* Ned Cuthbert ( 1845 – 1905 ), baseball player

Ned Cuthbert invented the slide when he was trying to avoid being caught stealing a base in an 1865 game against the Athletic of Philadelphia.

Sydney Cricket Ground curator, Ned Gregory, playing in his one and only Test for Australia, scored Test cricket ’ s first duck.

Ned Sublette states: " The electric blues cats were very well aware of Latin music, and there was definitely such a thing as rhumba blues ; you can hear Muddy Waters and Howlin ' Wolf playing it.

After Ledger's successful transition to Hollywood, Jordan and Ledger collaborated again in 2003 with Ledger playing the iconic bushranger title role in the film Ned Kelly, which co-starred Australian actress Naomi Watts.

Also in 1962 playing the character ' Uncle Ned ' in the TV series Dennis the Menace for three episodes.

Harry Secombe played his regular character in The Goon Show, Neddie Seagoon, in turn playing " Professor Ned Cratermess, OBE.

Shatner's spoken-word style was also parodied on The Simpsons, with a spoken-word version of Homer's Christmas carol, " Everybody Hates Ned Flanders " playing on the radio in the episode " Dude, Where's My Ranch?

Ned Raggett of Allmusic gave I Don't Want to Grow Up four stars out of five, saying that " When the four want to be straight up and perfectly poppy, they can and do with smashing success, with surprisingly mature, emotional lyrics and playing that doesn't rely on all-speed all the time.

He is best known for playing roles like Sergeant Michael Strank in the Clint Eastwood film, Flags of Our Fathers, Private Daniel Jackson in Saving Private Ryan, Roger Maris in 61 *, and Ned Pepper in True Grit.

The original screenplay by Nancy Dowd is based in part on her brother Ned Dowd's experiences playing minor league hockey in the United States in the 1970s, during which time violence, especially in the low minors, was the selling point of the game.

Everyone offers their condolences to Ned, and Bart reluctantly spends time with Rod and Todd by playing a Christian video game with them.

Michael Bilton ( 14 December 1919 – 5 November 1993 ) was an English actor best known for his roles in the British television sitcoms To the Manor Born ( playing the gardener and sometime butler Ned ) and Waiting for God ( playing Basil, a septuagenarian satyr ).

Tyla took over on lead vocals ( while still playing guitar ) to replace Ned Christie and recorded the band's first album, The State We're In, in early 1984.

It was announced in April 2008 that Anderson, who had previously filled in for host Ned Sherrin from 2006 until his death from throat cancer in 2007, would be taking over as permanent host of Loose Ends.

He provides voices for numerous characters, including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny Leonard, Principal Skinner, Otto Mann and Rainier Wolfcastle.

During this period, responsibility for running the studio passed from Eisner and Katzenberg to Frank Mancuso Sr. ( 1984 ) and Ned Tanen ( 1984 ) to Stanley Jaffe ( 1991 ) and Sherry Lansing ( 1992 ).

While Ned Jordan is credited with changing the way advertising was written with his " Somewhere West of Laramie " ads for his Jordan Playboy, Reo's Flying Cloud — a name that provoked evocative images of speed and lightness — changed the way automobiles would be named in the future.

* Lina uses the term " Trimalchian " to describe a wonderful salad prepared for her by Ned in the play, " Three Days Of Rain " by, Richard Greenberg.

By the 1960s there was revived interest in minor league baseball for Toledo, and public official Ned Skeldon led the effort to remodel the Lucas County Fairgrounds stadium into a suitable minor league ballpark.

During this stretch, the Rangers made one of their most unpopular trades ever, sending multi-Gold Glove catcher and fan favorite Jim Sundberg to the Milwaukee Brewers for future Brewers ' manager Ned Yost.

Consistent with his work for liberal causes, Newman publicly supported Ned Lamont's candidacy in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic Primary against Senator Joe Lieberman, and was even rumored as a candidate himself, until Lamont emerged as a credible alternative.

Rushton ’ s impersonation of the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan caught the attention of Ned Sherrin, a young BBC producer searching for talent to appear in a forthcoming TV satire series.

Tribe Chairman Ned Norris Jr. has complained about the lack of reimbursement for border enforcement.

Shiny Beast ( Bat Chain Puller ) was described by Ned Raggett of Allmusic to be "... manna from heaven for those feeling Beefheart had lost his way on his two Mercury albums ".

Lovejoy has been known to exploit his congregation for money, brawl with a Roman Catholic priest, encourage his dog to foul Ned Flanders's lawn, and implied that he once burned down his church for insurance money.

Brockman's penchant for using offensive language works against him in the 400th episode, " You Kent Always Say What You Want ", where, after Homer accidentally spills coffee on Brockman's crotch, he shouts, what Ned Flanders calls, a " super swear " that shocked everyone who watched it.

* Ned Herrmann, is known for his research in creative thinking and whole-brain methods

In 1987, Akron, Ohio, patent attorney, Edwin ( Ned ) Oldham, a newly appointed representative to the National Council of Patent Law Associations, while at a site-selection meeting, learned that the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia was the frontrunner for the new location of the NIHF, prompting Oldham to wonder if Akron might have a chance.

It was produced by Ned Sherrin and retained only Frankie Howerd from the cast of the original series ( Ludicrus, for example, was played by Michael Hordern in the film adaptation, Erotica by Madeline Smith and Nausius by Royce Mills ).

Linnea's husband Del Reese ( Ned Beatty ) is working with political organizer John Triplette ( Michael Murphy ) to plan a small fundraiser and a large outdoor concert gala for the Walker campaign.

The title song, " Saludos Amigos ", was written for the film by Charles Wolcott and Ned Washington.

* Ned Ludd, inspiration for the Luddite movement

* Ned Rorem's Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra ( 1992 )

In a foreword to a subsequent edition of No Bed for Bacon ( which traded on the association by declaring itself " A Story of Shakespeare and Lady Viola in Love ") Ned Sherrin, Private Eye insider and former writing partner of Brahms ', confirmed that he had lent a copy of the novel to Stoppard after he joined the writing team, but that the basic plot of the film had been independently developed by Marc Norman, who was unaware of the earlier work.

" In the last episode, Ned Shimmelfinney moves to the desert for his health causing Doc and Sprocket to go with him.

Other contemporary sculptures in which fog is used as a medium of expression are: Harbor Fog, a viewer responsive artwork in the parkland above Boston's Big Dig highway ; Cloud RIngs ( 2006 ) by Ned Kahn at the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky ; and the interactive landscape of Dillworth Plaza at Philadelphia City Hall ( completion date 2013 ).

Ned was a student at Georgetown University when, at the solicitation of his widowed mother, President Jackson appointed him to the Naval School in Philadelphia.

The jury — made up of notorious figures like Benedict Arnold, John Wilkes Booth, Lizzie Borden, Blackbeard, John Dillinger, the starting line-up of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers, and former U. S. President Richard Nixon ( who, at the time of the episode's premiere, was still alive, although Ned points out that this was part of a deal Nixon made with him ) — rules in favor of the Simpsons and the Grim Reaper judge dismisses the case.

The Vigilance Committee, which in San Francisco had persecuted disgraced Philadelphia lawyer Ned McGowan, played a role in the bloodless McGowan's War on the lower Fraser in 1858-1859.

After two years at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where his teachers included Catherine Comet ( conducting ), Les Thimmig and Homer Lambrecht ( composition ), followed by three years of study with Ned Rorem ( with whom he developed a lifelong friendship ) at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Hagen moved to New York City in 1984 to complete his formal education as a student at Juilliard, studying first for two years with Diamond, then for a semester each with Joseph Schwantner and Bernard Rands.