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Davidovich
Davidovich is a Russian and Belarusian language patronymic surname and patronymic meaning "son of David". It is usually a Jewish surname, sometimes transliterated as Davidovitch. Notable people with the surname include: Davidovich * Alexander Davidovich (born 1967), Ukrainian wrestler *Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (born 1999), Spanish tennis player. *Bella Davidovich (born 1928), American pianist * Benjamin Davidovich (1930–2024), Israeli goalkeeper *Lolita Davidovich (born 1961), Canadian actress * Maayan Davidovich (born 1988), Israeli Olympic windsurfer * Nir Davidovich (born 1976), Israeli goalkeeper * Paul Davidovich (1737–1814), Austrian soldier Davidovitch * Nadav Davidovitch *Despina Storch Despina Storch or Despina Davidovitch Storch (1894 or 1895 – March 30, 1918) was an Ottoman Greek woman who was alleged to be a spy for Germany and the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Storch was later immortalized as "Turkish Delight", "Tur ... Davidovitch See also * Dawidow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (born 5 June 1999) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 21 achieved on 21 August 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 196 achieved on 21 February 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Spanish player. Early life Davidovich Fokina was born and raised in La Cala del Moral, Rincón de la Victoria, about 10 km away from Málaga, Spain, to Swedish-Russian father Eduard Mark Davidovich, and Russian mother Tatiana Fokina. His father is a former boxer. Davidovich Fokina has a brother, Mark. Alejandro began playing tennis with his father at the age of three. When he turned five, he started training at Calaflores and later Serramar tennis courts with coach Manolo Rubiales. Junior career Davidovich Fokina was Spanish Champion at U12, U15 and U18 levels. He started his professional tennis career in 2016. He won his first ITF Grade 1 in Canada at the Repentigny Internationaux de Tennis Junior, defeating Fé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Davidovich
Baron Paul Davidovich or Pavle Davidović ( sr-Cyrl, Павле Давидовић) (1737, Buda – 18 February 1814, Komárom) became a general of the Austrian Empire and a Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa. He played a major role in the 1796 Italian campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars, leading corps-sized commands in the fighting against the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte. He led troops during the Napoleonic Wars and was Proprietor (Inhaber) of an Austrian infantry regiment. Early career Born in Buda (Ofen) (in modern-day Budapest, Hungary) in 1737, Davidovich came from a Serb family which had immigrated to the Austrian Empire from the Ottoman Empire at the time of Emperor Leopold I. In 1757, Davidovich joined the Austrian army's ''Ferdinand Karl'' Infantry Regiment #2. He served during the Seven Years' War and rose in rank to Captain. In 1771, he received promotion to Major in ''d'Alton'' Infantry Regiment #19. He performed heroically under fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolita Davidovich
Lolita Davidovich (born Lolita Davidović; July 15, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for portraying Blaze Starr in the 1989 film '' Blaze'', for which she received a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination. She later had starring roles in films including ''Leap of Faith'' (1992), '' Raising Cain'' (1992), ''Intersection'' (1994), '' Cobb'' (1994), '' Jungle 2 Jungle'' (1997), '' Gods and Monsters'' (1998), ''Mystery, Alaska'' (1999), and '' Play It to the Bone'' (1999). Early life Davidovich was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of emigrants from the former Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade (the capital of Serbia), and her mother was from Slovenia. She spoke only Serbian during her early years. She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. Career Davidovich began her career playing small parts on television and films. She first received notice co-starring in comedy-drama film ''Blaze'' with Paul Newman, for which she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nir Davidovich
Nir Davidovich (; also spelled Davidovitch; born 17 December 1976) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His honours are 7 championships, 2 Israeli cups, 3 Toto Cups, 1 MVP of the season. At club level, Davidovich spent his whole career in Maccabi Haifa. He suffered from 3 serious injuries, but managed to recover and lead the team to its 8th championship, winning the MVP title in 2004. He is considered a "symbol" of the club along with the veteran captain Yaniv Katan. Many talk about him as the successor of legendary goalkeeper Avi Ran, a Maccabi Haifa prodigy who died in a diving accident. At international level, he was the number one goalkeeper in the Israel national team for a time. Early life Davidovich was born in Haifa, Israel, to a Jewish family. His father is footballer Benjamin Davidovich. Football career * Played in each age-class youth national team of Israel. * 1995: Promoted to senior team of Maccabi Haifa. * 1996: Gave ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Davidovich
Benjamin Davidovich (; February 18, 1930 – June 25, 2024) was an Israeli goalkeeper who played for Maccabi Haifa. A Holocaust survivor, Davidovich arrived to Mandatory Israel and settled in Rishon leZion in 1945. His son, Nir, is often seen as a spit and image of his father and later progressed to become one of Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...'s most iconic figures. Davidovich died in Shiv Tova on June 25, 2024, at the age of 94. References External links *Profile and biography of Benjamin Davidovich on Maccabi Haifa's official website 1930 births 2024 deaths Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Maccabi Haifa F.C. players 20th-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-footy-goalke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maayan Davidovich
Maayan Davidovich (; born May 21, 1988) is an Israeli Olympic windsurfer. Biography Davidovich is Jewish, and her hometown is Herzliya, Israel. She competes with the club Hapoel Tel Aviv. She started sailing at the age of five, and surfing at 13. Her parents enjoy watersports, and her brothers and twin sister were all windsurfing champions. She made her international competitive debut in the 1999 Optimist European Championships, in Greece. In July 2005, she came in fourth in the Mistral – Women 35th Volvo Youth Sailing International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Championship, in Busan, Korea. In July 2006, she won a silver medal at the RS:X – Women Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, in Weymouth, Great Britain. In 2007, she finished 15th in the European Championships. She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 19 in Beijing, China, in the women's sailboard windsurfing event, and came in 10th. In June 2009, she came in sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Davidovich
Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich (Бэлла Миха́йловна Давидо́вич; born July 16, 1928) is a Soviet and American pianist. Biography Davidovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, into a Jewish family of musicians and began studying piano when she was six. Three years later, she was the soloist for a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. In 1939, she moved to Moscow to continue her musical education. At the age of 18 she entered the Moscow Conservatory where she studied with Konstantin Igumnov and Yakov Flier. In 1949, she shared the first prize with Halina Czerny-Stefańska at the IV International Chopin Piano Competition. This launched her on a career in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, in which she appeared with every major Russian conductor and performed as a soloistJean-Pierre Thiollet, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', "Solo nec plus ultra", Neva Editions, 2015, p.52. . with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra for 28 consecutive seasons. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Davidovich (wrestler)
Alexander Davidovich (; born August 11, 1967) is an Israeli former Olympic wrestler. He was originally from Kharkiv, the Soviet Union, and emigrated to Israel in 1991. Wrestling career Davidovich competed for Israel at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ..., Spain, in wrestling at the age of 24. He wrestled in the Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman competition, and lost to Sergey Martynov of Russia (who won the bronze medal) in Round One, coming in tied for 6th, and Shigeki Nishiguchi of Japan in Round Two, coming in tied for 7th. References Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Israeli male sport wrestlers 1967 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Israel Sportspeople from Kharkiv Soviet emigrants to Israel 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawidowicz
Dawidowicz () is a surname of Polish-language origin, meaning "son of David". The Russian and Belarusian form is Davidovich, Ukrainian: Davydovych. Notable people with this surname: * Aleksandra Dawidowicz (born 1987), Polish cyclist * Janina David (1930–2023), born Janina Dawidowicz, Holocaust survivor, British writer and translator * Lucy Dawidowicz (1915–1990), American historian * Paweł Dawidowicz Paweł Marek Dawidowicz (born 20 May 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Hellas Verona and the Poland national team. Besides Poland, he has played in Portugal, Germany, ... (born 1995), Polish footballer See also * Davidović, Serbo-Croatian {{surname Polish-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David (name)
David is a common masculine given name of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. Its popularity derives from the initial oral tradition (Oral Torah) and recorded use related to King David, a central figure in the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, and foundational to Judaism, and subsequently significant in the religious traditions of Christianity and Islam. Etymology David () means , derived from the root (), which originally meant , but survives in Biblical Hebrew only in the figurative usage ; specifically, it is a term for an uncle or figuratively, a lover/beloved (it is used in this way in the Song of Songs: , ). In Christian tradition, the name was adopted as , Biblical Greek, Greek , Latin or . The Quranic spelling is or . David was adopted as a Christian name from an early period, e.g. Saint David, David of Wales (6th century), David Saharuni (7th century), David I of Iberia (9th century). Name days are celebrated on 8 February (for David IV of Georgia), 1 March (for St. David, St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davidović
Davidović ( sr-Cyrl, Давидовић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from the given name ''David''. It may refer to: * Branko Davidović (born 1959), footballer * Dalibor Davidović (born 1972), Croatian musicologist and university professor * Dimitri Davidovic (born 1944), retired Belgian football player *Dimitrije Davidović (1789–1838), Serbian politician * Goran Davidović (born 1968), Serbian doctor and politician *Ljubomir Davidović (1863–1940), Yugoslav politician *Miodrag Davidović (born 1957), Montenegrin businessman, economist and politician See also *Davidovich Davidovich is a Russian and Belarusian language patronymic surname and patronymic meaning "son of David". It is usually a Jewish surname, sometimes transliterated as Davidovitch. Notable people with the surname include: Davidovich * Alexander Davi ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidovic Surnames of Croatian origin Surnames of Serbian origin Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian-language Surnames
Russian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' official language of the former Soviet Union. Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 Russian has remained an official language of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Israel. Russian has over 253 million total speakers worldwide. It is the most spoken native language in Europe, the most spoken Slavic language, as well as the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia. It is the world's seventh-most spoken language by number of native speakers, and the world's ninth-most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
