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Håvard Segtnan Thun
Håvard or Havard is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Håvard Bøkko (born 1987), Norwegian speedskater * Håvard Bjerkeli (born 1977), Norwegian cross country skier *Håvard Flo (born 1970), football player from Norway * Håvard Gimse (born 1966), Norwegian classical pianist from Kongsvinger * Håvard Halvorsen (born 1973), Norwegian football defender * Håvard Holm (1943–2017), Norwegian civil servant * Håvard Homstvedt (born 1976), Norwegian painter * Håvard Jørgensen, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist *Håvard Kjærstad (born 1947), Norwegian businessperson *Håvard Klemetsen (born 1979), Norwegian Nordic combined skier * Håvard Lie (born 1975), retired Norwegian ski jumper * Håvard Lothe (born 1982), Norwegian musician *Håvard Nordtveit (born 1990), Norwegian footballer *Håvard Rem (born 1959), Norwegian author *Håvard Rugland (born 1984), Norwegian placekicker *Håvard Sakariassen (born 1976), Norwegian football striker * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håvard Bøkko
Håvard Bøkko (; born 2 February 1987) is a Norwegian former Speed skating, speed skater, and the premier skater from his country since 2008, with 32 national championships and thirteen international medals. He had junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden from the early 1980s before the clap skate. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko. Speed skating career In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World Champion, winning the three longest distances. In the European Speed Skating Championships, European Speedskating Championships he won the bronze in 2006, was no. 4 in 2007, and caught the silver in 2008 and 2009 (on both occasions trailing Sven Kramer). In the World Allround Speed Skating Championships, World Allround Speedskating Championships he was no. 4 in 2007 and won the overall silver medal, after Sven Kramer, in both 2008 and 2009. At the latter occasion he managed the feat of reaching the podium for each of the four distances (silver, gold, silv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håvard Storbæk
Håvard Storbæk (born 25 May 1986) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays for Storms BK. He announced at the end of 2019, that he was retiring from professional football. He has previously played for Nybergsund, FK Haugesund and Odd. He is the second cousin of Jarl-André Storbæk. Career Storbæk was born in Elverum and grew up in Ljørdalen in Trysil Municipality, near the Swedish border, and played football for Østre Trysil and Trysil before he joined Nybergsund IL-Trysil, where he played for five seasons. In his first season for Nybergsund IL-Trysil he played 25 matches and scored 16 goals. In his second season for Nybergsund IL, Storbæk played 25 matches and scored 7 goals in the First Division. Odd Grenland's head coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo wanted to sign Storbæk after his performance in the match between Nybergsund and Odd Grenland on 29 June 2008, where Storbæk scored a goal. Storbæk rejected offers from HamKam and Strømsgodset and signed a two-year con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Havard
Dr. Robert Emlyn Havard (1901–1985) was the physician of C. S. Lewis, his wife Joy Gresham, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Havard has also been credited as a "skilled and prolific writer". Interactions with other writers In addition to his medical research papers, Havard authored an appendix for C. S. Lewis's ''The Problem of Pain'' as well as a description of Lewis included in ''Remembering C. S. Lewis: Recollections of Those Who Knew Him'' and one of J. R. R. Tolkien included in ''Mythlore.'' Lewis invited Havard to join the Oxford-based Inklings because of the literary interests he shared with that group. Like Tolkien, he was a Roman Catholic. Havard was sometimes referred to by the Inklings as the "Useless Quack," mainly because Warren Lewis Warren Hamilton Lewis (16 June 1895 – 9 April 1973) was an Irish historian and officer in the British Army, best known as the elder brother of writer and professor C. S. Lewis. Warren Lewis was a supply officer with the Royal Army Servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Havard
René Havard (20 December 1923 – 7 December 1987) was a French film actor. He appeared in 80 films between 1946 and 1985. He was born and died in Paris, France. Selected filmography * ''That's Not the Way to Die'' (1946) – L'assistant * ''La bataille du feu'' (1949) * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) – Un inspecteur * '' Le Guérisseur'' (1953) – Un interne * '' The Unfrocked One'' (1954) – Un officier * '' Quay of Blondes'' (1954) * ''The Sheep Has Five Legs'' (1954) – Le liftier * '' Poisson d'avril'' (1954) – L'examinateur * '' Women Without Hope'' (1954) – Le souteneur * '' Huis clos'' (1954) – Un soldat * '' The Price of Love'' (1955) * '' The Babes Make the Law'' (1955) – Calamart * ''Série noire'' (1955) – Rinaldo * ''Stopover in Orly'' (1955) – André * '' Sophie and the Crime'' (1955) – Tony * ''Gueule d'ange'' (1955) – Caniche * ''Les indiscrètes'' (1956) – Maurice * '' The Babes in the Secret Service'' (1956) – Calamar / Sébastien / L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Havard-Williams
Peter Havard-Williams (11 July 1922 – 16 August 1995) was a Welsh librarian and library educator. In the mid-1980s, he served as Chief Librarian to the Council of Europe. Early years Havard-Williams received degrees from universities in Wales and Oxford. In 1949, he wrote ''Thought and Sense in the Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas'' as his Master's thesis at the University College of Swansea. Career Havard-Williams held senior posts in the libraries of Swansea University and the University of Liverpool. In 1956, he was appointed Librarian of New Zealand's University of Otago where he planned for the construction of a large library building, and served as editor of the University of Otago Press. For a decade, starting in 1961, he was University Librarian at Queen's University Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland, succeeding Jack Jacob Graneek. In 1964, while at Queen's, Havard-Williams founded the School of Library Studies (afterwards the School of Library and Informati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Havard
Noah Havard (born October 11, 2000) is an Australian canoeist. He represented Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Career He competed at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in the K-4 500 metres event and finished in fourth place with a time of 1:19.905. As a result, they qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics he competed in the K-4 500 metres event and won a silver medal. Following a photo finish A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time. As the naked eye may not be able to determine which of the competitors crossed the line first, a photo or video taken at the fini ..., they missed winning the gold medal by 0.04 seconds. References 2000 births Living people Australian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in canoeing 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Havard
Michel Havard (born 24 March 1967) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Rhône The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before dischargi ... department, and is a member of The Republicans. References 1967 births Living people Politicians from Clermont-Ferrand The Republicans (France) politicians Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{France-politician-UMP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Havard
Kenneth Edward Havard, known as Kenny Havard (born March 10, 1971), is an American politician and businessman serving as the president of West Feliciana Parish. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 62nd district, which encompasses most of East and West Feliciana parishes and the northwest corner of East Baton Rouge Parish, including the city of Zachary. Early life and education A graduate of Jackson High School in Jackson, Louisiana, Havard attended ITI Technical College and Louisiana State University, both in Baton Rouge, to study industrial instrumentation and design. Career Prior to his election, he had worked for eighteen years as a manager of engineering sales and a business development executive in the petrochemical, oil, and natural gas industries. Havard vowed in his campaign announcement to work to "create new jobs ... streamline government and rescind current regulation that create barriers for business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Havard
Floyd Havard (born 16 October 1965) is a Welsh former super featherweight boxer. He was twice British super featherweight champion, from 1988–1989 and 1994-1996. In 1994 he made an unsuccessful bid for the IBF super featherweight title against John John Molina. Boxing career Swansea born Havard was a successful amateur boxer. He missed out in representing Britain in the 1984 Olympics to Kevin Taylor, but took the 1985 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title. He turned professional that same year, and began his career with an encounter with journeyman Dean Bramhald at Cardiff. This began a long string of winning results, and by April 1988 he had recorded 17 professional victories. On 18 May 1988, Havard was given a shot at the British super-featherweight title against the holder, Pat Cowdell. Cowdell was a natural featherweight, and past holder of the European featherweight belt, before he moved up to super-featherweight in 1984. Cowdell then took the European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Havard
David Stuart Havard (born 7 February 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who was the member of parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney from 2001 to 2015. Career Havard was a trade union researcher, education tutor, official and ultimately the Wales Secretary of the Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) Union. Member of Parliament He claimed more than £205,000 in his expenses and wages between 2007 and 2008, which was revealed in May 2009. He continued as a member of Unite the Union following his election to Parliament. During his time in Parliament, Havard was a member of the Regulatory Reform Committee (2001–2005) and the Defence Select Committee (2003–2015). He consistently voted against same sex marriage the most recent being February 2013, one month prior to the act coming into force which became an official law in July 2013. Havard announced his decision to stand down as an MP at the following year's general election A general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rain (gamer)
Håvard Nygaard (born 27 August 1994), better known as Rain (stylized in all lowercase), is a Norwegian professional ''Counter-Strike 2'' player for FaZe Clan. He is the longest lasting member of any Counter-Strike lineup, having played since the team first formed under the Team Kinguin banner in 2015. He is widely considered to be one of the best entry fraggers in Counter-Strike history. Career After entering the pro scene following several stints in the semi-professional level, rain moved between several Norwegian teams, from partyastronauts to LGB. Whilst these teams gained little success internationally, they were consistently the best team nationally and rain was consistently the best player on these teams. In May 2015 he was then poached by Team Kinguin who were one of the first organizations to experiment with international rosters. This team peaked with a quarterfinal placement at the major tournament ESL One Cologne 2015 where they went out with a loss to Team SoloMi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håvard Fjær Grip
Håvard Fjær Grip is a Norwegian cybernetics engineer and robotics technologist. He was the chief pilot of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars helicopter, '' Ingenuity'', and led the development of its aerodynamics and flight control system. Grip successfully flew ''Ingenuity's'' first flight on Mars on April 19, 2021, which made history as the first extraterrestrial helicopter flight. , he is chief engineer of the Mars Sample Recovery Helicopters, part of the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign. Career From 2001 to 2006, Grip studied for a five-year engineering cybernetics master's degree, and from 2006 to 2010 a PhD at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. During his studies he was recognized for outstanding academic performance in engineering studies, as well as having the best master's thesis in 2006 in Norway within the field of control and automation. Grip's master's thesis was titled ''Nonlinear Vehicle Velocity Observer with Road-Tire Friction Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
