Parnell
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People
- Bobby ParnellBobby ParnellRobert Allen Parnell is an American baseball pitcher for the New York Mets. He was drafted by the Mets in the ninth round of the 2005 MLB Draft after attending college at Charleston Southern University....
, a baseball pitcher for the New York Mets - Charles Stewart ParnellCharles Stewart ParnellCharles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...
(1846-1891), Irish politician - Chris ParnellChris ParnellThomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell is an American comic actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998–2006 and currently for his recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's Emmy Award-winning comedy series 30 Rock. Parnell also voices Cyril Figgis on the FX animated comedy...
, actor and comedian - Lee Roy ParnellLee Roy ParnellLee Roy Parnell is an American country music artist. Active since 1990, he has recorded eight studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
, country & western singer - Mel ParnellMel ParnellMelvin Lloyd Parnell is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher.Parnell spent his entire ten-year career with the Boston Red Sox , compiling a 123-75 record with 732 strikeouts, a 3.50 earned run average, 113 complete games, 20 shutouts, and 1752.2 innings pitched in 289 games...
, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox - Reg ParnellReg ParnellReginald Harold Haslam Parnell was a racing driver and team manager from England. He participated in seven Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scoring a total of 9 championship points.-Driving career:Before World War II Parnell was a very successful racing...
, racing driver, Formula One/sports car racing team owner and manager - Samuel Duncan ParnellSamuel Duncan ParnellSamuel Duncan Parnell was an early New Zealand settler often credited with the establishment of the Eight hour day in New Zealand.-Early years:...
, New Zealand settler - Sean ParnellSean ParnellSean R. Parnell is an American Republican politician who is the tenth and current Governor of Alaska. He succeeded Sarah Palin following her resignation, and was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in Fairbanks on July 26, 2009...
, Governor of Alaska - Thomas ParnellThomas ParnellThomas Parnell was a poet and clergyman, born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was a friend of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. He participated in the Scriblerus Club, contributing to The Spectator, and he also aided Pope in his translation of The Iliad...
, poet - Thomas Parnell (scientist)Thomas Parnell (scientist)Thomas Parnell was the first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland. He started the famous pitch drop experiment there....
, physicist - Thomas Frederick Parnell, birth name of Fred Russell (ventriloquist)Fred Russell (ventriloquist)Fred Russell was an English ventriloquist. Usually credited as being the first to use a knee-sitting figure, he is known as "The Father of Modern Ventriloquism"....
- Tim ParnellTim ParnellReginald "Tim" Parnell is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 July 1959, and qualified for two of them. He scored no championship points...
, racing driver and Formula One team manager, son of Reg - Wayne ParnellWayne ParnellWayne Dillon Parnell is a cricketer who plays Tests, One Day International and Twenty20 matches for South Africa. At domestic level he plays for the Warriors having previously represented Eastern Province, he has also played county cricket for Kent...
, South African cricketer - William R. ParnellWilliam R. ParnellWilliam Russell Parnell was an Irish-born adventurer and soldier during the mid-to late 19th century. A member of the 17th Lancers during the Crimean War, he was one of the few survivors of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade.He later became a Major and brevet Colonel in the U.S...
, 19th-century soldier
Places
- Parnell, New ZealandParnell, New ZealandParnell is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841...
- Parnell, IowaParnell, IowaParnell is a city in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. The population was 220 at the 2000 census.-History:Parnell, in Fillmore Township, Iowa County, Iowa, was named after Charles Stewart Parnell, a noble Irish statesman who had come to the American people to plead the cause of Ireland's...
, USA - Parnell, MissouriParnell, MissouriParnell is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States, near the Platte River. The population was 197 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Parnell is located at ....
, USA
Film
- Parnell (film)Parnell (film)Parnell is a 1937 MGM film starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician. It is considered Gable's worst film, and is classified in The Fifty Worst Films of All Time.-Production:...
, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy