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Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 7, 1966), also known as Jimbo Wales, is an American Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader.He is a co-founder of the non-profit free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom (formerly Wikia).
Jimmy (given name), including list of persons and fictional characters; Jimmy Carter (1924–2024), the 39th President of the United States; Jean Jimmy (1912–1991), Australian Aboriginal activist and politician; Einar Gustafson, also known as "Jimmy", namesake of The Jimmy Fund charity program in Boston; Jimmy Wales, Co-founder of Wikipedia
Jimmy is a male given name. It is predominately used as a diminutive form of the given name James, along with its short form, Jim.. Both can also be used as the adaptation into English of the modern Greek name Dimitris (Δημήτρης) or the older Dimitrios (Δημήτριος), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, due the similarity in the sound of the short ...
Although his father was staunchly pro-segregation, he allowed Jimmy to befriend the Black farmhands' children. [9] Carter was an enterprising teenager who was given his own acre of Earl's farmland, where he grew and sold peanuts. [ 10 ]
In 2016 Jimmy was a finalist on the UK version of Celebrity Masterchef. In 2014, Osmond authored a semi-autobiographical children's picture book, Awesome Possum Family Band . The same year, he took over the operations of the Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri , where he is now responsible for producing and booking shows. [ 7 ]
Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He achieved success at an early age, winning the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the age of 21. During his career, he established himself as one of America's most successful and honored songwriter/composers.
James Thomas Fallon was born in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of New York City's Brooklyn borough on September 19, 1974, the son of Gloria (née Feeley) and James W. Fallon. [1] [2] [3] His paternal grandmother was a German immigrant from Osterholz-Scharmbeck, while his matrilineal great-grandfather was a Norwegian immigrant from Fredrikstad. [1]
James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) [2] is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 268 weeks (fifth-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.