Annan
Encyclopedia
People
- Kofi AnnanKofi AnnanKofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
, (b 1938), former Secretary-General of the United Nations (1/Jan/1997 - 1/Jan/2007) - Kojo AnnanKojo AnnanKojo Annan is the only son of ex-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. A January 2005 article in The Sunday Times catapulted him to fame when it announced that he had confessed involvement in the UN Oil-for-Food Programme scandal; in a libel settlement eleven months later, the paper announced that it...
, (b 1973), Kofi Annan's son - Noel Annan, Baron Annan, (1916 – 2000) was a member of the House of Lords and British academic
- James AnnanJames AnnanJames Annan is a scientist involved in climate prediction. He is a member of the Global Warming Research Program at Frontier Research Centre for Global Change which is associated with the Earth Simulator in Japan. He also has views on disc brakes for bicycles.-Climatology:He is most known for...
, a climatologist - Alyson AnnanAlyson AnnanAlyson Regina Annan OAM in Wentworthville, New South Wales is a former field hockey player from Australia, who earned a total number of 228 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 166 goals....
, the former field hockey star from Australia - Anthony AnnanAnthony AnnanAnthony Gildas Kofi Annan is a Ghanaian international footballer, who currently plays as a central midfielder for Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie of the Fußball-Bundesliga.- Playing in Ghana:...
, footballer (soccer) from Ghana - Beulah AnnanBeulah AnnanBeulah May Annan was a suspected American murderess.She is one of the subjects of Maurine Dallas Watkins's play Chicago in 1924...
, suspected American murderess - Annan, sometimes referred to as Chintō, taught the kataKatais a Japanese word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practised either solo or in pairs. The term form is used for the corresponding concept in non-Japanese martial arts in general....
(martial arts) to Matsumura Sōkon
Places
In Australia- Annan River, Queensland, a river just south of Cooktown
In Scotland
- Annan, Dumfries and GallowayAnnan, Dumfries and GallowayThe royal burgh of Annan is a well-built town, red sandstone being the material mainly used. Each year in July, Annan celebrates the Royal Charter and the boundaries of the Royal Burgh are confirmed when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. Entertainment includes a...
- Annan AcademyAnnan AcademyAnnan Academy is a secondary school in Annan, in Dumfries and Galloway, formerly Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The present school is the result of an amalgamation in 1921 of the original Annan Academy and Greenknowe Public School, although its history goes back to the 17th century.Behind the buildings...
, a secondary school - Annan Athletic F.C.Annan Athletic F.C.Annan Athletic Football Club are an association football club who compete in the Scottish Third Division. They are based in the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway...
, a football club
- Annan Academy
- River AnnanRiver AnnanThe River Annan is a river in southwest Scotland. It rises at the foot of Hart Fell, five miles north of Moffat. A second fork rises on Annanhead Hill and flows through the Devil's Beef Tub before joining at the Hart Fell fork north of Moffat.From there it flows past the town of Lockerbie, and...
, Dumfries and Galloway
In Taiwan
- Annan District, a district located in the north of Tainan City
See also
- Annam (disambiguation)
- Annandale
- AnannAnannIn Irish mythology, Anann was a goddess. 'Anann' is identified as the personal name of the Morrígan in many MSS of Lebor Gabála Érenn. With Badb and Macha, she is sometimes part of a triple goddess or a triad of war goddesses. As such, she may be a Celtic personification of death, and is depicted...
, a goddess in Irish mythology