Gary Numan, Cliff Richard and Crystal Gayle were all born with which surname?
"Gary Numan discography The following is a comprehensive discography of Gary Numan, a British singer, songwriter and musician. Numan (born Gary Webb, 1958) released his first record in 1978 as part of the outfit Tubeway Army. Initially unsuccessful, the band scored a huge hit in 1979 with the single ""Are Friends Electric"" and their second album ""Replicas"", both of which reached number one in the UK. Numan then decided to release further recordings under his own name, beginning with the single ""Cars"" later in 1979. Both this and the subsequent album ""The Pleasure Principle"" also reached number one in the"
"would rather not know this stuff. I'd rather do it because it's true and because I accidentally wind up creating something that falls into this pattern than be told what the pattern is."" Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series ""The Sandman"" and novels ""Stardust"", ""American Gods"", ""Coraline"", and ""The Graveyard Book"". He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery"
"Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series ""The Sandman"" and novels ""Stardust"", ""American Gods"", ""Coraline"", and ""The Graveyard Book"". He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, ""The Graveyard Book"" (2008). In 2013, ""The Ocean at the End of"
"In 2009 he released a solo album as Nigel Of Bermondsey on Pure Mint records. Cliff Jones currently teaches at BIMM institute in Bristol, he plays improvised music with Annie Gardiner and Dan Johnson under the name MARCY; he also makes jungle on the side. Gay Dad Gay Dad were an English rock band formed in London that broke up in 2002. The line-up of the band has included Cliff Jones (guitarist/vocalist), Nick ""Baz"" Crowe (drummer), James Riseboro (keyboardist), Nigel Hoyle (bassist) and Charley Stone. Gay Dad were formed in 1994 by former ""Mojo"" and ""The Face"" journalist Cliff Jones"
"the ABC soaps and ultimate independence, Robin Christopher has often been referred to by fans as the 'Greta Garbo of soap opera', evoking in her performance the glamour and emotional depth of Classical Hollywood cinema. In 1993, Christopher guest starred in two episodes of """"'s first season, ""Duet"" and ""In the Hands of the Prophets"", as the Bajoran engineer Neela. Robin Christopher Robin Christopher (born June 18, 1965) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Skye Chandler Quartermaine on the ABC soap operas ""All My Children"", ""One Life to Live"", and ""General Hospital"". Christopher is the"
"Cliffie Stone Clifford Gilpin Snyder (March 1, 1917 – January 16, 1998), professionally Cliffie Stone, was an American country singer, musician, record producer, music publisher, and radio and TV personality who was pivotal in the development of California’s thriving country music scene after World War II during a career that lasted six decades. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989. Born in Stockton, California, Stone's father was country musician Herman the Hermit. The family moved to Burbank, and early in his life, he played bass in the big bands of Freddie Slack and Anson Weeks"
"who you are. May God bless you. Hyman was 45 years old. A memorial service was held at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Manhattan. The following week would have been her 46th birthday. Hyman was married once to Larry Alexander, who served as her music arranger from 1977 until divorcing in 1982. Hyman had no children. Hyman was also the first cousin of actor Earle Hyman, best known for his recurring role on ""The Cosby Show"" as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable. In November 1995, Hyman's posthumous album, ""I Refuse to Be Lonely"", was released. Although the project had an overdrawn"
"Barry Moore, brother of Christy Moore), and Mike McGear (brother of Paul McCartney). Sisters Loretta, Peggy, and Brenda Webb adopted the names Loretta Lynn, Peggy Sue, and Crystal Gayle, respectively. Actor Nicolas Cage, born Nicolas Coppola, chose a new last name to avoid comparisons with his uncle, director Francis Ford Coppola, who gave him his big break in the movie ""Peggy Sue Got Married"". Conversely, individuals who wish to receive benefit from their family connections may take that person's first or last name. For example, Lon Chaney Sr.’s son Creighton spent a number of years appearing in minor roles before"
"Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide. He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Elvis and Little Richard. With his backing group, the Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s"
"Granite Records. Stone's son, Curtis Stone, played in Highway 101. His first wife, Dorothy, died in 1989, and he married songwriter Joan Carol. Cliffie Stone died from a heart attack on January 16, 1998 at his Saugus, California home. Cliffie Stone Clifford Gilpin Snyder (March 1, 1917 – January 16, 1998), professionally Cliffie Stone, was an American country singer, musician, record producer, music publisher, and radio and TV personality who was pivotal in the development of California’s thriving country music scene after World War II during a career that lasted six decades. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall"
"is that [Kyle’s] come back and [is] so much older now. It really feels like I can do whatever I want with the character ... [Kyle] hasn’t seen these people in 15 years or so."" Kyle was born with the name Christian Victor Newman on January 8, 2001. His mother Diane learned that her ex-husband, Victor Newman, had his sperm frozen, and when she obtained it she had herself artificially inseminated to carry Victor's child, and she later gave birth and told him he was the father. In reality, Diane's nemesis Nikki Newman had switched the sperm sample, and she"
"February 15, 1963 at Charity Hospital in New Orleans to Johnnie Williams and Gladys Brooks. For almost a month after his birth, he did not have a given name, which led to people simply calling him ""Baby"", a nickname he retains to this day. Williams did not sign the birth certificate, which led to Bryan taking his mother's surname at birth. As a child, Brooks and his family lived on top of a bar, which was owned by their father. His mother, Gladys, became ill and died in 1975 when Bryan was five years old. After their mother's death, Birdman"
"Cliff Osmond Cliff Osmond (born Clifford Osman Ebrahim; February 26, 1937 – December 22, 2012) was an American character actor and television screenwriter best known for appearing in films directed by Billy Wilder. A parallel career as an acting teacher coincided with his other activities. Osmond was born in the Margaret Hague Medical Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, and reared in Union City, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Thomas A. Edison grammar school, Emerson High School, and Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts in English). He received his master's degree in Business Administration from the University of California,"
"Stuart Damon Stuart Damon (born Stuart Michael Zonis; February 5, 1937) is an American actor. He is known for his 30-year portrayal of Dr. Alan Quartermaine, on the American soap opera ""General Hospital"", for which he won an Emmy Award in 1999. Outside the United States, he is better known for the role of Craig Stirling in ""The Champions"". Damon was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Marvin Leonard Zonis, who was a manufacturer. Damon's parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who made their home in America after fleeing the Bolshevik Revolution. Damon has been married since 1961 to"
"as the man who allegedly discovered and made plaster casts of large, unusual footprints in the Del Norte County, California area in 1958, the media coverage surrounding it which led to the coining of the word ""Bigfoot"". Carl Crew Carl Albert Crew (born August 2, 1961) is an American actor, screenwriter, author, artist and co-proprietor of the North Hollywood nightclub California Institute of Abnormalarts. Raised in a repertory theatre troupe, Crew spent much of his young life acting and traveling the country in numerous stage productions until the age of 18, when he became an apprentice embalmer for a Marin"
"Garrett Strommen Garrett Strommen is an American actor, entrepreneur, author, and visual artist born on October 8, 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri. Before his big break in the movie ""I Dreamed of Africa"" with Daniel Craig and Kim Basinger in 2000, he got his start in Italy with school productions. He lived in Rome, for over 8 years where he attended St. Stephen's International School and went on to win the Reverend Wilbur C. Woodhams Medal for excellence in the arts. His father is Kim Strommen, who served as Dean of Temple University Rome's study abroad campus for 25 years"
"Scott Reeves Gregory Scott Reeves (born May 16, 1966) is an American actor and country music singer. His best known roles include Noel Laughlin on ABC's, Nashville, Ryan McNeil on ""The Young and the Restless"" and Steven Webber on ""General Hospital"". Reeves and Aaron Benward founded the duo Blue County in 2003, which recorded one album for Curb Records. Aaron and Scott departed Curb in 2007 and continue to write and perform together all over the world, playing for fans ranging from 5 to 95. Reeves co-wrote Toby Keith's 2011 number 1 single, ""Made in America"". Between Blue County dates"
"Carl Crew Carl Albert Crew (born August 2, 1961) is an American actor, screenwriter, author, artist and co-proprietor of the North Hollywood nightclub California Institute of Abnormalarts. Raised in a repertory theatre troupe, Crew spent much of his young life acting and traveling the country in numerous stage productions until the age of 18, when he became an apprentice embalmer for a Marin County mortuary, an occupation he held for four years before deciding to further pursue a career in acting. Crew landed his first major role in the 1987 cult horror comedy ""Blood Diner"", where Crew played the co-leading"
"him an Emmy Award nomination in 1986. He played the father of lead character Cliff Huxtable, played by actor Bill Cosby, despite only being 11 years older than Cosby. Hyman, who never married or had children, died at age 91 on November 17, 2017, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. In Norway he was seen as a friend of the country and had a cabin in Skånevik. Earle Hyman learned speaking Norwegian through his live-in partner, the sailor Rolf Sirnes (1926–2004) from Haugesund. In the 1990s they lived in New York City. Earle Hyman Earle Hyman"
"Neil Strauss Neil Darrow Strauss, also known by the pen names Style and Chris Powles (born March 9, 1969) is an American author, journalist and ghostwriter. He is best known for his book """", in which he describes his experiences in the seduction community in an effort to become a ""pick-up artist."" He is a contributing editor at ""Rolling Stone"" and also wrote regularly for ""The New York Times"". After graduating from high school at the Latin School of Chicago in 1987, Strauss attended Vassar College, then transferred to and subsequently graduated from Columbia University in 1991. While in school"
"December 2012, Cliff was named 'Artist of the Year' by digital newspaper the Caribbean Journal, citing his work on ""Rebirth"". Cliff is not a member of the Rastafari movement, although he briefly was before converting to Islam from Christianity. He now describes himself as having a ""universal outlook on life"", and does not align himself with any particular movement or religion, saying that ""now I believe in science"". He is married and has a daughter Lilty Cliff and a son Aken Cliff. He is also the father of the actress/singer Nabiyah Be. Jimmy Cliff James Chambers, OM (1 April 1948),"
"Noel Gay Noel Gay (15 July 1898 – 4 March 1954) was born Reginald Moxon Armitage. He also used the name Stanley Hill professionally. He was a successful British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows. Sheridan Morley has commented that he was ""the closest Britain ever came to a local Irving Berlin"". His son, Richard Armitage, set up the Noel Gay Artists agency and became an influential talent agent. Armitage was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. He was educated at"
"book Dylan Dog. He is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish. He likes painting and sculpting. Garrett Strommen Garrett Strommen is an American actor, entrepreneur, author, and visual artist born on October 8, 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri. Before his big break in the movie ""I Dreamed of Africa"" with Daniel Craig and Kim Basinger in 2000, he got his start in Italy with school productions. He lived in Rome, for over 8 years where he attended St. Stephen's International School and went on to win the Reverend Wilbur C. Woodhams Medal for excellence in the arts. His father is"
"late 1988 to film cutter Cathy (Bassett) Carr. She and her three children John Carr, Jason Carr and Joanna Carr moved with him to Dublin, Ireland in 1986. Together they have nine grandchildren. Gary Goldman Gary Wayne Goldman (born November 17, 1944) is an American film producer, director, animator, writer and voice actor, he is well known for working on films with Don Bluth such as ""Anastasia"", ""An American Tail"", and ""The Land Before Time"". He was an animator at Disney before working at Sullivan Bluth Studios with Bluth. Goldman was born in Oakland, California and raised in Watsonville, California."
"Livingston) for the show's 50th anniversary episode, which aired April 2, 2013. Stuart Damon Stuart Damon (born Stuart Michael Zonis; February 5, 1937) is an American actor. He is known for his 30-year portrayal of Dr. Alan Quartermaine, on the American soap opera ""General Hospital"", for which he won an Emmy Award in 1999. Outside the United States, he is better known for the role of Craig Stirling in ""The Champions"". Damon was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Marvin Leonard Zonis, who was a manufacturer. Damon's parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who made their home in America"
"Grady Stiles Grady Franklin Stiles Jr. (June 26, 1937 – November 29, 1992) was a freak show performer. His deformity was genetic condition ectrodactyly, in which the fingers and toes are fused together to form claw-like extremities. Stiles' performed under the stage name ""Lobster Boy"". The Stiles family had a long history of ectrodactyly, according to his father dating back to 1840. Stiles was the sixth in a line born to Grady F. Stiles Sr. and wife Edna that began with the birth of William Stiles in 1805. Grady Stiles' father was a sideshow attraction in a traveling carnival when"
"Ryder for instance), but the growing acceptance of ethnic performers in the performing arts has made this occurrence less frequent. Jon Stewart, contrary to popular belief, didn't anglicize his name for his career but instead because of his estranged relationship with his father. Israeli-American Natalie Portman changed her name to protect her privacy. Ramón Estévez changed his name to Martin Sheen as he felt it affected his job prospects due to racial discrimination and bias, although he maintains his birth name for legal documents such as his passport; his sons made divergent choices: Carlos Irwin Estévez is now Charlie Sheen,"
"Jones was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts Cliff Jones (musician) Cliff Jones (born 1968 in Hampton Court, London) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, journalist and educator who came to prominence as the singer with the Britpop band Gay Dad. His career in music began in 1991, when he was asked to write for ""International Musician"" and the newly established ""Guitar"" magazine – both publications being part of the Northern & Shell Group, owned by Richard Desmond. In 1993 Jones was asked to contribute music features to the UK style magazine ""The Face"", men's fashion"
"air so tourists could take an authentic ""slice"" of Hollywood back home. Goodman's grandson, attorney Robert C. Goodman of San Francisco, still owns one of the few extant cans of vintage LA smog captured in time by Young's Los Angeles Smog Corp. Young was married from 1945 until his death in 1994 to Noel Toy (the ""Chinese Sally Rand""), an exotic dancer and actress whom he met when he caught her dance act at New York's Latin Quarter and was smitten. Carleton Young Carleton Scott Young (October 21, 1905 – November 7, 1994) was an American character actor born in"
"Daniel Knauf Daniel Knauf, sometimes credited under the pseudonyms Wilfred Schmidt and Chris Neal, is an American television writer and producer, as well as comic book writer, best known for his creation of the 2003 HBO series ""Carnivàle"". Born and raised in Los Angeles, Knauf attended several colleges in South California studying fine art, and later graduated from the California State University, Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in English in 1982. He began work as an employee benefits consultant and later a health insurance broker, writing once he was able to support himself and his family financially. Hoping to"
"Richard Armitage (agent) Richard Noel Marshall Armitage (12 August 1928 – 17 November 1986) was a talent agent, active in England in the 1950s–1980s. Among his clients were Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, David Frost and Stephen Fry. Producer John Lloyd described him as ""the most powerful agent in the country at that time [the late 1970s]"". Armitage's father was songwriter and music publisher Noel Gay, (born Reginald Moxon Armitage), and in the late 1950s Richard set up Noel Gay Artists in order to ensure a supply of performers for his father's compositions. In the 1960s, NGA's clients included Russ Conway,"
"Gary Goldman Gary Wayne Goldman (born November 17, 1944) is an American film producer, director, animator, writer and voice actor, he is well known for working on films with Don Bluth such as ""Anastasia"", ""An American Tail"", and ""The Land Before Time"". He was an animator at Disney before working at Sullivan Bluth Studios with Bluth. Goldman was born in Oakland, California and raised in Watsonville, California. As a youth, Goldman was active in sports, an infielder in baseball and quarterback in high school football, he studied piano and enjoyed model-making and drawing. Before devoting himself entirely to the arts,"
"Clifford Grey Clifford Grey (5 January 1887 – 25 September 1941) was an English songwriter, librettist and actor. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray. Grey contributed prolifically to West End and Broadway shows, as librettist and lyricist for composers including Ivor Novello, Jerome Kern, Howard Talbot, Ivan Caryll and George Gershwin. Among his best-remembered songs are two from early in his career, in 1916: ""If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)"" and ""Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm"". His later hits include ""Got a Date with an Angel"""