Furman
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- Furman UniversityFurman UniversityFurman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...
- Furman, AlabamaFurman, AlabamaFurman, also known as Old Snow Hill, is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. The Furman Historic District is included on the National Register of Historic Places.-Geography:...
, an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, United States - Furman, South CarolinaFurman, South CarolinaFurman is a town in Hampton County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 286 at the 2000 census. Not to be confused with Furman University, from which it is quite distant.-Geography:Furman is located at ....
, a town in Hampton County, United States - Furman, PolandFurman, PolandFurman is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Szydłowo, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Szydłowo, west of Piła, and north of the regional capital Poznań....
People:
- Dean FurmanDean FurmanDean Furman is a South African footballer who plays for English League One club Oldham Athletic, after signing from Rangers...
, South African footballer - Ashrita FurmanAshrita FurmanAshrita Furman has set more than 300 Guinness records since 1979 and currently holds131 Guinness records. He has set records on all seven continents and in more than 30 different countries...
, American holder of more than 160 Guinness world records - Furman BisherFurman BisherFurman Bisher is a columnist for the Gwinnett Daily Post in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He ended his retirement from writing on January 4th, 2010....
, American sports writer - Semyon FurmanSemyon FurmanSemyon Abramovich Furman was a Soviet chess International Grandmaster and trainer. He is best known for developing Anatoly Karpov into a World Chess Champion, but was a formidable player himself, as well as a successful coach for several other world-class players...
(1920–1978), Soviet chess Grandmaster - Simon FurmanSimon FurmanSimon Christopher Francis Furman is a comic book writer, particularly associated with of a number of notable Transformers comics for Marvel UK, Marvel US, Dreamwave, and most recently, IDW...
, British comic book writer - William Henry FurmanWilliam Henry FurmanWilliam Henry Furman is an American convicted felon who was the central figure in Furman v. Georgia, the case in which the United States Supreme Court outlawed most uses of the death penalty in the United States...
, the defendant in the 1972 case of Furman vs. Georgia
Mathematics:
- Alan T. Furman, American mathematician
- Furman, unit of angular measure equal to (2-16) of a circle and named for Alan T. Furman
Politics/Law:
- Furman vs. Georgia, United States Supreme Court decision that temporarily abolished capital punishment in the U.S.
Companies/Organizations:
- Furman Sound, a pro audio equipment company based in Petaluma, CaliforniaPetaluma, CaliforniaPetaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. In the 2010 Census the population was 57,941.Located in Petaluma is the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark. It was built beginning in 1836 by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, then Commandant of the San...
, USA - Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban PolicyFurman Center for Real Estate and Urban PolicyThe Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy is a joint center at New York University School of Law and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. The Furman Center was established in 1994 to create a place where people interested in affordable housing and land use issues could turn to for...
, a joint center at New York University School of Law and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service
See also
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- Furmanov (disambiguation)
- Fuhrman, JoelJoel FuhrmanJoel Fuhrman, MD , is an American board-certified family physician who specializes in nutrition-based treatments for obesity and chronic disease. He is a member of the board of directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and serves as Research Director of the Nutritional Research...