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Pal (given Name)
Pal is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Pal Aron (born 1971), British actor * Pal Dukagjini (1411–1458), Albanian nobleman * Pal Dushmani (died 1457), Albanian clergyman * Pal Engjëlli (1416–1470), Albanian clergyman * Pal Gazulli (1405–1470), Albanian clergyman * Pal Gropa, 13th-14th century Albanian lord * Pal Homonai (1904–2010), Albanian artist * Pal Kastrioti, Albanian ruler * Pal Mirashi (1925–2001), Albanian footballer * Pal Rakes, American singer * Pal Sam Oeun, Cambodian politician * Pal Shazar (born 1952), American musician * Pal Singh Purewal, Canadian scholar * Pal Sinn (born 1959), Hong Kong musician See also * Pál, a Hungarian masculine given name * Paul (name) Paul is a common Latin Language, Latin masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religiou ... {{given name Masculine giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Aron
Pal Aron (born 1971) is a British television and theatre actor from Birmingham, England, known for his roles as Adam Osman in ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', Brandon Kane in ''The Bill'', Jayesh Parekh and Sonny Dhillon in ''Coronation Street''. Career Before professionally acting, he performed with the Theatre of the Unemployed in Birmingham. He was also in the comedy ''Green Wing'', and has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC. In January 2008, Aron was cast as Vijay Chohan in the daily hospital drama ''The Royal Today''. He also appeared in ''The Cup (TV series), The Cup'', a BBC Two comedy series in which he plays Dr. Kaskar, a football fanatic parent trying to live his dreams through his footballer son. In April 2012, Aron joined the BBC Radio 4 soap opera ''The Archers'' as new junior cricket coach List of The Archers characters#Iftikar Shah, Iftikar "Ifty" Shah. In 2012, he appeared in the Sky1 TV comedy series ''Stella (British TV series), Stella'' as Jaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Dukagjini
Pal Dukagjini (, 1411–1458) was an Albanian nobleman, a member of the Dukagjini family. He and his kinsman Nicholas Dukagjini were initially subjects of Lekë Zaharia, a Venetian vassal who had possessions around Shkoder. Nicholas murdered Lekë, and the Dukagjini continued to rule over their villages under Venetian vassalage. Pal and Nicholas were part of the League of Lezhë, a military alliance that sought liberation of Albania from the Ottoman Empire, founded by the powerful Skanderbeg. In 1454, the Dukagjini accepted vassalage of Alfonso V of Aragon, as other chieftains had done three years earlier. Pal later abandoned Skanderbeg's army and deserted to the Ottomans. Life He was one of the founding members of the League of Lezhë, a military alliance of some Christian members of the Albanian nobility forged in Lezhë on 2 March 1444 by: * Lekë Zaharia (lord of Sati and Dagnum), and his vassals Pal and Nicholas Dukagjini * Peter Spani (lord of the mountains behin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Dushmani
Pal Dushmani (, ; 1440–died 1457) was a Roman Catholic hierarch active in Venetian territories on the Eastern Adriatic (Montenegro and Albania). Life The Dushmani were an Albanian family in Pilot (now the Dukagjin highlands in northern Albania). The oldest generation of the family is mentioned on 2 June 1403 when the Venetian Senate confirmed Goranin, Damjan and Nenad the rule over Pilot Minor (as Venetian subjects). A "Dusmanus" (or ''Dussus'') was the bishop of Pilot in 1427. In 1440 he served as pastor in Treviso (in Italy), in 1443 as bishop of Svač (in Montenegro), and in 1446 as bishop of Drivasto (in Albania), and in 1454 as bishop of Craina (Skadarska Krajina). In July 1452 Pope Nicholas V sent him to settle the conflict between Lekë Dukagjini and Skanderbeg. His predecessor at the newly founded archbishopric of Craina, Uniate prelate of Greek origin Sabbas, was seated at the Prečista Krajinska since 1452, and holding on to Eastern Rite psychologically readied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Engjëlli
Pal Engjëlli (; 1416–1470) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Durrës from 1460 to 1469. In 1462 he wrote the oldest known text in Albanian. Life Pal Engjëlli was a part of the Engjëlli family. His father was Andrea Engjëlli and his mother was Dorothea Arianiti. Pal is reported to have been a friend, co-worker and close counselor of Skanderbeg. As his envoy, he frequently traveled abroad, seeking aid in the war against the Ottoman Empire. Engjëlli managed to convince Lekë Dukagjini to leave the Ottomans and later reconcile with Skanderbeg, and also to convince Skanderbeg to violate an armistice signed with the Ottomans. The Baptism Formula Document The sentence was the baptismal formula in the Gheg Albanian (): ''Un'te paghesont' pr'emenit t'Atit e t'Birit e t'Spertit Senit.'' () and in the Tosk-based standard: ). The formula was found in a pastoral letter written in the Latin script by Angeli after his visit to the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Gazulli
Pal Gazuli or Paulus Gassulus (1405–1470) was an Albanian Catholic priest, scholar and diplomat under Skanderbeg service. After the death of Georgius Pelino in 1463, he became the personal ambassador of Skanderbeg in Republic of Venice. On 13 December 1463 he represented Skanderbeg at the Venetian Senate. His brother Gjon was also a diplomat of the League of Lezhë The League of Lezhë (), also commonly referred to as the Albanian League (), was a military and diplomatic alliance of the Albanian aristocracy, created in the city of Lezhë on 2 March 1444. The League of Lezhë is considered the first unif .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gazuli, Pal 15th-century Albanian Roman Catholic priests 1470 deaths Albanian diplomats 1405 births Ambassadors to the Republic of Venice Skanderbeg Ragusan Albanians Ragusan diplomats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Gropa
Pal Gropa, also known as Paul or Paulo Gropa, () was an Albanian feudal ruler of Ohrid and Dibër from the 13th century and a member of the Gropa family. He held the title of Sebastos. Biography In 1273, the Angevin rulers of Albania record that ''sebastos'' Pal Gropa was the lord of an extensive mass of territory in Dibër. He was granted privileges on 18 May 1273 by Charles of Anjou; he was assigned seven villages in the Devoll valley and other properties in Ohrid and Debar. In 1275, Sevast Paul Gropa (Ropa) and Johannes Muzaki presented themselves to Vicar General de Tucu in Durrës, a representative of King Charles of Anjou Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285. He was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the House of Anjou-Sicily. Between 1246 a .... Notes Bibliography * * 13th-century births 14th-century deaths 13th-century Albanian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Homonai
Pal Homonai ( sr-Cyrl, Пал Хомонај; Irig, 28 May 1922 – Kecskemét, June, 12th 2010), was a Serbian- Hungarian Naïve art painter. Biography Homonai was born to a peasant family in Irig on 28 May 1922. He spent his childhood on pastures of the villages in Srem, which was to become the primary source of his inspiration. He mastered the carpentry in 1938 and moved to Novi Sad, where he practiced various forms of the craft, intarsia, etc. He began doing painting in 1964. His first independent exhibition at Đuro Salaj Gallery in Belgrade in 1968, was, among others, visited by Oto Bihalji-Merin and Bolumil Karlavaris who wrote first commendable reviews. He lived and worked in Novi Sad until 1992, when he moved to Kecskemét where he stayed until his death on 6 December 2010. Artistic style and work He portrays rural subjects, but also the facades of old town buildings. With his original painting style, he creates stylized compositions of pastures, wheat fields, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Kastrioti
Pal or Gjergj Kastrioti was an Albanian medieval ruler in the latter part of the 14th century in northern Albania. Not much is known about his life. He is mentioned in only two historical sources, which describe his rule as extending over a region between Mat and Dibër. His son was Gjon Kastrioti, and his grandson was Skanderbeg, the Albanian national hero. In historiography A figure attested as Kastriot of Kanina in southern Albania who appears in a letter sent on September 2, 1368, by Alexander Komnenos Asen to the Ragusan senate has been hypothesised by several authors, mostly in the early 20th century, as an ancestor of the Kastrioti family. Heinrich Kretschmayr argued that this Kastriot may have been Pal Kastrioti, while John Fine considered it "probable" that this Kastriot was an ancestor of Gjon Kastrioti , and Aleks Buda tried to bridge the geographical discrepancy with this theory, wherein Kastriot of Kanina lived in southern Albania while the Kastrioti were ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Mirashi
Pal Mirashi (13 December 1925 — 13 October 2001) was an Albanian football striker. He is known for being part of the 1946 Albania vs Yugoslavia football match, which was Albania's first official match. He earned 8 caps (plus one unofficial) with the national team, scoring 4 goals. Biography Mirashi was born in Shkodër on 13 December 1925 into a poor family, where many of his siblings died as infants. His father's name was Mirash Mirashi and his mother's was Mrikë Mirashi, and besides Pal they 3 other boys, Ndue, Zef and Gjon, who would go on to become soldiers. His father Mirash was born and raised in the Dukagjin highlands but moved to the centre of Shkodër in 1920, where he worked as a handyman, and who is described as having been a simple, loving and generous man by his grandson Alsid Mirashi. Pal's oldest brother Ndue went to middle school in the southern city of Vlorë where he excelled in both football and basketball, but with the Italian invasion of Albania in 1939 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Rakes
Palmer Crawford "Pal" Rakes (born in Tampa, Florida) is an American country music singer. He recorded for Warner Bros. Records between 1977 and 1979, and for Atlantic Records between 1988 and 1989. During his tenure on Warner, he charted in the Top 40 of Hot Country Songs with "That's When the Lyin' Stops (And the Lovin' Starts)" and " Till I Can't Take It Anymore". Rakes also released one album for Atlantic, ''Midnight Rain''. One of Rakes's songs appeared on Neal McCoy's debut album ''At This Moment "At This Moment" is a song written by Billy Vera and recorded live by Vera and his band under the name Billy Vera & the Beaters in 1981, during a string of performances at the Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood), Roxy in West Hollywood, California, We ...''. Discography Albums Singles References American country singer-songwriters Atlantic Records artists Living people Musicians from Tampa, Florida Warner Records artists Singer-songwriters from Florida Country musicians f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Sam Oeun
Pal Sam Oeun () is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Banteay Meanchey in the National Assembly of Cambodia The National Assembly (, UNGEGN: ; ) is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Cambodia. It is referred to as the lower house, with the Senate being referred to as the upper house. The National Assembly is an elected body consi ... in 2003. Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008. References Cambodian People's Party politicians Members of the National Assembly (Cam ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pal Shazar
Pal Shazar is an American singer/songwriter. She was a founding member of the 1980s new wave pop group Slow Children, and married one of the band's producers, Jules Shear, in the late 1980s. Career Slow Children released two albums on the RCA Records label, the self-titled debut in 1981 and ''Mad About Town'' in 1982. Shazar released several CDs, starting in the 1990s, on various labels. Shazar co-wrote several songs with Matthew Sweet for his album ''Inside'' (1986), and wrote lyrics for Sara Lee for her album ''Make It Beautiful'' (2000). As a painter, her artwork was featured on the cover of The Waterboys' '' Dream Harder'' album. She self-published a book of lyrics and art, ''Pal Shazar: The Illustrated Lyrics'', in 2008. Shazar was featured on the cover of photographer Linda Troeller's 1998 book ''The Erotic Lives of Women'', which included photos that were also used for the cover art of Shazar's 1997 album ''Woman Under the Influence''. In 2013, she self-published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
