Adrian
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Adrian is a form of the Latin given name
Hadrianus (see Hadrian
). Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it was not popular until modern times.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
Hadrianus (see Hadrian
Hadrian
Hadrian , was Roman Emperor from 117 to 138. He is best known for building Hadrian's Wall, which marked the northern limit of Roman Britain. In Rome, he re-built the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. In addition to being emperor, Hadrian was a humanist and was philhellene in...
). Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it was not popular until modern times.
Religion
- Pope Adrian IPope Adrian IPope Adrian was pope from February 1, 772 to December 25, 795. He was the son of Theodore, a Roman nobleman.Shortly after Adrian's accession the territory ruled by the papacy was invaded by Desiderius, king of the Lombards, and Adrian was compelled to seek the assistance of the Frankish king...
(died 795) - Pope Adrian IIPope Adrian IIPope Adrian II , , pope from December 14, 867 to December 14, 872, was a member of a noble Roman family, and became pope in 867, at an advanced age....
(792–872) - Pope Adrian IIIPope Adrian IIIPope Saint Adrian III was Pope from May 17, 884 to September 885. He was born at Rome. He died in September 885, at San Cesario sul Panaro , on a journey to Worms, in modern Germany....
(died 885) - Pope Adrian IVPope Adrian IVPope Adrian IV , born Nicholas Breakspear or Breakspeare, was Pope from 1154 to 1159.Adrian IV is the only Englishman who has occupied the papal chair...
(c. 1100–1159), English pope - Pope Adrian VPope Adrian VPope Adrian V , born Ottobuono de' Fieschi, was pope in 1276.-Biography:Ottobuono belonged to a feudal family of Liguria, the Fieschi, Counts of Lavagna....
(c. 1205–1276) - Pope Adrian VIPope Adrian VIPope Adrian VI , born Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens, served as Pope from 9 January 1522 until his death some 18 months later...
(1459–1523), Dutch pope - Adrian of BataneaAdrian of BataneaSaint Adrian travelled from Batanea to Caesarea Palaestina where he was martyred together with Saint Eubulus. He is commemorated on 5 March....
(died 308), Christian martyr and saint - Adrian of CanterburyAdrian of CanterburySaint Adrian of Canterbury was a famous scholar and the Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury in the English county of Kent.-Life:...
(died 710), scholar and Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury - Adrian of MayAdrian of MaySaint Adrian of May was a martyr-saint of ancient Scotland, whose cult became popular in the 14th century.-Life and martyrdom:Little is known of the life of this Scottish saint and martyr. He is held by some to have been an Irish monk and bishop, with the Gaelic name of Ethernan, who, though he...
(died 875), Scottish saint from the Isle of May, martyred by Vikings - Adrian of Moscow (1627–1700), last pre-revolutionary Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
- Adrian of NicomediaAdrian of NicomediaSaint Adrian or Adrian of Nicomedia was a Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian. After becoming a convert to Christianity with his wife Natalia, Adrian was martyred at Nicomedia on March 4, 306.-Martyrdom:...
(died 306), martyr and Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian - Adrian of OndrusovAdrian of OndrusovVenerable Adrian of Ondrusov was a Russian Orthodox monk and saint, venerated as a Wonderworker.Born Andrew Zavalushin into a noble family, he was the owner of a rich estate , which was located not far from the monastery of Saint Alexander of Svir...
(died 1549), Russian Orthodox saint and wonder-worker - Adrian of Poshekhonye (died 1550), Russian Orthodox saint, hegumen of Dormition monastery in Yaroslavl region
- Adrian Leo DoyleAdrian Leo DoyleAdrian Leo Doyle, AM DD, is an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current Archbishop of Hobart.-Early life and education:...
(born 1936), Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church - Adrian von WalenburchAdrian and Peter von WalenburchAdrian and Peter von Walenburch were both auxiliary bishops of Cologne, and Dutch Roman Catholic controversial theologians.-Lives:The early accounts of the brothers do not agree as to whether they...
(died 1669), auxiliary bishop of Cologne and controversial Dutch Roman Catholic theologian
Government and politics
- Adrian AmstutzAdrian AmstutzAdrian Amstutz is a Swiss politician and member of the Council of States from the Canton of Berne.Amstutz was born and lives in the rural village of Sigriswil. As a young man, he served in the elite parachute reconnaissance unit of the Swiss Air Force and won the 1978 Parachuting World Cup in the...
(born 1953), Swiss politician - Adrian BaileyAdrian BaileyAdrian Edward Bailey is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West since winning the seat at a by-election in 2000...
(born 1949), British Labour Co-operative politician - Adrian CruickshankAdrian CruickshankAdrian John Cruickshank was an Australian politician and philanthropist. He was the National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Murrumbidgee from 1984 to 1999....
(1936–2010), Australian politician and philanthropist - Adrian DixAdrian DixAdrian Dix is a Canadian politician, currently serving as MLA for Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia and as leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election.-Aide to Glen Clark:...
, Canadian politician - Adrian JohnsAdrian JohnsVice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns KCB, CBE, KStJ, ADC is the current Governor of Gibraltar and a former senior officer in the Royal Navy. His most senior naval posting was as Second Sea Lord from 2005 to 2008.-Career:...
(born 1951), English governor of Gibraltar and former senior officer in the Royal Navy - Adrian NăstaseAdrian NastaseAdrian Năstase is a Romanian politician who was the Prime Minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004.He competed as the Social Democratic Party candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by centre-right Justice and Truth Alliance candidate Traian Băsescu.He was...
(born 1950), Romanian politician - Adrian PiccoliAdrian PiccoliAdrian Piccoli is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Murrumbidgee in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He is the Minister for Education in the O'Farrell Government and the Deputy Leader of the New South Wales Nationals.-Personal life:Piccoli was born in Griffith...
(born 1970), Australian politician - Adrian SandersAdrian SandersAdrian Mark Sanders is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for Torbay in Devon.-Personal life:...
(born 1959), English Liberal Democrat politician - Adrian SeverinAdrian SeverinAdrian Severin is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament.Adrian Severin started his politics career under the Communist rule, as Instructor at Ştefan Gheorghiu Academy, the university for Romanian Communist cadres...
(born 1954), Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament
Sports
- Adrian ArchibaldAdrian ArchibaldAdrian Archibald is a motorcycle racer from the same town as the legendary Joey Dunlop.Archibald won 2 races at a sombre 2003 Isle of Man TT riding for TAS Suzuki, however the races were overshadowed by the death of Archibald's team-mate, David Jefferies. Archibald then left the TAS team after the...
(born c. 1969), British motorcycle racer - Adrian ArringtonAdrian ArringtonAdrian Jarrard Arrington is an American football wide receiver who is currently a wide receiver of the New Orleans Saints. He was drafted by the Saints in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft and called up from the team's practice squad before Week 17 of the 2010 NFL season...
(born 1985), American National Football League (NFL) player - Adrian AucoinAdrian AucoinAdrian Aucoin is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League .- Playing career :...
(born 1973), Canadian National Hockey League player - Adrian BuchanAdrian BuchanAdrian 'Ace' Buchan is a professional Australian surfer. He was introduced to the ocean by his father at age four and since then he has won numerous World Junior Championships in the under 16 and 18 divisions....
(born 1982), Australian surfer - Adrian CannAdrian CannAdrian Cann is a Canadian international soccer defender who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.-College:Cann had a college soccer career at the University of Louisville from 2000 to 2003...
(born 1980), Canadian Major League Soccer player - Adrian ClaybornAdrian ClaybornAdrian Clayborn , a native of St. Louis, Missouri, is an American football defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.-Personal life:...
(born 1988), American NFL player - Adrian CristeaAdrian CristeaAdrian Cristea is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Universitatea Cluj. He is a technical skilled player, capable of playing as a wing on either side or central midfielder....
(born 1983), Romanian footballer - Adrian CruciatAdrian CruciatAdrian Cruciat is a Romanian tennis player. On June 16, 2008, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 148.-ATP Challenger Tour singles finals: 1 :- Runner-ups :-External links:...
(born 1983), Romanian tennis player - Adrian DantleyAdrian DantleyAdrian Delano Dantley is a retired American basketball player who played 15 seasons in the NBA, including seven as a member of the Utah Jazz. A forward/guard and six-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008...
(born 1956), American retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player - Adrian DiaconuAdrian DiaconuAdrian Diaconu is a Romanian professional boxer, living and fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
(born 1978), Romanian professional boxer - Adrian FalubAdrian FalubAdrian Falub is a former football player. He is one of the most loved footballers that played for U Cluj because of his attachment to the colors of this club.-Club career:...
(born 1971), Romanian footballer - Adrian ForbesAdrian ForbesAdrian Emmanuel Forbes is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Isthmian League Premier Division side Lowestoft Town. His primary position is as a right midfielder, but he also capable of playing as a forward...
(born 1979), English footballer - Adrian GonzalezAdrián GonzálezAdrian Gonzalez is an American professional baseball first baseman with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.Gonzalez was the first overall pick in the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Florida Marlins. He was traded to the Texas Rangers, and later to the San Diego Padres, where he...
(born 1982), Mexican-American Major League Baseball player - Adrian GriffinAdrian GriffinAdrian Darnell Griffin is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1999 to 2008.-College career:Griffin attended Seton Hall University and was a three-year starter...
(born 1974), American retired NBA player - Adrian HeathAdrian HeathAdrian Paul Heath is an English football manager and former player. He manages American USL Pro Orlando franchise. As a player he is remembered as part of the Everton side of the 1980s, where he won several trophies...
(born 1961), English football manager and former player - Adrian IlieAdrian Ilie-Career as football player:Young Ilie started to play football for Electroputere Craiova from a very early age. In 1991, aged 17, he made his debut for the first team...
(born 1974), Romanian retired footballer - Adrian IonescuAdrian IonescuAdrian Mădălin Ionescu is a Romanian football player, currently Free Agent. He is a central Defender but can also take up the role of a defensive midfielder.-External links:*...
(born 1985), Romanian footballer - Adrian IordacheAdrian IordacheAdrian Iordache is a Romanian football defender who plays at Khazar Lankaran. His former teams include AEL Limassol, FC Dinamo Bucureşti, Poiana Câmpina, Oţelul Galaţi, Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Argeş Piteşti, Alki Larnaca and FC Rapid Bucureşti.-External links:*...
(born 1980), Romanian footballer - Adrian JacobsAdrian JacobsAdrian Jacobs is a South African rugby union player who plays for the Natal Sharks provincially and The Sharks in the Super 14. He predominantly plays Centre, but also plays Wing and even Fullback for The Sharks. Adi usually plays off the bench...
(born 1980), South African rugby player - Adrian Jones (American football) (born 1981), American football player
- Adrian Jones (cricketer)Adrian Jones (cricketer)Adrian Nicholas Jones is a former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Sussex and Somerset in the English game from 1981 to 1993 and for Border cricket team in South Africa in 1981/82...
(born 1961), English former cricketer - Adrian LeijerAdrian LeijerAdrian Leijer is an Australian football player who currently plays as a centre back for A-League team Melbourne Victory and is also the Captain of the side.-Early years:...
(born 1986), Australian footballer - Adrian LunguAdrian LunguAdrian Lungu is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He is the most capped Romanian player, playing 77 times as a center or wing for the Romanian national team. As of 2007, he had scored three tries in international matches...
(born 1960), Romanian rugby union footballer - Adrian MannarinoAdrian MannarinoAdrian Mannarino is a professional tennis player from France. Mannarino competes predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and Futures circuit. His career high rank is #53, achieved on 16 May 2011....
(born 1988), French tennis player - Adrian MariappaAdrian MariappaAdrian "Aidy" Joseph Mariappa is an association football player. Born in England, and of Fijian descent, Mariappa plays as a defender for Watford in the Football League Championship. He progressed through Watford's youth academy, and has spent his entire professional career at the club...
(born 1986), English footballer - Adrian McPhersonAdrian McPhersonAdrian Jamal McPherson is a quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
(born 1983), American quarterback in the Canadian Football League - Adrian MiedzińskiAdrian MiedzinskiAdrian Miedziński is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider has won Team Under-21 World Champion and Individual Under-21 Polish Champion titles.His father, Stanisław Miedziński was also a speedway rider....
(born 1985), Polish motorcycle speedway rider - Adrian MierzejewskiAdrian MierzejewskiAdrian Mierzejewski is a Polish football player who plays for Trabzonspor and the national team of Poland, as a midfielder.-Early career:...
(born 1986), Polish footballer - Adrian MorleyAdrian MorleyAdrian Morley is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Europe's Super League...
(born 1977), English professional rugby player - Adrian MutuAdrian MutuAdrian Mutu is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Cesena.-Argeş Piteşti:Mutu began his professional career with his home club Argeş Piteşti...
(born 1979), Romanian footballer - Adrian NapierałaAdrian NapierałaAdrian Napierała is a Polish footballer who currently plays for GKS Katowice.-Club:On February 2003, he moved to Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski....
(born 1982), Polish footballer - Adrian NeagaAdrian NeagaAdrian Constantin Neaga is a Romanian football player. He is a forward.-Early career:* Neaga's career started once he signed his first professional contract with Argeş Piteşti in 1997...
(born 1979), Romanian footballer - Adrian NeweyAdrian NeweyAdrian Newey is a notable Formula One engineer and widely regarded one of the great engineers in the sport's history. He is the only designer to have won Constructors Championships with three different Formula One teams...
(born 1958), British race car engineer and designer - Adrian Peterson (born 1985), American NFL running back
- Adrian PiţAdrian PitAdrian Florin Piţ is a Romanian footballer who currently plays for Khazar Lankaran.He played with former teammate and countryman Cristian Ianu in UTA and Bellinzona, where he wore the number 10 shirt. He was signed by Roma from the Swiss Second Division club on free transfer, for a one year...
(born 1983), Romanian footballer - Adrian PurtellAdrian PurtellAdrian Purtell is an Australian rugby league footballer for the Penrith Panthers of the NRL. He previously played with the Canberra Raiders. His usual position is .-Career:...
(born 1985), Australian rugby player - Adrian QuistAdrian QuistAdrian Karl Quist was an Australian male tennis player.-Biography:Adrian Quist was born in Medindie, South Australia. The tennis legend grew up in Adelaide and once played Harry Hopman, however he lost, only because he gave Hopman a head start...
(1913–1991), Australian male tennis player - Adrián RicchiutiAdrián RicchiutiAdrián Ricchiuti is an Argentine-Italian football midfielder, who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.-Ternana Calcio:...
(born 1978), Argentine footballer - Adrian RopotanAdrian RopotanAdrian Ropotan is a Romanian football midfielder. He currently plays for FC Tom Tomsk on loan from FC Dynamo Moscow. He was transferred to FC Dynamo Moscow for 3 million euros on the 13th of February 2009.-External links:**...
(born 1986), Romanian footballer - Adrian Sălăgeanu (born 1983), Romanian footballer
- Adrian SeriouxAdrian SeriouxAdrian Serioux is a Canadian soccer player who is currently a free agent.-Club career:After playing college soccer for the University of New Haven, Serioux started his pro career with the Toronto Lynx in the A-League. He then moved to England to join Millwall...
(born 1979), Canadian soccer player - Adrian SikoraAdrian SikoraAdrian Sikora is a Polish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.-Dyskobolia:He had played for Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, with which he won the Polish Cup twice in 2005 and 2007....
(born 1980), Polish footballer - Adrian SchultheissAdrian SchultheissAdrian Alexander Konstantin Schultheiss is a Swedish figure skater. He is the 2006 Swedish national champion, the 2004–2005 Swedish junior national champion, and the 2006 Nordic Champion. He is the first Swedish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix event, which he did in 2005.-Career:Adrian...
(born 1988), Swedish figure skater - Adrian StoianAdrian StoianAdrian Marius Stoian is a Romanian footballer who currently plays for Serie A side A.S. Bari on loan from A.S. Roma.- Roma :...
(born 1991), Romanian footballer - Adrian StoopAdrian StoopAdrian Stoop was an English rugby union player of Dutch descent.He played 182 times for Harlequins between 1901 and 1939, and won 15 caps for England.He was president of the Harlequins 1920–1949...
(1883–1957), English rugby union player - Adrian SutilAdrian Sutil-Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 165 pounds and is 6 feet tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002...
(born 1983), German Formula One racing driver - Adrian TurnerAdrian TurnerAdrian Turner is an actor and former British Olympic swimmer, known also for winning silver and bronze medals representing England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games....
(born 1977), British Olympic swimmer - Adrian UngurAdrian UngurAdrian Ungur is a Romanian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and member of the Romania Davis Cup Team. On August 23, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 122...
(born 1985), Romanian tennis player - Adrian WebsterAdrian WebsterAdrian Webster is a New Zealand football player who plays for Cockburn City. He has represented New Zealand at full international level.-Biography:...
(born 1980), New Zealand footballer - Adrian ZielińskiAdrian ZielińskiAdrian Zieliński is a Polish weightlifter.-External links:* *...
(born 1989), Polish weightlifter
Arts and entertainment
- Adrian (costume designer)Adrian (costume designer)Adrian Adolph Greenberg , most widely known as Adrian, was an American costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career, he designed costumes for over 250 films and his screen credits usually read as...
(1903–1959), born Adrian Adolph Greenberg, costume designer for over 250 films - Adrian AlphonaAdrian AlphonaAdrian Alphona is a Canadian comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Runaways, which he co-created with writer Brian K. Vaughan....
, Canadian comic book artist - Adrian BelewAdrian BelewAdrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
(born 1949), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer - Adrian BiddleAdrian BiddleAdrian Biddle, B.S.C. , was an English cinematographer.-Early years:Biddle was a talented swimmer in his youth, and it was through this that he broke into the film industry. In 1967 the underwater photographer Egil Woxholt hired him to be his apprentice...
(1952–2005), English cinematographer - Adrian BorlandAdrian BorlandAdrian Borland was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, bestknown as the lead singer of post-punk band The Sound...
(1957–1999), English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer - Adrian BoultAdrian BoultSir Adrian Cedric Boult CH was an English conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera House and Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company. His first prominent post was...
(1889–1983), English conductor - Adrian ChilesAdrian ChilesAdrian Chiles is a British television and radio presenter, currently working for ITV Sport presenting football coverage....
(born 1967), British television and radio presenter - Adrian DunbarAdrian DunbarAdrian Dunbar is an actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards.-Personal life:...
(born 1958), Northern Ireland actor - Adrian EdmondsonAdrian EdmondsonAdrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones and Bottom , for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaboration partner Rik Mayall.-Early life:Edmondson, the second of four children, was...
(born 1957), English actor, comedian, director, writer and musician - Adrian EnescuAdrian EnescuAdrian Enescu is a Romanian composer .As an individual musician, he also pioneered the local electronic scene during the 1970s-80s...
(born 1948), Romanian composer - Adrian ErlandssonAdrian ErlandssonAdrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Brujeria, Netherbird, with his wife in Nemhain and in Yorkshire doom metal band Paradise Lost...
(born 1970), Swedish heavy metal drummer - Adrian GrenierAdrian GrenierAdrian Grenier is an American actor, musician and director. He is best known for his lead role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Vincent Chase.-Early life:...
(born 1976), American actor, musician and director - Adrian GurvitzAdrian GurvitzAdrian Gurvitz is an English singer, musician and songwriter.-Career:...
(born 1949), English singer, musician and songwriter - Adrian Griffin (drummer)Adrian Griffin (drummer)Adrian Griffin is an Australian-born drummer who played drums for the Melbourne band 28 Days and for Tom Ugly.-Biography:Griffin originally played bass for metal band AGaugeFor. AGaugeFor were formed in 1998 featuring Nathan Williams , Tim Manton and Griffin...
, Australian drummer - Adrian Heath (painter)Adrian Heath (painter)Adrian Heath was a 20th century British painter.Heath was born in Burma and attended Bryanston School in Dorset, southern England. In 1938, he studied art under Stanhope Forbes at Newlyn. In 1939 and 1945–47, he attended the Slade School of Art...
(1920–1992), British painter - Adrian HodgesAdrian HodgesAdrian Hodges is a British television and film writer.He began his career in journalism for Screen International magazine and his screenwriting debut was the 1991 television drama Tell Me That You Love Me, followed by screenplays for The Bridge and Tom & Viv for which Miranda Richardson and...
, British television and film writer - Adrian HovenAdrian HovenAdrian Hoven was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981.He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner and died in Tegernsee, Germany....
(1922–1981), Austrian actor, producer and film director - Adrian IvaniţchiAdrian IvanitchiAdrian Ivaniţchi is a Romanian folk musician and guitarist. He was one of the founding members of Coral, one of the first Romanian beat music groups...
(born 1947), Romanian folk musician and guitarist - Adrian JonesAdrian JonesAdrian Jones was an English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses. He was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, attending the grammar school there, and initially studied at the Royal Veterinary College; he subsequently joined the army as a veterinary officer, attaining the...
(1845–1938), English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses - Adrian KowanekAdrian KowanekAdrian Kowanek , also known as Covan, is a Polish musician. He is the lead vocalist of the death metal band Atrophia Red Sun and formerly Decapitated...
(born 1977), Polish musician - Adrian LeggAdrian LeggAdrian Legg is an English guitar player who has been called "impossible to categorize". He plays custom guitars that are a hybrid of electric and acoustic, and his fingerstyle picking technique has been acknowledged by the readers of Guitar Player who voted Legg the "best acoustic fingerstyle"...
(born 1948), English guitar player - Adrian LesterAdrian Lester-Personal life:Lester was born in Birmingham, England, the son of Jamaican immigrants Monica, a medical secretary, and Reginald, a manager for a contract cleaning company. He sang as a boy treble in the choir of St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham...
(born 1968), British actor - Adrian LukisAdrian LukisAdrian Lukis, born in 1958 in Birmingham, is an actor who has appeared regularly in British television drama since the late 1980s. He trained at Drama Studio London...
(born 1958), British actor - Adrian LyneAdrian LyneAdrian Lyne is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for directing films that focus on sexually charged characters and often uses natural light, a fog machine and other effects to create eroticized atmospheres...
(born 1941), English filmmaker and producer - Adrian MitchellAdrian MitchellAdrian Mitchell FRSL was an English poet, novelist and playwright. A former journalist, he became a noted figure on the British anti-authoritarian Left. For almost half a century he was the foremost poet of the country's anti-Bomb movement...
(1932–2008), English poet, novelist and playwright - Adrian NavarroAdrián NavarroAdrián Navarro is a film and television actor.He once worked in the cinema of Argentina. He is now Retired from The Industry Residing In Garden Grove, California. Career 1999-2000. Age Now Is 16 years-old-Early life:...
, is a film and television actor. - Adrian PasdarAdrian PasdarAdrian Kayvan Pasdar is an American actor, voice artist, and film director. He is known for playing Jim Profit on the TV series Profit, for his roles in Near Dark, Carlito's Way, Mysterious Ways and as Nathan Petrelli on Heroes. Additionally, he directed the feature film Cement...
(born 1965), American actor and film director - Adrian PaulAdrian PaulAdrian Paul Hewett , better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as Duncan MacLeod. In 1997, he founded The Peace Fund charitable organization.-Early life:...
(born 1959), English actor - Adrian RawlinsAdrian RawlinsAdrian Rawlins is an English actor who is probably best known for playing Author Kidd in the woman in black .-Early life:Rawlins was born in Stoke-on-Trent, the son of Mavis and Edward Rawlins.-Education:...
(born 1958), English actor - Adrian RolliniAdrian RolliniAdrian Francis Rollini was a multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz music. He played the bass saxophone, piano, xylophone, and many other instruments. Rollini is also known for introducing the goofus in jazz music...
(1903–1956), American multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz music - Adrian ScarboroughAdrian ScarboroughAdrian Philip Scarborough is an English character actor and won an Olivier award for best actor in a supporting role in 2011.Scarborough was born in Melton Mowbray, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, winning the Chesterton Award for Best Actor.In 1993, he was nominated for the Ian...
(born 1968), English character actor - Adrian SherwoodAdrian SherwoodAdrian Sherwood is an English record producer best known for his work with dub music as well as for remixing a number of popular acts such as Coldcut, Depeche Mode, The Woodentops, Primal Scream, Pop Will Eat Itself, Sinéad O'Connor, and Skinny Puppy...
(born 1958), English record producer - Adrian SieberAdrian SieberAdrian Benjamin Sieber, is a Swiss singer and the lead singer in the Swiss britpop band Lovebugs, and has been so since the band started in 1992. Sieber is has written a the majority of the Lovebugs' songs....
(born 1972), Swiss singer and the lead singer in the Swiss britpop band Lovebugs - Adrian SmithAdrian SmithAdrian Frederick "H" Smith is an English musician and one of three guitarists in the heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. He is also one of the band's regular songwriters and, along with bassist Steve Harris, performs backing vocals on some songs.-Biography:While at school, Smith purchased his first...
(born 1957), English musician and one of three guitarists/songwriters in the English band Iron Maiden - Adrian TrussAdrian TrussAdrian Truss is a British-born Canadian actor, writer and director whose more recent work is as a voice actor for animated children's TV shows and Movies.Since moving from England to Canada in 1957, he has starred in many movies, plays, and television shows...
, English actor, voice actor and comedy writer - Adrian UtleyAdrian UtleyAdrian Francis Utley is an English musician and a member of the band Portishead.-Biography:Utley is self-taught on guitar, bass and keyboards, and played professionally from the age of 18 in working men's clubs, night clubs, holiday camps, and in cabaret, backing soul artists...
(born 1957), English musician best known as a member of the band Portishead - Adrian VandenbergAdrian VandenbergAdrian van den Berg is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period.-Early years:...
(born 1954), Dutch rock guitarist - Adrian WillaertAdrian WillaertAdrian Willaert was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School. He was one of the most representative members of the generation of northern composers who moved to Italy and transplanted the polyphonic Franco-Flemish style there....
(c. 1490-1562), Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School - Adrian YoungAdrian YoungAdrian Samuel Young is the drummer for the rock band No Doubt.-Biography:Young's parents were hippies. He has four brothers: Alex, Damian, Jeff and Aaron. His father is a teacher in Cypress CA and his stepmother, Jeanne, is currently suffering from ALS...
(born 1969), American drummer for the rock band No Doubt - Adrian ZinggAdrian ZinggAdrian Zingg was a Swiss painter.-References:*This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia....
(1734–1816), Swiss painter - Adrian Zmed (born 1954), American television personality and film actor
Writing and journalism
- Adrian FinighanAdrian FinighanAdrian Finighan is a British journalist, working as a presenter and reporter for the television channel Al Jazeera English . He is based at AJE’s World headquarters in Doha and presents programmes from there....
(born 1964), British journalist - Adrian GeigesAdrian GeigesAdrian Geiges is a German writer and journalist born in Basel, Switzerland.- Life :Adrian Geiges, born September 3, 1960, is a journalist from the Black Forest in southern Germany. He became the CEO of the Chinese subsidiary of the German publisher Bertelsmann...
, German writer and journalist - Adrian GoldsworthyAdrian GoldsworthyAdrian Keith Goldsworthy is a British historian and author who specialises in ancient Roman history.-Biography:Goldsworthy attended Westbourne School, Penarth...
(born 1969), British historian and author who writes mostly about ancient Roman history - Adrian KashchenkoAdrian KashchenkoAdrian Kashchenko was a well-known Ukrainian writer, historian of Zaporozhian Cossacks.Adrian Kaschenko was born in the family of small landowner claiming its roots to the Zaporozhian Cossacks in Yekaterinoslav Governorate...
(1858–1921), Ukrainian writer, historian of Zaporozhian Cossacks - Adrian UrsuAdrian UrsuAdrian Ursu is a Romanian journalist. Born in Slatina, he graduated from the Literature Faculty of the University of Bucharest in 1994, having been expelled from its Journalism Faculty the previous year. His journalistic work began in 1992, when he joined the staff of Adevărul newspaper...
(born 1968), Romanian journalist
Other or multiple careers
- Adrian BejanAdrian BejanAdrian Bejan is an American professor and proponent of the constructal theory of design and evolution in nature. He is J. A...
(born 1948), Romanian-born professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University - Adrian von BubenbergAdrian von BubenbergAdrian von Bubenberg was a Bernese knight, general and mayor of Bern in 1468-1469, 1473-1474 and 1477-1479. In Switzerland, he is remembered as the hero of the Battle of Murten....
(1434–1479), Bernese knight, general and mayor - Adrian CioroianuAdrian CioroianuAdrian Mihai Cioroianu is a Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayist. A lecturer for the History Department at the University of Bucharest, he is the author of several books dealing with Romanian history...
(born 1967), Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayist - Adrian CronauerAdrian CronauerAdrian Cronauer is a former United States Air Force sergeant and radio personality best known as the inspiration for the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam in which he was portrayed by Robin Williams....
(born 1938), American lawyer and radio speaker - Adrian DarbyAdrian DarbyAdrian Marten George Darby, OBE is a British conservationist and academic. He is the son of Col. Cyril Darby MC, of Kemerton Court, Gloucestershire and Monica Dunne, daughter of Marten Dunne, MP of Gatley Park, Herefordshire...
(born 1937), British conservationist and academic - Adrian FulfordAdrian FulfordSir Adrian Bruce Fulford , styled The Hon. Mr Justice Fulford, is a British judge, and currently a member of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.-Early life:...
(born 1953), British judge - Adrian Hardy HaworthAdrian Hardy HaworthAdrian Hardy Haworth was an English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist.He was the son of Benjamin Haworth of Haworth Hall...
(1767–1833), English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist - Adrian HolovatyAdrian HolovatyAdrian Holovaty is an American Web developer, journalist and entrepreneur living in Chicago, Illinois. He is co-creator of the Django Web framework and an advocate of "journalism via computer programming."...
(born 1981), American web developer, journalist and entrepreneur - Adrian van HooydonkAdrian van HooydonkAdrian van Hooydonk , is a Dutch automobile designer, best known for several modern BMW concept cars and production vehicles. He is based in Munich, Germany.- Biography :...
(born 1964), Dutch automobile designer - Adrian KantrowitzAdrian KantrowitzAdrian Kantrowitz was an American cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first pediatric heart transplant at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn on December 6, 1967...
(1918–2008), American cardiac surgeon - Adrian KnoxAdrian KnoxSir Adrian Knox KCMG, KC , Australian judge, was the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1919 to 1930.-Education:...
(1863–1932), Australian judge - Adrian LamoAdrian LamoAdrian Lamo is a threat analyst and "grey hat" hacker. He first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest...
(born 1981), Colombian-American threat analyst and "grey hat" hacker - Adrian von MynsichtAdrian von MynsichtAdrian von Mynsicht was a German alchemist. He is best known for the allegorical work Aureum Saeculum Redivivum , published under the pseudonym Henricus Madathanus, and usually dated to 1621/2...
(1603–1638), German alchemist - Adrian PăunescuAdrian PaunescuAdrian Păunescu was a Romanian poet, journalist, and politician. Though criticised for praising dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, Păunescu was called "Romania's most famous poet" in a Associated Press story, quoted by the New York Times.-Life:Born in Copăceni, Bălţi County, in what is now the Republic...
(1943–2010), Romanian poet, journalist, and politician - Adrian RogersAdrian RogersAdrian Pierce Rogers served three terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention , a Southern Baptist pastor, and a conservative author....
(1931–2005), American pastor, conservative, author - Adrian WealeAdrian WealeAdrian Weale is a British writer, journalist, illustrator and photographer of Welsh origin. He was educated at Latymer Upper School, University of York and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.- Biography :...
(born 1964), English writer, journalist, illustrator and photographer
Fictional characters
- Adrian MoleAdrian MoleAdrian Albert Mole is the fictional protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend. The character first appeared in a BBC Radio 4 play in 1982. The books are written in the form of a diary, with some additional content such as correspondence...
, protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend - Adrian MonkAdrian MonkAdrian Monk is a fictional character portrayed by Tony Shalhoub and the protagonist of the USA Network television series Monk. He is a renowned former homicide detective for the San Francisco Police Department...
, protagonist of the USA Network television series Monk - Adrian Tepes, in Konami's Castlevania series of video games