- William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His surviving works include at least 38 plays, two long narrative poems and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, and at 18 married Anne Hathaway, …
- Michael Avon
Michael Avon is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 114 career games in the AFL.
- John Avon
John Avon (born 1961) is an illustrator who does work on book covers, games and other media formats. His most famous works are perhaps the artworks he does for the collectible card game "Magic: The Gathering", of which he has produced over 200 paintings.. He is well-known for his depiction of landscapes on 'Basic Land' cards.
- Avon
Avon Publications was an American paperback book and comic book publisher. As of 2007, it exists as an imprint of HarperCollins, publishing primarily romance novels.
- Roger Avon
Roger Avon (born 23 November 1914 in Jarrow, County Durham, England, UK, died 21 December 1998) was a film and television actor. Some of his television appearances include "Dad's Army", "When The Boat Comes In", "Department S", "Doctor Who", "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)", "Our Friends in the North" and "Blackadder the Third". He appeared in the films "Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD", "The Likely Lads", …
- Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow (born Paul Birkby on May 21941) is a British character actor best known for his portrayal of Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series "Blake's 7". He also guest starred twice on "Doctor Who", most notably playing Tekker in the serial "Timelash". Darrow was born in Surrey, England, and attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School before studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
- Daniel Sullivan
Daniel Giles Sullivan was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a cabinet minister. He represented the electorate of Avon in the 20th to 28th parliaments (1919 to 1947). He was the Minister of Railways in the First Labour Government from 1935 to 1941. He died in 1947.
- Roger Berry
Dr Roger Leslie Berry (born July 4, 1948) British politician and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Kingswood. Roger Berry was born in 1948 in Huddersfield and educated at the Dalton County Primary School in Huddersfield; Huddersfield New College; the University of Bristol, where he obtained a degree in Economics in 1970; and the University of Bristol where he was awarded a DPhil in 1977. Berry lectured in economics at the University of Sussex, …
- Anne Mallory
Anne Mallory (born 197?) is an award-winning author of historical romance. Her books blend romance and mystery. Her name is a pseudonym. Mallory submitted her first manuscript, "Masquerading the Marquess", for consideration for the 2003 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award, given to a previously unpublished author. The book was a finalist in the competition and caught the attention of one of the judges, an editor from Avon.
- Jenna Stannis
Jenna Stannis is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series "Blake's 7", played by Sally Knyvette. The role of Jenna Stannis has recently been revived in the Blake's 7 audio plays where she is played by Carrie Dobro. A member of the elite Alpha class, Jenna was a beautiful but cynical smuggler/self-styled "free trader". She clearly had some involvement with resistance groups as she had once met the resistance fighter Avalon.
- Michael Gould
Michael Gould is the Chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale's, a division of Federated Department Stores. Gould received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1966 and his Masters of Business Administration from the Columbia Business School in 1968. Gould began his career at Abraham & Straus before leaving in 1978 to join Robinson's Department Stores in Los Angeles. He was twice promoted at Robinson's, reaching the position of Executive Vice President, …
- Andrea Jung
Today, Andrea Jung joined Apple's Board of Directors. Jung is currently the chairman and CEO of Avon. She graduated from Princeton University, and also serves on the board of directors for the General Electric Company, and is on the board of trustees...
- Donald A. Wollheim
Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 - November 2, 1990) was a science fiction writer, editor, publisher and fan. He published his own works under pseudonyms, including David Grinnell. A member of the Futurians, he was one of the leading influences on the development of science fiction and science fiction fandom in the 20th century United States. He left Avon Books in 1952 to work for A. A. Wyn at Ace Books, …
- Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel (1562 - October 14, 1619) was an English poet and historian.
- Chris Mason
Christopher John "Chris" Mason (born December 17, 1969 in Bristol, South West England) is an English darts player who currently resides in Stoke-on-Trent.. He starts 2007 ranked 17 in the PDC world rankings, but he has yet to win a major title. He uses the nickname Mace the Ace for his matches.
- Brian A. Joyce
Brian A. Joyce is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He is currently serving his fifth term in the Massachusetts State Senate. He represents the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater. Joyce is a practicing attorney who has taught at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
- Theodate Pope Riddle
Theodate Pope Riddle (February 2 1867- August 30, 1946) was a well-known American architect. Born Effie Brooks Pope in Salem, Ohio, she was the only child of industrialist and art collector Alfred Atmore Pope and his wife Ada Lunette Brooks. When Effie was 19, she changed her name to "Theodate" in honor of her grandmother Theodate Stackpole. She was a graduate of Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut.
- Rebecca de Alba
Rebecca de Alba (October 26 1964, Zacatecas, Mexico) is a Mexican model and TV presenter. She dated Mexican actor Guillermo Capetillo and Mexican singer Leonardo de Lozanne. She just recently ended her on-again, off-again romance with Ricky Martin. She studied Journalism in Colorado and went back to Mexico where she participated in the Miss Mexico pageant, winning the "Miss Dorian Grey" title for the best legs and a modelling contract.
- W. Don Cornwell
W. Don Cornwell is CEO, Chairman, and co-founder of Granite Broadcasting. He also sits on the board of directors of Avon Products, Pfizer, and CVS. Prior to founding Granite, Mr. Cornwell served as a vice president Goldman Sachs. (1976 to 1988). Cornwell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Occidental College in 1969 and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Harvard in 1971.
- Carla Campbell
Carla Campbell is a fashion model represented by IMG in New York. She received her most widespread exposure appearing in the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, being the first model from the Caribbean to appear in the highly popular edition. She is the second model from the Caribbean to do Victoria's Secret. Born in Jamaica in 1981, she is notable with sharing the rare attribute along with a select few fellow models like Marisa Miller for her large natural breasts on a very toned, fit, …
- Beth Bye
Beth Bye is an American politician from Connecticut. A Democrat, she is a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing the state's 19th district, covering West Hartford, Farmington and Avon. A former Vice Chair of the West Hartford School Board, she was elected to the legislature in November 2006. She defeated Republican Barbara Carpenter, a member of the town council, …
- Thomas Herlihy
Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. is an American politician. Herlihy, a Republican, has been a state senator from Connecticut since 1999. Herlihy, a resident of Simsbury, represents the northwest suburbs of Hartford in the Farmington Valley and Litchfield County in the Connecticut Senate, including the towns of Avon, Barkhamsted, Canton, Colebrook, Granby, Hartland, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Simsbury, and Torrington.
- Jean Pierre Targete
Jean Pierre Targete is a fantasy and science fiction artist. He created the cover art for many of the Avon paperback editions of The Chronicles of Amber and for the Second Foundation Trilogy. He was born, lives and works in Miami, Florida.
- Christopher Sheldrake
Christopher Sheldrake is a perfumer. He has worked for Quest International, and has created perfumes for Shiseido, Serge Lutens, Rochas, Avon and SpaceNK. In 2005, he was made Director of Research & Development for fragrances at Chanel.
- Patricia Brake
Patricia Brake born 25th June 1942 in Bath, Somerset, UK is an English TV actress who first came to attention playing Ingrid Fletcher the daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher in the award-winning BBC sitcom Porridge. She also appeared in the same role in the spin-off Going Straight. She subsequently appeared in many TV sitcoms and dramas (including 2point4 children and the much derided Eldorado).
- Avon Cobourne
Avon Cobourne (born March 6, 1979 in Camden, New Jersey) is a football running back in the Canadian Football League. He did play for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes, but he was recently cut from the team. He was a running back for West Virginia University from (1999-2002) before entering the NFL.
- Tanya Beckett
Tanya Beckett is a BBC News presenter, currently co-anchoring the daily World Business Report programme on BBC World and BBC News 24. Tanya was educated at Redland High School for Girls, an independent school in Bristol, Avon, and later studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge graduating with a degree in Metallurgy and gaining a Blue in fencing.
- Justin Whitlock Dart
Justin Whitlock Dart, Sr. (August 7, 1907 - January 26, 1984) was considered the "boy wonder" of the drug store industry. In college Dart had played football for Northwestern University, where he was an All-American. Dart was an heir to the Walgreen's Drugstore chain, which his wife Ruth Walgreen's father Charles Walgreen had founded. At Walgreen's he innovated by placing the pharmacy counter at the back of the drug store, both providing privacy for customers, …
- Joseph Walton
Joseph Walton (born 1830, date of death unknown) was a convict transported to Western Australia. The son of a watchmaker, Walton was born in Canada, but it was in England on 19 July 1851 that he was convicted of burglary and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. Walton was transported to Western Australia on the "Dudbrook", arriving in February 1853. After obtaining his ticket of leave, he worked as a carpenter. He received his conditional pardon in July 1856, …
- Keith Vinicombe
Keith E. Vinicombe is a British ornithologist and writer on bird identification. Vinicombe is best-known for his first book, the Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Identification. Subsequent publications include "Rare Birds in Britain and Ireland - a photographic record", co-authored with David Cottridge, in which Keith set out to explain theories about bird vagrancy in Britain and western Europe, including Reverse migration.
- Avon Williams
Avon N. Williams, Jr. (1921 - 1993 was a Tennessee State Senator from 1972 to 1992. Williams was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a 1940 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University, an historically black university located in Charlotte, North Carolina. He subsequently studied law at the Boston University School of Law and was admitted to the Tennessee and Massachusetts bars in 1948. He practiced law in Knoxville from 1949 to 1953, when he moved to Nashville.
- Leslie Pine
Leslie Gilbert Pine (22 December 1907 - May 15 1987) was a British author, lecturer, and researcher in the areas of genealogy, nobility, history, heraldry and animal welfare. He was born in 1907 in Bristol, Avon County, England and died in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk in 1987. He was the son of Lilian Grace Beswetherick and Henry Moorshead Pine (a tea merchant). From 1935 to 1940 he served as an assistant editor at Burke's Peerage Ltd.
- Bhagwandas Bablani
Born in Nasarpur district of Sindh, Bhagwandas Bablani, a sindhi bhatia migrated to India during the partition. After spending a few years in Indore and parts of Gujarat, he migrated to Dubai in 1952. He was a young boy of 20 years with a lot of determination and dreams. Dubai was a small town, part of the Trucial states, base of the British Government.
- Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated Mexican/American actress, Daytime Emmy-winning director, and an Emmy-nominated tv and film producer. Hayek has appeared in more than thirty films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants. [1]
- Du Bois Agett
Du Bois Agett (1796-1866) was an early settler in Western Australia. Born in 1796, he was a member of the London Stock Exchange. He arrived in the Swan River Colony on February 1830, and received land grants on the Swan and Avon Rivers, but his farming and business ventures in Western Australia failed and he was obliged to become a clerk in the Customs Department. He explored the Avon valley with Rivett Henry Bland in 1834.
- Avon Long
Avon Long (June 18, 1910 - February 15, 1984) was an African American Broadway actor and singer. Long was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He performed in a number of Broadway shows, including "Black Rhythm" (1939), "Porgy and Bess" (1942 revival), and "Beggar's Holiday" (1946). He received a Tony Award nomination in 1973 for the role of David in "Don't Play Us Cheap". Long also appeared in a number of films and television shows.
- Chay Santini
Chay Lynn Santini (San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a fashion model and actress.
- Nc Avon
I'm an independent Avon sales representative in North Carolina. I've been selling Avon for a year, and I love it! I have made this myspace account to reach you in way that is not to inconvenience you when you are in the middle of something important only to have a book handed to you. Avon puts out new brochures every 2 weeks. If you have not had an opportunity to browse through one, I think you would be surprised at the range of items we now carry.
- Avon Avon
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