Sinclair (surname)
The Scoto-Norman surname ''Sinclair'' comes from the Clan Sinclair, whose progenitors moved to Scotland and were given the land of Roslin, Midlothian by the King of Scots. The style "Sinclair" is the most common. It has its origins in Scotland and is a derivation of the original French ''de Saint-Clair'', although the name has also been styled "Santoclair", "de St. Clair", "Sainclair", "Synklar" and many more across the centuries. The well-known individuals in this article are listed first alphabetically then by profession. A * Adam Sinclair (field hockey), hockey player *Adam Sinclair (actor), actor * Adelaide Sinclair, Canadian civil servant * Aishah Sinclair, Malaysian actress and TV host *Alex Sinclair, colorist for comics * Alfred Sinclair, born Alfred Sinclair Wadham, English painter in Australia * Alfredo Sinclair, Panamanian artist * Alice Sinclair, British supermodel * Alison Sinclair (other) * Alistair Sinclair, Scottish curler, European champion * Anders S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, Latin influence in English, including English, having contributed List of Latin words with English derivatives, many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England, Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin Root (linguistics), roots appear frequently in the technical vocabulary used by fields such as theology, List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, the sciences, List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes, medicine, and List of Latin legal terms ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Snoddy (surname)
Snoddy is a Scottish surname. Notable people with this name include: * Alan Snoddy, Northern Irish football referee * Raymond Snoddy, British journalist and media commentator * Stephen Snoddy, British curator of contemporary art * Aengus Ó Snodaigh Aengus Ó Snodaigh (; born 31 July 1964) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician, author and historian who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency since the 2002 general election. Early and personal life A Dubliner a ..., Irish politician bearing the Irish translation of the name Angus Snoddy. * William Snoddy (born 1957), American sprint athlete {{DEFAULTSORT:Snoddy (surname) Surnames of Scottish origin Surnames of Irish origin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anders Sinclair
Anders Sinclair (1614–1689) was one of many Scottish soldiers who joined Swedish service during the Thirty Years' War, rising to the rank of colonel, and holding several military governorship of important fortress towns in Sweden. Sinclair enlisted 1635 in Robert Stewart's Scottish regiment in Swedish service, as a private musketeer; promoted to corporal 1637; sergeant 1640; ensign 1643. Transferred to Närke-Värmland Regiment as ensign 1644. Lieutenant in Skaraborg Regiment 1647; captain 1655; major 1660; lieutenant-colonel 1674. Commander in Marstrand 1675; military governor of Kalmar 1676; of Marstrand 1676; promoted to colonel 1676; military governor of Halmstad 1678. During the defence of Toruń 1658, Sinclair was shot four times, through both arms and in his head, while he and his men beat back the enemy eight times. Sinclair was son of John Sinclair, and grandson of James Sinclair, Baron of Randel. He married twice, first Anna Botvidsdotter in 1648, in a marriage that ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alistair Sinclair (curler)
Alistair Sinclair is a Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ... curler. He is a . Teams References External links * Living people Scottish male curlers British male curlers European curling champions Scottish curling champions Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alison Sinclair (other) (born 1959), British physician and author
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Alison Sinclair may refer to: * Alison Sinclair (literary critic), professor of modern Spanish literature and intellectual history * Alison Sinclair (virologist), professor of molecular virology * Alison Sinclair (author) Alison Sinclair (born 1959) is a British writer of science fiction, resident in Canada. She is the author of the ''Darkborn'' trilogy of novels and other works and is a medical doctor. Novels * ''Legacies'' (1995) * ''Blueheart'' (1996) * ''Caval ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alice Sinclair
Alice Sinclair (born 17 November 1987) is an English fashion model best known for winning the reality TV program '' Make Me a Supermodel'' screened on Five. Her "quirky personality" and odd looks saw her beat twelve other finalists to victory in the live catwalk finale, April 2005. Sinclair decided to shake off all association with the program and prove herself in the fashion world. She enjoyed success, modelling across the world for magazines including ''Vogue Italia'', '' Glamour'', ''Marie Claire'' and ''Cosmopolitan'', and appearing in print and TV ads for ''Levi's'', '' H&M'', ''Nokia'', ''Fred Perry'' and '' Fabris Lane''. Annoyed by the negative stereotypes forced on models, she remarked, ''"There are millions of beautiful women out there and that isn't enough to succeed,"'' and decided to leave modelling after two years to continue the studies she had put on hold. She was educated in England at the all-girls' Henrietta Barnett School The Henrietta Barnett School is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alfredo Sinclair
Alfredo Sinclair (8 December 1914 – 2 February 2014) was a Panamanian artist. He was born in Panama City. He studied with Humberto Ivaldi at the National School of Painting and later in Argentina, between 1947 and 1951. He had his first contact with the painting in the studio of painter Humberto Ivaldy. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 1947 and 1951, under the tutelage of Jorge Soto Acebal. He taught drawing and painting at the School of Architecture and was a founder of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Panama. Since 1950 he has been conducting various art exhibitions in Panama and around the world. As a painter he worked light in collage and mixed media applied by bright colors. He entered the figurative but was known as the father of abstract painting in Panama. He began his career using semi-abstract references to urban congestion, as well as fish, insects and other animals. In the 1970s he changed his style to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alfred Sinclair
Brothers William Joseph Wadham (1863–1950) and Alfred Sinclair Wadham (1866–1938) were English painters in watercolors who were active in Australia in the late 19th century. The younger brother invariably used the name Alfred Sinclair. History Wadham and Sinclair were sons of Benjamin Brassett (or Braffat) Wadham (1816–1904), a painter of some note who was deaf and dumb from birth. Joseph learnt to paint at his father's side, and accompanied him on his many sketching trips throughout England and Wales, and had the privilege of seeing many of England's premier artists at work. Joseph had his first picture accepted for exhibition by the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, at age 14. In 1885 he left for Australia. Alfred studied at the Liverpool Academy of Arts and left for Melbourne, Australia, in 1887, to join his brother, who had made the journey a year earlier. After a brief stay they moved to Adelaide, and joined the South Australian Society of Arts. They had exhibitions in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alex Sinclair
Alex Sinclair (born 2 December 1968) is a Mexican comic-book colorist known for his work with Jim Lee and Scott Williams. Career Sinclair is well known for his collaborations with Jim Lee and Scott Williams. He has previously worked on '' Astro City'', Alan Moore's '' Top 10'', Harley Quinn and with Lee & Williams on '' Batman: Hush'', ''Superman'', '' WildCATs'', '' Gen13'', '' Divine Right'', '' All-Star Batman and Robin'', ''Infinite Crisis "Infinite Crisis" is a 2005–2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, ...'' and '' 52''. Bibliography Comics work includes: * '' Top 10'' References * External links * * Living people American comics artists 1968 births Comics colorists {{US-comics-creator-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aishah Sinclair
Aishah Jennifer Mohamed Sinclair (born 27 October 1980 in Wimbledon, London, England) is a Malaysian actress, television host and radio announcer. Background Sinclair was born to a pharmacist, Mohammed Anthony John Sinclair, who is British with Irish, English and Scottish ancestry, and Khadijah Abdul Rahman, who is of Malay descent. She had an older brother, actor Ashraf Sinclair who died of a heart attack in 2020, and a younger brother, Adam. Due to her father's career, Sinclair grew up in Croydon Croydon is a large town in South London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a Districts of England, local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater Lond ..., Saudi Arabia, Lytham St Annes with her grandmother, and Cambridge before moving to Malaysia in 1986. She was a British citizen before becoming a Malaysian citizen when she was sixteen years old. She holds a Bachelors in Mass Commu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adelaide Sinclair
Adelaide Helen Grant Sinclair, (January 16, 1900 – November 20, 1982) was a Canadian public servant. She was the second Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board from 1951 to 1952, and from 1957 to 1967, she was the deputy executive director for programs of UNICEF, and one of the highest ranking women at the United Nations. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Overton Macdonald, she attended Havergal College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from University College, University of Toronto in 1922 and a Master of Arts in 1925. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta at the University of Toronto. She did post-graduate work at the London School of Economics from 1926 to 1929 and the University of Berlin in 1929. She lectured in economics and political science at the University of Toronto. In 1930 she married Donald Black Sinclair, a Toronto lawyer, who died in 1938. The couple had no children. During World War II, she was the Director and tempo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adam Sinclair (actor)
Adam Sinclair (born 18 April 1977) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role as Jason Jackson in ''Boyz Unlimited and'' starred in the television series ''Mile High'' and has appeared in supporting roles in films like ''National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj''. Personal life Sinclair is originally from East Kilbride, Scotland. He met his wife, Michelle Kath, in Hawaii while working on the set of ''To End All Wars''. Michelle is the daughter of Terry Kath, a founding member of the rock band Chicago (band), Chicago, former stepdaughter of actor Kiefer Sutherland, and older half-sister of Sarah Sutherland. Selected filmography * ''Boyz Unlimited'' as Jason Jackson (1999) * ''To End All Wars'' as John (2001) * ''Hollyoaks: Movin' On'' as Jake (2001) * ''As If (British TV series), As If'' as Dan Parker (11 episodes between 2001 and 2002) * ''Mile High'' as Will O'Brien (38 episodes between 2003 and 2005) * ''Holby City'' as Alan Thom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |