Main (surname)
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Main as a surname
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A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
may refer to
- Alan MainAlan MainAlan David Main is a Scottish football goalkeeper.Main made his debut in the Highland Football League aged just fifteen and went on to a professional career exceeding twenty years. He has played for Dundee United, Cowdenbeath, East Stirlingshire, St. Johnstone, Livingston, Gretna and Ayr United...
, Scottish association football player - Anne MainAnne MainAnne Margaret Main is a Conservative Party politician in Britain. She was elected at the 2005 general election as the Member of Parliament for St Albans, defeating the Labour incumbent Kerry Pollard, and was re-elected in 2010....
, British politician - Bert MainBert MainProfessor Albert Russell Main CBE is a retired Australian zoologist.Born in Perth, Western Australia, he studied zoology at The University of Western Australia...
, Australian zoologist - Grant MainGrant MainGrant Main is a Canadian rower, who was a member of the Canadian men's eights team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
, Canadian rower - James MainJames MainJames Main was a Scottish association football player who played for Hibernian and the Scotland national football team as a right back. Main suffered fatal internal injuries while playing in a match on Christmas Day 1909, and died four days later.Main signed for Hibs in 1904 from...
, Scottish association football player - John MainJohn MainJohn Main OSB was a Roman Catholic Benedictine monk and priest who presented a way of Christian meditation which utilized a prayer-phrase or mantra. In 1975 Main began Christian meditation groups which met at Ealing Abbey, his monastery in West London, England and, later, in Montreal, Canada...
, British Benedictine monk - Marjorie MainMarjorie MainMarjorie Main was an American character actress, mainly at MGM, perhaps best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies.-Early life and career:...
, American actress - Michel Main, French traditionalist Catholic bishop
- Robert MainRobert MainThe Reverend Robert Main was an English astronomer.Born in Kent, the eldest son of Thomas Main, Robert Main attended school in Portsea before studying mathematics at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he graduated as sixth wrangler in 1834...
, British astronomer - Terence MainTerence MainTerence Main is an American modernist sculptor who was born in 1954. He is best known for the cast metal sculptural furniture that he has been making for more than 20 years. He challenges the boundaries between sculpture and commercial design...
(born 1954), an American modernist sculptor
See also
- Chas. T. MainChas. T. Main-History:It was founded in 1893 by Charles T. Main, an engineer for the textile mills of New England. It was privately owned by its senior engineers, it being felt that this would leave decision making to those that knew the industry best...
, company - Main (disambiguation)Main (disambiguation)Main may refer to:*Main , a major river and tributary of the Rhine in Germany*Main River , a river in Far Eastern Siberia*Main River, an unincorporated community in Weldford Parish, New Brunswick, Canada...
- Maine (disambiguation)#People
- MayneMayneMayne may refer to:People* Andrew Mayne, magician and filmmaker* Brent Mayne , American Baseball catcher* Chris Mayne* Clarice Mayne* Cuthbert Mayne , English Roman Catholic priest and martyr...