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Geiss (surname)
Geiss or Geiß (German for a female goat) is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Anton Geiss (1858–1944), German politician in the Republic of Baden * Bill Geiss (1858–1924), American baseball player * Christof Geiß (born 1964), German mathematician * Doug Geiss (born 1969), American politician from Michigan * Emil Geiss (1867–1911), American baseball player * Erika Geiss, American politician from Michigan * Imanuel Geiss (1931–2012), German historian * James Geiss (1950–2000), American sinologist, historian, and author * Johannes Geiss (1926–2020), German physicist * Karlmann Geiß (1935–2025), German jurist and judge * Louisette Geiss, American writer, lyricist, and producer * Michel Geiss, French sound engineer, instrument designer and musician * Robert Geiss (born 1964), German businessman and TV personality * Robin Geiss (born 1974), German public international law scholar and academic * Tony Geiss (1924–2011), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goat
The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a species of Caprinae, goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep. It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran around 10,000 years ago. Goats have been used for milk, Goat meat, meat, Animal fur, wool, and Animal skin, skins across much of the world. Milk from goats is often turned into goat cheese, cheese. In 2022, there were more than 1.1 billion goats living in the world, of which 150 million were in India. Goats feature in mythology, folklore, and religion in many parts of the world, including in the classical myth of Amalthea (mythology), Amalthea, in Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, the goats that pulled the chariot of the Norse god Thor, in the Scandinavian Yule goat, and in Hinduism's goat-headed Daksha. In Christianity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisette Geiss
Louisette Geiss is the co-writer/ lyricist, producer (Diane Warren, Howard Kagan) of the musical, The Right Girl. Previous to 2020, she was a producer, screenwriter, voice actor and actress best known for her roles in ''Angel'' (1999-2004), ''Two and a Half Men'' (2003), ''The King of Queens'' (2003), ''Saints Row'' (2006), ''Tomoko's Kitchen'' (2006), '' Wishmaster 3'' (2001), and ''Just Cause'' (1995). In 2017, she revealed she left the Hollywood industry after being told she could not sell her screenplay without first watching Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein (, ; born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer and convicted sex offender. In 1979, Weinstein and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent ... masturbate in his office. She also currently works in real estate. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Geisette, Louisettr American film producers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geist (surname)
Geist is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bill Geist (born 1945), American author, columnist and journalist * Christian Geist (c. 1650–1711), German composer and organist * Clarence H. Geist (1866–1938), American financier * George Geist (born 1955), American politician * Joel Geist (born 1982), American actor * Kaufman Geist, (1895–1948) American track and field athlete * Michael Geist (born 1968), Canadian academic * Otto W. Geist (1888–1963), German archaeologist, explorer, and naturalist * Raymond H. Geist (1885–1955) American diplomat * Richard Geist (1944–2019), American politician * Valerius Geist (1938–2021), Canadian biologist * Willie Geist William Russell Geist (born May 3, 1975) is an American television personality and journalist. He is co-anchor of MSNBC's ''Morning Joe'' and anchor of ''Sunday Today with Willie Geist''. Geist also frequently serves as a fill-in anchor on bot ... (born 1975), American television personality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geis (surname)
Geis is a German . Notable people with the surname include: *Bernard J. Geis (1909–2001), American editor and publisher * Gemma Geis (born 1979), Catalan politician * George J. Geis (), American Baptist minister and anthropologist *Gerald Geis (1933-2022), American politician *Gilbert Geis (1925–2012), American criminologist *Irving Geis (1908–1997), American artist *Jacob Geis (1890–1972), German theatre director, screenwriter and film producer *Johannes Geis (born 1993), German footballer *Norbert Geis (born 1939), German politician * Paul Geis (1953–2019), Olympic athlete *Richard E. Geis (1927–2013), American science fiction fan and writer See also * ', in Irish, an idiosyncratic taboo, whether of obligation or prohibition, similar to being under a vow, with the plural having mystical connotations * * Geiss (surname) * Geist (surname) Geist is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bill Geist (born 1945), American author, columnist and journalist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Varela Geiss
Pedro Varela Geiss (born 9 October 1957) is a Spanish writer, bookseller and Holocaust denier. He was the owner of a Neo-Nazi bookstore in Barcelona that is now closed, and he describes himself as a “National Socialist” inspired by Adolf Hitler. He was also the former President of the disbanded Neo-Nazi group CEDADE to which the Belgian Nazi collaborator Léon Degrelle belonged. Biography Born in Barcelona, he became the President of CEDADE in 1978, publishing Holocaust denial material. In 1992, he spent three months in pre-trial detention in Austria for a Nazi speech that he gave, but he was acquitted. After the end of CEDADE, he opened the ''Libreria Europa'' bookstore in Barcelona, from which he promoted pro-Nazi speeches, conferences, lectures, and books on anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. In 1998, he was sentenced to five years in prison for justifying genocide because of the Holocaust denial material that he sold at his store. In 2010, he was sentenced to two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Schönert-Geiß
Edith Schönert-Geiß (7 August 1933, Dresden – 12 June 2012, Berlin) was a German numismatist, who specialised in the classical coinage of Thrace and was instrumental in the post-war re-establishment of the Corpus Nummorum. Biography Edith Schönert was born on 7 August 1933 in Dresden. After she graduated from secondary school there, Schönert moved to Berlin to study History at Humboldt University. She began work on 1 September 1956, aged 23, at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (Central Institute for Ancient History and Archaeology); her first project was on the mints of Greece - the study of which was to continue throughout her career. She became instrumental in the post-war continuation of thCorpus Nummorum established by Theodor Mommsen. In 1960, Schönert-Geiß was awarded a doctorate from Humboldt University for research on the provincial coinage of Perinthus. In addition to her research and publications on ancient Thrace, Schönert-Geiß studied Roman coins found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Geiss
Nicholas Anthony "Tony" Geiss (November 16, 1924 – January 21, 2011) was an American producer, screenwriter, songwriter, lyricist and author, known principally for his children's work. During his time at ''Sesame Street'', he often collaborated with Judy Freudberg and co-created the iconic '' Elmo's World'' with her. He co-wrote the animated film ''An American Tail'' (1986) and co-created ''The Land Before Time'' franchise. Geiss won 17 Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 1984. Biography Geiss was born in Manhattan to Jewish emigrants Alexander "Alec" Geiss (1896–1974) and Doris Marjorie Thirer (1899–1980). He grew up in Greenwich Village, where he was exposed to the arts and entertainment. His father, who was born in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, was a painter and animator. His mother, a press agent, was born in England of Romanian and Polish descent, and helped promote American interest in foreign films after World War II. Geiss served two year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Geiss
Robin Geiss (born November 8, 1974) is a German academic specializing in public international law International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of Rule of law, rules, norms, Customary law, legal customs and standards that State (polity), states and other actors feel an obligation to, and generall .... In 2021, he was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Prior to this, Geiss held various academic appointments including as Swiss Chair of International Humanitarian Law at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and Director of the Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security at the University of Glasgow. Early life and education Geiss studied law at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Kiel (Ph.D. 2003) and at the New York University (LL.M. 2004). He has been a scholar of the Studienstiftung, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
