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Welles (other)
Welles may refer to: * Welles (name) * , United States Navy destroyer * , United States Navy destroyer * Welles (musician), American See also * Wells (name) * Wells (other) {{disambig, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welles (name)
Welles is an English locational surname originating from Well, a village and mill in Lincolnshire. Its oldest public record is noted ca. 1086. Variations include Well and Wells. People with the name include: Surname * Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond (1360–1397) * Baron Welles (other) * Beatrice Welles-Smith, daughter of Orson Welles * Benjamin Welles (1857-1935), American philanthropist * Chris Welles Feder, daughter of Orson Welles * Edmund Welles, an American bass clarinet quartet * Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist * Elliot Welles (1927–2006), Holocaust survivor * Gideon Welles (1802–1878), U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1861–1869 * Gwen Welles (1947–1993), film and stage actress * Harry Welles Rusk (1852–1926), U.S. politician * Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State senator * Jennifer Welles, American porn star * Jesse Welles, American voice actress * Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welles (musician)
Jesse Wells (born November 22, 1994), known professionally as Jesse Welles, or simply Welles, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He released his debut studio album, ''Red Trees and White Trashes'' in 2018. Welles previously performed under the name Jeh Sea Wells and was also the frontman of the bands Dead Indian, formed in 2012, and Cosmic-American, formed in 2015. In 2024, Welles garnered attention on social media for writing and performing folk protest songs, including "The Poor", "Cancer", "The Olympics", and " United Health", as well as "War Isn't Murder", a track about the Israel-Palestinian War. ''Vulture'' has described his music as "A mix of old-fashioned folkie signifiers and trending-topic populism, delivered in hooky snippets on social media several times weekly". Early life and influences Welles was born in Ozark, Arkansas, and grew up there in Northwest Arkansas. He began playing guitar at age 11, and as a teenager he began recording songs which he sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells (name)
Wells is an English habitational surname but is possibly also from an old English word for Wales. It normally derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name (i.e. "Wellman") derives from the person responsible for a village's spring. The locational name (i.e. "Well") derives from the pre-7th century "" ("spring"). The topographical name (i.e. "Attewell") derives from living near a spring. The oldest public record is found in 1177 in the county of Norfolk. Variations of Wells include Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Berkshire (3.2 times the British average), followed by Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Kinross-shire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Dumfriesshire and Bedfordshire. __FORCETOC__ Origin It is said that the origin is sometimes derived from the city of Wells, but could also be from an old English word for Wales or a habitational surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |