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Alameda Terminal The Alameda Terminal of the First Transcontinental Railroad, located in Alameda, California, was the western terminus of the line. With the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 authorizing construction of a railroad and telegraph line, the first concentration of activity was east of Sacramento.
Alameda, Portland, Oregon Alameda is a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon that sits on a hill with views of Downtown, the Willamette River, and the Cascades. NE Fremont Street is the neighborhood’s main east-west thoroughfare and NE 33rd, its main north-south thoroughfare, makes up its eastern boundary.
Alamelu Alamelu (Telugu: అలమేలు, Tamil: அலமேலு), also known as Padmavati (often spelled "Padmavathi" or "Padmavathy"), is a Hindu goddess. Believed to be a form of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and good fortune, Alamelu is the consort of Sri Venkateshwara.
Alamgir Hashmi Alamgir Hashmi (Urdu: عالمگیر ہاشمی) (also known as Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi) (born November 15, 1951) is a major English poet of Pakistani origin in the latter half of the 20th century. Considered avant-garde, both his early and later works were published to universal critical acclaim and widespread influence.
Alamo (sculpture) Alamo (The Cube) is an outdoor sculpture by Bernard (Tony) Rosenthal, located on Astor Place, on the island of Manhattan in New York City. It takes the form of a black cube, 8 feet long on each side, mounted on a corner.
Alamo bolide impact The Alamo bolide impact occurred 367 million years ago, when one or more hypervelocity objects from space slammed into shallow marine waters at a site that is now the Devonian Guilmette Formation of the Worthington Mountains and Schell Creek Range of southeastern Nevada; the event is named for breccias of metamorphosed crushed rock deposits, found as far as the town of Alamo, Nevada (the "Alamo Breccia"). This catastrophic impact event resulted in what is one of the best-exposed and has become the most accurately dated impact events; it occurred within the Frasnian age of the Devonian at about 367 Ma, a moment in time that was about 3.
Alamo Bend Navajo Indian Reservation The Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation is a non-contiguous section of the Navajo Nation lying in northwestern Socorro County, New Mexico, USA, adjacent to the southeastern part of the Acoma Indian Reservation. It has a land area of 256.
Alamo Bowl The Alamo Bowl is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It matches the fourth or fifth choice (not necessarily fourth or fifth place) teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Big 12 Conference.
Alamo Drafthouse The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema was founded in 1997 by Tim and Karrie League at 409 Colorado St, in an Austin warehouse-district building that was being used as a parking garage. The company began as a 2nd-run movie theater, and distinguished itself by the unusual food and drink service offered inside the theater.
Alamo Lake State Park Alamo Lake State Park is part of a 4,900-acre park, surrounding Alamo Lake, Arizona. Located about 38 miles north of Wenden, Arizona, the park's elevation is approximately 1100 to 1300 feet and is located on the Bill Williams River about 30 miles before it empties into the Colorado River.
Alamo Mission in San Antonio The Alamo (formally: San Antonio de Valero Mission) is the name (from the Spanish word álamo, meaning cottonwood trees) of former mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The compound, which originally comprised a church and surrounding buildings, was built by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century for the education of local Native Americans after their conversion to Christianity.
Alamo Placita, Denver The Alamo Placita neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States, is bounded by Downing Street (east), Speer Boulevard (south), Pennsylvania Street (west), 6th Avenue (north) west of Clarkson Street and 7th Avenue (north) east of Clarkson Street. The neighborhood is named after Alamo Placita Park which is located on the north side of Speer Boulevard between Ogden and Emerson Streets.
Alamo Rent A Car Alamo Rent A Car is a car rental agency. They are based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but have branches across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, parts of Africa, Europe, and Australia as well as some locations on various Caribbean islands.
Alamo Square Alamo Square is a residential neighborhood and park in San Francisco, California. Both are located in the Western Addition, a part of the city's fifth district, and are served by several Muni bus lines including the 5, 21, 22, and 24.
Alamo Stadium Alamo Stadium is a 23,000-seat football stadium in San Antonio, Texas. Completed in 1940 as a WPA project, the stadium was the home of the Alamo Bowl in 1947, the San Antonio Wings of the WFL in 1975, the San Antonio Gunslingers of the USFL from 1984-1985, the San Antonio Riders of the WLAF in 1991, and the San Antonio Thunder of the NASL from 1975-1976.
Alamo Village Alamo Village is an active movie set and tourist attraction north of Brackettville, Texas, United States. Alamo Village, the first movie location built in Texas, was constructed as the setting for The Alamo (1960), directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey and Frankie Avalon.
Alamodome The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, at a cost of $186 million.
Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge The Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,169 acre United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. The site is located in the San Luis Valley along the east side of the Rio Grande approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Alamosa in Alamosa County.
Alamosaurus Alamosaurus, (IPA: ; meaning "Alamo lizard"), is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. It was a large quadrupedal herbivore, up to 53 feet (16 metres) in length and up to 33 tons (30 metric tonnes) in weight.
Alamut Alamut () was once a mountain fortress in the arid hills by the Elburz mountains, south of the Caspian Sea, close to Gazor Khan, near Qazvin, about 100 km from present-day Tehran in Iran. Only ruins remain of this fortress today.
Alamut series The Alamut series consists of the two fantasy books Alamut (Doubleday, 1989) and The Dagger and the Cross (Doubleday, 1991) by Judith Tarr. The series is set in the same universe as The Hound and the Falcon, which was written first, but the Alamut series describes events which occurred before the events in The Hound and the Falcon.
Alan (automobile) The Alan was a German "inflation-period" automobile of simple design; it was manufactured by J Mayer in Bamberg in limited numbers between 1923 and 1925. The only model, the 6/30, had a 30hp, four-cylinder engine with overhead valves, made in Berlin by Siemens and Halske.
Alan and Michael Perry Alan and Michael Perry are Citadel Miniatures designers, and two of the most prolific sculptors for the miniature wargaming hobby. They produce the vast majority of miniature figures used in Games Workshop's three core game systems: Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.
Alan Ainscow (politician) Alan Ainscow later joined the United Kingdom Independence Party, although in 2005 he defected to Robert Kilroy-Silk's Veritas Party. He was a candidate in Bolton North East during the 2005 election, polling 375 votes.
Alan Ameche Lino Dante "Alan" Ameche (March 1, 1933 - August 8, 1988), nicknamed "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in his first four seasons in the league.
Alan Anderson Alan Jeffery Anderson (born on October 16, 1982 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional basketball player in currently a free agent after being waived by the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA.http://sports.
Alan Arkin Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, author and musician, best-known for starring in such films as The In-Laws, Catch-22, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Wait Until Dark, Edward Scissorhands, Four Days in September and Little Miss Sunshine. As a musician and co-composer, his "Banana Boat Song" became a hit record, and as an author he has published both children's books and science fiction short stories.
Alan Arnett McLeod Alan Arnett McLeod (20 April 1899 – 6 November 1918) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Alan Arnold Griffith Alan Arnold Griffith (13 June 1893 – 13 Oct 1963) was an English engineer, who, among many other contributions, is best known for his work on stress and fracture in metals that is now known as metal fatigue, as well as being one of the first to develop a strong theoretical basis for the jet engine.
Alan Autry Carlos Alan Autry (born July 31, 1952) is an American actor, politician, and former NFL football player. He is best known for his role as Captain Bubba Skinner on the television series In the Heat of the Night.
Alan Baghumian Alan Baghumian is one of the most prominent Linux developers and enthusiastic supporters of free software in his native Iran. Besides maintaining a number of Linux web sites, he has also developed xFarDic (a multi-language dictionary), wrote two Linux books in Persian ("Red Hat 9 Training" and "Setting Up and Running GNU/Linux Servers") and, more recently, has been working on Parsix, a KANOTIX-based Linux distribution with support for Persian.
Alan Bannister Alan Bannister (born September 3, 1951 in Montebello, California) was a utility player for the Philadelphia Phillies (1974-75), Chicago White Sox (1976-80), Cleveland Indians (1980-83), Houston Astros (1984) and Texas Rangers (1984-85).
Alan Barnes Travelling Scholarship The Alan Barnes Travelling Scholarship is an award made annually at the discretion of the President of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects, in conjunction with other adjudicators. The scholarship is intended to help architectural students to travel and to study architecture overseas.
Alan Battersby Sir Alan Rushton Battersby is a retired organic chemist known for his work on the genetic blueprint, structure, and synthetic pathway of Cyanocobalamin. This came in collaboration with a partner and also in relation to work on plant alkaloids.
Alan Beddoe Lieutenant-Commander Alan Brookman Beddoe OC OBE HFHS FHSC (1893 – December 2, 1975) was a Canadian artist, war artist, consultant in Heraldry and founder and first President of the Heraldry Society of Canada.
Alan Bern Alan Bern (1955-), born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, is the musical director of Brave Old World, and remains one of the leading lights in the teaching and revival of Yiddish music in the US, Canada and Europe since the late 1980's.
Alan Bersin Alan Bersin is a former Secretary of Education for California, as well as a former superintendent of San Diego City Schools and former Attorney General’s Southwest Border Representative, or "Border Czar." He currently serves on the executive committe of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.
Alan Bible Botanical Garden The Alan Bible Botanical Garden is a desert botanical garden located at the Alan Bible Visitor Center, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 601 Nevada Highway, Boulder City, Nevada. The garden is named in honor of Senator Alan Bible (1909-1988).
Alan Bleasdale Alan Bleasdale (born March 23, 1946 in Liverpool, brought up in Huyton, Merseyside) is an English television dramatist, best known for several social realist drama serials based on the lives of ordinary people. His first success came as a writer of radio drama for the BBC, with several plays following the character of Scully being broadcast on his local station, BBC Radio Merseyside, in 1971.
Alan Blinder Alan Stuart Blinder (October 14, 1945 - ) is an American economist, on the faculty of Princeton University, and was an adviser to John Kerry during the latter's 2004 presidential campaign. He graduated from Syosset High School in Syosset, New York.
Alan Bond (businessman) Alan Bond (born April 22 1938) is an Australian businessman famous for high-profile business ventures, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history, and for which he was convicted of fraud and sent to gaol. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his parents and sister Geraldine in 1950.
Alan Booth Alan Booth (1946-1993) was a well-known English travel writer, who wrote two insightful books on his journeys by foot through the Japanese countryside. The better-known of the two, The Roads to Sata (1985) is about his travels from the northernmost cape in Hokkaidō (Cape Soya) to the southern tip of Kyūshū in Cape Sata.
Alan Brahmst Alan Brahmst (born September 27, 1965 in Hamburg, Germany) is a former field hockey defender from Canada, who earned his first international cap in 1986 for the Men's National Team against the Netherlands in Amstelveen. The resident of Toronto, Ontario created the Planet Field Hockey-website, originally called Off The Crossbar, together with teammates Hari Kant and Andrew Griffiths.
Alan Branch Alan Keith Branch (born December 29, 1984) is an American football defensive tackle for the Michigan Wolverines. Alan Branch has decided to skip his senior season with the Wolverines in order to declare for the 2007 NFL Draft.
Alan Braxe Alain QuĂŞme, also known as Alan Braxe, is a French electronic music artist. He scored a major hit in 1998 with "Music Sounds Better With You," a track co-written by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk under the name Stardust.
Alan Brennert Alan Brennert (born 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American TV producer and scriptwriter. He has lived in Southern California since 1973 and did graduate work in screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Alan Brien Alan Brien (born March 12, 1925) is a British journalist best known for his novel Lenin. This took the form of a fictional diary charting Lenin's life from the death of his father to shortly before his own demise in 1924.
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO (July 23, 1883 - June 17, 1963) was a career soldier, Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War and promoted Field Marshal in 1944. In retirement he served as Lord High Constable of England during the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Alan Bundy Alan Bundy, FRSE, FBCS, FAAAI, FECCAI, FAISB, is a professor at the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, known for his contributions to automated reasoning, especially to proof-planning, the use of meta-level reasoning to guide proof search.
Alan Buribaev Alan Buribaev (born 1979) - one of the youngest and famous living Kazakh conductors. At the moment - General Musikdirektor, Meiningen Theatre, Germany, and Principal Conductor, Astana Symphony Orchestra, Kazakhstan.
Alan Burke Alan Burke was a conservative talk show host who was on the air primarily in New York from 1966 to 1969. He was a pioneer of the confrontational style where he would attack or insult his guest and plant ringers in the audience who would attack the guest.
Alan Burnett Alan Burnett is a television writer responsible for the Ducktales movie and television shows such as "The Batman/Superman Adventures," "Batman Beyond," and others. He got his undergraduate degree at the University of Florida and then attended USC.
Alan Burns Professor Alan Burns is a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of York. He has been at the University of York since 1990, and held the post of Head of Department from 1999 until 30th June 2006, when he was succeeded by John McDermid.
Alan Butcher Alan Raymond Butcher (born January 7, 1954) was an English cricketer who is part of a family known for its strong cricketing connections. Although only selected to play for England on one occasion, he was lauded for his skills in First Class Cricket and was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991.
Alan Cadby Alan Cadby is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2005, representing the Liberal Party of Australia from 2001 to 2004, and serving as an independent from 2004 to 2005.
Alan Cameron of Erracht Alan Cameron of Erracht, or Sir Alan Cameron (1753–March 9, 1828), was a British soldier who, at his own expense in 1793, raised the 79th Cameron Highlanders regiment, which remains as part of The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). Cameron was captured by American colonists in 1775 and imprisoned for two years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Alan Campbell (pastor) Pastor Alan Campbell is the Pentecostal pastor of the Cregagh Covenant People's Fellowship in Belfast, Northern Ireland, co-director of Open Bible Ministries with Glyn Jones, and a prominent scholar and lecturer in the British Israel movement. Campbell is also popular in Historicist circles because of his identification of the Papacy as the Antichrist of Biblical prophecy.
Alan Canfora Alan Canfora (b. 1949) was a student at Kent State University, Ohio, when he was shot and wounded in the right wrist by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970 while protesting the invasion of Cambodia.
Alan Caruba Alan Caruba is a public relations advisor, best known as a critic of environmentalism and, in 1990, founder of the National Anxiety Center, a think tank dedicated to debunking the idea that there is global warming and damage in the ozone layer.
Alan Cassidy Alan Cassidy (born October 1983) is a singer, guitarist, bandleader and songwriter who comes from the hard-working town of Paisley, Scotland. He has long had the nickname Butch Cassidy from the time when he ran with the McKerral Street Gang.
Alan Caves Alan Caves (born January 5, 1966 in Hillingdon) is an English darts player nicknamed 'The Caveman'. In the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, he beat Wayne Mardle and progressed to the second round, losing to Dave Askew.
Alan Clark Diaries Alan Clark started keeping a regular diary in 1955 which lasted until August 1999, during his second spell as a Member of Parliament, when he was incapacitated due to the onset of the brain tumour which was to be the cause of his death a month later. The last month of his life would be chronicled by his wife, Jane.
Alan Clayson Alan Clayson (Dover, England, 1951) is of a late 1970s vintage of composer-entertainers that also embraces the likes of Wreckless Eric, Tom Robinson, Elvis Costello and John Otway. While he is still making regular concert appearances, he has become better known as an author of around thirty books - mostly musical biography.
Alan Coleman Alan Coleman (born Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom) is a prolific TV series, writer, director and producer, primarily in the southern hemisphere (eg, The Young Doctors, The Restless Years, Neighbours, Shortland Street). He was originally the head of children's programming at ATV in the UK until emigrating to Australia in 1974.
Alan Colmes Alan Colmes (born September 24, 1950 in New York City, New York), is an American television journalist, and the liberal half of the Fox News Channel's popular political debate program Hannity & Colmes, opposite conservative Sean Hannity.
Alan Connor Alan Connor (born Alan Hamilton February 4, 1974) is a British writer, journalist and television presenter. First seen on Channel 4's youth entertainment programme The Word in 1995, he later appeared on The Big Breakfast and BBC Radio Five Live.
Alan Cox Alan Cox (born 1968) is a computer programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since its early days (1991). While employed on the campus of University of Wales, Swansea, he installed a very early version of Linux on one of the machines belonging to the university computer society.
Alan Cross Alan Cross is a Canadian radio broadcaster and a writer on music. He is the current program director of CFNY in Toronto, Ontario, and the host of that station's most famous program, The Ongoing History of New Music.
Alan D'arcangelo ALAN D'ARCANGELO (1930-1998) was an American Artist and Printmaker, best known known for his paintings of highways and road signs. His reputation as a Pop artist was established in 1963 with his series of paintings of American highways and signs, an example of which include US Highway 1, Number 5.
Alan Dapre Alan Dapre (born 1965) is a UK-based children's television writer who has written episodes of Brum, BAFTA & RTS award nominated Boohbah and Blips which have been broadcast worldwide. Currently he is writing Tronji due for broadcast in 2007.
Alan Davidson (cricketer) Alan Keith Davidson (born June 14 1929, Lisarow, Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired leading Australian cricketer of the 1950s and 1960s. He was an allrounder: a capable hard hitting left handed batsman, and an outstanding left-arm fast-medium opening bowler.
Alan Davidson (food writer) Alan Eaton Davidson (March 30, 1924 – December 2, 2003) was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic Oxford Companion to Food (1999).
Alan Davies (footballer) Alan Davies (* December 5, 1961 - † February 5, 1992), was a Welsh footballer whose position was left-winger. He started eight games for Manchester United between 1982 and 1984 having signed for them on leaving school in 1978.
Alan Dedicoat Alan Dedicoat (born 1954, in Hollywood in Worcestershire) is a senior British continuity announcer for BBC television who is also a newsreader on BBC Radio 2. He is perhaps best known as the "Voice of the Balls" on the National Lottery programme on BBC One, since 1994.
Alan Dell Alan Dell (March 8, 1924 - August 18, 1995) was a BBC radio broadcaster, who probably did more than anyone else in the last quarter of the 20th century in Britain to ensure that the dance band music of the 1920s, 30s and early 40s remained in the public consciousness.
Alan Dennison Alan Dennison (born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom in 1932) also known as "Strongman Alan Dennison" was an English professional wrestler who rose to prominence due to the popularity of televised wrestling in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. He died of a heart attack in "the ring" whilst wrestling on 27 June 1984, aged 52 with Les Kellett.
Alan Dickins Alan Roger Dickins was educated at Epsom College, Surrey and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1968. He qualified in 1972 as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, but a keen interest in genealogy and heraldry eventually led to his engagement in 1986 as a research assistant at the College of Arms.
Alan Donohoe Alan Donohoe is the lead singer of English rock band The Rakes whos debut album (Capture/Release) reached number 32 in the UK album chart. He is from London, a graduate (of either Biology or Physics - reports vary) and a vegan.
Alan Duff (cricketer) Alan Robert Duff (12 January 1938 - 28 June 1989) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket matches in the late 1950s and 1960s. Most of these were for Oxford University, but he also had a brief county cricket career for Worcestershire.
Alan Dugan Alan Dugan (1923-2003) was an American poet. His poetry is known for its plain and direct language, though it is supported by technical skill; it is generally trenchant and ironic in its criticism of American life and received ideas, and in its frank sensuality alike.
Alan Dukes Alan Dukes (born April 20 1945) is an Irish politician, a former leader of the Fine Gael political party and former TD for Kildare South. He holds the distinction of being one of only five TDs to be appointed Minister on their first day in the Dáil.
Alan Duncan Alan James Carter Duncan MP (born March 31, 1957) is a British Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, where he was Head Monitor (head student), and St John's College, Oxford, where he coxed the college's first eight crew and was elected President of the Oxford Union.
Alan Dundes Alan Dundes, (September 8 1935 – March 30, 2005) was a folklorist at the University of California, Berkeley. His work was said to have been central to establishing the study of folklore as an academic discipline.
Alan Dunne Alan Dunne (born August 23rd, 1982 in Dublin) is a professional football defender currently playing for Millwall in England's League 1. After coming up through the Millwall academy, Alan made his first appearance on March 19th, 2002 against Sheffield United.
Alan Durward Alan Hostarius or Alan Durward ( † 1275) was the son of Thomas de Lundin, a grandson of Gille Críst, Mormaer of Mar. His mother's name is unknown, but she was almost certainly a daughter of Máel Coluim, Mormaer of Atholl, meaning that Alan was the product of two Gaelic comital families.
Alan E. Nourse Alan Edward Nourse (August 11, 1928–July 19, 1992) was an American science fiction author and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science.
Alan Eagleson Robert Alan Eagleson (born April 24, 1933 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian disbarred lawyer, former politician, hockey agent and promoter, famous for his role in promoting the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union, the Canada Cup (now the World Cup of Hockey), and his representation of famous hockey players such as Bobby Orr.
Alan Eggleston Dr Alan Eggleston (born 30 December 1941), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1996, representing Western Australia. He was born in Busselton, Western Australia, and was educated at the University of Western Australia, where he graduated in medicine, and at Murdoch University, where he graduated in arts.
Alan Embree Alan Duane Embree (born January 23, 1970 in The Dalles, Oregon) is a middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Oakland Athletics. Previously, Embree played with the Cleveland Indians (1992-1996), Atlanta Braves (1998), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998), San Francisco Giants (1999-2001), Chicago White Sox (2001), San Diego Padres (2002 & 2006), Boston Red Sox (2002-2005) and New York Yankees (2005).
Alan Feraday Alan Feraday used to work for the Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) at Fort Halstead in Kent. RARDE was, after re-organisation, subsumed into the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA).
Alan Ferguson Alan Baird Ferguson (born 16 September 1943), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since May 1992, representing South Australia. He was born in Maitland, South Australia, and was a farmer before entering politics.
Alan Finney Alan Finney (born 1933)is a former footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster Rovers, featuring in over 500 games during his time at Hillsborough and the consistency of his performances made a popular member of the team among the Club's supporters.
Alan Fletcher (composer) Alan Fletcher, President and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School, is both an accomplished music administrator and respected composer. He came to Aspen in March of 2006 from the positions of Head of the School of Music and Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had been since 2001, and before that from leadership and faculty positions including Provost and Senior Vice President at the New England Conservatory, where he was engaged for 16 years.
Alan Fletcher (graphic designer) Alan Gerard Fletcher (27 September 1931 – 21 September 2006) was a British graphic designer. In his obituary, he was described by The Daily Telegraph as "the most highly regarded graphic designer of his generation, and probably one of the most prolific".
Alan Ford (comic book) Alan Ford - Il Gruppo TNT (Alan Ford and Group TNT), commonly known as Alan Ford, is an Italian comic book created by Max Bunker (Luciano Secchi) and Magnus (Roberto Raviola) and published since 1969. The comic book is a satirical take on classic secret agents laden with surreal and black humour, sardonic references to aspects of the contemporary Italian and Western society.
Alan Freed Alan Freed (December 15, 1921 – January 20, 1965), also known as Moondog, was an American disc-jockey (DJ) who became internationally known for promoting African-American Rhythm and Blues (R&B) music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of Rock and Roll. Many of the top African American performers of the first generation of rock and roll (such as Little Richard and Chuck Berry) salute Alan Freed for his pioneering attitude in breaking down racial barriers among the youth of 1950s America.
Alan Freeman Alan Leslie "Fluff" Freeman MBE (born 6 July 1927, Melbourne, Australia, died 27 November, 2006, Twickenham, England) was a well-known disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years.
Alan Frew Alan Frew (born 8 November 1959 in Coatbridge, Scotland) is the lead singer for the Canadian band, Glass Tiger, and has also released two solo albums. He has appeared on many television specials, raises money for various causes and continues to perform around Canada as a solo artist and the lead singer for Glass Tiger.
Alan Fudge Alan Fudge (born February 27, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas, USA) is an actor known for being part of the cast of four television programs: Man from Atlantis, Eischied, Paper Dolls, and Bodies of Evidence, along with a recurring role (eighteen appearances over eight years, as of 2005) on 7th Heaven.
Alan GarcĂ­a Alan Gabriel Ludwig GarcĂ­a PĂ©rez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala.Garcia wins to become Peru president, al-Jazeera, June 5, 2006 He is the leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party and the only APRA party member to have ever served as President of Peru.

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