Gunn
Encyclopedia
General uses
- Gunn High SchoolGunn High SchoolHenry M. Gunn High School is one of two public high schools in Palo Alto, California. Gunn High School is a four-year high school with a current enrollment of just over 1,900 students. The Class of 1966 was the first class to graduate from Gunn High School. The academic year has two semesters with...
, high school in Palo Alto, California - GunnrGunnrGunnar or Gunner is a valkyrie in Norse mythology. Her name means "battle" and is cognate with the English word "gun". She rode a wolf and took part in selecting the dead warriors together with two other Valkyries in order to bring them to Valhalla....
, one of the valkyries in Norse mythology - Gunn diodeGunn diodeA Gunn diode, also known as a transferred electron device , is a form of diode used in high-frequency electronics. It is somewhat unusual in that it consists only of N-doped semiconductor material, whereas most diodes consist of both P and N-doped regions...
, diode used in high-frequency electronics - Clan GunnClan GunnClan Gunn is a Scottish clan associated with northeastern Scotland, including Caithness and Sutherland as well as the Orkney Islands.The clan's origins stretch over the sea to Norway, and the Clan Gunn themselves claim descent from the legendary viking Sweyn Asleifsson, the progenitor of the clan,...
, Highland Scots clan of Norse origin - Floyd M. Gunn Jr. High School, a junior high school in Arlington, Texas
- GunnsGunnsGunns Limited is a major forestry enterprise located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1875 by brothers John and Thomas Gunn, it is one of Australia's oldest companies. It has over 900 square kilometres of plantations, mainly eucalyptus trees. It is Tasmania’s largest private land-owner...
, Tasmanian company
Places
- Gunn City, MissouriGunn City, MissouriGunn City is a village in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 85 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town.-Geography:Gunn City is located at ....
- Lake Gunn, New Zealand
- Gunn, Northern TerritoryGunn, Northern TerritoryGunn is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia. It is 23 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Gunn is bounded to the north by the Stuart Highway, to the west is Chung Wah Terrace, and to the south and east is Roystonea Avenue...
, outer suburb of Darwin, in the City of Palmerston Local Government Area - Gunn ValleyGunn ValleyGunn Valley is a valley in the southern Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, just west of the Taseko Lakes and, like them, running on a north-south axis and at a perpendicular angle to Yohetta Valley, which drains to it via Yohetta Creek but also conncets through...
, a mountain valley in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada - Gun Lake (British Columbia)Gun Lake (British Columbia)Gun Lake, often spelled Gunn Lake and also known as Big Gun Lake, is a lake and unincorporated community in the Bridge River Country of the West-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located 5 miles northwest of the community of Gold Bridge...
, a lake in the Bridge River Country of the British Columbia Interior, also formerly spelled Gunn Lake
People
- Alexander GunnAlexander GunnAlexander Gunn was a Scottish grocery wholesaler who immigrated to Canada and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1878 election defeating incumbent Leader of the Opposition Sir John A. Macdonald. He was re-elected in 1882 then lost in 1887 and again in 1891 to Macdonald....
, Canadian politician - Anna GunnAnna GunnAnna Gunn is an American actress, best known for her roles as Assistant District Attorney Jean Ward on The Practice, Martha Bullock on Deadwood, and, currently, Skyler White on Breaking Bad. She appeared on Seinfeld in the episode "The Glasses" and on the first season of Murder One...
, Actress - Anton GunnAnton GunnAnton J. Gunn is an American politician who was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving District 79 which includes parts of Richland and Kershaw Counties...
, American politician - Battiscombe GunnBattiscombe GunnBattiscombe "Jack" George Gunn was an English Egyptologist and philologist. He published his first translation from Egyptian in 1906. He translated inscriptions for many important excavations and sites, including Fayum, Saqqara, Amarna, Giza and Luxor...
, egyptologist - Ben Gunn, fictional character in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
- Ben Gunn (guitarist)Ben Gunn (guitarist)Ben Gunn is a British guitarist who was with The Sisters of Mercy from 1981 to 1983, appearing on several of their early singles....
, British guitarist with The Sisters of Mercy - Brian GunnBrian GunnBrian Gunn is an American screenplay and television writer.-Life and career:With his cousin Mark, Gunn created 2ge+her for MTV, which started as a television movie and then ran as a series for two seasons....
, television and film writer - Bryan GunnBryan GunnBryan James Gunn is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager. After learning his trade with Aberdeen in the early 1980s, he spent most of his playing career at Norwich City, the club with which he came to be most closely associated...
, Scottish footballer - Chanda GunnChanda GunnChanda Leigh Gunn is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played close to 250 minutes and had 50 saves with a save percentage of 89.3%.-Northeastern:In the 2003-04 season, Chanda Gunn was in her senior season led the Huskies...
, 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist - Charles GunnCharles GunnCharles Gunn is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Angel. The character is portrayed by J. August Richards, and was named by Whedon after filmmaker James Gunn and actor Sean Gunn, both of whom had worked with Whedon...
, fictional character from the television series Angel - David Gunn (disambiguation)
- Donald GunnDonald GunnDonald Gunn was a Manitoba politician and member of the Province's Legislative Council ....
, Manitoba politician - Genni GunnGenni GunnGenni Gunn is a Canadian novelist, poet, and translator.Born in Trieste, Italy, she currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gunn has a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia...
, Canadian novelist, poet, and translator - Graham GunnGraham GunnGraham McDonald Gunn, AM , Australian politician, was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly. He represented the electoral district of Stuart and was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia...
, Australian politician - J. B. Gunn, physicist, inventor of the Gunn diode
- James Gunn (disambiguation)
- Jason GunnJason GunnJason Gunn is a New Zealand television personality. He is now best known as the main host of the hit New Zealand entertainment television show, Dancing with the Stars, Wheel of Fortune, and The Rich List.- Early career :...
, New Zealand television personality - Jeannie GunnJeannie GunnJeannie Gunn OBE was an Australian novelist, teacher and Returned and Services League of Australia volunteer.- Life :...
, ("Mrs Aeneas Gunn") Australian novelist - John Gunn (disambiguation)
- Moira GunnMoira GunnMoira Gunn is host of the radio programs and BioTech Nation, aired by National Public Radio. Tech Nation episodes are normally based on an interview with the author of a science or technology book...
, radio host - Moses Gunn, actor
- Neil M. GunnNeil M. GunnNeil Miller Gunn was a prolific novelist, critic, and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s...
, Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist - Nathan GunnNathan GunnNathan Gunn is an operatic baritone from the United States.He has appeared in many of world's well-known opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, Dallas Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Opera,...
, opera baritone - Richard GunnRichard GunnRichard Kenneth Gunn was a British boxer, and is the oldest man to win an Olympic boxing crown ever...
, writer - Richard GunnRichard GunnRichard Kenneth Gunn was a British boxer, and is the oldest man to win an Olympic boxing crown ever...
, boxer - Ronald Campbell GunnRonald Campbell GunnRonald Campbell Gunn, FRS, was a South African-born Australian botanist and politician.-Early life:Gunn was born at Cape Town, Cape Colony, , the son of William Gunn, lieutenant in the 72nd Regiment, and his wife Margaret, née Wilson. Gunn accompanied his father to Mauritius, the West Indies, and...
, botanist - Sean GunnSean GunnSean Gunn is an American actor, most famous for his role as Kirk Gleason on the television show Gilmore Girls .-Early life:...
, actor - Tim GunnTim GunnTimothy M. "Tim" Gunn is an American fashion consultant and television personality. He was on the faculty of Parsons The New School for Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Claiborne as its chief creative...
, designer - Thom GunnThom GunnThom Gunn, born Thomson William Gunn , was an Anglo-American poet who was praised both for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement and his later poetry in America, even after moving toward a looser, free-verse style...
, British poet - Trey GunnTrey GunnTrey Gunn is an American musician, known for his membership in progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick.-Biography:...
, bass guitarist with the band King Crimson
Television and film
- Peter GunnPeter GunnPeter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. The show's creator was Blake Edwards...
, 1958-1963 American television series about a private detective of the same name- Gunn (film)Gunn (film)Gunn is an American 1967 mystery film directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Craig Stevens. It featured the same lead character from the 1958-1961 television series Peter Gunn, and a Henry Mancini score but the characters of Gunn's singing girlfriend Edie Hart and Police Lieutenant Jacoby were...
, 1967 film based on the television series - Peter Gunn (1989 film), 1989 TV film based on the television series
- Gunn (film)
- Charles GunnCharles GunnCharles Gunn is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Angel. The character is portrayed by J. August Richards, and was named by Whedon after filmmaker James Gunn and actor Sean Gunn, both of whom had worked with Whedon...
, fictional character from the popular TV series Angel