Dyson
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People
- Andre DysonAndre DysonAndre Dyson is a former American football cornerback. He was originally drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Utah. Currently, he coaches cornerbacks at Weber State, in Ogden, Utah.He is the younger brother of former NFL wide...
(b. 1979), an American football player - Charles W. DysonCharles W. DysonRear Admiral Charles Wilson Dyson was an American naval officer and engineer.-Biography:Dyson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in June 1883. He was well known for his achievements in the field of engineering. His designs covered machinery for naval vessels of all types, including...
(1861 – 1930), a U.S. Navy rear admiral - Esther DysonEsther DysonEsther Dyson is a former journalist and Wall Street technology analyst who is a leading angel investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and commentator focused on breakthrough innovation in healthcare, government transparency, digital technology, biotechnology, and space...
(b. 1951), consultant and philosopher in emerging digital technology, the daughter of Freeman Dyson (see below) - Frank DysonFrank DysonFrank Dyson is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
, British rugby league footballer - Frank Watson DysonFrank Watson DysonSir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS was an English astronomer and Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in testing Einstein's theory of general relativity.- Biography :Dyson was born in Measham, near...
(1868 – 1939), an English astronomer. - Freeman DysonFreeman DysonFreeman John Dyson FRS is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum field theory, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. Dyson is a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...
(b. 1923), a physicist for whom the Dyson sphereDyson sphereA Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure originally described by Freeman Dyson. Such a "sphere" would be a system of orbiting solar power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and capture most or all of its energy output...
and the Dyson series named - Geoff Dyson, (d. 1981), the first British chief national coach of athletics for whom the Dyson Award was named
- George Dyson (composer)George Dyson (composer)Sir George Dyson KCVO was a well-known English musician and composer. His son is the physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson and among his grandchildren are the science historian George Dyson and Esther Dyson...
(1883 – 1964), an English musical composer, the father of Freeman Dyson - George Dyson (science historian)George Dyson (science historian)George Dyson is a scientific historian, the son of Freeman Dyson and Verena Huber-Dyson, brother of Esther Dyson, and the grandson of Sir George Dyson. He is the father of Lauren Dyson. When he was sixteen he went to live in British Columbia in Canada to pursue his interest in kayaking and...
(born 1953), a science historian, the son of Freeman Dyson - Hugo DysonHugo DysonHenry Victor Dyson Dyson , generally known as Hugo Dyson and who signed his writings H. V. D. Dyson, was an English academic and a member of the Inklings literary group. He was a committed Christian, and together with J.R.R. Tolkien, he helped persuade C.S...
(1896 – 1975), an English academic and a member of the Inklings literary group - James DysonJames DysonSir James Dyson is a British industrial designer and founder of the Dyson company.He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. His net worth in 2011 was said to be £1.45 billion.-Early life:Dyson was born in...
(b. 1947), the inventor of the Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner- Dyson (company), the company that James Dyson founded
- Jeremy DysonJeremy DysonJeremy Dyson is an English screenwriter and, along with Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, a participant in The League of Gentlemen.-Early life:...
(b. 1966), a comedy writer, including of material for The League of Gentlemen comedy troupe - John DysonJohn DysonJohn Dyson is a former international cricketer who is now a cricket coach, most recently in charge of the West Indies....
(b. 1954), a coach in the sport of cricket - John Dyson (judge)John Dyson (judge)John Anthony Dyson, Lord Dyson is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He is the second justice, after Lord Clarke, to be appointed directly to that court, and the first not to be a peer. However, by Royal Warrant, like all future appointees, he is styled "Lord Dyson" for life...
(b. 1943), a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - Kevin DysonKevin DysonKevin Tyree Dyson is a former American football wide receiver of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Tennessee Oilers 16th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Utah....
, a split end in the National Football League - Kina MalpartidaKina MalpartidaKina Malpartida Dyson is a Peruvian female professional boxer. She is the 2009 World Boxing Association Champion in the Super Featherweight class.-Personal life:Malpartida was born in Lima, Peru in 1980 to Susy Dyson and Oscar Malpartida...
, whose real name is Kina Malpartida Dyson, a Peruvian boxer who became the world champion in 2009 in the super featherweight class - Marianne J. Dyson, an outer space activist, a former NASA mission controller, the author of popular science books for children
- Mia DysonMia DysonMia Dyson is an Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She shot to fame with her 2003 album Cold Water and her subsequent follow-up album, Parking Lots, which won "Best Blues & Roots album" at the 2005 ARIA Awards....
, an Australian musician - Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
- Ruth DysonRuth DysonRuth Suzanne Dyson is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party and has been a Member of Parliament since 1993.-Early years:...
, a politician in New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... - Will DysonWill Dyson]William Henry Dyson was an Australian illustrator and political cartoonist.-Early life:Dyson was born at Alfredton, near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the son of George Dyson, then a hawker and later a mining engineer, and his wife Jane, née Mayall. Dyson was educated at state schools at...
, an Australian artist, cartoonist and caricaturist - William DysonWilliam DysonWilliam Lord Dyson was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1887 against Sussex and Surrey....
(1857 – 1936), an English county cricketer
Science
- Dyson sphereDyson sphereA Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure originally described by Freeman Dyson. Such a "sphere" would be a system of orbiting solar power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and capture most or all of its energy output...
, a concept of a giant sphere surrounding a star first formalized by Freeman Dyson - Dyson treeDyson treeA Dyson tree is a hypothetical genetically-engineered plant, capable of growing in a comet, suggested by the physicist Freeman Dyson...
, a hypothetical tree that can grow on a comet as suggested by Freeman Dyson - Dyson seriesDyson seriesIn scattering theory, the Dyson series, formulated by British-born American physicist Freeman Dyson, is a perturbative series, and each term is represented by Feynman diagrams. This series diverges asymptotically, but in quantum electrodynamics at the second order the difference from...
and Dyson operator, mathematical terms named after the physicist Freeman Dyson - Dyson (crater)Dyson (crater)Dyson is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, past the northwest limb. It is located in the northern part of the surface, to the northwest of the crater Coulomb, and east of van't Hoff....
, a crater on the Moon
Companies
- Dyson (company), appliance (vacuums) company founded by James Dyson
- Dyson's Bus ServicesDyson's Bus ServicesDyson's Bus Services is a privately owned bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. Beyond operating route services, it also owns the Cobb and Co coach company...
, a privately owned bus company in Melbourne, Australia
Other
- Dyson Aliens, fictional intelligent species in the Commonwealth SagaCommonwealth SagaThe Commonwealth Saga is a series of science fiction novels by British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton. This saga consists of the novels Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained , as well as Misspent Youth . The events of Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained take place 340 years after his...
of science fiction novels books by Peter F. Hamilton - Dyson Award, honouring British sports coaches, named for the first UK chief national athletics coach
- James Dyson AwardJames Dyson AwardThe James Dyson Award is an international design award that "celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers". It is organised and run by the James Dyson Foundation charitable trust, and is open to graduates in the fields of product design, industrial design and...
, an international design competition, named for the British Inventor and Industrialist - USS Dyson (DD-572)USS Dyson (DD-572)USS Dyson was a of the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Charles W. Dyson .Dyson was launched 15 April 1942 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Tex., sponsored by Mrs...
, a US Navy destroyer named after Rear Admiral Charles W. Dyson - Miles Bennett Dyson, character from the film Terminator 2 who was the most directly responsible for "Judgement Day"
- Dyson (video game)