Beckett
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People
- Arthur William à BeckettArthur William a BeckettArthur William à Beckett was an English journalist and man of letters.-Biography:He was a younger son of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, brother of Gilbert Arthur à Beckett and educated at Felsted School...
(1844–1909), English journalist and man of letters - Barry BeckettBarry BeckettBarry Edward Beckett was a keyboardist who worked as a session musician with several notable artists on their studio albums...
(1943–2009), American musician - Billy BeckettBilly BeckettWilliam "Billy" Beckett was an English footballer. He played for eight clubs in a circa fifteen-year career, six of which were during World War II.-References:...
(1915–19??), English footballer - Chris BeckettChris BeckettChris Beckett is a British social worker, university lecturer, and science fiction author. He has written several textbooks, dozens of short stories, and two novels.- Background :...
(born 1955), English writer, social worker and academic - Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron GrimthorpeChristopher Beckett, 4th Baron GrimthorpeChristopher John Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe, OBE, DL, , was a soldier and company director. He was the eldest son of Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe. He married Lady Elizabeth Lumley, of the Earls of Scarbrough, in 1954, and was awarded the OBE in 1958.- External links :*...
(1915–2003) - Clifford Thomason BeckettClifford Thomason BeckettMajor-General Clifford Thomason Beckett CB, CBE, MC of the Royal Artillery, had a distinguished military career including being Acting General Officer Commanding Malta in 1942.-Early life:...
(1891-1972) British Major General - Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron GrimthorpeEdmund Beckett, 1st Baron GrimthorpeEdmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C. , known previously as Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet and Edmund Beckett Denison was a lawyer, horologist, and architect...
(1816–1905) - Sir Edmund Beckett, 4th BaronetSir Edmund Beckett, 4th BaronetSir Edmund Beckett, 4th Baronet , known until 1816 as Edmund Beckett and from 1816 until 1872 as Edmund Beckett Denison, was a younger son of Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet and brother of Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet....
(1787–1874) - Edward Beckett, 5th Baron GrimthorpeEdward Beckett, 5th Baron GrimthorpeEdward John Beckett, 5th Baron Grimthorpe is a British peer. He is the elder son of the late Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe and of the Dowager Lady Grimthorpe, the former Lady Elizabeth Lumley; daughter of the 11th Earl of Scarbrough.-Marriage:Beckett married Elizabeth Carey Graham in...
(born 1954) - Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron GrimthorpeErnest Beckett, 2nd Baron GrimthorpeErnest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe , born Ernest William Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1905 when he inherited the Grimthorpe peerage.-Biography:Beckett was the eldest son of William Beckett, younger son of Sir...
(1856–1917) - Gilbert Abbott à BeckettGilbert Abbott à BeckettGilbert Abbott à Beckett was an English humorist.He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket...
(1811–1856), English comic writer - Gilbert Arthur à BeckettGilbert Arthur a BeckettGilbert Arthur à Beckett was an English writer.-Biography:Beckett was born at Hammersmith, United Kingdom, the eldest son of Gilbert Abbott à Beckett and the brother of Arthur William à Beckett...
(1837–1891), English writer - James BeckettJames BeckettJames Beckett is a statistician, author, editor, and publisher. His publications are well known in the hobby of sports card collecting.Beckett earned a Ph.D. degree in statistics at Southern Methodist University in 1975 and then joined the faculty of Bowling Green State University as an Associate...
, statistician, author, editor and publisher - John Beckett (disambiguation), various including:
- Sir John Beckett, 2nd BaronetSir John Beckett, 2nd BaronetSir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet, FRS was a British lawyer and Tory politician.Beckett was the son of Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet , and his wife Mary, daughter of Christopher Wilson...
, PC, FRS (1775–1847), British lawyer and Tory politician - John Beckett (football)John Beckett (football)John "Jack" Beckett was an American football offensive tackle who played for the University of Oregon and Mare Island.-Early life:...
(1892–1981), American college football player - John Beckett (lawyer)John Beckett (lawyer)John Beckett QC is a Scottish lawyer who was Solicitor General for Scotland, the country's junior Law Officer from October 2006 to May 2007. He was appointed by Labour First Minister Jack McConnell on the appointment of former Solicitor General Elish Angiolini to the senior role of Lord Advocate...
, Scottish lawyer and former Solicitor General for Scotland - John Beckett (politician) (1894–1964), British politician
- John Archibald BeckettJohn Archibald BeckettSergeant John Archibald Beckett GC was a recipient of the George Cross and a Royal Air Force airman.-Earlier years:...
(1906–1947), Royal Air Force airman - John S. BeckettJohn S. BeckettJohn Stewart Beckett , was an Irish musician, composer and conductor; cousin of the famous writer and playwright Samuel Beckett.-Youth and education:...
(1927–2007), Irish musician, composer and conductor
- Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet
- Josh BeckettJosh BeckettJoshua Patrick Beckett is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. During his career in the playoffs, he won the 2003 World Series MVP Award with the Florida Marlins, and received the 2007 ALCS MVP award with the Red Sox.-Florida Marlins :A...
(born 1980), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox - Lenny BeckettLenny BeckettLenny Beckett is an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer. He is a member of the Brumbies organisation, noted for his strong defensive game...
(born 1980), Australian rugby union player - Margaret BeckettMargaret BeckettMargaret Mary Beckett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Derby South since 1983, rising to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith, from 18 July 1992 to 12 May 1994, and briefly serving as Leader of the Party following Smith's death...
(born 1943), British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament - Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron GrimthorpeRalph Beckett, 3rd Baron GrimthorpeRalph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, TD, Deputy Lieutenant , was a banker and breeder of racehorses. He was a partner in the Leeds firm of Beckett & Co., which later became part of the Westminster Bank, and in the aeronautical firm Airspeed Ltd...
(1891–1963) - Richard BeckettRichard BeckettRichard Beckett was an Australian author and journalist.Beckett was a founding staffer of Nation Review, an irreverent and ground-breaking Sunday newspaper, nicknamed 'The Ferret', launched in 1970 by Gordon Barton. Beckett was its irascible and entertaining food columnist for eight years, using...
(1772–1809), English amateur cricketer and soldier - Richard Beckett (author) (1936–1987), Australian author and journalist
- Samuel BeckettSamuel BeckettSamuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
(1906–1989), Irish Nobel Prize–winning writer - Simon BeckettSimon BeckettSimon Beckett is a British journalist and author.-Life and works:After earning a Master of Arts degree in English, Beckett taught in Spain and played in several bands before becoming a freelance journalist. He has written for The Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer,...
(born 1968), British journalist and author - Scotty BeckettScotty BeckettScott Hastings "Scotty" Beckett was an American child actor. He starred in the Our Gang and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger series.-Early career:...
(1929–1968), American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang series - Wendy BeckettWendy BeckettSister Wendy Beckett is a South African-born British art expert, consecrated virgin and contemplative hermit who became a celebrity during the 1990s, presenting a series of acclaimed art history documentaries for the BBC.-Biography:...
(known as Sister Wendy) (born 1930), South African nun known for presenting art history documentaries - William Beckett (disambiguation) various including:
- Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron GrimthorpeErnest Beckett, 2nd Baron GrimthorpeErnest William Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe , born Ernest William Denison, was a British banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1905 when he inherited the Grimthorpe peerage.-Biography:Beckett was the eldest son of William Beckett, younger son of Sir...
(1856–1917), full name Ernest William Beckett, sometimes referred to as William Beckett - William Beckett (engineer)William Beckett (engineer)Brigadier-General William Thomas Clifford Beckett CBE DSO VD was a British railway engineer in India and a British Army officer....
(1862–1956), British brigadier-general and railway engineer - William Beckett (MP)William Beckett (MP)William Beckett was an English Conservative Party politician.He was Member of Parliament for the Yorkshire constituencies of Leeds and Ripon .- External links :...
(1784–1863), English politician, Member of Parliament for Leeds and Ripon - William Beckett (singer)William Beckett (singer),William Eugene Beckett Jr. was the lead singer of the band The Academy Is... , who were signed to Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records. While still in high school in 2002, Beckett and guitarist Mike Carden came together from rival bands in Chicago to form The Academy Is......
(born 1985), lead singer of the band The Academy Is...
- Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe
- W. N. T. BeckettW. N. T. BeckettCaptain Walter Napier Thomason Beckett, MVO, DSC, RN was a noted Royal Navy officer in both World War I and World War II. He was known to most people as “Joe” Beckett, after a famous British boxer of the same era, as they shared the same surname...
(1893–1941), British naval officer
Fictional people
- Beckett, an 800-year-old vampire of clan gangrel in the computer role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (2004)
- Amanda Beckett, the main love interest in the film Can't Hardly WaitCan't Hardly WaitCan't Hardly Wait is a 1998 American teen comedy film written and directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. It stars Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, and Jennifer Love Hewitt, and is notable for a number of "before-they-were-famous" appearances by various...
(1998) - Andrew Beckett, the protagonist in the film PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia (film)Philadelphia is a 1993 American drama film that was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme. The film stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington...
. - Carson BeckettCarson BeckettDr. Carson Beckett is a fictional Scottish character in the Canadian-American science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1. He is portrayed by Scottish-born Canadian actor Paul McGillion, who previously played Dr. Ernest Littlefield in the first season of...
, a character on the television series Stargate Atlantis - Cutler BeckettCutler BeckettLord Cutler Beckett is a fictional character portrayed by Tom Hollander in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He appears as a main antagonist in Dead Man's Chest and in At World's End...
, the main antagonist in the film series Pirates of the Caribbean - Kate BeckettKate BeckettKatherine "Kate" Beckett is a fictional character portrayed by Stana Katic in the ABC crime series Castle.-Background:Beckett is a detective with the Twelfth Precinct Homicide Squad of the New York City Police Department, where she worked with fellow detectives Javier Esposito and Kevin Ryan and...
, a New York Police Department detective on the television series CastleCastle (TV series)Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season... - Captain Maggie BeckettMaggie BeckettMaggie A. Beckett is a fictional character on the television show Sliders, played by Kari Wührer. She was introduced in the episode "The Exodus, Part One" and was present in the last nine episodes of the third season, and the entire fourth and fifth seasons...
, a character on the television series Sliders - Nick Beckett, a character on the television series BugsBugs (TV series)Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers...
- Dr. Sam Beckett, a character on the television series Quantum Leap
- Sgt. Thomas Beckett, the main character in the film SniperSniper (film)Sniper is a 1993 action film starring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane as snipers on an assassination mission in Panama.-Plot:The film starts off with Master Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Beckett , an experienced sniper, and his spotter Cpl. Papich assassinating a Panamanian rebel leader in the jungle...
(1993) - Brandon Beckett, a character in the film Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
Places
- Beckett, New JerseyBeckett, New JerseyBeckett is a census-designated place and unincorporated area of Logan Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 4,726.-Geography:Beckett is located at ....
, United States - Beckett Ridge, OhioBeckett Ridge, OhioBeckett Ridge is a census-designated place in West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,663 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Beckett Ridge is located at ....
, United States - Beckett (crater)Beckett (crater)Beckett is a pit-floored crater on Mercury, which was discovered in January 2008 during the first flyby of the planet by MESSENGER spacecraft. Its floor is not smooth and displays a telephone or arc-shaped collapse feature, which is also called a central pit. The size of the pit is...
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Other
- Beckett ComicsBeckett ComicsBeckett Comics started as a comic book-publishing imprint of Beckett Publications. It was founded in 2003. Originally, all of its titles were sold at a lower price than their competition...
- Beckett MediaBeckett MediaBeckett Media is a privately held company. Founded in 1984 by James Beckett as Beckett Publications, the company focuses on the collectible industries, especially in the area of sports collectibles.-History:...
- A company focusing on the collectible industries, especially in the area of sports collectibles.