Sturges
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Sturges is a surname, and may refer to:
- William Sturges BourneWilliam Sturges BourneWilliam Sturges-Bourne PC , known as William Sturges until 1803, was a British Tory politician. He was briefly Home Secretary under George Canning in 1827.-Background and education:...
(1769–1845), British politician - Graeme SturgesGraeme SturgesGraeme Lindsay Sturges is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2002 to 2010, representing the Hobart-based electorate of Denison, and from May 2008 until 2010, he was the state Minister for Infrastructure...
(b. 1955), Australian politician - Jock SturgesJock SturgesJock Sturges is an American photographer, best known for his images of nude adolescents and their families, primarily taken at communes in Northern California and at the Atlantic-coast naturist resort at Montalivet, France. His work has been the subject of controversy...
(b. 1947), American photographer - John SturgesJohn SturgesJohn Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies include Bad Day at Black Rock , Gunfight at the O.K. Corral , The Magnificent Seven , The Great Escape and Ice Station Zebra .-Career:He started his career in Hollywood as an editor in 1932...
(1911–1982), American film director - Jonathan SturgesJonathan SturgesJonathan Sturges was an American lawyer and jurist from Fairfield, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut as a delegate to the Continental Congress and in the United States House of Representatives....
(1740–1819), American lawyer and jurist - Lewis B. SturgesLewis B. SturgesLewis Burr Sturges was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut from 1805 to 1817. He was born in Fairfield, Conn., the son of Jonathan Sturges, who also served in the House....
(1763–1844), American politician - Matthew SturgesMatthew SturgesMatthew Sturges is an American writer of comics and fantasy novels.-Biography:Sturges is best known for the Eisner-award nominated Jack of Fables from DC/Vertigo...
(b. 1970), American comics author - Preston SturgesPreston SturgesPreston Sturges , originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois...
(1898–1959), American film director and writer - Ralph W. SturgesRalph W. SturgesRalph Weston Sturges was an American Mohegan tribal chief who helped gain federal recognition for the Mohegan people of Connecticut in 1994. He also helped to found and build Connecticut's Mohegan Sun Casino...
(1918–2007), American Mohegan tribal chief - Robert SturgesRobert SturgesLieutenant General Sir Robert Grice Sturges KBE, CB, DSO was an officer in the Royal Marines.In World War I, Sturges fought in the Gallipoli Campaign and the Battle of Jutland....
(1891–1970), British Royal Marines officer - Shannon SturgesShannon SturgesShannon Sturges is an American daytime and prime-time soap veteran actress. She played Molly Brinker on Days of our Lives, Reese Burton on Savannah, as well as recurring roles on Passions, Once and Again, and Port Charles....
(b. 1968), American actress
See also
- Sturges' formula in HistogramHistogramIn statistics, a histogram is a graphical representation showing a visual impression of the distribution of data. It is an estimate of the probability distribution of a continuous variable and was first introduced by Karl Pearson...
- SturgisSturgisSturgis is a surname of Norman origin, shortened form of FitzTurgis "son of" "Turgis" from the Old Norse Þórgísl It may refer to:-People:...
- alternate spelling