Philips (disambiguation)
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Philips
is a multinational Dutch electronics corporation.
Philips may also refer to:
Surname
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Philips
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
is a multinational Dutch electronics corporation.
Philips may also refer to:
Surname
- Ambrose PhilipsAmbrose Philips-Life:He was born in Shropshire of a Leicestershire family. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and St John's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1699. He seems to have lived chiefly at Cambridge until he resigned his fellowship in 1708, and his pastorals were probably written in...
(1674-1749), English poet - Anton PhilipsAnton PhilipsAnton Frederik Philips co-founded Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother Gerard Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands...
(1874-1951), Dutch entrepreneur and co-founder of the Royal Philips Electronics; brother of Gerard Philips - Emo PhilipsEmo PhilipsEmo Philips is an American entertainer and comedian born in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove. Much of his standup comedy stems from the use of paraprosdokians and garden path sentences spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice and a confused, childlike delivery of his material to produce the...
(b. 1956), American comedian - Frits PhilipsFrits PhilipsFrederik Jacques "Frits" Philips was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded...
(1905-2005), Dutch entrepreneur and co-founder of the Royal Philips Electronics company - Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet (1766–1847), English Member of Parliament
- Sir George Philips, 2nd BaronetSir George Philips, 2nd BaronetSir George Philips, 2nd Baronet was a British Whig politician.He was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1818 to 1820, for Steyning from 1820 to 1824, for Kidderminster from 1835 to 1837, and for Poole from 1841 to 1852.He was the son of Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet.- External links :...
(1789–1874), son of the 1st Baronet, English Member of Parliament - Gerard PhilipsGerard PhilipsGerard Leonard Frederik Philips was a Dutch industrialist, co-founder of the Philips Company as a family business in 1891. Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips changed the business to a corporation by founding in 1912 the NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken...
(1858-1942), Dutch entrepreneur and co-founder of the Royal Philips Electronics; brother of Anton Philips - Katherine PhilipsKatherine PhilipsKatherine Philips was an Anglo-Welsh poet.-Biography:Katherine Philips was the first Englishwoman to enjoy widespread public acclaim as a poet during her lifetime. Born in London, she was daughter of John Fowler, a Presbyterian, and a merchant of Bucklersbury, London. Philips is said to have read...
(1631-1664), English poet - Peter PhilipsPeter PhilipsPeter Philips was an eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest exiled to Flanders...
(1560–1628), English composer, organist, and Catholic priest exiled to Flanders
Organisations
- Philips Classics RecordsPhilips Classics RecordsPhilips Classics Records was started in the 1980s as the new classics record label for Philips Records. It was successful with artists including Alfred Brendel, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St...
, the classical music division of Philips Records - Philips RecordsPhilips RecordsPhilips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...
, a record label founded by the Dutch electronics giant, Philips
See also
- Philip (disambiguation)
- PhilippsPhilippsPhilipps is a surname, and may refer to:* Busy Philipps , American film actress* Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids , British peer* Kinga Philipps , American actress...
, surname - Phillips (disambiguation)
- Phillipps (disambiguation)
- Philip's (publisher), a publisher of maps, atlases and reference books in the UK