- William Chester Minor
William Chester Minor (W. C. Minor) (June 1834-March 26, 1920) was an American surgeon who made many scholarly contributions to the "Oxford English Dictionary" while confined to a lunatic asylum. - Jerry Minor
Jerry C. Minor (b. October 4, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American comedian who was a featured player on "Saturday Night Live" for one season. Minor was born in Memphis but grew up in Flint, Michigan. He started doing stand-up and writing/performing with sketch groups in Detroit before joining the Second City Detroit mainstage. - Mike Minor
Mike Minor (born December 7, 1940, in San Francisco) is an American actor probably best known for his role as Steve Elliott on "Petticoat Junction" (1966-1970). His birth name was Michael Fedderson and he was the son of television producer Don Fedderson. He attended University High School in Los Angeles and Brown Military Academy in San Diego. He began voice lessons at the age of 14. His first singing job was at Ye Little Club in Beverly Hills, … - Octavia Minor
Octavia Thurina Minor (69 - 11 BC), also known as Octavia the Younger or simply Octavia, was the sister of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus (known also as Octavian), half sister of Octavia Thurina Major, and fourth wife of Mark Antony. She was one of the most prominent women in Roman history, respected and admired by contemporaries for her loyalty, nobility and humanity and for maintaining traditional Roman feminine virtues. - Greg Minor
Greg Magado Minor (born September 18, 1971 in Sandersville, Georgia) is an American former NBA basketball player. Having averaged 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in three seasons at the University of Louisville, Minor was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as the 25th overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft. On June 30, 1994, the Clippers then traded him and veteran Mark Jackson to the Indiana Pacers for Malik Sealy, Pooh Richardson, … - Virginia Minor
Virginia Louisa Minor (born March 27, 1824, Caroline County, Virginia; died August 14, 1894, St. Louis, Missouri) was an American women's suffrage activist. She is best remembered as the plaintiff in Minor v. Happersett, an 1875 United States Supreme Court case in which Minor unsuccessfully argued that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote. Minor married her distant cousin, lawyer Francis Minor, in 1843; they settled in St. - Robert Crannell Minor
Robert Crannell Minor (1839-1904), American artist, was born in New York City on 30 April 1839, and received his art training in Paris under Diaz, and in Antwerp under Joseph Van Luppen. His paintings are characteristic of the Barbizon school, and he was particularly happy in his sunset and twilight effects; but it was only within a few years of his death that he began to have a vogue among collectors. In 1897 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design, … - Antonia Minor
Antonia Minor, also known as Antonia the Younger or simply Antonia (31 January 36 BC-September/October 37). Antonia is one of the most prominent Roman women. She is celebrated for her virtue and beauty. She is the youngest daughter to Octavia Minor and Mark Antony and is also the favorite niece of her mother’s youngest brother Rome’s first Emperor Augustus. - Ryan Minor
Ryan Minor (born January 5, 1974), was a right-handed third baseman. Most of his career (1996-2005) was spent with the Baltimore Orioles, where he is known for replacing Cal Ripken, Jr., when Ripken ended his consecutive games played streak on September 20, 1998. Ryan Minor played 142 games in parts of four Major League Baseball seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos, batting .177 with five home runs and 27 RBI. - Travis Minor
Travis Minor (born June 30, 1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American football running back who is currently playing for the St. Louis Rams. He also played for the Miami Dolphins, and collegiately at Florida State. - Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor
Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, (88 BC - May 40 BC) Roman consul in 50 BC, husband of Octavia Minor, and friend of Cicero. He was a member of the Claudian Family, from the distinguished Claudius family and a direct descendant of the consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus. His father was also named Marcus, and his mother was named Junia. Marcellus married in an arranged ceremony Octavia Minor, a great-niece of Julius Caesar and sister of Octavian. - Charles Landon Carter Minor
Charles Landon Carter Minor, a native of Hanover County, Va. was the first president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Virginia’s new land-grant institution, now Virginia Tech. Minor, held a Master of Arts degree from the University of Virginia and taught at Sewanee Episcopal Seminary in Tennessee. Minor had previously spent a year as president of Maryland Agricultural College. Minor opened the doors to the new college on October 1, 1872 with three faculty members, … - Macrianus Minor
Titus Fulvius Iunius Macrianus (d. 261), also known as Macrianus Minor, was a Roman usurper. He was the son of Fulvius Macrianus, also known as Macrianus Major. Macrianus Minor's mother was of noble birth and her name, possibly, was Iunia. According to the often unreliable Historia Augusta, he had served as military tribune under Valerian. Macrianus, his father and his son Quietus, were in Mesopotamia in 260, for the Sassanid campaign of Emperor Valerian, … - Robert Minor
Robert Minor (1884 - 1952) was cartoonist and a leading member of the American Communist Party. - Ethel Minor
Ethel Minor (born November 26, 1922 in San Antonio, Texas) is a political figure and civil rights activist. Minor was reared in Columbus, Texas and returned to San Antonio in 1944 to work at Kelly Air Force Base. During her time as a civilian working on the base, she was a fighter for equal treatment of employees. Along with local civil rights leaders such as the Rev. Claude Black, Harry Burns, G J Sutton, Charles Hudspeth and others, Ms. - John B. Minor
John Barbee Minor taught law at the University of Virginia for fifty years. His students achieved eminence in professional or public lives. Some referred to his teaching career as not only the longest but the ablest known to Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence, and one declared that “he has exerted, and still indirectly exerts, a wider influence for good upon society in the United States than any man who has lived in this generation.” - Rüdiger Rainer Minor
Rüdiger Rainer Minor is a German Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1986. He was born 22 February 1939 in Leipzig, Germany, the son of a Methodist family. He went to school and university in his home city. He is a graduate of Karl Marx University, Leipzig (Dr. Theol. and Dr. Theol. Habil., 1968) and of the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Bad Klosterlausnitz, Germany. He married Gerlinde Johanna Mueller (b. 5 August 1938) on 24 October 1964. - George Minor
George Minor (December 7, 1845, Richmond, Virginia - January 30, 1904, Richmond, Virginia) was an American composer. Minor attended a military academy in Richmond, and served during the American Civil War as Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography of the Confederate States Navy. After the war, he went into the music field, teaching at singing schools and conducting at musical conventions. He helped found the Hume-Minor Company, which made pianos and organs. - Shane Minor
Shane Minor (born May 3, 1968 in Modesto, California) is an American country music singer-songwriter. - Giorgi Vi The Minor
Giorgi VI the Minor, from the House of Bagrationi was King of Georgia in 1311-1313. Son of King David VIII, he was appointed as King of Georgia (actually, only the eastern part of the country) by the Il-khan Öljeitü upon the death of his father in 1311. He reigned under the regency of his uncle Giorgi and died underage in 1313. - Claudie Minor
Claudie Minor is a former tackle in the National Football League who played nine seasons for the Denver Broncos. - Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor
Annia Aurelia Cornificia Faustina or Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor or Cornificia the Younger (160-212), was a daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and a sister to Roman Empress Lucilla and Roman Emperor Commodus. She was named in honor of her late paternal aunt Annia Cornificia Faustina. She married Marcus Petronius Sura Mamertinus (consul in 182) and possibly later Lucius Didius Marinus. - Edward S. Minor
Edward Sloman Minor (December 13, 1840 - July 26, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Born at Point Peninsula, New York, Minor moved to Wisconsin in 1845 with his parents, who settled in Greenfield, Milwaukee County, and subsequently in the city of Milwaukee. He attended the common schools. He went with his parents to a farm in Sheboygan County in 1852 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He completed a common-school education. - Gerry Minor
Gerry Minor (Born October 27 1958 in Regina, Saskatchewanwas a professional ice hockey player who played his NHL career with the Vancouver Canucks. He played 5 NHL seasons with the Canucks, but spent most of his time in the minors where he played with various teams. His last professional ice hockey team was with the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the IHL. - Shane Minor
- Halsey Minor
Halsey Minor (born 1964 in Charlottesville, Virginia) is a technology entrepreneur who founded CNET in 1993 (initial plans for the company began in 1992). He is currently investing in new companies via Minor Ventures. Minor attended Woodberry Forest School and the University of Virginia, where he was a member of St. Elmo Hall and received a degree in anthropology. After graduation, he worked at Merrill Lynch, before moving on to start his own company. - Nevada-Tan
is the name commonly used to describe the 11-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who was charged with murdering her classmate Satomi Mitarai. The murder occurred on June 1, 2004 at an elementary school in Sasebo, Nagasaki, and involved the slitting of Mitarai's throat and arms with a retractable knife. It has come to be known as the "Sasebo Slashing". The un-named killer has since become an Internet meme cartoon character. - Lisa Sparxxx
Lisa Sparxxx (born October 6, 1976 in Kentucky) is the pseudonym of an American pornographic film actress. Before she entered the adult entertainment industry, Sparxx was a college student, and later earned a Master of Arts degree in Multimedia with a minor in Business at the University of Kentucky. To pay her way through university, she worked in and managed a hair salon. Her first film was "Dirtier Debutants #4" with Ed Powers. She was also a host for KSEX Radio. - Andrew Vachss
Andrew Henry Vachss (born 1942) is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths. He is also a founder and national advisory board member of PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children. Vachss's last name is pronounced to rhyme with "tax". He is a native New Yorker. - Kevin Hughes
Kevin Hughes is an All-Ireland-winning Tyrone Gaelic footballer. He was a major figure in Tyrone's midfield on their way to their first ever All-Ireland triumph in 2003, earning the Man of the Match for the All-Ireland final against Armagh. He has completed the trimverate of All-Ireland inter-county football medals, having been part of the Tyrone Minor and Under-21 teams that won in 1998 (minor), 2000 and 2001 (both U-21). - Toby Borland
Toby Shawn Borland (born May 29, 1969 in Ruston, Louisiana) is a former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1994 and 2004 for the Philadelphia Phillies (1994-1996, 1998), New York Mets (1997), Boston Red Sox (1997), Anaheim Angels (2001) and Florida Marlins (2002). He batted and threw right handed. Borland is a 18-year veteran who has divided his playing time between Major and Minor leagues. - Edward, The Black Prince
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG (15 June 1330 - 8 June 1376), popularly known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England. Edward, an effective military leader and popular during his life, died one year before his father and so never ruled as king (becoming the first English Prince of Wales to suffer that fate). The throne passed instead to his son Richard, … - Peggy March
Peggy March (born Margaret Annemarie Battavio on March 8, 1948, Lansdale, Pennsylvania) is an American pop music singer. She was discovered at age thirteen singing at a wedding and was introduced to the record producer duo Hugo & Luigi. They gave her the nickname Little Peggy March because of her 4'10" height, the fact that she was thirteen, the first record she did with them was "Little Me", and her birthdate was in March. - Sakakibara
is the moniker of a then-14-year-old student from Kobe, Japan who murdered an 11-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl between March and May of 1997. Also identified as Onibara (due to an error in reporting by the Japanese media), his real name has not been released to the press as per Japanese legal procedures prohibiting the identification of juvenile offenders, and he is officially referred to as "Boy A" in Japanese legal documentation. - Becky Bell
Rebecca "Becky" Suzanne Bell (August 24, 1971 - September 16, 1988) was an American woman who died as a result of a back-alley abortion in 1988. She lived in Indianapolis, Indiana. Bell became pregnant at age 17, but under a state law in Indiana, minors required parental consent to obtain an abortion. Said to be unwilling to tell her parents about her pregnancy for fear of disappointing them, or go to court to receive a judicial bypass, Bell sought an illegal abortion. - Thomas Muir
Sir Thomas Muir was a Scottish mathematician, remembered as an authority on determinants. He was born in Stonebyres in South Lanarkshire, and brought up in Biggar. At the University of Glasgow he changed his studies from classics to mathematics after advice from the future Lord Kelvin. After graduating he held positions at the University of St Andrews and the University of Glasgow. From 1874 to 1892 he taught at Glasgow High School. - Kristine Johnson
Kristine Johnson (born June 5, 1970) is a co-anchor at WCBS-TV in New York on the 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts with Chris Wragge. She was previously an anchor of "Early Today" on NBC and First Look on MSNBC and was also one of the alternating news anchors on Weekend Today. She joined MSNBC in 2005. She had earlier worked as a reporter and anchor in Providence, Rhode Island for WPRI. She was the recipient of two nominations for an Emmy award as a producer. - Kevin Hennessy
Kevin Hennessy (born 1961) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with Cork in the 1980s. Kevin Hennessy was born near Midleton in County Cork in 1961. Throughout his hurling career he was noted as being a stylish scorer and, as such, was often described as the most important player on the team. Hennessy first came to prominence as a minor in 1979 when he scored 1-3 against Limerick in the Munster final. - Lucius Cornelius Balbus
Lucius Cornelius Balbus (called Minor to distinguish from his uncle), received the Roman citizenship at the same time as his uncle. During the civil war, he served under Julius Caesar, by whom he was entrusted with several important missions. He also took part in the Alexandrian and Spanish wars. He was rewarded for his services by being admitted into the college of pontiffs. - Sanford Berman
Sanford Berman (b. October 6, 1933) is an outspoken, radical librarian (cataloger) known for promoting alternative viewpoints in librarianship and acting as a pro-active information conduit to other librarians around the world, mostly via public speaking, voluminous correspondence, and unsolicited "care packages" delivered via the U.S. Postal Service.
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