Pops
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People

  • Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

    , has the nickname "Pops"
  • Pops Fernandez
    Pops Fernández
    Maria Cielito Lukban Fernandez , also known as Pops Fernandez, is a Filipino singer and actress. She is dubbed the "Concert Queen."-Career:...

     (born 1966), Maria Cielito Lukban Fernandez, a Filipina singer
  • Pops Foster
    Pops Foster
    George Murphy "Pops" Foster was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally....

     (1892–1969), a jazz musician
  • Father Emmett Johns
    Emmett Johns
    Emmett Johns, , also known as "Pops", is the founder of the organization Dans La Rue, a homeless shelter and support group for street youth in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fr. Johns was a member of the Quebec delegation which attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He was formerly a priest at St....

    , (born 1928)
  • Pops Staples
    Pops Staples
    Roebuck "Pops" Staples was a Mississippi-born Gospel and R&B musician.A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 70s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer...

     (1914–2000), a Gospel and R&B musician
  • Pops Mensah-Bonsu
    Pops Mensah-Bonsu
    Nana Papa Yaw Dwene "Pops" Mensah-Bonsu is a British professional basketball player of Ghanaian descent.-Amateur career:...

     (born 1983), a British basketball player
  • Pops Yoshimura
    Pops Yoshimura
    Hideo "Pops" Yoshimura was a motorcycle tuner, race team owner and manufacturer of speciality motorcycle accessories. He is remembered for his ties to the beginnings of AMA Superbike racing and the Suzuki factory racing team...

     (1922–1995), a motorcycle tuner and race team owner
  • Pops Mohamed
    Pops Mohamed
    Ismael Mohamed-Jan is a respected South African multi-instrumentalist, jazz musician and producer.Born 10 December 1949 in Benoni, Gauteng Pops Mohamed's career in music was the logical outcome of an early exposure at Dorkay House to the likes of Abdullah Ibrahim and Kippie Moeketsi. He started...

     (born 1949), a South African jazz musician
  • Willie Stargell
    Willie Stargell
    Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell , nicknamed "Pops" in the later years of his career, was a Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates...

    , Hall of Fame baseball player, nicknamed "Pops"
  • Sreya 'Pops' Sarkar (born 1989), girlfriend of 'Gems'.

Music

  • Boston Pops Orchestra
    Boston Pops Orchestra
    The Boston Pops Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in playing light classical and popular music....

    , a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • HorrorPops
    HorrorPops
    HorrorPops are a Danish punk band that formed in 1996. The band's sound is rooted in psychobilly, pop punk, rockabilly, and new wave.-History:...

    , a Danish band
  • Pogo Pops
    Pogo Pops
    Pogo Pops is a pop rock band from Bergen, Norway, established in 1987 under the name of The Doomsville Boys. The Doomsville Boys were a trio and released an EP in 1989 containing 6 songs. The band changed name to Pogo Pops in 1990 after Domenic O`Fahey joined. Pogo Pops is often considered the band...

    , a Norwegian band
  • Pops orchestra
    Pops orchestra
    A pops orchestra is an orchestra that plays popular music and show tunes as well as well-known classical works. Pops orchestras are generally organised in large cities and are distinct from the more "highbrow" symphony or philharmonic orchestras which also may exist in the same city...

  • SIRIUS Pops
    SIRIUS POPS
    SIRIUS POPS was a Sirius Satellite Radio channel devoted to popular classical music. It was available on Sirius channel 86 and DISH Network channel 6086. In June 2008, it was moved to channel 79....

    , a radio station

Food

  • Charms Blow Pops
    Charms Blow Pops
    Charms Blow Pops are lollipops with bubble gum centers surrounded by a hard candy shell. The candy was popularized by The Charms Company, which was acquired by Tootsie Roll Industries in 1988. Invention of the candy is attributed to Thomas Tate Tidwell in 1966, with the patent issued in November...

    , a candy lollipops filled with bubble gum
  • Coco Pops, a cocoa-flavoured version of Rice Krispies
  • Corn Pops
    Corn Pops
    Corn Pops is a breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's, described by the company as "crunchy sweetened popped-up corn cereal." Originally called Sugar Pops, it was introduced in 1951 as the sponsor for "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" radio show...

    , a breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's
  • Otter Pops
    Otter Pops
    Otter Pops are a brand of frozen snacks sold in the United States. The product consists of a plastic tube filled with flavored sugary liquid. After freezing, one end of the tube is cut off, allowing the frozen juice to be eaten, something like a Popsicle without a stick.-Background:Otter Pops were...

    , a frozen snacks
  • Pizza Pops
    Pizza Pops
    Pizza Pops are a calzone-type snack produced by Pillsbury brand of General Mills. Pizza Pops are sold pre-cooked and frozen. Typically they are reheated in a microwave oven but they may also be cooked in a regular oven....

    , a calzone-type snack
  • Tootsie Pops, a candy lollipops

Other

  • Pops, an animated character from Regular Show
    Regular Show
    Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel...

  • Pops CB
    Pops CB
    Pops Club de Béisbol was a baseball club in Lloret de Mar, where there were many descendants of immigrants from Cuba....

    , a baseball club in Spain in the 1950s and 60s
  • Pops (Muppet)
    Pops (Muppet)
    Pops is an elderly doorkeeper at the Muppet Theater. He would greet the week's guest star in every episode of Season 5 of The Muppet Show. He also had a major part as the innkeeper of the Happiness Hotel in The Great Muppet Caper...

  • Persistent organic pollutant
    Persistent organic pollutant
    thumb|right|275px|State parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic PollutantsPersistent organic pollutants are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes...

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  • PlayStation One Portable Station or POPStation, Sony's official PlayStation Emulator used in the PSP and PS3
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