Ballantyne
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People
- Charles BallantyneCharles BallantyneCharles Colquhoun Ballantyne, PC was a Canadian politician.A prominent manufacturer, Ballantyne was appointed to Sir Robert Borden's World War I Union government. He served briefly as Minister of Public Works before becoming Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Minister of the Naval Service...
, Canadian politician - Elspeth BallantyneElspeth BallantyneElspeth Ballantyne is an Australian actress, born in Adelaide. Having started her career as a laboratory Technician, she then attended the prestigious drama school, the National Institute for Dramatic Arts...
, Australian actress - Frederick BallantyneFrederick BallantyneSir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne, GCMG is the Governor-General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He has been in this office since 2 September 2002, and was knighted in November. He replaced Monica Dacon who had been interim Governor General after the death of Charles Antrobus.-External links:*...
, Governor-General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines - James BallantyneJames BallantyneJames Ballantyne was an editor and publisher who worked for his friend Sir Walter Scott. His brother John Ballantyne was also with the publishing firm, which is noted for the publication of the Novelist's Library , and many works edited or written by Scott.Scott nicknamed both brothers after...
, Scottish publisher - James R. BallantyneJames R. BallantyneJames Robert Ballantyne was a Scottish Orientalist, from 1845 superintendent of the Sanskrit College in Varanasi...
, grammarian of HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi... - John BallantyneJohn BellendenJohn Bellenden or Ballantyne of Moray was a Scottish writer of the 16th century.He was born towards the close of the 15th century, and educated at St. Andrews and Paris. At the request of James V he translated Hector Boece's Historia Gentis Scotorum...
or Bellenden, Scottish writer of the sixteenth century - Joyce BallantyneJoyce BallantyneJoyce Ballantyne was a painter of pin-up art. She is best known as the designer of the Coppertone girl, whose swimming costume is being pulled down by a dog.-Early life and career:...
, American painter of pin-ups - Linda BallantyneLinda BallantyneLinda Ballantyne is a Canadian voice actress.Born in Toronto, Canada, she is best known for voicing the title role of Serena/Sailor Moon in the the second half of the English version of Sailor Moon....
, voice actress - Martin BallantyneMartin BallantyneMartin Ballantyne is an English actor, born in Norwich, England in 1972, where he grew up and still lives. He has always had a great interest in film and television....
, British Actor - R. M. BallantyneRobert Michael BallantyneR. M. Ballantyne was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company...
, Well-known 19th Century Scottish author - Thomas BallantyneThomas BallantyneThomas Ballantyne was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Ontario Legislature.Ballantyne was born in Peebles, Scotland, and immigrated to Canada in 1852. He made his fortune as a cheese manufacturer, becoming successful enough to be elected president of the Dairyman's Association...
, Canadian politician - Tony Ballantyne (historian)Tony Ballantyne (historian)Tony Ballantyne is a New Zealand historian whose works examined the development of imperial intellectual and cultural life in Ireland, India, New Zealand, and Britain. He graduated BA at the University of Otago and obtained a PhD at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor...
, historian - Tony BallantyneTony BallantyneTony Ballantyne is a British science-fiction author known for his debut trilogy of novels, including Recursion, Capacity and Divergence...
, British writer
Events
- Ballentyne's store disaster, 1947 fire in Ballentyne's Department Store, Christchurch, New Zealand