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Andrew
Andrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andreas, Andreu, Anders and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names...
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First name
- AndréAndréAndré is a French and Portuguese masculine given name, the French form of Andrew. It may refer to :* André , a French graffiti artist* André , an Armenian pop star* André-Marie Ampère* André Ayew, a football player from Ghana...
A Saint Lucian entertainer - Andre The GiantAndré the GiantAndré René Roussimoff , best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. His best remembered acting role was that of Fezzik, the giant in the film The Princess Bride...
, a pro wrestler - Andre AgassiAndre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
, an American tennis professional - Andre AnisAndre AnisAndre Anis is a retired football defender from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native country, including JK Viljandi Tulevik.-International career:...
, an Estonian football (soccer) player - Andre CarterAndre CarterRubin Andre Carter is an American football defensive end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League...
, a professional football player - Andre DawsonAndre DawsonAndre Nolan Dawson , nicknamed "The Hawk", is an American former center fielder and right fielder. During a 21-year baseball career, he played for four different teams, spending most of his career with the Montreal Expos and Chicago Cubs .An 8-time National League All-Star, he was named the...
, a major league baseball player - Andrea GyarmatiAndrea GyarmatiAndrea Gyarmati is a Hungarian retired female swimmer. She won two medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....
, Hungarian Olympic medalist swimmer - Andre HensleyAndre HensleyAndre Hensley is the son of Kirby J. Hensley and Lida Hensley. He is the third president of the Universal Life Church.-References:...
, the President of the Universal Life Church - Andre IguodalaAndre IguodalaAndre Tyler Iguodala is an American professional basketball player who plays small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association . Iguodala is listed at 6 ft 6 in and 207 lbs. . Iguodala played his high school basketball for Lanphier High School in Springfield, Illinois...
, a basketball player - Andre MaginotAndré MaginotAndré Maginot was a French civil servant, soldier, and Member of Parliament. He is undoubtedly best known for his advocacy for the string of forts that would be known as the Maginot Line.- Early years, to World War I :...
, French politician and namesake for the Maginot line - Andre MillerAndre MillerAndre Lloyd Miller is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.- College career :...
, a basketball player - Andre PrevinAndré PrevinAndré George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...
, a pianist, composer, and conductor - André RibeiroAndré Felipe Ribeiro de SouzaAndré Felipe Ribeiro de Souza , simply known as André, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Atlético Mineiro on loan from Dynamo Kyiv, and for the Brazilian national team....
de Souza, a Brazilian football player, born in 1990. - Andre RoyAndré RoyAndré Roy is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey player. A veteran of the National Hockey League , Roy is currently an unrestricted free agent.-Playing career:...
, an ice hockey player - Andre SpitzerAndre SpitzerAndre Spitzer , was a fencing master and coach of Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics team. He was one of 11 athletes and coaches taken hostage and subsequently killed by Palestinians in the Munich massacre.-Early life:...
, Israel; killed by terrorists - Andre TippettAndre TippettAndre Bernard Tippett is a former American football linebacker who played for the New England Patriots of the NFL. Currently, he is the Patriots' Executive Director of Community Affairs. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.-Personal life:Tippett was born in Birmingham,...
, American Hall of Fame NFL football player
Last name
- Annette AndreAnnette AndreAnnette Andre is an Australian actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She was educated at Brigidine College, Sydney. Her father was an upholsterer....
, Australian actor - Carl AndreCarl AndreCarl Andre is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks to more intimate tile patterns arranged on the floor of an exhibition space Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American...
, minimalist sculptor - Édouard AndréÉdouard AndréÉdouard François André was a French horticulturalist, landscape designer, as well as a leading landscape architect of the late 19th century, famous for designing city parks and public spaces of Monte Carlo and Montevideo....
, French landscape architect - Fabrizio De AndréFabrizio De AndréFabrizio De André was an Italian singer-songwriter.Known for his sympathies towards anarchism, libertarianism, and pacifism, he also was a convicted atheist , and his songs often featured marginalized and rebellious people, prostitutes and knaves, and attacked the Catholic Church...
, Italian singer-songwriter - John AndréJohn AndréJohn André was a British army officer hanged as a spy during the American War of Independence. This was due to an incident in which he attempted to assist Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British.-Early life:André was born on May 2, 1750 in London to...
, British officer hanged as a spy during the American Revolution - Louis AndréLouis AndréLouis André was France's Minister of War from 1900 until 1904. Loyal to the laïque Third Republic, he was anti-Catholic, militantly anticlerical, a Freemason and was implicated in the Affaire Des Fiches, a scandal in which he received reports from Masonic groups on which army officers were...
, French General and Minister of War - Mark AndreMark AndreMark Andre is a French composer living in Germany. The Guardian said of him, "though Manchester festival director Alex Poots's claim that Mark Andre is "one of Europe's leading composers" is far-fetched, there is no doubt that Andre's music remains virtually unknown in the UK...
, French composer - Maurice AndréMaurice AndréMaurice André is a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field.-Biography:He is a classical virtuoso trumpeter, born in Alès, France in the Cévennes into a mining family. His father was an amateur musician....
, French trumpeter - Peter AndrePeter AndréPeter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...
(born 1973), Australian singer - Soraia AndréSoraia AndréSoraia André is a female judoka from Brazil. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she was defeated in the first round of the repêchage....
, Brazilian judoka - Aelita AndreAelita AndreAelita Andre is an Australian abstract artist known for her Surrealist painting style and her young age. She began to paint when aged nine months, and her work was displayed publicly in a group exhibition shortly after she turned two...
, Australian Child Prodigy in Art
Other
- Andre, EstoniaAndre, EstoniaAndre is a village in Põlva Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia....
, a village in Estonia - André (wine), brand of sparkling wine
- Andre (band)Andre (band)Andre was a Romanian dance band, formed in 1998 by Andreea Antonescu and Andreea Bălan. They were nicknamed The Queens of Romanian Dance Music.- Biography :...
, Romanian pop band - André (band)André (band)André is a rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is made up of Maxime Philibert, Frédérick St-Onge, Louis Therrien-Galasso, and David Bussières. Frontman Maxime Philibert also works as a psychology professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.André Papanicolaou, guitarist, is a...
, rock band from Quebec, Canada - André (car)Andre (car)André was a lightweight English two-seater sports car manufactured from 1933 to 1934 in London W11, by T B André who were better known for making shock absorbers....
, British sports car - André (play)André (play)André is a play by William Dunlap, first produced at the Park Theatre in New York City on March 30, 1798 by the Old American Company, published in that same year together with a collection of historic documents relating to the case of Major John André, the British officer who was hanged as a spy on...
, William Dunlap play - Andre (film)Andre (film)Andre is a 1994 feature film starring Tina Majorino about a child's encounter with a seal. The film is an adaptation of the book A Seal Called Andre, which in turn was based on a true story.-Plot:...
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See also
- Andreas (disambiguation)
- Andres (disambiguation)
- AndrewAndrewAndrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andreas, Andreu, Anders and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names...
- AndréAndréAndré is a French and Portuguese masculine given name, the French form of Andrew. It may refer to :* André , a French graffiti artist* André , an Armenian pop star* André-Marie Ampère* André Ayew, a football player from Ghana...