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Jayne
Jayne is used both as a surname and as a given name. Surname *Billy Jayne, American television and film actor * Caroline Furness Jayne (1873–1909), American ethnologist *Erika Jayne, American dance/club music performer *Francis Jayne (1845–1921), British bishop and academic * Horace Jayne (1859–1913), American biologist, zoologist, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author *Ira W. Jayne (born 1882), American judge * Jennifer Jayne (1931–2006), English film and television actress *Joey Jayne, Democratic Party member of the Montana House of Representatives *Joseph Lee Jayne (1863–1928), rear admiral in the United States Navy, veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I *Keith Jayne (born 1960), a British television actor *Mark Jayne, American wrestler *Mitchell F. Jayne (1928–2010), emcee and upright bass player in The Dillards bluegrass band *Randy Jayne (born 1944), Managing Partner at Heidrick & Struggles * Robert Jayne (born 1973), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silas Jayne
Silas Carter Jayne (July 3, 1907 – July 13, 1987) was a Chicago-based stable owner, horse trainer, and horse trader who was heavily involved in criminal activity, including fraud, intimidation, arson, and murder. He covered up the infamous Peterson-Schuessler murders and hired the murder of his stepbrother. Life history and background Silas Jayne was born on July 3, 1907, in Cuba Township, in Lake County, Illinois. He was one of four boys and eight girls born to Arthur and Katherine Jayne. Silas had a half-brother, George William Jayne, born in 1923 to his mother and her employer, married attorney George William Spunner. When Silas was tried for rape at age 17, his stepfather, acting as his attorney, wrote to the judge saying that Silas was a wild young man who would not be hurt by a year in jail. Silas was convicted and served one year at Pontiac Correctional Center. Silas Jayne and his younger brothers, DeForest and Frank, and half-brother, George, were skilled horse train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayne V
Jayne is used both as a surname and as a given name. Surname * Billy Jayne, American television and film actor * Caroline Furness Jayne (1873–1909), American ethnologist * Erika Jayne, American dance/club music performer * Francis Jayne (1845–1921), British bishop and academic * Horace Jayne (1859–1913), American biologist, zoologist, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and author * Ira W. Jayne (born 1882), American judge * Jennifer Jayne (1931–2006), English film and television actress *Joey Jayne, Democratic Party member of the Montana House of Representatives * Joseph Lee Jayne (1863–1928), rear admiral in the United States Navy, veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I *Keith Jayne (born 1960), a British television actor *Mark Jayne, American wrestler * Mitchell F. Jayne (1928–2010), emcee and upright bass player in The Dillards bluegrass band * Randy Jayne (born 1944), Managing Partner at Heidrick & Struggles * Robert Jayne (born 1973), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayne Cobb
This page lists characters from the television series '' Firefly''. Major characters Malcolm Reynolds Malcolm Reynolds ("Mal"), played by Nathan Fillion, is owner and captain of the Firefly-class spaceship ''Serenity'', and was a volunteer in the war between the Alliance and the Independents (aka "Browncoats"). He got the name for his spaceship from a famous battle he fought and commanded in, the Battle of Serenity Valley. When asked why he named his ship after a lost battle, Zoe comments "Once you're in Serenity, you never leave. You just learn how to live there." He is fiercely loyal to those he calls his crew. Malcolm's main mission is to keep his crew alive and to keep his ship flying. As ''Firefly'' writer Tim Minear stated in an interview: "It's just about getting by. That's always been the mission statement of what the show is—getting by." In "Serenity", Mal says of himself: "f theWind blows northerly, I go North." Screens from ''Serenity'' suggest that Mal was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayne Cortez
Jayne Cortez (May 10, 1934 – December 28, 2012) was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist whose voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic and dynamic innovations in lyricism and visceral sound. Her writing is part of the canon of the Black Arts Movement. She was married to jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman (1954–64), and their son is jazz drummer Denardo Coleman. In 1975 Cortez married painter, sculptor, and printmaker Melvin Edwards, and they lived in Dakar, Senegal, and New York City. Biography Jayne Cortez was born Sallie Jayne Richardson on the Army base at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on May 10, 1934. Her father was a career soldier who served in both world wars; her mother was a secretary. She is the second-born of three children with an older sister and a younger brother. At the age of seven, she moved to Los Angeles, where she grew up in the Watts district. Busby, Margaret"Jayne Cortez obituary: Poet who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Jayne
Edward Randolph "Randy" Jayne II (born 1944) is an American retired government official, business executive, military officer, and combat pilot. During his career, he worked in the defense industry and served in the White House Office under three successive United States presidents. Prior to his business career, Jayne spent over ten years on active duty in the United States Air Force, including two tours as a fighter pilot in Southeast Asia. Jayne served in the Air National Guard and retiring after 34 years of service as a major general. From 2015 to 2017, he was chairman of the board of the US Air Force Academy Foundation, the fundraising organization for that institution. In 2019, Jayne was named an Outstanding Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, an honor bestowed as of that time on 41 alumni over the more than sixty years of the Academy's existence. Early life and education Jayne was born on September 24, 1944, in Kirksville, Missouri. His father was a lawyer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Jayne
Erika Girardi (née Chahoy; born July 10, 1971), known professionally as Erika Jayne, is an American singer, television personality and former actress. Early life Erika Girardi was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 10, 1971, to single mother Renee Chahoy. Her parents broke up before her first birthday. She graduated from North Atlanta High School. At 18, she moved to New York City. Career Her first two on-screen appearances were non-speaking roles as Suzanne Morton in the episodes "Prescription for Death" and "The Violence of Summer" as Pruiting's girlfriend in NBC's legal drama series ''Law & Order''. She also had roles in independent films ''Alchemy'' (1995) and ''Lowball'' (1996). According to her autobiography ''Pretty Mess'', it was music producer Peter Rafelson, who came up with the idea of changing her name to "Erika Jayne". Rafelson said to her that the only name that flowed with "Erika" was "Jayne". She admitted to disliking it at first. Jayne's first single "Roller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayne County
Wayne Rogers (born July 13, 1947), better known by her stage name Jayne County is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer whose career has spanned six decades. Under the name Wayne County (inspired by Wayne County, Michigan), she was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band Wayne County & the Electric Chairs who became known for their campy and foul-mouthed ballads, glam punk inspired songs, and image which was heavily influenced by Jackie Curtis and the Theatre of the Ridiculous. County in particular was known for her outrageous and unpredictable stage antics as well as possessing a distinctive singing voice. She went on to become rock's first openly transgender singer, and adopted the stage name Jayne County. County's music has encompassed a number of styles over the course of her career, including glam punk, punk rock, blues rock, and boogie-woogie. County did not think her birth name Wayne Vernoy Rogers "sounded very glamorous" and decided to ado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Furness Jayne
Caroline Augusta Furness Jayne (July 3, 1873 – June 23, 1909) was an American ethnologist who published the first book on string figures in 1906 titled ''String Figures: A Study of Cat's Cradle in Many Lands''. Early life and education Jayne was born on July 3, 1873, the youngest of the four children and only daughter of Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard Furness and author Helen Kate (Rogers) Furness. She grew up in the family's house in Washington Square in Philadelphia, and at Lindenshade, their summer house in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the Agnes Irwin School. Career Jayne became interested in string figures through her brother, William Henry Furness III's anthropology work with Alfred Haddon studying native cultures where string game figures were used. Jayne was the first to create a popular study of string figures built on academic papers from journals such as''The Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology''. the ''Proceedings of the Royal Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Jayne
Francis John Jayne (1 January 1845 – 23 August 1921) was a British bishop and academic. Born in Pant-y-beiliau, Gilwern, Llanelli, Jayne was the eldest son of John Jayne, a colliery owner and his second wife, Elisabeth Haines. He was educated at Rugby School and Wadham College, Oxford. He took his BA in 1868 and MA in 1870. He was awarded first-class honours in classical moderations, '' literae humaniores'', jurisprudence and modern history, making him distinguished academically. He was elected Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, in 1868 and tutor of Keble College in 1871. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1870. From 1879 to 1886, Jayne was Principal of St David's College, a university institution in the small Welsh town of Lampeter. During his time there, he steered the institution through the difficult years following the 1880 Aberdare Report on intermediate and higher education in Wales. The report recommended that the Colleges at Aberystwyth and Lampeter be united to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (born 11 August 1974) is Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and co-director of the Wellcome Trust PhD Programme in Neuroscience at University College London Sarah Jayne Blakemore's Education Blakemore was educated at Oxford High School and St John's College, Oxford, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Experimental psychology in 1996. She completed postgraduate study at University College London where she was awarded a PhD in 2000 for research co-supervised by Daniel Wolpert and Chris Frith. Research and career After her PhD, she was appointed an international postdoctoral research fellow from 2001 to 2003 to work in Lyon, France, with Jean Decety on the perception of causality in the human brain. This was followed by a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (2004–2007) and then a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2007–2013) at UCL. She is actively involved in increasin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Lee Jayne
Joseph Lee Jayne (May 30, 1863 – November 24, 1928) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and a veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I. Biography Jayne was born in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of William McAfee Jayne and Julia Frances Kennon. He entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in June 1878 as a cadet midshipman, and graduated in 1882. He was promoted to ensign on 1 July 1884. He served in the Bureau of Equipment in Washington, D.C. as Assistant to the Inspector of Electric Lighting in 1893. He was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on 10 July 1894, and to lieutenant on 17 December 1897. He married Elizabeth Tilton Eastman on 3 December 1894. During the Spanish–American War, Jayne commissioned and commanded the torpedo boat in the naval blockade of Cuba. Jayne was the Acting-Commandant of United States Naval Station Tutuila, and Military Governor of American Samoa, in October and November 1901. From 16 October 1911 until 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jayne
Robert Jayne (born July 16, 1973), also known as Bobby Jacoby, is an American actor, real estate developer and professional blackjack player. Career Starting his career as a child actor, he has appeared in many television series as well as films. His television credits include: '' Perfect Strangers'', ''Knots Landing'', ''The Greatest American Hero'', ''St. Elsewhere'', ''Manimal'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Highway to Heaven'', ''Murder She Wrote'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'', '' Who's the Boss?'', '' T.J. Hooker'', ''The A-Team'', ''Cagney and Lacey'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''Jake and the Fatman'', '' Land of the Lost'', ''Walker Texas Ranger'', ''Baywatch'', '' Tremors'', and ''The Lazarus Man''. His film credits include: ''Iron Eagle'', '' Tremors'', '' Tremors 3: Back to Perfection'', ''Meet the Applegates'', ''Night of the Demons 2'', and ''Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II'', and the 1993 film titled "The Day My Parents Ran Away". He also supplied the voice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
