Wade
Encyclopedia
Places
- Wade, CaliforniaWade, CaliforniaWade is a former settlement in Modoc County, California. It was located north of Lookout.A post office operated at Wade from 1880 to 1881. The name honors Pinkston Wade, its first postmaster....
- Wade, MaineWade, MaineWade is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 250 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:...
- Wade, MississippiWade, MississippiWade is a census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Wade, North CarolinaWade, North CarolinaWade is a town in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 480 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wade is located at ....
- Wade Township, Clinton County, IllinoisWade Township, Clinton County, IllinoisWheatfield Township is one of fifteen townships in Clinton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 546. The township's name changed from Beaver Township on June 1, 1874.-Geography:...
- Wade Township, Jasper County, IllinoisWade Township, Jasper County, IllinoisWade Township is one of eleven townships in Jasper County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,734.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Wade Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and is water.-Unincorporated towns:* Falmouth at * Lis at Wade...
- Wade County, Choctaw NationWade County, Choctaw NationWade County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory. The county formed part of the nation’s Apukshunnubbee District, or First District, one of three administrative super-regions....
, former political subdivision
Surname
- Abdoulaye WadeAbdoulaye WadeAbdoulaye Wade is the third and current President of Senegal, in office since 2000. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party and has led the party since it was founded in 1974...
(born 1926), President of Senegal - April WadeApril WadeApril Wade is an American actress, producer and writer.Wade is best known for films and television series such as April Showers, Happy Endings, Creepshow III, Day of the Dead 2: Contagium, Opie Gets Laid and Junction.-External links:...
, American actress and producer - Benjamin WadeBenjamin WadeBenjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade was a U.S. lawyer and United States Senator. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republicans of that time.-Early life:...
(1800–1878), American lawyer and United States Senator from Ohio - Bernie L. WadeBernie L. WadeBernie L. Wade, born on June 29, 1963 in Lakewood, Ohio, is an American minister, entrepreneur, and author. He has served in a variety of roles including Senior Pastor and Chief Operations Officer of the Christian Brotherhood...
(born 1963), American minister, President of the International Circle of Faith - Bill Wade (born 1930), former American footballer
- Bobby WadeBobby WadeRobert Louis Wade, Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
(born 1981), American footballer - Charles WadeCharles WadeSir Charles Gregory Wade KCMG was Premier of New South Wales 2 October 1907 – 21 October 1910. According to Percival Serle, "Wade was a public-spirited man of high character...
(1863–1922), Premier of New Sout Wales (1907-10) - Chris WadeChris WadeChristopher "Chris" Wade is a former Whitewater real estate broker. He is currently retired, and his son Chris Wade, Jr. is the broker/owner of Ozarks Realty Company in Flippin, Akansas....
, real estate broker involved in the American Whitewater scandal - Christopher WadeChristopher WadeChristopher Wade was an English Protestant martyr. His story is recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.He was executed by burning in July 1555, on the same day as Margaret Polley, in Dartford, Kent. He had been condemned by Maurice Griffith, bishop of Rochester.-References:...
, English martyr - Cory WadeCory WadeCorey Nathaniel Wade is an American professional baseball relief pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.-Amateur career:Wade attended Broad Ripple High School....
(born 1983), American Major League Baseball player - Donald Wade, Baron WadeDonald Wade, Baron WadeDonald William Wade, Baron Wade, DL was a British solicitor who became a Liberal Party Member of Parliament...
(1904–1988), British Liberal Party politician - Doug WadeDoug WadeDouglas Graeme Wade is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club....
(born 1941), former Australian rules footballer - Dwyane WadeDwyane WadeDwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. nicknamed Flash or D-Wade, is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat. Awarded 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, Wade has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league...
(born 1982), National Basketball Association star - Ed WadeEd WadeEd Wade is the former General Manager of the Houston Astros.-Early career in baseball:Wade started his baseball career in 1977 as an intern in the Phillies public relations department. In 1977, he was named public relations assistant for the Astros and was promoted to public relations director in...
(born 1956), general manager of the Major League Baseball Houston Astros - George WadeGeorge WadeField Marshal George Wade served as a British military commander and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.-Early career:Wade, born in Kilavally, Westmeath in Ireland, was commissioned into the Earl of Bath's Regiment in 1690 and served in Flanders in 1692, during the Nine Years War, earning a...
(1673–1748), British military commander - Henry WadeHenry WadeHenry Menasco Wade , was a Texas lawyer who participated in two of the most notable U.S. court cases of the 20th century, the prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade...
(1914–2001), Texas lawyer and lead defendant in Roe v. Wade - James WadeJames WadeJames Wade is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation . He became the youngest player ever to win a major PDC title at the World Matchplay in July 2007...
(born 1983), English darts player - Jason WadeJason WadeJason Michael Wade is the lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist of the American alternative rock band Lifehouse.-Biography:...
(born 1980), singer/songwriter - John Francis WadeJohn Francis WadeJohn Francis Wade was an English hymnist who is credited with writing and composing the hymn "Adeste Fideles" ....
(1711–1786), English composer - Mark Sweeten WadeMark Sweeten WadeMark Sweeten Wade was a medical doctor and noted historian of early British Columbia history. A doctor at the Kamloops Home for Men in the 1920s, he was able to interview many veterans of the province's early gold rush, including many of the more famous names in the history of the Cariboo Road,...
(1859–1929), Canadian medical doctor and historian - Martin Joseph WadeMartin Joseph Wade300px|thumb|Martin Wade, Bain News Service, undatedMartin Joseph Wade was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district, and a U.S...
(1861–1931), U.S. Democratic Representative from Iowa - Mary WadeMary WadeMary Ann Wade was only 11 years old when transported to Australia as the youngest convict aboard the Lady Juliana as part of the Second Fleet...
(1777–1859), the youngest convict transported to Australia aboard the Lady Juliana - Mary Wade (paleontologist)Mary Wade (Paleontologist)Dr Mary Julia Wade was an Australian paleontologist, perhaps best known for her work on the late Precambrian Ediacaran biota in South Australia....
(1928–2005), Australian paleontologist - Matthew WadeMatthew WadeMatthew Scott Wade is an Australian cricket player, who plays for the Victorian Bushrangers. He previously played a List A match for the Tasmanian Tigers....
(born 1987), Australian cricketer - Paul WadePaul WadePaul Wade is a retired Australian football player, who is best known for his long-term role as captain of the Socceroos, Australia's national football team.-Club career:...
(born 1962), retired Australian footballer - Robert Wade (disambiguation), several
- Scott WadeScott WadeScott Wade is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....
(born 1960), former Australian rules footballer - Thomas Wade (writer)Thomas Wade (writer)Thomas Wade was an English poet and dramatist.Wade a.k.a Wade Lavender by his early readers was born at Woodbridge, Suffolk. He early went to London, where he began to publish verse of considerable merit under the inspiration of Byron, Keats and especially Shelley...
(1805–1875), English poet and dramatist - Thomas Francis WadeThomas Francis WadeSir Thomas Francis Wade, GCMG, KCB , was a British diplomat and Sinologist who produced a syllabary in 1859 that was later amended, extended and converted into the Wade-Giles romanization for Mandarin Chinese by Herbert Giles in 1892...
(1818–1895), British diplomat and sinologist - Virginia WadeVirginia WadeSarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...
(born 1945), tennis player from the United Kingdom
Given name
- Wade AllisonWade AllisonWade Allison is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Oxford University. Author of Radiation and Reason: The Impact of Science on a Culture of Fear.-Early life:...
(born 1941), British physicist and Oxford professor - Wade BelakWade BelakWade Belak was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and defenceman. He was drafted 12th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft...
(born 1976), former National Hockey League player - Wade BoggsWade BoggsWade Anthony Boggs is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent his 18-year baseball career primarily with the Boston Red Sox, but also played for the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Devil Rays...
(born 1958), former Major League Baseball player - Wade CunninghamWade CunninghamWade Cunningham is a racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand who has most notably competed in the Firestone Indy Lights Series.Cunningham's professional career began when he won the Karting World Championship in 2003....
(born 1984), New Zealand race car driver - Wade DavisWade DavisEdmund Wade Davis is a Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer whose work has focused on worldwide indigenous cultures, especially in North and South America and particularly involving the traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants...
(born 1953), Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer - Wade Davis (baseball)Wade Davis (baseball)Wade Davis is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays.-Professional career:Davis was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur entry draft...
(born 1985), Major League Baseball pitcher - Wade HamptonWade HamptonWade Hampton may refer to:*Wade Hampton I , American soldier in Revolutionary War and War of 1812*Wade Hampton II , American plantation owner and soldier in War of 1812...
, various persons of that name - Wade HayesWade HayesTony Wade Hayes is an American country music artist. Signed to Columbia Records in 1994, he made his debut that year with his gold-certified album Old Enough to Know Better...
(born 1969), American country music artist - Wade HoustonWade HoustonWade Houston is a former college basketball player and coach. He was an assistant coach under Denny Crum at Louisville for 13 years until 1989 when he was named the head coach of the University of Tennessee....
, former collegiate basketball player and coach, father of former National Basketball Association player Alan Houston - Wade MainerWade MainerWade Mainer was an American singer and banjoist. With his band, the Sons of the Mountaineers, he is credited with bridging the gap between old-time mountain music and Bluegrass and is sometimes called the "Grandfather of Bluegrass." In addition, he innovated a two-finger banjo fingerpicking style,...
(born 1907), American singer and banjoist - Wade PhillipsWade PhillipsWade Allen Phillips is the defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans and former head coach for the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills. He was also an interim head coach for the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons...
(born 1947), National Football League defensive coordinator and former head coach - Wade RathkeWade RathkeWade Rathke is the founder of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and Service Employees International Union Local 100. He was ACORN's chief organizer from its founding in 1970 until he stepped down June 2, 2008...
(born 1948), co-founder of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) - Wade ReddenWade ReddenWade Redden is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing in the New York Rangers organization for its American Hockey League affiliate, the Connecticut Whale. He joined the New York Rangers in 2008 after 11 seasons with the Ottawa Senators...
(born 1977), National Hockey League player - Wade RegehrWade RegehrWade G. Regehr is a Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School's Department of Neurobiology.-Early biography:Born in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Regehr attended college in Canada, then received his Ph.D. at Caltech in applied physics with David Rutledge...
, Professor of Neurobiology in Harvard Medical School's Department of Neurobiology - Wade RobsonWade RobsonWade Jeremy William Robson is an Australian dance prodigy, director, producer, songwriter, and award-winning choreographer. He began performing as a dancer at the age of five. He has directed music videos and world tours for numerous music artists such as 'N Sync and Britney Spears...
(born 1982), Australian dancer, director, producer, songwriter and choreographer - Wade SchallesWade SchallesWade Schalles is an American amateur wrestler, a two-time NCAA National Champion who holds multiple records in the sport including holding the Guinness Book of World Records title for most amateur wrestling wins and pins, and is the creator of several of wrestling's most notorious moves -...
(born 1951), American champion amateur wrestler - Wade WardWade Ward-External links:...
(1892–1971), American old-time music banjo player and fiddler - Wade WattsWade WattsWade Watts was an African American gospel preacher and civil rights activist from Oklahoma. He served as the state president of the Oklahoma chapter of the NAACP for sixteen years, challenging the Ku Klux Klan through Christian love doctrine...
(1919–1998), African American gospel preacher and civil rights activist
Other uses
- World Alliance for Decentralized EnergyWorld Alliance for Decentralized EnergyThe World Alliance for Decentralized Energy was founded in 1997 with the original name of the International Cogeneration Alliance. It was originally formed in response to the UNFCCC meetings in Kyoto to raise the profile of cogeneration on the agenda...
- Wade CeramicsWade CeramicsWade Ceramics Ltd. are manufacturers of porcelain and earthenware, including animal figures for their Collectors Club, whisky flagons, and a variety of industrial ceramics....
, manufacturers of porcelain and earthenware; known for making "Whimsies" - WADE (AM)WADE (AM)WADE is an AM Radio Station broadcasting on 1340 kHz. The station is owned by the Inspirational Deliverance Center of Waxhaw, North Carolina, but the city of license is Wadesboro, North Carolina, one county east in Anson County, North Carolina....
, a radio station in Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States - Wade WellesWade WellesWade Kathleen Wells, a fictional character on the show Sliders played by Sabrina Lloyd, is from San Francisco, and worked at Doppler Computer Store while attending North Shore Junior College. She was studying literature and poetry....
, a fictional character from Sliders - Wade (folklore), a Germanic god also known as Waetla
- Wade–Giles, a method of Romanisation of Chinese, sometimes abbreviated as Wade
- Wade StadiumWade StadiumWade Stadium is a baseball field located near the intersection of Grand Avenue and 34th Avenue West in the West Duluth neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota. The stadium was built in 1941 and holds 4,200 people. It is the home of the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League...
, a baseball field in Duluth, Minnesota - Wade TrophyWade TrophyThe Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade. The award debuted in 1978 as the first–ever...
, for the best woman basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I
See also
- Waad (disambiguation)Waad (disambiguation)-Surname:* Armagil Waad , a chief clerk of the Privy Council, servant of English government and an English parliamentarian* Sir William Waad , English statesman and diplomatist-Other uses:...
, another form of the name - Roe v. WadeRoe v. WadeRoe v. Wade, , was a controversial landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court decided that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion,...
, an abortion lawsuit in the United States