- Erasmus Of Arcadia
Erasmus of Arcadia was said to be a Greek Orthodox bishop of the Diocese of Arcadia in Crete. In 1764, while visiting London, Bishop Erasmus was responsible for the ordinations of several Methodist lay preachers to the ordained ministry. It is contentious as to whether he consecrated Rev. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, a bishop. Many who argue that the "Erasmian consecration" did occur, maintain that the Methodist Church has maintained Apostolic Succession. - Alex Arcadia
Alex Arcadia is a contemporary American painter, sculptor and conceptual artist whose work is compared to Jeff Koons, Hans Bellmer, Andy Warhol and Constantin Brancusi. His self-titled cosmology ‘Arcadia’ provides the framework for his large scale paintings, sculptures and installations, which engage audiences as both post-Warholian pop, and deviant in the readymade tradition of Marcel Duchamp. Arcadia is best known for his SuperGymnast image, … - Nick Rhodes
Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates in Moseley, West Midlands, England, June 8, 1962) is the keyboardist for Duran Duran. Rhodes and singer Simon Le Bon are the only members to have been with the band throughout its 27-year professional career (beginning in 1980). Furthermore, Rhodes is the only member that has been with the band since its creation in 1978. He has also released albums with Arcadia in 1985 (a Duran Duran side-project), … - Stuart Rose
STUART Rose , chief executive at Marks & Spencer, has nearly doubled his year-end bonus to £2.6 million after returning the once struggling retailer to health. - Lycaon
Lycaon, in Greek mythology, was the son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, father of Oenotrus and the mythical first king of Arcadia. He was the father of Callisto and, according to some, he raised her son Arcas. He and his fifty impious sons, entertained Zeus and set before him a dish of human flesh; the god pushed away the dish in disgust and either killed the king and his sons by lightning or turned them into wolves (Apollodorus iii. 8 ; Ovid, "Metamorphoses" i. 198). - Lucky Baldwin
Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin was a prominent California businessman and investor of the second half of the 19th century. Having generated most of his wealth through both savvy and lucky mining investments (for which he received his nickname), Baldwin accumulated large landholdings of 63,000 acres (250 km²) in southern California, where the communities of Arcadia and Monrovia are now located. - Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell (born October 29, 1967) is a British actor. In film, he appeared in "The Woodlanders", "Dangerous Beauty", "Dark City", "A Knight's Tale", and "Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence". On television, he became well known for his role as the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot's "Middlemarch". - Jacopo Sannazaro
Jacopo Sannazaro or Sannazzaro (1458 - April 27, 1530) was a Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist from Naples. He wrote easily in Latin, in Italian and Neapolitan, but is best remembered for his humanist classic "Arcadia", a masterwork that illustrated the possibilities of poetical prose in Italian, and instituted the theme of "Arcadia", representing an idyllic land, in European literature: see the theme Et In Arcadia Ego. - Aeschines
Aeschines (in Greek, 389-314 BC), Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators, was born at Athens. The statements as to his parentage and early life are conflicting; but it seems probable that his parents, though poor, were respectable. Aeschines' father was Atrometus, an elementary school teacher of letters. His mother Glaukothea assisted in the religious rites of initiation for the poor. - Anna Weamys
Anna Weamys, sometimes referred to as Anne Weamys (fl. 1651) was an English author. Little is known of her life, but Weamys has been identified as the author of "A Continuation of Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia" (1651), which appeared under the name 'Mrs A. W.' A modern (1994) edition of this book was edited by Patrick Cullen. - Jane Shepherdson
Jane Shepherdson (born Bristol in 1963) is the outgoing Brand Director of trendy UK high-street women's wear store TopShop. Born in Bristol to a Professor of Mathematics and a Biochemist, Shepherdson's sister is a writer and brother an animal behaviourist. Shepherdson was educated at Clifton High School, where she began customising her clothes. She studied Business Studies at the University of North London, joining the Burton Group (now the Arcadia Group), … - Lycomedes
Lycomedes (d. 366 BC) was a Mantinean politician who led the effort to found the Arcadian League in 371 and 370 BC, and was the dominant political figure of that league until his death in 366 BC; John Fine has described him as the most effective leader of the league. Xenophon records that he won the support of the Arcadians by reminding them that they were the only autochthonous people of the Peloponnese, and by praising their bravery and strength. - Rena Sofer
Rena was born in Arcadia, California. She moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when her parents divorced. Her father is an orthodox Jewish Rabbi. Her mother teaches psychology. She was discovered at age 15 by a NY talent agent. She appeared on "Another World" (1964)" for a short time and then went to "Loving" (1983/I)", where she played Rockie McKenzie . Her present role as Lois Cerullo Ashton on "Gen ... show all Rena was born in Arcadia, California. - Dean Chamberlain
Dean Chamberlain is a photographer who specializes in unique lighting effects and extended exposure times (up to five hours), creating luminous and colorful images -- one of his exhibitions was aptly titled "Painting With Light Through Time and Space". His work has been featured in galleries worldwide, and he has served as artist-in-residence and guest lecturer at several prestigious universities and art schools. - Alex Sadkin
Alex Sadkin (c. 1952-1987) is best remembered as a record producer in the early 1980s, but actually got his start as a saxophonist for the Las Olas Brass. He was first trained as a mastering engineer but eventually moved into recording studio work as a "tape-op" (Assistant Engineer) at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida. Sadkin got his break after impressing Neil Young with his mixing ability, and he eventually became head engineer at Compass Point Studio in Nassau, Bahamas, … - Mark Egan
Mark Egan (born January 14, 1951 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American jazz electric bassist and trumpeter, perhaps best-known for his work with the Pat Metheny Group from 1977 to 1980. Egan has three platinum and three gold albums to his credit, and has recorded with Sting, Arcadia, Roger Daltrey and Joan Osborne, among others; performed with the Gil Evans Orchestra, Marianne Faithfull, David Sanborn, John McLaughlin and Sophie B. Hawkins, … - Cleomenes III
Cleomenes III was the King of Sparta from 235 BC-219 BC. As a reformer of Spartan society, he revitalized the army and united most of Peloponnesos before he was defeated and exiled to Egypt. - Connor Trinneer
Connor Trinneer (born March 19 1969) is an American television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Charles "Trip" Tucker III on "Star Trek: Enterprise". - Arkas
Arkas is the pen name of a famous but reclusive Greek comics artist. Arkas has seldom appeared at artists' conventions and generally avoids publicity and appearances on television shows or interviews. He is quoted as believing that the artist should be known through his work, not through personal promotion. His real name is also unknown, although it is quoted in some Greek forums that it might be an Antonis Efdemon (Αντώνης Ευδαίμων), a doctor, … - Agis III
Agis III was the son of Archidamus III, of the Eurypontid line. He succeeded his father in 338 BC, on the very day of the battle of Chaeronea. During Alexander's Asiatic campaign he revolted against Macedon (333 BC) and, with the aid of Persian money and ships and a force of 8000 Greek mercenaries, gained considerable successes in Crete. In the Peloponnese he routed a force under Coragus and, although Athens held aloof, he was joined by Elis, … - Damophon
Damophon (2nd century BC) was an ancient Greek sculptor of the Hellenistic period from Messene, who executed many statues for the people of Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium and other cities of Peloponnesus. His statues were acroliths. Considerable fragments, including three colossal heads from a group by him representing Demeter, Persephone, Artemis and the Titan Anytus, were discovered on the site of Lycosura in Arcadia, where there was a sanctuary of the goddess Despoina, … - Jonathan Crombie
Jonathan Crombie (October 12th, 1966, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm "Anne of Green Gables" and its two sequels. He was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his role in the Canadian Stage Company's 1997 production of Tom Stoppard's play "Arcadia". Recently, he was featured in the second season of "Slings & Arrows" (2005), as playwright Lionel Train. - Emma Fielding
Emma Fielding is an English actress. Fielding trained at RSAMD. She has worked for the Royal National Theatre and the RSC, most notably in John Ford’s The Broken Heart for which she won the Dame Peggy Ashcroft Award for Best Actress and the Ian Charleson Award. She has also appeared in numerous radio plays for the BBC. She plays Esme in Tom Stoppard's "Rock 'n' Roll". - George Christopher
George Christopher (December 8, 1907 - September 14, 2000) was the 34th Mayor of San Francisco, serving in that office from January 1956 until January 1964. He was, as of 2007, the last Republican to be elected mayor of San Francisco; all San Francisco mayors since he left office have been Democrats. Born "George Christophes" in Arcadia, Greece, the son of James Christophes and Mary Koines Christophes, … - Jimmy Conrad
Jimmy Conrad (born 12 February, 1977 in Arcadia, California) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer and the United States national team. He is the captain of the Wizards and is among those considered to be the full-time captain of the Nats following former captain Claudio Reyna's retirement from international play. - Remy Belleau
Remy (or Rémi) Belleau, was a poet of the French Renaissance. He is most known for his paradoxical poems of praise for simple things and his poems about precious stones. A nobleman (under the tutelage of the Lorraine family), Remy did his studies under Marc Antoine Muret and George Buchanan. As a student, he became friends with the young poets Jean de La Péruse, Étienne Jodelle, … - Germanos Of Patras
Germanos (George Gotzias, known as Palaion Patron Germanos 1771-1826) was an Orthodox Metropolitan of Patras, who, according to an unfounded tradition, on March 25, 1821, blessed a Greek flag at the Monastery of Agia Lavra and proclaimed the national uprising. Greece declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence. - Genie Wiley
Genie is the name used for a feral child discovered by California authorities on November 4, 1970 in the Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia. She was born on April 18, 1957 and was the fourth (and second surviving) child to unstable parents, Irene and Clark Wiley. An older brother, John, also lived in the home. Her mother was partially blind due to cataracts and a detached retina, … - Jan van Huysum
Jan van Huysum (April 15, 1682, Amsterdam - February 8, 1749, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter. He was the son of Justus van Huysum, who is said to have been expeditious in decorating doorways, screens and vases. A picture by Justus is preserved in the gallery of Brunswick, representing "Orpheus and the Beasts in a wooded landscape," and here we have some explanation of his son's fondness for landscapes of a conventional and Arcadian kind; for Jan van Huysum, … - Sharon Maughan
Sharon Patricia Maughan is an British television actress. Her most recent regular role was as Nurse Tricia Williams in the BBC television medical drama series "Holby City" from 2003 until 2006. Prior to her casting in this series she was most famous in the UK for a seven-year stint from 1990 to 1997 in the popular television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend instant coffee (Taster's Choice in the United States), alongside the actor Anthony Stewart Head. - Rick Leach
Rick Leach (b. December 28 1964, in Arcadia, California) is a professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he has won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (3 Australian Open, 1 Wimbledon, 1 US Open), and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (2 Australian Open, 1 Wimbledon, 1 US Open). Leach reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990. Leach was a member of the US team which won the Davis Cup in 1990. - Steven W. Lindsey
Steven Wayne Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is an American astronaut, a Colonel in the United States Air Force, and currently serves as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Corps. Lindsey was born in Arcadia, California, although he considers Temple City, California to be his hometown. Lindsey graduated from Temple City High School. Lindsey is an Eagle Scout. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering sciences from the United States Air Force Academy in 1982, … - Anyte Of Tegea
Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd century BC) was an Arcadian poet, admired by her contemporaries and later generations for her charming epigrams and epitaphs. Antipater of Thessalonica listed her as one of the nine earthly muses. According to some sources, she was the leader of a school of poetry and literature on Pelopponesus, which also included the poet Leonidas of Tarentum. At least 18 of her epigrams, written in the Doric dialect, … - Dimitris Plapoutas
Dimitris Koliopoulos Plapoutas (also known as Dimitrios and Dimitrakis) was a Greek General who fought during the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire. He was born on May 15, 1786 in Paloumba, Arcadia, the son of Kollias Plapoutas, an Armatolos. In 1811 he left Paloumba for the Ionian Islands where he became an officer in the British army. In 1818, he joined the Filiki Eteria, which was planning to liberate Greece from Ottoman control. - Kimberly Oja
Kimberly Oja (born February 21 1969 in Arcadia, California) is an American actress. She has appeared in TV series such as "Frasier", "Beverly Hills, 90210", "Two and a Half Men", "Son of the Beach", "The O.C." and as Ice in the "Justice League of America" film. She is sometimes credited as Kim Oja. Kim lived with her husband Ray Oja in Yorba Linda, California until December 1999, … - Marianne Gravatte
Marianne Gravatte (born December 13, 1959 in Hollywood, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as "Playboy" magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1982 issue, then as the 1983 Playmate of the Year. Her original pictorial was photographed by Richard Fegley. Marianne grew up in Northern California and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1978. After her work with "Playboy", Marianne tried her hand at acting, … - Caroline Dormon
Caroline Coroneos Dormon (July 19, 1888 - November 21, 1971) was a botanist, horticulturist, ornithologist, historian, archeologist, preservationist, naturalist, conservationist, and author from Louisiana. She was born in modest circumstances at Briarwood, the family home in northern Natchitoches Parish, to James L. Dormon and the former Caroline Trotti. She was reared in Arcadia, the seat of Bienville Parish, in northern Louisiana. - Alexandros Papanastasiou
Alexandros Papanastasiou (8 July 1876, Tripoli, Arcadia - 17 November, 1936) was a Greek politician, sociologist and Prime Minister. - Mimis Fotopoulos
Mimis (Dimitris) Fotopoulos (April 1913 in Zatouna Gortynias in Arcadia - 1986 in Athens, Greek: Μίμης Φωτόπουλος). He studied at the Dramatic School of National Theatre (Δραματική Σχολή του Εθνικού Θεάτρου). He also studied math at the Philosophical School at the University of Athens until his second year in 1933. He worked as an actor and a head of a theatrical company from 1952 and an actor from 1960. - Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood (born 1967) is an Australian dancer, choreographer, and theatre director in the United Kingdom. Born in Ballarat, Australia, Horwood started his career as a dancer in Melbourne, then moved to London to take advantage of the greater opportunities available there. Horwood's West End credits include "Spend Spend Spend" and "My One and Only", both of which garnered him Laurence Olivier Award nominations for Best Choreography.
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