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Perry (given Name)
Perry is a unisex given name. Male A–G * Perry Adair (1899–1953), American golfer * Perry Adkisson (1929–2020), entomologist and Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System * Perry Anderson (born 1938), British historian and political essayist * Perry Anderson (ice hockey) (born 1961), Canadian hockey player * Perry Anzilotti (born 1959), American actor * Perry A. Armstrong (1823–1904), American politician * Perry Baker (born 1986), American rugby sevens player * Perry Bamonte (born 1960), guitarist and bassist best known for his work with The Cure * Perry Richardson Bass (1914–2006), American heir, investor and philanthropist * Perry Bellegarde (born 1962), Canadian First Nations and Métis activist and politician * Perry Benson (born 1961), English actor * Perry Berezan (born 1964), Canadian hockey player * Perry Bhandal (born 1968), British director and screenwriter * Perry Blake (born 1970), Irish singer and songwriter * Perry Bradford (1893–1970), African-Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unisex Name
A unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific. Unisex names are common in the English-speaking world, especially in the United States. By contrast, some countries have Naming laws, laws preventing unisex names, requiring parents to give their children sex-specific names. In other countries or cultures, social norms oppose such names and transgressions may result in discrimination, ridicule, and psychological abuse. Names may have different gender connotations from country to country or language to language. For example, the Italian male name ''Andrea'' (derived from Greek ''Andreas'') is understood as a female name in many languages, such as English, German, Hungarian, Czech, and Spanish. Parents may name their child in honor of a person of another sex, which – if done widely – can result in the name becoming unisex. For example, Christians, particularly Catholics, may give a child a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Baker
Perry Baker (born June 29, 1986) is an American former rugby union player who played for the United States national rugby sevens team. He is a two-time World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year. At the time of his retirement, with 293 tries Baker ranked first among Americans and second among all international players in tries scored. He also ranked 7th on the all-time point-scoring list with 1,467. American football Baker played college football for NCAA Division II Fairmont State University in West Virginia. He graduated from Fairmont State in 2010 with a degree in Criminal Justice. Baker was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) in July 2011, but he suffered a knee injury that cut short his NFL career. Baker played two seasons for the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League from 2012 to 2013. Rugby career Early career Baker was introduced to rugby by one of Baker's former high school football coaches in 2006. Baker played with the Daytona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Bullard
Winston Perry Bullard (September 2, 1942 – October 15, 1998), was a Democratic politician and lawyer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bullard was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Harvard University. After serving in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, he obtained his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. He then ran successfully for the Michigan House of Representatives in 1972. He continued to hold his 53rd district seat, representing Ann Arbor, until 1993. Bullard was known for his strongly liberal stances and his passion for defending and expanding personal civil liberties. He was one of a few members of the Democratic Socialists of America to be elected to public office. According to the Associated Press, Bullard was part of a group of young liberal representatives who, during the 1970s, were known as the "Kiddie Caucus"; other members included David Hollister of Lansing and Morris Hood of Detroit. Early in his tenure, Bullard was the subject of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry E
Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, traditionally in England (particularly Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire), parts of South Wales, France (especially Normandy and Anjou), Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. There is growing interest in artisanal perry production in the fruit-growing regions of the northwest United States. Perry typically has an alcohol content ranging from 5% to 9% ABV. Production Fruit The pears used to make perry are typically not the large, sweet varieties eaten as fresh fruit. Perry pears tend to be small and relatively the distinction between table pears and perry pears is similar to the distinction between table apples and cider apples. Perry pears are thought to be descended from wild hybrids, known as ''wildings'', between the cultivated pear ''Pyrus communis'' subsp. ''communis'' and the now-rare wild pear ''Pyrus communis'' subsp. ''pyraster''. The cultivated pear ''P. communis'' was brought t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Broad
Pery Broad, also Perry Broad, (25 April 1921 – 28 November 1993) was a Brazilian-born German non-commissioned officer in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) active at Auschwitz concentration camp from April 1942 to 1945. He reached the rank of ''SS- Unterscharführer'' while working as a translator and stenographer in the camp headquarters. As a prisoner after the war, he wrote a historically valuable account of the camp's operation, dubbed the ''Broad Report''. Broad, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1921, came to Berlin with his mother at the age of five. He studied at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin) and joined the ''Waffen-SS'' in 1941 as a foreigner. Detached on duty to Auschwitz, he requested a transfer to the '' Politische Abteilung'', where he conducted interrogations. According to Simon Laks, head of the prisoner's orchestra, Broad was a music lover who attended most of its performances, an exception being while choosing female prisoner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Bräutigam
Perry Bräutigam (born 28 March 1963) is a German footballer and coach who worked as coach for RB Leipzig. Playing career Bräutigam was born on 28 March 1963, in Altenburg. A goalkeeper, he played over 450 matches at the first and second level of the East and unified German football pyramid. He also won three caps for the East Germany national team. Coaching career Immediately after his playing career ended, Bräutigam started working as goalkeeper coach for F.C. Hansa Rostock. When his contract ended in 2009, he moved to the newly formed RB Leipzig, also as goalkeeper coach. Honours * FDGB-Pokal The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football af ...: runner-up 1987–88 References External links * * * 1963 births Living people German men's footballers East German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Brass
Perry Brass (born September 15, 1947) is an American author, journalist, playwright and essayist. He was an active member of the Gay Liberation Front, the first radical gay organization to be formed after the Stonewall Rebellion in New York in June 1969. He co-edited '' Come Out!'', the influential newspaper published by the Gay Liberation Front; the last three issues of the newspaper were published by the newspaper's collective from his apartment in Hell's Kitchen in New York. In 1971, with two friends, he co-founded the Gay Men's Health Project Clinic, the first clinic for gay men on the East Coast. The clinic openly advocated for gay men to use condoms, almost a decade before the advent of AIDS. He writes for ''The Huffington Post''. Perry Brass is member of the PEN American Center. The New York Public Library has a Manuscripts section with Perry Brass holdings. He has been a finalist for six Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Bradford
Perry Bradford (February 14, 1893, Montgomery, Alabama – April 20, 1970, New York City) was an African American composer, songwriter, and vaudeville performer. His most notable songs included "Crazy Blues," "That Thing Called Love," and "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down." He was nicknamed "Mule" because of his stubbornness, and he is credited with finally persuading Okeh Records to work with Mamie Smith leading to her historic blues recording in 1920. Biography Bradford grew up in Atlanta, where his family moved when he was six, and in 1906 started working in minstrel shows. He played in Chicago as a solo pianist as early as 1909 and visited New York City the following year. Through extensive experience with traveling minstrel shows and theatre companies, Bradford obtained exposure to African-American folksongs. Bradford broke down walls of racial prejudice that had kept African-American singers from recording. Prior to Bradford's influence, African-American artists recorded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Blake
Perry Blake (born 10 May 1970) is an Irish singer and songwriter from Sligo, Ireland, known for the delicate, downtempo, melancholic style of his songs and his soft singing voice. Career Blake's 1998 self-titled debut album was successful in the United Kingdom and won critical praise. His first single, "The Hunchback Of San Francisco", came from this album. His second release, ''Still Life'', contained contributions from Steve Jansen, while his third album, ''California'', was co-produced with Italian composer Marco Sabiu and featured Dickon Hinchliffe of Tindersticks and the former Prefab Sprout drummer Neil Conti. Blake is popular in France, where his music was used for the soundtracks of the films '' Presque rien'' (2000, for which he also wrote the original music) and '' Trois Petites Filles'' (2004). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Bhandal
Perry Bhandal (born 12 January 1968) is a British film director, screenwriter, and producer of the films '' Interview with a Hitman'' and ''The Last Boy'' and author of ''_prelude'', a collection of short stories and artwork, and ''The Winter Man'' a crime thriller. Early life Bhandal was born in Taplow, England and is of Sikh heritage. He received a BSc from the University of Manchester and two M.A.s from the University of Brunel: one in film and one in creative writing. Career In May 2009 Bhandal set up the film production company Kirlian Pictures and set about developing the feature film ''Interview with a Hitman''. Bhandal shot ''Interview with a Hitman'' in 18 days in August 2011 on location in Newcastle and Bucharest. The film had its market premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2012 and has gone on to sell in Major territories worldwide. ''Interview with a Hitman'' was released theatrically in the UK on 20 July 2012. It was released in the US on 5 March 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Berezan
Perry Edmund Berezan (born December 5, 1964) is a Canadian former ice hockey centre who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1985 and 1993. He was a third round selection, 55th overall, of the Calgary Flames at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and also played for the Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks. He is an alumnus of the University of North Dakota hockey program. Playing career Junior and college A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Berezan played two seasons of Junior A with the St. Albert Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) between 1981 and 1983. In 104 games for the Saints, Berezan recorded 53 goals and 129 points. He was later recognized by the AJHL as one of its top-50 all-time players during the league's 50th anniversary in 2013–14. The Calgary Flames selected Berezan with their third selection, 55th overall, at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, however he opted to first play college hockey with the North Dakota Fighting Sioux. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Benson
Perry Benson (born 9 April 1961) is a British character actor, having had regular roles in British television sitcoms '' You Rang, M'Lord?'' (1988–1993), '' Oh, Doctor Beeching!'' (1995–1997) and '' Operation Good Guys'' (1997–2000). Other credits include '' Scum'' (1979), '' Love, Honour and Obey'' (2000), '' Alien Autopsy'' (2006), '' This Is England'' (2006), '' Mum & Dad'' (2008), ''Vinyl'' (2012), '' Get Santa'' (2014), ''Benidorm'' (2014-2015), '' Accident Man'' (2018), and '' Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday'' (2022). Benson is the brother of the actress Kim Benson. Film career Benson has appeared in the British films '' Quadrophenia'' (1979), '' Scum'' (1979), '' Love, Honour and Obey'' (2000), '' Alien Autopsy'' (2006), '' This Is England'' (2006), '' Somers Town'' (2008), and '' Mum & Dad'' (2008). He had a lead role in ''Stars of the Roller State Disco'', a 1984 made-for-TV play by Alan Clarke. Benson also appeared as Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook in the 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
