Valentine as First Name

Valentine Ball            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish
Valentine Ball: Irish geologist, and a brother of Sir Ball joined the Geological Survey of India, becoming an authority not only on geology but also on ornithology and anthropology. His best known work is Jungle-Life in India. He later became director of the National Museum of Ireland.

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Valentine as Last Name

Bryan Herbert Valentine            Origin/Culture/Country: British
Bryan Herbert Valentine: was an English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1933 to 1939.

Darnell Terrell Valentine            Origin/Culture/Country: American
Darnell Terrell Valentine: is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Kansas where he was a three-time Academic All-American and was a member of the 1980 Summer Olympics men's basketball team. Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round (16th pick overall) of the 1981 NBA Draft, Valentine spent 4 1/2 years with the Trail Blazers. In 300 regular season games with Portland, he averaged 9.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists a game. Valentine also played for the Los Angeles Clippers and the Cleveland Cavaliers during his 10-year NBA career. He owns career averages of 8.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 620 NBA games. After winding up his NBA career, Valentine played three seasons in the Italian Basketball League.

Carl Howard Valentine            Origin/Culture/Country: Canadian
Carl Howard Valentine: a former professional soccer player and coach who has had a long association with soccer in the Vancouver area (British Columbia, Canada). Valentine had a long, successful playing career from the late 1970s to the late 1990s with several clubs, notably the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League, Oldham Athletic, West Bromwich Albion of the Football League, and the Vancouver 86ers of the Canadian Soccer League and later American Professional Soccer League. Valentine earned won 31 caps as a Canadian international, including three in the country's first round ties at the 1986 World Cup finals.

Peter Valentine            Origin/Culture/Country: English
Peter Valentine: was a professional footballer who played as a defender for Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers, Bury, Carlisle United & Rochdale.

Albert Finch Valentine            Origin/Culture/Country: English
Albert Finch Valentine: was a footballer who played in England and Wales during the 1920s and 1930s.Valentine was a prolific striker who still holds the club record for scoring the most league goals in a single season at Halifax Town and Macclesfield Town. His early professional career was unspectacular and in his mid twenties he had dropped into non league football.