Gentry (disambiguation)
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Gentry in particular nations
- Landed gentryLanded gentryLanded gentry is a traditional British social class, consisting of land owners who could live entirely off rental income. Often they worked only in an administrative capacity looking after the management of their own lands....
, in the United Kingdom - Gentry (China)Gentry (China)As used for imperial China, landed gentry does not correspond to any term in Chinese. One standard work remarks that under the Ming dynasty, called shenshi or shenjin, meaning variously degree-holders, literati, scholar-bureaucrats or officials, they are loosely known in English as the Chinese...
- Polish landed gentryPolish landed gentryPolish landed gentry historically was a social group of hereditary landowners who held manorial estates. Historically ziemiane consisted of hereditary nobles and landed commoners. The Constitution of 1496 restricted the right to hold manorial lordships to the hereditary nobility proper only...
People
- Alistair GentryAlistair GentryAlistair Gentry is an artist and author of a number of science fiction works, including the novels Their Heads Are Anonymous , and Monkey Boys , and the recently published collection of short stories, "Uncanny Valley" . In 2003 he founded the new fiction site Pulp.Net, and he has been an editor...
, science fiction author - Alvin GentryAlvin GentryAlvin Gentry is an American professional basketball coach, and college basketball player, who has led four different NBA teams. He served as an interim coach for the Miami Heat at the end of the 1995 season, and later coached the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Clippers...
(born 1954), American basketball coach - Bobbie GentryBobbie GentryRoberta Lee Streeter , professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is a former American singer-songwriter notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material...
(born 1944), American singer-songwriter - Brady P. GentryBrady P. GentryBrady Preston Gentry was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Colfax, Texas, Gentry attended the public schools and East Texas State College, Commerce, Texas. He graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Tyler,...
(1896-1966), U.S. congressman from Texas - Curt GentryCurt GentryCurt Gentry is an American writer. He is best known for co-writing the book Helter Skelter with Vincent Bugliosi , which detailed the Charles Manson murders...
(born 1931), American writer - Dennis GentryDennis GentryDennis Louis Gentry is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 4th round of the 1982 NFL Draft. He spent his entire 11-year NFL career with the Bears from 1982 to 1992, and was a part of the Bears team that was victorious in Super Bowl XX versus...
(born 1959), American professional football player - Gary GentryGary GentryGary Edward Gentry , is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, who played seven seasons for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves between 1969 and 1975....
(born 1946), Major League Baseball pitcher - Howard Gentry, Jr.Howard Gentry, Jr.Howard Gentry, Jr. is an American politician. He was the vice mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Tennessee, and Davidson County, and the President of the Metropolitan Council from 2002 to 2007...
(born 1952), U.S. politician from Tennessee - Howard Scott GentryHoward Scott GentryHoward Scott Gentry was an American botanist recognized as the world's leading authority on the agaves.He worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, and was a research botanist with the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona after 1971...
(1903-1993), American botanist - Kenneth GentryKenneth GentryKenneth L. Gentry, Jr. is a Reformed theologian, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly. He is particularly known for his support for and publication on the topics of partial preterism and postmillennialism in Christian eschatology, as well as for theonomy...
(born 1950), American theologian - Loyd Gentry, Jr.Loyd Gentry, Jr.Loyd "Boo" Gentry, Jr. is an American horse trainer.He was the son of jockey and trainer, Loyd Gentry, Sr., who trained for the prominent Canadian horseman Harry C. Hatch and for whom he conditioned the winner of the 1941 King's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race. Loyd Jr. was also the nephew...
(born 1925), American horse trainer - Meredith Poindexter GentryMeredith Poindexter GentryMeredith Poindexter Gentry was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eighth and seventh districts in the United States House of Representatives. He also served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.-Biography:Gentry was born in Rockingham County, North...
(born 1809), 19th century U.S. congressman from Tennessee - Minnie GentryMinnie GentryMinnie Gentry was an American actress.Gentry was born Minnie Lee Watson in Norfolk, Virginia, the daughter of Mincie and Taylor Watson. Her family moved to Cleveland during her childhood, where she began studying piano at the age of nine, at the Phyllis Wheatley School of Music...
(1915–1993), American actress - Robert Gentry (actor)Robert Gentry (actor)Robert Gentry is known for his work on several daytime soap operas. He played the role of Ed Bauer on Guiding Light on two different occasions, first from 1966 to 1969, then returning nearly thirty years later to play the role on a recurring basis from 1997 to 1998...
(born 1940), American actor - Robert V. GentryRobert V. GentryRobert V. Gentry is a nuclear physicist and young earth creationist, known for his claims that radiohalos provide evidence for a young age of the Earth. He is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.-Career:...
, Young Earth Creationist and nuclear physicist - Rufe GentryRufe GentryJames Ruffus "Rufe" Gentry was a Major League pitcher who played in parts of 5 seasons for the Detroit Tigers.-Minor league career:...
(1918-1997), Major League Baseball pitcher - Teddy Gentry (born 1952), member of the country music band AlabamaAlabama (band)Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...
- William GentryWilliam GentryMajor General Sir William George Gentry, KBE, CB, DSO and bar was a distinguished New Zealand military leader....
(1899-1991), New Zealand military leader
Places in the United States
- Gentry, ArkansasGentry, ArkansasGentry is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,158 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- Gentry, MissouriGentry, MissouriGentry is a village in Gentry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 101 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gentry is located at ....
- Gentry County, MissouriGentry County, MissouriAs of the census of 2000, there were 6,861 people, 2,747 households, and 1,884 families residing in the county. The population density was 14 people per square mile . There were 3,214 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile...
Other uses
- Montgomery GentryMontgomery GentryMontgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...
, American country music duo - The Gentry ComplexGentry ComplexGentry Complex is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. The arena opened in 1980. It is home to the TSU Tigers basketball team. The Gentry Complex is situated on the main campus of Tennessee State University, a land-grant institution...
, multipurpose arena in Nashville, Tennessee - Bruce GentryBruce GentryBruce Gentry is a Columbia movie serial based on the Bruce Gentry comic strip created by Ray Bailey. It may contain the first cinematic appearance of a Flying Saucer, here the secret weapon of the villainous Recorder.-Plot:...
, 1949 American movie serial - Bruce Gentry (comic strip)
- Merry GentryMerry GentryMerry Gentry is the title character of fantasy series by US writer Laurell K. Hamilton, best-known for her previous series Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter...
, series of books by Laurell K. Hamilton - USS Gentry (DE-349)USS Gentry (DE-349)USS Gentry was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy, in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or radar picket.Gentry was named after Wayne Roy...
, United States naval vessel - The GentryThe GentryThe Gentry is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the New Zealand Derby in 1988.Born in 1985, he is the only classic-winning son of the brilliant galloper McGinty, who beat the best on both sides of the Tasman in his racing career and with an ounce of luck should arguably have been the first New...
, thoroughbred racehorse from New Zealand - The GentrysThe GentrysThe Gentrys were an American band of the 1960s and early 1970s best known for their 1965 hit "Keep on Dancing"...
, a 1960s pop band