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Sy (other)
Sy is a given name, nickname/hypocorism (often of Seymour) and surname which may refer to: Surname In arts and entertainment * Brigitte Sy (born 1956), French actress and filmmaker * Latyr Sy (born 1972), Senegalese singer and percussionist * Leïla Sy (born 1977), French director * Omar Sy (born 1978), French actor and comedian * Oumou Sy (born 1952), Senegalese fashion designer In sports * Amara Sy (born 1981), Malian-French basketball player * Baba Sy (1935–1978), Senegalese draughts player, first world champion from Africa * Cheikha Sy (born 1990), Senegalese footballer * Founéké Sy (born 1986), Malian footballer * Moussa Sy, Guinean football player * Pape Sy (born 1988), French-Senegalese basketball player * Bandja Sy (born 1990), Malian-French basketball player In politics * Chan Sy (1932–1984), Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 1981 to 1984 * Ousmane Sy (born 1949), Malian politician * Seydina Oumar Sy (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Origins and usage Etymologically, the term ''hypocorism'' is from Ancient Greek (), from (), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix refers in this case to creating a diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words () 'boy, youth' and () 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the Morphology (linguistics), morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipping (morphology), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Sy
Frédéric Sy (1861-1917) was a French astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He worked at the Paris Observatory from 1879 to 1887, and as the assistant astronomer at the Algiers Observatory, North Africa, from 1887 to 1918. While working in Algiers he published extensively on the subjects of minor asteroids and comets, and was a colleague of astronomer François Gonnessiat. Sy was responsible for the discovery and naming of two asteroids, 858 El Djezaïr and 859 Bouzaréah. The names were drawn from locations near the discovering Algiers Observatory. He was awarded the Valz Prize ''(Prix Valz)'' in 1919 by the French Academy of Sciences. The asteroid 1714 Sy was named after him in 1951. References 20th-century French astronomers Discoverers of asteroids Discoveries by Frédéric Sy, * 19th-century French astronomers 1861 births 1917 deaths {{France-astronomer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seymour G
Seymour may refer to: Places Australia *Seymour, Victoria, a township **Seymour railway station * Electoral district of Seymour, a former electoral district in Victoria * Rural City of Seymour, a former local government area in Victoria * Seymour, Tasmania, a locality Canada * Seymour Range, a mountain range in British Columbia * Mount Seymour, British Columbia * Seymour River (Burrard Inlet), British Columbia * Seymour River (Shuswap Lake), British Columbia * Seymour Inlet, British Columbia * Seymour Narrows, British Columbia * Seymour Island (Nunavut) * Seymour Township, Ontario United States * Seymour, Connecticut, a town * Seymour, Illinois, a census-designated place * Seymour, Indiana, a city * Seymour, Iowa, a city * Seymour, Missouri, a city * Seymour, Tennessee, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Seymour, Texas, a city * Seymour, Wisconsin (other) Elsewhere * Seymour Island, off the tip of Graham Land on the Antarctic Penin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Syms
Sy Syms (May 12, 1926 – November 17, 2009) was an American businessperson, businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who founded the SYMS department store#Off-price retailer, off-price clothing chain store, chain in New York City in 1959. Biography Syms was born Seymour Merinsky on May 12, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the youngest of eight children of Jewish parents who had emigrated from Russia. His family decided to change their surname from "Merinsky" to "Merns" when his father and elder brother George opened a store on Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan. Syms went to Midwood High School in Brooklyn. After serving in the United States Army, he attended New York University on the G.I. Bill. He initially began a career as a sportscaster and reporter in Maryland and West Virginia. However, in 1950 Syms returned to New York City in order to work at the family's store. In 1959, Syms opened a men's clothing store on nearby Cortlandt Street in New York City's Financial Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Berger
Seymour Perry Berger (July 12, 1923 – December 14, 2014) was an employee of the Topps company for over 50 years. He is credited as being the co-designer of the 1952 Topps baseball series, as is regarded as "the father of modern baseball cards". Personal life Berger, who was Jewish, was born on July 12, 1923, on the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, to Louis (a furrier) and Rebecca Berger. As a boy, he collected baseball cards, traded them and won some from friends by flipping for them. He served in the Army Air Forces in World War II and later graduated from Bucknell University with an accounting degree. While in college, Berger met Joel Shorin, son of Philip Shorin, one of the founders of Topps. Berger died on December 14, 2014, aged 91, at home in Rockville Centre, New York. He is survived by his wife of 69 years (Gloria Karpf Berger), three children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Topps Berger's first day at Topps was also the first day that T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Wexler
Sy Wexler (1916-2005) was an American filmmaker best known for the hundreds of educational short films he made, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s. The most famous was ''Squeak the Squirrel''. He also co-produced a short film titled ''The Searching Eye'' (1964), which was directed by Saul Bass, and shown during the 1964 New York World's Fair The 1964 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair) was an world's fair, international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activ .... External links * *''Squeak the Squirrel'' at the Internet Archive* 1916 births 2005 deaths Deaths from cancer in California {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Smith
Sy Smith is an American singer. Early life and career beginnings Smith grew up in Washington, D.C. She began her career leading a six-person Washington D.C. go-go band called "In Tyme". After graduating from Howard University with a bachelor's degree of Science in psychology and a minor in music therapy, she moved to Los Angeles, California. She soon charted territory singing backup for Usher, Eric Benet, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Ginuwine, Brandy, and spending more than a year on the road with Whitney Houston. Among it all, Smith made appearances as a regular fixture behind Vonda Shepard on the FOX TV show '' Ally McBeal''. Career 1999–2003: ''Psykosoul'' and departure from Hollywood Records Smith moved to L.A. in 1997 and signed with Disney's label Hollywood Records in 1999. On October 26, 1999, she released her first single "Gladly", which charted at number 79 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In early 2000, Smith released the second single "Good N Strong". The album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Richardson
Sy Richardson (born 1941) is an American film and television actor. Also a two-time screenwriter, Richardson wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film ''Posse''. Early life and education He was born in Cincinnati and grew up in Chicago. He attended Farragut Career Academy. He served two years in the United States Navy. He received an associate of arts in black history and music from Kennedy–King College in 1972 and received a Bachelor of Science in journalism, specializing in advertising, from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1975. Career Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy ''Cinderella''. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in '' Repo Man'', '' Sid and Nancy'', '' Straight to Hell'', '' Walker'', '' The Winner'' and '' Searchers 2.0''. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film '' Tripwire''. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner A coroner is a government or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Oliver
Melvin James "Sy" Oliver (December 17, 1910 – May 28, 1988) was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader. Life Sy Oliver was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. His mother was a piano teacher, and his father was a multi-instrumentalist, who demonstrated saxophones at a time when instrument was seldom played other than by marching bands. Oliver left home at 17 to play with Zack Whyte and his Chocolate Beau Brummels and later with Alphonse Trent. He sang and played trumpet with these bands, becoming known for his "growling" horn playing. He also began arranging with them. He continued singing for the next 17 years, making many recordings when he was with Jimmie Lunceford and with his own band. With Lunceford, from 1933 to 1939, he recorded more than two dozen vocals. From 1949 to 1951, he recorded more than a dozen with his band. With Tommy Dorsey, he recorded very few vocals. In 1941, he sang with Jo Stafford, on his own compositions " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Montgomery
Sy Montgomery (born February 7, 1958) is an American naturalist, author, and scriptwriter who writes for children as well as adults. Biography Early life and education Montgomery was born on February 7, 1958, in Frankfurt, Germany, to Austin and Willa Montgomery. Her father was a brigadier general in the US Army; her mother was a pilot, who also worked for the FBI. As a child she lived in Frankfurt; Brooklyn, New York; Alexandria, Virginia; and Westfield, New Jersey. She is a 1975 graduate of Westfield High School and a 1979 graduate of Syracuse University, a triple major with dual degrees in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and in French language and literature and in psychology from the College of Arts and Sciences. She has been awarded four honorary doctorate degrees: an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Keene State College in 2004 and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from both Franklin Pierce University and Southe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Gomberg
Sy Gomberg (August 19, 1918 – February 11, 2001) was an American Oscar-nominated film screenwriter, producer, and activist, who taught screenwriting to University of Southern California students for over a decade. Gomberg was born in New York City, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. He spent World War II in the First Motion Picture Unit in Hollywood. After the war, he was a contributor to ''Collier's Weekly'' and the ''Saturday Evening Post''. In 1951, he received an Academy Award nomination for '' When Willie Comes Marching Home'' – which was based on a story Gomberg originally wrote for ''Collier's''. He was also nominated the same year for Best Screenplay for ''Summer Stock''. He also created, produced and wrote the 1960s ABC legal drama '' The Law and Mr. Jones'' starring James Whitmore. A supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Gomberg organized members of the film industry to march with Martin Luther King Jr., in Alabama. In 1957 Gomberg married actress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Barry
Seymour "Sy" Barry (born March 12, 1928) at the . Retrieved on March 25, 2015. is an American comic-book and comic-strip , best known for being the artist of the strip '''' for more than three decades. Biography Sy Barry was born in New York City in 1928, and is the br ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
