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Ronald Arthur Biggs was an English criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965,living as a fugitive for 36 years,and for his various publicity stunts while in exile. In 2001,Biggs returned to the United Kingdom and spent several years in prison,where his health rapidly declined. He was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009 and died in a nursing home in December 2013.
Jason Matthew Biggs is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jim Levenstein in the American Pie comedy film series,Leonardo in the first two seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012),and Larry Bloom in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black. He also starred in Boys and Girls,Loser,Saving Silverman,Anything Else,Jersey Girl,Eight Below,Over Her Dead Body,and My Best Friend's Girl. Biggs initially gained recognition from his role in the soap opera As the World Turns,for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 1995.
Blackburn North is a suburb of Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,17 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District,located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Blackburn North recorded a population of 7,627 at the 2021 census.
The rock hyrax,also called dassie,doop,Cape hyrax,rock rabbit,and coney,is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East. Commonly referred to in South Africa as the dassie,it is one of the five living species of the order Hyracoidea,and the only one in the genus Procavia. Rock hyraxes weigh 4–5 kg (8.8–11.0 lb) and have short ears.
International cricket in South Africa between 1971 and 1981 consisted of four private tours arranged by English sports promoter Derrick Robins,two tours by a private team called the "International Wanderers",and one women's Test match. The apartheid policy followed by the South African Governments of the day meant that no Test match playing nation was willing to tour,thereby depriving world cricket of leading stars such as Graeme Pollock,Barry Richards,Clive Rice and Eddie Barlow.
The dassie rat is an African rodent found among rocky outcroppings. It is the only living member of its genus,Petromus,and family,Petromuridae. The name "dassie" means "hyrax" in Afrikaans,and the two animals are found in similar habitats. Petromus means "rock mouse" and dassie rats are one of many rodents sometimes called rock rats. The family and genus names are sometimes misspelled as Petromyidae and Petromys.
Augrabies Falls National Park is a national park located around the Augrabies Falls,about 120 km west of Upington in the Northern Cape Province,South Africa.
Garrick Hagon is a British-Canadian actor in film,stage,television and radio,known for his role as Biggs Darklighter in Star Wars:A New Hope. His many films include Batman,Spy Game,Me and Orson Welles and The Message. He was the rebel leader Ky in the Doctor Who serial The Mutants,and played Simon Gerrard,Debbie Aldridge's husband in the BBC's The Archers.
Norman Witchell Biggs was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan. Both Biggs and his brother Selwyn played international rugby for Wales,though they never played together in the same match for Wales. Biggs also played cricket for Glamorgan and in 1893 was part of a team that took on Cardiff in a two-day match;he faced his brother Selwyn,who was a member of the Cardiff team.
Selwyn Hanam Biggs was a Welsh international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan. Both Biggs and his brother Norman played international rugby for Wales,though they never played in the same match for Wales together. Biggs was described at the time as a 'certain tackler' and a 'fast,good dodger'. Biggs also played cricket for Glamorgan and was part of the team to face the touring South Africans in 1895.
Cecil Fleming Biggs was a British sportsman who played rugby union at centre for Cardiff and the Barbarians,and as a Cricketer represented Glamorgan. Biggs was one of six brothers to play rugby for Cardiff,and captained the team for a season in 1904/05. Although he was never capped at an international level,he has been described as "...one of the great uncapped Welsh players."
Norman Linstead Biggs is a leading British mathematician focusing on discrete mathematics and in particular algebraic combinatorics.
A cricket team representing Antigua and Barbuda has been active since the late 1890s. The Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association is a member of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association,which itself is a member association of the West Indies Cricket Board,and players from Antigua and Barbuda generally represent the Leeward Islands cricket team at domestic level and the West Indies at international level. The team made its List A debut at the 1998 Commonwealth Games,and its Twenty20 debut at the 2006 Stanford 20/20 tournament. As of 2015,the team has played 14 List A matches and four Twenty20 matches. The team captain is Sylvester Joseph,while Ridley Jacobs is the team coach.
Anthony Biggs is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Arsenal and Leyton Orient. He won three international caps for England at amateur level and played minor counties cricket for Middlesex's second XI.
Andrew Steven Biggs is an American attorney and politician who represents Arizona's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The district,which was once represented by U.S. Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake,is in the heart of the East Valley and includes most of Mesa and Chandler and all of Queen Creek and Biggs's hometown of Gilbert.
The South African national cricket team was meant to tour Australia over the 1971–72 Australian summer.
Biggs Army Airfield is a United States Army military airbase located on the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso,Texas.
Joseph Randall Biggs is an American veteran,media personality,organizer of the Proud Boys,and convicted felon for his participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
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- ↑ Ivor Markman. "St George's Park – Anthony "Dassie" Biggs". nmmu.ac.za. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
