was noted for his "nimbleness of foot", "extreme courage", and "excellent palming of the ball". ::"Educated at St. Patrick's College, Melbourne, the late Hughie Callan early gave promise of developing into a great player – a promise which was amply fulfilled. On the field he was quick, clever, and daring; a trifle reckless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Emmet Callan
Major General Robert Emmet Callan (March 4, 1874 – November 20, 1936) was a distinguished United States Army Coast Artillery officer who served in the United States and overseas in places such as Puerto Rico, France and the Philippines. He saw frontline action in the Spanish–American War and World War I. Early career Callan was born on March 4, 1864 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the University of Tennessee from 1888 to 1891. After graduating from this school, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1896. After graduating from West Point, Callan became a commissioned officer of the United States Army. He was a Second Lieutenant in the Fifth U.S. Artillery. He was in camp at Port Tampa, Florida, from May to June 2, 1898. He participated in the Puerto Rican Campaign of the Spanish–American War and was in action at Hormigueros, Puerto Rico on August 10, 1898. He also served in Cuba. Callan became a First Lieutenant on March 2, 1899 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Callan
Philip Callan (1837 - 13 June 1902) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Early life Callan was born in Cookstown House Ardee in 1837 and was the son of Owen Callan MP. He studied law at Trinity College Dublin, and also at the King's Inns as can be seen in his papers for Kings Inns Admittance. He was called to the Bar in Dublin in 1865 and shortly after was also called to the English Bar. Member of Parliament Callan was elected to Parliament as a Liberal, for the Borough constituency of Dundalk, in 1868. Re-elected as a Home Ruler in the 1874 general election, he was elected also for County Louth. He chose to continue sitting for the Dundalk seat. In 1880, however, he ran for the Louth constituency instead and was elected, remaining as MP until the 1885 general election. He tried, unsuccessfully, to be re-elected in 1892 and 1896. Callan died, from heart disease, at his residence in Dublin on 13 June 1902. Walter Ernest Everard Callan Walter Ernest Everard Callan, son of Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Callan
David Gerard Callan (born 20 September 1975) is an Irish-born stand-up comedian, who has had a career in television and radio, and is based in Melbourne, Australia. Up until 2010 he worked as a Triple J disc jockey. Biography Callan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, and arrived in Australia in 1990, aged 15. He spent part of his teenage years in Perth where he attended Chisholm Catholic College. Radio career Callan hosted the mid-dawn shift at Triple J on Sundays from 1am to 6am for most of 2005 until it was discontinued. He continued to host the Triple J show ''Pirate Radio'' from 6pm until 9pm on Saturday evenings. The show features party music, mash-ups, and many unusual regular callers referred to as 'carnies', including Steph from Tamworth, Evil Me, and Jarred from Bunbury. On 19 January 2008, Callan presented the last show of ''Pirate Radio''. On 27 January 2008, he returned to the mid-dawn shift on Sundays from 1am to 6am. His last time on-air was the morning of Sunday, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Callan
Curtis Gove Callan Jr. (born October 11, 1942) is an American theoretical physicist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics at Princeton University. He has conducted research in gauge theory, string theory, instantons, black holes, strong interactions, and many other topics. He was awarded the Sakurai Prize in 2000 ("For his classic formulation of the renormalization group, his contributions to instanton physics and to the theory of monopoles and strings") and the Dirac Medal in 2004. Biography Callan received his B.Sc. in physics from Haverford College. He then pursued graduate studies in physics at Princeton University, where he was a student under Sam Treiman. Callan received his Ph.D. in physics in 1964 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Spherically symmetric cosmological models." His Ph.D. students include Vijay Balasubramanian, William E. Caswell, Peter Woit, Igor Klebanov and Juan Maldacena. Callan is best known for his wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Callan
Paul Stanley Lester Callan (13 March 1939 – 22 November 2020) was a British journalist and editor. He was known for his flamboyant manner and distinctive attire. Early life Callan was born on 13 March 1939 in Redbridge in Essex to an Irish musician father and a Jewish mother. He attended the independent Cranbrook School in Ilford, then enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music, seeing prospects of a career as a cellist. Early career Callan reached prominence as editor of the Londoner's Diary in the ''Evening Standard'' in the 1960s, and then with a ''Daily Mail'' diary column. He achieved a succession of scoops, and was responsible for training up a generation of young journalists, including the gossip columnist, Nigel Dempster. Callan later moved to the ''Daily Mirror'' where he wrote the "Inside World of Paul Callan" column which broke a number of major stories embarrassing to their subjects. Celebrity interviews Tiring of the gossip columns, Callan moved over to the ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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