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William Millar (other)
William Millar may refer to: * William Millar (transportation executive), former President of the American Public Transportation Association * William Millar (British Army officer) (died 1838), British Royal Artillery officer * William Millar (politician) (1839–1913), Irish-born Wisconsin politician * Billy Millar (rugby union) (1883–1949), South African rugby union player * Willie Millar (1901–1966), Scottish footballer (Ayr United, Middlesbrough FC, York City) * Billy Millar (footballer, born 1906), Irish international footballer (Linfield FC, Liverpool FC, Barrow AFC) * Billy Millar (footballer, born 1924) (1924–1995), Scottish footballer (Aberdeen FC, Swindon Town, Gillingham FC, Accrington Stanley) * William Millar (1931–1977), Irish-born American actor, known as Stephen Boyd * Will Millar (born 1940), Irish-Canadian singer See also * William Miller (other) William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Miller may refer to: Architecture and engineering *Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Millar (transportation Executive)
William Henry Millar (born August 7, 1954) is the former president of the American Public Transportation Association. From October 1, 1984 until October 31, 1996, he was the CEO of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, which serves the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. In spring 1992, he dealt with a crippling 28-day work stoppage strike that was only resolved by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, with an agreement not reached until eight months later. References Public Transportation Leader Calls For New Mobility Solutions For Older AmericansAmerican Public Transportation Association, April 14, 2005 External links * 1954 births Living people American business executives Port Authority of Allegheny County executives 20th-century American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Millar (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General William Millar (died 1838), was a British Royal Artillery officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; and later he was Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery. Biography Millar was the second son of the Scottish philosopher and historian John Millar (1735–1801), He received a direct appointment as 2nd lieutenant Royal Artillery 24 May 1781. His subsequent commissions were: 1st lieutenant 1787, captain lieutenant 1794, captain 1799, major (brevet 1805) 1806, lieutenant-colonel 1806, colonel (brevet 4 June) 14 June 1814, major-general 1831, colonel commandant 1834, lieutenant-general 1837. He served eighteen years in the West Indies, and was present at the capture of most of the French islands during the early part of the revolutionary wars. In 1804, on the rebuilding of Woolwich Arsenal after the great fire of 1802, he was appointed assistant to Colonel Fage in the royal carriage department, and was one of the officers to whose skill and indefatiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Millar (politician)
William Millar, Sr., (October 5, 1839February 5, 1913) was a Scotch-Irish American immigrant, farmer, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1889 & 1891) and Assembly (1887), representing Dunn County. His last name was spelled Miller in some historical sources.The 1887, 1889, and 1891 Wisconsin Blue Books spelled his name "Miller", and so later volumes that relied on that data to compile historical lists of legislators also spelled it that way. His obituary, his son, and his grave, however, spell it "Millar". Biography Millar was born near Dublin, Ireland, on October 5, 1839. He attended a select school in Ireland before emigrating with his family to the United States in 1850. He was raised working with his father on a farm in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. In 1857, the family moved to their own farm in what is now the town of Red Cedar, Wisconsin, and William was sent to attend high school at the nearby village of La Crosse, Wisconsin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Millar (rugby Union)
William Alexander Millar (6 November 1883 – 3 March 1949) was a South African Rugby union player. He was captain during South Africa's Tour of Great Britain in 1906. Personal life Millar was born in 1884 in Bedford. Millar was 5 feet 10 inches in height, and weighed 13 stone 2 pounds. He played a little football at the South African College in 1899. He was an amateur boxer, having won the heavyweight championship of the Western Province. Career He did not start playing the game again till 1903. He was badly wounded during the Boer war, and, on returning to Cape Town to convalesce, his recreations were walking, mountain climbing and shooting. These exercises gave him stamina and strength for Rugby football. In 1903 he started in the second string of the Gardens, but joined the first later that season. In 1904-6 he steadily improved, till in the last season he was recognised as one of the best forwards in the Western Province. He was selected for the Western Province in the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Millar
William Mills Millar (20 March 1901 – 19 July 1966) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside forward in Scottish football for Dunipace Juniors, Bo'ness, Hearts and Ayr United, in the Football League for Middlesbrough and York City, in non-League football Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to de ... for Rhyl Athletic and York Wednesday, in Irish football for Glentoran and Drumcondra and was on the books of Crewe Alexandra without making a league appearance. References 1901 births Footballers from Falkirk (council area) 1966 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Dunipace F.C. players Bo'ness F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Ayr United F.C. players Rhyl F.C. players Middlesbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Millar (footballer, Born 1906)
Billy Millar (born 25 October 1906, date of death unknown) was a Northern Irish association football, footballer who played as a striker. Millar was a forward who played three times for Liverpool during the 1928/29 first division season. He made a sensational start on his debut against Bury at Anfield on the opening day of the season by scoring in the very first minute and adding a second 20 minutes from time as the Reds won comfortably 3-0 in the premiere of the new roofed Spion Kop. Despite his excellent start Millar only figured twice more for the club's first team, struggling with injuries, against Sheffield United at home on 5 September which Liverpool lost 2-1 and in a 3-0 home victory against Newcastle on 13 October. Millar set a scoring record at Barrow by scoring 30 goals in 30 games in Third Division North and made his Northern-Ireland debut as a Barrow player. Millar had been chosen for the Irish team in October 1928 while at Liverpool, to face England at Goodison Park, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Millar (footballer, Born 1924)
William Millar (24 July 1924 – March 1995) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played for Aberdeen, Partick Thistle Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football, football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Despite their name, the club are based at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908. ..., Stirling Albion, Swindon Town, Gillingham and Accrington Stanley between 1946 and 1957. References External links * 1924 births 1995 deaths Scottish men's footballers Partick Thistle F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Kettering Town F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Footballers from Irvine, North Ayrshire Men's association football wingers {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd (born William Millar; 4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977) was a Northern Irish actor. He appeared in some 60 films, most notably as the villainous Messala in ''Ben-Hur'' (1959), a role that earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He received his second Golden Globe Award nomination for '' Billy Rose's Jumbo'' (1962). He also appeared, sometimes as a hero and sometimes as a malefactor, in the major big-screen productions '' Les bijoutiers du clair de lune'' (1958), '' The Bravados'' (1958), '' Imperial Venus'' (1962), ''The Fall of the Roman Empire'' (1964), ''Genghis Khan'' (1965), '' Fantastic Voyage'' (1966) and ''Shalako'' (1968). Biography Early life Stephen Boyd was born on 4 July 1931 in Glengormley, County Antrim,"Stephen Boyd: The Busker Who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Millar
Will Millar (born 1940) is a Northern Irish-Canadian singer best known as a co-founding member of The Irish Rovers. Until his departure in 1995, he was the group's front man. He plays guitar, banjo, mandolin and tin whistle. Early life and career Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Millar and his sister Sandra Beech performed as ''The Millar Kids'' before the family emigrated to Canada in 1953 when Millar was 14. Millar formed a Calypso Band, ''Kalypso Kews'', that performed for two years in Toronto's Yonge Street at the Calypso Club. Millar moved to Calgary, Alberta and hosted a children's television show as well as forming an Irish folk trio. In the 1960s, Millar invited his brother, then 15, George, his cousin Joe and Jimmy Ferguson to stay with him in Calgary. He brought them on his television show and started performing with them at Calgary's first folk club, The Depression. Irish Rovers Under the guidance of Les Weinstein, Millar's manager, he too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Miller (other)
William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Miller may refer to: Architecture and engineering * William Dawes Miller (1918–1993), American engineer *William Henry Miller (architect) (1848–1922), American architect *William R. Miller (architect) (1866–1929), American architect in Maine Artists *Bill Miller (artist) (born 1962), American artist *Billy the Artist, East Village-based artist born William Miller *Christian William Miller (1921–1995), American artist and model *William Miller (engraver) (1796–1882), Scottish line engraver *William Rickarby Miller (1818–1893), American painter Business and industry *Bill Miller (British businessman) (born 1928), former Vice-Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb and philanthropist *Bill Miller (investor), chairman and former chief investment officer of Legg Mason Capital Management *William Starr Miller II (1856–1935), New York industrialist in the early 20th century *William White Miller (1846–1912), Irish Canadian businessman Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
