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Gary Winston Lineker is an English sports broadcaster and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Lineker is the only player to have been the top goalscorer in England with three clubs:Leicester City,Everton and Tottenham Hotspur. He also played for Barcelona in Spain,and won 80 caps for England. His media career began with the BBC,where he has presented the flagship football programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s,the longest tenure of any MOTD presenter. Lineker is also the BBC's lead presenter for live football matches,including coverage of international tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup. He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports,Eredivisie Live,NBC Sports Network,and BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League.
Gary is a city in Lake County,Indiana,United States. The population was 69,093 at the 2020 census,making it Indiana's eleventh-most populous city. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel's Gary Works,the largest steel mill complex in North America. Gary is located along the southern shore of Lake Michigan about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of downtown Chicago. The city is the western gateway to the Indiana Dunes National Park,and is within the Chicago metropolitan area.
William Gary Busey is an American actor. He portrayed Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978),for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. His other starring roles include A Star Is Born (1976),D.C. Cab (1983),Silver Bullet (1985),Eye of the Tiger (1986),Lethal Weapon (1987),Hider in the House (1989),Predator 2 (1990),Point Break (1991),Under Siege (1992),The Firm (1993),Drop Zone (1994),Black Sheep (1996) and Lost Highway (1997).
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Robert William Gary Moore was a Northern Irish musician. Over the course of his career,he played in various groups and performed a range of music including blues,blues rock,hard rock,heavy metal and jazz fusion.
Gary James Player is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career,Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine major championships on the Champions Tour. At the age of 29,Player won the 1965 U.S. Open and became the only non-American to win all four majors in a career,known as the career Grand Slam. At the time,he was the youngest player to do this,though Jack Nicklaus (26) and Tiger Woods (24) subsequently broke this record. Player became only the third golfer in history to win the Career Grand Slam,following Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen,and only Nicklaus and Woods have performed the feat since. He won over 160 professional tournaments on six continents over seven decades and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
Gary Alan Sinise is an American actor,director,producer,and musician. Among other awards,he has won a Primetime Emmy Award,a Golden Globe Award,a Tony Award,and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,and he has been nominated for an Academy Award. Sinise has also received numerous awards and honors for his extensive humanitarian work and involvement with charitable organizations. He is a supporter of various veterans' organizations and founded the Lt. Dan Band,which plays at military bases around the world.
Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role was playing Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC series Midnight Caller (1988–1991). Further prominent television roles include American Gothic (1995–1996),The West Wing (2003–2006),The Good Wife (2010–2016),Veep (2013–2019),and NCIS (2021–present). Cole's voice roles include Harvey Birdman,Attorney at Law,Family Guy (2000–present),Kim Possible (2002–2007),Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–2013),and Bob's Burgers (2012–present). His most notable film roles are The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and Office Space (1999).
Gary Wayne Hall Jr. is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1996,2000,and 2004 Olympics and won ten Olympic medals. He is a former world record-holder in two relay events. Hall is well known for his "pro-wrestling-like" antics before a competition,frequently strutting onto the pool deck in boxing shorts and robe,shadow boxing and flexing for the audience.
Gary Robert Rossington was an American musician best known as a founding guitarist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd,with whom he performed until his death. Rossington was also a founding member of the Rossington Collins Band,along with former bandmate Allen Collins. Rossington was the last surviving founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the only original member left in the band at the time of his death.
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons &Dragons roleplaying game,Tenser is an archmage who strives to rid the Flanaess of evil. Tenser is a former member of both the Citadel of Eight and the Circle of Eight.
Gary Charles Peters is an American lawyer,politician,and former military officer serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district,which included the eastern half of Detroit,the Grosse Pointes,Hamtramck,Southfield,and Pontiac,from 2009 to 2015.
Gary John Anderson is a former track and road cyclist from New Zealand who won an Olympic bronze medal and three Commonwealth Games gold medals.
Kang Hee-gun,better known by his stage name Gary,is a South Korean rapper,songwriter,record producer,entrepreneur,and television personality. Besides being a solo artist,he is also the rapper and lyricist of the former hip hop duo Leessang. Since their formation in 2002,the group has produced a total of eight albums and had several hits under their belt. In 2014,Gary made his debut as a solo artist with the mini-album Mr.Gae. Despite the album being banned by all major TV broadcast stations for its 19+ content,his songs still managed to top several charts. He and long time collaborator Jung-in later went on to form the duo,Jung In &Gary. The two released the singles "Your Scent" and "Bicycle."
Gary James Palmer is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district since 2015. His district includes the wealthier parts of Birmingham,as well as most of its suburbs. Before becoming an elected official,Palmer co-founded and served as the longtime president of the Alabama Policy Institute,a conservative think tank.
Sathiyasangaree "Gary" Anandasangaree is a Tamil Canadian politician and a lawyer who has served as the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency since December 2024. He is the second Canadian federal minister of Tamil descent to hold office,following Anita Anand. He was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough—Rouge Park in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election.
The 2024 North Dakota House of Representatives elections were held on November 5,2024,as part of the biennial 2024 United States elections. In January of 2024,Federal District Court Judge Peter Welte required North Dakota to substantially alter Legislative District 9 in response to a lawsuit by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe. The tribes alleged that the House of Representatives districts established by the North Dakota legislature violated the voting rights act by preventing members of the Spirit Lake Tribe from electing a candidate of their choice to the legislature. The court-ordered new District 9,which the Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake tribes had proposed,includes both the Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake reservations.
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- ↑ "Gary Kreidt". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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