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Lamb (surname)
Lamb is a surname, and may refer to: * Alan Lamb (musician), Australian musician and sculptor * Alexander Crawford Lamb, Scottish hotelier and collector * Allan Lamb, South African and MCC cricketer * Amanda Lamb, British television presenter * Andrew Lamb (other), several people, including :* Andrew Lamb (bishop) (c. 1565–1634), Scottish bishop ::* Lamb's House, historic house in Leith, Scotland, built by Andrew Lamb :* Andrew Lamb (cricketer) (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer :* Andrew Lamb (musician) (born 1958), jazz musician :* Andrew Lamb (writer) (born 1942), British writer on musical theatre and light music * Andy Lamb (Wisconsin politician), American politician * Annabel Lamb, British singer-songwriter * Anne Richelieu Lamb (1807–1878), Scottish feminist writer * Anthony Lamb (botanist), Anthony Lamb, botanist * Anthony Lamb (basketball) (born 1998), American basketball player * Sir Archie Lamb (1921–2021), British ambassador, writer * Barry Douglas Lamb, Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Douglas Lamb
Barry Lamb (born 9 May 1963 in South Shields, England) is an English experimental musician. Biography Barry Lamb is an English composer, author and musician. He was born in South Shields, but lived in Holland-on-Sea during his secondary school years. He attended Clacton County High School where he first met his long time musical collaborator Peter Ashby. It was during his high school years that he formed Frenzid Melon with Ashby and they began experimenting with music inspired by the immediacy and DIY ethic of punk. Lamb also began making his own experimental music using simple tape manipulation techniques and they began to release their music on cassette. This marked the beginning of what has become known as cassette culture. During this period Ashby & Lamb founded Falling A Records, as one of the early cassette labels and later an independent record label. Falling A also opened a shop in Clacton-on-Sea and acted as a distribution service for other cassette culture artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lamb (other)
Charles Lamb (1775–1834) was an English essayist Charles Lamb may also refer to: * Charles Lamb (painter) (1893–1964), Irish painter * Charles Lamb (politician) (1891–1965), Canadian politician * Charles Lamb (Royal Navy officer) (1914–1981) * Charles Rollinson Lamb (1860–1942), American architect and artist * Charles Lamb (cricketer) (born 1972), former English cricketer * Charles Lamb (actor) (1900–1989), British actor * Chuck Lamb, programmer and TV extra, known as the "dead guy" * Sir Charles Lamb, 2nd Baronet, British courtier, writer, and soldier See also * Charles Lamb Kenney (1823–1881), writer * Charles Lambe Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Edward Lambe, (20 December 1900 – 29 August 1960) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War in command of a cruiser, as Director of Naval Plans and then in command of an aircraft carri ... (1900–1960), Admiral of the Fleet * Charles Laverock Lambe (1875–1953), RAF officer { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CeeDee Lamb
Cedarian DeLeon "CeeDee" Lamb (born April 8, 1999) is an American professional American football, football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners football, Oklahoma Sooners where he was a consensus College Football All-America Team, All-American in 2019 College Football All-America Team, 2019, and was selected by the Cowboys in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft. Early life Lamb was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, and lived in New Orleans until he and his family evacuated to Houston, Texas, following Hurricane Katrina's effects on the city in 2005. Lamb attended John and Randolph Foster High School in Richmond, Texas, where he played high school football. As a junior, he caught 57 Reception (gridiron football), receptions for 1,082 yards and 11 touchdowns. As a senior in 2016, Lamb had 98 receptions for 2,032 yards (fourth in state history), 33 receiving touchdowns (tied for second in state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Lamb
Catherine Lamb (born 1982 in Olympia, Washington) is an American composer and violist, and a winner of the 2020 Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize. Career Lamb describes her music as exploring "the interaction of tone, summations of shapes and shadows, phenomenological expansions, the architecture of the liminal (states in between outside/inside), and the long introduction form". Most of her works explore extended harmonic spaces in just intonation. Lamb explained her compositional philosophy in ''The Wire'': "I follow the philosophy that the most intense sound is not the most intensive... I don’t agree with those who believe that sounds need to be pushed in order to be physical, or that they need to be loud in order to hear difference or summation tones. Particularly when working with particular tonal colourations and shadings, the more the tones are played in a plain and relaxed manner with room to blossom, the more expressive and generative they might become.” Lamb was also t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Lamb
Caroline Lamb has served as the Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director General of Health and Social Care directorates since 2021. Early life Lamb studied at the King's College London, before training as a chartered accountant with KPMG. She worked with clients Castle Cement, Citibank, Nestlé and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva. Career Lamb qualified as a chartered accountant and later moved to Scotland, where she worked as the Director of Finance and Corporate Resources in NHS Education for Scotland (NES) from 2004 to 2014. She later served as the Acting Chief Executive for NES, before being appointed into the role on a full term basis the following year. In December 2019, Lamb joined the Scottish Government, where she led the Digital Health and Care Directorate. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, she took on further responsibility for leading on the COVID-19 related ICU surge requirements; acting as Portfolio Director for Test and Protect in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb (née Ponsonby; 13 November 1785 – 25 January 1828) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist, best known for '' Glenarvon'', a Gothic novel. In 1812, she had an affair with Lord Byron, whom she described as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know". Her husband was the Honourable William Lamb, who after her death became 2nd Viscount Melbourne and British prime minister. Family background Lamb was the only daughter of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, an Anglo-Irish peer, and Henrietta, Countess of Bessborough. She was known as the Honourable Caroline Ponsonby until her father succeeded to the earldom in 1793. While her brother, Frederick Ponsonby, was severely injured in the Battle of Waterloo, in the days after the battle, she had an affair with the Duke of Wellington. She was related to other leading society ladies and was the niece of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, and cousin (by marriage) of Annabella, Lady Byron. She was related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cainon Lamb
Cainon Renard Lamb (born March 22, 1978), professionally known as Lamb or Lamb Litty, is an American record producer and songwriter from Miami, Florida. He has worked with artists including Beyoncé, SWV, Missy Elliott, Monica, Keyshia Cole and Jazmine Sullivan. In 2017, Lamb made his rapping debut on colleague Missy Elliott's single "I'm Better". Biography Early life A native of Miami, Florida, Lamb's involvement with music started in the church, as a drummer in the church band. As a youth, Lamb continued to develop his musical talents and excelled in sports, particularly football. He earned a full scholarship to Florida A&M University and became a wide receiver for the FAMU Rattlers football team. During his college years, Cainon Lamb was given an MPC, also known as a "Beat Machine," as a gift from his late mother Regina T. Lamb. He utilized his musical background to create music for his local gospel rap group, Against da Grain. After graduating with a bachelor's degree i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Lamb
Brian Patrick Lamb (; born October 9, 1941) is an American journalist. He is the founder, executive chairman, and the now-retired CEO of C-SPAN, an American cable network that provides coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate as well as other public affairs events. In 2007, Lamb was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush and received the National Humanities Medal the following year. Prior to launching C-SPAN in 1979, Lamb held various communication roles including that of a telecommunications policy staffer for the White House and as the Washington bureau chief for ''Cablevision'' magazine. He also served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy for four years. Lamb has conducted thousands of interviews, including those on C-SPAN's '' Booknotes'' and '' Q&A'', where he was known for his unique interview style that focused on short, direct questions. Early life and education On October 9, 1941, Lamb was born in Lafayett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Lamb (trombonist)
Robert Valentine Lamb (born 11 February 1931) is an Irish jazz trombonist, composer, and conductor. A native of Cork, Lamb lived in London for much of his career. In the 1950s, he played trombone for Jack Parnell, Woody Herman, and Geraldo. After playing for the BBC Radio Orchestra for much of the 1960s, Lamb began co-leading an orchestra with Ray Premru and accompanying recording artists such as Frank Sinatra. Beginning in the 1980s, Lamb taught music at the Trinity College of Music and conducted national level orchestras, including the European Community Youth Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Early life Born in 1931 in Cork, then in the Irish Free State, Lamb started on euphonium as a teenager before settling on trombone. In 1951, Lamb moved to Dublin to perform with Neil Kearn's band for six months and later Johnny Devlin's Downbeaters group. Career In 1952, Lamb moved to London, England, where he played with Teddy Foster. From late-1953 to Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Lamb (American Football)
Robert Emory Lamb (born December 24, 1962) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Anderson University, a position he has held since 2024. He was previously the head football coach at Mercer University, a position he assumed in 2011 when Mercer reinstated their football program after a 72-year hiatus. The Mercer Bears football program resumed play in 2013. Lamb served as the head football coach at Furman University from 2002 until his resignation in 2010. Playing career Lamb attended Commerce High School in Commerce, Georgia, from 1978 to 1981, where he played quarterback. Along with current Furman University head football coach Clay Hendrix He led the team to the 1981 AA State Championship and was named ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitutions AA Back of the Year. From 1982 to 1985, Lamb played quarterback for the Furman Paladins, a Division I-AA program, where he was a two-year starter. During Lamb's playing career, the Paladins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Lamb
Benjamin Lamb (fl. 1715) was an English organist. He was the son of Captain Benjamin Lamb, one of the Poor Knights of Windsor, and followed his elder brother William into the choir of St George's Chapel on 24 November 1683. He was the organist of Eton College and verger of St. George's Chapel, Windsor St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal Peculiar (a church und ..., about 1715. He wrote much church music and some songs. Among the former may be mentioned his anthems, 'Unto Thee have I cried,' 'O worship the Lord,' 'If the Lord Himself,' 'I will give thanks,' and an evening service in E minor, all of which are in the Tudway Collection. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Benjamin Year of birth unknown 18th-century deaths English organists English male organists 18th-century British classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
