Amos
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First name
- Amos (prophet)Amos (prophet)Amos is a minor prophet in the Old Testament, and the author of the Book of Amos. Before becoming a prophet, Amos was a sheep herder and a sycamore fig farmer. Amos' prior professions and his claim "I am not a prophet nor a son of a prophet" indicate that Amos was not from the school of prophets,...
, one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible- Book of AmosBook of AmosThe Book of Amos is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible, one of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Amos, an older contemporary of Hosea and Isaiah, was active c. 750 BCE during the reign of Jeroboam II, making the Book of Amos the first biblical prophetic book written. Amos lived in the kingdom of Judah...
, his writings
- Book of Amos
- Amos, son of NephiAmos, son of NephiAccording to the Book of Mormon, Amos was a Nephite record keeper and son of Nephi the Disciple. Amos had custody of the Nephite records for 84 years, from approximately AD 110 to 194...
and his son AmosAmos, son of AmosAccording to the Book of Mormon, Amos was a Nephite record keeper. His father was Amos, and his grandfather was Nephi the Disciple. Mormon is thought to have abridged his record which consists of 26 verses in the Book of 4th Nephi...
, two minor figures in the Book of Mormon - Amos Bronson AlcottAmos Bronson AlcottAmos Bronson Alcott was an American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer. As an educator, Alcott pioneered new ways of interacting with young students, focusing on a conversational style, and avoided traditional punishment. He hoped to perfect the human spirit and, to that end, advocated a...
(1779–1888), American educator, Father of American novelist Louisa May Alcott - Amos DolbearAmos DolbearAmos Emerson Dolbear was an American physicist and inventor. His patents interfered with Guglielmo Marconi's planned activities in the U.S. Dolbear researched electrical spark conversion into sound waves and electrical impulses. He was a professor at University of Kentucky in Lexington from 1868...
(1837–1910), American inventor - Amos Diggory, fictional character in the Harry Potter books and films
- Amos GrunebaumAmos GrunebaumAmos Grunebaum is one of the top US obstetricians and gynecologists. His subspecialty is in maternal-fetal medicine.- Early life :...
, (born 1950), American obstetrician, gynecologist, and maternal-fetal medicine specialist - Amos E. Joel, Jr.Amos E. Joel, Jr.Amos Edward Joel, Jr. was an American electrical engineer, known for several contributions and over seventy patents related to telecommunications switching systems....
(1918–2008), American electrical engineer and inventor - Amos LeeAmos LeeAmos Lee is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock and soul. Lee has four albums on Blue Note Records and has toured as an opening act for Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Van Morrison, John Prine, Dave Matthews Band and Adele. In...
, born 1978, American singer-songwriter - Amos MansdorfAmos MansdorfAmos Mansdorf is a former professional tennis player.His best singles world ranking of 18 was the highest ever for any male, Israeli tennis player, reached in November 1987. His best doubles world ranking was 67, reached in May 1986.-Early life:...
(born 1965), Israeli tennis player - Amos MellerAmos MellerAmos Meller is best remembered as an Israeli composer and conductor. He was born in Kibbutz Ein HaHoresh and died in Tel Aviv.In his lifetime, he was a member if the Israeli volleyball team, a flutist, a violinist, and a poet....
(1938–2007), Israeli composer and conductor - Amos OzAmos OzAmos Oz is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist. He is also a professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva....
(born 1939), Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist - Amos Urban ShirkAmos Urban ShirkAmos Urban Shirk was an American businessman, author and reader of encyclopedias.As a businessman he worked in the food industry. He wrote Marketing Through Food Brokers, published in 1939 by McGraw-Hill. He invented a synthetic chicle and introduced vitamin capsules to grocery stores.He was also...
(1890?–1956), American businessman, author and reader of encyclopedias - Amos TverskyAmos TverskyAmos Nathan Tversky, was a cognitive and mathematical psychologist, a pioneer of cognitive science, a longtime collaborator of Daniel Kahneman, and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk. Much of his early work concerned the foundations of measurement...
(1937–1996), pioneer of cognitive science - Amos ZereoueAmos ZereoueAmos Zereoué is an African-born former American football player in the National Football League, who last played for the New England Patriots...
, American football player - Amos GitaiAmos GitaiAmos Gitai , born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel, is an Israeli filmmaker and director. He is mainly known for making documentaries and experimental / minimalist feature films...
, Israeli film director - John Amos Comenius (1592–1670), Moravian teacher, scientist, educator and writer
Surname
- Alf AmosAlf AmosHerbert Amos was a footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall Athletic....
, English footballer who played for Brentford and Millwall Athletic - Ben AmosBen AmosBenjamin Paul "Ben" Amos is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Manchester United. Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, Amos began his career with Crewe Alexandra's youth academy, but joined Manchester United at the age of 11. He has spent time on loan at Peterborough United, Molde, and...
(born 1990), goalkeeper for Manchester United F.C. reserves - Bruce AmosBruce AmosBruce Murray Amos is a Canadian International Master of chess, a high-calibre go player, and a mathematician.- Biography :...
(born 1946), Canadian chess player - Danny AmosDanny AmosDaniel "Danny" Amos is an Israeli professional football player who is the starting goalkeeper for Ironi Kiryat Shmona.His brother Nathan Amos is a notable Israeli rugby union player.- International :...
, South African born-Israeli association football player - Imre ÁmosImre ÁmosImre Ámos was a twentieth century Hungarian Jewish painter.Following his studies at the Technical University, Budapest from 1927 to 1929, he enrolled in the Art School where he was a pupil of Gyula Rudnay. He married Margit Anna, also a painter.His painting was initially influenced by József...
(1907-c.1944/5), Jewish-Hungarian painter - John AmosJohn AmosJohn Amos is an American actor and former football player. His television work includes roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Good Times, the miniseries Roots, and a recurring role in The West Wing. He has also appeared on Broadway and in numerous motion pictures in a career that spans four decades...
, actor - Martin John AmosMartin John AmosMartin John Amos is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in the state of Ohio from 2001–2006, and as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in the state of Iowa since 2006.-Early Life & Ministry:Martin John Amos...
, (born 1941) Catholic Bishop of Davenport, Iowa (USA) - Michael AmosMichael AmosMichael Amos is a former swimming representative from New Zealand.At the 1950 British Empire Games he won a gold medal as part of the men's 880 yards Freestyle Relay, with Lyall Barry, Colin Chambers and Buddy Lucas.-References:...
, New Zealand swimmer - Nathan AmosNathan AmosNathan Amos is an international rugby union player for Israel. As of 2010, Amos is only one of a few Israeli rugby players who ply their trade abroad.- Northern Ireland :...
, South African born-Israeli international rugby union player - Stephen K. AmosStephen K. AmosStephen Kehinde Amos is a British stand-up comedian of Nigerian origin. A regular on the international comedy circuit, he is known for including his audience members during his shows...
, stand-up comedian from England - Terri UtleyTerri Utley-External links:**...
née Amos (born 1962), beauty queen and motivational speaker - Tori AmosTori AmosTori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
, (born Myra Ellen Amos, 1963), American pianist and singer-songwriter - Wally AmosWally AmosWallace "Wally" Amos, Jr. is an American actor and writer from Tallahassee, Florida. He is the founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie brand. He later co-founded Uncle Wally's muffins...
(born 1936), entrepreneur, actor and book writer. Founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie brand. - Walter AmosWalter AmosWalter Robert Amos was a footballer who played in the Football League for Bury. He is Bury's 3rd highest goalscorer in the Football League with 122.-References:...
, English footballer who played in 455 games for Bury
Technology
- AMOSAMOSAMOS or Advanced Mortar System is a 120 mm automatic twin barrelled, breech loaded mortar turret. AMOS has been fitted to a wide range of armoured vehicles such as the Sisu Pasi, Patria AMV, Combat Vehicle 90 or Combat Boat 90....
or Advanced Mortar System, a 120 mm automatic twin barrelled, breech loaded mortar turret - AMOS (programming language), a dialect of BASIC on the Amiga computer
- AMOS (Alpha Micro Operating System) - see Alpha MicrosystemsAlpha MicrosystemsAlpha Microsystems is a computer company founded in 1977 by John French, Dick Wilcox and Bob Hitchcock. The first Alpha Micro computer was the S-100 AM-100, based upon the WD16 microprocessor chipset from Western Digital...
- AMOS, a statistical software package for structural equation modelling, produced by SPSSSPSSSPSS is a computer program used for survey authoring and deployment , data mining , text analytics, statistical analysis, and collaboration and deployment ....
- AMOS (sequence assembly), A Modular, Open-Source whole genome assembler
- AMOS (software)AMOS (software)AMOS is a fully integrated software package used in the context of aviation maintenance, repair, and operations . AMOS helps airlines to manage the maintenance, engineering, and logistics requirements of modern aircraft fleets...
, a programme in the field of MRO software that manages the maintenance, engineering and logistics requirements of modern aircraft - AMOS (Advanced MO Scripting) is a proprietary Ericsson tool for the administration of CPP Platform Network Elements.
- AMOS a software program for Asset Management including maintenance, procurement and technical management in the fields of ships, defence and oil & gas installations - see SpecTec
Places
- Amos, CaliforniaAmos, CaliforniaAmos is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad east of Calipatria, at an elevation of 262 feet .A post office operated at Amos from 1920 to 1931....
, in Imperial County - Adams MorganAdams MorganAdams Morgan is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., centered at the intersection of 18th Street and Columbia Road. Adams Morgan is considered the center of Washington's Hispanic immigrant community, and is a major night life area with many bars and restaurants,...
, neighborhood also known as Amos in Washington, DC - Amos, QuebecAmos, QuebecAmos is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.Amos is the main city on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary cities — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec...
, town in northwestern Quebec, Canada - Amos (ancient city)Amos (ancient city)Amos was an ancient city, located near the modern town of Turunç, Turkey. Among the ruins are an amphitheatre and several ruined temples. Excavations in 1948 unearthed several inscriptions dating back to approximately 200 BCE....
, ancient town close to MarmarisMarmarisMarmaris is a port city and a tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, located in southwest Turkey, in Muğla Province.Marmaris' main source of income is tourism. Little is left of the sleepy fishing village that Marmaris was just a few decades ago after a construction boom in the 1980s...
, Turkey
Other
- Amos, a 1985 film starring Kirk DouglasKirk DouglasKirk Douglas is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past , Champion , Ace in the Hole , The Bad and the Beautiful , Lust for Life , Paths of Glory , Gunfight at the O.K...
, Elizabeth MontgomeryElizabeth MontgomeryElizabeth Victoria Montgomery was an American film and television actress whose career spanned five decades. She is perhaps best remembered for her roles as Samantha Stephens in Bewitched, as Ellen Harrod in A Case of Rape and as Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden.-Early life:Born in Los...
and Dorothy McGuireDorothy McGuireDorothy Hackett McGuire was an American actress.-Career:Born in Omaha, Nebraska, she began her acting career on the stage at the Omaha Community Playhouse... - Amos (satellite)Amos (satellite)AMOS is a name for a series of Israeli communications satellites. All AMOS satellites are operated by Spacecom and are developed by its partner, Israel Aerospace Industries ....
, series of Israeli IAI-built civilian communications satellites in geostationary orbit (launched 1996, 2003, 2008) - Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatoryAir Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatoryThe Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory is an Air Force Research Laboratory operating location on Maui with a twofold mission. First, it conducts the research and development mission on the Maui Space Surveillance System at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex...
, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) operating location on Maui - Amos, the NATO reporting name of the Vympel R-33Vympel R-33The Vympel R-33 is a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is the primary armament of the MiG-31 interceptor, intended to attack large high-speed targets such as the SR-71 Blackbird, the B-1 Lancer bomber, and the B-52 Stratofortress....
air-to-air missile - Amos 'n' AndyAmos 'n' AndyAmos 'n' Andy is a situation comedy set in the African-American community. It was very popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s on both radio and television....
(1920s-1950s), radio-serial situation comedy popular in the United States - Famous AmosFamous Amos-History:Wally Amos, an Air Force veteran who worked as a talent agent with the William Morris Agency, would send home-baked chocolate chip cookies to celebrities to entice them to meet with him and maybe sign a deal to be represented by the William Morris Agency...
, cookie company founded by Wally Amos - Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic SocietyAustralian Meteorological and Oceanographic SocietyThe Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society is an independent learned society that supports and fosters interest in Meteorology, Oceanography and other related sciences...
- Amos the TransparentAmos the TransparentAmos the Transparent is a Canadian rock band from Ottawa, Ontario. Everything I've Forgotten to Forget was released on Pop Culture Records in 2007, and most recently an EP, My What Big Teeth You Have on Sunday School Music...
, an up-and-coming Indie RockIndie rockIndie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band from Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - Amos Beer made by the Amos brewery in France until purchased by the Karlsberg Brewery (German text)