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Delilah (given Name)
Delilah is a feminine given name of uncertain meaning. The best known Delilah is the Delilah, Biblical character. The name has been in use in the United States and United Kingdom since the mid-1600s. The increase in the usage of the name in the Anglosphere has been attributed to the influence of the 2006 popular song "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White T's as well as its similarity in sound to other currently popular names such as Leila (name), Leila, Lila (given name), Lila, and Lily (name), Lily. Another source notes its similarity in sound to the etymologically unrelated words ''Happiness, delightful'' and ''Syringa vulgaris, lilac''. Usage It has been among the top one thousand names used for girls in the United States since 1997 and among the one hundred most used names for American girls since 2018. It has been among the five hundred most used for girls in England and Wales since 2008 and among the top one hundred names for girls since 2018. The variant Dalila was among t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elihu Vedder
Elihu Vedder (26 February 183629 January 1923) was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet from New York City. He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's translation of '' The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'' (deluxe edition, published by Houghton Mifflin). Biography Elihu Vedder was born on 26 February 1836 in New York City, the son of Dr. Elihu Vedder Sr. and Elizabeth Vedder. His parents were cousins. His father, a dentist, decided to try his luck in Cuba, and this had a profound impact on Elihu Jr.'s childhood. The remainder of his childhood was spent between his maternal grandfather Alexander Vedder's house in Schenectady and a boarding school. His mother supported his goals to be an artist while his father reluctantly assented, convinced that his son should try a different occupation. His brother, Dr. Alexander Madison Vedder, was a Navy surgeon who witnessed the transformation of Japan into a modern culture while he was statione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah (musician)
Paloma Ayana Stoecker (born 23 September 1991), who records under the name Delilah, is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Paris, France, Delilah moved to London Borough of Camden, Camden, London, England, at an early age where she later attended City and Islington College. After sending demos to Island Records she caught the attention of industry executives at major record labels and signed to Atlantic Records at the age of seventeen. In 2011, she collaborated with Chase & Status on the single "Time (Chase & Status song), Time". Her first solo song "Go (Delilah song), Go", was officially released on 25 September 2011, whilst previously being available for digital download. Her debut album ''From the Roots Up'' was released on 30 July 2012 and peaked at No. 5 in the UK Albums Chart. Early life Delilah was born Paloma Ayana Stoecker, on 23 September 1990 in Paris, France. After her parents separated when she was still young, she moved to Camden, London, with her mother where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah Montoya
Delilah Montoya (born December 10, 1955) is a contemporary American artist and educator who was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and was raised in Omaha, Nebraska, by her Anglo-American father and Latina mother.Lewthwaite, S. (2016). Revising the Archive: Documentary Portraiture in Photography of Delilah Montoya. In F. Aldoma (Ed.), ''The Routledge Companion to Latina/o Popular Culture'' (1st ed., pp. 226-236). New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved 25 April 2017 She earned her BA, MA and MFA from the University of New Mexico. Her art is noted for its exploration of Chicana identity and for innovative printmaking and photographic processes. She is also noted for her use of mixed-media installations and often incorporates iconic religious symbols in her pieces. Montoya attributes the politicization of her work to the formative influence of her upbringing, within the environment that afforded her exposure to pivotal social movements including the Brown Berets, the Civil Rights Movement, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah Lobo
Delilah Michael Lobo (born 23 April 1977) is an Indian politician and businesswoman who serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Siolim Assembly constituency. Lobo won the Siolim constituency on the Indian National Congress (INC) ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election. She defeated four-time MLA Dayanand Mandrekar of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 1,727 votes. Early and personal life Delilah Michael Lobo was born on 23 April 1977 in Goa, India, to Almira and Melchiades Vincent Lobo. She has been married to politician and businessman Michael Lobo. She completed her Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and graduation in Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) from Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College in 1998. Political career Lobo was a panch ( panchayat member) for a period of five years prior to contesting the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly elections. She is also a former ten-year sarpanch and former BJP Mahila Morcha state vice pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah Jackson
Delilah Jackson (circa 1929 - January 12, 2013) was a cultural historian who specialized in collecting the history of black entertainers in Harlem. Biography Jackson grew up close to the Apollo Theater in Harlem. She attended school at P.S. 157. Jackson began to collect the cultural history of Harlem and black entertainers in 1975. She began her collection with recording oral histories of various women who had worked as chorus girls at the Cotton Club. Later, that same year, she created the Black Patti Project which brought programming to former entertainers who were now living in nursing homes. The project went on to work toward collecting oral histories from black artists. Not only was Jackson known for preserving history, she often befriended the artists she met and visited them in nursing homes as they grew older. Her collection of history helped create a historical context for the artists and their work, according to the ''New York Amsterdam News''. Over time, she amassed m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delila Hatuel
Delila Hatuel (; born November 15, 1980) is an Israeli Olympic foil fencer. She represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was ranked ninth in the world. Biography Hatuel was born in Acre, Israel, in 1980. Her brother Maor is also a fencer, as is her aunt Lydia Hatuel-Czuckermann and her uncle Yitzhak Hatuel. Hatuel, alongside her father and aunt, trains children in fencing at Acre's Olympic Fencing Center. Career Hatuel finished ninth in the team foil 1997 World Fencing Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, and eighth in the team foil 1998 European Fencing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In July 2007, Hatuel finished sixth in individual foil at the European Fencing Championships, in Ghent, Belgium. Throughout 2008, she finished in the top 10 in the Fencing World Cup circuit, and was ranked in the top 16 in the world. In April 2008, she was ranked 9th in the world in women's foil. In July 2008, at the 2008 European Fencing Championships in Kyiv, Ukrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Hamlin
Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film '' Clash of the Titans'', a role he reprised in 2007's Santa Monica Studio video game '' God of War II'', and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series ''L.A. Law'', for which he received three Golden Globe nominations. For his recurring role as Jim Cutler on the AMC drama series '' Mad Men'', Hamlin received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Early life Hamlin was born October 30, 1951, in Pasadena, California, the son of Bernice (née Robinson), a socialite, and Chauncey Jerome Hamlin, Jr., an aeronautical engineer. As a teenager, he attended Flintridge Preparatory School, near Pasadena, and The Hill School, a private boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where he played soccer and lacrosse and acted in the school's musicals and plays. He also attended classes at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Rinna
Lisa Rinna (born July 11, 1963) is an American actress, television personality and model. She portrayed Billie Reed on the NBC daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' and List of Melrose Place characters#Taylor McBride, Taylor McBride on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox's television drama ''Melrose Place''. Between 2014 and 2022, Rinna starred on Bravo (American TV channel), Bravo's reality television series ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.'' Other television credits include being a contestant on NBC's ''The Celebrity Apprentice'' and ABC Studios, ABC's ''Dancing with the Stars'', as well as guest-starring roles on ''Entourage (American TV series), Entourage'', ''Veronica Mars'', ''Community (TV series), Community'', ''The Middle (TV series), The Middle'', and ''American Horror Stories''. Rinna made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in ''Chicago (musical), Chicago'' as Roxie Hart in June 2007. She was the host of Soapnet's talk show ''Soap Talk'' (2002–2006), for which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah Gore
Delilah Pueka Gore (born 24 June 1962) is a Papua New Guinean politician. She was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 2012 to 2017, representing the electorate of Sohe Open. She was Minister for Higher Education, Science, Research and Technology and later Minister for Religion, Youth & Community Development in the government of Peter O'Neill. She was elected to the Sohe District, in the Northern Province, in the 2012 election. She was one of only three women in the 2021-17 Parliament, and had spoken out in the past about the need for a small number of reserved seats for women in parliament. However, she rejected calls for affirmative action, and undid some of the pro-women reforms introduced by her predecessor, Dame Carol Kidu. In August 2015 she was suspended from Cabinet for three months without pay after verbally abusing and threatening a flight attendant who had asked her to turn off her mobile phone on an Air Niugini Air Niugini Limited is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah DiCrescenzo
Delilah DiCrescenzo (; born February 9, 1983) is an American distance runner. She competes in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase. She is a 2001 graduate of Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, Illinois and a 2005 graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in sociology. In May 2011, DiCrescenzo received her master's degree in Sports Management, also from Columbia University. She now competes for the New York Athletic Club and trains with the NJ-NY Track Club under the guidance of Coach Frank Gagliano. As of 2013 she was sponsored by Puma and continued to compete on a worldwide level. She is also well known as the subject of the Plain White T's platinum hit "Hey There Delilah". Running career She finished 3rd in the steeple chase at the 2006 US Nationals, and won the 6K title at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in the fall of 2007. She competed at the 2008 U.S. Olympic trials where she made the finals, but did not qualify for the Olympic team. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah S
Delilah ( ; , meaning "delicate";Gesenius's ''Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon'' ; ) is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson, a Nazirite who possesses great strength and serves as the final Judge of Israel. Delilah is bribed by the lords of the Philistines to discover the source of his strength. After three failed attempts at doing so, she finally goads Samson into telling her that his vigor is derived from his hair. As he sleeps, Delilah calls a servant to cut Samson's hair, thereby enabling her to turn him over to the Philistines. Delilah has been the subject of both rabbinic and Christian commentary; rabbinic literature identifies her with Micah's mother in the biblical narrative of Micah's Idol, while some Christians have compared her to Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed Jesus. Scholars have noted similarities between Delilah and other women in the Bible, such as Jael and Judith, and have discussed the questi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delilah Cotto
Delilah Cotto is a Puerto Rican-American actress, dancer, and model. Early life Cotto was born and raised in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York to Puerto Rican parents. She studied drama at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City under Anthony Abeson, She trained at the William Esper Studio (with Suzanne Esper) and at Carnegie Hall in a Master class with Wynn Handman. She also studied dance at STEPS and BROADWAY DANCE CENTER and Phil Black Dance Studios IN NYC Career After studying dance, she was given a small role in '' Lean on Me''. After being away from acting she made an appearance in ''Law & Order''. She was later featured in films ''Girl 6'' and ''Personals''. In 2002, Cotto had her first starring role in the feature film ''Empire'' playing John Leguizamo's girlfriend Carmen. She starred in the television series '' Kingpin'' until its cancellation in 2004. She was featured in Cinemax's short film entitled ''Stories of Lost Souls'' alongside J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
