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Phidippus johnsoni The redbacked jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni) is one of the largest and most commonly encountered jumping spider of western North America. It is not to be confused with the unrelated venomous redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti).
Phife Dawg Phife Dawg (born Malik Taylor on April 20 1970 in Brooklyn, New York), also known as the Five Foot Assassin, is an African American rapper who was a member of the acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest with high school classmates Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and for a short time Jarobi White. He has since started a solo career.
Phigalia Phigalia, or Phigaleia (Greek Φιγαλεία or Φιγάλεια) is an ancient Greek city in the south-west angle of Arcadia. It is also the present name of a nearby modern village, known up to the 20th century as Pavlitsa (Παύλιτσα).
Phil Allocco Allocco has written & directed several short films including Delivered which won "Best Comedic Short" and was nominated for "Best Short" and at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology's 2004 World Tour. It was also nominated for the Grand Jury Award at The Bare Bones International Film Festival.
Phil Anselmo Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a heavy metal vocalist and musician. Although he is best known as a vocalist and lyricist and co-composer for Pantera, Anselmo has been involved with numerous other musical projects in heavy metal.
Phil Bailey Phil Bailey (born May 25, 1980 in Inverell, NSW) is an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League competition and also for New South Wales and Australia. He previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles along with the Northern Eagles.
Phil Baron Cantor Phil Baron (November 14, 1953) is an American voice actor who voiced Piglet in the Disney Channel live-action/puppet television series Welcome to Pooh Corner. He also voiced the titular character and Burl Ruxpin in The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin.
Phil Bengtson John Phillip Bengtson (July 17, 1913 - December 18, 1994) was a college football player and longtime assistant coach, best remembered as the unenviable successor to the legendary Vince Lombardi as head coach of the Green Bay Packers in 1968.
Phil Bennett (coach) Phil Bennett is the head football coach at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Prior to taking over as head coach at SMU in 2002, he served as the defensive coordinator at Kansas State from 1999 to 2001.
Phil Bernstein Phil Bernstein is a computer scientist specializing in database research in the Database Group of Microsoft Research. Berstein is also an affiliate professor at the University of Washington and frequent committee member or chair of conferences such as VLDB and SIGMOD.
Phil Blitz Phil Blitz is a British Cruiserweight professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Bubblegum. As Bubblegum, Blitz has wrestled in many independent promotions within the UK but he is perhaps best known for his work in the Nottingham based Norton British Wrestling, and his television exposer with Frontier Wrestling Alliance and Irish Whip Wrestling.
Phil Bourque Phil Bourque (born June 8, 1962, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA) is a former National Hockey League left wing and defenseman. He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft; instead, he was signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 4, 1982.
Phil Brazier Phil Brazier (born Liverpool, September 3 1977) is a footballer who captained Liverpool's FA Youth Cup winning side of 1996. However, the young defender could not break into Liverpool's first team, and was released in 1998, joining non-league side Vauxhall Motors.
Phil Bredesen Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen (born November 21, 1943) is the 48th Governor of Tennessee, having served since 2003. He previously served as the fourth mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County from 1991 to 1999.
Phil Brown (1966 footballer) Phil Brown, born January 16 1966 in Sheffield, England is an English professional footballer who is currently one of the player-managers of Northern Premier League Premier Division side Matlock Town along with Gareth Williams. He usually plays in midfield, but can also play as a striker.
Phil Brown (athlete) Philip Brown (born 6 January, 1962) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. In the individual 400m his results were not outstanding however he was an exceptional relay runner, anchoring the British team to many medals.
Phil Brucato Phil Brucato is an author and game developer. He has worked on roleplaying games such as Mage: The Ascension, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Vampire: The Dark Ages and Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade for White Wolf, Inc.
Phil Bruns Philip Bruns (born May 2, 1931) is an American television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the character of Morty Seinfeld in the sitcom Seinfeld, but he was replaced in the role by Barney Martin because the show's co-creator Larry David thought the character should be more crotchety and Bruns was too laid back for the role.
Phil Byrne Phil Byrne (born April 6 1982 in Dublin) is an Irish football player who plays with Kildare County FC in the Eircom League First Division. Football was in his blood - his father was also a League of Ireland player.
Phil Callaway Phil Callaway is a Christian humorist author and speaker from Three Hills, Alberta, Canada. He has written books of Christian humor, Christian children's literature, and Christian novels, as well as many magazine articles.
Phil Cantillon Phil Cantillon is a rugby league player who played for the Widnes Vikings from 2000 to 2004. He broke many try-scoring records before he lost his place to Australian Shane Millard, who left the Vikings after they were relegated to Nation League One to join Leeds Rhinos.
Phil Cavarretta Philip Joseph Cavarretta (born July 19 1916 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who spent almost his entire career with the Chicago Cubs. He was voted the 1945 National League Most Valuable Player after leading the Cubs to the pennant – their last, as of 2005 – by winning the batting title with a .
Phil Clarke Phil Clarke is a Sky Sports rugby league pundit with plenty of experience in the game as a former Wigan Warriors and Sydney Roosters player and Great Britain captain. He is the son of Colin Clarke, another former Wigan player.
Phil Cohran Kelan Phil Cohran (born in Oxford, Mississippi in May 8, 1927) is a jazz musician. He is known most for his trumpet contributions in the Sun Ra Arkestra in Chicago during 1959-1961 and for his involvement in the foundation of the AACM.
Phil Collinson Phil Collinson is a British television producer. He was initially an actor, before switching to working behind the cameras in the industry as a script editor and writer on programmes such as Springhill and Emmerdale, later becoming the producer of Peak Practice.
Phil Cool Phil Cool is a British comedian and impressionist, from Chorley, Lancashire. After building up a live following, he came to wider public attention in the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s in a number of television shows bearing his name, notably Cool It (BBC, 1985), with his ability to contort his facial features.
Phil Coulter Phil Coulter (born 19 February, 1942) is an Irish songwriter, performer and music producer from Northern Ireland. With his writing partner Bill Martin he penned numerous hit songs for a variety of popular singers in the 1960s and 70s, and in the 1980s scored major successes performing his own material.
Phil Currie Phil Currie, formerly the head of Dinosaur Research at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta is now a researcher and prominent palaeontologist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Over the last 25 years he has worked on fossil discovery in Mongolia, Argentina, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Dry Island Provincial Park and many other locations.
Phil Da Agony Phil Da Agony, also known as Phil the Agony, (born Jason Smith) is a West Coast hip hop artist whose is a member of the hip hop collectives, Barbershop MC's, Strong Arm Steady and Likwit Crew. He is a well respected underground rapper who has collaborated artists as diverse Talib Kweli, Swollen Members and Dilated Peoples.
Phil Donahue Phillip John Donahue (born December 21, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio) is the creator and star of The Phil Donahue Show, also known as Donahue, the first tabloid talk show. The show enjoyed a 27-year run on national (U.
Phil Dooley Phil Dooley is an Australian Assemblies of God pastor. He is the Youth Pastor of Hillsong United, the youth group of Hillsong Church and has recently been appointed to oversee the Worship & Creative Arts departement in Hillsong Church.
Phil Drabble Phil Drabble OBE (born May 13, 1914) is a countryman, author and television presenter. Raised in the Black Country, he later lived in - and wrote mostly about - the countryside of north Worcestershire and at Abbots Bromley in south Staffordshire, where he purchased a piece of ancient woodland, a remnant of the Forest of Needwood, where he created the 90 acre (360,000 m²) Goat Lodge nature reserve.
Phil Edwards Dr. Philip Aaron Edwards, MD (September 13, 1907 - September 6, 1971), track and field athlete the "Man of Bronze", was Canada's most-decorated Olympian, the first Black Canadian man to win a trophy at what are now known as the Commonwealth Games, and the first-ever winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete.
Phil Elmore Phil Elmore is a professional technical and freelance writer based in the United States]. One of [[Paladin Press' personalities and a regular contributor to multiple online and hardcopy publications, Elmore is probably best known for his online magazine The Martialist.
Phil Esposito Philip Anthony "Espo" Esposito, OC (born February 20, 1942 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a retired professional hockey center who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers.
Phil Farrand Phil Farrand (born November 5, 1958) is an American computer programmer, webmaster and author. He is best known for his Nitpicker’s Guides, in which he nitpicks plot holes and continuity errors in the various Star Trek television series and movies, and for the creation of Nitcentral, a website devoted to the same activity.
Phil Frank Phil Frank (born March 27 1943, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a American cartoonist best known as the creator of the San Francisco-based comic strip Farley and the artist on nationally syndicated comic strip The Elderberries (written by Joe Troise). Frank and Troise have worked together on other comic strip projects, including Chateau Defeat (published in the Wine Spectator) and Miles to Go.
Phil Garner Philip Mason Garner (born April 30, 1949, in Jefferson City, Tennessee) is a former infielder in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. He is now the manager of the Houston Astros.
Phil Gawne Philip (Phil) Gawne is the Member of the House of Keys for Rushen, a constituency in the Isle of Man. He is also the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and therefore a member of the Council of Ministers.
Phil Georgeff Phil Georgeff is the now-retired and legendary racetrack announcer in the Chicago, Illinois, area at venues including Arlington Park and Hawthorne Race Course, from 1959 to 1992. His surname is pronounced as if it were spelled "George F.
Phil Gillies Philip Andrew Gillies (born May 7, 1954 in Hertfordshire, England) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
Phil Gould Phil "Gus" Gould, is an Australian rugby league identity. Gould has a prominent role in Channel 9's coverage of rugby league, being a former co-host of Boots N' All, appearing on The Footy Show and the The Sunday Roast, and providing sometimes controversial opinions as part of the Nine match coverage commentary team.
Phil Gramm William Philip "Phil" Gramm (born July 8, 1942, in Fort Benning, Georgia) served as a Democratic Congressman (1978–1983), a Republican Congressman (1983–1985) and a Republican Senator from Texas (1985–2002).
Phil Green Phil Green ran as a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Mississauga South in both the 2004 federal election and 2006 federal election. He was defeated by incumbent Liberal Paul Szabo in both elections.
Phil Hall (UK writer) Phil Hall (1962–) is a former News and Features editor for the British comics magazine Comics International, as well as the creator and editor of the PDF comics magazine Borderline, which won the Best Comicbook Magazine award at the 2002 British Comicbook Awards. In addition to this he has done work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics and a number of small independent publishers in the UK and USA.
Phil Hall (US writer) Phil Hall (1964–) is an American writer, publicist and actor. He is best known for his work as a contributing editor for the online magazine Film Threat, where he has championed independent and underground cinema.
Phil Hammond (comedian) Dr Phil Hammond is a doctor who has become noted as a comedian and commentator on health issues in the UK. Although he still works part time as a GP he is most famous for his humorous commentary on the National Health Service.
Phil Handler Phil Handler (July 21, 1908 - December 8, 1968) was a football player and coach who spent his entire professional career in the city of Chicago. On three separate occasions, Handler served as head coach of the Chicago Cardinals.
Phil Harding (producer) Phil Harding (born 1957) is an English audio engineer, producer and remixer, best known for his extended collaboration with keyboardist and programmer Ian Curnow. Harding had a robust career prior to joining forces with Curnow, and together they became a pop mix powerhouse for many British bands.
Phil Harrington Phil Harrington (born 23 November 1964) is a Welsh goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach for Cork City Football Club. Previous clubs have included Cobh Ramblers, Chester City, Blackpool FC, Preston North End, Rhyl FC, and Chesterfield FC.
Phil Harris Phil Harris (born Wonga Philip Harris) (June 24, 1904 – August 11, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, jazz musician and comedian. Though successful as an orchestra leader, Harris is remembered today for his recordings as a vocalist, his voice work in animation and the radio situation comedy in which he co-starred with his second wife, singer-actress Alice Faye, for eight years.
Phil Harvey Phil Harvey (1938) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and libertarian who over the past 30 years has set up large scale programs that deliver subsidized contraceptives in poor countries, has supported freedom of speech issues in the US--all with profits from an American commercial enterprise that sells sex-related products. Harvey is the president of DKT International, the Washington DC based charity which implements 12 programs in 11 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America, and the chief sponsor of the Liberty Project which raises awareness about freedom of speech issues in the US.
Phil Hayes Phillip Maurice Hayes (born in England, United Kingdom) is an American voice actor and comedian who has done much voice work. His best-known voice is playing the dim-witted robot chicken, Scratch, in the US television program Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Phil Hendrie Philip Stephen Hendrie (born September 1, 1952, Arcadia, California) was the host of The Phil Hendrie Show, a comedy talk radio program that was syndicated throughout North America on Premiere Radio Networks and on XM Satellite Radio. While The Phil Hendrie Show became renowned for its unique and controversial guests, those guests were not real people at all—they were fictional characters created and voiced by Hendrie himself.
Phil Hope Philip Ian Phil Hope (born April 19, 1955) is a British politician as is the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Corby. He is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education and Skills.
Phil Hubbard Philip "Phil" Gregory Hubbard (born December 13 1956 in Canton, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association from 1979 to 1989.
Phil Hurley Phil Hurley is a versatile American singer-songwriter, born October 7, 1969 in Potsdam, New York. He has collaborated with many prominent musicians and bands in New York, Boston, Washington state, the Netherlands and Los Angeles.
Phil Husbands Phil Husbands is a professor of Computer science and Artificial intelligence at the University of Sussex in Brighton near the East Sussex village of Falmer, near Brighton and Hove. His research interests are in long-term investigation of artificial evolution of nervous systems for robots, with emphasis on:
Phil Chalmers A key figure in efforts by ATOS Origin to bid for the UK ID card scheme. Chalmers formerly worked for Donald Dewar, but resigned from this post in 2000 after being found in the company of a prostitute in Glasgow's red light district.
Phil Chenier Philip Chenier (born October 30 1950 in Berkeley, California) was a professsional basketball player. After playing for Berkeley High School and the University of California in Berkeley, Chenier played professionally for the Washington Bullets in the National Basketball Association from 1971 to 1979.
Phil Chevron Philip Chevron (born Philip Ryan - June 17, 1957, Dublin) is an Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is perhaps most widely known as lead guitarist for the Shane MacGowan led punk/folk rock band The Pogues.
Phil Christensen Phil Christensen is a geologist whose research interests focus on the [physical properties, processes, and morphology] of planetary surfaces, with an emphasis on [[Mars and the Earth. He is a Regents' Professor and the Ed and Helen Horrick Professor of Geological Sciences at Arizona State University, and is the principal investigator for the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer and the Mars Odyssey THEMIS instruments, as well as a co-investigator for the Mars Exploration Rovers, responsible for the Mini-TES instruments.
Phil Chroniger Phillip Andrew "Phil" Chroniger is an American op-ed columnist and sociopolitical commentator. He generally writes about politics and social issues, with minor focus on pop-culture and entertainment.
Phil Jackson Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player who is currently working as a coach. Though only a moderately successful player, Jackson is considered by many to be one of the greatest NBA coaches of all time.
Phil Jamieson Phil Jamieson is an Australian musician from Wauchope, NSW, best known as the frontman of alternative band Grinspoon.They have been together for almost twelve years, recently releasing a "best of" album.
Phil Jaques Philip Anthony Jaques (pronounced 'Jakes', born May 3, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who has played first-class cricket for New South Wales, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and has recently penned a new contract to sign for Worcestershire for the 2006 season.
Phil Jimenez Philip "Phil" Jimenez (born July 12, 1970) is an American comic book writer, artist and penciller. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and later Orange County, California, he moved to New York City to attend college at the School of Visual Arts.
Phil Joanou Phil Joanou (born November 20, 1961 in La Cañada Flintridge, California) is an American film director. He is also well known for his work with Irish rock band U2, having directed their rockumentary/live tape Rattle and Hum, one of three videos filmed for One, and the video for All Because of You.
Phil Joel Philip Joel Urry (born January 5, 1973) is a musician known as a solo artist in addition to being the former bassist for Newsboys. He uses the name Phil Joel professionally due to pronunciation issues with his surname.
Phil Jones Philip D. Jones (1952-) is a climatologist at the University of East Anglia, notable for maintaining of the time series of the instrumental temperature record this work figured prominently in the IPCC] [[TAR SPM He is director of the Climatic Research Unit] and a Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the [[University of East Anglia in Norwich.
Phil Karlson Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908 - December 12, 1985) was a Chicago-born film director known for his no-nonsense film noir films. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s.
Phil Katz Phillip Walter Katz (November 3, 1962 – April 14, 2000), better known as Phil Katz, was a computer programmer best-known as the author of PKZIP, a program for compressing files which ran under the PC operating system DOS.
Phil Kaufman Award Phil Kaufman Award is established by the EDA Consortium to recognize individuals for their impact on electronic design by their contributions to electronic design automation (EDA) in any of the following categories:
Phil Keaggy Phil Keaggy, born March 23, 1951, is a guitarist and vocalist. He was raised in a small farmhouse in Hubbard, Ohio with nine brothers and sisters, and began playing guitar at age ten on a Sears Silvertone guitar.
Phil Kearns Phil Kearns played 67 Rugby Union Test matches for Australia after making his debut in 1989 and was captain of the Wallabies on 10 occasions throughout his career. A solid scrummager, accurate in his lineout throwing and very good in the loose, he enjoyed a rivalry on the pitch with New Zealand's Sean Fitzpatrick.
Phil Koperberg Philip Christian Koperberg AO AFSM BEM is the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service in Australia. "An expert in risk and crisis management, Phil Koperberg was the overall emergency controller during the 2001 Christmas/New Year fires, when Australia faced its longest and most intense bush firefighting campaign.
Phil Krueger Phil Krueger (born June 22, 1951, Santa Monica, California), is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in 9 seasons (1981-1986, 1988-1989, and 1991), with 23 career starts, including the 1986 and 1988 Indianapolis 500.
Phil Kurian Philip Kurian is a graduate of Duke University (class of 2005). He is most well-known for founding Duke's Center for Race Relations and for writing an anti-semitic opinion piece in the Duke University Chronicle entitled "The Jews", published October 18 2004.
Phil Lesh and Friends Phil Lesh & Friends is an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, bassist of the Grateful Dead. Phil & Friends is not a traditional group in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including ones featuring members of Phish, Little Feat, and the Zen Tricksters.
Phil Liggett Phil Liggett MBE (born 1943) is a sports journalist and commentator on the Outdoor Life Network for the Tour de France and other bike races. He is likely the most popular English-speaking cycling commentator, and he is often called the English-speaking "Voice of the Tour de France".
Phil Linz Philip Francis (Phil) Linz (born June 4, 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former backup infielder in Major League Baseball. From 1962 through 1968, Linz played for the New York Yankees (1962-65), Philadelphia Phillies (1966-1967[start]) and New York Mets (1967[end]-1968).
Phil Mahre Philip Mahre (born May 10, 1957, Yakima, Washington) is a former American alpine ski racer, widely regarded as the greatest American skier of all time. Phil and his twin brother Steve (four minutes younger) were world class ski racers in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Phil Margera Philip Ron "Phil" Margera (born July 13, 1957 in Concordville, Pennsylvania, United States) is the father of Bam and Jess Margera and younger brother of Vincent "Don Vito" Margera. He appears on the MTV show Viva La Bam, and is also affiliated with CKY and Jackass.
Phil Martelli Phil Martelli is the current basketball coach of the Saint Joseph's University Hawks and maintains an impressive resume. In his first season as head coach (1995-96) his team reached the final game of the NIT Tournament.
Phil McMullen Phil McMullen lives in the West of England and spends his time between rearing chickens and vegetables writing about psychedelic, improvised and experimental rock & folk music. He was the founding editor of the enormously influential Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine from 1989 to 2005 (when management was handed over to Pat Thomas in North America), and now runs a widely respected website named Terrascope Online.
Phil Mead Phil Mead (in full Charles Phillip Mead) (born 9 March 1887 in Battersea, Surrey, died 26 March 1958 in Boscombe, Hampshire) was a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. His exceptionally straight bat and quick footwork (surprising for a man of heavy build as he was) made him one of the most difficult batsmen to dismiss throughout his career.
Phil Mendelson Phil Mendelson is a politician from Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. He is currently a Democratic member of the Council of the District of Columbia, where he serves as an elected at-large Councilmember.
Phil Miller Phil Miller (born 22 January 1949 in Barnet, Isle of Wight, England) is a UK progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury Scene. He was a member of the bands Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave (with Hugh Hopper, Pip Pyle(†) and Didier Malherbe) and has since worked in solo projects and in his band In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982 with Richard Sinclair, Elton Dean(†), Pete Lemer and Pip Pyle.
Phil Moore Phillip "Slammin' Sammy" Moore (born August 16, 1961 in Orlando, Florida) is a American actor and comedian best known as the host of the Nickelodeon game show Nick Arcade. Moore made his first onscreen appearance as a basketball player in the 1989 film After School.
Phil Morle Phil Morle (born 1968) was the Director of Technology for Sharman Networks, the owners since 2002 of Kazaa until 2006. Kazaa holds the record for being the most downloaded software program with over 60 million copies downloaded by 2003.
Phil Neale Phillip Anthony Neale OBE, born at Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, on June 5, 1954, was a cricketer who played for Worcestershire and captained the team to success in the County Championship in 1988 and 1989. He also played football for Lincoln City and Scunthorpe United.
Phil Nevin Phillip Joseph "Phil" Nevin (born January 19, 1971 in Fullerton, California) is a Major League Baseball player who currently is a Free Agent. He has previously played for the Minnesota Twins (2006), Chicago Cubs (2006), Texas Rangers (2005-2006) San Diego Padres (1999-2005), Anaheim Angels (1998), Detroit Tigers (1995-97), and the Houston Astros (1995).
Phil Newport Philip John Newport (born 11 October 1962 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a seam and swing bowler. Newport was a stalwart of Worcestershire County Cricket Club for most of the 1980s and 1990s, and played a key part in the county's triumphs in the late 1980s.
Phil Nyokai James Phil Nyokai James is a professional shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) teacher and performer as well as avant-garde composer. Born in New York in 1954, James studied shakuhachi with Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin and Yoshio Kurahashi.
Phil Ochs at Newport Phil Ochs at Newport was a 1996 compilation on Vanguard Records of folk singer Phil Ochs' three appearances at the Newport Folk Festival, in 1963, 1964 and 1966. Presenting twelve tracks that also appear on his first, second, third, fourth and fifth albums, Ochs is at his peak as a folk singer throughout, singing anti-war songs alongside those espousing civil rights and worker's rights, and showcasing some more introspective numbers that would be dramatically rearranged on the fourth and fifth albums.
Phil Palmer Phil Palmer is a session guitarist in jazz and rock who has worked with numerous artists, including the Pet Shop Boys, Wishbone Ash (1986 touring), Joan Armatrading, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Tina Turner, Chris de Burgh, Bryan Adams, George Michael and Melanie C. He often works with producer Trevor Horn.
Phil Pfister Phil Pfister (born May 15, 1971 in Charleston, West Virginiais the 2006 Met-Rx] [[2006 World's Strongest Man|World's Strongest Man, winning the competition on 23 September, 2006 in Sanya, China. He is the first American to win since Bill Kazmaier in 1982.
Phil Phillips Phil Phillips (born John Phillip Baptiste on March 14, 1931 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an African American singer and songwriter best known for his 1959 hit "Sea of Love." The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, although he never recorded another Top 40 song.
Phil Plantier Phil Plantier (born January 27, 1969 in Manchester, New Hampshire) is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as an outfielder from 1990-1997. Although he enjoyed a rather successful major league career, Plantier is most often remembered for the unrealistic expectations placed upon him after a torrid rookie season.
Phil Pringle Pastor Phil Pringle with his wife Chris is the founder and current leader of the CCC charismatic movement. Often described as dynamic and inspiring, his speaking style has made him a well known preacher on the international pentecostal circuit.

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