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Encyclopedia > Gentleman (disambiguation)

A gentleman is a man of good family. The term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or gens, and man, cognate with the French word gentilhomme, the Spanish gentilhombre, and the Italian gentil uomo or gentiluomo), in its original and strict signification, denoted a man of good family, the Latin generosus (its invariable translation in English...


Gentleman or gentlemen may also refer to:


People

Gentleman (born Tilmann Otto, 1975 in Osnabrück, Germany) is a Reggae musician of German descent. ... David Gentleman (b. ... Gentleman Jim Carters claim to fame is that he never lost a ratings book. ... The Gentleman Gourmand is the nom de plume and alter-ego of Andrew Baber, a prolific food blogger and critic. ... Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman is the collective name given to a trilogy of historical romance novels written by Pamela Aidan. ... William Smith (1730-1819), known as Gentleman Smith, was a celebrated English actor of the 18th century who worked with David Garrick, and was the original creator of the role of Charles Surface in Richard Brinsley Sheridans The School for Scandal. // Smith was born in London in 1730 and... Raffles, Gentleman Thug is a comic strip featured in adult comic Viz featuring a nineteenth-century nobleman given to immense erudition and wanton violence. The basic premise is a nod/ripoff of E. W. Hornungs Raffles the Thief character, the main difference being that this Raffles is very much... Reg Vermue, who records as Gentleman Reg, is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. ... Edward Harold Begbie (1871-1929) was an English author and journalist who published nearly 50 books, and contributed to periodicals. ... Henry Simms (c. ... James John Corbett, born September 1, 1866 in San Francisco, California, United States – died February 18, 1933 in Bayside, New York, was a heavyweight boxing champion. ... Horace Panter, also known as Sir Horace the Gentleman Panter, was the bassist for the early Coventry Ska band the Specials. ... George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. ...

Comics

The Gentleman Ghost is a recurring nemesis of Hawkman and Hawkgirl. ... Shinshi Doumei Cross (紳士同盟† Shinshi Dōmei Kurosu), officially translated as The Gentlemen Alliance, is the latest shōjo manga by Arina Tanemura, currently running in Ribon. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ...

Movies and television

Gentleman (1993) is a Tamil film directed by S. Shankar. ... Gentlemans Agreement is a 1947 film about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who falsely represents himself as a Jew to research anti-semitism in the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. ... The Gentleman is a 1994 Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Bhatt. ... My Fighting Gentleman was a 1917 American silent historical drama film directed by Edward Sloman with the storyline by Doris Schroeder and Nell Shipman. ... Gentleman Jim is a 1943 film starring Errol Flynn as heavyweight boxing champion James J. Corbett. ... The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) is a comedy starring Eddie Murphy. ... Alias a Gentleman is a 1948 film starring Wallace Beery. ... Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman is a 1992 Bollywood movie directed by Aziz Mirza starring Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Amrita Singh and Nana Patekar. ... An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. ... The Record of a Tenement Gentleman (Original title: Nagaya shinshiroku) is a Japanese film written and directed by Yasujiro Ozu in 1947. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 film adaption of the comic book limited series. ... The League of Gentlemen is a quartet of British comedy writer/performers, formed in 1995 by Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. ... The League of Gentlemens Apocalypse is a film spin-off from the popular British television comedy series The League of Gentlemen. ... The League Of Gentlemen was a 1959 British crime film, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins and Nigel Patrick with Terence Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Norman Bird, Bryan Forbes, Roger Livesey and Kieron Moore. ... Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (Part 1) is an episode of 8 Simple Rules. ... Sort of an Officer and a Gentleman (Part 2) is an episode of 8 Simple Rules. ...

Plays

Gentleman Joe, The Hansom Cabbie is a musical comedy with music by Walter Slaughter and a book by Basil Hood. ... The Gentleman Thief (2001) is a highly entertaining costume drama made for tv and set in the Victorian era. ... The Adventures of Stoke Mandeville, Astronaut and Gentleman is a comedy play by Fraser Charlton and Nikolas Lloyd. ... The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare from early in his career. ... Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch) is a 1921 series of five plays and a preface by G. Bernard Shaw. ...

Books and novels

The Amateur Gentleman is an early novel by the popular author of Regency period swashbucklers, Jeffrey Farnol, published in 1913. ... Gentlemans Diary or The Mathematical Repository was a (supplement to) an almanac published at the end of the 18th century in England, including mathematical problems. ... The Last Gentleman is a 1966 novel by Walker Percy. ... The Quiet Gentleman is a Regency novel by Georgette Heyer. ... A Gentleman of Leisure is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. ... Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation is an early collection of short stories by Harlan Ellison, originally published in paperback in 1961. ... The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. ... A proper dyaloge betwene a Gentilman and an Husbandman eche complaynynge to other their miserable calamite through the ambicion of the clergye was printed in two versions by Hans Luft (i. ... The League of Gentlemen (1958) is a pulp-fiction novel by English author John Boland. ...

Magazines

The Gentlemans Magazine was the first general-interest magazine, and the most influential periodical of its time. ... Actor Nicholas Cage on the cover of the March, 1997 issue of GQ (U.S. edition) Gentlemens Quarterly, most often known simply as GQ, is a monthly mens magazine that focuses on mens fashion and style. ... Fashion plate from an 1849 issue of Grahams Magazine. ...

Titles and descriptions

A First Lady is the female spouse of an elected male head of state such as a president or governor. ... An officer of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. ... A gentleman scientist was a scientist with a private income who could pursue scientific study independently as he wished without excessive external financial pressures, in the days before large-scale government funding was available, up to the Victorian era, especially in England. ... In the Victorian vernacular, a gentleman thief is a particularly well-behaving and apparently well bred thief. ... Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Girlfriend. ...

Music

The Ugly Organ is a concept album by the indie/emo band, Cursive and their fourth full length album. ... White Blood Cells is the third album by American rock band The White Stripes, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... A Gangster and a Gentleman is Yonkers, New York rapper Styles P.s solo debut after a series of three LOX albums and three Ruff Ryder volumes. ... An English Gentleman is the second single from the album The Great Western by Manic Street Preachers vocalist/guitarist James Dean Bradfield, set to be released on September 25, 2006 on Columbia Records. ... Gentlemans Blues is Crackers fourth album. ... Categories: | | | ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (Spanish Fantasy for a Gentleman) is a 1954 work by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. ... A band featuring Robert Fripp of King Crimson. ... Les Gentlemen were a popular Martinican mini-jazz band of the mid-20th century. ... Gentlemen is 1993 album by the band Afghan Whigs. ...

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