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Reeves (surname)
Reeves is a surname. People with the surname include *A. J. Reeves (born 1999), American basketball player *Al Reeves (1864–1940), American vaudeville entertainer *Alan Reeves (footballer), English former football player *Alec Reeves (1902–1971), English electronics engineer *Amber Reeves, feminist writer *Ana Reeves, Chilean television, film and theatre actress *Anita Reeves (died 2016), Irish film and stage actress *Antonio Reeves (born 2000), American basketball player *Bass Reeves, famous lawman from the late 1800s *Billy Reeves (footballer) *Bryant Reeves, American basketball player *Carlton W. Reeves, American judge *Charles Stephen Reeves (1836–1912), New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Dunedin *Charles Reeves (architect) (1815–1866), British architect *Conner Reeves, British singer-songwriter *Christopher B. Reeves, Emmy-winning sound editor *Connie Douglas Reeves, cowgirl *Dan Reeves (1944–2022), American football player and coach *Del Reeves (1932–2007), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Reeves
Al Reeves (May 31, 1864 – February 26, 1940) was an American vaudeville and minstrel show entertainer, vocalist, and banjo player. Catch phrase: "Give me credit, boys." He began performing in 1878, and was heavily involved in the burlesque scene. He later toured with his own company, Al Reeves' Specialty Co. and produced his famous "Big Beauty Show" ("99% Girls 99%") which bragged packed houses for twenty years. He was later known as the "King of Burlesque." Reeves made his only known recordings with Columbia Records and Edison Records from 1891 and 1893, and around the same time had an inadvertent influence on the young Al Jolson's interest in show business. Vaudeville performers the Griffin Sisters The Griffin Sisters, Emma (1874–1918) and Mabel (1877–1918) Griffin, were American vaudeville performers in the late 1800s and early 1900s who became entrepreneurs and social activists and opened one of the first booking agencies owned by B ... worked for Reeves early in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Reeves
Franklin Delano Reeves (July 14, 1932 – January 1, 2007) was an American country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ... singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty songs of the 1960s including "Girl on the Billboard" and "The Belles of Southern Bell". He is also known for his 1968 truck driver, trucker's anthem, "Looking at the World Through a Windshield", which demonstrated he was capable of more than just novelty songs. He became one of the most successful male country singers of the 1960s, becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1966 and remaining a regular performer for 40 years, until his death. Early life Reeves was born in Sparta, North Carolina, in July, 1932, the youngest of 11 children. He was named after U.S. President Franklin Delano R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julianne Michelle Reeves
Julianne Michelle (also known as Julianne Michelle Di Palma and Julianne Michelle Reeves; born September 5, 1987) is an American film and television actress. Retrieved April 5, 2010 Personal life Julianne Michelle, daughter of Joycelyn Engle and Joseph A. Di Palma(aka Count Joseph Alphonse di Palma) was born in Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey, and lives in New York City.Staff"Teaneck, N.J. Native Julianne Michelle Discusses Upcoming MoviesHer New Film Opens In 3D On Wednesday" WCBS-TV, July 21, 2013. Accessed November 17, 2014. "Local actress Julianne Michelle is starring alongside Mischa Barton and Rebecca De Mornay in a new horror movie coming to theaters this week. Michelle is a Teaneck, N.J. native and has attended Cornell, Masters Degree Columbia University and Marymount Manhattan College." She lived as a child in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and Las Vegas, and was briefly homeschooled. She attended Marymount School ('02) in Manhattan, and then Columbia University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph M
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reeves (other)
John Reeves may refer to: Sports * John Reeves (baseball), American baseball player * John Reeves (Australian footballer) (1929–1970), Australian rules footballer * John Reeves (footballer, born 1963), English football (soccer) player for Fulham and Colchester United * John Reeves (American football) (born 1975), American football linebacker Others *John Reeves (activist) (1752–1829), British judge, public official and conservative activist *John Reeves (naturalist) (1774–1856), English naturalist *John Sims Reeves (1821–1900), English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist * John W. Reeves Jr. (1888–1967), U.S. Navy admiral * John Reeves (composer) (born 1926), Canadian composer, broadcaster, author, recipient of John Drainie Award *John Reeves (judge) (born 1952), Australian politician, lawyer and judge *John M. Reeves, after whom the Reeves Peninsula in Antarctica is named See also *John Reaves Thomas Johnson "John" Reaves (March 2, 1950 – August 1, 2017) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Reeves
James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. One of the earliest pioneers and practitioners of the Nashville sound, he played a central role in the sonic development of country music in the 1960s. Known as "Gentleman Jim", his songs continued to chart for years after his death in a plane crash. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country Music Halls of Fame. Biography Early life and education Reeves was born at home in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage. He was the youngest of eight children born to Thomas Middleton Reeves (1882-1924) and Mary Beulah Adams Reeves (1884-1980). He was known as Travis during his childhood years. Winning an athletic scholarship to the University of Texas, he enrolled to study speech and drama but quit after only six weeks to work in the shipyards in Houston. Soon he resumed baseball, playing in the semi-professional leagues before contracting with the St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Reeves (other)
James, Jim, Jimmy or Jamie Reeves may refer to: *James Reeves (footballer) (1869–1937), English footballer who played in Spain * James Reeves (physician) (1829–1896), American physician *James Reeves (writer) (1909–1978), British writer *Jimmy Reeves (1904–1974), American boxer *Jim Reeves (1923–1964), American country and popular music singer-songwriter * James J. Reeves (born 1938), member of the Florida House of Representatives * Jamie Reeves (footballer) (born 1953), football pundit and former footballer *Jamie Reeves (born 1962), former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler * James Reeves (baseball) (born 1993), American pitcher * Nathan West (''General Hospital'') or James Nathan Reeves, a character from ''General Hospital'' See also *James H. Reeve, English broadcaster *James Knapp Reeve, American literary critic *Reeves (other) Reeves may refer to: People * Reeves (surname) * B. Reeves Eason (1886–1956), American director, actor and scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Reeves
Hubert Reeves (July 13, 1932 – October 13, 2023) was a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science. Early life and education Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry. Reeves attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a prestigious French-language college in Montreal. He obtained a BSc degree in physics from the Université de Montréal in 1953, an MSc degree from McGill University in 1956 with a thesis entitled "Formation of Positronium in Hydrogen and Helium" and a PhD degree at Cornell University in 1960. Career From 1960 to 1964, he taught physics at the Université de Montréal and worked as an adviser to NASA. He became a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1965. Personal life and death Reeves often spoke on television, promoting science. He resided in Paris, France, where he died on October 13, 2023, at the age of 91. Honours and recognition * In 1976, he was made Knight of the Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Reeves (other)
Harry Reeves may refer to: * Harry Gosford Reeves (1896–1918), British military aviator * Harry Wendell Reeves (1910–2001), American sports shooter * Harry Reeves (screenwriter), of ''Fun and Fancy Free'' and other Disney films * Harry Reeves (animator), of '' Egyptian Melodies'' and other Disney films See also *Harry Reeve Harry Isaacs (7 January 1893 – 10 December 1958), better known as Harry Reeve, was a British middleweight and cruiserweight boxer who was British Cruiserweight champion in 1916. At the time, the cruiserweight division was referred to as ligh ... (1893–1958), British boxer * Henry Reeves (other) {{hndis, Reeves, Harry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George R
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Reeves
George Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer; January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Superman, Clark Kent/Superman in the television series ''Adventures of Superman (TV series), Adventures of Superman'' (1952–1958). His death by gunshot at age 45 remains controversial. The official finding was suicide, but some believe that he was murdered or the victim of an accidental shooting. Early life Reeves was born January 5, 1914, as George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa, the son of Donald Carl Brewer and Helen Lescher. Reeves was born five months into their marriage. When the couple separated, soon after Reeves's birth, Reeves and his mother moved from Iowa to Ashland, Kentucky, to stay with relatives for a time and then to her home in Galesburg, Illinois. Later, Reeves's mother, who was of German descent, moved to California to stay with her sister. There, by 1920, she had met and married Frank Joseph Bessolo (according to tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Ayearst Reeves
Edward Ayearst Reeves (9 February 1862 – 17 October 1945) was a British geographer, astronomer, and cartographer. He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society beginning in 1896, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society from 1900, and won the 1922 Cullum Geographical Medal and 1928 Victoria Medal. Born on 9 February 1862 in Lewes, Reeves became a junior assistant in the Royal Geographical Society's map room of the at age 16, becoming a map curator in 1900. Beginning in 1901, he worked as an instructor of both astronomy and surveying; in 1904, he was promoted to superintendent of the map drawing department. He retired in 1933. Reeves was an author of multiple written works, notably including editing multiple editions of ''Hints to Travellers'',' as well as authoring ''Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical'' (1904), ''Maps and Map-making'' (1910), and ''The Recollections of a Geographer'' (1935). Reeves married Grace Eden Harley in 1888. He died in his Reigate Reigat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
