|
Michels
Michels is a surname, derived from Michaels, which in turn is derived from the given name Michael. Notable people with the surname include: *Birgit Michels (born 1984), German badminton player *David Michels, British businessman *Jan Michels, Dutch footballer *Jeff Michels, American weight lifter *Mareno Michels, Dutch darts player *Pete Michels, American television director *Rinus Michels, Dutch association football player and coach *Robert Michels, German sociologist *Robert Michels (physician), physician and professor of Medicine and of Psychiatry *Tim Michels, American businessperson See also *Michels syndrome Michels syndrome is a syndrome characterised by intellectual disability, craniosynostosis, blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus, highly arched eyebrows, and hypertelorism. People with Michels syndrome vary in other symptoms such as asym ..., a congenital disorder Surnames from given names {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaels (surname)
Michaels is a patronymic surname meaning ''"son of Michael"''. The prefix ''Michael''- comes from , meaning ''"Who is like God?"''. A common English language surname, it is rare as a given name. There are other spellings. People with the name Michaels include: Academics * Patrick Michaels (1950–2022), American research professor specializing on the influence of climate on agriculture Arts and entertainment * Al Michaels (born 1944), American television sportscaster * Barry Michaels (born 1952), American radio personality * Bret Michaels (born 1963), American lead vocalist of the band Poison * Dan Michaels (born 1963), American producer, record company owner, saxophonist/Lyriconist; member of the rock band The Choir * David Michaels (actor) (born 1964), British actor * Jesse Michaels (born 1969), American songwriter, guitarist and artist * Jim Michaels * Kevin Sean Michaels (born ?), Producer * Lorne Michaels (born 1944), Canadian television producer, writer and comedian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael (given Name)
Michael is a common masculine given name derived from the Hebrew phrase ''mī kāʼēl'', 'Who [is] like-El', in Aramaic: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (''Mīkhāʼēl'' ). The theophoric name is often read as a rhetorical question – "Who [is] like [the Hebrew God] El (deity), El?", whose answer is "there is none like El", or "there is none as famous and powerful as God." This question is known in Latin as ''Quis ut Deus?'' Paradoxically, the name is also sometimes interpreted as, "One who is like God."Omnium Sanctorum Hiberniae"Michael - one who is like unto God"(This interpretation would be seen as heretical in some religions, but it is fairly common nonetheless.) An alternative spelling of the name is ''Micheal''. While ''Michael'' is most often a masculine name, it is also given to women, such as the actresses Michael Michele and Michael Learned, and Michael Steele (musician), Michael Steele, the former bassist for the Bangles. Patronymic surnames that come from Michael include ''Carmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Michels
Birgit Michels ( Overzier; born 28 September 1984) is a German badminton player. She competed for Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in the mixed doubles. In 2008, she competed with Kristof Hopp, and in 2012 she competed with Michael Fuchs, reaching the quarter-finals. Achievements European Championships ''Women's doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Michels
Sir David Michels (born 1946) is a British business executive. A former Deputy Chairman of Marks & Spencer, he is the co-owner and Chairman of Michels & Taylor, "an asset manager for 81 hotels."Alistair OsborneSir David Michels: 'No question executive pay has got too large. But what's enough?' ''The Daily Telegraph'', 9 February 2012 Early life Michels was born in 1946 in Willesden, London, England. His father, a German Jew, escaped to England shortly before World War II.Damian ReeceThe Interview: Poker face still smiling after 40 years surviving a busy life of leisure ''The Independent'', 27 August 2005Jamie DowardJoker with a good hand ''The Guardian'', 1 September 2002 Settling in North London, he ran a restaurant. He was educated at Clarke’s College and Hendon Technical College. He also graduated from the London Hotel School. Career Michels started his career in the hotel business by working for Grand Metropolitan for seventeen years. He then served as Managing Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Michels
Jan Michels (born 8 September 1970) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His first professional club was PEC Zwolle in 1990. He later played with the Go Ahead Eagles, Motherwell in Scotland, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Den Bosch and AGOVV Apeldoorn. Career He played five years for FC Den Bosch, winning promotion to the Eredivisie three times – in the 1998–99, 2000–01 and 2003–04 seasons. After playing two seasons with Excelsior '31, Michels announced his retirement from professional football in July 2010. After his playing career, he started a construction company. Ahead of the 2020–21 season, he was appointed assistant coach of lower league club CSV Apeldoorn. Honours Den Bosch * Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Michels
Jeffrey ("Jeff") Thomas Michels (born December 29, 1961) was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. His coach was Steve Gough. Career In 1983, after Michels won three gold medals from the Pan American Games, he realized he was roughly two years away from setting world weightlifting records. However, after this competition, Michels tested positive for excessive amounts of testosterone. Because of his use of a banned substance, Michels was stripped of all of his medals that he had earned, suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation, and forbidden by the International Olympic Committee to compete in the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Michels was one of 19 positive tests at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, where new sophisticated testing procedures were introduced for the first time, in earnest. Michels repudiated his positive test for synthetic testosterone, which before the introduction of the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry assay, could not be identified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mareno Michels
Mareno Michels (born 23 October 1984) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career BDO Michels made three quarter final appearances in the BDO Open events in 2005, doing so in the Welsh Open, English Open and the German Open. He followed it up with another quarter final appearance, this time at the World Darts Trophy, one of the WDF majors. He defeated Tony Martin and Simon Whitlock before losing to Mervyn King. He then made the final of the Swedish Open, losing to Tony Eccles. Michels made his World Championship debut in 2006 but lost in the first round to Paul Hogan. It was a disappointing year for Michels, as he also suffered early exits in the World Darts Trophy and the International Darts League. Despite a semi-final showing in the Dortmund Open, 2007 was also a disappointment. As well as early exits in open tournaments, Michels played in three PDC Pro Tour events in the Netherlands and Belgium, losing in the first round i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Michels
Peter John Michels (born December 15, 1964) is an American animation director who is the supervising director on "Krapopolis" on Fox. Prior, he was a supervising director on seasons 1 and 2 of ''Rick and Morty'', an animation and supervising director on ''Family Guy'', and supervising director of the short-lived TV show '' Kid Notorious''. He started working on ''The Simpsons'' in 1990 as a background layout and character layout artist, and eventually became a director with a dozen "Simpsons" episodes to his name. He has also been a director on ''Rugrats'', ''Skylander Academy'', and Disney's ''FutureWorm''. Michels grew up in Little Ferry, New Jersey.Pete Michels Interview Animation Insider, March 18, 2015. Accessed December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinus Michels
Marinus Jacobus Hendricus "Rinus" Michels (; 9 February 1928 – 3 March 2005) was a Dutch Association football, football player and coach. He list of one-club men in association football, played his entire career for AFC Ajax, Ajax, which he later managed, and played for and later managed the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team for four spells. Throughout his career, he played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time. Michels became most notable for his coaching achievements; he won the UEFA Champions League, European Cup with Ajax and the La Liga, Spanish league with FC Barcelona, Barcelona, and had four tenures as coach of the Netherlands national team, who he led to reach the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and to win the UEFA Euro 1988, 1988 UEFA European Championship. He is credited with the invention of a major football playing style and set of tactics known as "Total Football" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Michels
Robert Michels (; 9 January 1876 – 3 May 1936) was a German-born Italian sociologist who contributed to elite theory by describing the political behavior of intellectual elites. He belonged to the Italian school of elitism. He is best known for his book ''Political Parties'', published in 1911, which contains a description of the " iron law of oligarchy." He was a friend and disciple of Max Weber, Werner Sombart and Achille Loria. Politically, he moved from the Social Democratic Party of Germany to the Italian Socialist Party, adhering to the Italian revolutionary syndicalist wing and later to Italian Fascism. His ideas provided the basis of moderation theory which delineates the processes through which radical political groups are incorporated into the existing political system. Early life and education Michels was born to a wealthy German family in Cologne, Germany on January 9, 1876. He studied in England, Paris (at the Sorbonne), and at universities in Munich, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Michels (physician)
Robert Michels (born 1936) is a Professor of Medicine and of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and a training and supervising psychoanalyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. A native of Chicago, Michels graduated from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University's medical school.Cooper, Arnold MContemporary psychoanalysis in America: leading analysts present their work p. 401 (bio section on Michels) (2006) After a residency and psychoanalytic training at Columbia, Michels completed a fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. Michels was named chairman of Cornell's psychiatry department in 1974. He served seventeen years as chairman at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic and served as Dean of Cornell's medical school from 1991 to 1996.(19 April 1991)New Dean at Divided Medical Center ''The New York Times''(26 September 1996)Heart Specialist Named to Head Medical School ''The New York Times ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Michels
The 2022 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democratic Governor Tony Evers won re-election to a second term by a margin of 3.4%, defeating Republican nominee Tim Michels. As Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes ran for the U.S. Senate in the concurrent election, a new Democratic running mate, state assemblywoman Sara Rodriguez, was nominated in the partisan primary. Barnes was the second lieutenant governor not to run with the incumbent governor since the state constitution was amended in 1967. The partisan primary was held on August 9, 2022, with businessman Tim Michels defeating former lieutenant governor Rebecca Kleefisch in the Republican primary. State senator Roger Roth received the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. This election result was the first since 2006 in which a Democrat in Wisconsin won with an outright majority of the vote, the first since 1990 in which the winner wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
