Richard Overton (other)
Richard Overton may refer to: *Richard Overton (Leveller) (fl. 1640–1664), pamphlet writer and member of the Leveller movement during the English Civil War * Richard Overton (sound engineer), American film sound technician * Richard Arvin Overton (1906–2018), American soldier, who was the oldest living veteran of World War II and oldest man in the USA at the time of his death. * Richard C. Overton (1907–1988), American railroad historian *Rick Overton Richard Overton (born August 10, 1954) is an American actor and screenwriter. His writing credits include ''Dennis Miller Live'' (1994–2002), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award, while his acting credits include '' Gung Ho'' and '' O ...

Richard Overton (Leveller)
Richard Overton (fl. 1640–1664) was an English pamphleteer and Leveller during the Civil War and Interregnum (England).Little is known of the early life of Overton and using different sources his birth has been placed as either shortly before 1600 or a decade and a half later. Biography Early life Richard Overton may have spent part of his early life in Holland, although some of his writings show an interest in agricultural issues such as the enclosure of common land and may indicate that instead of living in the Netherlands he spent his early years in rural England, possibly Lincolnshire, a county in which the surname Overton was common. A Richard Overton matriculated as a sizar from Queens' College, Cambridge, at Easter 1631, and may be the very same subject of this biography. First pamphlets and satires He is known to have begun publishing anonymous attacks on the bishops about the time of the opening of the Long Parliament, together with some pungent verse satires, like ' ...
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Richard Overton (sound Engineer)
Richard Overton is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. He worked on more than 60 films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Die Hard'' (1988) * ''The Abyss'' (1989) * ''The Hunt for Red October ''The Hunt for Red October'' is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutt ...'' (1990) References External links * Year of birth missing Possibly living people American audio engineers Primetime Emmy Award winners {{US-audio-engineer-stub ...
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Richard Arvin Overton
Richard Arvin Overton (May 11, 1906 – December 27, 2018) was an American supercentenarian who at the age of 112 years, 230 days was the oldest verified surviving U.S. World War II veteran and oldest man in the United States. He served in the United States Army. In 2013, he was honored by President Barack Obama. He resided in Austin, Texas, from 1945 until his death in 2018. Early life and education Overton was born in Bastrop County, Texas, to Gentry Overton Sr. and Elizabeth Franklin Overton Waters. Overton's great-great-grandfather was American judge and presidential advisor John Overton (judge), John Overton. Through this ancestor he was a cousin of civil-rights activist Volma Overton, Volma Robert Overton and of William R. Dickinson. Military and civilian career Overton enlisted in the United States Army on September 3, 1940, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He served in the South Pacific Area, South Pacific from 1940 through 1945, including stops in Hawaii, Guam, Palau, and I ...
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Richard C
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * ...
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