Hanks
Encyclopedia
People
- Camille Hanks, wife of Bill CosbyBill CosbyWilliam Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the...
- Carol Hanks AucampCarol Hanks AucampCarol Hanks Aucamp was an outstanding tennis player in the 1960s. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri.-Accomplishments:She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the United States , and was ranked 10th in 1960, 11th in 1961, 12th in 1962 and 7th in 1963.She won the U.S. Indoor Singles title in 1963, the U.S...
(born 1943), outstanding tennis player - Colin HanksColin HanksColin Lewes Hanks is an American actor who is best known for his work as Shaun Brumder in the film Orange County and as Alex Whitman in Roswell. He also portrayed the role of Henry Jones in Band of Brothers and is currently on the sixth season of the Showtime crime drama Dexter...
(born 1977), American actor - Ebenezer HanksEbenezer HanksEbenezer Hanks was born on 11 February 1815 in Argyle, Washington County, New York to Joseph Hanks and Almira Kennedy. Ebenezer grew up in the nearby small towns of Greenwich and Salem, northeast of Albany, New York. Joseph had fought in the War of 1812 and was a prosperous farmer and tavern...
(1815-1884), Mormon pioneer and businessman - Ephraim HanksEphraim HanksEphraim Knowlton Hanks was a prominent member of the 19th-Century Latter Day Saint movement, a Mormon pioneer and a well known leader in the early settlement of Utah....
(1826-1896), prominent member of the 19th-Century Latter Day Saint movement - Fletcher HanksFletcher HanksFletcher Hanks, Sr. was a cartoonist from the Golden Age of Comic Books, who wrote and drew stories detailing the adventures of all-powerful, supernatural heroes and their elaborate punishments of transgressors...
(circa 1879-1970), cartoonist - James M. HanksJames M. HanksJames Millander Hanks was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Helena, Arkansas, Hanks attended the public schools, the college at New Albany, Indiana, and Jackson College, Columbia, Tennessee.He studied law....
(1833-1909), member of the United States House of Representatives - Jim HanksJim HanksJim Hanks is an American film and television actor, and voice-over artist.-Background:Jim Hanks is the youngest brother of Tom Hanks, but they were not raised together...
(born 1961), American voice-over artist and character actor - John Hanks AlexanderJohn Hanks AlexanderJohn Hanks Alexander was the first African American officer in the United States armed forces to hold a regular command position and the second African American graduate of the United States Military Academy.-Early life:...
(1864-1894), United States Army officer - Kerri HanksKerri HanksKerri Michel Hanks is an American soccer forward who last played for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer...
(born 1985), American footballer - Larry Hanks (born 1939), American folksinger
- Merton HanksMerton HanksMerton Edward Hanks is a former safety in the National Football League.Hanks attended Lake Highlands High School, where he was a district track and field champion. He went on to the University of Iowa, earning all-Big Ten honors at cornerback...
(born 1968), American former NFL safety - Mike HanksMike HanksMike Hanks is an American college basketball coach. He was head coach for Saint Leo University, Manchester Giants, University of South Alabama and Samford University. He also served as an assistant under Bob Knight at Indiana.-Indiana University:...
(21st century), American college basketball coach - Nancy HanksNancy HanksNancy Hanks Lincoln was the mother of Abraham Lincoln and of Sarah Lincoln after her marriage to Thomas Lincoln. After the family moved from Kentucky to Spencer County, Indiana, Nancy Lincoln died of milk sickness at the Little Pigeon Creek settlement...
(1784-1818), mother of Abraham Lincoln - Nancy Hanks (NEA)Nancy Hanks (NEA)Nancy Hanks was the second chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts . She was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon and served from 1969 to 1977, continuing her service under President Gerald R. Ford. During this period, Hanks was active in the fight to save the historic Old Post Office...
, second chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts - Patrick HanksPatrick HanksPatrick Hanks is an English lexicographer and corpus linguist. He has edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. After graduation from University College, Oxford, he started his lexicographic career as editor of the Hamlyn Encyclopedic World Dictionary . In...
(born 1940), English lexicographer and corpus linguist - Sam HanksSam HanksSam Hanks was an American racecar driver who won the 1957 Indianapolis 500. He was a barnstormer, and raced midget and Champ cars.-Racing career:...
(1914-1994), American racecar driver - Thomas C. Hanks, American seismologist
- Tom HanksTom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
(born 1956), American two-time Academy Award-winning film actor - William HanksWilliam HanksWilliam F. Hanks is an American linguist and anthropologist who has done influential work in linguistic anthropology describing the uses of deixis and indexicality in the Yucatec Maya language. He holds the Distinguished Chair in Linguistic Anthropology at the University of California Berkeley. A...
(born 1952), American anthropologist and linguist
Places
- HanksHanks, North Dakota-Geography:Hanks is located on North Dakota Highway 50, and has the latitude of 48.603° N, and the longitude of −103.802° W.The elevation is 2,116 feet , and is located in the Central Time Zone.-History:...
, community in Northwest North Dakota - Hanks StationDrake, IllinoisDrake, or Hanks Station, is an unincorporated community located in Greene County, Illinois, USA between the town of Patterson and the White Hall/Hillview blacktop. The unofficial population is approximately 10 people.-External links:*...
, community in western Illinois - HanksvilleHanksville, UtahHanksville is a small town in Wayne County, Utah, United States, at the junction of State Routes 24 and 95. The town is just south of the confluence of the Fremont River and Muddy Creek, which together form the Dirty Devil River, which then flows southeast to the Colorado River...
, town in Southeastern Utah
Other
- Arly HanksArly HanksArly Hanks is a 1993 American television pilot based on the first book of Joan Hess' series Malice in Maggody. Written by Sean Clark and directed by Arlene Sanford, it screened on CBS on August 20, 1994. Due to low ratings, the show was removed from the CBS season...
, TV Show - Nancy Hanks (horse)Nancy Hanks (horse)Nancy Hanks was an undefeated Standardbred harness racing trotting mare named for Abraham Lincoln's mother.She was foaled in 1886 at Terre Haute, Indiana and was sired by Happy Medium, her dam Nancy Lee was by Dictator....
, trotting horse - Nancy Hanks (train), former railway train between Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia
- The HanksThe Hanks- The Hanks :The Hanks were formed in 1987 and helped usher in the alt.country or No Depression scene in North Carolina several years before Whiskeytown and Ryan Adams put the sound on the national map. They disbanded in 1989...
, a rock music group - Hanks (band), a British rock music group
See also
- Hank (disambiguation)Hank (disambiguation)A hank is a coiled bundle of yarn.Hank may also refer to:*Hank , a town in the Netherlands*Hank , an American TV sitcom which aired on NBC from 1965 to 1966...
- HanksiteHanksiteHanksite is a sulfate mineral, distinguished as one of only a handful that contain both carbonate and sulfate ion groups. It has the chemical formula: Na22K92Cl.-Occurrence:...
- Harte-HanksHarte-HanksHarte-Hanks is an advertising and direct marketing company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is particularly associated with the publication of weekly shopper publications, with 13 million circulation weekly in 1100 separate editions of the PennySaver and Flyer each week in California and...
- HinksHinksHinks is a surname, and may refer to:* Edward Winslow Hinks , career army officer* James Hinks , dog breeder* Joseph Hinks , British inventor-See also:* Hanks * Hink* Hinkly* Hincks* Hunks...
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