Pringle
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Pringle is a Scottish
surname, and may refer to:
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
surname, and may refer to:
- Aileen PringleAileen PringleAileen Pringle was an American stage and film actress during the silent film era.-Early life:Born Aileen Bisbee into a prominent and wealthy San Francisco, California family and educated in Europe, Pringle began her acting career shortly after her 1916 marriage to Charles McKenzie Pringle, the son...
(1895-1989), American stage and film actress - Alexander PringleAlexander PringleAlexander Pringle was a Scottish Conservative politician.-References:...
(1791-1857), Scottish Conservative politician - Andrew Seth Pringle-PattisonAndrew Seth Pringle-PattisonAndrew Seth , who changed his name to Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison to fulfill the terms of a bequest, was a Scottish philosopher....
(1856-1931), Scottish philosopher - Anne PringleAnne PringleDame Anne Fyfe Pringle DCMG is a British diplomat and current HM Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Russian Federation.From 2001 to 2004, Pringle was the British ambassador to the Czech Republic...
(b. 1955), British diplomat - Bryan PringleBryan PringleBryan Pringle was a British actor who appeared in television, film and theatre productions.Born in Tamworth, Staffordshire but raised in the Lancashire town of Bolton he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In 1958, he married character actress Anne Jameson; together they had...
(1935-2002), British actor - Chris PringleChris PringleChristopher Pringle is a former New Zealand cricketer. A fast bowler who played 14 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1990 and 1995....
(b. 1968), former Auckland cricketer - Christine PringleChristine PringleChristine Pringle, with her husband Phil Pringle, was one of the founders of the Christian City Church Oxford Falls in the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, and the evangelical Protestant church movement called Christian City Church International...
, Australian pastor - Cyrus PringleCyrus PringleCyrus Guernsey Pringle was an American botanist who spent a career of 35 years cataloguing the plants of North America, especially Mexico...
(1838-1911), American botanist - Curt PringleCurt PringleCurtis L. "Curt" Pringle , is a politician from the U.S. state of California. Pringle, a Republican, a onetime Speaker of the California State Assembly, former Mayor of Anaheim, California and former Chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority, today runs his own public relations and...
(b. 1959), California politician - David PringleDavid PringleDavid Pringle is a Scottish science fiction editor.Pringle served as the editor of Foundation, an academic journal, from 1980 through 1986, during which time he became one of the prime movers of the collective which founded Interzone in 1982...
(b. 1950), Scottish science fiction editor - Derek PringleDerek PringleDerek Raymond Pringle is an English former Test and ODI cricketer for England, and is now a cricket journalist.He was educated at Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University.-Life and career:...
(b. 1958), retired English cricketer - Donald PringleDonald PringleDonald James "Don" Pringle was an East African cricketer. He represented East Africa in two One day Internationals in the inaugural 1975 World Cup...
(1932-1975), English cricketer - Eric PringleEric PringleEric Pringle is a British writer for radio and television. He has also written three novels for children....
, British television and radion writer - Eunice PringleEunice PringleEunice Irene Pringle was an American starlet who garnered notoriety for accusing movie mogul Alexander Pantages, a Greek immigrant success story, of raping her on August 9, 1929 in his downtown Los Angeles office when she came to audition for him...
(1912-1996), American actress - Harold PringleHarold PringleHarold Joseph Pringle was the only soldier of the Canadian Army to be executed during the Second World War for military crimes.Pringle enlisted in the Canadian Army with his father...
(d. 1945), executed Canadian soldier - James Alexander Pringle (1874-1935), British politician
- James E. PringleJames E. PringleJames Edward Pringle is British astrophysicist. He is a professor of theoretical astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Cambridge....
(b. 1949), British astrophysicist - James Hogarth PringleJames Hogarth PringleJames Hogarth Pringle was a surgeon. He was born to George Hogarth Pringle a well known surgeon in Sydney, Australia....
(1863-1941), Australian surgeon - Joel R. P. PringleJoel R. P. PringleVice Admiral Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle was a distinguished officer of the United States Navy, serving from 1894 to 1932.-Biography:...
(1873-1932), US naval officer - John PringleJohn PringleSir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, FRS was a Scottish physician who has been called the "father of military medicine" ....
(1707-1782), Scottish physician - John PringleJohn Pringle (baritone)John Pringle AM is a retired Australian operatic baritone. He sang leading and supporting roles with Opera Australia and its predecessors for 41 years , and with some overseas companies...
(b. 1938), Australian baritone - John James PringleJohn James PringleJohn James Pringle was a Scottish dermatologist. He was born in Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire and educated at Merchiston Castle school. He graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1876...
(1855–1922), British dermatologist - John Quinton PringleJohn Quinton PringleJohn Quinton Pringle, was a Scottish painter, influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage and associated with the Glasgow Boys .-Early life:Pringle was born the son of a railway employee in Dennistoun , Glasgow...
(1865-1925), Scottish painter - John Wallace PringleJohn Wallace PringleColonel Sir John Wallace Pringle was Chief Inspecting Officer of the Railways Inspectorate of the Ministry of Transport from 1916 to 1929...
(1863-1938), head of the UK Railways Inspectorate - John William Sutton PringleJohn William Sutton PringleSir John William Sutton Pringle FRS was a British zoologist. His research interests were in insect physiology, especially proprioception, flight muscle, and cicada song....
(1912-1982), British zoologist - Mark Pringle, member of Hot House (Heather Small)Hot House (Heather Small)Hot House were a British soul band featuring Heather Small, Martin Colyer and Mark Pringle, who first came to the attention of the British Music Press in January 1987...
- Martin PringleMartin PringleMartin Pringle is a former Swedish professional footballer and current football manager who played as a centre forward between 1991 and 2002 notably for Benfica and Charlton Athletic, having also featured for Stenungsunds IF, Helsingborgs and Grimsby Town...
(b. 1970), former Swedish soccer player - Mike Pringle (politician) (b. 1945), Scottish Member of Parliament
- Mike Pringle (gridiron football) (b. 1967), former Canadian Football League running back
- Meyrick PringleMeyrick PringleMeyrick Wayne Pringle also known as 'Pring' was is a former South African cricketer who played in four Tests and seventeen ODIs from 1992 to 1995 and was one of SA's finest swing bowlers and one of the few who has ever mastered the art of swinging a tennis ball.-Early career:Pringle attended and...
(b. 1966), former South African cricketer - Percy Pringle (b. 1954), American professional wrestling manager (also known by another ring name, Paul Bearer)
- Phil PringlePhil PringlePhil Pringle OAM arrived in Sydney, Australia, in 1980 with his wife Christine with the intention of establishing a church. He has now planted more than 200 churches around the world...
, Australian pastor - Ramona PringleRamona PringleRamona Pringle is a Canadian actress, digital journalist, television host and multiplatform media producer.Born in Toronto, she was named after the Ramones by her punk rock parents, Michaele Jordana and Douglas Pringle...
, Canadian actress - Thomas PringleThomas PringleThomas Pringle was a Scottish writer, poet and abolitionist, known as the father of South African Poetry, the first successful English language poet and author to describe South Africa's scenery, native peoples, and living conditions.Born at Blaiklaw , four miles south of Kelso in Roxburghshire he...
(1789-1834), Scottish writer, poet and abolitionist - Thomas Pringle (Royal Navy officer)Thomas Pringle (Royal Navy officer)Vice-Admiral Thomas Pringle was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.-Family and early life:...
(d. 1803), admiral in the Royal Navy - Valerie PringleValerie PringleValerie Pringle, CM is a Canadian television host and journalist.Pringle began her career in broadcasting as a summer student with Toronto radio station CFRB in 1973, and became a fulltime reporter for the station the following year...
(b. 1953), Canadian journalist and television host
Places
- Pringle, PennsylvaniaPringle, PennsylvaniaPringle is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 991.-Geography:Pringle is located at ....
, a borough - Pringle, South DakotaPringle, South DakotaPringle is a town in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 112 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Pringle is located at ....
, a town - The Pringle, an informal name for the London VeloparkLondon VeloparkThe London Velopark is a cycling centre which was built in Leyton in east London, United Kingdom. It will serve as one of the 'Big Five' permanent Olympic and Paralympic venues for the 2012 Games. The Velopark is situated at the northern end of London's Olympic Park...
Other
- Clan PringleClan PringleClan Pringle is an Armigerous clan from the Scottish Borders.-Origin of the Name:According to the detailed book 'The Records of the Pringles', published by Alexander Pringle in 1933, the surname Hoppringill, or Pringle, dates from the reign of Alexander III of Scotland and is one of the oldest...
an armigerous clan from the Scottish Borders - PringlesPringlesPringles is a brand of potato and wheat based snacks originally developed by Procter & Gamble. Pringles are sold in more than 140 countries and have yearly sales of more than...
, a potato-based snack - Pringle manoeuvrePringle manoeuvreThe Pringle manoeuvre is a surgical manoeuvre used in some abdominal operations. A large haemostat is used to clamp the hepatoduodenal ligament interrupting the flow of blood through the hepatic artery and the portal vein and thus helping to control bleeding from the liver.Should bleeding though...
, used in surgery - USS Pringle (DD-477)USS Pringle (DD-477)USS Pringle , a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Vice Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle .Pringle was laid down by the Charleston Navy Yard, on 31 July 1941; launched on 2 May 1942, sponsored by Mrs. John D. H. Kane; and commissioned on 15 September 1942, with Lieutenant Commander Harold O...
, a US Navy destroyer sunk in World War II - Pringles ParkPringles ParkPringles Park is a 6,000 seat minor league baseball stadium located in Jackson, Tennessee. It opened in 1998.Pringles Park was built by the municipal government of Jackson, Tennessee and is the home of the Jackson Generals of the Southern League. The Generals are the Class AA affiliate of the...
, a baseball stadium in Jackson, Tennessee, named after the snack - Pringle of ScotlandPringle of ScotlandPringle of Scotland is a luxury knitwear manufacturer and importer. The brand is worn by the likes of Madonna, DB7 , Nicole Kidman, Sophie Dahl, Claudia Schiffer, the television character Alan Partridge and British bands such as The Kooks, Dirty Pretty Things and The Twang...
, a designer clothing brand based in Scotland