Usher

Usher biography

Usher may refer to:

• Usher (occupation)
• Church usher
• Court usher
• White House Chief Usher
• (archaic) The second schoolmaster in a school (such as a grammar school in England)

* Usher 1C, human gene

• Usher syndrome, genetic disorder
• Gentleman Usher of an order of knights in the United Kingdom

People:

• Usher (entertainer), American R&B singer and actor
• Andrew Usher, Edinburgh distiller
• David Usher, Canadian recording artist
• James Usher, (or Ussher) Archbishop of Armagh, 1625 - 1656
• James Ward Usher, benefactor of the Usher Gallery, Lincoln, England
• John Palmer Usher, U.S. administrator, Cabinet member of Abraham Lincoln
• Karyn Usher, American television producer and screenwriter
• Michael Usher, Australian journalist and newsreader for Nine News
• Paul Usher, English actor

Places:

• Usher, Western Australia
• Mount Usher, Antarctica

In fiction:

• The family name in the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Fall of the House of Usher"
• Usher (2002 film), a short film directed by Curtis Harrington

Other

• Usher S.A. de C.V., Mexican candy production company
• Usher Hall, Edinburgh
• Ushers of Trowbridge, brewery

See also

• Ussher (surname)
• The Fall of the House of Usher (disambiguation)

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