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Ola (given Name)
Ola ( ar, علا) is an Arabic feminine given name that means "surmount", "high", and "arise". It is also a common shorthand name in West African Yoruba ( Olayemi), Norwegian and Swedish (a variant of Olaf). In Polish it is a diminutive form of feminine given names Olga and Aleksandra. Men *Ola (born 1987), English comedian *Ola Adeyemo (born 1995), Nigerian footballer * Ola Afolabi (born 1980), British boxer, former cruiserweight champion * Ola Aina (born 1996), English footballer * Ola Englund (born 1981), Swedish guitarist for Feared, The Haunted and formerly of Six Feet Under (band) *Ola Gjeilo (born 1978), Norwegian composer and pianist *Ola Håkansson (born 1945), Swedish singer, composer and producer * Ola Hanson (1864–1927), Swedish-American missionary in Burma *Ola Isene (1898–1973), Norwegian singer and actor * Ola John (born 1992), Liberian-Dutch footballer * Ola Kamara (born 1989), Nigerian footballer in Major League Soccer *Ola Kimrin (born 1972), former National F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoruba Language
Yoruba (, ; Yor. '; Ajami: ) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 50 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria and Benin with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. Yoruba vocabulary is also used in the Afro-Brazilian religion known as Candomblé, in the Caribbean religion of Santería in the form of the liturgical Lucumí language and various Afro-American religions of North America. Practitioners of these religions in the Americas no longer speak or understand the Yorùbá language, rather they use remnants of Yorùbá language for singing songs that for them are shrouded in mystery. Usage of a lexicon of Yorùbá words and short phrases during ritual is also common, but they have gone through changes due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola John
Ola John (born 19 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Hazem as a left winger. Born in Liberia, he has represented the Netherlands national team. A product of FC Twente's youth system, he played with their first team from 2010 to 2012 before joining S.L. Benfica. Amid a 2014 loan to Hamburger SV for half a season, he played regularly at Benfica in the seasons of 2012–13 and 2014–15. Afterwards, he was loaned out to Reading, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Deportivo de La Coruña. After playing only one match with Benfica's reserve team in 2017–18, he moved to Vitória for the upcoming season. Internationally, John gained one cap for the Netherlands national team in 2013. Club career Twente The 2011–12 season was the big breakthrough for John at Twente, as he got a starting place from Co Adriaanse at the start of the season, and did not lose that even with competition for the left forward position, as Nacer Chadli returned from injury. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Al-Fares
Ola Al-Fares ( ar, علا الفارس, born November 6, 1985) is a Jordanian lawyer, journalist and television presenter who works at Al Jazeera. She is currently the second most followed Jordanian woman on Twitter after Queen Rania. Most known for presenting a TV show called ''MBC in a week'' by Middle East Broadcasting Center channel. She was also the first Arab woman to climb Burj Khalifa. She won the young TV presenter Arab woman of the year award on December 3, 2015. Ola Alfares was selected among the most 500 Influential Muslims in the world according to the Muslims 500 in 2019 edition. Also, she won the prestigious social media award "Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for humanitarian causes". She has used her social media to support many humanitarian initiatives to help the less fortunate people in life. Biography Al-Fares was born in Amman, Jordan on November 6, 1985 to a well known political family. Her grandfather was Abdul Raouf Al Fares, a member of the Jordan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Wong
Ola Rui-Lai Wong (; born 6 January 1977) is a Swedish author, journalist and sinologist. Wong has worked for ''Svenska Dagbladet'', as well as for other media outlets. Wong is of Chinese descent and previously served as a vice-chairman for the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club. Since 2019 Wong is editor for '' Kvartal''. Career Since 2002, Wong has been active as a correspondent in China for approximately twelve years, where he was based in Shanghai and Beijing. During his career, Wong has written and published several books and articles on subjects regarding China, such as politics, environment, foreign policy, culture and economics. He is also an expert commentator, who frequently appears in Swedish radio and television. Personal life Born to a Chinese father and a Swedish mother, Wong is married and resides in Hägersten, Stockholm. Bibliography *''No, I'm from Borås'' (2004) – Ordfront *''När tusen eldar slickar himlen: Kinas väg till framtiden'' (2007) – Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Ullsten
Stig Kjell Olof "Ola" Ullsten (23 June 1931 – 28 May 2018) was a Swedish politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1978 to 1979 and leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1978 to 1983. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister briefly in 1978 and then again from 1980 to 1982 and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1979 to 1982. Background and early career Ullsten was born in Teg, Västerbotten, a small town that would ultimately be annexed as a part of county capital Umeå. He is the son of forestry inspector Carl Augustin Ullsten (14 August 1892 – 27 March 1977) and schoolteacher Kristina Ullsten (née Röström; 27 February 1900 – 23 March 1993). Ullsten joined the Liberal Youth of Sweden and the People's Party in the spring of 1958. In his youth he made several travels to the United States, and in 1959 took an active part in the successful campaign to elect liberal Republican Nelson Rockefeller governor of New York. He served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Toivonen
Nils Ola Toivonen (; born 3 July 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. After beginning his career in his home town team of Degerfors, he spent time in the top flight for Örgryte before he got signed by Malmö FF before the 2007 season. Having spent two seasons with Malmö, breaking through with 14 league goals in 2008, he joined Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven in January 2009. Toivonen remained there for five-and-a-half seasons, winning the KNVB Cup in 2012, until a €2.5 million move to Rennes. After a successful spell with Rennes in Ligue 1, Toivonen represented Sunderland in the Premier League before returning to France in 2016 to suit up for Toulouse. He played in Australia for Melbourne Victory between 2018 and 2020, and then returned to Malmö FF before retiring from professional football in 2022. A full international for Sweden between 2007 and 2018, he earned 64 caps and scored 14 goals for his nation, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Svensson
Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986) is a Swedish artist and songwriter, known professionally by the mononym Ola until 2014, and as Brother Leo from 2018 to present. Born in Lund, Skåne, his career began in 2005, when he finished eighth on season two of '' Swedish Idol''. Since then, Ola has released four studio albums. Eleven of his singles have reached the top five on the Swedish singles chart, with six achieving number one, and nine attaining gold and platinum certifications. After being signed to Universal Music for many years, Ola founded his own record label Oliniho Records for the Swedish market, keeping distribution arrangements with Sony Music in Europe and internationally. Following a four-year break, he returned in 2018, recording under the stage name Brother Leo for Columbia Records. Early life Ola was born to Swedish parents, and has two adopted brothers from El Salvador, Jonas and Daniel his elders ( Daniel have two daughters Felicia and Cornelia. Jona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Salo
Ola Salo (born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson; 19 February 1977) is a Swedish rock musician, and the lead vocalist of Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Early life He lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child, where, in 1991, he and his friends Jepson and Leari officially started the band The Ark. Career Salo and the other members of the band had an international breakthrough in 2000 with the album We Are The Ark, containing the signature song " It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" (for which Ola won a Grammis for "Song of the Year"), a song Salo wrote after watching the Danish film ''Idioterne'' (The Idiots). In October 2006 during a party celebrating the new Swedish embassy in Washington, D.C., The Ark was performing on stage. As a plane was flying very low overhead Salo said "In this country, you don't know where those planes are headed. Well, this one seems to be heading in the right direction anyway..." meaning the airport, but then suddenly adding "...to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Rotimi
Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, best known as Ola Rotimi (13 April 1938 – 18 August 2000), was one of Nigeria's leading playwrights and theatre directors. He has been called "a complete man of the theatre – an actor, director, choreographer and designer – who created performance spaces, influenced by traditional architectural forms." Biography Early life Rotimi was the son of Samuel Gladstone Enitan Rotimi a Yoruba steam-launch engineer (a successful director and producer of amateur theatricals) and Dorcas Adolae Oruene Addo an Ijaw drama enthusiast. He was born in Sapele, Nigeria; cultural diversity was a recurring theme in his work. He attended St. Cyprian's School in Port Harcourt from 1945 to 1949, St Jude's School, Lagos, from 1951 to 1952 and the Methodist Boys High School in Lagos, before travelling to the United States in 1959 to study at Boston University, where he obtained a BA in fine arts. In 1965, he married Hazel Mae Gaudreau; Hazel also studied at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Rapace
Ola may refer to: Places Panama *Olá, a subdistrict in Coclé Province *Olá District Russia *Ola, Russia, an urban settlement in Magadan Oblast *Ola District, an administrative division in Magadan Oblast *Ola (river), a river in Magadan Oblast United States *Ola, Arkansas, a city *Ola, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Ola, Idaho, an unincorporated community * Ola, South Dakota, a census-designated place * Ola, Kaufman County, Texas, an unincorporated community *Casa Linda Estates, Dallas, formerly known as Ola People * Ola (given name), a list of men and women with the name * Ola (surname), a list of men and women with the surname * Ola Svensson (born 1986), also known by the mononym Ola, Swedish singer-songwriter * Ola Nordmann, a national personification of Norwegians * Ola people, another name for the ''Wurla'', an indigenous people of Western Australia Other uses *Ola High School (other), the name of several high schools *Ola Cabs, an Indian online cab a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Otnes
Ola Otnes (born 2 September 1951 in Rendalen, Hedmark) is a Norwegian actor who has been active on screen since the 1970s. He was born in Rendalen. He was employed at Den Nationale Scene from 1978 to 1989, then at Teater Ibsen. On screen he has mainly appeared on Norwegian television, except for his small part in '' The Witches'', a British film adaptation of the ''novel'' written by Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has b .... References 1951 births Living people People from Rendalen Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian male television actors {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Möller (politician)
Ola Patrik Bertil Möller (born 1983) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Skåne County West since September 2018. Möller has a degree from Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion He has had various jobs including warehouse worker, restaurant assistant, salesperson and teacher. References 1983 births Living people Lund University alum ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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