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Donald Wilson (other)
Donald or Don Wilson may refer to: Sportspeople * Don Wilson (Australian footballer) (1914–2015), Australian footballer * Don Wilson (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2003), English football player and manager, played for Bury FC * Don Wilson (cricketer) (1937–2012), English cricketer * Don Wilson (baseball) (1945–1975), Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros * Don Wilson (kickboxer) (born 1954), American actor and kickboxer, nicknamed "The Dragon" * Don Wilson (gridiron football) (born 1961), gridiron football defensive back * Donald Wilson (cyclist) (born 1944), Australian cyclist * Donald Wilson (South African soccer), active in the 1940s Others * Don Wilson (announcer) (1900–1982), American announcer and occasional actor in radio and television * Don Wilson (Colorado politician), American politician * Don W. Wilson (born 1942), former Archivist of the United States * Don Wilson (musician) (1933–2022), musician with The Ventures * Don M. Wilson III (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wilson (Australian Footballer)
Donald Angus Wilson (22 October 1914 – 6 December 2015) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Western Bulldogs, Footscray in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * 1914 births 2015 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players Spotswood Football Club players Australian men centenarians 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1914-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wilson (musician)
Donald Leroy Wilson (February 10, 1933 – January 22, 2022) was an American guitarist who, with Bob Bogle, was a founding member of the instrumental surf-rock group the Ventures. In 2008, Wilson and other members of the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Performer category. Wilson was the last surviving member of the classic lineup of the Ventures following the death of Nokie Edwards in 2018, before Wilson's own death in January 2022. Early life Wilson was born in Tacoma, Washington and was a middle child. The family heritage is mixed, his mother, Josie, was first-generation Swedish, while his father was of Welsh and Irish descent. His mother would show him how to play chords on the tiple when he was around 12 years old. Career In 1958, Wilson and Bob Bogle met Nokie Edwards and they invited him to be a member of the group. Originally Edwards played bass, but later played lead guitar with Bogle switching to bass. In 1960, Wilson's mother, Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Erwin Wilson
Donald Erwin Wilson (August 12, 1932 – February 3, 2002) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Biography Wilson was born in Holway, Wisconsin, on August 12, 1932. He graduated with a M.S. in Management from San Diego State University in 1955, having earned a B.S. in Accounting the previous year. Wilson married Leanna Draper and they had three children. He died of cancer on February 3, 2002, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Woodburn, Fairfax County, Virginia, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. – ANC Explorer Career After joining the Navy, Wilson was assigned to[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Roller Wilson
Donald Roller Wilson (born 1938) is an American artist, known for his paintings of people and anthropomorphized chimpanzees, orangutans, cats, and dogs, set in southern gothic interiors, twilight forests, and nocturnal graveyards, often amidst complex still lifes or floral arrangements, with levitating pickles, olives, asparagus, wooden matches, and cigarette butts. His images are often comical and at times disquieting. His paintings are executed using techniques and a style reminiscent of the old masters, or what the artist himself has called "kind of Victorian".Coe, Ralph T. 1979. ''The Dreams of Donald Roller Wilson.'' Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publishers. New York, New York. 127 pp. He gained national recognition in the mid-1970s and his work is included in the collections of several museums throughout the United States. Life The artist wrote "Roller Wilson was born in Houston, Texas on November 23, 1938, 10:55 A.M. His mother, a descendent of German–Dutch Jews who prosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald R
Donald is a Scottish masculine given name. It is derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers. A short form of Donald is Don, and pet forms of Donald include Donnie and Donny. The feminine given name Donella is derived from Donald. ''Donald'' has cognates in other Celtic languages: Modern Irish ''Dónal'' (anglicised as ''Donal'' and ''Donall'');. Scottish Gaelic ''Dòmhnall'', ''Domhnull'' and ''Dòmhnull''; Welsh '' Dyfnwal'' and Cumbric ''Dumnagual''. Although the feminine given name '' Donna'' is sometimes used as a feminine form of ''Donald'', the names are not etymologically related. Variations Kings and noblemen Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many ancient and medieval Gaelic kings and noblemen: * Dyfnwal Moelmud (Dunvallo Molmutius), legendary kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Wilson (writer And Producer)
Donald Boyd Wilson (11 September 1910 – 5 March 2002) was a Scottish television writer and producer who worked for the BBC. His work included co-creating the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' in 1963, also later saying that he had named the series, and adapting and producing ''The Forsyte Saga'' in 1967. Early life and career Wilson was born in Dunblane on 11 September 1910. He attended the Glasgow School of Art, following which his first jobs were as a newspaper cartoonist and sketch writer. His initial career was in the film industry, including working for MGM at Elstree Studios, where he was Assistant Director of such films as ''Jericho'' (1937) and ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939). During the Second World War he served with the Cameronians and the 43rd Wessex Division before afterwards returning to the film industry, including helming his only film as director, '' Warning to Wantons''. In 1955, he was recruited to BBC Television by the then Head of Drama, Michael Barr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Wilson (general)
Donald Wilson (25 September 1892 – 21 June 1978) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. Wilson enlisted in the Maryland National Guard as a private in 1916 and served with it on the Mexican border and the Western Front during World War I before transferring to the United States Army Air Service. After the war, he obtained a regular commission. Already qualified as an aerial observer, he became a pilot in 1922. For many years he was an influential instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School. Wilson became a leading theorist who embraced the doctrine that strategic bombing was the most important aspect of air power. He argued that by attacking vulnerabilities, whole industries could be brought to a halt without necessarily having to destroy all of the factories. The doctrine which Wilson expounded later became the basis for AWPD-1, the Army Air Forces' strategic war plan developed in 1941. During World War II, Wilson served as Chief of the Personnel Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don E
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *Don (river), a river in European Russia * Don River (other), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India * Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France * Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania * Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy * Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 * Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada *DON, Chapman code for County Donegal, Ireland People and characters Role or title *Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect * Don (academia), a fellow or tutor of a college or university in the U.K. and elsewhere *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia People with the name * Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wilson (pastor)
Donald Wilson (born 1949, Alta Vista, Kansas) is the founder and was the senior pastor of Christ's Church of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona, one of the largest churches in the United States, with an average attendance of nearly 28,000 a week across 9 locations. On January 28, 2017, Wilson announced his retirement, effective October 29, 2017. Education Wilson attended Manhattan Christian College, Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant coll ..., and earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. Wilson and CCV Don is the founder of Christ's Church of the Valley, which has been in existence since 1982; he began services in a rented movie theatre. Since that time, Christ's Church of the Valley has held services in an elementary school, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don M
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (other), several other rivers with the name * Don, Benin, a town in Benin * Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India * Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France *Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania *Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy *Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 *Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada *DON, Chapman code for County Donegal, Ireland People and characters Role or title *Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect * Don (academia), a fellow or tutor of a college or university in the U.K. and elsewhere *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia People with the name *Don (given name), a short form of the masculine given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wilson (footballer, Born 1930)
Donald Wilson (4 June 1930 – 12 October 2003) was an English football player and manager, who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ... for Bury. References 1930 births 2003 deaths Men's association football fullbacks English men's footballers Bury F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players English Football League players English football managers Mossley A.F.C. managers Stalybridge Celtic F.C. managers Radcliffe F.C. managers Sportspeople from Heywood, Greater Manchester 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-defender-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |