Strange (surname)
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Strange is a family name and may refer to:
- Adam StrangeAdam StrangeAdam Strange is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky, he first appeared in Showcase #17 .In May 2011, Adam Strange placed 97th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time....
, fictional DC Comics superhero - Adario StrangeAdario StrangeAdario Strange is a New York based film director, writer and artist. He is best known for his documentary film detailing a year of strange deaths at the famed university. In recent years he was Editor in Chief of the weekly newspaper New York Press and a business technology writer for...
, editor - Baron StrangeBaron StrangeBaron Strange is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. Two creations, one in 1295 and another in 1325, had only one holder each, upon the death of whom they became extinct. Two of the creations are still extant, however...
, holders of the British title of nobility - Billy StrangeBilly StrangeWilliam E. "Billy" Strange is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor.-Recordings and songwriting:...
(born 1930), American musician - Cein Strange, (1991-), Irish Sparring Champion
- Curtis StrangeCurtis StrangeCurtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-Early years through college:Strange and his...
(born 1955), American golfer - Cy StrangeCy StrangeCyril "Cy" Strange was a Canadian radio broadcaster who was born in Maguire, Ontario.He joined CFRB in 1943 as a journalist, and moved to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1946...
(1915-1987), Canadian radio broadcaster - Doc StrangeDoc StrangeDoc Strange is a fictional character, a comic book superhero who originally appeared in Thrilling Comics #1...
, fictional Thrilling Comics character - Doctor StrangeDoctor StrangeDoctor Stephen Strange is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in Strange Tales #110 ....
, fictional Marvel Comics sorcerer - Emily the Strange, fictional Goth
- Glenn StrangeGlenn StrangeGlenn Strange was an American actor who appeared mostly in Western films. He is best known for playing the Frankenstein Monster in three Universal films during the 1940s and for his role as Sam Noonan, the bartender on CBS's Gunsmoke television series...
(1899-1973), American actor - Hugo StrangeHugo StrangeProfessor Hugo Strange is a fictional comic book supervillain appearing in books published by DC Comics, as an adversary of Batman. He first appeared in Detective Comics #36 , and is one of Batman's first recurring villains, preceding the Joker and Catwoman by several months...
, fictional DC Comics character - Jennifer Strange, radio contest victim
- Jonathan Strange, a fictional magician from the novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeSusanna ClarkeSusanna Mary Clarke is a British author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell , a Hugo Award-winning alternate history. Clarke began Jonathan Strange in 1993 and worked on it during her spare time...
. - family name of a number of characters in Keith RobertsKeith RobertsKeith John Kingston Roberts , was an English science fiction author. He began publishing with two stories in the September 1964 issue of Science Fantasy magazine, "Anita" and "Escapism.Several of his early stories were written using the pseudonym...
' novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
PavanePavaneThe pavane, pavan, paven, pavin, pavian, pavine, or pavyn is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century .A pavane is a slow piece of music which is danced to in pairs.... - Susan StrangeSusan StrangeSusan Strange was a British academic who was influential in the field of International Political Economy. Her most important publications include Casino Capitalism, Mad Money, States and Markets and The Retreat of the State : The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy.For a quarter of a century,...
(1923-1998), British Political Economist - Thomas Andrew Lumisden StrangeThomas Andrew Lumisden StrangeSir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange was the first Chief Justice of the erstwhile Supreme Court of Madras and in that capacity was also the first Chief Justice of the Madras Presidency, British India from 1801 to 1817...
(1756-1841), Canadian Judge - Thomas Bland StrangeThomas Bland StrangeThomas Bland Strange , known as 'Gunner Jingo', was a British soldier noted for his service with the Canadian militia during the North-West Rebellion of 1885. Strange was a retired Major-General at the time of the rebellion, and was raising cavalry horses near modern Calgary, Alberta...
(1831-1925), British soldier - Allen Strange, title character from The Journey of Allen StrangeThe Journey of Allen StrangeThe Journey of Allen Strange is a television series on Nickelodeon's SNICK block of programming for three seasons from 1997 to 2000.-Premise:...
. - The Stranges (Tansy, Pauline, Gordon and Joe), family from the teenage novel The Jem StarThe Jem StarThe Jem Star is a young adult fantasy novel by English author Karen Drury, the first novel in her MEDLAR series. It was first published on the 1st May 2007...
by Karen Drury.