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Duggar may refer to: * Duggar (region), a cultural and historical region in South Asia * Duggar family, stars of the reality TV series ''19 Kids and Counting'' ** Jim Bob Duggar, father of the Duggar family and former Arkansas state legislator ** Josh Duggar, son of Jim Bob Duggar and convicted criminal ** Jana Duggar Wissmann, daughter of Jim Bob Duggar ** Jill Duggar Dillard, daughter of Jim Bob Duggar ** Jessa Duggar Seewald, daughter of Jim Bob Duggar ** Jinger Duggar Vuolo, daughter of Jim Bob Duggar ** Joy-Anna Duggar Forsyth, daughter of Jim Bob Duggar * Benjamin Minge Duggar (1872–1956), American botanist * Steven Duggar Steven Michael Duggar (born November 4, 1993), nicknamed Duggy, is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and Los Angeles Angels. Duggar played c ... (born 1993), American major league baseball player See also * Dugger (other) * Dogra (dis ...
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Duggar (region)
Duggar () (also known as Jammu state) is a cultural and an aspirant state in the northern part of India, comprising the districts of Jammu, Samba, Udhampur, Kathua along with Reasi, Pouni and Katra tehsils of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the historical homeland of the Dogra people and the major spoken language is Dogri. Etymology The linguist George Grierson connected the term ''Duggar'' with the Rajasthani word ''Doonger'' which means 'hill', and ''Dogra'' with ''Donger''. This opinion has lacked support because of the inconsistency of the ostensible changes from Rajasthani to Dogri (essentially the question of how ''Doonger'' became ''Duggar'' while ''Donger'' became ''Dogra''), and has been contradicted by some scholars. Yet another proposal stems from the word ''Durgara'', the name of a kingdom mentioned in an eleventh century copper-plate inscription in the Bhuri Singh Museum in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The word ''Durgara'' means 'invincible' in se ...
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19 Kids And Counting
''19 Kids and Counting'' (formerly ''17 Kids and Counting'' and ''18 Kids and Counting'') is an American reality television series that aired on the cable channel TLC for seven years until its cancellation in 2015. The show features the Duggar family: parents Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar and their 19 children – nine daughters and ten sons – all of whose names begin with the letter "J". During the duration of the show, two children were born, three children were married, and four grandchildren were born. The show focuses on the life of the Duggar family, who are devout independent Baptists, and frequently discusses values of purity, modesty and faith in God. The Duggars avoid birth control, saying they have decided to allow God to determine the number of children they have. All of the children are homeschooled and access to entertainment such as movies and television is limited. They practice chaperoned courtship, in which a couple becomes acquainted only in a group setting ...
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Jim Bob Duggar
James Robert Duggar (born July 18, 1965) is an American politician and television personality. He appeared on the reality series ''19 Kids and Counting,'' which aired from 2008 to 2015. From 1999 to 2003, he was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. Early life Duggar was born in Springdale, Arkansas, Springdale, now the fourth largest city in Arkansas, the son of James Lee "Jimmy Lee" Duggar (1936–2009) and the former Mary Leona Lester (1941–2019), who owned a real estate brokerage agency. He graduated from Shiloh Christian School. Career Duggar is a licensed realtor and owns several commercial properties in his local area as an investor. Political career From 1999 to 2003, Duggar served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 6, which was located in northern Washington County, Arkansas, Washington County. He first won election in 1998, defeating Kathy McFetridge with 56% of the vote. He was re-elected b ...
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Josh Duggar
Joshua James Duggar (born March 3, 1988) is an American convicted sex offender and former reality television personality. The eldest of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar's nineteen children, Duggar and his family gained fame as the focus of the TLC series ''19 Kids and Counting'', which spun off from a series of television specials. His 2008 wedding was aired on the show. He served as the executive director of FRC Action, a lobbying political action committee sponsored by the Family Research Council, from June 2013 to May 2015. He resigned from the position after he was reported to have molested multiple underage girls, including four of his siblings, when he was aged between 12 and 16. These revelations led to the cancellation of ''19 Kids and Counting'' on July 16, 2015. One month after the show's cancellation, the Ashley Madison data breach revealed that he had paid for sexual services while married. The fallout was named one of the "10 Big Scandals of 2015" by ''USA Today'', and ' ...
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Jana Duggar
Jana Marie Wissmann (née Duggar; born January 12, 1990) is a former American television personality. She is known for her appearances on TLC as part of the reality television shows ''19 Kids and Counting'' (2008–2015) and ''Counting On'' (2015–2021). Early life Duggar was born in Tontitown, Arkansas, with her twin brother, John-David, as the first set of twins in the family and is the second child and first daughter of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Ruark. Their parents went on to have a total of 19 children, ten boys and nine girls. She was homeschooled as a child. Career Television Duggar began her public life as a member of the family featured in the documentary ''14 Children and Pregnant Again'' (2004), which talks about daily life of the family from the "time they wake up" to the "time they go to sleep". The documentary aired on the Discovery Health Channel. Another documentary, ''Raising 16 Children'' was produced on the same channel in 2006, when Duggar's sister ...
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Jill Duggar Dillard
Jill Michelle Dillard (née Duggar; born May 17, 1991) is an American author and former television personality. She is known for her appearances on TLC as part of the reality television shows ''19 Kids and Counting'' (2008–2015) and ''Counting On'' (2015–2017), and in the 2023 Amazon Prime documentary '' Shiny Happy People'', about her upbringing within Bill Gothard's financially and sexually exploitative Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) and Advanced Training Institute (ATI) organizations, for which her parents were important proselytizers. As Jill Duggar, she also co-authored a book with her sisters Jana, Jessa, and Jinger titled ''Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships''. Her second book, ''Counting the Cost'', was released in September 2023. Personal life Dillard was born in Tontitown, Arkansas, as the fourth child and the second daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. On June 21, 2014, she married Derick Michael Dillard. They have three sons toget ...
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Jessa Duggar Seewald
Jessa Lauren Seewald (née Duggar; born November 4, 1992) is an American television personality. She is known for being part of the cast of TLC's reality shows ''19 Kids and Counting'' (2008–2015) and ''Counting On'' (2015–2021). She also co-authored a book with her sisters Jana, Jill and Jinger titled ''Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships''. Career Television Seewald began her public life as a member of the family featured in the documentary ''14 Children and Pregnant Again'' (2004), on the Discovery Health Channel. Another documentary, ''Raising 16 Children'' was produced on the same channel in 2006, when her sister Johannah was born. This was followed by another feature, ''On the Road with 16 Children'' about a family cross-country trip. On September 29, 2008, ''19 Kids and Counting'' (formerly ''18 Kids and Counting'' and ''17 Kids and Counting'') began as a regular series based on the Duggar family. The series was cancelled in 2015 due to her brother ...
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Jinger Duggar Vuolo
Jinger Nicole Vuolo (née Duggar; born December 21, 1993; ) is an American television personality and author. She is known for her television appearances on TLC reality shows ''19 Kids and Counting'' (2008–2015) and ''Counting On'' (2015–2021). She also co-authored a book with her sisters Jana, Jill and Jessa titled ''Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships''. Early life Vuolo is the sixth child of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. She has stated that she suffered from an eating disorder as a teenager. Career Television Vuolo began her public life as a member of the family featured in the documentary ''14 Children and Pregnant Again'' (2004), which talks about daily life of the family from the "time they wake up" to the "time they go to sleep". The documentary aired on the Discovery Health Channel. Another documentary, ''Raising 16 Children'' was produced on the same channel in 2006, when Vuolo's sister Johannah was born. This was followed by another feature, ''On th ...
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Joy-Anna Duggar Forsyth
Joy-Anna Forsyth (née Duggar; born October 28, 1997) is an American television personality. She is known for her appearances on TLC as part of the reality television shows ''19 Kids and Counting'' (2008–2015) and '' Jill & Jessa: Counting On'' (2015–2021). Personal life Forsyth is the fifth daughter born to Jim Bob Duggar James Robert Duggar (born July 18, 1965) is an American politician and television personality. He appeared on the reality series ''19 Kids and Counting,'' which aired from 2008 to 2015. From 1999 to 2003, he was a Republican Party (United States) ... and Michelle (Ruark) Duggar, and the ninth of 19 children. She met Austin Forsyth at a homeschooling conference as a child. The couple married on May 26, 2017. They have three children. In 2019, Forsyth suffered a miscarriage at 20 weeks. References External links * Living people 1997 births Duggar family Baptists from Arkansas People from Washington County, Arkansas Participants in American r ...
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Benjamin Minge Duggar
Benjamin Minge Duggar (September 1, 1872 – September 10, 1956) was an American plant physiologist. Surprisingly, he is best remembered for his contribution to another discipline, through his discovery in 1945 of chlortetracycline (Aureomycin), the first of the tetracycline antibiotics, from a soil bacterium growing in farmland. Biography Benjamin Minge Duggar was born at Gallion, Hale County, Alabama on September 1, 1872. He studied at several Southern schools, including the University of Alabama (1887-1889), Mississippi A & M College (B.S., 1891), and Alabama Polytechnic Institute (M.S., 1892); at Harvard and Cornell (Ph.D., 1898) and in Europe. As a specialist in botany, he held various positions in experiment stations and colleges until 1901, when he was appointed physiologist in the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. He was professor of botany at the University of Missouri from 1902 to 1907 and spent a sabbatical at institutions in ...
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Steven Duggar
Steven Michael Duggar (born November 4, 1993), nicknamed Duggy, is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and Los Angeles Angels. Duggar played college baseball at Clemson University, and was drafted in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB draft by the Giants, for whom he made his MLB debut with in 2018. Early life Duggar was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and raised in Moore, South Carolina. His mother was a swimmer at the University of Evansville. When he was 10 years old, his father died. Amateur career Duggar attended James F. Byrnes High School in Duncan, South Carolina; he first began playing for the varsity when he was a seventh grader. He was all-region as a sophomore, junior, and senior, and all-state as a junior and senior. He then played college baseball at Clemson University, playing right field primarily. In 2013, Duggar played collegiate summer baseball with the ...
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Dugger (other)
Dugger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew N. Dugger (1886–1975), American religious leader * Celia W. Dugger (born 1958), American journalist and science editor * Dean Dugger (1933–2000), American college football player * Dorothy Dugger, first female manager of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (2007–2011) * Doug Dugger (1926–2005), American country music singer * Edward Dugger (1894–1939), African-American lieutenant colonel * Jack Dugger (1923–1988), American National Football League and National Basketball League player * Kyle Dugger (born 1996), American National Football League player * Richard L. Dugger, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections from 1987 to 1991 * Robert Dugger (born 1995), American baseball player * Ronnie Dugger (1930–2025), American progressive journalist * Tom J. Dugger (born 1948), elected Oklahoma state senator in 2015 * William Dugger, Arkansas state senator in 1871 * The Duggar fami ...
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