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Adolph Sutro Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29 1830 - August 8, 1898) was the 24th mayor and 2nd Jewish mayor of San Francisco, California, serving in that office from 1894 until 1896. He is today perhaps best remembered for the various San Francisco lands and landmarks that still bear his name.
Adolph Tidemand Adolph Tidemand (1814-1876) was a Norwegian painter who was born in Mandal in 1814. At this time there were no art schools in Norway, so he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark at the age of 18 to attend the art academy.
Adolph von Steinwehr Baron Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich von Steinwehr (September 25, 1822 – February 25, 1877) was a Prussian army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer, cartographer, and author, and served as a Union general in the American Civil War.
Adolphe Adolphe is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of a alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***.
Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (July 24, 1803 – May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1844) and Le Corsaire (1856, his last work), his opera Les Toréadors (AKA Le toréador ou L'accord parfait) (1849), and his Christmas carol O Holy Night (1847).
Adolphe Boissevain Athanase Adolphe Henri Boissevain (1843-1921) founded the banking company Adolphe Boissevain & Co in 1875, with the help of an American partner. This firm was active in two fields: the introduction of American securities on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange and securities arbitrage between Amsterdam, New York and London.
Adolphe Bridge Adolphe Bridge (, , ) is an arch bridge in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The bridge takes road traffic across the Pétrusse, connecting Boulevard Royal, in Ville Haute, to Avenue de la Liberté, in Gare.
Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau (January 15 1831–October 8 1894) was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Quebec East from 1870 to 1874.
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1824 - 1886) was a French painter of the generation preceding the Impressionists. With Narcisse Diaz a member of the Barbizon school of Landscape painting and along with other colleagues he painted in the Fontainebleau Forest, France, during the 1850s.
Adolphe Quetelet Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet (February 22, 1796 – February 17, 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. He founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences.
Adolphe-Philippe Caron Sir Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron, PC, KCMG (24 December 1843 – 20 April 1908), was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He is now best remembered as the Minister of Militia and Defence in the government of Sir John A.
Adolphine Fletcher Terry Adolphine Fletcher Terry, (1882 - 1976), was an American political and social activist in the state of Arkansas. She was primarily responsible for reopening the Little Rock, Arkansas public school system and bringing to a close the Little Rock Crisis of 1958.
Adolphus Busch III Adolphus Busch III (1891 – August 29, 1946) was a brewing magnate who was the President and CEO of Anheuser-Busch from 1934-1946. He was the grandson of Adolphus Busch, the founder of the company and the oldest of 5 children of August A.
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, GCB, GCVO, CMG (Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus), born Prince Adolphus of Teck and later The Duke of Teck (13 August 1868 – 23 October 1927), was a member of the British Royal Family and a younger brother of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. In 1900, he succeeded his father as Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg.
Adolphus Hailstork Adolphus Hailstork (born Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III, Rochester, New York, April 17, 1941) is an American composer and educator. He grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice.
Adolphus Hotel The Adolphus Hotel (often referred to locally as simply "The Adolphus") is an upscale hotel in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) which was for several years the tallest building in the state of Texas.
Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa (died June 3, 1886) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic martyred for his faith. He was born in the kingdom of Toro in the western part of the country, and became a companion of Carl Lwanga at the court of King Mwanga II.
Adomian decomposition method The Adomian decomposition method (ADM) is a non-numerical method for solving nonlinear differential equations, both ordinary and partial. The general direction of this work is towards a unified theory for Partial Differential Equations (PDE).
Adomnán of Iona Saint Adomnán of Iona (627/8-704) was abbot of Iona (679-704), hagiographer, statesman and clerical lawyer; he was the author of the most important Vita of Saint Columba and promulgator of the "Law of Innocents". A popular anglicised form of his name is Saint Eunan from the Gaelic Naomh Adhamhnán.
Adon Olam Adon Olam (; "Lord of the World [of which He is King]") is one of the few strictly metrical hymns in the Jewish liturgy, the nobility of the diction of which and the smoothness of whose versification have given it unusual importance. According to the custom of the Sephardim and in British synagogues generally, it is congregationally sung at the close of the Sabbath and festival morning services, and among the Ashkenazim also it often takes the place of the hymn Yigdal at the close of the evening service on these occasions, while both hymns are almost universally chanted on the Eve of Atonement (Kol Nidre).
Adonai: The Power of Worship from the Land of Israel Adonai: The Power of Worship from the Land of Israel is a collaborative album featuring Israeli musicians, vocalists, and songwriters. It combines ancient Hebrew sounds with modern world music and haunting vocals to reflect the gathering of Israel's remnant from among the nations.
Adonais AdonaĂŻs is an elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley for John Keats in 1821, and widely regarded as one of Shelley's best works. The poem, which is in 495 lines in 55 Spenserian stanzas, was composed in the spring of 1821 immediately after April 11, when Shelley heard of Keats' death some three months earlier.
Adonis Jordan Adonis Adelecino Jordan (born August 21 1970, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2nd round (42nd overall) of the 1993 NBA Draft. Jordan appeared in only 10 career NBA games, six with the Denver Nuggets during the 1993-94 season and four with the Milwaukee Bucks during the lockout-shortened 1999 NBA season.
Adonis Terry William H. "Adonis" Terry (born August 7, 1864 in Westfield, Massachusetts) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player whose career spanned from his debut with the Brooklyn Atlantics in 1884, to the Chicago Colts in 1897, including stops with the Baltimore Orioles, and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Adonis vernalis Adonis vernalis, known variously as pheasant's eye, spring pheasant's eye, yellow pheasant's eye and false hellebore, is a perennial flowering plant found in dry meadows and steppes in Eurasia. Isolated populations are found from Spain in the west across central and southern Europe, reaching southern Sweden in the north, with its main area of distribution being the Pannonian Basin and the West Siberian Plain .
Adopt-A-Minefield Adopt-A-Minefield is a global partnership for mine action with campaigns in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden. The global campaign is one of the leading mine action organisations in the world through the dedication of Board members, staff in each country campaign, and the help of Goodwill Ambassadors Heather Mills McCartney and Paul McCartney.
Adopted child syndrome Adopted child syndrome is a controversial term that has been used to explain behaviors in adopted children that are claimed to be related to their adoptive status. Specifically, these include problems in bonding, attachment disorders, lying, stealing, defiance of authority, and acts of violence.
Adopted Proposals Map The Adopted Proposals Map is a Development Plan Document and a component of the Local Development Framework in Town and country planning in the United Kingdom. It shows the location of proposals in all current Development Plan Documents, on an Ordnance Survey base map.
Adoption Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent (or parents) other than the birth parents. Adoption results in the severing of the parental responsibilities and rights of the biological parents and the placing of those responsibilities and rights onto the adoptive parents.
Adoption (software implementation) Adoption deals with the transfer (conversion) between an old system to a target system in an organization. So if a company works with an old software system, it may want to use a new system which is more efficient, has more work capacity etc.
Adoption (theology) Adoption, in Pauline Christianity, admits man into the family of God with filial joy. In adoption, the believer, already a child, receives a place as an adult son; thus the child becomes a son, the minor becomes an adult (see Galatians 4:1-7).
Adoption and Safe Families Act The Adoption and Safe Families Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 19 1997, the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997 (Public Law 105-89) was enacted by Congress in an attempt to correct problems that were inherent in the foster care system that deterred the adoption of children with special needs. Many of these problems had stemmed from an earlier bill, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, although they had not been anticipated when the law was passed.
Adoption in ancient Rome In ancient Rome, adoption of boys was a fairly common procedure, particularly in the upper senatorial class. The need for a male heir and the expense of raising children were strong incentives to have at least one son, but not too many children.
Adoption in California Agencies that handle adoption in California can range from government-funded agencies that place California children at little of no cost, to attorneys who arrange private adoptions, to international non-profit adoption agencies. Total adoption costs may run from under $1,000 to as much as $40,000 depending on the type of adoption parents choose.
Adoption Information Disclosure Act The Adoption Information Disclosure Act, also known as Bill 183, is a bill passed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on November 1, 2005. When implemented, it will remove much of the secrecy present in Ontario adoptions from 1927 until the 1980s.
Adoptionism Adoptionism or adoptianism is an attempt to explain how Jesus is related God (that is, it was one option that arose in the Trinitarian controversies of the early church). Adoptionism arose among early Christians seeking to reconcile the claims that Jesus was the son of God with the radical monotheism of Judaism.
Adora Svitak Adora Lily Svitak (born October 15, 1997) Usually known simply as Adora Svitak. Svitak is an American child prodigy and internationally published author, known for her essays, stories, poems, blogs, and full-length books.
Adorable (1933 film) Adorable is a 1933 musical comedy starring Janet Gaynor as a princess who disguises herself to go out and have fun, falling in love with a "commoner" in the process. The movie was written by Billy Wilder, Robert Leibmann, Paul Frank, George Marion, Jr.
Adoramus Te Adoramus Te is a stanza that is recited/sung mostly during the Stations of the Cross of the Roman Catholic tradition. It is retained in some confessional Anglican and Lutheran traditions during the Good Friday liturgy, although generally in the vernacular.
Adoration of the Magi The Adoration of the Magi is the name traditionally given to a Christian religious scene in which the three Magi, almost always represented as kings, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh: in the church calendar, this event is commemorated as the Feast of the Epiphany. Christian iconography has considerably expanded the bare account of the Biblical Magi given in the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew (2:1-11) and used it to press the point that Jesus was recognized, from his earliest infancy, as king of the earth.
Adoration of the Magi (Leonardo) The Adoration of the Magi (1481) is an early painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was given the commission by the Augustinian monks of San Donato a Scopeto in Florence, but departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished.
Adoration of the shepherds The Adoration of the shepherds, in Christian iconography, is a scene in which shepherds are near witnesses to the birth of Jesus, at his birthplace, typically depicted as a barn, near Bethlehem. It is based on the account in the Gospel of Luke, not reported by any other Canonical Gospel, which states that an angel appeared to a group of shepherds, saying that Christ had been born in Bethlehem.
Adore (Misako Odani) adore is an album by Japanese singer/pianist Misako Odani, released April 13, 2005 on the Hip Land Music label. This is the first album ever put out on the Hip Land Music label, and it is produced by Misako herself, who also wrote all the music and lyrics for the album.
Adorno & Yoss Adorno & Yoss LLP, the nation’s largest certified* minority owned law firm, provides a full range of interdisciplinary services to its clients. Adorno & Yoss has 250 attorneys in 18 locations throughout the United States.
Adouma The Adouma are an ethnic group of Gabon, in western Africa. They primarily live on the south bank of the upper Ogowe River, in the vicinity of Lastoursville (originally an Adouma village), and are known as expert canoeists.
Adoxaceae The Adoxaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Dipsacales, as now constituted comprising three genera and about 150-200 species. It is characterised by opposite toothed leaves, small five- or, more rarely, four-petalled flowers in cymose inflorescences, and the fruit being a drupe.
Adoxography Adoxography is a term coined in the late 19th century, and means "fine writing on a trivial or base subject." It was a form of rhetorical exercise “in which the legitimate methods of the encomium are applied to persons or objects in themselves obviously unworthy of praise, as being trivial, ugly, useless, ridiculous, dangerous or vicious” – see Arthur S.
Adposition In grammar, an adposition is an element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context. "Adposition" is a general term that includes the more specific labels preposition, postposition, and circumposition, which indicate the position of the adposition with respect to its complement phrase.
Adpositional phrase In linguistics, an adpositional phrase is a general term that includes prepositional phrases (which are usually found in head-first languages like English) and postpositional phrases (usually found in head-final languages like Japanese). The difference between the two is simply one of word order.
Adrabaecampi Adrabaecampi is the scholarly transliteration into Latin of Ptolemy's Adrabaikampoi, a tribe, he says, of greater Germany, dwelling on the north bank of the Danube south of the Gabreta Forest after the Marcomanni and Sudini. That is all history tells us.
Adrafinil Adrafinil is a mild central nervous system stimulant drug used to relieve excessive sleepiness and inattention in elderly patients. It is also used off-label by individuals wishing to avoid fatigue, such as night workers or others who need to stay awake and alert for long periods of time.
Adramelech Adramelech (also called Adrammelech, Adramelek or Adar-malik) his name Melech meaning the King. He was a form of sun god, the centre of his worship was the town of Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:31) and was brought by the Sepharvite colonists into Samaria.
Adrar Plateau The Adrar Plateau is a highland area of the Sahara Desert in northern Mauritania. It was heavily settled in the Neolithic era, and the more recent aridification has left much of the archaeology intact, most notable several stone circles and the later town of Azougui.
Adras LaBorde Adras Paul LaBorde, I (December 12, 1912 -- March 6, 1993), was a hard-hitting reporter, editor, and columnist for the largest newspaper in central Louisiana, the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, from the mid-1940s into the early 1990s. An authority on twentieth century Louisiana government and politics, he wrote some 10,000 columns under the title "The Talk of the Town," taking that name by reversing the order of the name of the newspaper.
Adrasteia In Greek mythology, Adrasteia ("inescapable"; also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestea, Adastreia) was a nymph who was charged by Rhea to raise Zeus in secret to protect him from his father Cronus (KrĂłnos). Adrasteia and her sister Ida, the nymph of Mount Ida, who also cared for the infant Zeus, were the daughters of Melisseus.
Adremy Dennis Adremy Dennis, 28, was executed by the State of Ohio on October 13, 2004 for the murder of Akron, Ohio resident Kurt Kyle in 1994. He was the 15th person executed by the state since it reinstated the death penalty in 1981.
Adrenal cortex Situated along the perimeter of the adrenal gland, the adrenal cortex mediates the stress response through the production of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids, including aldosterone and cortisol respectively. It is also a secondary site of androgen synthesis.
Adrenalin (American band) Adrenalin is an American rock band from East Detroit Michigan, that is perhaps best known for their song "Road of the Gypsy", featured in the 1986 film, Iron Eagle. They produced an EP, Don't Be Looking Back in 1983, and two albums, Road of the Gypsy (1984) and American Heart (1986).
Adrenalynn (film) Adrenalynn is an upcoming action film scheduled for release in 2007, based on the comic book series of the same name. It stars Christina Ricci as the title character, a cyborg created by a post-Cold War Russia sent to destroy the United States.
Adrenergic An adrenergic is a drug, or other substance, which has effects similar to, or the same as, epinephrine (adrenaline). Alternatively, it may refer to something which is susceptible to epinephrine, or similar substances, such as a biological receptor (specifically, the adrenergic receptors).
Adrenergic receptor The adrenergic receptors (or adrenoceptors) are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that are targets of the catecholamines. Adrenergic receptors specifically bind their endogenous ligands, the catecholamines adrenaline and noradrenaline (also called epinephrine and norepinephrine in the USA), and are activated by these.
Adrenocorticotropic hormone Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH or corticotropin) is a polypeptide hormone synthesised from POMC, (pro-opiomelanocortin) and secreted from corticotropes in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland in response to the hormone corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) released by the hypothalamus. It consists of 39 amino acids.
Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency (ACTH deficiency) is a result of a decreased or absent production of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by the pituitary gland. Symptoms include weakness, hypoglycemia, weight loss and decreased axillary and pubic hair.
Adrenochrome Adrenochrome, chemical formula C9H9NO3, is a pigment obtained by the oxidation of adrenaline ( epinephrine ) . Adrenochrome monosemicarbazone, also known as carbazochrome, is a hemostatic, meaning it reduces capillary bleeding.
Adri van Tiggelen Adri van Tiggelen (born June 16, 1957 in Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland) is a former football defender from The Netherlands, who earned 56 caps for the Netherlands national football team although he never scored. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany.
Adria Montgomery-Klein and Natalie Montgomery-Carroll Adria Montgomery-Klein and Natalie Montgomery-Carroll (born June 24, 1974 in Birmingham, Alabama) are American twin sisters, who are fitness competitors, fitness trainers, professional models, and reality TV contestants. They gained widespread national exposure on Big Brother 5, a hit reality TV show airing on CBS in 2004.
Adriaan de Groot Adrianus Dingeman (Adriaan) de Groot (Santpoort, October 26, 1914 - Schiermonnikoog, August 14, 2006) was a Dutch chess master and psychologist, who conducted some of the most famous chess experiments of all time in the 1940s-60. In 1946 he wrote his thesis Het denken van den schaker, which in 1965 was translated to English and published as Thought and choice in chess.
Adriaan Fokker Adriaan Daniël Fokker (Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies (now Bogor, Indonesia), August 17, 1887–Beekbergen (near Apeldoorn), September 24, 1972) was a Dutch physicist and musician. Fokker, a cousin of the aeronautical engineer Anthony Fokker, studied mining engineering at the Delft University of Technology and physics at the University of Leiden with Hendrik Lorentz, where he earned his doctorate in 1913.
Adriaan van Wijngaarden Adriaan van Wijngaarden (2 November 1916 – 7 February 1987) was an important mathematician and computer scientist who is considered by many to have been the founding father of informatica (computer science) in the Netherlands. Even though he was trained as an engineer, van Wijngaarden would emphasize and promote the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical analysis, then in programming languages and finally in design principles of programming languages.
Adriaan Vlacq Adriaan Vlacq (1600-1667) was a Dutch book publisher and mathematician. Born in Gouda, Vlacq published a table of Henry Briggs' logarithms from 1 to 100,000 to 10 decimal places in 1628 in his Arithmetica logarithmica.
Adriaan Vlok Adriaan Vlok (born 1937) was Minister of Law and Order in South Africa from 1986 to 1991 in the final years of the apartheid era. Under his ministry the South African government faced increasing opposition and political unrest, and implemented increasingly drastic measures to suppress it, including hit squads carrying out bombings and assassination of activists.
Adriaen Block Adriaen Block (1567–1627) was a Dutch private fur trader and navigator who explored the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614, following the 1609 expedition by Henry Hudson. He is noted for establishing early trade with the Native Americans, and for the 1614 map of his last voyage on which many features of the mid-Atlantic region appear for the first time, and on which the term New Netherland is first applied to the region.
Adriaen van Bergen A Dutch shipper from Leur, Adriaen van Bergen devised the plot to recapture the city of Breda from the Spanish during the Eighty Years' War. In February of 1590, he approached Prince Maurice with a Trojan horse type plan.
Adrian "Ade" Shaw Adrian Shaw (born 2 January 1947, in Hampstead, North London), frequently known as Ade Shaw, is a musician primarily working in the psychedelic field. He has a long history dating back to the 1960's working with such acts as Hawkwind, Country Joe McDonald, Arthur Brown, and the Deviants.
Adrian (archbishop) Adrian was born in Africa and became Abbot of the monastry at Nerida, in Naples. He was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 664 by Pope Vitalian but refused, and choose instead to travel to England with Saint Theodore of Tarsus on missionary work.
Adrian (costume designer) Adrian Adolph Greenberg, (March 3, 1903 – September 13, 1959), known mostly as Adrian, was a Hollywood costume designer whose most famous costumes were for The Wizard of Oz and other Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career, he designed costumes for over 250 films and his screen credits usually read as "Gowns by Adrian".
Adrian Adlam Adrian Adlam (born 1963) is a British violinist, conductor and music educator. He was Educated at Westminster Abbey, Winchester College, Conservatoire Royale de Musique de Bruxelles and the Hochschule fur Musik, Hanover.
Adrian Aliaj Adrian Aliaj (born September 24, 1976) is an Albanian football defender who plays for the national team. On the club side he has played for nine of them starting his career at FK Partizani and where he made the debut at 16.
Adrian Allen Adrian Allen has been referred to as "one of the most commanding talk show hosts on British radio". He was born in Sunderland in the North-East region of England and has broadcast on various stations in Great Britain.
Adrian Alston Adrian Alston (born February 6, 1949)Match report, including date of birth in Preston, England is a former football (soccer) forward. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 62 times in total for 17 goals between 1969 and 1977.
Adrian Balbi Adrian Balbi (April 25, 1782—March 14, 1848), Italian geographer, was born at Venice. The publication of his Prospetto politico-geografico dello stato attuale del globo (Venice, 1808) obtained his election to the chair of professor of geography at the college of San Michele at Murano; in 1811—1813 he was professor of physics at the Lyceum of Fermo, and afterwards became attached to the customs office at his native city.
Adrian Belew Adrian Belew (born December 23, 1949 as Robert Steven Belew, Covington, Kentucky) is an American guitarist and vocalist (and sometimes drummer, pianist and bass player), perhaps best known for his work as a member of the progressive rock group King Crimson, which he first joined in 1981. He has also released a number of solo albums for Island Records and Atlantic Records, and has worked with many other musicians.
Adrian Berger Adrian Berger (born 1952) is an American historian, history teacher and lecturer, now living in the United Kingdom. He is famous for his numerous historical works, most notably on the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Adrian Brown (musician) Adrian Brown graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London, he studied and then worked with Sir Adrian Boult. He is the only British conductor to have reached the finals of the Karajan Conductors' Competition and has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Camerata Salzburg, one of Europe's foremost chamber orchestras.
Adrian Bumbescu Adrian Bumbescu, (born February 23, 1960 in Craiova) is a former Romanian football player, a fullback, winner of European Cup in 1986 and European Supercup in 1987, both with Steaua Bucharest. He is now coaching a youth team at his former club, Steaua.
Adrian Caceres Adrian Caceres (born January 10, 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a left midfielder for the Australian A-League club Melbourne Victory.
Adrian Cadbury Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury (born 1929) is a member of the well-known Cadbury family. The family is known for their Quaker philosophy and the chocolate conglomerate which they founded (now part of Cadbury Schweppes).
Adrian Ciantar Adrian Ciantar is a Maltese professional footballer who joined Birkirkara from Hibernians two seasons ago. He was a regular midfielder for the Paolites but yet he has failed to hold a commanding role in the Stripes midfield.
Adrian Cola Rienzi Adrian Cola Rienzi (born Krishna Deonarine in 1905, died Desh Bandu (National Patriot) on July 21, 1972) was a Trinidad and Tobago trade unionist, politician and lawyer. He founded both the Oilfields Workers Trade Union and the All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union, and was involved in the establishment of three other trade unions.
Adrian Conan Doyle Adrian Malcolm Conan Doyle (November 19, 1910 - June 3, 1970) was the youngest son of Arthur Conan Doyle, and his father's literary executor. Adrian Doyle was described as a race-car driver, big-game hunter, explorer, and writer.
Adrian Conrad Adrian Conrad, a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, is a billionaire business magnate, head of Zetatron Industries, played by Canadian actor/writer/director Bill Marchant.
Adrian d'Hagé Brigadier Adrian d'Hage, AM, MC, was born in Sydney and educated at North Sydney Boys High and the Royal Military College Duntroon (Applied Science). He graduated into the Intelligence Corps in 1967, and was later transferred to Infantry and served in Vietnam as a platoon commander, where he was awarded the Military Cross.
Adrian D'Souza Adrian Albert D'souza (born March 24, 1984 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made is international debut for the Men's National Team in January 2004 during the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. D'Souza represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place.
Adrian Dannatt Adrian Dannatt (born in 1963) is the son of architect Trevor Dannatt, he was educated at St Chad's College, Durham University. Before arriving at university he had previously been the child star of the BBC television series Just William (1977), based on the novels of author Richmal Crompton.
Adrian Devine Paul Adrian Devine (born December 2, 1951 in Galveston, Texas) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1973 to 1980 for the Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers. Devine primarily pitched in relief and had has best season in 1977 with the Rangers when he posted a win-loss record of 11-6 with 15 saves.
Adrian Dunbar Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August, 1958), is a Northern Irish actor best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards.
Adrian empire The Adrian Empire (sometimes known as Adria) is a non-profit education organization dedicated to the study and recreation of Western European culture in the years 1066 to 1603 (coinciding with the Battle of Hastings and the death of Elizabeth I of England).
Adrian Enescu Adrian Enescu (born March 31, 1948) is a Romanian composer and songwriter, best known for his involvement in film soundtracks as well as his collaboration with various pop singers such as Loredana Groza. As an individual musician, he also pioneered the local electronic scene during the 70s.
Adrian Farrel Adrian Farrel is a co-chair of three IETF working groups namely CCAMPIEFT's Working Group, "Common Control and Measurement Plane (ccamp)", PCEIEFT's Working Group, "Path Computation Element (pce)" and L1VPN IETF's Working Group Layer 1 Virtual Private Networks (l1vpn) which are responsible for developing GMPLS and MPLS related standards. He has also co-edited a special edition of the IEEE Communications Magazine on GMPLS and author of three books Amazon index for Adrian Farrel.
Adrian Fry Adrian Fry (born 1969) is a British freelance jazz trombonist, arranger and composer. He can be heard with many British bands including Back to Basie, Frank Griffith Nonet, Elio Pace Band, Karen Sharp Quintet, Stan Tracey Big Band and Don Weller Electric Octet.

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