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Wynn (given Name)
Wynn is a given name and nickname. People with the first name Wynn include: * Wynn Bruce (1971–2022), American climate activist who self-immolated * Wynn Bullock (1902–1975), American photographer * Wynn Chamberlain (1927–2014), American artist, filmmaker and author * Wynn Edwards (1842–1900), American farmer and politician *Wynn Everett (born 1978), American actress *Wynn Handman (born 1922), American theatre director *Wynn Harmon (born 1960) American stage and screen actor *Wynn Hawkins (born 1936), American baseball player and executive * Wynn Mercere, American fantasy author * Wynn Normington Hugh-Jones (born 1923), British diplomat and politician * Wynn Roberts (actor), Australian television actor * Wynn Roberts (biathlete) (born 1988), American athlete * Wynn Schwartz (born 1950), American psychologist * Wynn Speece (1917–2007), American radio personality *Wynn Stewart (1934–1985), American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist *Wynn Underwood (1927–2005), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self-immolation Of Wynn Bruce
On April 22, 2022, climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce set himself on fire in the plaza of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. The fatal self-immolation, which took place on Earth Day, was characterized by Bruce's friends and his father as a protest against the climate crisis. Wynn Bruce Wynn Alan Bruce was a climate activist from Boulder, Colorado. He grew up in Minnesota, where he participated in varsity cross country running. In the late 1980s, he moved to Florida to live with his mother, attending Hernando High School where he was a member of the science club. He graduated high school in 1989 and planned to join the US Air Force, but an accident in a car driven by one of his friends killed the friend and severely injured Bruce; he suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as damage to one of his legs. He moved to Boulder in the year 2000, and became interested in photojournalism. Bruce lived alone in Boulder, in a townhouse that was part of the ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Roberts (actor)
Wynn Roberts (born 1923/1924 – 24 August 2021) credited also as Wyn Roberts and Wynne Roberts, was an Australian radio, stage and screen actor who appeared in more than 70 film and television productions between the early 1950s and 2001. He appeared in numerous TV plays and also featured in TV miniseries over a career spanning 50 years. His television credits include ''Homicide'', ''Prisoner'', '' Special Squad'', '' Neighbours'', ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Police Rescue'', ''A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...'' and '' Wildside''. He is also known for his role as Sergeant Bumpher in the 1975 film classic '' Picnic at Hanging Rock''. He was also a leading stage actor, starting from the late 1940s. He worked for a number of years in radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn (surname)
Wynn is a surname of Welsh origin. Wynn and its variant Wynne are derived from the Welsh word for white (Gwyn). (However it may sometimes be a form of Winn.)Cottle, Basil (1967) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames''. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 329 It may refer to: * Albert Wynn, former Democratic congressman from Maryland * DeShawn Wynn, running back for the Green Bay Packers * Dylan Wynn, American football player * Ed Wynn, American comedian and actor * Graeme Wynn, Australian rugby league footballer * Henry Wynn, British statistician * Hugh Wynn (1897–1936), American film editor * Klaas Wynne, professor of chemistry at University of Glasgow * Isaiah Wynn, American football player * Big Jim Wynn, American saxophonist * Jimmy Wynn, American Major League Baseball player * John Wynn (other), various people * Keenan Wynn, American actor * May Wynn (1928–2021), American actress * Natalie Wynn (born 1988), American YouTube personality * Ned Wynn (1941–2020), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Varble
George Edwin Varble is an American country music musician and songwriter. Varble co-wrote the hit songs '' Have You Forgotten?'', '' Waitin' on a Woman'', '' Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind'' and '' A Little More Country Than That''. In 2003, Varble co-wrote ''Have You Forgotten?'' with Darryl Worley, who released it as the first single from his album of the same name. It was No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs for seven weeks, and peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Varble's song ''Waitin' on a Woman'', co-written with Don Sampson, was recorded three times by American country music artist Brad Paisley. According to ''Country Weekly'' magazine, Varble received a call telling him that a former co-worker was in the hospital. Varble wrote the song after calling his co-worker at the hospital, wondering where his wife was. He told "the story and the idea ehad for he song to co-writer Don Sampson. After a few days, Varble and Sampson played "Waitin' on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Underwood
Wynn Thomas Underwood (August 27, 1927 – October 20, 2005) was an American attorney, political figure, and judge from Vermont. He twice served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, and served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1980 to 1985."Obituary: Wynn Thomas Underwood" ''Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus'', October 25, 2005.Sam Hemingway "Ex-Supreme Court Justice Dies" ''Burlington Free Press'', October 22, 2005. Biography Underwood grew up on a farm in |
Wynn Stewart
Winford Lindsey Stewart (June 7, 1934 – July 17, 1985), better known as Wynn Stewart, was an American country music performer. He was one of the progenitors of the Bakersfield sound. Although not a huge chart success, he was an inspiration to such greats as Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and Nick Lowe. Biography Early life and rise to fame Stewart was born in Morrisville, Missouri, United States, in 1934, during the Depression. He spent most of his childhood moving around the country with his sharecropping family. After World War II, Stewart spent a year working at KWTO in Springfield, Missouri. In 1948, he moved to California with his family. Stewart originally wanted to become a professional baseball player, but suffered from a hand disease and was also too short to play professional baseball. In high school, Stewart formed a band that played at clubs around California. He soon met steel guitarist Ralph Mooney, who joined Stewart's band. The group's lineup consisted of gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Speece
Winifred (Wynn) Hubler Speece (1917–2007) was the "Neighbor Lady" on WNAX (AM) radio for 64 years from 1941 to 2005. Speece began working at WNAX in 1939 shortly after graduating from Drake University Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, law, and pharmacy. Drake's law school is among the 25 oldest in the United States. Hi ... with a degree in theater. As the "Neighbor Lady", Speece shared recipes, household tips, and personal anecdotes during her weekday program. At the height of her fame in the 1940s and 1950s, she received over 250,000 letters a year. WNAX published "Ten Years with Your Neighbor Lady", a collection of recipes, tips, and letters from listeners, in 1954. Speece received a Marconi Radio Award in 1992. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Speece, Wynn 1917 births 2007 deaths People from Marshalltown, Iowa People from Yankton, South Dakota Dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Schwartz
Wynn R. Schwartz (born 1950) is an American clinical and experimental psychologist, research psychoanalyst, best known for his work on the Person Concept and his contributions to Descriptive psychology. Background Wynn Schwartz did his undergraduate work at Duke University and holds a doctorate from the University of Colorado, Boulder obtained under the supervision of Peter G. Ossorio, and trained as a research psychoanalyst at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. His conceptual work on empathy provides an ordinary language understanding of empathy as a feature of I-Thou relationships and ordinary social interactions. His experiments with hypnosis have helped clarify how some hypnotic inductions with certain subjects create a temporary disruption in episodic memory and undermine reality testing. His experiments with dreams have contributed to an understanding of the manner in which dream cognition is connected to a person's basic everyday concerns shaped by the indivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Roberts (biathlete)
Wynn Andrew Roberts (born March 1, 1988) is an American biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time .... He competed in the 20 km individual race at the 2010 Olympics and finished 86th out of 88 with a final time of 58:49.2. He was a late replacement for Jeremy Teela, who withdrew due to illness on the morning of the event.Beau Dure (February 18, 2010Biathlete Tim Burke, U.S. team perplexed by performance ''USA Today''. References External links 1988 births American male biathletes< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Normington Hugh-Jones
Sir Wynn Normington Hugh-Jones, LVO, (1 November 1923 – 5 July 2019), sometimes known as Sir Hugh Jones, was a British diplomat, administrator and Liberal Party official. Hugh-Jones was born at Llangollen in north Wales where his father was Headmaster of the County School. He was educated at Ludlow Grammar School and went up to Selwyn College, Cambridge in 1941 where he got his degree in natural sciences in just two years. During the rest of Second World War he served as a Signals Officer in the Royal Air Force. He returned after the war to complete a second degree at Cambridge, in history. Jones entered the Diplomatic Service in 1947 and served in various overseas and London postings until 1971 when he was seconded first to the Lord President's Office and then the Cabinet Office to assist in the Great Debate which preceded the United Kingdom's entry to the European Economic Community and to help steer the European Communities Bill through Parliament. He left government servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Bullock
Wynn Bullock (April 18, 1902 – November 16, 1975) was an American photographer whose work is included in over 90 major museum collections around the world. He received substantial critical acclaim during his lifetime, published numerous books and is mentioned in all the standard histories of modern photography. Life and career Early career in music Bullock was born in Chicago and raised in South Pasadena, California. As a boy, his passions were singing and athletics (football, baseball, swimming and tennis). After high school graduation, he moved to New York to pursue a musical career and was hired as a chorus member in Irving Berlin’s Music Box Revue. He occasionally sang the primary tenor role when headliner John Steele was unable to appear and then was given a major role with the Music Box Review Road Company. During the mid-1920s, he furthered his career in Europe, studying voice and giving concerts in France, Germany and Italy. While living in Paris, Bullock became fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynn Mercere
Wynn Mercere is a pen name adopted in 2010 by writer Debora Wykle / Debora Kerr for the City of the Gods: Forgotten fantasy novel, comics and short story anthology series published by Raven Press, the City of the Gods Map Pack in the Catalyst role-playing game line published by Flying Buffalo, the 2015 magical realism novel ''Utopea'' and 2016's historical horror novel ''Mother of Ghosts'' published by Raven Press. Kerr is a writer of fiction and non-fiction as well as an editor and designer of scenarios for role playing games. Mercere's novel, ''City of the Gods: Forgotten'', has over 80 illustrations. Written under the name Debora Wykle Kerr *Pantheon Finale. ublished in Demi #6Carnal Comics, 2002. *Partylines. mightywords.com, 2000. *Peg! #1 Ashcan Edition. Archer Books and Games, 1998 *Pantheon #2. Archer Books and Games, 1997 *CityBook VII: King's River Bridge. Flying Buffalo, Inc. 1997. (editor/contributing author) *Pantheon #1. Archer Books and Games, 1995. *Maps II: Plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
