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Shum (surname)
Shum is a surname in various cultures. Origins Shum may be the spelling of the Cantonese pronunciation of two Chinese surnames, listed below by their spelling in Pinyin (which reflects the Mandarin pronunciation): * Cén (), which originated as a toponymic surname. (). * Shěn (). It is nearly-homophonous with the above surname in Cantonese (). Shum is also an English surname. Early records of the surname in England in the ''International Genealogical Index'' of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include one bearer in 1748 in London and another in 1768 in Toddington, Bedfordshire. The German surname Shum is a variant spelling of Schum or Schumm, which originated as a toponymic surname after a place in Upper Saxony. It is also found as an Ashkenazi Jewish surname (Yiddish and ). Statistics According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, there were 342 people on the island of Great Britain and 21 on the island of Ireland with the surname Shum as of 2011. The 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam (surname)
Sam is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alfred Sam (c.1880–1930s), Gold Coast trader and Back-to-Africa pioneer * Christian Sam (born 1996), American football player * Eliza Sam or Cen Lixiang (born 1984), Chinese-Canadian actress * Grace Y. Sam (born 1949), Palauan politician * Leman Sam (born 1951), Turkish singer and songwriter * Michael Sam (born 1990), American gridiron football player * P. K. Sam (born 1983), American gridiron football player * Şevval Sam (born 1973), Turkish singer and actress * Shivanna Sam, Trinidad and Tobago politician * Tirésias Simon Sam (1835–1916), Haitian politician, President of Haiti 1896–1902 * Tony Sam, American stand-up comedian * Vilbrun Guillaume Sam (1859–1915), Haitian politician, President of Haiti 1915 Cantonese * Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese * Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese See also * Sam (given name) * Sam (other) Sam, SAM or variants may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, largest European island, and the List of islands by area, ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The island of Ireland, with an area 40 per cent that of Great Britain, is to the west – these islands, along with over List of islands of the British Isles, 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, comprise the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a land bridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's List of islands by population, third-most-populous islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shen Hongying
Shen Hongying or Shum Hung-ying (; Cantonese: ''Shum Hung-ying'') (Oct 15, 1871 – January 28, 1935) was a Chinese general in the Old Guangxi Clique during the Republic of China (1912–1949). Shum was given the title of General Hip Wai (協威將軍) by President Li Yuanhong. Shen served as List of warlords and military cliques in the Warlord Era#Old Guangxi clique, military governor of Guangdong from March 1923 to May 1924 in the Warlord Era. He was in alliance with Wu Peifu. He was defeated by Li Zongren in 1925. Shen Hongying was born in 1871 and moved to Luorong (雒容) of Guangxi from Enping of Guangdong. He had been a bandit and later became a prefecture officer (管帶) in the Qing dynasty, Qing government. He then served at the Republic government and was promoted to a number of posts, eventually became defence commissioner in the two provinces. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Frontier Defence of the Third Route Army of Guangdong and Guangxi (粵桂邊防第三 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Shum
Lester Shum Ngo-fai ( zh, t=岑敖暉; born 11 June 1993) is a Hong Kong social activist and politician. He was a leader of the 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and served as deputy secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) from April 2014 to March 2015. He was a member of the Tsuen Wan District Council for Hoi Bun from 2020 to 2021. Early life Shum was born in New York, United States. He came to Hong Kong as a toddler during the mid-1990s. He identified as a Hongkonger, expressing his emotional attachment to the city. Shum completed his secondary education at Sheng Kung Hui Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School before enrolling in The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He initially majored in Information engineering, but later switched to studying Government and Public Administration. Shum grew up in a middle-class household. According to Shum, his political awakening came from the popular internet forum Hong Kong Golden Forum. Umbrella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Shum Jr
Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series ''Glee'' (2009–2015), Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series ''Shadowhunters'' (2016–2019), and Dr. Benson Kwan on the ABC television series ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2022–present). He was nominated for six Screen Actors Guild Awards for best ensemble performance in '' Crazy Rich Asians'', ''Glee'' and ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'', winning for the latter two. Shum won The Male TV Star of 2018 award in the E! People's Choice Awards for ''Shadowhunters''. Shum has appeared in the films '' Step Up 2: The Streets'' (2008), '' Step Up 3D'' (2010), '' White Frog'' (2012), '' Revenge of the Green Dragons'' (2014), '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny'' (2016), '' Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018), the Hulu web series '' The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers'' (2010–2011) and the YouTube Originals series '' Single by 30'' (2016). In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shum Kwok Pui
Shum Kwok Pui (; born 11 August 1970) is a Hong Kong former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Coaching career Pegasus Shum joined Pegasus in 2008 as an assistant coach. He left the club by mutual consent in June 2011. South China As part of a partnership with Chelsea Soccer School, Sham returned to South China as the coach of the U-18 squad. Happy Valley South China decided to end their partnership with Chelsea after the 2015-16 season. As a result, Chelsea found a new partner in Happy Valley with which to loan their students. Sham decided to follow Chelsea and was named the manager at Happy Valley in September 2016. On 15 July 2019, Shum ceded his head coaching duties to Pau Ka Yiu while remaining with Happy Valley as an assistant. Honours ;Eastern *Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shum
John Sham Kin-Fun (born 1952) is a Hong Kong actor and film producer. His English name is sometimes written as John Shum. Whilst known primarily for his comedic acting roles in Hong Kong cinema, he also spent time as a political activist. Biography Shum was educated in Hong Kong, the UK and the US. Upon his return to Hong Kong, he co-founded "City Magazine" with John Chan, and worked as its editor. At the same time, he began working in television and radio. He was also a student activist in the 1970s back in his youth and was a member of a Trotskyist vanguard party the Revolutionary Marxist League. In 1983, he set up the film production company D&B Films, along with Sammo Hung and Dickson Poon. He later founded another film company with John Chan, Maverick Films Ltd. Sham's most prolific period working as an actor was during the 1980s. Of the 45 films he has appeared in, 33 were during this period. Notable appearances include Sammo Hung's Lucky Stars films '' Winners and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Americans
White Americans (sometimes also called Caucasian Americans) are Americans who identify as white people. In a more official sense, the United States Census Bureau, which collects demographic data on Americans, defines "white" as "[a] person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa". This group constitutes the majority of the people in the United States, although their proportion of the overall population has been White demographic decline, gradually declining. As of the latest American Community Survey in 2023, the US Census Bureau estimates that 60.5% of the US population, or 202,651,650 people, are White alone, while Non-Hispanic whites, Non-Hispanic Whites make up 57.1% of the population. Overall, 72.3% of Americans identify as White alone or in combination. European Americans are by far the largest panethnic group of white Americans and have constituted the majority population of the United States since the nation's founding. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Americans
Asian Americans are Americans with Asian diaspora, ancestry from the continent of Asia (including naturalized Americans who are Immigration to the United States, immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous peoples of the continent of Asia, the usage of the term "Asian" by the United States Census Bureau denotes a racial category that includes people with origins or ancestry from East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. It excludes people with ethnic origins from West Asia, who were historically classified as 'white' and will be categorized as Middle Eastern Americans starting from the 2030 United States census, 2030 census. Central Asians in the United States, Central Asian ancestries (including Afghans, Afghan, Kazakhs, Kazakh, Kyrgyz people, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, Tajik, Turkmens, Turkmen, and Uzbeks, Uzbek) were previously not included in any racial category but h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south-east, the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The county has an area of and a population of 1,131,052. Stoke-on-Trent is located in the north and is immediately adjacent to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Stafford is in the centre of the county, Burton upon Trent in the east, and the city of Lichfield and Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth in the south-east. For local government purposes Staffordshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with nine districts, and the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area of Stoke-on-Trent. The county Historic counties of England, historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
