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Gano is a name of French origin. It is an alternative version of the names Ganeau, Ganot, or Guéneau which derive from the Germanic word ''wan'', meaning hope. The name came to America via the Huguenots. People with the surname * Eugene Gano Hay (1853–1933), American politician * Francis Gano Benedict (1870–1957), American chemist and nutritionist * Glen Gano (1892–1973), American cinematographer and actor * Gordon Gano (born 1963), American musician * Graham Gano (born 1987), American football player * John Gano (1727–1804), American pastor * Richard Montgomery Gano (1830–1913), American Protestant minister and physician, Confederate Army officer * Roy Alexander Gano (1902–1971), United States Navy admiral * Stephen Gano (1762–1828), American pastor and physician * Zinho Gano (born 1993), Belgian footballer People with the given name * Gano Chittenden (1897–1980), American art director * Gano Dunn (1870–1953), American businessman and lectrical engineer L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germanic Languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English language, English, is also the world's most List of languages by total number of speakers, widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia, History of Germany#Iron Age, Iron Age Northern Germany and along the North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English language, English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German language, German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch language, Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Alexander Gano
Roy Alexander "Red" Gano (December 3, 1902 – January 20, 1971) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself in World War II, Korean War, and the Cold War, and served as Commander Military Sea Transportation Service (now Military Sealift Command) and as Executive Director for Ocean Transportation from 1961 to 1964. Early life and career A native of Pipestone, Minnesota, Pipestone, Minnesota, Gano attended the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 1926. He returned to the Academy as a postgraduate student in 1934. He married Harriet Pauline Howard, July 18, 1929. Admiral and Mrs. Gano had two children, Myrtle Eugenia "Jeanne" Gano Steele (1940–2006) and James Alexander Gano (1946–2005). Gano spent much of his early career at sea. He served first in the battleship (1926–29), then was assigned to several destroyers: (1929–30), (1930–31) (1931–32), and as Engineer on board (1934–37). From 1937–1939, he served as Special Engin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gano, Kansas
Gano is an unincorporated community in Finney County, Kansas Finney County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Garden City. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,470. The county was named for David Finney, the Lieutenant Governor ..., United States. It is north of Garden City. References Further reading Unincorporated communities in Finney County, Kansas Unincorporated communities in Kansas {{FinneyCountyKS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gano Coal Camp, Kentucky
Gano Coal Camp was an unincorporated community and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ..., United States. References Unincorporated communities in Harlan County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky {{HarlanCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gano Dunn
Gano Sillick Dunn (October 18, 1870 – April 10, 1953) was an electrical engineer who served as the president of Cooper Union. He was an early chairman and CEO of the United States National Research Council. Early life and career Son of Civil War veteran General N. Gano Dunn and Amelia Sillick, Gano Dunn was born in Yorkville, New York. With a prospering law practice, General Dunn raised Gano and his younger brother Harris, across from Central Park, as befitted one of the "best-known lawyers in the city". Inspired by his paternal grandfather, schoolteacher and inventor Nathaniel Dunn, young Gano was encouraged in both scholarship and practical invention. In 1883, when Gano was twelve, he accompanied the former Mrs. Maria G. Robins Caswell to Europe. They were there met by General Dunn. With the General and Maria masquerading as man and wife, Gano traveled Europe for a year and half. By 1886, General Dunn's whereabouts were unknown to his wife Amelia and New York society. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gano Chittenden
Gano Chittenden (1897–1980) was an American art director.Darby p.267 Selected filmography * '' Call of the South Seas'' (1944) * ''Marshal of Reno'' (1944) * '' Secrets of Scotland Yard'' (1944) * '' Stagecoach to Monterey'' (1944) * '' The Girl Who Dared'' (1944) * '' Storm Over Lisbon'' (1944) * '' Grissly's Millions'' (1945) * ''Girls of the Big House'' (1945) * ''Utah'' (1945) * '' Flame of the Barbary Coast'' (1945) * '' The Chicago Kid'' (1945) * ''Sioux City Sue'' (1946) * ''The Catman of Paris'' (1946) * '' Apache Rose'' (1947) * ''Bells of San Angelo '' Bells of San Angelo '' is a 1947 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers. The first Roy Rogers film shot in Trucolor, this modern day Western mixes half a dozen songs with mystery, international smug ...'' (1947) * '' Strike It Rich'' (1948) References Bibliography * Darby, William. ''Anthony Mann: The Film Career''. McFarland, 2009. External links * 1897 births 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinho Gano
Zinho Gano (born 13 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Hazem. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team. Early life Gano was born in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium to a Bissau-Guinean father and a Belgian Flemish mother. Club career Gano is a youth exponent from Brugge. During the 2013–14 season, he scored six goals out of 22 league games with Belgian Second Division side Lommel United, on loan from Brugge. Then he played on loan for Mouscron in the Belgian Pro League. He made his top division debut at 27 July 2014 against Anderlecht. On 2 July 2018 he joined Genk from fellow Pro League side Oostende for a value of £1.62 million. On 2 September 2019, he joined Antwerp on a season-long loan with an option to buy. International career Gano made his senior debut for Guinea-Bissau on 23 March 2022, starting in a 3–0 friendly win over Equatorial Guinea. In December 2023, he was selected from the list of 25 Bissao- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Gano
Stephen Gano (December 25, 1762 – August 18, 1828) was a physician and early pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. Early life and Revolutionary War service Stephen Gano was the third son born to Rev. John Gano, a prominent Baptist evangelist, and Sarah Stites. Gano was born in New York City while his father was pastoring Gold Street Baptist Church (First Baptist Church in the City of New York). Stephen Gano planned on attending Brown University where his uncle, James Manning, was President, but the Revolutionary War prevented him from enrolling. So at the age of thirteen Gano went to study medicine with his uncle, Dr. Stites. At age 17 in 1779 Gano served briefly as a surgeon's mate in the American army, then resigned to become a surgeon's mate on a privateer. Shipwrecked, marooned, and then taken prisoner by the British, he was confined in leg irons on a prison ship for some time. His father had previously joined the military as a chaplain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Montgomery Gano
Richard Montgomery Gano (June 17, 1830 – March 27, 1913) was a physician, Protestant minister, and brigadier general in the army of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. Early life Richard Gano was born June 17, 1830, near Springdale in Bourbon County, Kentucky, the son of John Allen Gano, who was the son of Gen. Richard M. Gano, veteran of the War of 1812. John Allen Gano was a minister in the Disciples of Christ and was active in the Restoration Movement with Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone. The first General Richard Gano was the son of Rev. John Gano and Sarah Stites. (Rev. John Gano was the first pastor of the First Baptist Church of New York City and was known as the "Fighting Chaplain" for his Revolutionary War exploits. He is also credited with having baptized George Washington in the Potomac River although this is disputed.) Gano was of Huguenot descent. Through John Gano he was a cousin of Union General William Price Sanders and Texas S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huguenots
The Huguenots ( , ; ) are a Religious denomination, religious group of French people, French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Besançon Hugues, was in common use by the mid-16th century. ''Huguenot'' was frequently used in reference to those of the Reformed Church of France from the time of the Protestant Reformation. By contrast, the Protestant populations of eastern France, in Alsace, Moselle (department), Moselle, and Montbéliard, were mainly Lutheranism, Lutherans. In his ''Encyclopedia of Protestantism'', Hans Hillerbrand wrote that on the eve of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572, the Huguenot community made up as much as 10% of the French population. By 1600, it had declined to 7–8%, and was reduced further late in the century after the return of persecution under Louis XIV, who instituted the ''dragonnades'' to forcibly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gano
John Gano (July 22, 1727– August 10, 1804) was an American Baptist minister, soldier, patriot, and military chaplain who allegedly baptized his friend, George Washington."Religion: Washington's Baptism" ''Time Magazine'', September 5, 1932 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744297,00.html He was also notable for his bravery at the Battle of White Plains and crossing the Delaware River with General Washington. Gano later served as the first chaplain of the Kentucky Legislature in 1798. He was the founder of the Gano political family, which included several generations of politicians and military officers. Early life Gano was born on July 22, 1727 in Hopewell, New Jersey. He was raised as a Presbyterian. His father was a descendant of French Calvinists (Huguenots) and his mother of English Baptists. After a powerful conversion experience, John Gano eventually became a Calvinist Baptist as a young man after a period of intense study. Gano left the famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Gano
Graham Clark Gano (; born April 9, 1987) is a Scottish–American professional football placekicker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2009. Gano has also played for the Las Vegas Locomotives in the United Football League (UFL), the Washington Redskins and the Carolina Panthers. During his time with the Panthers, he achieved the franchise's record for longest field goal at 63 yards in 2018. Early life Gano was born in a military base in Arbroath, Scotland and is of Scottish descent through his mother. His father, Mark, was a United States Navy Master Chief Petty Officer and Vietnam veteran who was stationed at Canadian Forces Base, Gander, Newfoundland when Gano was born. Gano has a long line of ancestors who served in the military, including his great grandfather Richard Gano, and grandfather Raymond of Martinsburg, West V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
