The song has been recorded, most notably by Nic Jones as " Ten Thousand Miles ", as well as by Joan Baez, Mary Black, Eliza Carthy, Chad & Jeremy, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Liam Clancy, Marianne Faithfull and Kate Rusby and as " Ten Thousand Miles " by Michael Holliday, Burl Ives, Molina and Roberts and June Tabor.

* Chad Clifton ( born 1976 ), offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers football team

* Chad Salisbury ( born 1976 ), Quarterback for the Grand Rapids Rampage

* Chad Glasgow ( born 1972 ), American football coach

* Chad Billins ( born 1989 ), ice hockey player

On November 2, 1956, he married actress Neile Adams, by whom he had a daughter, Terry Leslie ( June 5, 1959-March 19, 1998 ), and a son, Chad ( born December 28, 1960 ).

* Chad Billingsley ( born 1984 ), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Hissène Habré ( حسين حبري ; born 13 September 1942 ), also spelled Hissen Habré, was the leader of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990.

Habré was born in 1942 in Faya-Largeau, northern Chad, then a colony of France.

Chad Channing ( born January 31, 1967 in Santa Rosa, CA ) is an American musician who is best known for being the drummer of the band Nirvana from 1988 until 1990, during which time they recorded and released their debut album Bleach.

Chad Channing was born on January 31, 1967, in Santa Rosa, California, to Wayne and Burnyce Channing.

* Chad Allen ( actor ) ( born 1974 ), actor known for his role on Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman

* Chad Allen ( baseball ) ( born 1975 ), baseball outfielder formerly with the Minnesota Twins

* Chad Allan ( musician ) ( born 1943 ), originally Allen Kowbel, guitarist, singer and television host

Chadwick " Chad " Smith ( born October 25, 1961 ) is an American musician, best known as the longtime and current drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers whom he joined in 1988.

Smith was born Chad Smith on October 25, 1961 in Saint Paul, Minnesota but spent most of his childhood in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan where he attended Andover High School and graduated from Lahser High School in 1980.

* Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans, born in Barton-upon-Humber and named after St Chad's church on Waterside Road, for which his father, William Edward Varah, was the vicar

Faki was born in the town of Biltine in eastern Chad.

* Chad Peralta ( born 1985 ), Filipino-Australian singer and actor

* Chad Trujillo ( born 1973 ), American astronomer

* Chad Greenway ( born 1983 ), American football player

James Chadwick " Chad " Pennington ( born June 26, 1976 ) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for eleven years.

* Chad Cordero ( born 1982 ), professional baseball player in the MLB

Michael Chaturantabut ( born April 30, 1975 ) is a Thai-American actor of Chinese descent best known for his role as Chad Lee, the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue.

Adam Baldwin ( born February 27, 1962 ) is an American actor, known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard, Knowle Rohrer in The X-Files, Marcus Hamilton in Angel, and Chad Shelten in Day Break.

Chad Smith was born in Pontiac, Michigan, where his father had gone for work.

* Sir Mark Evelyn Heath-Diplomat, British Ambassador to Chad ( 1975 – 1978 ), the first British Ambassador to Holy See ( 1982 – 1985 ) and Head of Protocol for the Hong Kong Government ( 1985 – 1988 ).

* 1975 – Chad Allen, American retired baseball player

* June 15 – Francois Tombalbaye, former President of Chad ( d. 1975 )

On 29 August 1978, Habré was given the post of prime minister of Chad, replacing Félix Malloum in that position ; Malloum had been both prime minister and president since 1975.

François Tombalbaye, also called Ngarta Tombalbaye ( June 15, 1918 – April 13, 1975 ), was a teacher and a trade union activist who served as the first president of Chad.

Chad Edward Moeller ( born February 18, 1975 in Upland, California ) is a retired Major League Baseball catcher.

* Oecobius sheari Benoit, 1975 ( Chad )

* Chad Levitt ( b. 1975 ), American NFL football player

* Chad Levitt ( b. 1975 ), American NFL football player

These include: Albania, Afghanistan Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Côte d ' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, DR Congo, Egypt, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Holy See ( Vatican City ), Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Order of Malta, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uruguay, and Vietnam.

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

Chad (; ), officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa.

Recent linguistic research suggests that all of Africa's major language groupings south of the Sahara Desert ( except Khoisan, which is not considered a valid genetic grouping anyway ), i. e. the Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Niger – Congo phyla, originated in prehistoric times in a narrow band between Lake Chad and the Nile Valley.

All states were militaristic ( or they did not survive long ), but none was able to expand far into southern Chad, where forests and the tsetse fly complicated the use of cavalry.

Félix Éboué in a contemporary World War II cartoonDuring World War II, Chad was the first French colony to rejoin the Allies ( August 26, 1940 ), after the defeat of France by Germany.

After a referendum on territorial autonomy on 28 September 1958, French Equatorial Africa was dissolved, and its four constituent states – Gabon, Congo ( Brazzaville ), the Central African Republic, and Chad became autonomous members of the French Community from 28 November 1958.

The year after saw the birth in Sudan of the National Liberation Front of Chad ( FROLINAT ), created to militarily oust Tombalbaye and the Southern dominance.

Government forces clashed violently with rebel forces, including the Movement for Democracy and Development, MDD, National Revival Committee for Peace and Democracy ( CSNPD ), Chadian National Front ( FNT ) and the Western Armed Forces ( FAO ), near Lake Chad and in southern regions of the country.

The seventh largest lake in the world ( and the fourth largest in Africa ), Lake Chad is located in the sahelian zone, a region just south of the Sahara Desert.

The Military of Chad consists of the Armed Forces ( includes Ground Force, Air Force, and Gendarmerie ), Republican Guard, Rapid Intervention Force, Police, and National and Nomadic Guard ( GNNT ).

In 1906, the Oubangui-Chari territory was united with the Chad colony ; in 1910, it became one of the four territories of the Federation of French Equatorial Africa ( AEF ), along with Chad, Middle Congo, and Gabon.

The French forces were once again called to Bangui ( Operation Almadin II ), supported by military from Chad and Gabon.

), or when one allied country is in war with another ( as is Chad – Sudan ).

In addition to the 121 Chadian soldiers in the Multinational Force in the Central African Republic ( FOMUC ), there are still 150 soldiers from Chad in the C. A. R.

Equatorial Guinea is member of the Central African Economic and Monetary Union ( CEMAC ), which includes Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo ( Brazzaville ), and Gabon.

), Central Africa ( Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea ) and northwestern Sudan, particularly amongst Muslims.