- Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (c. 1484 - August 24 1545) was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. His father was the standard-bearer of Henry VII and was slain by Richard III in person on Bosworth Field. He was the second husband of Mary Tudor, younger sister of Henry VIII. - Henry Brandon Baron Brandon of Oakbrook
Henry Vivian Brandon, Baron Brandon of Oakbrook PC (3 June 1920 - 24 March 1999) was a British judge. Brandon became a member of the Privy Council in 1978, and was Lord Justice of Appeal between 1978 to 1981. On 24 September 1981, he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was created a life peer with the title Baron Brandon of Oakbrook, of Hammersmith in Greater London. In 1991, he resigned as Lord of Appeal. - Charles Brandon 3rd Duke of Suffolk
Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (1537 - July 1551) was the son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Catherine Willoughby. He died of the sweating sickness one hour after the same disease claimed his elder brother, and because of this holds the record for the shortest tenure of a British peerage. (Wilfred Stamp, 2nd Baron Stamp may claim a shorter tenure, but merely through a legal fiction.) - Henry Brandon 1st Earl of Lincoln
Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln (March 11, 1516 - March 8, 1534) was the eldest child and only son born to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, Queen of France. He was an older brother of Lady Frances Brandon and Lady Eleanor Brandon. - William Brandon
Sir William Brandon (1426 - August 22, 1485) was Henry Tudor's standard-bearer at the Battle of Bosworth, and the father of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. William was son of a senior Sir William Brandon of Soham Court, Suffolk (1425-1491) and Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of of Sir Robert Wingfield. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Bruyn and Elizabeth, widow of Sir Robert Darcy, with whom he had five children: * William Brandon, (b. - Gerard Brandon
Gerard Chittocque Brandon (September 15 1788 - March 28 1850) was an American political leader who twice served as Governor of Mississippi during its early years of statehood. Brandon became governor for the first time upon the death of Walter Leake, serving from Leake's death on November 17 1825 until January 7 1826, when David Holmes, the last territorial governor and first governor of the State of Mississippi was again inaugurated as governor. - Bucky Brandon
Darrell G. Brandon (born July 8, 1940 in Nacogdoches, Texas) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1966 and 1973 for the Boston Red Sox (1966-1968), Seattle Pilots (1969), Minnesota Twins (1969) and Philadelphia Phillies (1971-1973). He batted and threw right handed. Once a heralded pitching prospect, Brandon was an undistinguished reliever throughout most of his career. - Terrell Brandon
Thomas Terrell Brandon (born May 20, 1970, in Portland, Oregon) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. He attended the University of Oregon and was selected 11th overall in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Brandon spent the first six years of his career in Cleveland, and was selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game in 1996 and 1997. - Chris Brandon
Christopher William Brandon (born April 7 1976 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town. - Sam Brandon
Samuel (Sam) Terrill Brandon (born July 5, 1979 in Toledo, Ohio) is a American football player. A fourth year veteran who plays safety for the Denver Broncos, he was drafted in 2002 in the fourth round, 131st overall. He previously played college football at UNLV. - Alexander Brandon
Alexander Brandon (also known as Siren in the demoscene and tracker community, b. 1974) is a US musician, former member of Straylight Productions, who composed music mostly for games produced by Epic Games, or games based on Epic technology, including "Unreal", "Unreal Tournament", "Deus Ex", "Tyrian", "Jazz Jackrabbit 2" and the cancelled game "Jazz Jackrabbit 3D". - Michael Brandon
Michael Brandon (born April 20, 1945) is an American actor. He was born Michael Feldman in Brooklyn, New York. At age nine, he and his family moved to Valley Stream, New York where he attended Memorial Junior High and then Valley Stream Central High School. He starred in the TV series "Dempsey & Makepeace" and "Dinotopia", … - Kirk Brandon
Kirk Brandon (born 3 August 1956, Westminster, London) is a British musician. Brandon's music career started in 1978, in Clapham, South London, with the formation of The Pack, of which he was the singer/songwriter. The Pack consisted of Brandon, alongside Scottish born drummer Rath Fae Beith and two Canadian brothers, Simon and Jon Werner on guitars. The last live gig by The Pack took place at the sold out 101 club in Clapham. - James Brandon
James Brandon (born 20 September 1980) is a British journalist, most recently working in Iraq freelance on assignment from the "Sunday Telegraph" and "The Scotsman", covering the occupation and insurgency. During this assignment, he was kidnapped and held hostage, but eventually released. Brandon was educated at Westminster School and then the University of York, where he read history and graduated in 2001 with first class honours. - Tony Brandon
Tony Brandon (born in Dorset in 1933) is a British radio presenter and comedian. - Eric Brandon
Eric Brandon (born 18 July 1920 in East Ham, London; died 8 August 1982 in Gosport, Hampshire) was a Formula One driver who raced Coopers for the Ecurie Richmond team, which Brandon formed with Alan Brown. Before Formula 1 he was an electrical goods wholesaler. Brandon used to race Cooper 500cc cars in hillclimbs and sprints, until in 1947 he won the first ever 500cc race in Britain, at Gransden Lodge airfield. - Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon (June 8 1912 – February 15 1990) was a character actor in over 100 American films, famous for playing Indian, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Native American and East Asian roles, usually villains. Born Heinrich Von Kleinbach in Berlin, German Empire, his parents emigrated to the United States while he was still an infant. A stage actor, he performed on Broadway and continued to act on stage periodically throughout his acting career. - Lady Frances Brandon
Lady Frances Brandon (July 16, 1517 - November 20, 1559) was the second child and eldest daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France. She was a younger sister of Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln and an older sister of Lady Eleanor Brandon. Her paternal grandparents were Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. Her maternal grandparents were Henry VII of England and his queen consort Elizabeth of York. - Michael Brandon
Michael Brandon performs in and directs gay pornographic movies. - Richard Brandon
Richard Brandon (? - June 20, 1649) was a 17th century English hangman. Brandon was the Common Hangman of London in 1649 and he is frequently cited as the man who executed the death warrant of King Charles I by beheading the King on January 30, 1649, although the precise identity of the executioner is unknown. It is known, however, that when originally approached, Brandon refused to do the job, although he might later have accepted under threat that he would be next. - William W. Brandon
William Woodward Brandon (b. June 5 1868, Talladega, Alabama - d. December 7 1934) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alabama from 1923 to 1927. Brandon left the state for 21 days in 1924; under the 1910 state constitution, if a governor is out of the state for more than 20 days, the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor. Thus, Charles McDowell became governor of Alabama for July 10 and July 11, 1924. - S. G. F. Brandon
Samuel George Frederick Brandon (1907-1971) was a British scholar of comparative religion. He became professor of comparative religion in the University of Manchester in 1951. - William Brandon
William Brandon was an American writer and historian. Brandon was born in Kokomo, Indiana, but spent his childhood in various locales, including the Yucatán and New Mexico. He began working as a professional writer in 1938, although this was interrupted by his service as a photographer for the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II. During his long career Brandon published a variety of short fiction, essays, and poetry, … - Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon was a character actor in over 100 American films, famous for playing Indian, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Native American and East Asian roles, usually villains. Born Heinrich Von Kleinbach in Berlin, German Empire, his parents emigrated to the United States while he was still an infant. A stage actor, he performed on Broadway and continued to act on stage periodically throughout his acting career. He made his motion picture debut in 1932, … - Edgar Ewing Brandon
Edgar Ewing Brandon was a professor of French and college administrator who served twice as acting president of Miami University (1909-10 and 1927-28) and was an expert on the Marquis de Lafayette. Born in York Springs, Pennsylvania, Brandon earned an A.B. degree from the University of Michigan, a A.M. degree from the University of Missouri in 1897 and a Docteur d'Universite degree from the University of Paris in 1904. Dr. - John Brandon
John Brandon is a character actor who has appeared in movies and on television. He played Captain William Handler on the television series "Dynasty" and Detective John Walsh on "Hill Street Blues". - Thomas Brandon
Thomas Brandon (dates of birth and death unknown) was a noted English cricketer of the mid-18th century who played mainly for Dartford Cricket Club and Kent. He was a good batsman for Kent during the 1750s and regularly took part in single wicket contests. Little is known of him except that he was a shopkeeper in Dartford who also acted as a churchwarden. The earliest reference to Brandon is on 6 July 1750 when he played for Kent against Surrey at Dartford Brent. - Johnny Brandon
Johnny Brandon is an English singer, popular during the 1950s, who recorded for a number of labels. Now 80, he resides in the United States and recently recorded several new tracks. Hits 1955 - 'Tomorrow'(No.8) 'Don't Worry' (No.18). He wrote the music and lyrics for the musicals "Maid to Measure", "Cindy", "Billy Noname", and "Love! Love! Love!". - Lady Eleanor Brandon
Lady Eleanor Brandon (1519 - September 27, 1547) was the third child and second daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France. She was a younger sister of Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln and Lady Frances Brandon. Her paternal grandparents were Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. Her maternal grandparents were Henry VII of England and his queen consort Elizabeth of York. - David Brandon
David Brandon (born February 9, 1965 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for eleven seasons for four different teams in the NFL. - Brent Brandon
Brent Brandon (1960 -) is a former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot who scored an air-to-air kill against an Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1, in the opening minutes of the Gulf War on January 17, 1991. During an engagement that involved aggressive, low-altitude maneuvering, the F-1 impacted the ground making Brandon's unarmed EF-111 the first and only F-111 to achieve an aerial victory over another aircraft. - Harry "skip" Brandon
Harry "Skip" Brandon was the former deputy assistant director in charge of counterterrorism and national security at the FBI. He retired in 1993 after 23 years with the FBI and was the founding partner of Smith Brandon International, a defense and security consulting firm in Washington, D.C. - David Brandon
David A. Brandon is chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and manager of Domino's Pizza. He is also an outgoing regent of the University of Michigan. He graduated with a bachelor's degree and teaching certificate from the University of Michigan in 1974. While in Ann Arbor, he was the back-up quarterback of the university's football team, under the leadership of Bo Schembechler. Brandon also has honorary doctorate degrees from Schoolcraft College, … - Brandon
Brandon (born 1984) was the pet golden retriever on the television series "Punky Brewster." He was named for then-president of NBC, Brandon Tartikoff. Trained by Glen Garner, Brandon was only a puppy when the show began in 1984 and was trained on a week to week basis depending on what the script called for him to do. He learned how to ride a skateboard, open a door, and slide objects around with his front paw, among other things. - Larry Brown
Larry Brown (born April 14, 1947 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Brown started his National Hockey League career with the New York Rangers in 1969. He also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers, and Los Angeles Kings. He left the NHL after the 1978 season. He retired from hockey after 1980. - Brandon Teena
Brandon Teena (December 12, 1972 - December 31, 1993), born Teena Renae Brandon in Lincoln, Nebraska, and known simply as Brandon, was a physiological female living as a transsexual man who was raped and eventually murdered in one of the most infamous American hate crimes of the 1990s. Brandon is the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry", … - Brandon Tartikoff
Brandon Tartikoff (January 13, 1949 - August 27, 1997) was a popular NBC executive who was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with such hit series as "Hill Street Blues", "L.A. Law", "ALF", "Family Ties", "The Cosby Show", "Cheers", "Miami Vice", "The Golden Girls", "Knight Rider", "The A-Team", "St. - Ron Hextall
Ron Hextall (born May 3, 1964 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender most often associated with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. He is the grandson of Hall-of-Famer Bryan Hextall, the son of former NHL player Bryan Hextall Jr and nephew of former NHL player Dennis Hextall. - Wade Redden
Wade Redden (born June 12 1977, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan) is a professional ice hockey defenceman for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. As a youngster, Wade had played hockey but he was involved in fastball. Wade completed Kindergarten to grade nine at the Hillmond School. He then went to attend the Lloydminster Comprehensive School for grade ten, and then he completed grade 11, and lastly 12 in Brandon, Manitoba. - Jose Pasillas
Jose Antonio Pasillas II is the drummer of the rock band Incubus. Some of his influences include Chad Sexton of 311, Tim Alexander of Primus, Stewart Copeland of The Police, Tré Cool of Green Day, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, and Jon Fishman of Phish. He is of Mexican descent. In the liner notes of the critically-acclaimed release from Incubus entitled "S.C.I.E.N.C.E.", Pasillas is credited with making burritos and other food items for the band.
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