Irvine
Encyclopedia

Places

Canada
  • Irvine, Alberta
    Irvine, Alberta
    Irvine is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Cypress County. It is located approximately east of Medicine Hat on Highway 1 and has an elevation of .The hamlet is located in census division No. 1 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat....

  • Irvine Inlet
    Irvine Inlet
    Irvine Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region. It lies in western Cumberland Sound, forming a wedge into Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula. There are many irregularly shaped islands at the mouth of the inlet....

    , Nunavut


United Kingdom
  • Irvine, North Ayrshire
    Irvine, North Ayrshire
    Irvine is a new town on the coast of the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire, Scotland. According to 2007 population estimates, the town is home to 39,527 inhabitants, making it the biggest settlement in North Ayrshire....

    , Scotland
  • Irvine Valley, Ayrshire, Scotland, an alternative name for Loudoun
    Loudoun
    Loudoun is an area of East Ayrshire, Scotland, east of Kilmarnock. The word Loudoun is a derivative of the Celtic Pagan God name Lugus.Loudoun is a parish and is named after the former village which stood north of Galston. The area is commonly referred to as the "Irvine Valley", for the River...

  • River Irvine
    River Irvine
    The River Irvine is a river flowing through southwest Scotland, with its watershed on the Lanarkshire border of Ayrshire at an altitude of above sea-level, near Drumclog, and SW by W of Strathaven...

    , Scotland


United States
  • Irvine, California
    Irvine, California
    Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...

    • Irvine (train station)
  • Irvine, Florida
    Irvine, Florida
    Irvine is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. Irvine is located along Interstate 75 north of Ocala....

  • Irvine, Kentucky
    Irvine, Kentucky
    Irvine is a city in and county seat of Estill County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 2,843 at the 2000 census. It is located on the Kentucky River at the junction of Kentucky Route 52 and Kentucky Route 89....

  • Irvine Township, Benson County, North Dakota
    Irvine Township, Benson County, North Dakota
    Irvine Township is a civil township in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 24.-References:...


People

Given name
  • Irvine Arditti
    Irvine Arditti
    Irvine Arditti is a British violinist.-Life:He began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 16 where he studied with Clarence Myerscough and Manoug Parikian. He joined the London Symphony Orchestra in 1976 and after two years, at the age of 25, became its Co-Concert Master...

     (born 1953), British musician
  • Irvine Barrow
    Irvine Barrow
    Augustus Irvine Barrow was a Canadian chartered accountant and Senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Hartley F. Barrow and Margaret E. , his family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1918. He attended the Maritime Business College...

     (1913-2005), Canadian politician
  • Irvine Bulloch
    Irvine Bulloch
    Irvine Stephens Bulloch was an officer in the Confederate Navy and the youngest officer on the famed warship CSS Alabama. He fired its last shot before it was sunk off the coast of France at the end of the American Civil War. He was the half-brother of James Bulloch and a full brother of Martha...

     (1842-1898), American naval officer
  • Irvine Laidlaw (born 1943), Scottish businessman
  • Irvine Lenroot
    Irvine Lenroot
    Irvine Luther Lenroot was a member of the United States Republican Party who served in the House of Representatives from 1909 to 1918, and in the United States Senate from 1918 to 1927, for the state of Wisconsin. He was also Warren G...

     (1869-1949), American politician
  • Irvine Page
    Irvine Page
    Irvine Heinly Page was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and was an American physiologist who played an important part in the field of hypertension for almost 60 years....

     (1901-1991), American physiologist
  • Irvine Patnick
    Irvine Patnick
    Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, known as Irvine Patnick OBE is a British businessman and former Conservative Party politician....

     (born 1929), British politician
  • Irvine Robbins (1917–2008), Canadian-American entrepreneur, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
    Baskin-Robbins
    Baskin-Robbins is a global chain of ice cream parlors founded by Burt Baskin and Irvine Robbins in 1953, from the merging of their respective ice cream parlors, in Glendale, California. It claims to be the world's largest ice cream franchise, with more than 5,800 locations, 2,800 of which are...

  • Irvine Welsh
    Irvine Welsh
    Irvine Welsh is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. His work is characterised by raw Scottish dialect, and brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life...

     (born 1958), Scottish novelist, best known for Trainspotting


Surname
  • Acheson Irvine
    Acheson Irvine
    Acheson Gosford Irvine served as Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police from November 1, 1880, to March 31, 1886....

     (1837-1916), Canadian police commissioner
  • Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
    Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
    Andrew "Sandy" Comyn Irvine was an English mountaineer who took part in 1924 British Everest Expedition, the third British expedition to the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest....

     (1902-1924), British mountaineer
  • Andy Irvine (musician)
    Andy Irvine (musician)
    Andrew Kennedy 'Andy' Irvine is a folk musician, singer, and songwriter, and a founding member of the popular band Planxty. He is an accomplished player of the mandolin, bouzouki, mandola, guitar-bouzouki, harmonica and hurdy-gurdy....

     (born 1942), Irish folk musician
  • Andy Irvine (rugby player)
    Andy Irvine (rugby player)
    Andrew Robertson "Andy" Irvine MBE is a former President of the Scottish Rugby Union , and a former Scottish international rugby player. He earned fifty one Scottish caps, and scored over 250 points for .-Background:...

     (born 1951), Scottish rugby player
  • Arthur Irvine
    Arthur Irvine
    Sir Arthur James Irvine, QC was a British politician.Irvine was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Oriel College, Oxford, where he was president of the Oxford Union in 1932. He became a barrister in 1935, when he was called by Middle Temple, and became secretary to the Lord Chief Justice 1935-40...

     (1909-1978), British politician
  • Brian Irvine (composer) (born 1965), Northern Irish composer
  • Brian Irvine (footballer)
    Brian Irvine (footballer)
    Brian Irvine is a former international footballer who played as a defender.-Career:Irvine began his career with Falkirk in 1983. After two years and nearly forty league appearances for the Bairns - where he played alongside his brother - Irvine moved to Aberdeen...

    , Scottish footballer
  • Christopher Irvine
    Chris Jericho
    Christopher Keith Irvine , better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an inactive Canadian-American professional wrestler, musician, songwriter, radio personality, television host, actor, author, and dancer...

     (born 1970), American-born Canadian professional wrestler better known as Chris Jericho
  • Derry Irvine (born 1940), British lawyer
  • Eddie Irvine
    Eddie Irvine
    Edmund "Eddie" Irvine, Jr. is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He grew up in Conlig, County Down, and was influenced by his parents, who were also involved in motor racing...

     (born 1965), Northern Irish racing driver
  • Edith Irvine
    Edith Irvine
    Lizzie Edith Irvine American photographer who documented the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.-Early life:Irvine was born in Sheep Ranch, Calaveras County, California to Thomas Hanna Irvine and Mary Irene Irvine. Her father was a gold miner.Edith’s grandfather, William Irvine, was the youngest in a...

     (1884-1949), American photographer
  • Hazel Irvine
    Hazel Irvine
    Hazel Irvine , is a television presenter from the United Kingdom.- Life and career :Educated at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, she achieved an M.A. in History of Art at the University of St. Andrews, and competed in golf, netball and athletics at university level. In her final year she was...

     (born 1965), British television presenter
  • Ian Irvine
    Ian Irvine
    Ian Irvine is an Australian fantasy and eco-thriller author and marine scientist. To date Irvine has written 27 novels, including fantasy, eco-thrillers and books for children. He has had books published in at least 12 countries and continues to write full-time.- Career :Irvine was born in...

     (born 1950), Australian author
  • James Irvine (chemist)
    James Irvine (chemist)
    Sir James Colquhoun Irvine KBE FRS FRSE FEIS was a Scottish organic chemist and Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1921 until his death...

     (1877-1952), British chemist
  • James Irvine (educator)
    James Irvine (educator)
    James Irvine was an educator and Presbyterian minister who served as the second president of Ohio University, located in Athens, Ohio, from 1822 to 1824....

     (1793-1835), American university president
  • James Irvine (landowner)
    James Irvine (landowner)
    The Irvine family were agricultural pioneers and prominent landowners in California who gave their name to the city of Irvine, CA.-James Irvine I:James Irvine was born in County Down, Ireland on December 27, 1827, the second to the youngest of nine children...

    , American family of landowners
  • John Irvine (journalist)
    John Irvine (journalist)
    John Irvine is the principal ITV News overseas journalist. He is Northern Irish television news journalist. He is always the correspondent that ITV prefer to use....

    , Northern Irish journalist
  • Ken Irvine
    Ken Irvine
    Kenneth John Irvine was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. He holds the standing record for the most number of tries in a first-grade career – 212. No other player has yet managed 200 tries in their career, apart from Steve Menzies who has scored 216...

     (1941-1991), Australian rugby league player
  • Lee Irvine
    Lee Irvine
    Brian Lee Irvine, born on 9 March 1944 in Durban, South Africa was a cricketer who played four Tests for South Africa in 1969-70 in the last Test series played by South Africa before official sporting links were broken over the apartheid policy....

    , South African cricketer
  • Lucy Irvine
    Lucy Irvine
    Lucy Irvine is a British adventurer and author. Born in Whitton, London, after a tumultuous and free spirited adolescence, in which she replaced formal education with travel and adventure, she joined forces with writer Gerald Kingsland and, as an experiment in isolation, became self imposed...

     (born 1956), British author
  • Olive Lillian Irvine
    Olive Lillian Irvine
    Olive Lillian Irvine was a Canadian teacher and politician. A Progressive Conservative, she was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 14 January 1960 on the recommendation of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, and she represented the senatorial division of Lisgar, Manitoba until her death.- External...

     (1895-1969), Canadian teacher and politician
  • Reed Irvine
    Reed Irvine
    Reed Irvine was an economist who founded the media watchdog organization Accuracy in Media, and remained its head for 35 years....

     (1922-2004), American media critic
  • Robert Irvine
    Robert Irvine
    Robert Irvine is a celebrity chef who has appeared on a variety of Food Network programs, including Dinner: Impossible, Worst Cooks in America, and Restaurant: Impossible.-Career:Irvine began his cooking career upon enlisting in the Royal Navy at the age of fifteen...

     (born 1965), British celebrity chef
  • Ted Irvine
    Ted Irvine
    Edward Amos Irvine is a former NHL hockey player.- Career :Irvine was a left winger. He amassed a total of 331 points in 774 games played over a 15 year professional career. In his NHL career, Irvine played for the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and St...

     (born 1944), Canadian ice hockey player; father of Chris Jericho (above)
  • Weldon Irvine
    Weldon Irvine
    Weldon Jonathan Irvine, Jr. , also known Master Wel, was an American composer, playwright, poet, pianist and organist.-Biography:...

     (1943-2002), American composer
  • William Irvine (Scotland)
    William Irvine (Scotland)
    William Irvine was a Scots soldier. He was granted land in Aberdeenshire in 1323 by Robert the Bruce for faithful service. This grant included a defensive work known as the Drum Tower, thus William became the first Laird of Drum. The holding later became the site of Castle Drum...

     (1298–?), Scottish soldier and landowner
  • William Irvine (physician)
    William Irvine (physician)
    William Irvine was an Irish-American physician, soldier, and statesman from Carlisle, Pennsylvania.Irvine was born near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh in Ireland...

     (1741-1804), American politician
  • William Irvine (lawyer)
    William Irvine (lawyer)
    William Irvine was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician from Corning, New York. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1858 as a Republican in New York's 28th district. He served only one term . At the start of the Civil War he entered the army as Lt...

     (1820-1882), American soldier and politician
  • William Irvine (Australian politician)
    William Irvine (Australian politician)
    Sir William Hill Irvine GCMG , Australian politician and judge, was the 21st Premier of Victoria. Irvine was born in Newry in County Down, Ireland, into a Scottish-Presbyterian family...

     (1858-1943), Australian politician
  • William Irvine (Scottish evangelist)
    William Irvine (Scottish evangelist)
    William Irvine was an evangelist from the late nineteenth century, and continuing through the first half of the twentieth century.Mr. Irvine was born in Kilsyth, located in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, the third of eleven children of a miner...

     (1863-1947)
  • Wilson Irvine
    Wilson Irvine
    Wilson Henry Irvine was a master American Impressionist landscape painter.Although most closely associated with the Old Lyme, Connecticut art colony headed by Florence Griswold, Irvine spent his early career near Chicago, a product of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago...

     (1869-1936), American painter

Other uses

  • Clan Irvine
    Clan Irvine
    -Origins of the clan:As a surname Irvine is of territorial origins from one of two places of the same name. Firstly from Irving, an old parish in Dumfriesshire and from Irvine in Ayrshire....

    , Scottish clan
  • Irvine Company
    Irvine Company
    The Irvine Company is a privately held real estate development company based in Newport Beach, Orange County, Southern California. The corporate center of the company lies in Newport Center. A large portion of its operations are centered in and around the City of Irvine, a planned city of 250,000...

    , owner of a ranch comprising nearly a third of Orange County, California
  • Irvine Kinneas, fictional character in the 1999 video game Final Fantasy VIII
  • Irvine's white, alternative name from the French wine grape Ondenc
  • "Irvine", 2007 song on the Kelly Clarkson album My December
    My December
    My December is the third studio album by American pop rock singer Kelly Clarkson. The album was released on June 22, 2007 throughout most of Europe , on June 23, 2007 in Australia, on June 25, 2007 in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Poland, and on June 26, 2007 in North America...

  • University of California, Irvine
    University of California, Irvine
    The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...

    , public research university
  • 6825 Irvine
    6825 Irvine
    6825 Irvine is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 4, 1988 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*...

    , main-belt asteroid
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