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Elson
Elson is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Andrea Elson (born 1969), actress * Anita Elson (1898–1985), American dancer and singer * Bob Elson (1904–1981), sportscaster * David Elson, coach * Diane Elson (born 1946), economist * Edward L.R. Elson (1906–1993), minister * Francisco Elson (born 1976), basketball player * Jeremy Elson (born 1974), computer researcher * Karen Elson (born 1979), model and singer * Kate Elson (born 1979), model and filmmaker * Kay Elson (born 1947), politician * Peter Elson (Canadian politician) (1839–1913) * Peter Elson (1947–1998), illustrator * Pip Elson (born 1954), golfer * Rachel Elson, journalist * Rae Elson, activist * Rebecca Elson (1960–1999), astronomer * Richard Elson (born 1962), comic book artist * Richard Mark Elson (born 1979), writer, director and editor * Robert Elson, professor * Roy Elson (1930–2010), politician * William Elson (other), footballer Given name * É ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Elson
Francisco Marinho Robby Elson (born 28 February 1976) is a Dutch former professional basketball player. Elson was the seventh Dutch player to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Elson served as the captain of the Netherlands national basketball team in international basketball, as he led the team in several EuroBasket qualifying rounds. He was the first Dutch player to become an NBA champion, doing so with the San Antonio Spurs in 2007. Youth and college career Elson started his career at AMVJ Rotterdam at the age of twelve. After a couple of years playing, he stopped after his older brother Patrick died of a heart attack while playing basketball at the age of 21. His gym teacher at the Maria School asked him to return to the club at the age of sixteen. He played one game in the Eredivisie, the highest level Dutch league, in the 1994–95 season for Rotterdam. Elson was a member of the Dutch Under-20 National Team. He played two seasons at Kilgore Junior College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Elson
Peter Elson (13 January 1947 – March 1998) was an England, English science fiction illustrator whose work appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction paperback novels, as well as in the Terran Trade Authority series of illustrated books. Biography Elson, whose illustrations often placed detailed, brightly liveried spacecraft against vividly coloured backgrounds, influenced an entire generation of science fiction illustrators and concept artists. The look of the PC game ''Homeworld'' was heavily influenced by Elson's illustrations of the '70s and '80s, according to artists who worked on the title (he is listed in the Special Thanks section of the game's manual and has a character, Captain Elson, named after him). Elson was originally slated to create the game's box art, but at the last moment was pre-empted by the publisher's decision to use a 3D rendered scene. Born in Ealing, west London, he died of a heart attack in Skegness while working on mural paintings for Butl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Elson
Andrea Hope Elson (born March 6, 1969) is an American retired child model and actress, best known for her science fiction television roles as Alice Tyler on the CBS adventure series ''Whiz Kids (TV series), Whiz Kids'' and as Lynn Tanner on the NBC comedy series ''ALF (TV series), ALF'', which garnered her two Young Artist Award, Youth in Film Award nominations in 8th Youth in Film Awards, 1986 and 10th Youth in Film Awards, 1989. Early life Elson was born in New York City on March 6, 1969. She grew up in New York City with her parents and an older sister named Samantha (born circa 1966). While she was a child, the family moved to San Diego, California, for four years before returning to Westchester County, New York. Career Elson began her professional career as a child model and actress, appearing in a number of commercials, print advertisements and community theatre productions in San Diego. In 1983, after relocating with her family to Los Angeles, Elson made her television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mark Elson
Richard Mark Elson is a UK based director for film and television. Career Elson has directed drama, documentary and theatre. In 2014 he directed the feature film ''A Christmas Star'', Ireland and Northern Ireland's first Christmas children's film, for Cinemagic. The film was nominated for an RTS award and featured Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Kylie Minogue, Bronagh Waugh, Rob James-Collier and Suranne Jones. In 2001 he set up film production company Barebone Films which produced several award winning short films and historical dramas including the 'I Love' series (commissioned by Filmaka which won a Filmaka and LoveFilm award in 2008). Elson's other directing credits include the popular children's TV series ''M.I. High ''M.I. High'' is a British action television series produced by Kudos for CBBC and created by Keith Brumpton. The series focused on a team of undercover teenage spies working for the fictional British secret intelligence agency MI9 who had to ...'' for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellyson
Ellyson may refer to: * Edgar Ellyson (1869–1954), minister * Henry Keeling Ellyson (1923–1890), Virginia newspaperman, father of James Taylor Ellyson, grandfather of Theodore Gordon Ellyson. * James Taylor Ellyson (1847–1919), politician * Robert Ellyson (1615–1671), sheriff * Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885–1928), naval officer See also * Ellison * USS Ellyson (DD-454) {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellison
Ellison is a surname and given name. It may derive from "Son of Elias" in Norwegian. Ellison can also be spelled Ellisson, Elison, Elisson, Ellyson, Ellysson, Elyson, and Elysson. People with the surname * Andy Ellison, British musician * Atiyyah Ellison (born 1981), American football player * Brooke Ellison (1978–2024), American academic and disability advocate * Casey Ellison, American actor * Chase Ellison (born 1993), American actor * Chris Ellison (other), multiple individuals * David Ellison, American film producer * Debbie Ellison, ''Playboy'' model * Eileen Ellison, Grand Prix racer * Frank Ellison, American model railroader * George Ellison (other), multiple individuals * Glenn Ellison, American professor * Grace Ellison (died 1935), British journalist * Harlan Ellison, writer * Harold John Ellison, US naval ensign * James Ellison (actor) * James Ellison (footballer, born 1901) * James Ellison (motorcycle racer) * James T. Ellison, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elson-Dudley House
The Elson-Dudley House is a historic home located at 1101 29th Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi. Built in 1894 by Julius and Dora Neubauer Elson, some of Meridian's earliest settlers, the home is a Victorian Eastlake movement home with Queen Anne influence. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1979, under the Meridian Multiple Property Submission. It is also part of Merrehope Historic District, which was listed on the National Register on September 19, 1988. It is currently a private residence. The "pink house", as it is known locally, prominently features pedimented gables, a front veranda with a corner, conical-roofed turret, and a conical roofed tower. The front porch features turned balusters with center beads and the multi-panel entrance door is headed by a stained glass transom. The , 16-room mansion sits on a lot and takes up half of a city block. The Elson-Dudley house contains four bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elson Seale
Elson Seale is a Barbados-American soccer forward who played in the North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. He is currently an independent businessman in the Kansas City area. Seale attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, graduating in 1971. In 1999, he was named by ''The Star-Ledger'' as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1970s. He then attended Philadelphia University, where he played on the men's soccer team from 1974 to 1977. He was a 1973 Honorable Mention (third team), 1974 Second Team and 1975 First-Team All-American. He graduated in 1976. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. He began his professional career in 1978 with the Portland Timbers of the North American Soccer League. In 1979, he moved indoors with the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1981, he returned to outdoor soccer with the Pennsylvania Stoners of the Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elson Moyo
Elson Moyo was a Zimbabwean air officer and military general who served as commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe since December 2017 and one of the main figures in the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état attempt. He was previously deputy commander of the air force. At the time he was appointed air force commander, Moyo's military rank was upgraded from air vice-marshal to air marshal by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In 2003 he was promoted from air commodore to air vice-marshal by former president Robert Mugabe. Early life and education Moyo was born in Mberengwa. In 1977, when he was a student at Manama Secondary School, Moyo together with his cousin SB Moyo left school and joined the liberation struggle via Botswana. Career Moyo was one of the first blacks to receive full training as a pilot together with retired Air Marshal Shebba Shumbayaonda. However, the two had to be trained outside the country because the Rhodesian government worked to block black Africans from becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elson Kambalu
Elson Aaron Kambalu is a Malawian artist based in Lilongwe, Malawi. He has been recognised for his storytelling and debate-stimulating works. He is also a curator and a businessperson who owns several art galleries in Malawi. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the artistic landscape in the Malawi. Early life Kambalu was born in December 1972 in Nsanje District, Malawi, to parents Aaron and Jane Kambalu, as a fourth-born child among six siblings. His father was a Clinical officer while his mother was a primary school teacher. Education Kambalu graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Malawi in 1997, at the age of 25. He also received a postgraduate diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing in 2003. Art career Kambalu is an autodidact artist who began his art career after graduating from the University of Malawi. He started his art career by painting, starting in 1998, whilst employe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elson Floyd
Elson S. Floyd (February 29, 1956 – June 20, 2015) was an American educator who served as the 10th president of the four-campus Washington State University from May 21, 2007 to June 20, 2015. Floyd was also the first African American to be named president of Washington State University. Floyd also served as president of the University of Missouri System and president of Western Michigan University. Floyd was the Chairman of the Pac-12 CEO Group. Floyd's tenure at WSU was widely acclaimed within the state of Washington for leading WSU in a $1 billion capital campaign and securing bi-partisan approval of a new WSU medical school in Spokane. Early life and education Floyd was born in 1956 in Henderson, North Carolina, a city located about 40 minutes north of Raleigh, the state capital. Career Floyd started his career in 1978 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he held deanships in the Division of Student Affairs, the General College and the College of Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elson Becerra
Elson Evelio Becerra Vaca (26 April 1978 – 8 January 2006) was a Colombian footballer. Club career Born in Cartagena, Becerra began playing football with Deportes Tolima's youth academy. He joined the senior squad at age 17, helping the club gain promotion to the Colombian second division. He scored 64 goals for Tolima. On club level the striker had played for Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates since 2003. He played for Emirates Club during the 2005 season. He previously played for Deportes Tolima and Atlético Junior. International career A national team player, Becerra won the 2001 Copa America and participated in the 2003 Confederations Cup, where he became noted for trying to save the life of the collapsed Marc-Vivien Foé. He also featured in Colombia's unsuccessful qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |