Swann
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People
- Alec SwannAlec SwannAlec James Swann is a former English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and Lancashire in county cricket. A right hand batsman, he scored 3,305 first-class runs including eight centuries...
(born 1976), former English cricketer, brother of Graeme - Anthony SwannAnthony SwannAnthony Gilbert Swann is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented both New Zealand and Samoa in international rugby league. He was educated at Liston College, Henderson.-Playing career:...
(born 1975), Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player - David SwannDavid SwannDavid Swann, MLA is a medical doctor and Alberta Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary Mountain View. He was until recently the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Alberta Legislature....
(born 1949), Canadian politician - Donald SwannDonald SwannDonald Ibrahím Swann was a British composer, musician and entertainer. He is best known to the general public for his partnership of writing and performing comic songs with Michael Flanders .-Life:...
(1923-1994), British composer, musician and entertainer - Edward SwannEdward SwannEdward Swann was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(1862–1945), New York lawyer - Eric SwannEric SwannEric Jerrod Swann is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the 1st round of the 1991 NFL Draft. A 6'5", 317 lbs. defensive tackle, Swann never attended college and was actually drafted from a semi-pro football team called the Bay State...
(born 1970), former National Football League player - Frederick SwannFrederick SwannFrederick L. Swann is a prominent American church and concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor, and former president of the American Guild of Organists . During his career spanning more than a half-century, he has performed on most of the well-known pipe organs in the world and made...
(born 1931), American musician - Gary SwannGary SwannGary Swann is an English former footballer.-Career:Born in York, Yorkshire, Swann started his career as a trainee with Hull City, playing in the same team as former England national football team manager Steve McClaren...
(born 1962), English former footballer - Graeme SwannGraeme SwannGraeme Peter Swann is an English international cricketer. He is primarily a right-arm offspinner, and also bats right-handed. After initially playing for his home county Northamptonshire, for whom he made his debut in 1997, he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2005. He often fields at slip...
(born 1979), English cricketer, brother of Alec - Henry SwannHenry SwannHenry Swann was a British Tory politician. He sat in the House of Commons for three periods between 1803 and 1824....
(1763-1824), British Tory politician, Member of Parliament - Jeffrey SwannJeffrey SwannJeffrey Swann is a renowned classical pianist.Swann was born in Arizona but moved to Dallas, Texas, as a young child. He began piano studies at the age of four. While attending St. Mark's School of Texas, he studied for seven years with Alexander Uninsky at Southern Methodist University in...
(born 1951), concert pianist - Logan SwannLogan SwannLogan Swann is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented his country. Swann is related to several other rugby league players, notably cousins Willie and Anthony.-Early years:...
(born 1975), New Zealand rugby league footballer - Lynn SwannLynn Swann-Collegiate:Swann attended the University of Southern California, where he was an All-American on the Trojans football team. He played under legendary coach John McKay, including the 1972 undefeated and national championship season. McKay said of Swann, "He has speed, soft hands, and grace." He...
(born 1952), former National Football League player, sportscaster and current politician - Michael SwannMichael SwannMichael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann, FRS was a distinguished molecular and cell biologist working on the mechanisms of cell division and fertilisation. He used cell polarisation methods to understand the changes in molecular organisation of the mitotic spindle...
(1920-1990), biologist, chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation (1973-1980) - Oliver SwannOliver SwannAir Vice Marshal Sir Oliver Swann KCB, CBE, RAF , born Oliver Schwann, was a leading figure in the Royal Naval Air Service and senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century....
(1878-1948), British naval aviation pioneer and Royal Air Force officer - Raymond SwannRaymond SwannRaymond Swann is a former English cricketer. Swann was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Stannington, Northumberland....
(born 1950), English former cricketer, father of Alec and Graeme - Robert SwannRobert SwannRobert Swann may refer to:*Robert L. Swann , comptroller of the State of Maryland in the United States*Robert L. Swann , American lawyer, and Colonel in the United States Armed Services...
, various people - Sidney SwannSidney SwannSidney Ernest Swann was an English clergyman and a rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....
(1890-1976), English clergyman and rower - Thomas SwannThomas SwannThomas Swann was an American politician. Initially a Know-Nothing, and later a Democrat, he served as mayor of Baltimore , as the 33rd Governor of Maryland , and as U.S...
(1809-1883), American politician - William SwannWilliam SwannWilliam B. Swann is a professor of social and personality psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is primarily known for his work on identity, self and self-esteem, but has also done research on relationships, social cognition, group processes, accuracy in person perception and...
(born 1952), professor of sociology and personality psychology - Willie SwannWillie SwannWillie Swann is a former Samoa, Warrington Wolves and Auckland Warriors rugby league player.-Playing career:Swann was a Marist Saints junior who played fifteen matches for the Waitakere City Raiders in the 1994 Lion Red Cup, scoring 29 points. He was a Junior Kiwi in 1993...
(born 1977), Samoan-New Zealand rugby league footballer
Fictional characters
- Charles Swann, a central character of the Swann family in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost TimeIn Search of Lost TimeIn Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past is a novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its considerable length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine." The novel is widely...
(sometimes called Swann's Way) - Elizabeth SwannElizabeth SwannElizabeth Swann is a major character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series produced by Walt Disney Pictures. She appears in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and its two sequels, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End...
, in the Pirates of the Caribbean films - Mike Swann, a character in the British television soap opera EastEnders
- Weatherby Swann, governor of the town of Port Royal in the Pirates of the Caribbean films
Other
- 4082 Swann4082 Swann4082 Swann is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1984 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar, and is named after her granddaughter, Carri Susan Swann.- External links :*...
, an asteroid - Swann (crater)Swann (crater)Swann is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, to the southeast of the prominent crater Compton. This is a heavily worn and battered formation that is now scarcely recognizable as a crater. The terrain along the rim and the interior resembles the surrounding surface, being...
, on the far side of the Moon - Swann: A MysterySwann: A MysterySwann: A Mystery is a novel by the late Carol Shields which details the impact of an obscure Canadian poet, Mary Swann, upon four individuals: a feminist literary critic, the poet's biographer, a small-town librarian, and a crusty, brilliant newspaper editor...
, a novel by Carol Shields - Swann Covered BridgeSwann Covered Bridge-History:The Swann Covered Bridge was built by a crew led by Zelmer C. Tidwelland his uncle Forrest Tidwell over a scenic gorge of the Locust Fork on property owned by the Swann Farm. It was originally dubbed the 'Joy Covered Bridge', as the bridge connected Cleveland with the nearby community of...
, a covered bridge in Alabama, United States - Swann GalleriesSwann GalleriesSwann Galleries is a New York auction house founded in 1941. It is a specialist auctioneer of antique and rare works on paper, and it is considered the oldest continually operating New York specialist auction house....
, a New York auction house