Borg (surname)
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Borg is a common surname in Scandinavia
as well as in Malta
. Borg may refer to:
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
as well as in Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
. Borg may refer to:
- Åke BorgÅke BorgÅke Borg was a swimmer from Sweden and twin brother of Arne Borg. He won a bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics together with his twin brother Arne, Orvar Trolle and Georg Werner.-Clubs:*Stockholms KK...
, Swedish swimmer, twin brother of Arne - Alex BorgAlex BorgAlex Borg is a professional Maltese snooker player. He regularly appeared as wild card in the Malta Grand Prix, where throughout the events history he managed to beat the likes of Nigel Bond and John Higgins. He has also competed as a wild card in the Malta Cup...
, Maltese snooker player - Anders BorgAnders BorgAnders Erik Borg is a Swedish economist and politician, currently serving as Minister for Finance in the Swedish government. He is a member of the Moderate Party.- Youth and education :...
, Swedish politician - Andy BorgAndy BorgAndy Borg is an Austrian Schlager singer and TV presenter. He lives in the Passau area and has been constantly recording music since his debut album Adios Amor was released in 1982.-Albums:-External links:*...
, Austrian singer - Anita BorgAnita BorgAnita Borg was an American computer scientist. She founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. She was born Anita Borg Naffz in Chicago, Illinois...
, American historical computer scientist - Arne BorgArne BorgClaes Arne Borg was a Swedish swimmer. He is best known for breaking 32 world records during the 1920s.He won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1926...
, Swedish swimmer, twin brother of Åke - Björn BorgBjörn BorgBjörn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...
(born 1956), Swedish tennis player - Björn Borg (swimmer)Björn Borg (swimmer)Björn Borg was a Swedish backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Örby and died in Zürich, Switzerland on April 13, 2009....
, Swedish swimmer - Bobby Borg, American musician and author
- Brita BorgBrita BorgBrita Borg, full name Brita Kerstin Gunvor Borg was a Swedish singer, actress, and variety show artist. Her variety show career spanned from 1943 into the 1970s, while her singing career trailed away at the end of the 1960s. However, she was still an active actress in the 1980s...
, Swedish singer and actress - Carl Oscar BorgCarl Oscar BorgCarl Oskar Borg was a Swedish born, American painter who was known for themes of the Southwestern United States.-Biography:...
, Swedish-American painter - Carmelo Borġ PisaniCarmelo Borg PisaniCarmelo Borg Pisani was a Maltese-born Italian Fascist who was found guilty by a Maltese war tribunal established by the Government under British rule and executed for treason against His Majesty's Government....
, Maltese political activist and spy - Charmaine BorgCharmaine BorgCharmaine Borg is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Terrebonne—Blainville in Quebec, having been first elected in the 2011 Canadian federal election. She defeated incumbent MP Diane Bourgeois of the Bloc Québécois.A Montreal resident, Borg was born in Keswick,...
(born 1990), Canadian politician - Clifford BorgClifford BorgClifford Borg is a pianist from Malta. Clifford Borg is known for his ability to have different influences in his musical compositions and performances...
, Maltese pianist - Coryse BorgCoryse BorgCoryse Borg, is an actress and director who lives in Żebbuġ, Malta. Borg has appeared in a range of productions, both in the theatre and in the movies....
, Maltese actress and director - David BorgDavid Borg-Film and television productions:* Red Riding Hood , Executive Producer* Popstar , Co-Executive Producer* Supercross , Executive Producer* Hansel & Gretel , Co-Executive Producer-References:...
, Canadian film producer - Flula BorgFlula BorgFlula Borg is a German DJ, record producer, singer, songwriter, hype man, and host who uses the stage name DJ Flula or simply Flula. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles in the United States.-Germany:...
, German DJ - Gerard James BorgGerard James BorgGerard James Borg is one of Malta's most successful song writers and concept creators for the last decades. Borg has penned five of the Maltese entries for the annual Eurovision Song Contest with Philip Vella, besides several Eurovision national final entries....
, Maltese songwriter - Giorgio Borg OlivierGiorgio Borg OlivierGiorgio Borg Olivier was twice Prime Minister of Malta as the Leader of the Nationalist Party. He was also Leader of the Opposition between 1955 and 1958 and again between 1971 and 1977. He resigned from Leader of the Nationalist Party in 1977 and was succeeded by Eddie Fenech Adami...
, Maltese politician, twice Prime Minister - Hasse BorgHasse BorgHasse Kristian Borg is a former Swedish football defender who represented his country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He played for Örebro SK, Eintracht Braunschweig and Malmö FF. Borg was director of sports for Malmö FF between 1999 and 2009. He is now working with the club on a consulting...
, Swedish footballer - Jákup á BorgJákup á BorgJákup á Borg is a Faroese footballer currently playing for Faroe Islands Premier League team B36 Tórshavn.-Club career:...
, Faroese footballer - Joe BorgJoe BorgJoseph Borg is a Maltese politician and diplomat. Prior to taking up the post of Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta and led Malta's EU-accession negotiations....
, Maltese politician - Joseph Borg (regulator)Joseph Borg (regulator)Joseph P. Borg is an American financial regulator who has served as the Securities Commissioner of Alabama since 1994. In this position, he is responsible for prosecuting financial crimes which affect Alabama residents. He has also served as the president of the North American Securities...
, American financial regulator - Katarina BorgKatarina BorgKatarina Borg is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She has received two silver medals in the world championships, and finished overall third in the Orienteering World Cup two times.-World championships:...
, Swedish orienteering competitor - Kevin J Borg, (aka "KiwiKev") Award Winning Business Owner (aka "Dead Beat Dad")
- Kevin Borg (footballer), Maltese footballer
- Kevin Borg (singer)Kevin Borg (singer)Kevin James Borg is a Maltese pop singer who lives and works in Sweden. Borg rose to musical fame as the winner of the fifth series of the Swedish singing competition Idol in 2008...
, Maltese singer in Sweden - Kim BorgKim BorgKim Borg was a Finnish bass, teacher and composer. He had wide-ranging, resonant, warm voice.-Biography:Kim Borg was born in Helsinki...
, Finnish opera singer - Malcolm BorgMalcolm BorgMalcolm Borg is chairman the North Jersey Media Group, which is owned and operated by the Borg family.-Early life and education:Malcolm Borg graduated from The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He was awarded a B.S...
, American newspaper editor - Marcus BorgMarcus BorgMarcus J. Borg is an American Biblical scholar and author. He is a fellow of the Jesus Seminar, holds a DPhil degree from Oxford University and is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture, an endowed chair, at Oregon State University, from which he retired in 2007...
, American religious scholar - Matthew Borg, Maltese footballer
- Michael Borg, American Lutheran theologian and author
- Nicke BorgNicke BorgNiklas Roger "Nicke" Borg, born April 3, 1973 in Nässjö, is a Swedish singer and guitarist in the Backyard Babies.-Life:While the Backyard Babies are taking a break, he works on his solo project Homeland....
, Swedish singer and guitarist - OJ BorgOJ BorgOJ Borg is an English radio and television presenter.-Radio:Borg has worked at various radio stations. He started out at Galaxy Manchester as a member of The Ground Crew; he then progressed through Traffic and Travel with Trafficlink to the evening show at Kix 96 Fm in Coventry...
, Maltese-British radio and TV personality - Omar Borg, Maltese goalkeeper
- Oscar BorgOscar BorgOscar Borg was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best known for his compositions of marches for wind bands....
, Norwegian composer - Parker W. BorgParker W. BorgParker W. Borg is a former professor at the American University of Rome and is a former United States Ambassador to Mali and Iceland....
, American diplomat and professor - Paul Borg OlivierPaul Borg OlivierPaul Borg Olivier is a Maltese politician, former mayor of the Maltese capital city Valletta and Secretary-General of the Nationalist Party.Borg Olivier studied law at the University of Malta. He unsuccessfully stood as a Nationalist Party candidate in the electoral district including Valletta in...
, Maltese politician, grandnephew of Giorgio Borg Olivier - Reginald Le BorgReginald Le BorgReginald Le Borg was an Austrian film director. He directed 68 films between 1936 and 1974. He was born in Vienna, Austria as Reginald Grobel and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack....
, Austrian filmmaker - Richard BorgRichard BorgRichard Borg is a game designer.Games Richard has designed or co-designed include:*2000 Battle Cry *2001 Wyatt Earp...
, American game designer - Sean Borg, British journalist and TV personality
- Lawrence SpringborgLawrence SpringborgLawrence James Springborg is an Australian politician and became Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland since 2 April 2009. He was deputy leader of the new Liberal National Party...
, Australian politician also known as "The Borg" - Tonio BorgTonio BorgTonio Borg is a Maltese politician who has been Deputy Prime Minister of Malta since 2004. He was Minister of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1996 and again from 1998 to 2008; since 2008, he has been Minister of Foreign Affairs...
, Maltese politician - Veda Ann BorgVeda Ann BorgVeda Ann Borg was an American film actress.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Borg was the daughter of Gottfried Borg, a Swedish immigrant and Minna Noble. She became a model in 1936 before winning a contract at Paramount Pictures. A car crash in 1939 necessitated drastic reconstruction of her face by...
, American film actress - Walter BorgWalter BorgWalter Borg was a Swedish-speaking Finnish Communist. As a sailor, Borg helped the Bolsheviks smuggle things to and from Tsarist Russia. Borg fought in the Finnish Civil War and after the Reds lost, he fled to Petrograd where he died....
, Swedish Finn communist - Wes BorgWes BorgWes Borg is a Canadian comedian, playwright and musician from Edmonton, best known as a member of the comedy troupe Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. Borg now resides in Victoria, British Columbia....
, Canadian comedian and musician