Johnson is an English, Scottish, and Irish name of Norman origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John." The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs, from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan meaning "Yahweh has favoured". The name was extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era, as a result of it being given to St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints.^[3] Johnson is the tenth most common surname in the United Kingdom,^[1] and second most common in the United States. ^[4]

Description[link]

In North America, the surname Johnson has absorbed many variants of this patronym from European languages^[3], as well as the Danish Jørgensen (which does not share its root with Johnson, but is derived from Latin Georgius). It is the second most common family name in the United States after Smith. During the 1990 census, approximately 0.81% of people counted had this family name.^[5]

In Ireland, Johnson is the Anglicization of the Gaelic surnames Mac Sean (McShane) or Mac Eoin (McKeown).^[6]

Notable people sharing the surname Johnson[link]

• Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), English author
• Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th President of the United States
• Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th President of the United States
• Boris Johnson (born 1964), British politician
• Earvin "Magic" Johnson (born 1959), American basketball player and businessman

See also[link]

• Jensen
• Jonson
• Jonsson
• Johansson
• Johnsson
• Johnston
• Jovanović
• Jones

References[link]

Anjelah Nicole Johnson (born May 14, 1982) is an American actress, comedienne, and former NFL cheerleader. Johnson is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv during its 13th Season. Her characters include a rude fast food employee named Bon Qui Qui and a Vietnamese nail salon employee.

Career[link]

After three years of college, Johnson moved to Los Angeles to pursue an entertainment career. She decided to become a comedian in 2005 and began doing stand-up comedy after a friend suggested that she join a joke writing class.^[2] Prior to that she had been working as an actress in Los Angeles and was taking improv classes in church.^[2][3] She quickly began to headline her own shows after being a featured comedian in just three shows.^[2] As a featured comedian, the comedy clubs that hired her gave her preferential treatment over even the headliners after noticing that her routines were popular with the audiences.^[2] Her stand-up routine comprising her impression of a Vietnamese nail salon employee received much attention on YouTube, and a year after beginning her stand-up career,^[2] in 2007, Johnson joined the cast of sketch comedy show MADtv, as a featured performer. Because of the impending writers strike, Johnson was often given only a few lines in the scripts during her tenure on the show, as the writers had to produce more scripts at a faster pace and thus opted to write more for the already established performers.^[2] However, her character Bon Qui Qui, a fast food employee who treats customers rudely, which she wrote herself was received well.^[2] The clip made its way to YouTube where it gained a large following, quickly outstripping her already popular nail salon routine in views.^[2] In 2008, Johnson was nominated for an ALMA Award for Outstanding Female Performance in a Comedy Television Series for her work on MADtv.^[4]

Johnson was given her own 1 hour Comedy Central special, "Anjelah Johnson: That's How We Do It" in 2009.^[1] She filmed a role in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel in 2009. She also appeared as America Ferrera's sister in the comedy, Our Family Wedding alongside Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia in 2010.^[4] She provided her voice for the live-action adaptation of Marmaduke, which starred Owen Wilson and Emma Stone.^[4] She was also featured on the late night talk show Lopez Tonight, hosted by one of her comedic influences, George Lopez, performing her stand-up routine to the audience. Johnson became the "TC Girl", a spokesperson for Mexican restaurant Taco Cabana in 2011 and appeared in television advertisements for the chain.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Johnson was born and raised in San Jose, California in a devout Christian family.^[3] She is of Mexican-American and Native American descent.^[6] She was a Pop Warner cheerleader from the age of 8 and was active in sports including soccer, softball and track.^[7] She also practiced various dancing style, such as hip hop to break dancing.^[7] She began acting as a senior in high school and was especially interested in affecting different accents.^[7] She later studied speech communications in college.^[7] She subsequently became a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders after being inducted in 2002.^[7] As a member of the Oakland Raiderettes she was named Rookie of the year and performed in Super Bowl XXXVII.

Johnson married Group 1 Crew member Manwell Reyes in 2011.

Filmography[link]

Movie appearances[link]

Television appearances[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Anjelah Johnson at IMDb
• Anjelah Johnson on Myspace
• Anjelah Johnson on Twitter

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Ray William Johnson (born 1981-1982) is an American actor and comedian best known for his YouTube series Equals Three, in which he provides commentary on viral videos.^[2][3] Many of the videos featured on Equals Three are noted to have received an additional boost of popularity.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} As of May 2012, the RayWilliamJohnson channel is the most subscribed channel on YouTube,^[9][10] with over 5.4 million subscribers, and over 1.7 billion video views.^[11] In February 2011, one industry publication noted that Johnson currently had six of the top twenty most watched videos of the month.^[12]

Background[link]

Johnson graduated from Norman North High School in Oklahoma, in 1999,^[1] however Johnson's Youtube profile states he was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[13] In an interview with Wall Street Journal, Johnson says that he studied at Columbia University, as a history major,^[1] while his profile adds he was preparing to study law.^[13] While at Columbia, Johnson started his first formatted show, Equals Three, as a way to combine two popular video styles, watching viral videos and video bloggers.^[2]

Current projects[link]

[edit] Equals Three

Equals Three
Title card
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Ray William Johnson
Written by	Phil Haney Steve Greene Marvin Silbermintz Erin Schmalfeld Ilana Cohn Brandon Perna "Big Rob" Lance Patrick Ray William Johnson
Presented by	Ray William Johnson
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English Spanish (Igual a Tres)
No. of episodes	265 (as of March 3, 2012)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ray William Johnson
Producer(s)	Erin Schmalfeld
Editor(s)	Brandon Perna
Broadcast
Original channel	RayWilliamJohnson
Original run	2008 (2008) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Breaking Your Favorite Martian Igual a Tres YFMTS
External links
Website

In Equals Three (stylized as "=3"), Ray William Johnson reviews, criticizes, and adds commentary to some of the internet's latest viral videos.^[3] Equals Three episodes are usually uploaded to his channel every Tuesday and Friday. In these episodes, Johnson interacts with his audience by posting a viewer-submitted "comment question of the day", then features five of his favorite comments in the preceding episode. Equals Three is on the most subscribed channel on YouTube, having over 5 million subscribers to date, and has been recognized by Guinness World Records.^[2][14][15] Because of his popularity, Equals Three episodes can consistently obtain several million views within a week. Johnson has been able to leverage his popularity to secure several celebrity guests on Equals Three, including Robin Williams,^[16] Gabriel Iglesias,^[17] Kal Penn,^[18] Margaret Cho,^[19] Bobby Lee,^[20] T.J. Miller,^[21] Garfunkel and Oates,^[22] John Cho,^[18] Jason Biggs,^[23] Andy Milonakis^[24] and Traphik.^[25]

Your Favorite Martian[link]

In January 2011, Johnson launched a collaborative YouTube channel called "YourFavoriteMartian", which features animated music videos.^{[26][27][dead link]} The songs are performed by a virtual band of four fictional cartoon characters: PuffPuff Humbert (vocals, voiced by Johnson), DeeJay (turntables), Axel Chains (drums), and Benatar (vocals, guitar/keytar).^[28] Johnson writes lyrics, raps, sings, composes beats, and sometimes collaborates with other musicians to produce the songs.^[29] The following is a list of music videos that have been released so far:

To date, Johnson has released 30 original songs, 1 remix, and 3 covers through the channel. As of May 2012, the channel has over 1.8 million subscribers, making it one of the most subscribed channels on YouTube, and over 372 million video views.^[30][31] Due to the rapid growth of popularity of the channel and the music videos getting more views than the Equals Three episodes, Johnson has commented in his Breaking Los Angeles video blog that he at some point hopes to have the music videos released weekly instead of bi-weekly.^[32]

[edit] Breaking

BreakingNYC is a former daily video blog or vlog that Johnson started in December 2009 while living in New York City. He made the vlogs almost daily until June 2010. After nearly a year-long hiatus, Johnson resumed contributing to the video blog channel, creating a new higher quality series with a similar format. The new series titled, Breaking Los Angeles and the Adventures of Puff Puff, was released every Friday and is filmed in Los Angeles. Johnson often featured notable guests in his new series, including rappers Wax, Hoodie Allen and Dumbfoundead, slam poet George Watsky, comedian Gabriel Iglesias, and actor/director Bobcat Goldthwait. After Johnson took a three-month hiatus from making videos for the channel, a third season of Breaking Los Angeles (retitled to Breaking: Season 3), premiered on December 14, 2011.

References[link]

External links[link]

Internet portal

• Official Site

John Moraga
Born	(1984-03-20) March 20, 1984 (age 28) Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Nationality	American
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st)
Division	Flyweight (125 lb) Bantamweight (135 lb) Featherweight (145 lb)
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Fighting out of	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Team	Arizona Combat Sports MMA Lab
Years active	2009-present
Mixed martial arts record
Total	12
Wins	11
By knockout	2
By submission	5
By decision	4
Losses	1
By decision	1
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

John Moraga (born March 20, 1984) is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist who fights in the flyweight division. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Biography[link]

Early MMA career[link]

Moraga started his professional career at 2009 in Arizona for the local organization Rage in the Cage. There he achieved an undefeated record of 6-0, until his fight against John Dodson at 2010, in which he lost by unanimous decision. After this setback he won four straight bouts to make his way into the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship[link]

Moraga was expected to face Ian McCall on August 4, 2012 at UFC on Fox 4. However, McCall was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Ulysses Gomez.^[1] Moraga won his UFC debut via KO in the first round.^[2]

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Mixed martial arts
  • Rage in the Cage Bantamweight Crown (2012)
  • Trilogy Championship Fighting Bantamweight Champion (2011)

Mixed martial arts record[link]

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	11-1	Ulysses Gomez	KO (elbows and punches)	UFC on Fox: Shogun vs. Vera	02012-08-04Aug 4, 2012	1	3:46	Los Angeles, California, United States	UFC Debut.
Win	10-1	Maurice Senters	Decision (unanimous)	RITC - Rage in the Cage 160	02012-06-22Jun 22, 2012	3	5:00	Chandler, Arizona, United States	Won RITC bantamweight title.
Win	9-1	Matthew Garcia	Submission (armbar)	Coalition of Combat - The Bangers Ball	02012-02-25Feb 25, 2012	1	3:10	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Win	8-1	Freddie Lux	Submission (guillotine choke)	Trilogy Championship Fighting - Rumble at the Ranch 2	02011-11-05Nov 5, 2011	1	0:49	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	Won Trilogy Championship Fighting bantamweight title.
Win	7-1	Nathaniel Baker	Submission (armbar)	Martinez Brothers Production - Sun City Battle	02011-07-09Jul 9, 2011	3	2:27	El Paso, Texas, United States
Loss	6-1	John Dodson	Decision (unanimous)	Nemesis Fighting: MMA Global Invasion	02010-12-11Dec 11, 2010	3	5:00	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Win	6-0	Aldo Escudero	Decision (unanimous)	RITC 143 - Rage in the Cage 143	02010-07-31Jul 31, 2010	3	5:00	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Win	5-0	Travis Halverson	Submission (guillotine choke)	RITC 142 - Rage in the Cage 142	02010-06-26Jun 26, 2010	1	1:17	Chandler, Arizona, United States
Win	4-0	Pat Donovan	Submission (triangle choke)	RITC 140 - Rage in the Cage 140	02010-03-20Mar 20, 2010	2	1:12	Chandler, Arizona, United States
Win	3-0	Evan Morton	Decision (unanimous)	RITC 139 - Rage in the Cage 139	02010-02-13Feb 13, 2010	3	3:00	Tucson, Arizona, United States
Win	2-0	Al Decastro	TKO (punches)	RITC 138 - Rage in the Cage 138	02009-12-04Dec 4, 2009	1	1:15	Mesa, Arizona, United States
Win	1-0	Sam Shapiro	Decision (unanimous)	RITC 136 - Rage in the Cage 136	02009-11-07Nov 7, 2009	3	3:00	Prescott Valley, Arizona, United States

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Stewart Rhodes (born 1 December 1986 in Orange, New South Wales is a classy left hand batting all rounder New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Wellington Firebirds in the Plunket Shield and the New Zealand one-day competition.^[1]

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