Thornhill

Thornhill

Thornhill may refer to

People

*Alan Thornhill, British Playwright, Leader of Oxford-Movement
*Batt Thornhill, Irish sportsperson
*Claude Thornhill, American pianist, arranger and bandleader
*Curtis Thornhill, American socialite
*Frederick Thornhill, English cricketer
*James Thornhill, English painter
*Leeroy Thornhill, British electronic music artist
*Leonard W. Thornhill, American World War II Naval officer and pilot
*Matt Thornhill, English footballer
*Michael Thornhill, Australian film producer, screenwriter, and director

Fictional people

*Roger Thornhill, character played by Cary Grant in the 1959 film "North by Northwest"

Places

*Thornhill, Cardiff, Wales
*Thornhill, Cwmbran, Wales
*Thornhill, Cumbria, England
*Thornhill, Derbyshire, England
*Thornhill, Hampshire, England
*Thornhill, West Yorkshire, England
*Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
*Thornhill, Stirling, Scotland
*Thornhill, Kentucky, USA
*Thornhill (Chesterfield, Missouri), USA
*Thornhill, British Columbia, Canada
*Thornhill, Ontario, Canada:*Thornhill (electoral district), Ontario, Canada
*"Thornhill", an album by Moxy Früvous, named after Thornhill, Ontario.


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  • Thornhill — bezeichnet Personen und Orte: Personen Claude Thornhill (1909–1965), US amerikanischer Pianist und Arrangeur und Bandleader und Komponist James Thornhill (1675–1734), englischer Maler Leeroy Thornhill (* 1968), britischer Musiker und DJ Matt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thornhill — Thornhill, KY U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 175 Housing Units (2000): 75 Land area (2000): 0.045926 sq. miles (0.118949 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.045926 sq. miles (0.118949 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Thornhill, KY — U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 175 Housing Units (2000): 75 Land area (2000): 0.045926 sq. miles (0.118949 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.045926 sq. miles (0.118949 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Thornhill —   [ θɔːnhɪl], Sir (seit 1720) James, englischer Maler, * Melcombe Regis (County Dorset) 25. 7. 1675, ✝ Thornhill (County Dorset) 13. 5. 1734; entwarf, von Paolo Veronese, den Mitgliedern der Familie Carracci, N. Poussin und C. Lebrun beeinflusst …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Thornhill — Thornhill, Jakob T., genannt der englische Raphael, Sohn eines Edelmanns, geb. 1676 in der Provinz Dorset; englischer Historienmaler, malte für die Königin Anna die Kuppel der Paulskirche. die große Halle des Greenwicher Hospitals, ein Zimmer in… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Thornhill — Thornhill, Stadt im Westbezirk von Yorkshire (England), am Calder, 3 km südlich von Dewsbury, hat eine alte Kirche mit schönen Grabdenkmälern, ein gotisches Stadthaus, Kohlengruben und (1901) 10,290 Einwohner …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Thornhill — Thornhill, Stadt in der engl. Grafsch. York (West Riding), am Calder, (1901) 10.290 E., Eisenhütten …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Thornhill — This interesting surname is a habitational name from a number of places called Thornhill , in Derbyshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, and Yorkshire, so called from the old English pre 7th Century word thorn , thornbush, and hyll , a hill, hence a hill… …   Surnames reference

  • Thornhill — 43°48′58″N 79°25′28″O / 43.81611, 79.42444 Thornhill est une ancienne ville de la circonscription élect …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thornhill —    1) THORNHILL, a post village, in the parish of Morton, county of Dumfries, 14 miles (N. N. W.) from Dumfries, and 61 (S. W. by S.) from Edinburgh; containing 1416 inhabitants. This is a considerable place, finely situated on an eminence in the …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

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