Van Vogt's first published SF story, " Black Destroyer " ( Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 ), was inspired by Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin.

Van Vogt's Null-A novels, The World of Null-A and The Pawns of Null-A.

Van Vogt's guns have virtually magical properties, and can only be used in self-defense.

The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game was able to secure permission for a single use of Van Vogt's original coeurl in the adventure booklet The End of Eternity.

Johnson supported Martin Van Buren and early on expressed an interest in the public lands, eventually being considered a father of the Homestead Act of 1862.

According to Pissarro ’ s son Lucien, his father was impressed by Van Gogh ’ s work and had “ foreseen the power of this artist ”, who was 23 years younger.

His father Abraham Van Buren ( 1737 – 1817 ) was a farmer, the owner of six slaves, and a tavern-keeper in Kinderhook.

Njörðr is father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed Van sister, was in an ill-fated marriage with the goddess Skaði, lives in Nóatún and is associated with sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility.

In chapter 6, a list of kennings is provided for Njörðr: " God of chariots ," " Descendant of Vanir ," " a Van ," father of Freyr and Freyja, and " the giving god.

* Dr. John McLoughlin: the father of Oregon by Frederick Van Voorhies Holman

Van Meegeren's father did not share his son ’ s love of art, and instead, encouraged Han to study architecture.

His father Wim Verhoeven became head teacher on the Van Heutszschool in The Hague and Paul Verhoeven attended this school.

Van Schooten's father was a professor of mathematics at Leiden, having Christiaan Huygens, Johann van Waveren Hudde, and René de Sluze as students.

Van der Smissen always seemed a likely candidate for Weygand's father because of the striking resemblance between the two men.

Meanwhile, Dorothy has her own admirers to contend with: older cast member John Van Horn ( George Gaynes ) and Julie's widowed father Les ( Charles Durning ).

No historical record indicates any features of Blue Jacket other than Native American Indian characteristics while all of Van Swearingen's brothers, sisters, cousins, mother, father, aunts and uncles were blonde haired and blue-eyed.

He chose to be a writer after witnessing the misery his father felt from working for the Internal Revenue Service and contrasting that with the portrayal of a writer's life on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Van Horn's work is inspired by the American comics artists Dave Stevens and Floyd Gottfredson, but also by his father.

Noel and William Van Horn have a similar style, but while Noel uses characters from the Mickey Mouse universe, his father is specialized on the Scrooge McDuck universe.

In his absence his father Benjamin Carter traded a horse and a cow for a large tract of land in what was then Wayne County, about eight miles southeast of where the town of Van Buren would eventually be established.

Attracted by the gentle care of patients, Vincent Van Gogh ’ s father considered sending his famous son to Geel in 1879.

Van Meteren's son, Emanuel, stated in an affidavit dated 28 May 1609 that his father was " a furtherer of reformed religion, and he that caused the first Bible at his costes to be Englisshed by Mr Myles Coverdal in Andwarp, the w ’ h his father, with Mr Edward Whytchurch, printed both in Paris and London.

In the fall of 1975, Garrett, at fourteen, appeared in the role of Endy Karras in a 12-week CBS drama series Three for the Road, with Alex Rocco as his father, Peter Karras, and Vincent Van Patten as his older brother, John Karras.

He admits to reporter Joe Feinson ( Luis Van Rooten ) that his hatred for his father and " his criminal mind " ( who drove his wife to a lunatic asylum ) is what fuels his crusade against evil-doers.

Jazz guitarist George Van Eps assessed the legacy of Eddie Lang: " It's very fair to call Eddie Lang the father of jazz guitar ".

Mary's father Tom Arnold was appointed inspector of schools in Van Diemen's Land ( now Tasmania ) and commenced his role on 15 January 1850.

Van Sant was born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States ( US ), the son of Betty ( née Seay ) and Gus Green Van Sant, Sr ; Gus Van Sant's father was a clothing manufacturer and traveling salesman who rapidly worked his way into middle class prosperity.

* 1789 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware ( b. 1738 )

Van C. Smith was the son of Roswell Smith, a prominent lawyer in Lafayette, Indiana, and Annie Ellsworth, daughter of U. S. Patent Commissioner Henry Leavitt Ellsworth.

* February 19 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware ( b. 1738 )

* September 25 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware ( d. 1789 )

Environmental advocate, civil rights activist, and lawyer Van Jones was born in Jackson.

* Frans Van Cauwelaert ( b. 10 January 1880 – 17 May 1961 ), politician and lawyer.

When the team folded later that year, the WSL awarded a franchise to Dan Van Voorhis, a local real estate lawyer.

However, Smyth, who was a regular officer although originally a lawyer by trade, steadfastly refused to obey Van Rensselaer's orders or respond to his summons.

* Peter Van Schaack, famous lawyer during the American Revolution.

In grade school, it was recognized that Van Zandt had a genius IQ and his parents began grooming him to become a lawyer or senator.

His Twenty One run ended on March 11, when he lost to Vivienne Nearing, a lawyer whose husband Van Doren had previously beaten.

The group's leader was Johannes Van Rensburg, a lawyer who had served as Secretary of Justice under Smuts ( as Minister ), and was an admirer of Nazi Germany.

Their only surviving son, James Tallmadge Van Rensselaer, was a well-known lawyer in New York City.

O ' Connor stated that, " the best performances came from Bobby Van as the suave, debonair dancing lawyer ... and the adorable Helen Gallagher as his short-suffering wife.

A high school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo ( Dillon ), is accused of rape by two female students, Kelly Van Ryan ( Richards ) and Suzie Toller ( Campbell ) and hires lawyer Kenneth Bowden ( Murray ) to defend him.

Most recently, Atkins was denied a compassionate release in July 2008, Krenwinkel had been scheduled to have a hearing in January 2008 but the date was postponed upon request of her new lawyer, and Van Houten received a two-year denial in August 2007.

Honorary degrees have been received by many famed individuals including former President of the United States Bill Clinton, former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, poet Seamus Heaney, writers Seamus Deane, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness and Colm Tóibín, activists May Blood and Aung San Suu Kyi, actors Amanda Burton and Ewan McGregor, racehorse trainer Vincent O ' Brien, bishops Seán Brady, Robin Eames, James Mehaffey, Edward Daly and Desmond Tutu, singers Enya, Van Morrison and Tommy Makem, politician John Hume, biotechnologist Charles Hamner, politicians and writers Garrett Fitzgerald and Conor Cruise O ' Brien, US lawyer John Connorton, US diplomat Jim Lyons, Gaelic football player Peter Canavan, rugby player David Humphreys, golfers Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell, last governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten and triple jumper Jonathan Edwards.

Van Den Broek started his career as a lawyer.

Chambers appeared in court on December 18 ; according to the New York Post, his lawyer, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg, filed " new papers elaborating on his psychiatric defense ".

In the Republican primary on March 16, McEwen faced trade lawyer Rob Portman, who had worked in the White House under President George H. W. Bush ; real estate developer Jay Buchert, the president of the National Association of Home Builders ; and several lesser known candidates: real estate appraiser Garland Eugene Crawford of Loveland ; pro-life activist Ken Callis of the Cincinnati suburb of Wyoming ; Robert W. Dorsey, a professor at the University of Cincinnati and township trustee in Hamilton County's Anderson Township ; and Ku Klux Klan leader Van Darrell Loman of Cheviot.

Van Susteren married tort lawyer John P. Coale in 1988.

In the 1890s, Frederick Van Voorhies Holman, a Portland lawyer and a president of the Oregon Historical Society, proposed a gift of of nearby land that was added to the city's holdings in 1939 when his siblings, George F. and Mary Holman, completed the donation.

Johannes Frederik Janse Van Rensburg ( known as Hans ) ( 24 September 1898 – 25 September 1966 ) was a South African lawyer, and leader of the Ossewabrandwag.

* Squire Van der School-The " honest " lawyer of Judge Marmaduke ( chapter 25, page 277 )