Childs
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- Barney ChildsBarney ChildsBarney Childs was an American composer and teacher.Born in Spokane, Washington, he taught and composed avant-garde music and literature at universities in the United States and United Kingdom.-Music:...
(1926–2000), American composer - Barry and Sally Childs-HeltonBarry and Sally Childs-HeltonBarry and Sally Childs-Helton are filk writers and singers. They are also highly educated though their song Alphabet Soup shows their feelings on the value of their doctorate and PhD degrees. They are based in Indiana...
, American singer/songwriters - Brevard ChildsBrevard ChildsBrevard Springs Childs was Professor of Old Testament at Yale University from 1958 until 1999 , and one of the most influential biblical scholars of the 20th century....
(1923–2007), Biblical scholar - Chris Childs (basketball)Chris Childs (basketball)Chris Childs is a retired American professional basketball player, who played primarily at the guard position....
(born 1967), retired American basketball player - Chris Childs (bassist)Chris Childs (bassist)Chris Childs is an English bass player who was a member of the hard rock band Thunder from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2009....
(born 1958), British bass player - Cupid ChildsCupid ChildsClarence Algernon "Cupid" Childs was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball with a 13-season career from 1888, 1890–1901, playing for the Philadelphia Quakers, Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos and Chicago Orphans of the National League and the Syracuse Stars of the American...
(1867–1912), American Major League baseball player - David ChildsDavid ChildsDavid M. Childs is the Consulting Design Partner at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. He is best known for his redesign of the new One World Trade Center in New York....
(born 1941), American architect and designer - David H ChildsDavid H ChildsDavid Childs is an Emeritus Professor of Politics whose considerable contribution to the advancement of German studies has equipped academics, business leaders, government ministers and students develop a greater knowledge of Germany and the politics behind the country.-Education:* Thornleigh...
(born 1933), British Professor and leading Academic on the former East Germany, GDR as well as Britain - Earle ChildsEarle ChildsLieutenant Earle W. F. Childs was an officer in the United States Navy who died during World War I. A submariner, he died when his ship sank in a maritime collision.-Biography:...
(1893–1918), U.S. Navy submarine officer in World War I - Euros ChildsEuros ChildsEuros Childs is a Welsh musician and songwriter, best known as the frontman for the band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. His sister is the violinist Megan Childs...
(born 1975), Welsh singer/songwriter - George William ChildsGeorge William ChildsGeorge William Childs was an American publisher who co-owned the Philadelphia Public Ledger newspaper with financier Anthony Joseph Drexel.-Early life:...
(1829–1894), American publisher - Jeremy ChildsJeremy ChildsJeremy Childs is an American actor and writer from Nashville, Tennessee.Childs wrote and has performed in the Vampire Monologues, which played in Nashville at Halloween to a packed house in 2002 and 2004...
, American actor and writer - John Childs (aviator)John Childs (aviator)John Childs, the "Flying Man" of Boston, Massachusetts performed the first known flight in America on September 13, 1757 to a crowd of spectators, suspended by a rope from a feathered glider. The next day, on September 14 Mr...
, American pioneer aviator - John Childs (cricketer)John Childs (cricketer)John Henry Childs is a former English cricketer who played in two Tests for England in 1988. At the age of 36 years 320 days, Childs became the oldest player since Dick Howorth in 1947 to make his England debut...
(born 1951), English cricketer - Joseph ChildsJoseph ChildsMajor Joseph Childs , soldier and penal administrator, of the Royal Marines, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from 7 February 1844 to August 1846....
(1787–1870), English soldier and penal administrator - Kenneth Childs (born 19690, owner of My Guy Appliance and Electronics
- Marquis ChildsMarquis ChildsMarquis William Childs was an American journalist.-Personal life:Childs was born in Clinton, Iowa. He graduated from Lyons High School in Clinton in 1918; received his B.A. in 1923 and Litt.D. in 1966 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After working for United Press, he attended the...
(1903–1990), American journalist - Mary Ellen ChildsMary Ellen ChildsMary Ellen Childs is an American composer and multimedia artist and founder of the ensemble Crash...
(born 1957), American composer - Mary Louise Milliken ChildsMary Louise Milliken ChildsMary Louise Milliken Childs Noted philanthropist in the 20th Century for building over twenty hospitals and two churches throughout the United States. Her greatest accomplishments include the West Jersey Cooper Hospital in New Jersey and the Milliken Memorial Community House in Elkton, Kentucky...
(1873–1936), American philanthropist - Ozro W. ChildsOzro W. ChildsOzro Childs was a Protestant horticulturalist, merchant, and banker in the 19th century in Los Angeles, California. He was a founding father of the University of Southern California.-Early years:...
(1824–1890), American horticulturalist - Roy ChildsRoy ChildsRoy A. Childs, Jr. was an American libertarian essayist and critic.Childs counted among his early influences Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, Rose Wilder Lane, and Robert LeFevre....
(1949–1992), American critic and essayist - Thomas ChildsThomas ChildsThomas Childs was a U.S. soldier who served with distinction during the Mexican-American War.Childs was born on March 16, 1796, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the son and grandson of Revolutionary War veterans...
(1796–1853), American soldier of the Mexican-American War - Toni ChildsToni ChildsToni Childs is an American singer-songwriter from Orange, California. She has released four studio albums and is best known for her songs "Don't Walk Away" , "I've Got To Go Now", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991, and the Emmy-winning "Because You're Beautiful" Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957)...
(born 1957), American singer/songwriter - Tracey ChildsTracey ChildsTracey Childs is an English actress, best known for playing Lynne Howard in the 1980s drama series Howards' Way. More recently, she has appeared in Born and Bred as Linda Cosgrove and as Patty Cornwell in Hollyoaks....
(born 1963), English actress - William Edward ChildsWilliam Edward ChildsWilliam Edward Childs is a composer and jazz pianist from Los Angeles.Born March 8, 1957, he began piano lessons when he was six. When he was 16, Childs started attending the Community School of the Performing Arts, a prestigious music program sponsored by the University of Southern California...
(born 1957), American composer and jazz pianist
Locations
United Kingdom- Childs Hall at Whiteknights ParkWhiteknights ParkWhiteknights Park, or the Whiteknights Campus of the University of Reading, is the principal campus of that university. The park covers the area of the manor of Earley Whiteknights, also known as Earley St Nicholas and Earley Regis.Whiteknights Park is some two miles south of the centre of the town...
, the primary campus of the University of Reading, England - Childs HillChilds HillChilds Hill, now the southernmost ward of the London Borough of Barnet, although of historic origin, is a late-19th-century suburban development situated 5 miles northwest of Charing Cross bordered by the A41 and Dunstan Road, and centred on the junction of Cricklewood Lane and Finchley Road...
, an area of London
United States
- Childs, MarylandChilds, MarylandChilds is an unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States....
, an unincorporated location - Childs, MinnesotaChilds, MinnesotaChilds was the name of a town in section 13 and 14 of Campbell Township in Wilkin County, Minnesota.-History:The town of Childs was named for a local farmer, Job W. Childs, who later moved to California. The town had a post office from 1888 until 1920, and a station of the Great Northern Railway...
, a former town