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Luken (name)
Luken is a male Basque name, as a form of ''Lucian'' or ''Lucius'', and a Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include: * Charlie Luken (born 1951), American politician * Jesse Luken Jesse Christopher Luken (born 1983) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is known for playing Jimmy Tolan in the FX (TV channel), FX drama series ''Justified (TV series), Justified'' and Eric in the The CW, CW science fiction romance ser ... (born 1983), American actor, producer, and writer * Jim Luken (1921–1979), American politician * Kristine Luken, American murder victim * Luken Baker (born 1997),American baseball player * Tom Luken (1925–2018), American politician * Tom Luken (American football) (born 1950), American football player * Virgil Luken (1942–2023), American swimmer * Gastón Luken Garza (born 1959), Mexican politician See also * Lukens (other) * Lukin {{surname Dutch-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basque Language
Basque ( ; ) is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. Basque is classified as a language isolate (unrelated to any other known languages), the only one in Europe. The Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit the Basque Country. The Basque language is spoken by 806,000 Basques in all territories. Of them, 93.7% (756,000) are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 6.3% (50,000) are in the French portion. Native speakers live in a contiguous area that includes parts of four Spanish provinces and the French Basque Country, three "ancient provinces" in France. Gipuzkoa, most of Biscay, a few municipalities on the northern border of Álava and the northern area of Navarre formed the core of the remaining Basque-speaking area before measures were introduced in the 1980s to stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucian (other)
Lucian (c. 125 – after 180) was a Roman rhetorician and satirist. Lucian or Saint Lucian may also refer to: People known as Saint Lucian * Lucian of Antioch (c. 240–312), Christian theologian, martyr and saint * Lucian of Beauvais (died c. 290), Christian martyr and saint * Lucian of Chester (fl. 1195), Christian monk, author of '' De laude Cestrie'' * Saint Lucian, a demonym for the people of the island nation of Saint Lucia * Saint Lucian British, British people descended from the island nation of Saint Lucia People with the given name * Lucian Blaga (1895–1961), Romanian philosopher and poet * Lucian Boz (1908–2003), Romanian literary critic * Lucian Bute (born 1980), Romanian-Canadian boxer * Lucian Freud (1922–2011), painter * Lucian Georgevici (1875–1940), Romanian politician * Lucian Mureșan (born 1931), Romanian Archbishop and a cardinal of the Catholic Church * Lucian Pintilie (born 1933), Romanian film director * Lucian "Lin" Wood (born 1952), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius
Lucius is a masculine given name derived from Lucius (Latin ; ), abbreviated L., one of the small group of common Latin forenames () found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius probably derives from Latin word ( gen. ), meaning "light" (< *''leuk-'', "brightness"), related to the Latin verb ("to shine") and to the name . Another proposed etymology is derivation from ''Lauchum'' (or ''Lauchme'') meaning " |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Luken
Charles John Luken (born July 18, 1951) is an American politician of the Democratic party who was mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, and served in the Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Luken, who is divorced, has three children. When Luken left office at the end of 2005, he was the longest serving mayor in Cincinnati's history with 12 years and one month of service in that role. Education Luken graduated from Purcell High School in Cincinnati, then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame (Indiana) in 1973. He then entered law school at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, earning his degree in 1976, after which he started practicing law. Early career Rejected by the Democratic party as a successor to his uncle, Jim Luken, Luken first ran for the council as an independent, losing the at-large race in 1979. Luken served on the Cincinnati city council from 1981 to 1984, before becoming mayor. Luken serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Luken
Jesse Christopher Luken (born 1983) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is known for playing Jimmy Tolan in the FX (TV channel), FX drama series ''Justified (TV series), Justified'' and Eric in the The CW, CW science fiction romance series ''Star-Crossed (TV series), Star-Crossed''. Career Luken began his career in 2008 with the short film ''Starlet''. He has also had guest appearances in television series such as ''Privileged (TV series), Privileged'', ''Three Rivers (TV series), Three Rivers'', ''Greek (TV series), Greek'', and ''Law & Order: LA'', as well as a recurring role in the comedy web series ''Spymates''. In 2012, he got his break when he was cast in a recurring role in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''Glee (TV series), Glee''. Later that year, Luken was cast in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC drama ''Last Resort (U.S. TV series), Last Resort''. His first major film role was in the award-winning film ''42 (film), 42'' portraying baseball playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Luken
James T. Luken (December 31, 1921 – July 12, 1979) was an American politician and labor union leader of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic party, who served as List of Mayors of Cincinnati, Ohio, mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the 1970s. Career After graduating from Norwood High School (Ohio), Norwood High School, Luken started a milk delivery route in 1941. At age 26, he was elected president of the Milk and Ice Cream Drivers and Dairy Workers Local 98 and would continue to serve in that role for the rest of his life. The Milk Driver's Union was a subsidiary of the Teamsters. Luken was one of the few Teamsters who stood up to the corrupt leadership of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa. Luken withdrew the dairy workers from the Teamsters Union and testified against Hoffa before the United States Senate. Luken served in the Ohio House of Representatives from January 1, 1973 until December 1, 1975, when he resigned after being elected to Cincinnati City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine Luken
Kristine Luken was an American Christian who was murdered in a Palestinian terrorist attack on December 18, 2010, while hiking with her friend Kay Wilson in the hills of Jerusalem. Despite multiple stab wounds, Wilson survived the attack; Luken's body was later found by Israeli police, bound and stabbed to death. The Palestinian terror cell that perpetrated the attack were later arrested. During the investigation, the cell members also confessed to the murder of Neta Sorek, whose stabbed body had been found earlier that year near the Beit Jimal Monastery in the Judean Hills. The Palestinian terrorists were convicted of a series of violent crimes. Murder of Neta Sorek Neta Sorek () grew up in Israel at Kibbutz Afikim. She later moved to Sweden and then to the United States, but after two decades abroad, she returned to Israel, married and had a daughter. She had worked as an English-language teacher in Zikhron Ya'akov for 13 years and was a member of the feminist group ''Women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luken Baker
Luken Grosvenor Baker (born March 10, 1997) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023. Amateur career Baker attended Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, Texas, alongside Durbin Feltman. In July 2014, he won the Junior Home Run Derby at Target Field. He later won the Home Run Derby at the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game. As a senior, he was named the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year. Baker was considered an early round prospect for the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but emailed major league teams telling them that he would not sign and would instead attend Texas Christian University (TCU) to play college baseball for the TCU Horned Frogs. The Houston Astros still selected him in the 37th round that same year, and he did not sign, enrolling at TCU. In 2016, as a freshman at TCU, Baker was named the Big 12 Conference's Freshman of the Year. He started all 67 of TCU's gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Luken
Thomas Andrew Luken (July 9, 1925 – January 10, 2018) was an American politician of the Democratic Party from Ohio, serving in the United States House of Representatives during the 1970s and 1980s. Early life and education Luken received his high school diploma in 1942 from Purcell High School. During the Second World War, Luken served as a U.S. Marine. In 1947, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, after having earned some credits at Bowling Green State University. In 1950, he earned a law degree at the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University and began practicing law. Career From 1955 to 1961, Luken served as solicitor for the city of Deer Park, Ohio. He was then appointed United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, in which he served from 1961 to 1964. He served on the Cincinnati city council from 1964 to 1967 and from 1969 to 1974. He also was the mayor of Cincinnati The mayor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Luken (American Football)
Tom Luken (born June 15, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for six seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers The Purdue Boilermakers are the official college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletics teams representing Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. As is common with athletic nicknames, the Boilermakers nickname .... References 1950 births Living people American football offensive linemen Philadelphia Eagles players Purdue Boilermakers football players Players of American football from Cincinnati La Salle High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) alumni 20th-century American sportsmen {{offensive-lineman-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgil Luken
Virgil William Luken (September 12, 1942 – June 10, 2023) was an American competitive swimmer. Luken represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes Virgil Luken Retrieved October 25, 2012. He swam the breaststroke leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the qualifying heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He did not receive a medal, however. Under the 1964 swimming rules, he was ineligible to receive a medal because he swam in the preliminary heats and not the event final. Luken attended the University of Minnesota, where he swam for the Minnesota Golden Gophers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1962 to 1964. Luken died in Minnetonka, Minnesota Minnetonka ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. A western suburb of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Twin Cities, Minnetonka is located about west of Minneapolis. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
