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Leland (other)
Leland may refer to: Places United States * Leland, Illinois, a village * Leland, Iowa, a city * Leland, Michigan, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Leland, Mississippi, a city * Leland, North Carolina, a town * Leland, Idaho * Leland, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Leland, Utah, an unincorporated community * Leland, Washington, an unincorporated community * Leland, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Leland Township, Michigan * Leland River, Michigan * Leland Pond, New York * Mount Leland (Alaska), a mountain Elsewhere * Leland, Norway, a village * Mount Leland, Victoria Land, Antarctica People Given name * Leland Austin (born 1986), American rapper under the stage name Yung L.A. * Leland Bardwell (1922–2016), Irish poet, novelist and playwright * Leland Chapman (born 1976), American bounty hunter on the reality television series ''Dog the Bounty Hunter'' * Leland Christensen (1959–2022), American politician * Leland D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland, Illinois
Leland is a village (Illinois), village in LaSalle County, Illinois, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 951 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa, Illinois, Ottawa Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office called Leland has been in operation since 1857. The village was named for John Leland Adams, the Postmaster. Geography Leland is in northeastern LaSalle County, southwest of Sandwich, Illinois, Sandwich, northeast of Mendota, Illinois, Mendota, and 20 miles north of Ottawa, Illinois, Ottawa. It is located at . According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Leland has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census there were 951 people, 405 households, and 267 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 391 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 89.59% White (U.S. Census), White, 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Bardwell
Constance Olive Leland Bardwell (25 February 1922 – 28 June 2016) was an Irish poet, novelist, and playwright. She was part of the literary scene in London and later Dublin, where she was an editor of literary magazines ''Hibernia'' and '' Cyphers''. She published five volumes of poetry, novels, plays and short stories, for which she received the Marten Toonder Award and the Dede Korkut Short Story Award from Turkish PEN. In later life, she moved to Sligo, where she co-founded the Scríobh Literary Festival. Her memoir ''A Restless Life'' details her difficult upbringing and her experiences in London and Dublin. Early life Bardwell was born Constance Olive Leland Hone in India to Irish parents William Hone and Mary Collis, and moved to Ireland at the age of two. Her father's family were of the Anglo-Irish Hone family. Bardwell had a difficult childhood growing up in Leixlip, County Kildare. She was educated at Alexandra College and briefly studied in Switzerland. She worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Yee
Leland Yin Yee (; born November 20, 1948) is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Senate for District 8, which covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula. Prior to becoming state senator, Yee was a California State Assemblyman, Supervisor of San Francisco's Sunset District, and President of the San Francisco School Board. In 2004 Yee became the first Asian American to be appointed Speaker pro Tempore, making him the second highest ranking Democrat of the California State Assembly. In 2015, Yee pleaded guilty to felony racketeering charges for money laundering, political corruption, arms trafficking, and bribery. Yee was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on March 26, 2014, on charges related to public corruption and gun trafficking—specifically, buying automatic firearms and shoulder-launched missiles from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), an Islamist extremist group located in the southern Philipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Wilkinson
Leland Wilkinson (November 5, 1944 – December 10, 2021) was an American statistician and computer scientist at and adjunct professor of computer science at University of Illinois at Chicago. Wilkinson developed the SYSTAT statistical package in the early 1980s, sold it to SPSS in 1995, and worked at SPSS for 10 years recruiting and managing the visualization team. He left SPSS in 2008 and became executive VP of SYSTAT Software Inc. in Chicago. He then served as the VP of data visualization at Skytree, Inc and VP of statistics at Tableau Software before joining . His research focused on scientific visualization and statistical graphics. In these communities he was well known for his book ''The Grammar of Graphics'', which was the foundation for the R package ggplot2. Early life Wilkinson was born on November 5, 1944, to Kirk C. Wilkinson, an art editor of ''Woman's Day'' magazine. He is the brother of Alec Wilkinson, a writer for ''The New Yorker''. He graduated from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Stanford Jr
Leland Stanford Jr. (May 14, 1868 – March 13, 1884), known as Leland DeWitt Stanford until he was nine, was the only son of American industrialist and politician Leland Stanford and his wife Jane. Following his death from typhoid at age 15, he became the namesake of Stanford University, which is officially called Leland Stanford Junior University. Early life He was the only child of California Governor Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Stanford (née Lathrop). His mother was 39 and had an 18-year childless marriage until he was born. Illness and death Leland caught typhoid two months before his 16th birthday on a Grand Tour of Europe with his parents. He originally fell ill in Athens. His parents rushed him to Italy for medical treatment, first to Naples, then to Rome, and eventually to Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Stanford
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He served as the eighth governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1885 until his death in 1893. He and his wife Jane Stanford, Jane founded Stanford University, named after Leland Stanford Jr., their late son. Stanford became a successful merchant and wholesaler after migrating to California in 1852 during California gold rush, the gold rush; he built a commerce , business empire. He was an influential executive of the Central Pacific Railroad and later of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific railroads from 1861 to 1890; these positions gave him tremendous power in the Western United States which left a lasting impact on California. He also played a significant role as a shareholder and executive in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Sklar
Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylum Records' artists that they became known as Asylum's ''de facto'' house band, as those artists became iconic singer-songwriters of the 1970s. Sklar has recorded and toured with artists including James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Phil Collins, Toto, The Doors and Lyle Lovett. As a group member, session player, or touring musician, Sklar has appeared on over 2,000 albums, and contributed to many motion picture and television show soundtracks. Since 2018, he has been the bassist for The Immediate Family, a group reuniting lifelong friends and most of his former bandmates from The Section. Early life Leland Bruce Sklar was born May 28, 1947, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His mother's family was from Duluth, Minnesota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Rayson
Leland Homer Rayson (August 23, 1921 – January 8, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician. Rayson was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He received his bachelor's degree from University of Rochester and his law degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Rayson served in the United States Navy during World War II. Rayson was admitted to the Illinois bar. He was also involved in the real estate business and was the editor of the North-Worth Reporter. Rayson lived in Tinley Park, Illinois with his wife and family. He served on the local school. Rayson served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1965 to 1977 and was a Democrat. Rayson and his wife moved to Port St. Lucie, Florida in 1988. Rayson died from cancer at Martin memorial Hospital in Stuart, Florida Stuart is a city in and the county seat of Martin County, Florida, United States. Located in southeastern Florida, Stuart is the largest of five Municipal corporation, incorporated municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Palmer (actress)
Leland Palmer (born June 16, 1945, in Port Washington, New York) is an American actress, dancer, and singer who has appeared on stage, in motion pictures, and on television. She appeared on Broadway in '' Bajour'' (1964), '' A Joyful Noise'' (1966) '' Hello, Dolly!'' (1967 replacement Minnie Fay), '' Applause'' (1970 replacement), and '' Pippin'' (1972). Palmer received two Tony Award nominations: in 1967 for featured actress in a musical (Miss Jimmie in '' A Joyful Noise''),"Leland Palmer" Playbill (vault), retrieved April 18, 2019 and in 1973 for actress in a musical (Fastrada in '' Pippin''). Career Palmer appeared as Viola in the rock musical ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Orser
Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American actor, director and writer. He has appeared in numerous film and television roles since his debut in 1991, notably as Lucien Dubenko on the television series '' ER'' (2004–09), Father Romero on '' Ray Donovan'' (2015–16), Richard Stratton on '' American Gigolo'' (2022–present), and Sam Gilroy in the '' Taken'' film series (2008–14). He is the husband of actress Jeanne Tripplehorn. Early life Orser was born in San Francisco, California on August 6, 1960. He graduated from Connecticut College in 1982, and studied Acting at Drama Studio London. Career Orser began his career as a stage actor, and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''The Secret Rapture'' in 1991. That same year, he made his television debut in 1991 on the series '' Gabriel's Fire,'' and went on to appear in programs such as ''The Golden Girls'', ''Cheers'', ''L.A. Law'', ''The X-Files'', ''NYPD Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Manigo
Leland may refer to: Places United States * Leland, Illinois, a village * Leland, Iowa, a city * Leland, Michigan, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Leland, Mississippi, a city * Leland, North Carolina, a town * Leland, Idaho * Leland, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Leland, Utah, an unincorporated community * Leland, Washington, an unincorporated community * Leland, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Leland Township, Michigan * Leland River, Michigan * Leland Pond, New York * Mount Leland (Alaska), a mountain Elsewhere * Leland, Norway, a village * Mount Leland, Victoria Land, Antarctica People Given name * Leland Austin (born 1986), American rapper under the stage name Yung L.A. * Leland Bardwell (1922–2016), Irish poet, novelist and playwright * Leland Chapman (born 1976), American bounty hunter on the reality television series ''Dog the Bounty Hunter'' * Leland Christensen (1959–2022), American politician * Leland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Irving
Leland Bruce Irving (born April 11, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for HC Lugano in the National League (NL). He was a first-round selection of the Calgary Flames, 26th overall at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, and played parts of two National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the team. He made his NHL debut on December 16, 2011, in a shootout loss to the Florida Panthers and won his first NHL game one week later in his second start, against the Vancouver Canucks. Early life As an eight-year-old, Irving was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer, when a bump resembling an insect bite above his left ear was found to be cancerous. He endured 13 months of chemotherapy to overcome the illness. He continued to play minor hockey throughout his ordeal, and missed only one practice and one game. As he grew older, he worked over the summers with the excavation company his father Bruce operated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
