Researching David Segal
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2 people with the Segal surname? In that year Segal was ranked number 3577 for popularity in the UK. |
The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Segal on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Segal and the Segal Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 674 people with the Segal surname in the UK? Segal is now ranked number 3405 for popularity in the UK. |
Segal Genealogy Databases
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Segal Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Segal surname in the USA? Segal is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on David Segal. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called David Segal
David Segal (politician)
David Adam Segal is an American politician, activist, and writer who was a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing District 2 (East Providence and Providence) from 2007 until January 2011. Prior to that, he served as Minority Leader of the Providence City Council from 2003 until 2007, elected at the age of 22 as the first and only member of the Green Party ever elected in Rhode Island. Segal was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the state's 1st congressional district on 14 September 2010. He serves as the executive director of the online organizing group Demand Progress. The organization helped lead the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act and related bills, co-led efforts to institute net neutrality regulations, and has been at the forefront of various other policy and activism efforts. Segal is a co-editor of a book about the organizing that led to the defeat of SOPA, published by O/R Books, called Hacking Politics.
Source: David Segal (politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
David Segal (athlete)
David Hugh Segal (born 20 March 1937) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the sprints. He had best times of 9.5 seconds for the 100 yards and 21.0 seconds for the 220 yards. While competing in the United States he ran 20.4 seconds for the straight 220 yards.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Peter Radford, David Jones and Neville Whitehead.
Segal was also an excellent 200 meter sprinter. He was a European 200m silver medallist in 1958 and was British AAA 220 yard champion and record holder in 1958 and '59. In Rome he was in the 200m semi final but was disqualified for two false starts. While not a favorite he had been ranked as high as 8th in the world in the 200m by Track and Field News.
Before Rome he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, in the 4x100m relay which placed 5th in the final. At one time he held the English Native Record for the 220 yards and the 300 yards running the longer distance in 30 seconds flat. On rare occasions he ran the 400 meters with a fastest time of 48.2 seconds. Following the 1960 Olympics Segal left the UK for Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina where he continued his track career and has lived in the United States since then. In 2008 Segal was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at his alma mater Furman University where as a competitor in the Southern Conference Championships he won nine individual titles and five relay championships.
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