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William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell, pronounced [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈtɛl] ⓘ; French: Guillaume Tell; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell) is a legendary folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler , a tyrannical reeve of the ...
The name is said to have been borne by various families of the surname Kennedy. [34] Uilleachan Willie [67] A diminutive of Uilleam; likewise, En Willie is a diminutive of En William. [68] Uilleam: William [2] SG equivalent of En William. [34] Uisdean, [1] [56] Ùisdean [2] Eugene, [56] Hugh
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As Swiss legend goes, William Tell became a medieval folk hero when occupying Austrian militants forced him into a sick game: He was forced to fire an arrow into an apple atop his son’s head to ...
Lauren Conrad’s tribe consists of her husband, William Tell,, and their two sons, Liam and Charlie — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. The Laguna Beach alum wed the guitarist in ...
William Tell's apple-shot as depicted in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1554 edition). Shooting an apple off one's child's head, also known as apple-shot (from German Apfelschuss) is a feat of marksmanship with a bow that occurs as a motif in a number of legends in Germanic folklore (and has also been connected with non-European folklore).
Having directed psychological thrillers (2001’s “The Hole,” which gave Keira Knightley her first major role), music comedies (2011’s “Killing Bono”) and comedy-thrillers based around ...
Christian Tell (1808–1884), Wallachian and Romanian politician; Christine Tell, Canadian politician; David Tell, American conservative political journalist; Marvell Tell (born 1996), American football player; Olive Tell (1894–1951), American actress; William Tell, legendary Swiss hero; William Tell (musician) (born 1980), American rock musician