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Lydon
Lydon is a surname of Irish origin, an anglicization of "Loideán", and may refer to: *Alexander Francis Lydon (1836–1917), English engraver of natural history *Alexandra Lydon (born 1979), Irish and American television actress * Christopher Lydon (born 1940), American media personality and author * Don Lydon (born 1938), Irish psychologist and former politician in Ireland * James Francis Lydon (1928–2013), Irish historian *Jimmy Lydon (1923–2022), American movie actor and television producer * Joe Lydon (1878–1937), American welterweight boxer * Joe Lydon (born 1963), English rugby league footballer and rugby union coach *John Lydon John Joseph Lydon ( ; born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a British-born singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. He was the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, which was ... (born 1956) also known as Johnny Rotten, British rock musician * Joseph Patrick Lydon (1878� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lydon
John Joseph Lydon ( ; born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a British-born singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. He was the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, which was active from 1975 to 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead vocalist of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009. Lydon's outspoken personality, rebellious image and fashion style convinced Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren to invite Lydon to join the group as its lead vocalist. With the Sex Pistols, he co-wrote singles including " Anarchy in the U.K.", " God Save the Queen", and " Holidays in the Sun", the content of which precipitated what one commentator described as the "last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium" in Britain. The band scandalised much of the media, and Lydon was seen as a figurehead of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lydon (rugby)
Joseph Paul Lydon (born 26 November 1963) is an English former professional rugby league footballer and rugby union coach. He played during the 1980s and 1990s as a , or for Widnes, Wigan and Eastern Suburbs. He also represented Lancashire, and won 30 caps for Great Britain. He has coached representative level rugby union for England under-19's, and England Sevens and was a backs coach for the senior national team between 2004 and 2006. Since 2008, he has been appointed to several player development roles by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Early life Born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, Lydon attended St John Rigby College. He played both rugby union and rugby league during his childhood. He played junior rugby league for Wigan St Patricks, and played for Wigan schoolboys at Wembley Stadium in the curtain-raiser to the 1975 Challenge Cup final. In rugby union, he was part of the England under-19's squad that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Lydon
James Joseph Lydon (May 30, 1923 – March 9, 2022) was an American actor and television producer whose career in the entertainment industry began as a teenager during the 1930s. Early life Lydon was born in Harrington Park, New Jersey on May 30, 1923, the fifth of nine children. His family was of Irish heritage. He was raised in Bergenfield, New Jersey. Career In 1932, Lydon's father, who was an alcoholic, decided to retire from working. This decision forced all of the other family members to seek employment in the depths of the Great Depression. One of his first starring roles was the title character in the 1940 movie '' Tom Brown's School Days'', also starring Cedric Hardwicke and Freddie Bartholomew. The film was well received by critics, with ''Variety'' praising it in a January 1940 review as "sympathetically and skillfully made, with many touching moments and an excellent cast". Lydon was called "believable and moving in the early portions, but too young for the fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lydon
Christopher Lydon (born 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American media personality and author. He was the original host of '' The Connection'', produced by WBUR and syndicated to other NPR stations, and created ''Open Source'', a weekly radio program on WBUR. Education Lydon is a graduate of Boston's Roxbury Latin School and Yale University. Journalistic history Lydon is a former journalist with ''The New York Times'', and anchored '' The Ten-O'Clock News'' on WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts. After WGBH cancelled its nightly news program, he moved to WBUR, where in 1994 he became host of ''The Connection''. In 2001, he and his longtime producer Mary McGrath were fired after a high-profile contract dispute with WBUR. McGrath's and Lydon's claim, rejected by the station, was that they, not WBUR, were the true creators of ''The Connection'' - moving it far beyond the initial WBUR template to become the successful, widely syndicated program. During his tenure on ''The Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Lydon
Alexandra Martin Lydon (born April 5, 1979) is an American actress and writer. Early life and education Lydon was born and raised in the Dorchester, Boston, Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the affiliated Stella Adler Conservatory, graduating with honors with a double degree in Drama and Psychology. Career Lydon played Minor characters in 24#Jane Saunders, Jane Saunders, daughter of primary villain Stephen Saunders (24 character), Stephen Saunders, in the third season of the television series ''24 (TV series), 24'' and Ann Owens in ''Prison Break''. She starred in the independent film ''Nail Polish'' and Bryan Bertino’s film ''Mockingbird (film), Mockingbird,'' released by Universal Pictures, Universal Studios. She had recurring roles on ''CSI: Miami'' and ''K-Ville (TV series), K-Ville'' and made guest star appearances on shows including ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Francis Lydon
Alexander Francis Lydon ( ; 1836/1837 – 1917) was an Irish-born British watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age. He collaborated on a large number of works with the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris who wrote the text. A census on 30 March 1851 found the Lydon family living at Bridge Street, Great Driffield and the following details were recorded: *Head of household Patrick Lydon, born in Ireland, married, aged 42, Chelsea Pensioner and Relieving Officer of Driffield Union. *Elizabeth Lydon, wife, aged 38, birthplace Portugal. *Francis Lydon, son, aged 14, printer's assistant, birthplace Dublin. *Frederic Lydon, son, aged 12, scholar, birthplace Bermuda, West Indies. *Hannah Lydon, daughter, aged 10, scholar, birthplace Bermuda, West Indies. *James Lydon, son, aged 7, scholar, birthplace New Brunswick, Canada. *Margaret Lydon, daughter, aged 2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Francis Lydon
James Francis Lydon (12 May 1928 – 25 June 2013) was an Irish educator and historian. He served as the Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1980 to 1993, and authored numerous works, particularly on the medieval history of Ireland. Early life and education Lydon was born to a large Catholic family in Connemara in 1928, the son of a local baker. His mother raised him to be fluent in the Irish language. Lydon studied both English and History at University College Galway, graduating in 1950. One of his external examiners was J. R. R. Tolkien, who was so impressed with his work that he invited Lydon to tea after the university refused Tolkien permission to invite him for lunch. After completing his B.A., Lydon stayed on at UCG to undertake research for a master's degree. His adviser, history department professor Mary Donovan O'Sullivan, suggested to him that "Ireland's contribution to the military activities of the English crown in the thirteenth century m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Lydon
Donal John Lydon (born 7 August 1938) is an Irish psychologist and former politician. He was a Fianna Fáil member of Seanad Éireann from 1987 to 2007, elected on the Labour Panel. Professional career Lydon was born in Dublin, and was educated at St Eunan's College in Letterkenny, County Donegal; University College Galway; University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. His bachelor's degree was in sociology and English; his postgraduate work was in the area of education and psychology. Lydon has also worked as a consulting psychologist. For a number of years, he was a non-executive director of Connsbrook Productions Limited and a non-executive of Corona Holidays Limited in Dublin. He has published a number of papers in professional journals, mostly in the area of alcoholism or psychopathology in adolescents. Lydon was awarded a Council of Europe Medical Fellowship in 1977 in order to go abroad to study "Residential Treatment of Disturbed Adolescents". He was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lydon (boxer)
Joseph Patrick Lydon (February 2, 1878 – August 19, 1937) was an American welterweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He was born in Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland. He competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics, tying for a bronze medal in the welterweight division with fellow American boxer Jack Egan. He also competed at the soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ... tournament in the 1904 Olympics and his team Christian Brothers College took silver medals. References External linksJoseph Lydon at databaseOlympics.com* 1878 births 1937 deaths Welterweight boxers American men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Olympic soccer players for the United States Boxers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Footballers at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous language, indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English (language), English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
