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Callan Warner
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 (1947–2024), American Roman Catholic priest, cofounder of ''Spiritus Christi'' Roman Catholic splinter group * James L. Callan (1910–1991), U.S. businessman and politician * John Callan O'Laughlin (1873–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aela Callan
Aela Callan is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in Berlin, Germany. Callan began her career in Perth at 6PR radio in 1999, before working in the Canberra press gallery, Sydney's 2UE radio. and Seven News in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2008, Callan won a Walkley Award, for excellence in Australian journalism. In 2013-14 Callan was selected for the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford where she studied ways to combat hate speech online in Myanmar. She was also the recipient of the Gold UNDPI Award at the New York Festivals Film and Television Awards in 2014, for her film "It's a Man's World," which appeared on the Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Jazeera Network's program 101 East Between 2009 and 2013, Callan lived in Asia and filed reports for Seven Network, Channel Seven and Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Jazeera Television. The many events she covered include Myanmar's 2010 elections, the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, and Thailand's 2010 vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Callan
Nicholas Joseph Callan (22 December 1799 – 10 January 1864) was an Irish physicist and Catholic priest known for his work on the induction coil. Early life and education He was born and raised in Dundalk, County Louth, where he attended school at an academy. 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 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 Galvani (1737–1798) who was a pioneer in bioelectricity and Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) who is k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan Mulvey
Callan Mulvey (born 23 February 1975) is an Australian actor. He gained widespread recognition for his performances as Mark Moran on the Australian drama '' Underbelly'', Sergeant Brendan 'Josh' Joshua in '' Rush'', and as Bogdan Drazic in the popular series ''Heartbreak High''. In the United States, Mulvey has appeared in notable films such as '' 300: Rise of an Empire'', Jack Rollins in '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' (2014) and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), Anatoli Knyazev in '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016), and Dean/Milan in ''Power'' (2016). Early life Of Scottish, Irish and Māori descent, Mulvey was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved to Australia when he was eight years old, growing up in the northern beaches of Sydney. Career Mulvey's personal interest in skateboarding and rollerblading led him to work as a stunt double about two years prior to winning the role of Drazic in ''Heartbreak High''. His first role was of a victim of a robber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan McAuliffe
Callan Ryan Claude McAuliffe (born ) is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles as Bryce Loski in '' Flipped'' and Sam Goode in ''I Am Number Four''. He appeared as young Jay Gatsby in the 2013 film ''The Great Gatsby''. From 2017 to 2022 he starred on '' The Walking Dead'' as Alden. Early life and education Callan Ryan Claude McAuliffe is a native of the Sydney suburb of Clontarf. Born in , he is the son of Keech Claudia, and author and journalist Roger McAuliffe. His cousin is actress Jacinta John. Two of his grandparents were Irish. McAuliffe attended Scots College, an all-boys school in Bellevue Hill. He was the head chorister at the school and topped the London Trinity musical theatre exams, scoring a high distinction in 2008. He was a track athlete until he was injured, leading to a stronger focus on the performing arts. Career McAuliffe began acting at age eight, appearing in the Australian television series '' Comedy Inc.'' and '' Blue Water High''. He t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof
Callan Chythlook-Sifsof (born February 14, 1989) is an American Olympic snowboarder who has competed in snowboard cross since 2005. She is a Yupik/ Inupiaq. She is the first native of Alaska to compete in the Olympics. Biography Early life Chythlook-Sifsof grew up in Aleknagik (a rural fishing village of about 300 people, on the coast of the Bering Sea) and Dillingham, Alaska; she moved with her mother to Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska to be closer to the Alyeska Resort. She is a Yupik/ Inupiaq Eskimo. 2006–14 In 2006, she was invited to her first Winter X Games competition and won a silver medal in 2011. She won the U.S. National Championships in Tamarack, Idaho, in 2007. In 2008, she won the Jeep King of the Mountain World snowboard series in Sun Valley, Idaho. Her best World Cup finishes were 3rd place in Furano, Japan, in 2006, and 2nd place in Arosa, Switzerland, in 2011. She did not compete in 2009 due to a knee injury. It was announced on January 26, 2010, that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan Beasy
Callan Beasy (born 19 March 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton. Beasy was drafted with the 61st selection in the 2000 AFL Draft, but did not make his AFL debut until late in 2002 when Carlton suffered from a high number of injuries. He played in six of the last seven games of the 2003 season and had high hopes for the 2004 season, however he was delisted after the 2004 season after a disappointing three games. He joined the Bendigo Bombers Bendigo Gold was an Australian rules football club based in Bendigo, Victoria. The club debuted in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1998 as the Bendigo Diggers Football Club, which remained its legal name for the duration of the club's exis ... for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. before returning to the Swan Hill Football Club, as playing-coach in 2007. Beasy is still playing at the club as of 2015; he won premierships with the club in 2008 and 2011 as playing-coach. References Sources *Holmesby, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Agar, 1st Baron Callan
George Agar, 1st Baron Callan PC (4 December 1751 – 29 October 1815) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Agar was the third son of James Agar, of County Kilkenny, by the Honourable Rebecca Flower, daughter of William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow and Edith Caulfeild. Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon, was his aunt. His father was killed in a duel with Henry Flood in 1769, the culmination of a long and bitter political feud. He was educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Agar was returned to the Irish House of Commons for Callan in 1776, a seat he held until 1790, and was admitted to the Irish Privy Council in 1789. In 1790 he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Callan, of Callan in the County of Kilkenny. In 1801 he was elected as one of the original 28 Irish representative peer to sit in the House of Lords. Lord Callan never married and the title became extinct on his death in October 1815, aged 63. References {{DEFAULTSORT:C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Callan
Timothy Callan (born 6 January 1984) is a former Australian rules football player for the Western Bulldogs, and the Geelong Football Club. He is the son of former Geelong player, Terry Callan. Career Geelong Callan was selected by Geelong in the 2002 AFL Draft, under the father–son rule The father–son rule is a rule that allows clubs preferential recruiting access to the sons of players who have made a major past contribution to the club in Australian rules football, most notably in the Australian Football League. The rule .... A small/medium-sized defender, Callan is renowned for his consistent displays of courage and bravery during the game, often backing into packs for marks or spoils. Although he has proven himself as one of the better players for the club's VFL side for numerous seasons, he has struggled to get consistent games in the senior side for the Cats. Western Bulldogs Looking for a more permanent role in a senior team, Callan was traded along with pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas J
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served since 1991 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President George H. W. Bush Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination, nominated him to succeed Thurgood Marshall. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African Americans, African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and has been its List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office, longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018. He has also been the Court's oldest member since Stephen Breyer retired in 2022. Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia. After his father abandoned the family, he was raised by his grandfather in a poor Gullah community near Savannah, Georgia. Growing up as a devout Catholic, Thomas originally intended to be a priest in the Catholic Church but became dissatisfied with its efforts to combat racism and abandoned his aspiration to join the clergy. He gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Emmet Callan
Major General Robert Emmet Callan (March 24, 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 24, 1874, in Baltimore, Maryland, but his family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee in 1877. He attended the University of Tennessee from 1888 to 1891. Before graduating from this school, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated there, fourth in a class of 73, in June 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 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Callan
Ricky Callan was one of Scotland's best known character actors, born 28 December 1961. A familiar face on television, he had a long list of credits to his name, including '' The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star'', ''Taggart'', '' Monarch of the Glen'', ''Rebus'' and '' Velvet Soup''. He was also a stand-up comedian and familiar voice on radio. In 2001 he wrote the screenplay for the short film ''Pork Chop''. He starred in the film '' Joe Smeal's Wheels'' directed by ''Leon the Pig Farmer ''Leon the Pig Farmer'' is a 1992 British comedy about a Jewish estate agent in London who discovers that thanks to an artificial insemination mishap, his real father owns a pig farm in Yorkshire. It was directed by Vadim Jean and Gary Sinyor, a ...'' screenwriter Michael Normand. After a long illness, Callan died on 11 October 2016. References Scottish male television actors 2016 deaths {{Scotland-actor-stub ... [...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. 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 Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
