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2 unusual facts about Samuel L. Mitchill


Fredonia, Kentucky

The name Fredonia was a popular one in America in the early 19th century after its use was popularized by Samuel L. Mitchill of New York, but local tradition holds that the Kentucky town was named for the daughter of town founder Harvey W. Bigham.

Samuel L. Mitchill

Mitchill suggested renaming the United States of America Fredonia, combining the English "freedom" with a Latinate ending.


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Later, Director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) scolds Coulson for the damage to the plane, telling him he has to rebuild it exactly as it was.

Afro Samurai: Resurrection

American actor Samuel L. Jackson returns as the voice for Afro and Ninja-Ninja, while this time he is joined by Lucy Liu, who voices Afro's enemy Sio.

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Richard Greener (Samuel L. Jackson), is the Harvard alumnus lawyer who defends Johnson at his trial and, since he is also black, has also personally experienced racism.

Big Jack Johnson

He performed and wrote "Jack's Blues" and performed "Catfish Medley" with Samuel L. Jackson on the Black Snake Moan film soundtrack.

Boaz Yakin

In 2013, he will direct Sympathy for the Devil, with Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Duhamel in the cast.

Bryan Defares

He played with Oakland (Slam-n-Jam) Soldiers in 1999-2000 for Coach Ken Carter, whom the 2005 MTV/Tollin-Robbins produced film Coach Carter, starring Samuel L. Jackson, was based.

Ellis E. Williams

In 1991, he made his first television appearance (since SNL in 1980), on an episode of Law & Order, as Ray Bell, then he appeared in numerous films: Hangin' with the Homeboys and Strictly Business, opposite Halle Berry, Anne-Marie Johnson, Tommy Davidson, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Huntsville Unit

In Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown", Samuel L. Jackson's and Robert De Niro's character's first met while doing time in Huntsville.

John Shaft

Paramount Pictures is negotiating a deal with John Singleton to make another Shaft movie to star Richard Roundtree (as Samuel L. Jackson has stated he no longer has interest making another Shaft film).

Ken Carter

The story of the 1999 season is the basis for the 2005 film Coach Carter, with Carter played by Samuel L. Jackson.

La mala ordina

The concept of two hitmen teamed up, one black and one white, appears to have been a likely inspiration for the characters played by John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.

Malcolm Kohll

Kohll's most famous project was as one of the producers of the film The 51st State starring Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle.

Metal Dungeon

The only two male African American skins available looked exactly like Will Smith and Samuel L. Jackson.

Motherfucker

The word has become something of a catchphrase for actor Samuel L. Jackson, who frequently utters the word in his movies.

Samuel L. Bestow

He was also the first Democrat to serve as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1892 to 1894 (under Governor Horace Boies, his party colleague).

Samuel L. Braunstein

He completed his PhD in 1988 at Caltech, under Carlton M. Caves with a thesis entitled: Novel Quantum States and Measurements.

Samuel L. Howard

He was returned to the U.S. and assumed duties with the First Battalion, Seventh Marines, until August 1934, at which time he was again transferred to Marine Corps Headquarters.

In the early stages of World War II, General Howard commanded the 4th Marine Regiment on Bataan and Corregidor from December 7, 1941 to May 6, 1942.

Samuel L. Lewis

In 1926 he collaborated with Nyogen Senzaki, a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk, in opening the first official Zen meditation hall (zendo) in San Francisco.

Samuel L. Patterson

He and his wife bequeathed Palmyra to the Episcopal Church as a school, which operated as The Patterson School from 1909 through 2009.

Samuel L. Pitkin

He would also establish Pitkin Mills in what became the Burnside village of East Hartford that was dominated by various mills.

Samuel L. Popkin

He has also served as consultant to political parties in Canada and Europe and to the Departments of State and Defense.

Samuel L. Powers

This is also the name of a major character from the TV series Saved by the Bell.

Samuel Patterson

Samuel L. Patterson (1850–1908), North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture

Samuel Warner

Samuel L. Warner (1828–1893), U.S. Representative from Connecticut

Samuel Williams

Samuel L. Williams (1933–1994), president of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners

Star Wars: Republic

Character development builds on the films, including appearances by Mace Windu, whose image is fashioned after actor Samuel L. Jackson.

Stel Pavlou

Pavlou's first screenwriting credit was for the film The 51st State (known as Formula 51 in the USA) starring Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Carlyle.

The Bo-Keys

In 2008, The Bo-Keys appeared in the film Soul Men, including an on-screen performance with stars Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mack.

The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show

Among the guests who appearred include legendary rock group the Foo Fighters, Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicollette Sheridan, and the rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

The Negotiator

Lieutenant Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson), a top Chicago Police Department hostage negotiator, is approached by colleague Nathan Roenick (Paul Guilfoyle) who warns him that large sums of money are being embezzled from the department's disability fund, for which Roman is a board member, and members of their own unit are involved.

Together for Days

Together for Days is a 1972 film starring Clifton Davis, Lois Chiles, Northern Calloway and Samuel L. Jackson in his film debut.

Trees Lounge

It was produced by Brad Wyman and Chris Hanley and features a large ensemble cast of actors, including Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Chloë Sevigny, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Samuel L. Jackson, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Santa Claus, Goku, R2-D2, C-3PO, Jawa, the DeLorean, Tobias Fünke, and Pac-Man appear in the music video but are not mentioned in the lyrics.

Werner Daehn

Werner Daehn (born 1965) is a German actor with an international reputation, who has worked with Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson in xXx, with Jason Priestley in Colditz an ITV1 2005 miniseries, with Bill Pullman in Revelations and with Steven Seagal in Shadow Man.

Winged monkeys

In the 2012 film The Avengers, Nick Fury, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson calls Hawkeye and Erik Selvig (who had been hypnotized at the start of the film) two of Loki's flying monkeys.

Yakzan Hugo Valdez

Yakzan created a series of trainings or “intensives” that distilled the teachings of Oscar Ichazo of the Arica School and the principles of Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way in combination with the tenants of Sufism as derived from the work of Ibn 'Arabi, Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and Murshid Samuel L. Lewis.

Yolanda Be Cool

The name is a reference to the film Pulp Fiction, where the character Jules (played by Samuel L. Jackson) tells a female armed robber named Yolanda (played by Amanda Plummer) "Be cool!"


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