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Gran (name)
Gran is a name. Notable people with the name include the following: ;Given name or nickname *Gran Akuma (born 1974), American wrestler *Gran Cochisse (born 1952), retired Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler *Gran Hamada, stage name of Japanese wrestler Hiroaki Hamada (born 1950) * Gran Wilson, American operatic lyric tenor ;Middle name *Christen Gran Bøgh (1876–1955), Norwegian jurist, tourism promoter and theatre critic *Halfdan Gran Olsen (1910–1971), Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist *Jens Gran Gleditsch (1860–1931), Norwegian bishop and theologian *Kristen Gran Gleditsch (1867–1946), Norwegian military officer and topographer, brother of Jens ;Surname *Albert Gran (1862–1932), Norwegian-born, American stage and film actor * Bjarne Gran (1918–1992), Norwegian journalist, historian and literary consultant *Carol Gran (née Millard; born 1941), former political figure in British Columbia *Daniel Gran (1694–1757), Austrian painter * Einar Lilloe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran Akuma
Gran Akuma (born December 20, 1974) is a retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in Chikara. He has also worked for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Dragon Gate USA and Full Impact Pro (FIP). In Chikara, he was a member of The Kings of Wrestling stable, while also being a part of Team F.I.S.T. with Icarus and Chuck Taylor. On November 17, 2006, Akuma and Icarus defeated Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli to capture the Campeonatos de Parejas. Career Chikara (2002–2010) Gran Akuma debuted as a masked wrestler at a Chikara show on October 12, 2002 in Allentown, Pennsylvania and went on to take part in the inaugural Young Lions Cup later that year. In 2003 Akuma found a tag team partner in Icarus, and they formed the babyface Team F.I.S.T. (Friends In Similar Tights). The team competed in the 2003 Tag World Grand Prix but were defeated in the semi-finals by The Night Shift (Blind Rage and Hallowicked). Team F.I.S.T then went on to feud with The Wildcards (Eddie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Gran
Gunnar Gran (11 July 1931 – 12 June 2016) was a Norwegian media executive. He was born in Ålesund as a son of Wilhelm Ernst Ramm Gran (1890–1979) and Marit Mogstad (1896–1982). He was married twice, the second time to Kari Fougner, an older sister of Else Bugge Fougner. He examen artium, finished his secondary education in Oslo in 1950 and started philology studies. He was hired in the Norwegian News Agency in 1952, ''Aftenposten'' in 1961 and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in 1967. He was a subeditor in the radio newscast ''Dagsnytt'', later promoted to editor. He was the director of radio from 1981 to 1986. Norway had only one radio channel until 1984, when NRK P2 was opened. As such a new director was hired for P2, while Gran continued as director of NRK P1 only. Gran was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tryggve Gran
Jens Tryggve Herman Gran (20 January 1888 – 8 January 1980) was a Norwegian aviator, polar explorer and author. He was the skiing expert on the 1910–13 Scott Antarctic Expedition and was the first person to fly across the North Sea from Scotland to Norway in a heavier-than-air aircraft in August 1914. During WW1 he joined the Royal Flying Corps and flew night bombing raids on the Western Front, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. He co-piloted the first flight from London via Oslo to Stockholm in 1920. During WW2 he aligned himself with Vidkun Quisling's ruling party, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 1948. Early life Tryggve Gran was born in Bergen, Norway, growing up in an affluent family dominant in the shipbuilding industry. His great-grandfather Jens Gran Berle (1758–1828), had founded a shipyard in the Laksevåg borough of the city of Bergen. His father, Jens Gran (1828 – 94) who had inherited the shipbuilding business, died when Trygg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein Gran
Stein Gran (born 20 October 1958) is a Norwegian football player. He was born in Oslo. He played for the club VÃ¥lerengen, and also for the Norwegian national team Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including .... He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. References External links * * * * * 1958 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Norway Men's association football midfielders Lyn Fotball players VÃ¥lerenga Fotball players {{Norway-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Gran
Sara Gran (born 1971) is an American author. Career Gran is the author of seven novels, including ''Come Closer'' and ''Dope''. Her novel ''Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead'' was the first in a series; it won the 2012 Macavity Award for "Best Novel." Her third Claire DeWitt novel, ''The Infinite Blacktop'', was published on September 18, 2018. Gran started the small press Dreamland Books. Television and film A number of Gran's novels have come to the attention of the film and television industry. Her 2003 novel ''Come Closer'' was looked at by director Carter Smith although, , nothing has yet been released. The same applies to her 2006 novel ''Dope'', which had actress Julianne Moore slated for the lead role, although no episodes have yet been released. Gran has written scripts for the TNT show '' Southland'' and two other series, Chance' and Berlin Station'. She also is developing an adaptation of Corinne May Botz's novel ''Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death'' with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øyulv Gran
Øyulv Gran (1902 – 1972) was a Norwegian writer. His genres were crime and romance. Øyulv Gran frequently wrote under various pseudonyms including: Øivind / Øyvind Grundt, Brynjulf Bagge, Alf Ottar Karlsrud Rakstad, and Stein Winge. He is most associated with the stories he wrote which appeared in the magazine ''Detektiv-Magasinet'' about the fictional Oslo detective Knut Gribb. In 1908, Norwegian and author Sven Elvestad had created the fictional police detective Knut Gribb. The character was taken over by several other writers in various magazines and series of paperbacks. Starting in the 1970s, increasingly Øyulv Gran's presentation formed the basis for public perception of Knut Gribb . Many of his stories were published as books as well, including ''Svindler-syndikatet'' (1972), ''Mannen bak masken'' (1976) and ''Nattens konge'' (1985). The writings of Gran was clearly anti-Semitic and anti-Communist, and he also wrote about the perceived Yellow Peril. During the Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Gran
Maurice Bernard Gran (born 26 October 1949, in London, England) is an English writer and one half of scriptwriting duo Marks and Gran. He co-wrote the sitcoms ''The New Statesman'', '' Birds of a Feather'' and '' Goodnight Sweetheart'' with Laurence Marks. Their theatre works include '' Dreamboats and Petticoats'', ''Save The Last Dance For Me'' and ''Dreamboats and Miniskirts''. Biography Gran lived in Finsbury Park Road as a child and his father was the manager of a fabric shop in Soho. He attended William Ellis School, a grammar school for boys in Highgate. He then rose to be the manager of the Job Centre in Tottenham, whilst writing scripts with Laurence Marks which they submitted to the BBC. The duo had begun writing together after they met at a discussion group for writers that was held within the British Drama League. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Ivar Gran
Lars Ivar Gran (born 1959) is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m at the 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Tampere. He resides in Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c .... References * * 1959 births Living people Norwegian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Tønsberg {{Norway-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Gran
Julia Gran is an American graphic designer and children's book illustrator. Gran was born in New York City. She attended the High School of Art and Design, where she majored in animation. She graduated from Parsons School of Design. She then worked as a designer and art director for a variety of design studios and book and magazine publishers. Working in the tradition of her influences Paul Rand and Saul Bass, Julia has combined her designer’s eye and whimsical illustration style. She has created brands for clients ranging from fashion and food to institutional. She has also worked as a faculty member at Marymount Manhattan College. Gran is a noted illustrator of children’s picture books. Those she has illustrated include ''Princess Penelope'' and ''Princess Penelope Takes Charge''; she wrote and illustrated ''Big Bug Surprise''. She has won awards including a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Educational Press Association of America (now the Association of Educational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Willem Gran
Willem Nicolaysen Gran (monastic name: John; 5 April 1920 – 20 March 2008) was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo from 1963 to 1983. Life Gran traveled Europe at the end of the 1930s, with plans to take a degree in opera. When German forces invaded Norway in 1940, he was stuck in Italy and here he met active young Catholics. Though baptised at birth in the Norwegian Protestant Church, he had regarded himself as an atheist, considering Buddhist practice for a brief period. Gran converted to Roman Catholicism in 1941, and was confirmed in St Peter's Basilica. During World War II, Gran did military service, first stationed in London and then in peacetime he was posted in Norway, where in 1945-1946 he was a liaison officer at Akershus Fortress. During 1946–7, after discharge, he worked in the film industry as assistant director on ''Operation Swallow'', which documented the Norwegian heavy water sabotage. Gran felt an attraction to the monastic life, and in Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Gran
Jens Gran (8 October 1794 – 23 January 1881) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, 1845 and 1848, representing the constituency of Bergen. He was the father of businesspersons Christen Knagenhjelm Gran (1822–1899) and Jens Gran, Jr. (1828–1894), and a grandfather of Gerhard Gran, Haaken Hasberg Gran and Tryggve Gran Jens Tryggve Herman Gran (20 January 1888 – 8 January 1980) was a Norwegian aviator, polar explorer and author. He was the skiing expert on the 1910–13 Scott Antarctic Expedition and was the first person to fly across the North Sea fro .... References 1794 births 1881 deaths Members of the Storting Politicians from Bergen {{Norway-politician-1790s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iegor Gran
Iegor Gran (born Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky, 23 December 1964, Moscow) is a Russian-born French novelist. Early life Iegor Gran was born on 23 December 1964 in Moscow, Russia.Murielle Lucie Clément, ''Écrivains franco-russes'', Rodopi, 2008, pp. 207-21/ref> His father, Andrei Sinyavsky, was a Russian writer and dissident who was jailed from 1964 to 1971. His mother, Maria Rozanova, is a publisher and an editor. His family moved to France in 1973, when he was nine years old. He graduated from the École Centrale Paris. Career He published his first novel, ''Ipso facto'', in 1998. He went on to write eleven more novels, some of which are critiques of political correctness. His twelfth novel, ''La Revanche de Kevin'', is about a novelist who feels bad about being named Kevin.Charles GautierVIDÉO. "ONPC" : Iegor Gran déchaîne les "Kevin" sur Twitter, un écrivain qui fait du bien ''Le Nouvel Observateur'', 19 April 2015 He has written a bi-monthly column in ''Charlie Hebdo'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
