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Waters is a surname, derived from "Wat", or "Wa'ter", an old pronunciation of Gaultier or Walter, and similarly derived from the surname Watson ("Wat's son"). The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire, as well as Shropshire, England. P. H. Reaney, co author of the book A Dictionary of English Surnames, said “water was the ...
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). Waters wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was later adapted into a hit ...
Watters (surname) Watters is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andrée Watters (born 1983), Canadian singer. Charles J. Watters (1927–1967), chaplain in the United States Army. Clarence Watters (1902−1986), American organist. David E. Watters (1944–2009), American linguist who specialized in Tibeto-Burman languages.
Waters was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 1896 (some sources incorrectly state her birth year as 1900 [5] [1] [6]) as a result of the rape of her teenaged African-American mother, Louise Anderson (1881–1962), [1] by 17-year-old John Wesley (or Wesley John) Waters (1878–1901), [1] a pianist and family acquaintance from a middle-class African-American background.
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,330 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [ 1][ 2] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.
Waters Corporation is an American publicly traded analytical laboratory instrument and software company headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.The company employs more than 7,800 [2] people, with manufacturing facilities located in Milford, Taunton, Massachusetts; Wexford, Ireland and Wilmslow, [3] Cheshire.
Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. . The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, includes much of southern Los Angeles, as well as portions of Gardena, Inglewood and Torra