Urban (name)
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Urban is a common name, from the Latin
urbanus (from the city).
for pope
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Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
urbanus (from the city).
Papal name
Urban was a popular namePope Urban
Pope Urban may refer to one of several people:*Pope Urban I, pope c. 222–230, a Saint*Pope Urban II, pope 1088–1099, the Blessed Pope Urban*Pope Urban III, pope 1185–1187*Pope Urban IV, pope 1261–1264...
for pope
Pope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
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- Pope Urban IPope Urban IPope Saint Urban I was Pope from 14 October 222 to 230. He was born in Rome, Roman Empire and succeeded St. Callixtus I who had been martyred. For centuries it was believed that Urban too was martyred...
(Saint Urban) - Pope Urban IIPope Urban IIPope Urban II , born Otho de Lagery , was Pope from 12 March 1088 until his death on July 29 1099...
- Pope Urban IIIPope Urban IIIPope Urban III , born Uberto Crivelli, was Pope from 1185 to 1187. He was made cardinal and archbishop of Milan by Pope Lucius III, whom he succeeded on November 25, 1185...
- Pope Urban IVPope Urban IVPope Urban IV , born Jacques Pantaléon, was Pope, from 1261 to 1264. He was not a cardinal, and there have been several Popes since him who have not been Cardinals, including Urban V and Urban VI.-Biography:...
- Pope Urban VPope Urban VPope Urban V , born Guillaume Grimoard, was Pope from 1362 to 1370.-Biography:Grimoard was a native of Grizac in Languedoc . He became a Benedictine and a doctor in Canon Law, teaching at Montpellier and Avignon...
- Pope Urban VIPope Urban VIPope Urban VI , born Bartolomeo Prignano, was Pope from 1378 to 1389.-Biography:Born in Itri, he was a devout monk and learned casuist, trained at Avignon. On March 21, 1364, he was consecrated Archbishop of Acerenza in the Kingdom of Naples...
- Pope Urban VIIPope Urban VIIPope Urban VII , born Giovanni Battista Castagna, was Pope for thirteen days in September 1590. He was of Genoese origin, although born in Rome. He was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello in 1584...
- Pope Urban VIIIPope Urban VIIIPope Urban VIII , born Maffeo Barberini, was pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions...
Given name
- Urban BlitzUrban BlitzUrban Blitz is best known for his electric violin, baritone violectra and lead guitar work with the 1970s London protopunk art rock band Doctors of Madness....
, musician - Urban HansenUrban HansenUrban Hansen was a Danish politician for the Social Democratic Party. From 1962 to 1976 he was the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen. He is the inspiration to the housing project Urbanplanen on Amager near Copenhagen....
, Danish politician - Urban MeyerUrban MeyerUrban Frank Meyer, III is an American football coach and former player. He is head football coach at Ohio State University, having been hired for the position in November 2011...
, American football coach - Urban ShockerUrban ShockerUrban James Shocker , born Urbain Jacques Shockor in Cleveland, Ohio, was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns from to ....
, American baseball pitcher - UrbanusUrbanusUrbain Servranckx , also known as Urbain and Urbanus van Anus, is a Belgian stand-up comedian, actor, singer and comic book writer.-Career:...
(Urbain Sevranckx), Belgian Comedian - Urban, Bishop of LlandaffUrban, Bishop of LlandaffUrban was the first bishop of South East Wales to call himself 'bishop of Llandaff'. He was of a Welsh clerical family and his baptismal name in the Welsh language is given in charter sources as Gwrgan...
Surname
Notable people named Urban include:- Adolf UrbanAdolf UrbanAdolf Urban was a German footballer. Urban, a forward, played for Schalke 04, among others, and made 21 appearances for Germany between 1935 and 1941, scoring 11 goals. He died in 1943 in Staraja Russa, fighting in World War II.- References :...
, German footballer - Amanda UrbanAmanda UrbanAmanda "Binky" Urban is a literary agent with International Creative Management, Inc.She paved the way for the success of Donna Tartt's first novel, The Secret History, by creating such media hype and buzz for creating a bidding war and demanding a huge advance for a first time novelist...
, literary agent - Benjamin d'UrbanBenjamin d'UrbanLieutenant-General Sir Benjamin d'Urban, GCB, KCH, KCTS was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony .-Early career:...
, colonial administrator - Charles UrbanCharles UrbanCharles Urban was an Anglo-American film producer and distributor, and one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War...
, film producer - Damir UrbanDamir UrbanDamir Urban is a popular Croatian musician best known for his work as a singer/songwriter for Laufer and for his solo work with his band 4.-Early years:...
, musician - Franz Urban, erroneous name given to driver of Franz Ferdinand
- George UrbanGeorge UrbanGeorge Robert Urban was a Hungarian writer, best known as a broadcaster for Radio Free Europe ....
, journalist - Glen L. UrbanGlen L. UrbanGlen L. Urban has been a member of the MIT Sloan School of Management faculty since 1966 and dean at the school from 1993 to 1998. Dr. Urban is a leading educator, prize-winning researcher specializing in marketing and new product development, entrepreneur, and author...
, professor - Ignatz UrbanIgnatz UrbanIgnatz Urban was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban showed an interest in botany as an undergraduate...
German botanist - Jan UrbanJan UrbanJan Urban is a Polish football manager and former player. Currently, he is coaching Polish club Zagłębie Lubin.-Club:...
, Polish footballer and manager - Jerheme UrbanJerheme UrbanJerheme Wayne Urban is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent from Trinity University by the Seattle Seahawks and served as a reserve wide receiver during his years there...
American Football wide receiver - Jerzy UrbanJerzy UrbanJerzy Urban , also known as: Jerzy Kibic, Jan Rem, Klakson born Jerzy Urbach, is a Jewish-Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, editor-in-chief of the weekly Nie and owner of the company which owns it, Urma.-Before 1989:Urban was born in Jewish family in Łódź. His father was an...
, journalist - Joseph UrbanJoseph UrbanJoseph Urban Born in Vienna, Austria, died in New York City, trained as an architect, known also for his theatrical design and his early illustrations of children's books....
, artist and architect - Karl UrbanKarl UrbanKarl-Heinz Urban is a New Zealand actor.He is known for playing Éomer in the second and third installments of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the 2009 film Star Trek and Julius Caesar on Xena: Warrior Princess...
, actor - Keith UrbanKeith UrbanKeith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
, singer - Mark UrbanMark UrbanMark Urban is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and orientalist, and is currently the Diplomatic Editor for BBC Two's Newsnight.-Education and early career:...
, British journalist - Matt UrbanMatt UrbanLieutenant Colonel Matt Louis Urban was a United States Army infantry officer who served with distinction in the African and European Theater of Operations in World War II. He scouted, led charges upfront, and performed heroically in combat on several occasions even after being wounded. He was...
, military officer - Milo UrbanMilo UrbanMilo Urban was Slovak writer, translator, journalist and important representatives of modern Slovak literature...
, Slovak writer - Miloš UrbanMiloš UrbanMiloš Urban is a Czech novelist and horror writer.-His books:He is known for Sedmikostelí , a dark thriller about Kvetoslav Svach and how he is linked to murders in seven cathedrals in Prague that came out in 1999...
, Czech writer - Stuart UrbanStuart UrbanStuart Urban is a British film and television director. At the age of thirteen in 1972, he became the youngest director to have a film shown at the Cannes Film Festival with his short feature The Virus of War...
, film and television director - Tim UrbanTim UrbanTimothy Joseph "Tim" Urban is an American singer-songwriter from Duncanville, Texas, who was the seventh place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol. Urban's debut album and EP titled Heart of Me is due for a November 8, 2010, iTunes release. Hard copies of the EP are on sale on his...
, American singer - Tony Urban, filmmaker
- UrbanOrbanUrban, also known as Orban, was a Hungarian gunfounder who cast superguns for the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453.In 1452 he originally offered his services to the Byzantines, but emperor Constantine XI could not afford his high salary nor did he possess the materials necessary for...
(or Orban), Hungarian gunfounder
Derived names
- Polish: Urbanowicz
- Czech/Slovak: Urbánek
- Lithuanian: Urbonavičius
- Finnish: Urpo