- Gillian Beer
Dame Gillian Beer, DBE (b. 27 January 1935, Surrey, England) is a British literary critic. Born Gillian Patricia Kempster Burley, Beer studied English Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford. She was a fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, for 30 years. She was later King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge, and later President of Clare Hall. She served as chair of the judges for the Booker Prize in 1997. - August Beer
August Beer, German mathematician, chemist, physicist. Beer was born in Trier, where he studied mathematics and natural sciences. He worked for Julius Plücker in Bonn afterwards, where he made Ph.D. in 1848 and professor in 1850. In 1854, he published his book "Einleitung in die höhere Optik". His findings, together with those of Johann Heinrich Lambert, make up the Beer-Lambert law. - Franz Beer
Franz Beer, also known as Franz Beer von Blaichten, was an Austrian architect during the Baroque period, mainly working on church buildings at monasteries in southern Germany, mainly in Upper Swabia, and Switzerland. His son Johann Michael Beer also was an architect. Born in Au im Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg, Franz Beer was apprenticed to Michael Thumb. - Free Beer
Free Beer (Gregg Daniels) is a popular radio talk show host for the Free Beer & Hot Wings Morning Show syndicated along the East Coast of the United States and centered in Grand Rapids, MI at 97.9 FM WGRD. Free Beer takes on callers each Friday morning in the "Free Beer Is Sportier Than Thou Challenge". The fact that he rarely loses the challenge has earned him the title of "El Matador". After he loses, his co-hosts strip him of the title until his next victory. - Maggie Beer
Maggie Beer is a South Australian chef, food author, restauranteur and food manufacturer. Maggie and her husband Colin established the Barossa Pheasant Farm Restaurant in 1978. The restaurant became famous for serving pheasant (which was raised locally) as well as a high quality pate- known as Pheasant Farm Pate. Maggie and Colin operated the restaurant until 1993. Later, she became a partner in the Charlick's Feed Store restaurant in Ebenezer Place Adelaide. - Phil Beer
Phil Beer (born 1953 in Exminster, Devon) is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. Beer first began to play fiddle, guitar, and mandolin whilst still at school in Teignmouth, Devon. This passion for acoustic music was especially stirred by the Davey Graham album "Folk Blues and Beyond". He played his first gig when he was fourteen in a band called Retrospect with Richard Entwistle and other musicians, … - Randall Beer
Randall D. Beer is a professor of cognitive science, computer science, and informatics at Indiana University. He was previously at Case Western Reserve University. His primary research interest is in understanding how coordinated behavior arises from the neurodynamics of an animal's nervous system, its body and its environment. He works on the evolution and analysis of dynamical "nervous systems" for model agents, neuromechanical modeling of animals, biomorphic robotics, … - Klaus Beer
Klaus Beer (born November 14, 1942 in Legnica, Poland) is a German former track and field athlete active in the 1960s for East Germany. Beer won the silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics, well behind Bob Beamon's record setting performance - Beamon jumped 8,90 m, while Beer jumped 8,19 m. Beer was a seven time (1961, 1962, 1964, 1967-1970) East German champion competing outdoors and a national champion four times (1965, 1968-1970) indoors. - Reinhard Beer
Reinhard Beer (born October 2, 1969) is an Austrian luger who has competed since 1990. A natural track luger, he won five medals at the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships with two gold (Men's doubles: 1996, Mixed team: 2005), one silver (2000), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1998, Mixed team: 2007). Beer also won two medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships with a silver in 2002 and a bronze in 1997. - Alexander Beer
Alexander (Alex) Beer (September 10, 1873 - May 8, 1944) was a German architect. He was born in Hammerstein, West Prussia (now Czarne, Poland). He studied in Berlin and Darmstadt. His first employment was in Mainz, where he restored and refurbished government buildings for the state of Hesse. Being a Jew, he could not find promotion in this position and finally left his post to take on that of a "Regierungsbaumeister" (Architect in Chief), … - Charles Beer
John Charles McWaters Beer (born November 24, 1941 in Toronto, Ontario to Harry M. Beer and Elizabeth Greenway Holmes) is a former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1995, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson. - Erich Beer
Erich "Ete" Beer is a Neustadt bei Coburg-born former German footballer. He played until 1968 with VfL Neustadt, until a move to the Bundesliga saw him play for 1. FC Nürnberg, Rot-Weiss Essen and Hertha BSC Berlin. For these teams he played in Midfield in a total of 341 games, scoring 95 goals. After playing for Ittihad Jeddah, Beer moved to TSV 1860 Munich in 1981, where he played until 1984. Between 1975 and 1978 he played in 24 games for the German national team, … - Georg Joseph Beer
Georg Joseph Beer (December 23, 1763, Vienna - April 11, 1821), Vienna. He is notable for inventing the flap operation for cataracts known as Beer's operation. - Manfred Beer
Manfred Beer (born December 2, 1953) is a former German biathlete who competed for East Germany. - Tom Beer
Thomas John Beer (born December 21, 1944, Detroit) was an American football player who played at the University of Houston and professionally for the Denver Broncos of the American Football League and the NFL's Boston Patriots and New England Patriots. He is currently residing in New Jersey. - Rachel Beer
Rachel Beer (1858-1927), granddaughter of David Sassoon, was editor of "The Observer" (1891-1904) and owner-editor of "The Sunday Times" (1893-1904). She was the first female editor of a national newspaper and the only editor of two national newspapers simultaneously. She was an inhabitant of Royal Tunbridge Wells. She was already the editor of the "Observer" (owned by her husband) when she acquired the "Sunday Times" in 1893, … - Patricia Beer
Patricia Beer was an English poet and critic. She was born in Exmouth, Devon into a family of Plymouth Brethren. She moved away from her religious background as a young adult, becoming a teacher and academic. She began to write poetry after World War II, while living in Italy; she is most often classified as a 'New Romantic' poet comparable to John Heath-Stubbs. On her own account, however, there is a discontinuity in her work. Devon is a major presence. - Charles Thomas Beer
Charles Thomas Beer (born November 18, 1915) is a Canadian chemist who helped in the discovery of Vinblastine. Born in Leigh, Dorset, England, he came in the early 1950s to the department of medical research at the University of Western Ontario to work with Robert Noble. Together they discovered Vinblastine. In 1960, he became Professor of Biochemistry at the University of British Columbia. - Yishai Be'Er
Aluf Yishai Be'er (b. 1956) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and currently the President of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals. He was drafted into the IDF in 1974 and joined the Paratroopers Brigade. Two years later he took part as a platoon leader in Operation Entebbe, freeing Israeli hostages flown to Uganda. He also participated in Operation Litani and as a reserve in the 1982 Lebanon War. - Tom E. Beer
Thomas E. Beer (born March 27, 1969, Bay Port, Michigan) was an NFL player who played at Wayne State University and professionally for the Detroit Lions. He was not related to the earlier NFL player named Tom Beer. - Peggy Beer
Peggy Beer (born 15 September 1969 in East Berlin) is a retired German heptathlete. Her personal best was 6531 points, achieved at the 1990 European Championships in Split. This ranks her tenth among German heptathletes, behind Sabine Braun, Sabine Paetz, Ramona Neubert, Anke Behmer-Vater, Heike Drechsler, Ines Schulz, Sibylle Thiele, Heike Tischler and Mona Steigauf. - Jacqueline Beer
Jacqueline Beer (born October 14, 1932 in Paris, France) is a former Hollywood film and television actress and the present Chair of the Board of Directors of the Thor Heyerdahl Research Centre. Beer is probably best known for her role in the highly popular television series "77 Sunset Strip" playing the beautiful secretary Suzanne Fabray from 1958 to 1963. - Peter Beer
Air Vice-Marshal Peter Beer, CB CBE LVO RAF was a senior Royal Air Force officer and was Equerry to The Queen 1971-1974. Beer was born in 1941. He attended the Royal College of Defence Studies, and the RAF Staff College, Cranwell. Beer was station commander of RAF Brize Norton in 1986, and was promoted to Air Commodore 1 July 1987. By 1990 he was Director Air Plans and Programmes. - Max Beer
Max Beer (1864-1943) was an Austrian-German Marxist historian. Beer was born in Austria-Hungary and came to Germany in 1889 where he became editor of a Socialist paper. He moved to Great Britain in 1894 and lived there for many years. Beer wrote books on the history of the socialist movement and later moved to the Soviet Union where he worked at the Marx-Engels-Institute in Moscow. - Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is an English writer and the author of several books about beer and whisky. Michael Jackson is known in North America for his show entitled "The Beer Hunter". He has appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "Late Show with David Letterman". In 1977, Jackson's book "The World Guide To Beer" was published. - Anthony Stafford Beer
Anthony Stafford Beer (September 25, 1926 - August 23, 2002) was a British theorist, academic, and consultant, best known for his work in the fields of operational research and management cybernetics. Beer was born in London. He started a degree in philosophy at University College London, but left in 1944 to join the army. He saw service in India and stayed there until 1947. In 1949, he was demobilized, having reached the rank of captain. - Wilhelm Beer
Wilhelm Wolff Beer (January 4, 1777 - March 27, 1850) was a banker and astronomer in Berlin, Germany, and brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer. - Angelika Beer
Angelika Beer (born 24 May 1957 in Kiel) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. - Alice Beer
Alice Beer (born 1 May 1965 in England) is a British television presenter A trained journalist, Beer's first job in 1987 was as a secretary on the BBC programme "That's Life!". Since then she has worked her way up to being a researcher, producer on Kilroy and Gloria Live. Finally from 1992 until 1999 she was co presenter on the BBC consumer programme Watchdog with Anne Robinson. After leaving Watchdog, she has lead a roving reporters life, … - Violator
"VIOLATOR" is the drummer of the Japanese melodic death metal band Blood Stain Child. He was born on October 19. His life philosophy is "Free and easy". His hobbies include: music, movies, driving, shopping and muscular training. He enjoys eating Ramen noodles and vegetables and drinks beer and White distilled liquor. He listens to bands like Underøath, Bullet For My Valentine, Dark Funeral, Linkin Park, Heaven Shall Burn, HIM, Naglfar, Sentenced, X Japan - Roger Protz
Roger Protz is a British writer and campaigner. He joined the Labour Party Young Socialists and became editor of its newspaper, "New Advance". While remaining in the Labour Party, he joined the Trotskyist Socialist Labour League (SLL). In 1961, he resigned from "New Advance" to become the editor of the SLL's youth newspaper, "Keep Left". Within a few years, he moved to the rival Revolutionary Socialist League, … - Chopper Read
Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (born November 17, 1954), is an Australian former-criminal, author and celebrity. Convicted of many crimes including armed robbery, firearm offenses, assault and kidnapping, Read spent a mere 13 months outside prison between the ages of 20 and 38, then went on to become a successful author of crime novels, selling in excess of 500,000 copies of his works. More recently, he has also found success as a recording artist. - Ten Cent Beer Night
Ten Cent Beer Night was an ill-fated promotion held by the American League's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on June 4, 1974. The idea behind the promotion was to offer as many eight-ounce (237 mL) cups of Stroh's beer as the fans could drink for just ten cents apiece, thus increasing ticket sales. - Norman Chad
Norman Chad is a Los Angeles-based sportswriter and syndicated columnist who is frequently seen on the sports channel ESPN. Alongside sportscaster Lon McEachern, Chad is perhaps the best-known commentator on the World Series of Poker for ESPN. He also is an occasional guest host on the ESPN show "Pardon the Interruption" and has appeared as both host and movie critic on the ESPN Classic series "Reel Classics". - George Fix
George J. Fix (1939 - 2002) was an American mathematician who published (with Gilbert Strang) "An Analysis of The Finite Element Method" in 1973. In addition to his work in mathematics, George was a beer and homebrewing enthusiast and the author of "Principles of Brewing Science", among other works. - Larry Langford
Larry P. Langford is an Alabama politician, currently a member of the Jefferson County, Alabama Commission and previously serving as the commission president. He is is the former mayor of Fairfield, Alabama, serving from 1988 to 2000, and has announced his candidacy for mayor of Birmingham. Langford is largely responsible and best known for raising money and generating public interest and support for Visionland Theme Park (now known as Alabama Adventure Theme Park), … - Frederick Pabst
Frederick Pabst (March 28, 1836-January 1, 1904) was an American brewer, born in Saxony, Germany. In 1848, he emigrated with his parents to Chicago. There he became, first a hotel waiter, then a cabin-boy on a Lake Michigan steamer. Eventually, he became a captain of one of these vessels. In this last capacity, he met a German, Phillip Best, the owner of a small but prosperous brewery founded in 1844 in Milwaukee, and married his daughter. - Samoset
Samoset was the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims. On March 16, 1621 the settlers were more than surprised when Samoset strolled straight through the middle of the encampment at Plymouth Colony and greeted them in English and asked whether they had any beer for him. He was a member of an Abenaki tribe that resided at that time in Maine. He was a sagamore (subordinate chief) of his tribe and was visiting Chief Massasoit. - Jorge Paulo Lemann
Jorge Paulo Lemann (born in 1939) is the second wealthiest individual in Brazil (ranked number 200 in the world) with an estimated self made fortune of USD$ 3.4 billion in 2006. Jorge Paulo Lemann was born in Brazil during 1939 to Swiss immigrants. He received his Bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1961 (he would later receive his MBA from Harvard Business School) and in 1971 he and three partners founded the Brazilian investment banking firm Banco Garantia. - Joseph Coors
Joseph Coors, was the grandson of Adolph Coors and an heir to the Coors beer empire. Coors graduated from Cornell University in 1939 with a degree in chemical engineering, staying to earn a master's degree in 1940. His brother Adolph Coors III and cousin Dallas Morse Coors were his classmates, and all three were members of the Quill and Dagger society. Coors served one term as a regent of the University of Colorado, …
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