Ivor
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Ivor may refer to:
- Ivor Novello AwardsIvor Novello AwardsThe Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and were first introduced in 1955.Nicknamed The Ivors, the awards take place...
, a music award named after Ivor Novello - Ivor, VirginiaIvor, VirginiaIvor is an incorporated town in Southampton County, Virginia, United States. The population was 320 at the 2000 census.- Overview :Popular legend has it that William Mahone , builder of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad , and his cultured wife, Otelia Butler Mahone , who had been raised in...
, a small U.S. town - Ivor Wynne StadiumIvor Wynne StadiumIvor Wynne Stadium is a Canadian football stadium located at the corner of Balsam and Beechwood Avenues, two blocks west of Gage Avenue North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...
, a football stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - Ivor the EngineIvor the EngineIvor the Engine is a British children's animation by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It is a children's television series relating the adventures of a small green locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway...
, a character on a British TV show for children - Ivor Prime, a fictional planet in Star Trek
Artists
- Ivor GurneyIvor GurneyIvor Bertie Gurney was an English composer and poet.-Life:Born at 3 Queen Street, Gloucester in 1890, the second of four children of David Gurney, a tailor, and his wife Florence, a seamstress, Gurney showed musical ability early...
(1890-1937), an English composer and poet - Ivor NovelloIvor NovelloDavid Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter...
(1893-1951), a Welsh entertainer - Ivor MairantsIvor MairantsIvor Mairants was a professional jazz and classical guitarist, teacher and composer.With his wife Lily in 1958 he created Ivor Mairants Musicentre, a specialist guitar store in London that was the first of its kind in the country and is still among the foremost of its kind in the...
(1908-1998), a British-Polish guitarist - Ivor HeleIvor HeleSir Ivor Henry Thomas Hele, CBE was an Australian artist. He was the longest serving war artist for the Australian War Memorial and completed more commissioned works than any other Australian artist in the history of Australian art.He was the first war artist appointed in the Second World War, and...
(1912-1993), an Australian painter - Ivor DarregIvor DarregIvor Darreg was a leading proponent of and composer of microtonal or "xenharmonic" music. He also created a series of experimental musical instruments.Darreg, a contemporary of Harry Partch and a close colleague of John H...
(1917-1994), an American composer - Ivor RobertsIvor Roberts (actor)Ivor Roberts was an English television continuity announcer and television actor who often appeared in comedic roles....
(1925-1999), a British actor and television presenter - Ivor CutlerIvor CutlerIvor Cutler was a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential radio programme, and later for Andy Kershaw's programme...
(1923-2006), a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist - Ivor EmmanuelIvor EmmanuelIvor Lewis Emmanuel was a Welsh musical theatre and television singer and actor. He led the rendition of "Men of Harlech" in the 1964 film Zulu.-Life and career:...
(born 1927), a British opera singer
Politicians
- Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount WimborneIvor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount WimborneIvor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, PC , known as The Lord Ashby St Ledgers from 1910 to 1914 and as The Lord Wimborne from 1914 to 1918, was a British politician, and one of the last Lords Lieutenant of Ireland, serving in that position at the time of the Easter Rising.-Background and...
(1873-1939), a British politician - Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron WimborneIvor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron WimborneIvor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne was a Welsh industrialist.Sir Ivor Bertie Guest was born at Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil, the son of Lady Charlotte Guest, translator of the Mabinogion, and Sir John Josiah Guest, owner of the world's largest iron foundry:Dowlais Ironworks...
(1835-1914), father of Ivor Churchill Guest - Joseph Ivor LintonJoseph Ivor LintonJoseph Ivor Linton was an Israeli diplomat.Born in Russia, he immigrated to England in 1919, where he engaged in Zionist activities on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine...
(1900-1982), a Russian-Israeli diplomat - Ivor Richard, Baron RichardIvor Richard, Baron RichardIvor Seward Richard, Baron Richard, PC , is a British politician belonging to the Labour Party and former member of the Commission of the European Communities.-Background:...
(born 1932), a British politician - David Ivor Young, Baron Young of Graffham (born 1932), a British politician and businessman
- Ivor RobertsIvor Roberts (ambassador)Sir Ivor Anthony Roberts, KCMG, MA Oxford, FCIL is President of Trinity College, Oxford and was formerly British Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Ireland, and Italy...
(born 1946), the current British ambassador to Italy - Ivor CallelyIvor CallelyIvor Callely is a former Irish politician. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2007 to 2011, having been nominated by the Taoiseach. He was previously a deputy for the Fianna Fáil party in the constituency of Dublin North Central from 1989 to 2007. Between 2002 and 2005 he served as a Minister...
(born 1958), an Irish politician - Ivor CaplinIvor CaplinIvor Keith Caplin is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Hove from 1997 until 2005.Caplin was born in Brighton and educated at King Edward's School, Witley and Brighton College of Technology...
(born 1958), a British politician
Sportsmen
- Ivor JonesIvor JonesIvor Egwad Jones CBE was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a back-row forward, mainly at flanker, for Llanelli and won 16 caps for Wales, three of them as captain....
(1901-1982), a Welsh rugby union player - Ivor BuebIvor BuebIvor Léon John Bueb was a sports car racing and Formula One driver from England....
(1923-1959), a British Formula One driver - Ivor AllchurchIvor AllchurchIvor John Allchurch MBE was a Welsh international footballer. His brother was Len Allchurch.Known as 'The Golden Boy' of Welsh football, Allchurch played for Swansea Town, Newcastle United and Cardiff City, where he amassed 691 games scoring 249 goals. His record of 68 caps for Wales stood until...
(1929-1997), a Welsh footballer
Other professions
- Ivor WoodIvor WoodIvor Wood was a prolific Anglo-French stop motion director, producer, animator and writer known for his work on children's television series....
(1932-2004), a British stop-motion animator - Ivor Grattan-GuinnessIvor Grattan-GuinnessIvor Grattan-Guinness, born 23 June 1941, in Bakewell, in England, is a historian of mathematics and logic.He gained his Bachelor degree as a Mathematics Scholar at Wadham College, Oxford, got an M.Sc in Mathematical Logic and the Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics in 1966...
, a British historian of mathematics and logic
Other
- Ivor, an affectionate name for the wind that blows from the East through the Dyfi Valley in WalesWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and into the Dyfi estuary - Ivor the Engine Driver, the name of a man mentioned in the song "A Quick One, While He's AwayA Quick One, While He's Away"A Quick One, While He's Away" is a 1966 medley written by Pete Townshend and recorded by The Who for their album A Quick One. The song also appears on the album BBC Sessions. In the performance on their Live at Leeds album Townshend calls the 9 minute "epic" track a "mini-opera" and introduces...
" by The Who