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John Theophilus Desaguliers

John Theophilus Desaguliers FRS (12 March 1683 – 29 February 1744) was a British natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton. He had studied at Oxford and later popularized Newtonian theories and their practical applications in public lectures. Desaguliers's most important patron was James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. As a Freemason, Desaguliers was instrumental in the success of the first Grand Lodge in London in the early 1720s and served as its third Grand Master.

Early life and education
Desaguliers was born in La Rochelle, several months after his father Jean Desaguliers, a Protestant minister, had been exiled as a Huguenot by the French government. Jean Desaguliers was ordained as an Anglican by Bishop Henry Compton of London, and sent to Guernsey. Meanwhile, the baby was baptised Jean Théophile Desaguliers in the Protestant Temple in La Rochelle, and he and his mother then escaped to join Jean in Guernsey.

In 1692, the family moved to London where Jean Desaguliers later set up a French school in Islington. He died in 1699. His son, who now used the anglicised name John Theophilus, attended Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield until 1705 when he entered Christ Church, Oxford and followed the usual classical curriculum and graduated BA in 1709. He also attended lectures by John Keill, who used innovative demonstrations to illustrate difficult concepts of Newtonian natural philosophy. When Keill left Oxford in 1709 Desaguliers continued giving the lectures at Hart Hall, the forerunner of Hertford College, Oxford. He obtained a master's degree there in 1712. In 1719, Oxford granted him the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws, after which he was often referred to as Dr Desaguliers. His doctorate was incorporated by Cambridge University in 1726.

Desaguliers was ordained as a deacon in 1710, at Fulham Palace, and as a priest in 1717, at Ely Palace in London.

Lecturer and promoter of Newtonian experimental philosophy
In 1712, Desaguliers moved back to London and advertised courses of public lectures in Experimental Philosophy. He was not the first to do this, but became the most successful, offering to speak in English, French or Latin. By the time of his death, he had given over 140 courses of some 20 lectures each on mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics and astronomy. He kept his lectures up to date, published notes for his auditors, and designed his own apparatus, including a renowned planetarium to demonstrate the solar system, and a machine to explain tidal motion. In 1717, Desaguliers lodged at Hampton Court and lectured in French to King George I and his family.

Demonstrator at the Royal Society
In 1714, Isaac Newton, President of the Royal Society, invited Desaguliers to replace Francis Hauksbee (1660–1713) as demonstrator at the Society's weekly meetings; he was soon thereafter made a Fellow of the Royal Society. Desaguliers promoted Newton's ideas and maintained the scientific nature of the meetings when Hans Sloane took over the Presidency after Newton died in 1727. Desaguliers contributed over 60 articles to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. He received the Society's prestigious Copley Medal in 1734, 1736 and 1741. The last award was for his summary of knowledge to date on the phenomenon of electricity. He had worked on this with Stephen Gray, who at one time lodged at the Desaguliers' home. Desaguliers's "Dissertation concerning Electricity" (1742), in which he coined the terms conductor and insulator, was awarded a gold medal by the Bordeaux Academy of Sciences.

Patronage of the Duke of Chandos
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos appointed Desaguliers as his chaplain in 1716, but probably as much for his scientific expertise as his ecclesiastic duties. He was also gifted the living of St Lawrence Church, Little Stanmore, which was close to the Duke's mansion called Cannons, then under construction at nearby Edgware. The church was rebuilt in the baroque style in 1715. As the chapel at Cannons was not completed until 1720, the church was the location of first performances of the so-called Chandos Anthems by George Frideric Handel who was, in 1717/18, like Desaguliers, a member of the Duke's household.

The Cannons estate benefited from Desaguliers' scientific expertise which was applied to the elaborate water garden there. He was also technical adviser to an enterprise in which Chandos had invested, the York Buildings Company, which used steam-power to extract water from the Thames. In 1718, Desaguliers dedicated to the Duke his translation of Edme Mariotte's treatise on the motion of water. It is perhaps no coincidence that in the summer of 1718 Handel composed his opera Acis and Galatea for performance at Cannons. In this work the hero Acis is turned into a fountain, and since, by tradition, the work was first performed outside on the terraces overlooking the garden, a connection with Desaguliers' new water works seems probable.

Desaguliers advised the Duke of Chandos on many projects and appears to have been distracted from his parochial duties by his other interests. The Duke once complained that there were unreasonable delays in burying the dead but this was attributed to the curate who was left in charge of the church.

Engineering interests
Desaguliers applied his knowledge to practical applications. As well as his interest in steam engines and hydraulic engineering (in 1721 he cured a problem in the Edinburgh city water supply ) he developed expertise in ventilation. He devised a more efficient fireplace which was used in the House of Lords and also invented the blowing wheel which removed stale air from the House of Commons for many years. Desaguliers studied the movements made by the human body when working as a machine. He befriended the strong man, Thomas Topham, and although there is no firm evidence that he used Topham as a body guard, Desaguliers recorded several of the feats that he performed.

Desaguliers was a parliamentary adviser to the board concerned with the first Westminster Bridge. This much-needed second crossing of the Thames was not completed until 1750, after his death, but construction work resulted in the demolition of Desaguliers's home in Channel Row.

Desaguliers also made significant contributions to the field of tribology. He was the first to recognise the possible role of adhesion in the friction process. For this contribution, he was named by Duncan Dowson as one of the 23 "Men of Tribology".

Freemasonry
Desaguliers was a member of the lodge which met at the Rummer & Grapes Tavern in Channel Row, Westminster, although that lodge later moved to the Horn Tavern in New Palace Yard. According to Rev. James Anderson, this lodge joined with three other lodges on 24 June 1717 to form what would become the Premier Grand Lodge of England. The new grand lodge grew rapidly as more lodges joined, and Desaguliers is remembered as being instrumental in its early success. He became the third Grand Master in 1719 and was later three times Deputy Grand Master. He helped James Anderson draw up the rules in the "Constitutions of the Freemasons", published in 1723, and he was active in the establishment of masonic charity. During a lecture trip to the Netherlands in 1731, Desaguliers initiated into Freemasonry Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1708–65) who later became Holy Roman Emperor. Desaguliers also presided when Frederick, Prince of Wales became a Freemason in 1731, and he additionally became a chaplain to the Prince.

Family
On 14 October 1712, John Theophilus Desaguliers married Joanna Pudsey, daughter of William and Anne Pudsey of Kidlington, near Oxford. For most of their married life, the couple lived at Channel Row, Westminster where Desaguliers gave the majority of his lectures. When forced to leave due to work on Westminster Bridge, they separated and John Theophilus took lodgings at the Bedford Coffee House in Covent Garden and carried on his lectures there. The Desaguliers had four sons and three daughters, for most of whom they acquired aristocratic godparents, but only two children survived beyond infancy: John Theophilus jnr (1718–1751) graduated from Oxford, became a clergyman, and died childless, while Thomas (1721–1780) had a distinguished military career in the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of General. He became chief firemaster at the Arsenal, Woolwich, and seems to have been the first to be employed by the English army to apply scientific principles to the production of cannon and the powers of gunnery, for which he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. It was Thomas Desaguliers who in part designed and supervised the fireworks for the first performance of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park. He later became an equerry to King George III.

Final years
John Theophilus Desaguliers had long suffered from gout. He died at his lodgings in the Bedford Coffee House on 29 February 1744 and was buried on 6 March 1744 in a prestigious location within the Savoy Chapel in London. The chapel was probably chosen for its Huguenot associations and in memory of Desaguliers's origins. The press announcements of his death referred to him as 'a gentleman universally known and esteemed'. In his will Desaguliers left his estate to his elder son who organised the publication of the second edition of his "Course of Experimental Philosophy". Although never a wealthy man, he did not die in poverty as suggested by the oft-quoted but inaccurate lines of the poet James Cawthorn:

How poor neglected Desaguiliers fell!

How he who taught two gracious kings to view

All Boyle ennobled, and all Bacon knew,

Died in a cell, without a friend to save,

Without a guinea, and without a grave.

These are taken from a long poem entitled "The Vanity of Human Enjoyment" (1749) in which the poet attempted to draw attention to the general lack of funding for men of science and not Desaguliers in particular.

Portraits
There are two known engravings, by Peter Pelham and by James Tookey, taken from a lost portrait of Desaguliers painted in about 1725 by Hans Hysing, and an engraving by R. Scaddon of a Thomas Frye painting, also apparently lost, which showed the subject as an old man in 1743. An engraving by Etienne-Jehandier Desrochers was almost certainly made in 1735 when Desaguliers was on his only visit to Paris. There is also an oil attributed to Jonathan Richardson.

Publications
Desaguliers wrote on many topics for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, produced several editions of notes for the auditors of his lectures and wrote occasional poetry. He translated technical works from French and Latin into English, often adding his own comments. His own Course of Experimental Philosophy was translated into Dutch and French

Some original works

 * A Sermon Preach’d before the King at Hampton Court (London, 1717)
 * The Newtonian System of the World, the Best Model of Government: An Allegorical Poem (Westminster, 1728)
 * A Course of Experimental Philosophy, 1st edition, Vol I (London, 1734) and Vol II (London 1744)
 * A Dissertation Concerning Electricity (London, 1742)

Some translations

 * Ozanam, Jacques, A Treatise of Fortification, (Oxford, 1711)
 * Ozanam, Jacques, A Treatise of Gnomonicks, or Dialling, (Oxford, 1712)
 * Gauger, Nicolas, Fires Improv’d: Being a New Method of Building Chimneys, (London, 1st ed., 1715; 2nd ed., 1736)
 * Mariotte, Edmé, The Motion of Water and other Fluids, being a Treatise on Hydrostaticks, (London, 1718)
 * 'sGravesande, Willem, Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy Confirmed by Experiment, or an Introduction to Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy (London, 1720)
 * Pitcairn, Archibald, The Whole Works of Dr Archibald Pitcairn (treatise on physic translated from Latin in collaboration with George Sewell) (2nd ed., London, 1727).
 * Vaucanson, Jacques, An Account of the Mechanism of an Automaton, (London, 1742)

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Talk:List of international ice hockey competitions featuring NHL players

Sources?
Can anyone cite sources (official, if possible), where these and only these championships can be considered Professional_ice_hockey_world_championships?

If anyone cannot, then it's POV of the creator of this article. My POV is that if all professionals were welcome to play since 1977 in WC and Olympics, then these events should be considered professional since then: if certain part of professionals was not able to participate (due to schedule etc.) it's up to them. Cmapm 18:49, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Indeed
This whole article is quite biased. I tried to create some neutrality to it, but might make more sense to remove it completely and possibly replace with another article about international ice hockey tournaments with professional players. Now the name refers mainly to the World Championships arranged by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since the 70's, but the article itself is about tournaments arranged by the NHL (which is only a single professional league, even if dominant as such).
 * Agree. Cmapm 01:01, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Addendum
It is true that the Summit Series, Canada Cups and World Cups are not technically "Professional ice hockey world championships". At the same time, the IIHF World Championships should not be construed as such either, as those tournaments were established in Europe by Europeans to coincide with the end of the European hockey season. In reality, there never have been any tournaments which are definitive professional championships.

Until the Nagano Olympics in 1998, the only tournaments which consistently pitted the top professional players (and, therefore, the top players in the world) against one another on an international level were the Canada Cups and the World Cup. Whether that makes those tournaments de facto professional championships is debatable, I suppose, but it is the reality that those tournaments were widely considered to effectively determine the true "world champion" (professional or other) in the same way that the World Cup of Football (Soccer, for us North Americans) determines the same for that sport.

I would, however, definitely NOT consider any series which pitted only Canada against the Soviet Union (e.g., the Summit Series in 1972) to determine the "world champion", if only because of the limited entrants. The 1974 "Summit Series" pitted the touring Soviet squad against the best which the inferior WHA league had to offer, so it definitely can be considered neither an "NHL" tournament nor a "professional ice hockey world championship" by any measure. I absolutely disagree with its inclusion in this list under any circumstances.

Incidentally, it is not true that the NHL arranged the tournaments identified in the lists in the article. I have already above discredited the 1974 "Summit Series" from being an "NHL" series. The 1972 "Summit Series" was arranged by then-NHLPA boss Alan Eagleson, but not by or for the league itself. I'm fairly sure that he organized the 1976 Canada Cup as well, and as some WHA players (e.g., Bobby Hull) played in that series for Canada, it definitely was not an "NHL" tournament. Although I'm pretty sure that all Canadian players in subsequent tournaments were NHL players (except Eric Lindros in 1992), that does not mean that the tournaments were organized by the NHL and, in fact, I'm fairly sure that the NHLPA, not the NHL, organized them (for evidence of the distinction between the NHL and the NHLPA, you need look no further than the 2004-05 NHL lockout). Perhaps I'm splitting hairs, but it is evident that these tournaments were not "NHL" by virtue of the inclusion of non-NHL players from time to time. It is certainly not true that all players from all competing teams at any of these tournaments were NHL players and, in fact, it is safe to say that many players from non-North American teams have not been NHL players.

Does the fact that the "neutrality" of this article is in dispute (although I think it's more the accuracy than the neutrality which is in dispute) not make the statistics presented in other pages which refer here (e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_national_men%27s_hockey_team) also in dispute? Also, how do issues like this get resolved by the Wiki-people?

Sorry for my long-windedness. Hockey is my passion. Let the lockout end!
 * Do you think,that "inaccuracy" prevails over "non-neutrality" here? If you do, then may be it'd be better to replace NPOV tag with one of the tags mentioned in Accuracy dispute article? I suppose, that the article should be renamed to something like "International tournaments with professional players" and the first sentence about "NHL arrangement" should be adjusted to reflect your view (I agree with most of your points). How these issues are dealt in Wiki? As I understand, when all people here (on the talk page) agree the article changed enough to become neutral, NPOV tag can be removed (so far at least I don't think it's neutral in particular due to its controversary-in-my-opinion name). Cmapm 12:06, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

It needs to be renamed and reworked, or deleted
For the tournaments to be considered professional the players have to be either compensated or they have to play hockey as a profession. In either case NHL players aren't the only professional hockey players. These tournaments cannot be considered world championships either because most of them are invitational, and are not organised and goverened by a multi-national federation (such as the IIHF). Most of the mentioned events weren't arranged by the NHL either, so that too is erronious.

I suggest we rename it to something like "International ice hockey tournaments featuring NHL players" and clean it up (it does need a good cleaning), or simply delete it. I can take it upon myself to rework the article (I have some good ideas of how), but I want to be sure that we're all on the same page. An admin will have to rename it.

--Sarke 08:01, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. I also think, that your point of view basically reflects ones of anon users who posted under "Indeed" and "Addendum" sections. Admin is not needed here. As I know Wiki policy, if we want to rename the article, we should move the page to the name proposed by you. The page with this name will remain (it will be redirected to the new name), but we can place it into Redirects for deletion (as it more or less suits to 2. and 4.reason there) and if the consensus will be reached to delete it there, it will be deleted, but "continue its life" under the new name. I can do it myself, when I have a time, if you want. Cmapm 17:20, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Now that I think of it, "International ice hockey competitions featuring NHL players" is probably a more suited name, as not all are tournaments. I'll start working on it after breakfast. --Sarke 18:10, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * There, I've done most of the reworking and renaming, but I have to head out now. I'll brush it up later tonight. --Sarke 19:32, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I do believe the 1974 Summit Series was played with WHA players, not NHL players -- [[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px]] Earl Andrew - talk 22:11, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * If you think, that it's not suitable here, then remove it, update Wikipedia on your will. Anyway, this info is present on the page about the Soviet team. Cmapm 19:38, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Not really a list, is it?
It just duplicates the main pages for each tournament. Also it needs a better explanation of what the concept of "best-on-best" is. As well it does a poor job differniating "club" play (Super Series) from national team play (the rest). Kevlar67 02:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Deletion/Merge
This page was seriously debated as far back as 3 years ago (see above). It has been improved slightly, but I don't feel the gathered listings motivate a page of its own. It's a mix of international tournaments between countries allowing NHL players and NHL players/teams playing against other countries and/or other teams. The focus on NHL-players (as opposed to generally professional players, for instance not considering WHL-players a reason of inclusion) strikes me as unfair, despite it being a prominent league.

All information available (and more detail) can be found on the respective tournament pages. Lejman (talk) 16:20, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I have done some notifications; the inactive creator, everyone signing a comment on this talk page (Cmapm, Sarke, Earl Andrew, Kevlar67) and Dinosaur puppy, another main contributor. Hopefully the page can be improved or deleted. Lejman (talk) 17:04, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

 * This jumble can be resolved by refocusing the article on international competitions done under the auspices or organized by the NHL and/or NHLPA.
 * Since NHL players are usually unable to play in international tournaments because the NHL season is very long, and the NHL doesn't go in for breaks for outside competitions, NHL players don't usually appear in international competitions. That in itself brings reason to why this list exists.
 * This is a list article, so ofcourse you would find the details of the competitions in other articles. I hardly see that as a point for deletion, otherwise you'd think lists were not allowed on Wikipedia or something. This is a list afterall, not a specific competition article. 76.66.198.171 (talk) 12:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

What should really happen is we should delete this list and instead an article called best-on-best explaining that the inclusion of the most eilte NHL and other professional players in international play is a recent and still not universal. I would have done it already by the title "best-on-best" I've only heard in a few places, and I can't find a good enough source for it. The concept undoubedly exists, we just need to determine the proper name and agree on the decription.--Kevlar (talk • contribs) 00:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and created best-on-best once I found intances of the NHL, NHLPA, and IIHF using the phrase. --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 02:04, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * IT might have been better if you just had renamed this article, and rewrote it, since it's a partial rewrite anyways, and an extensive edit history helps to avoid deletion, and this article has been renamed many times already. (It wasn't originally called a "list", IIRC) 76.66.198.171 (talk) 15:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * If that's the case then we could copy the the content I wrote to this page, and then delete my new page, and rename this page to the new title. Does that make sense?--Kevlar (talk • contribs) 19:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That could work. I'm posting notices on a few WikiProjects to get more input, than just the three of us. 76.66.198.171 (talk) 06:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * There's still a need for an article on competitions done by the NHL/NHLPA, that this list also serves as the article for... 76.66.198.171 (talk) 15:56, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Is the fact that the NHL/NHLPA hosted it as notable as the fact that it is described as "best-on-best"? I tend to think not. --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 19:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * There are many many list of xxx by yyy on WikiPedia. It should be no different for the NHL or NHLPA. A list of competitions sanctioned or whatever by them is no less encyclopedic than others. The IIHF list was turned into a template and a category. 76.66.198.171 (talk) 06:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I like the idea of merging with Best of Best. I don't mind a NHL-player games listing as such, though that means we'd have to add all those exhibition games discussed below under Very Incomplete. That said, I've always perceived this page as a listing of tournaments that North American people felt showed who won in professional competitions, as they were unable to use their best players in most World Championships tournaments. (I see the fact that the individual WC years and its winners aren't listed in its section, despite some NHL players have played in most of those tournaments since 1976 as sort of an example of this. The current inclusion criteria don't say 'all NHL players needs to be able to attend', but 'NHL players attended', which in theory could apply to any exhibition game with a single NHL player participating.) In that regard, the Best of Best page would satisfy the need, and also be easier to manage, with better defined inclusion and exclusion criterias.Lejman (talk) 22:57, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Personally I find this list fine, fair isn't an issue. All a list requires in order to be a valid list on wikipedia is be a defined criteria and to be notable. The criteria is clearly that NHL players had to be participants and that it had to be international. The fact that all of these games/tournaments can easily be sourced passes the notability criteria. It could probably have some better prose added into the article but thats not a reason to repurpose the list. -Djsasso (talk) 23:10, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Another issue
I think we need an article explaining why ice hockey lacks a real world club championship, and why the Super Series was created, how the NHL defeated the WHA in the 1970s and gutted the Eastern Euopean leagues in the 1990s, and why the KHL was created. A geopolical history of hockey, perhaps.--Kevlar (talk • contribs) 19:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Most of that would probably be WP:OR unfortunately. It would be hard to find enough info that could be sourced for an article like that which wouldn't be a WP:SYNTH issue. -Djsasso (talk) 23:03, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought there was an Ice Hockey World championship. The World Championships held anually in April/May. GoodDay (talk) 23:08, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Club championships is the top professional teams playing for an international cup. Like the Euro Cup in soccer I believe. Or the Spengler cup in hockey which isn't truely international. -Djsasso (talk) 23:12, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Do ya'll mean something like, the Stanley Cup champs (NHL) facing the Gargarin Cup champs (KHL)? GoodDay (talk) 23:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup like that. Or the top team from all the major hockey playing leagues facing off against each other sort of like the memorial cup. -Djsasso (talk) 20:35, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and added an "international" section to professional ice hockey.--Kevlar (talk • contribs) 21:46, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Very incomplete
There have been a lot more international games played by the NHL, most of them exhibition games. Jmj713 (talk) 02:35, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * There was some prior similar discussion here. Jmj713 (talk) 23:18, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed there are more games, and like Alaney2k write in the discussion you link to, shows a lot more games. I personally think the listing would get crowded with all that information here, but if we don't want it added we need to figure out some inclusion/exclusion criterias.Lejman (talk) 22:45, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

The earlier championships
In 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 the NHL has had a break in the season to allow its players to participate in the Olympics.

and

Since 1976, there has been no limit to how many NHL players countries can send to the IIHF World Championships

Well, how about the earlier championships and games? Especially before World War II? Olympics 1920 through 1936 and World Championships 1930 through 1939? It could be noteworthy because NHL was founded already 1917. 85.217.15.109 (talk) 16:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * But the NHL players were professional already then, and both the IOC and IIHF were vehemently opposed to accepting (nominally) professional players in their competitions. 85.226.207.82 (talk) 11:26, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, there was that. Sorry. 82.141.119.19 (talk) 18:21, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Super Series needs team names
The Super Series summary chart needs to have each NHL team's name included, not simply the generic "NHL". I'll start looking these up, but if anyone already knows, please go ahead. Elsquared (talk) 09:25, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

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Craig Dougall McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor, musician, singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television, the music industry and music theatre for over 30 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap operas Neighbours and Home and Away and the BBC One spy drama Bugs. He has portrayed the title character in The Doctor Blake Mysteries, for which he was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor; he has previously won the award in this category three times.

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McLachlan moved to Sydney when he was around 16 to pursue an acting career. He secured a guest role on The Young Doctors, as well as several television commercials. However, he soon moved back home and spent two years working as a labourer and a gym instructor. After returning to Sydney, he secured a guest role as a student in two episodes of Sons and Daughters. He was cast as Henry Ramsay, brother of Kylie Minogue's character Charlene, in Channel 10's Neighbours. After appearing in more than 800 episodes and winning the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television (1990) and Silver Logie, he was contracted to Seven Network's Home and Away, playing schoolteacher Grant Mitchell.

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A singer, guitarist and songwriter, McLachlan enjoyed international success in a concurrent pop music career. He had hits in Australia and the UK with a remake of the Bo Diddley song "Mona (I Need You Baby)" and with self-penned songs "Amanda", "One Reason Why" and "On My Own". He toured the UK and Europe with his band Check 1–2. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991, "Mona", won Highest Selling Single for Craig McLachlan & Check 1–2. In the following year his single "On My Own" was one of several works by Simon Hussey, who won Producer of the Year.

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In 1993, McLachlan starred as Danny Zuko in the West End revival of the musical Grease alongside Deborah Gibson and Sonia Evans. In his stage musical career he starred as Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Caractacus Pott in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bob Wallace in White Christmas and Billy Flynn in Chicago.

1990s–present
Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, McLachlan appeared in around 20 film and television projects, including the American movie Superfire (film), the television film Heroes' Mountain as Stuart Diver, and Blackjack with Colin Friels. In 2004, he played Michael Chamberlain in Through My Eyes, an account of the Lindy Chamberlain story, and began work in the recurring role of Kane Morgan in McLeod's Daughters. He played Jeff Kennard in the Australian film Hating Alison Ashley, worked alongside Benjamin Bratt and James Franco in The Great Raid, and starred with John Jarratt in Savages Crossing.

McLachlan appeared regularly in the Network Seven TV series Packed to the Rafters as ageing rocker Steve Wilson and was cast in the fourth season of Rescue: Special Ops as Hayden Bradley. He played the role of Steve, the handsome gay gardener, in the award-winning production At Home with Julia and appeared in the ABC comedy Lowdown.

In 2011, British group Rizzle Kicks sampled McLachlan's version of "Mona" for their single "Mama Do the Hump".

McLachlan returned to Australia in 2012 to work on a new TV series, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, a period crime drama set in Ballarat in 1959. He plays the titular role of Dr Lucien Blake, a medical practitioner with a knack for solving murders and annoying the police. The first two seasons originally screened on ABC Television.

In 2013, McLachlan was again cast as Frank-N-Furter in a revival of The Rocky Horror Show touring Australia in 2014. In December 2014, McLachlan revealed that he was unable to return to Neighbours for the show's 30th anniversary celebrations owing to scheduling conflicts and his involvement in The Doctor Blake Mysteries. However, McLachlan agreed to take part in the documentary special Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and the UK in March 2015.

In 2016, McLachlan appeared in the sci-fi thriller Restoration, playing Andrew Majury.

Sexual harassment allegations
On 8 January 2018, a joint investigation by Fairfax Media and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that McLachlan had been accused of sexual harassment by several actresses during his performing career. Three actresses from the 2014 Australian production of The Rocky Horror Show – Christie Whelan Browne, Erika Heynatz and Angela Scundi – made allegations against McLachlan. He responded, "Frankly, they seem to be simple inventions, perhaps made for financial reasons, perhaps to gain notoriety. In either event, they are to the best of my knowledge utterly and entirely false." McLachlan subsequently left the 2018 production of The Rocky Horror Show. Victoria Police announced they were investigating complaints from two of the women.

McLachlan filed defamation suits against the ABC and Fairfax Media in February 2018; he also named Whelan Browne in a defamation suit. Producers of The Doctor Blake Mysteries announced that production would be temporarily suspended pending the outcome of investigations. The production company, December Media, "cleared the actor of any misconduct" during the show's run. In April, it was announced McLachlan would not be returning to the series.

McLachlan's defamation case was due to be heard in the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 4 February 2019; however, the suit was postponed pending the outcome of the related criminal proceedings. On 11 January 2019, Victoria Police charged him with one count of common assault, eight counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted indecent assault. At a hearing in April 2019 it came to light that one of the indecent assault charges had been dropped and that the case would be determined by a magistrate alone. In November 2019, a contested hearing of the charges began, with Stuart Littlemore as defence lawyer. The trial ended on 15 December 2020 with McLachlan acquitted on all charges.

The magistrate described McLachlan's evidence as contrived and his emotions as "not seeming genuine", also characterising the women who gave evidence as "brave and honest witnesses". The magistrate also said that McLachlan likely touched the women while they were performing, but that she [the magistrate] was not persuaded beyond a reasonable doubt he knew they were not consenting. During the course of the trial, McLachlan's lawyers argued "there was an overtly sexualised atmosphere among all cast members during the show that included crude physical pranks, hugs and kisses instead of saying hello and goodbye, actors sitting on each other's laps, a constant stream of dirty jokes and insincere remarks about their admiration and love for each other".

In May 2021, Seven News' Spotlight programme claimed that the ABC had "manipulated" McLachlan's accusers when it interviewed the women in 2018. The programme showed ABC journalists (off camera) appearing to coach the accusers by offering specific words and phases for them to say in their interview, such as "predatory" and "power imbalance". The ABC rejected those claims. McLachlan filed a defamation suit against the ABC and Nine newspapers over media reports of the 2014 Rocky Horror Show tour allegations for which he was tried and acquitted. On 15 May 2021, fresh allegations were made about the actor's behaviour, including from Jeanne Downs, a former UK television star who accused the actor of groping her live while a guest on her popular children's show in 1990. McLachlan applied to discontinue the suit ten days into the trial, on the same day the defence was set to begin calling witnesses.

Personal life
McLachlan's partner is opera conductor Vanessa Scammell, whom he met in 2009. He has a child from his relationship with British actress and voice artist Charlotte Avery. McLachlan was briefly married to Karen Williams (fl. 1986) with whom he had attended the same secondary school, and he was subsequently married to Neighbours' actress Rachel Friend (1993–1994).

Videos

 * Craig McLachlan & Check 1–2: The Video (featured an interview and the video clips for "Mona", "Amanda", "Rock the Rock" and "I Almost Felt Like Crying") (1990)

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List of Barbie's friends and family

This article shows the complete fictional and non-fictional friends and family of Barbie, a fashion doll manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel and launched on 9 March 1959.

Main characters

 * Barbara Millicent "Barbie" Roberts (1959–present): A blonde-haired, blue-eyed doll who was born in the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin. According to eponymous Random House books published in the 1960s, the character's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Barbie's age has fluctuated; she was originally a 19-year-old, but she is often shown as an older character in adult careers. The inaugural episode of Life in the Dreamhouse even jokes that she is over 43 years old. Barbie has three younger sisters: Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea. Mattel describes Barbie as strong, confident and always willing to help her siblings.
 * Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson (1961–1967, 1969–present): Barbie's male counterpart and former boyfriend as well as the second character added to the line. Mattel announced a split between him and Barbie in 2004 and a reunion on Valentine's Day in 2011. According to books published by Random House in the 1960s, Ken's full name is Kenneth Sean Carson. Since Barbie: Dolphin Magic, he is one of Barbie's best friends and next-door neighbor, although pre-2017 romantic aesthetic began to resurface between the two in the 2023 television series, Barbie: A Touch of Magic.

Barbie's sisters
Barbie has three young sisters: Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea, who made their collective debuts in the 2011 Christmas film, Barbie: A Perfect Christmas. Chelsea, previously known as Kelly, had a lead role in the 2002 syndicated television series, Kelly Dream Club, in which Barbie appeared in a supporting role. Since then, they appeared as main characters in media adaptations of the franchise, including Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse and the Barbie & Her Sisters in... film entries in the film series. Since Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures in 2018, they have become permanent main characters in the overall Barbie franchise makeup.
 * Skipper Roberts (1964–2003, 2009–present): The teenage younger sister of Barbie and the first character added to Barbie's family. Originally released as an 8-year-old, she was changed to a 14-year-old later on. Mattel temporarily halted production of Skipper dolls between 2003 and 2009. When Skipper returned in 2009, she was redesigned to have brown hair with a purple (or sometimes blue) colored streak. Since the debut of Life in the Dreamhouse in 2012, Skipper has shown interest in technology, music and gadgets. Skipper had a lead role in the 2023 television film, Barbie: Skipper and the Big Babysitting Adventure.
 * Stacie Roberts (1990–present): Originally introduced as Kelly in the 1990 Wedding Day Midge gift set as the flower girl, this doll was renamed and re-introduced as Stacie shortly thereafter in 1992, and the Kelly name was instead used for her younger sister. Since her appearance in Life in the Dreamhouse, Stacie is 11 years old and shown to be a competitive, skilled athlete. She has her own line of sports-themed dolls called "Team Stacie".
 * Shelly/Kelly/Chelsea Roberts (1995–2010 as Shelly/Kelly, 2011–present as Chelsea): Barbie's youngest sister, approximately 6 years old, then later 7 years old. Since her name changed to Chelsea, she loves the color pink and has blonde hair and blue eyes like her older sister Barbie. Also, she is shown to be mutely arrogant in showing cleverness and brilliance at solving certain mysteries. Chelsea is the star of her own show format, Barbie: Dreamtopia and the 2021 television film, Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday.

Barbie's parents

 * George Roberts (1960–present): George is the father of Barbie, Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea and the husband of Margaret. Originally just a book character, he had never been issued in doll form until 2018 due to his debut animation appearance in Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures. Originally an engineer in the 1960s Barbie book series, but his job or occupancy was retooled as a documentary filmmaker since Dreamhouse Adventures.
 * Margaret Rawlins Roberts (1960–present): Margaret is the mother of Barbie, Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea and the wife of George. Like George and also originally a book character, she had never been issued in doll form until 2018 due to her debut appearance in Dreamhouse Adventures. Initially a homemaker, her job or occupancy was retooled as a computer engineer on debut and the designer of the Roberts family dreamhouse since Dreamhouse Adventures. She has a sister named Millicent.

Discontinued characters

 * Tutti and Todd (Tutti: 1965–1971, Todd: 1965–1996): Twins, both Tutti and Todd were younger siblings of Barbie and Skipper and had seamless 'bendy' bodies with internal wires. The two were only sold together in one set. They debuted in 1966 and were available in the US until 1971, remaining on the European market until 1980. Todd was reintroduced in 1991 as part of the wedding party for Barbie's best friend Midge Hadley, but Tutti was not reintroduced, with new sisters Kelly and Stacie taking her place. Mattel produced several more of the new Todd dolls over the next few years, but Todd was dropped from the Barbie line after 2008. The last version of Todd was the 2008 Todd and Stacie Mary Poppins boxed set, with a comment on the back that "Todd and Stacie are dressed as Michael and Jane from Disney's Mary Poppins".
 * Francie Fairchild (1966–1977): Marketed as "Barbie's Modern Cousin," Francie paved the way for Barbie's transition into the MOD era. Francie appeared to be only slightly younger than Barbie, and had a straight, streamlined figure. The Francie doll was the first to feature rooted eyelashes. In the March 1966 issue of Barbie Magazine, she is the daughter of Claude and Lily Fairchild.
 * Jazzie (1988–1992): Another cousin of Barbie and part of a small group of high school age dolls. She was taller than Francie, with Jazzie being almost the same height as Barbie.
 * Kristine "Krissy" Roberts (1998–2001): This character is an infant and is only intermittently included in the Barbie sibling lineup.
 * Blaine Gordon (2004): Barbie's Australian ex-boyfriend, whom she dated during her much-publicized "breakup" with Ken. Blaine is said to be the brother of Summer, one of Barbie's friends. Blaine does not show up in any of the Barbie series but was originally a character from Generation Girls and showed interest in Ana.

Extended family members

 * Millicent Rawlins (2010): Barbie's aunt and Margaret's sister. Although never made into a doll, she first appeared media-wise as a fashion designer with an atelier in Paris in the 2010 film Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale. She also appeared towards the conclusion of the 2011 film, Barbie: A Perfect Christmas where she joined with Barbie and her sisters in celebrating the holiday. She has yet to appear in any form since 2012.
 * Grandmother Rawlins (2015): Barbie's grandmother and Margaret Roberts' mother. She passed her love of reading onto Barbie and gave her a book that Barbie related to. She is encouraging and supportive of her granddaughter. Her first movie appearance is in Barbie and the Secret Door as Alexa's (Barbie) grandmother. She also appears in Barbie & Her Sisters in The Great Puppy Adventure as herself. She was first mentioned in the 1962 Random House Novel Here's Barbie where she is implied to be living in New Orleans. She was never made into a doll.
 * Kristen Rawlins (2013): A cousin of Barbie, appearing in the picture book, The Wedding Party. She was never made into a doll.
 * Marlene Roberts (2015): Barbie's aunt, George's sister and Margaret's sister-in-law. She was never made into a doll.
 * Max and Marie Roberts (2013): The twin children of Marlene Roberts, cousins of Barbie and her siblings, and niece and nephew of Margaret Roberts and George Roberts. They showed up in Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale. Marie is shown to be an otaku.
 * Lillian Roberts Fairchild (1966): Francie's mother, Barbie's aunt, George's sister and Margaret's sister-in-law. She was never made into a doll.
 * Claude Fairchild (1966): Francie's father, Barbie's uncle and Margaret and George's brother-in-law. He was never made into a doll.
 * Adele (2019–Present): Barbie's aunt and the owner of the Windy Willows Inn in Barbie's hometown, Willows, Wisconsin. She first appeared in season 3, episode 3 of Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures, "The Ballad of Windy Willows." Her most recent appearance was in season 5, episode 7, "The Curse of the Miner's Ghost." Her design is very similar to Margaret's, suggesting they are sisters. She was never made into a doll.

Female best friends

 * Margaret "Midge" Hadley Sherwood (1963–1966, 1988–2004, 2013–2015): This character was Barbie's Irish American best friend. She was the third character introduced to the Barbie line, following Barbie and Ken. In the Random House novels, her last name is Hadley. She was paired with Allan Sherwood, Ken's best friend, when Allan was introduced in 1964. After she married Allan/Alan in 1991, she became Midge Hadley Sherwood. In the 1990s Price Stern Sloan series Adventures with Barbie, she and Alan are married, and in book 5, "The Phantom of Shrinking Pond", by Suzanne Weyn, (1992), it's implied that she is named after her Aunt Margaret. She is named Viky in Brazil (from the book "Barbie Doll Around the World", by J. Michael Augustyniak, (2008, Collector Books). In 2001 she was given her own line named Happy Family. Midge was released with a magnetic belly and a baby. Also in the line was Alan and their son Ryan, and Midge's parents though they were never given real names. In 2013, she was brought back in the Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse web series where she undergoes a makeover to look more modern, though the character tends to act like she is still in the 1960s. There is no mention of Allan/Alan in the series.
 * Christie (1968–2005, 2015): Barbie doll's first African American friend character, Christie was part of the new group of Talking dolls for 1968. She was later issued as a Twist 'N Turn version. The character appeared in the product line continuously for many years, though the original Christie face sculpt was discontinued in 1978. She is notable in that she has been romantically linked with several male characters over the years. In 1970, she was linked with Brad, the Talking Brad doll even said, "Christie is the greatest". In 1982, the Sunsational Malibu Christie doll had a boyfriend named Ken who used the Brad face sculpt with rooted hair. In the late 80s, Christie was paired with Steven. The surname O'Neil is associated with the Nikki character, who is purported to be Christie's sister, but the surname has not been associated directly with Christie. The doll has been criticized as following American beauty standards instead of representing African cultural body image, representing only one tone of skin color, and because her sculpted features were seen to symbolize white standards of beauty. Christie was discontinued when Barbie got Nikki as her new African American friend, though Nikki uses Christie's face, the change in name of almost the same doll was never stated. In the 2015 movie Barbie and her Sister in a Puppy Rescue, Christie is the name of one of Barbie's old friends from Willows, Wisconsin. On the back of the 1998 Beyond Pink Christie box, her birthday is August 9.
 * Teresa Rivera (1988–present): Originally used the 1983 Spanish Barbie face sculpt for the Island Fun Teresa doll and the Beach Blast Teresa doll. Starting with the Wet 'N Wild Teresa doll, the character began using the 1972 Steffie face sculpt. Beginning with the Rollerblade Teresa doll, the character began using an all-new face sculpt that has become known as the Teresa face sculpt. In the Grolier book "High Sea Adventure" (1999), her last name is Rivera. Teresa is of Hispanic heritage. She is named Debora in Brazil (from the book Barbie Doll Around the World, by J. Michael Augustyniak, (2008, Collector Books). She was featured in the 2008 film as Barbie's best friend, where she told a story about her and Barbie (as Liana and Alexa) as two girls closer than most friends living in the forest. She appeared in the web series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse and now stars in Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures as one of Barbie's best friends. She also starred in the 2016 movie, Barbie: Spy Squad alongside Barbie and Renee. On the back of the 1999 Beyond Pink Teresa box, her birthday is October 2.
 * Summer Gordon (2004–2015): This doll used an all-new face sculpt. Summer is Blaine's little sister with strawberry blonde hair and green/brown eyes. She was a frequent character in the web series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. She was originally from Australia when she was first introduced in 2004, but in all cartoons she's American.
 * Nicole "Nikki" Watkins (2006–present): This doll appears as one of Barbie's current friends, and is closer to her, Barbie is often seen hanging out with just Teresa and Nikki. She has used multiple different head sculpts through the years. Her last name is O'Neil in the 2010 Random House book, "Barbie: I Can be a Movie Star," but her last name was established as Watkins in Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. She was a frequent character in the web series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse and now stars in Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures as one of Barbie's best friends.
 * Raquelle (2006–2015): This doll used the Summer face sculpt with her original debut. In 2011, she appeared with an all-new face sculpt in the Barbie Fashionistas line. She is Barbie's frenemy as shown in The Barbie Diaries, Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale, Barbie: A Fairy Secret and the web series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, and has a twin brother named Ryan.
 * Grace (2009–2015): This African American doll made its first appearance in the 2009 SIS Line, she used to be a friend of Barbie who moves to Chicago and makes new friends. She also appears in Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale. In 2014, she moved back to Malibu. Her backstory was rebooted when she started appearing in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. She is very smart and interested in science.

Other friends

 * Stacey (1968–1971): Introduced as "Barbie's British chum" during the musical British Invasion of the US, Stacey first appeared with long hair, either blonde, brunette, or redhead, tied in a side ponytail. A second edition had much shorter hair, styled in a curly flip. It is the Stacey face sculpt that is used for Malibu Barbie.
 * PJ (1969–1983): Fully representing the "groovy", "hippie" era of the late 1960s, PJ originally appeared using Midge's face sculpt, but with much longer hair, tied into beaded pigtails. In 1972, with PJ's addition to the Malibu Barbie line (consisting of Barbie, Ken, Skipper, and Francie), she changed to the Steffie face sculpt, which continued until the end of her production. She was billed as Barbie's best friend, again replacing Midge. One of the final iterations of the doll, "Dream Date PJ", erroneously lists her as Barbie's cousin. It is the only such reference and should not be considered canon.
 * Steffie (1972): Although only three versions of Steffie were produced, all of which appeared in 1972, her face sculpt was used for several Barbie-family dolls for decades after, primarily the PJ doll. Some Barbies of that era, issued outside the US, use the Steffie face sculpt. In at least one Mattel advertisement from 1972, Busy Steffie is pictured, but is referred to as "Busy PJ", indicating that, even though Barbie fans refer to her as having the Steffie face sculpt, it is actually Steffie that has the PJ face sculpt. However, because PJ had used the Midge face sculpt for three years prior, Steffie was the first Mattel doll to use it as her only face sculpt, hence the name "Steffie face".
 * Cara (1975-1976): Appears in the Mattel Barbie line with her boyfriend Curtis, alongside Barbie's other African American couple, Brad and Christie. Cara was produced as Free Moving Cara, Ballerina Cara, and both Quick Curl and Deluxe Quick Curl Cara. She was produced with the Steffie face (Christie continues to appear as well, in the Malibu, Fashion Photo and Superstar lines from Mattel).
 * Whitney (1986-1991): Described on her debut as “Barbie doll’s glamorous best friend” in the Jewel Secrets Barbie line of 1986 (Princess Laura in Europe). This doll uses the Steffie face and always featured brunette hair. Returned in 1987 as Nurse Whitney in the Doctor Barbie line, and Perfume Pretty Whitney the same year. Made a return for 1988 in the Style Magic Barbie line. She made her last appearance as European exclusive Ultra Hair Whitney.
 * Kira/Miko (Marina in Europe) (1985–2001): Barbie doll's first Asian friend character, the first appearance was in the line of Tropical Barbie in 1985 as Miko, a native Hawaiian. Kira, an Asian-American, was later introduced looking similar to Miko and with the same head sculpt. The character appeared in the product line continuously for many years, the original Kira/Oriental face sculpt was created in 1980.
 * Becky (1997-1999): A friend of Barbie who uses a wheelchair. She used the Teen Skipper head mold but there were only three dolls ever made. She only appeared in Detective Barbie series and Secret Agent Barbie and voiced by Kath Soucie.
 * Kayla and Lea (2000-2006): First appearing as Dress up Kayla, she appears in multiple formats for the next four years and was released in tandem with Lea. Lea was an Asian girl and Kayla was depicted as almost every race, not being consistent. Kayla eventually was cut, and Lea existed until 2006, leaving Mattel's Barbie line with no Asian dolls until Lea's reintroduction in 2014.
 * Jamie (1970-1972): redheaded walking friend
 * Kelley (1973-1974): Quick Curl and Yellowstone. Not to be confused with the other dolls name Kelly.
 * Lia Douglas (1980s): Mainline Brazil exclusive, appears in one of the Rockers lines (Brazil had multiple Rockers editions), and replaces Whitney in their edition of the Perfume Pretty line. She usually had light brown hair, but sometimes was blonde.
 * Dalma "Diva" Lancaster (1980s): Mainline Brazil exclusive, a blonde girl who shares the same nickname as Ophelia from the Rockers line.
 * Nikki (1988): An Asian girl appearing only in the Animal Lovin' line.
 * Devon (1989): A black girl appearing in Dance Club.
 * Kayla Vanderbilt (1989): A redheaded Dutch American girl appearing in Dance Club.
 * Tracy (1983): A brunette friend sold in a wedding gown.
 * Nia (1989): A Native American girl appearing in the Western Fun line.
 * Viky (1989): A Brazilian friend of Barbie, released exclusively in Brazil. She used the Steffie face sculpt. Usually a redhead, but sometimes a brunette, and a blonde in one Rockers line.
 * Tara Lynn (1994): A black haired girl appearing in the Western Stampin' (Country in Brazil) line. In Brazil, she was called Tina.
 * Lara Scottsdale (1992): Brunette Brazil exclusive, she only appears in their edition of the Lights N Lace line, called Superstar. Christie and Teresa were replaced by her and Kira (the only time Kira, or any Asian doll for that matter, was released in Brazil).
 * Reina (1999): Barbie's Japanese friend. She was a Japan exclusive and used the Steffie face sculpt. Only one version was ever released. She was dressed in a schoolgirl outfit.
 * Drew (2002-2005): Appearing in the Mystery Squad and Fashion Fever lines.
 *  Melody and Simone (2003): Appearing in 1 Modern Circle. Melody had blue hair and Simone was an African American.
 * Simone would reappear in the American Idol line with Barbie and Tori in 2005, with the Summer face sculpt.
 * Shannen (2005): Blonde Fashion Fever doll.
 * Maiko (2006): A geisha released as a Collector doll.
 * Harper Villa (2016-2018): First 'curvy' friend of Barbie, with blue hair. Appears in Fashionistas line and in vlogs.
 * Renee Chow (2016–Present): Renee is a character in the 2016 film Barbie: Spy Squad and Dreamhouse Adventures. She is a gymnast and sporty in yoga and skateboarding. She is Chinese American.
 * Daisy Costopolis (2018–Present): from Dreamhouse Adventures, a curvy friend of Barbie with pink hair.
 * Tia, Courtney, and Desiree (2004): Fashion Fever dolls. Tia and Courtney look quite similar to the characters of Tia and Courtney from The Barbie Diaries but are separate characters.
 * May Chung Ling (2008-2009): Barbie's Shanghai friend, released exclusively in the Barbie Shanghai boutique. According to her passport in her accessories, her favorite food is ice cream, and she enjoys singing and dancing. Only two versions would be released, before the boutique closed.

The Rockers and the Sensations

 * Dee Dee: Later known as "Belinda" in America, as she did not exist in the European Sensations line. She is African American. Never released in South America.
 * Dana: Later known as "Becky" or "Bibi" in Europe. Never released in South America. She is Asian-American.
 * Diva: Later known as "Bopsy" or "Becky" in Europe. Released in Brazil only once, albeit in a different outfit and with darker hair (Venezuela had three outfits for her).
 * Derek: The only male member of the band.

Generation Girls

 * Tori/Susie/Vicky Burns: Barbie's friend from Sydney, who enjoyed extreme sports.
 * Tori would reappear in the American Idol line with Barbie and Simone in 2005, but with the Summer face sculpt.
 * Nichelle Williams: Barbie's friend from New York City, who enjoyed modeling.
 * Ana/Marissa Suarez: Barbie's friend from Mexico City, who enjoyed swimming and track and field.
 * Chelsie/Gabby Peterson: Barbie's friend from London, who enjoyed songwriting.
 * Lara/Marie Morelli-Strauss: Barbie's friend from Paris, who enjoyed fine arts.
 * Mari/Mariko Nakano: Barbie's friend from Tokyo, who enjoyed video games.
 * Blaine Gordon: Barbie's friend from New York City, who enjoyed spinning.

Miscellaneous

 * Barbie Loves Benetton (2004-2005): A group of girls from around the world, named after the Benetton design company.
 * Isla Filipina (2000s): A spinoff similar to Shani but aimed at Filipinos.

Skipper's friends

 * Skooter (1965–1968, 1975–1976): Skipper's first female friend.
 * Ricky (1965–1967): Skipper's first male friend (sometimes referred to as Skipper's first "boyfriend").
 * Fluff (1971–1972): Skipper's playmate.
 * Tiff (1972–1973): Skipper's tomboy friend.
 * Ginger (1975): Friend of "Growing Up Skipper".
 * Scott (1980): Skipper's boyfriend.
 * Courtney (1989–2018): Skipper's best friend.
 * Kevin (1990–1995): Skipper's cool teen boyfriend.
 * Nikki (1997–2001): Skipper's first black friend. Nikki is Christie's little sister.

Stacie's friends

 * Janet (1994–2006): An African American character doll In the Grolier Barbie book "Clawman's Warning", by Jacqueline A. Ball, (1999). Janet's mother is named Carolyn.
 * Whitney (1994–2006): Stacie's other doll friend, usually having red hair but has been seen with brown. She was usually released with a pair of glasses.
 * Lila Hadley (2004-2008): Midge Hadley Sherwood's little sister, Lila, Janet, and Stacie were a part of the Wee 3 Friends line. She had red hair.

Kelly's/Chelsea's friends

 * Tommy (1997): Ken's little brother.
 * Melody Hadley (1996): Also used for a Heart Family cousin in 1988; named Susie in Europe; Midge's sister.
 * Lorena (1996)
 * Jenny (1996)
 * Chelsie (1995)
 * Keeya (1998)
 * Marisa (1998)
 * Deidre (1998): Christie's sister
 * Dallin (1998)
 * Camdyn (1999)
 * Maria (1999)
 * Tamika (1999)
 * Nia (1999): Used for a friend of Barbie's in 1990.
 * Kayla (1999, 2007): Also used for an adult character in the 1990s and 2000s.
 * Liana (1999)
 * Desiree (1999)
 * Belinda (1999): Also used for a friend of Barbie's in 1988.
 * Nikki (2001): Also used for a friend of Skipper's in 1997 and currently a friend of Barbie.
 * Ryan (2001): Became part of the Happy Family Show in 2010; also used for Raquelle's brother and Barbie's friend in 2013 for "Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse".
 * Kerstie (2003)
 * Gia (2006)
 * Tori (2007): Also used for a friend of Barbie's in 1999.
 * Miranda (2007)
 * Whitney: Also used for a friend of Barbie's in the 1980s and for a friend of Stacie.
 * Becky: Also used for a friend of Barbie's in 1997 and for a friend of Francie's in 2009.
 * Lola: Nikki's little sister
 * Johnny: One of Chelsea's Hawaiian friends.
 * Darrin: One of Chelsea's soccer friends

Tutti's and Todd's friends

 * Chris (1967–68, 1976–77): A female character doll, with a different face sculpt from Tutti and Todd.
 * Carla (European release only, 1976): An African American character doll.

Francie's friends

 * Casey (1967–70, 1975): Billed as Francie's Fun Friend, she is the same measurements as Francie, and is thus able to wear her wardrobe. She has blue eyes, and is found in blonde, brunette and redhead styles (the redhead possibly being a result of the brunette hair oxidizing, as happens with Christie dolls). Her original blonde hair is a true blonde, cut into a chin-length bob. Later editions feature a platinum blonde Casey with a coarser hair texture. Casey's hair is frequently asymmetrical, as was in vogue at the time. These dolls' hair is longer, sometimes near shoulder length. All editions come without shoes, with Casey in a one-piece swimsuit: the top is white with gold mesh; the bottoms are shiny gold (though frequently fade to a matte silver color). She comes with only one ear pierced, in which is placed one gold-tone dangle triangle earring, which turns Casey's ear green if left in for a number of years. Dolls found by collectors today frequently present with some or extensive 'green ear'. The sooner the earring was removed, the better the chance this situation is avoided entirely.    •In 1971, Mattel launched its iconic Malibu line of dolls. Even though Francie is featured prominently, it is with Casey's head mould and blue eyes (Francie is brown-eyed).      •In 1975, Mattel produced a budget Francie and Casey, contained in clear plastic bags with hang tags, referred to by collectors as 'baggie Francie' and 'baggie Casey'. Interestingly, both Francie and Casey share Francie's head mold. For these pink skin-toned, straight leg and straight waist dolls, Francie is a brunette with brown eyes and a yellow bikini, while Casey is blonde with brown eyes (because she is using Francie's face), in a bikini which is found in varying shades of red, rose, and hot pink.
 * Becky (2009): In 1971, as Casey ended production, Mattel intended to introduce a Francie-sized doll to replace her. This doll was named Becky. She appears (apparently, a prototype) in Mattel's 1971 fashion booklets that came with Mattel's Barbie doll fashions, alongside her friend Francie. She's presented using the Casey face mold, but with brown eyes and an ash blonde flip with a headband. Some of Francie's fashions that year even list "Francie and Becky" on the boxes. However, for undetermined reasons, Becky never entered production. In 2009, Mattel finally produced a version of this near-mythical doll, in a boxed set titled Most Mod Becky. She was produced as she appeared in Mattel's 1971 fashion booklets, with three different outfits, and party accessories (such as invitations, records, record player, and telephone).

Jazzie's friends

 * Dude (boyfriend – 1989): This doll was made from the 1986 Barbie and the Rockers Derek face sculpt.
 * Chelsie (1989): This doll was made from the 1979 Starr friend Tracey face sculpt.
 * Stacie (1989): This doll was made from the 1972 Steffie face sculpt and was African American character.

Ken's family and friends

 * Allan (1964–1965, 1991, 2002): This character has been revived several times. Allan started out as "Ken's Buddy" and was paired with the Midge doll from the beginning. In 1991, a line of dolls was created depicting a wedding for Allan and Midge. Later, a family-themed line of dolls, much like the earlier Heart Family, had the two characters raising a family.
 * Brad (1970): This African American male doll was available in two versions: Talking Brad and Brad with Bendable Legs. He was made from an all-new face sculpt that is known as the Brad face sculpt. The Brad character was introduced as a boyfriend for the Christie character.
 * Curtis (1975): This African American male character is virtually identical to Brad, and was available as only one version, 1975 Free Moving Curtis. Curtis was the boyfriend of the Free Moving Cara doll.
 * Todd (1983): This doll was only available as a groom character, paired with the Tracy character from the same year. This Todd doll used the 1978 Super Star Ken face sculpt.
 * Steven (boyfriend of Christie, 1988–present. Linked with Barbie's friend Nikki since 2007): This doll has been in the lineup intermittently over the years and has used several different face sculpts during that time.
 * Tommy (1997): Ken's little brother.
 * Derek (1985): He was never advertised as a friend of Ken's but was a member of Barbie and the Rockers along with Ken and the four female band members listed above.
 * Kurt (2005): He was a Fashion Fever friend of Barbie. He was first male doll in this line and was made with the Tango Ken/Blaine face sculpt.
 * Ryan (2012–2015): He is Raquelle's twin brother and Ken's rival. He is a main character in the Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse series. Ryan has a crush on Barbie, and therefore competes with Ken for her affection.

Midge and Allan's family
From Happy Family Playline Series:
 * Midge Hadley
 * Alan Sherwood
 * Ryan Sherwood (Midge and Alan's son, 2002)
 * Nicole "Nikki" Sherwood (Midge and Alan's daughter, 2003)
 * Cassandra Sherwood (Midge and Alan's daughter, 2004)
 * Twins a girl and a boy.
 * Grandma Hadley (Midge's mother, 2004)
 * Grandpa Hadley (Midge's father, 2004)
 * Unnamed Puppy (2004)

The Heart Family (Barbie's neighbors)

 * Dad Heart (1985)
 * Mom Heart (1985)
 * New Baby Heart (1987)
 * Grandma Heart (1987)
 * Grandpa Heart (1987)

Cousins

 * Honey (1988) sold with a high chair.
 * Janet (1988) sold with a potty chair.
 * Kenny (1988) sold with a tricycle.
 * Kevin (1988) sold with a high chair.
 * Melody (1988) sold with a walker.
 * Nellie (1988) sold with a rocking horse.

Friends

 * Daria (1989) sold with a desk.
 * Darrin (1989) sold with a desk.
 * Gillian (1989) sold with a giraffe.
 * Nikita (1993) sold only in India.
 * Pleasance (1989) sold with a pony (rocking horse).
 * Sunny (1993) sold only in India.
 * Susan (1993) sold only in India.
 * Tawny (1989) sold with a tricycle.
 * Windy (1989) sold with a wagon.

Real-world celebrity/film character doll friends

 * Twiggy (1967) Based on the top teen fashion model Lesley Hornby Lawson of the Mod era, the Twiggy doll was made using the same face sculpt as Francie doll's friend Casey.
 * Buffy & Mrs. Beasley (1968) Based on Anissa Jones' character from the TV show Family Affair, the Tutti-sized doll carried a miniature Mrs. Beasley doll.
 * Julia (1969–1970) The doll was based on Diahann Carroll's character from the TV show Julia and used the same face sculpt as the Christie doll, with different face paint and a different hairstyle.
 * Truly Scrumptious (1969) This doll, based on Sally Anne Howes' character from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, was made from the Francie face sculpt, but used the Barbie body. There was a Talking Truly Scrumptious doll, as well as a basic version known as Standard Truly Scrumptious to collectors.
 * Miss America (1972–1977) This doll was introduced in 1972 as Walk Lively Miss America, and the following year was sold as Quick Curl Miss America. The Quick Curl Miss America doll was available with only slight variations for several years during the mid-1970s. She uses the Steffie/PJ face sculpt.
 * Marie Osmond (1977) Featured an all-new likeness face sculpt.
 * Donny Osmond (1977) Featured an all-new likeness face sculpt.
 * Chantal Goya (1977) This doll is available only in Europe and featured a unique likeness face sculpt.
 * Debby Boone (1977) Based on the popular singer, this doll featured a unique likeness face sculpt.
 * Kate Jackson (1978) Featured an all-new likeness face sculpt.
 * Cheryl Ladd (1978) Featured an all-new likeness face sculpt.
 * Kitty O'Neil (1978) Featured an all-new likeness face sculpt.
 * Buddy (1979) This doll was based on Kristy McNichol's Letitia Lawrence character from the TV show Family.
 * Jimmy Osmond (1979) Featured an all-new likeness face sculpt.
 * Wayne Gretzky (1983) the hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers, a doll sold only in Canada. He had his own clothing line, which fits Ken.
 * Donna Martin, Dylan McKay, Kelly Taylor, Brandon & Brenda Walsh (1992) based on the Beverly Hills 90210 characters played by Tori Spelling, Luke Perry, Jennie Garth, Jason Priestley, and Shannen Doherty. They had their own lines of clothing, which fit Barbie and Ken.
 * MC Hammer (1992) the rapper, Stanley Burrell. He had his own line of clothing, which fits Ken.
 * Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler (1994) based on the 1939 feature film, Gone with the Wind, played by Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable Hollywood Legends Collection.
 * Dorothy Gale, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Glinda the Good Witch (1995, 1999, 2006, 2009), Wicked Witch of the West (2006, 2009), Munchkins (1999, 2006), Winkie Guard, Winged Monkey (2006) and Wicked Witch of the East (2009), based on the 1939 feature film, The Wizard of Oz; Hollywood Legends Collection; Pink Label Collection.
 * Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins (1995) Based on the 1964 feature film, My Fair Lady; played by Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison Hollywood Legends Collection.
 * Maria (1995) Based on the 1965 film, The Sound of Music; played by Julie Andrews Hollywood Legends Collection.
 * Johnny Hallyday (1995) French singer, sold only in France.
 * Cher Horowitz, Amber Mariens and Dionne Davenport (1997) based on the Clueless characters played by Rachel Blanchard, Elisa Donovan and Stacey Dash.
 * Marilyn Monroe (1997, 2001, 2009), Hollywood Legends Collection, Timeless Treasures Collection, and Blonde Ambition Collection.
 * Elvis Presley (1997–?) The first version came in a gift set called "Barbie Loves Elvis."
 * Lucille Ball (1997–2021) The first version was as the Vitameatavegamin Girl.
 * Audrey Hepburn (1998, 2013) Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's; Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's Pink Princess Fashion; Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday Doll; Audrey Hepburn as Sabrina Doll.
 * Rosie O'Donnell (1999), as host of The Rosie O'Donnell Show. Her segment is "Rosie's Barbie Theater" with stop-motion with real fashion dolls.
 * Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (1999–2005), fraternal twin actresses and fashion designers.
 * Brandy Norwood (1999–2000) R&B Singer and actress.
 * Frank Sinatra (1999–?) The first version came in a gift set called "Barbie Loves Frank Sinatra."
 * Elizabeth Taylor (1999, 2012) The Elizabeth Taylor Collection.
 * James Dean (2000), From the Timeless Treasures Collection.
 * Cher (2001–?), From the Timeless Treasures Collection; Black Label Collection.
 * Shakira (2002) Colombian singer.
 * Destiny's Child (Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams) (2005) international Superstars. Beyoncé famously got her own face sculpt while Kelly and Michelle got leftover face sculpts from Barbie's friends, Asha and Shani, respectively.
 * Diana Ross (2005) American singer.
 * Leann Rimes (2005) American country and pop singer.
 * Martina McBride (2005) American country music singer and songwriter.
 * Lindsay Lohan (2005) from My Scene Goes Hollywood, part of the My Scene line.
 * Raven Baxter (2005) based on the That's So Raven character played by Raven-Symoné.
 * Mía Colucci, Lupita Fernandez, Roberta Pardo, Miguel Arango, Diego Bustamante and Giovanni Méndez (2007, 2024), based on the Mexican soap opera Rebelde, played by members of RBD. The second collection was released to commemorate the group's revival from their 15-year hiatus and has a few differences from its original release: the exclusion of Arango due to his actor Alfonso Herrera's departure from the group, the exclusion of the Elite Way school uniform versions of Bustamante and Méndez, and the inclusion of the dolls in their stage outfits.
 * Patrick Dempsey (2007) American actor and race car driver, Disney Movie Enchanted Robert.
 * Amy Adams (2007) American actress, Disney Movie Enchanted Giselle.
 * Kimora Lee Simmons (2008) former American fashion model; created fashion label Baby Phat.
 * Goldie Hawn (2009) From the Black Label Blonde Ambition Collection.
 * Heidi Klum (2009) From the Black Label Blonde Ambition Collection.
 * Carol Burnett (2009) as seen on The Carol Burnett Show; Pink Label Collection.
 * Debbie Harry (2009) From the "Ladies of the '80s" series.
 * Joan Jett (2009) From the "Ladies of the '80s" series.
 * Honey Ryder (2009) From the Black Label "Bond Girls" Collection. Sculpted in the Daria face sculpt.
 * Pussy Galore (2010) From the Black Label "Bond Girls" Collection. Sculpted in the Mackie face sculpt.
 * Jinx Johnson (2009) From the Black Label "Bond Girls" Collection. Sculpted in the likeness of Halle Berry.
 * Octopussy (2010) From the Black Label "Bond Girls" Collection. Sculpted in the Daria face sculpt
 * Solitaire (2010) From the Black Label "Bond Girls" Collection. Sculpted in the Lara face sculpt.
 * Cyndi Lauper (2010) From the "Ladies of the '80s" series.
 * Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Jacob Black, Alice Cullen, Jane, Victoria, Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Jasper Hale, Rosalie Hale, and Emmett Cullen (2009–2011), based on The Twilight Saga film series; Pink Label Collection
 * Barbra Streisand (2010) From the Pink Label Collection.
 * Farrah Fawcett (2010) From the Black Label Collection.
 * Taylor Swift (2010) American country pop singer.
 * Rock Hudson and Doris Day (2011) from the 1959 feature film Pillow Talk; Pink Label Collection.
 * Grace Kelly (2011) To Catch a Thief Grace Kelly Doll; Grace Kelly The Bride Doll; Grace Kelly The Romance Doll; Rear Window Grace Kelly Doll
 * Faith Hill & Tim McGraw (2011) American country pop singers.
 * Nicki Minaj (2011) an American rapper and singer.
 * Katy Perry (2011) an American singer.
 * Katniss Everdeen (2012–?) A character from the movie based on the Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins. The doll is a likeness of actress Jennifer Lawrence.
 * Peeta Mellark (2012–?) A character from the movie based on the Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins. The doll is a likeness of actor Josh Hutcherson.
 * Effie Trinket (2012–?) A character from the movie based on the Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins. The doll is a likeness of actress Elizabeth Banks.
 * Finnick Odair (2012–?) A character from the movie based on the Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins. The doll is a likeness of actor Sam Claflin.
 * Jennifer Lopez (2013) From the Black Label Collection. Two versions were released, one dressed in her world tour jumpsuit, the other with her dress worn at the red carpet.
 * Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, black label dolls released as a promotional tie-in with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Each one is sculpted in the likeness of their respective actor, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, and Gal Gadot.
 * Claudia Schiffer (2017, 2020, 2023) German supermodel. The second collaboration released two versions.
 * Tomb Raider (2018) features a doll based on Lara Croft in the film, sculpted in the likeness of Alicia Vikander.
 * A Wrinkle in Time (2018) dolls based on Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who. Each doll is sculpted in the likeness of Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling respectively.
 * Owen Grady and Claire Dearing from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). The dolls are sculpted in the likeness of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard respectively.
 * The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) features dolls based on Clara, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the Ballerina Princess. Each doll is sculpted in the likeness of Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, and Misty Copeland respectively.
 * Frida Kahlo (2018) Mexican artist., the doll is no longer available.
 * Amelia Earhart (2018) American Aviator and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
 * Katherine Johnson (2018) American Mathematician.
 * CookieSwirlC (2019) YouTube Content Creator, referred to as a Roberts sister on Barbie's YouTube channel.
 * Rosa Parks (2019) American Seamstress and Civil Rights Activist.
 * Sally Ride (2019) The first, and youngest, American woman to fly into space.
 * Ella Fitzgerald (2020) American Jazz Singer.
 * Susan B. Anthony (2020) American Civil Rights Activist.
 * Jean-Michel Basquiat (2020) American artist, as part of the Signature Collection. Despite the real-life artist being a male, the doll is produced as a female.
 * Billie Jean King (2020) American Tennis Player.
 * Florence Nightingale (2020) English Nurse.
 * Black Widow (2020) Two dolls based on the titular character were released, one in the black suit and one in the white suit. Both are sculpted in the likeness of Scarlett Johansson.
 * Maya Angelou (2021) American Writer, Author, and Activist.
 * Eleanor Roosevelt (2021) Former First Lady of the United States and Human Rights Activist.
 * Helen Keller (2021) American Author and Activist.
 * Sarah Gilbert (2021) British vaccinologist.
 * Ida B. Wells (2022) American civil rights activist.
 * Guo Pei (2022) Chinese fashion designer.
 * Camila Cabello, Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane Hansen, Lauren Jauregui, Normani Kordei (2014) American music group Fifth Harmony American partnered with Mattel for “With Barbie anything is possible” campaign and released accompanying anthem inspired by tagline. Dolls appeared in “Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse” episode titled ‘Sister’s Fun Day’.
 * Vera Wang (2022) American fashion designer, as part of the Tribute Collection.
 * Queen Elizabeth II (2022) Queen of England, as part of the Tribute Collection.
 * Laverne Cox (2022) American actress and LGBT rights activist, as part of the Tribute Collection. This doll became historical for being the first doll in Barbie history to be transgender, as Cox is a trans woman in real life.
 * Jane Goodall (2022) English Anthropologist and animal rights activist.
 * Madam C.J. Walker (2022) American entrepreneur and hairstylist, as part of the Inspiring Women series in the Signature Collection.
 * Gloria Estefan (2022) Cuban-American Singer and Songwriter, as part of the Signature Collection.
 * Tina Turner (2022) American-born Swiss Singer and Songwriter, as part of the Signature Collection.
 * Bessie Coleman (2023) American civil aviator, as part of the Inspiring Women series in the Signature Collection.
 * Anna May Wong (2023) American actress, as part of the Inspiring Women series in the Signature Collection.
 * María Félix (2023) Mexican actress and singer, as part of the Tribute Collection.
 * Celia Cruz (2023) Cuban-American opera singer, as part of the Inspiring Women series in the Signature Collection.
 * Wilma Mankiller (2023) Cherokee Nation chief and activist, as part of the Tribute Collection.
 * Stevie Nicks (2023) American singer-songwriter, as part of the Signature Collection.
 * Mariah Carey (2023) American singer, as part of the Signature Collection.
 * Kristi Yamaguchi (2024) American figure skater, as part of the Inspiring Women series in the Signature Collection.
 * Sue Bird (2024) American basketball player, as part of the Signature Collection.

Others

 * Barbara "Brooklyn Barbie" Millicent Roberts (2021–present): A black eponymously-named friend of Barbie, first introduced in the 2021 film Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams. In the film, Barbie crosses paths with her over a locker engraved in their name in a performing arts school in Brooklyn, New York City. They become fast friends and have been sharing spotlights and lead roles in most recent entries in the media franchise. Christopher Keenan, who served as co-executive producer and co-writer of the 2021 film described her as a "fearless, smart and loyal friend with an exuberant and infectious personality" as well as being "a confident and optimistic triple-threat singer, dancer and musician who dreams big and believes in the limitless possibilities of life".

Model of the Moment
A collector series of dolls designed by veteran Mattel designer Robert Best. The series featured three new characters including Daria, Marisa, and Nichelle. The dolls were notable for featuring a new body sculpt known as Model Muse, which is a body designed to stay in one static pose as a display figurine. The series was discontinued after only 5 dolls, but the dolls live on as their face and body sculpts are used for other Barbie dolls ever since. The Model Muse body in particular has become the new standard body for collector dolls in the Barbie line.
 * Daria (2004-2005) was the Caucasian doll in this collection. Two versions of her were released, including Daria Celebutante and Daria Shopping Queen.
 * Marisa (2004-2005) was the Hispanic doll in this collection. Two versions of her were released, including Pretty Young Thing Marisa and Beach Baby Marisa.
 * Nichelle (2004) was the African-American doll in this collection, not to be confused with the Shani character Nichelle. Only one version was released, Nichelle Urban Hipster.

Shani and friends
When first introduced, the Shani line of dolls existed outside of the Barbie character continuity. After a couple of years, the Shani character was introduced into the Barbie line.
 * Shani (1991-1994)
 * Asha (1991–1994)
 * Nichelle (1991–1994)
 * Jamal (boyfriend – 1992–1994)

Asha - African American Collection
A short-lived Afrocentric doll line introduced in 1994, retroactively considered Barbie friend dolls. Although the dolls are unrelated to Shani's friend Asha, the dolls still used the Shani face mold and were meant to be a successor to the Shani line.

Harlem Theatre Collection
Three character dolls from Carlyle Nuera's Harlem Theatre Collection.
 * Claudette Gordon (2015)
 * Madam LaVinia (2016)
 * Selma DuPar James (2017)

Byron Lars - Passport Collection
Three dolls released in the Passport Collection by American fashion designer Byron Lars. Each doll is a multicultural and biracial character from a different part of the world.
 * Ayako Jones (2009) is Blasian, being of African and Japanese descent.
 * Charmaine King (2010) is Afro-French, being of African and French descent, specifically Monaco.
 * Fenella Layla (2011) is Afro-Scottish, being of African and Scottish descent. Her fashion is a fusion of Kente Cloth and Scottish Tartan.

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CVX

CVX may refer to:

 * Chevron Corporation (NYSE stock ticker: )
 * Charlevoix Municipal Airport (FAA airport code )
 * Critical Viscosity of Xenon experiment
 * Christian Life Community
 * Chinese VX (EA-6043), an organophosphate nerve agent of the V-series
 * CVX-class aircraft carrier, South Korean aircraft carrier class in development

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Jack Rowley

John Frederick Rowley (7 October 1918 – 28 June 1998) was an English footballer who played as a forward from the 1930s to the 1950s, mainly remembered for a 17-year spell with Manchester United. He was nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his prolific goalscoring  and explosive shooting, scoring 211 goals in 424 appearances for United. His younger brother, Arthur, still holds the record for the highest number of career goals scored in the Football League with 434.

Career
Rowley started his professional career in 1935 with Wolverhampton Wanderers, although he never found a place in the first team. He soon moved on to Birmingham & District League club Cradley Heath, from where, in February 1937, he signed for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, scoring ten goals in his first 11 games. His talent soon brought him to the attention of larger clubs and Rowley was purchased eight months later by Manchester United for £3,000. Still only 17, his debut for the club came on 23 October 1937 against Sheffield Wednesday. In his second game, he scored four goals against Swansea Town. By the time senior football was suspended due to the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, he had played 58 times for United, scoring 18 goals and helping them win promotion back to the First Division in his first season.

Initially bought as an outside left, he was to develop into a highly effective centre-forward in Matt Busby's first United team. He was part of the team that won the FA Cup in 1948, scoring two goals in the final, and the 1951–52 Football League. He became one of the club's few players to have scored five goals in a single game, when in February 1949 he scored five goals in an 8–0 win over Yeovil Town in an FA Cup tie.

Rowley is one of only four players in the history of Manchester United to score over 200 goals for the club, the others being Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and Wayne Rooney. He left the club in 1955 to become player–manager of Plymouth Argyle.

He later went on to manage Oldham Athletic, gaining promotion to the Third Division in 1963. From there, he went on to manage Dutch club Ajax for the 1963–64 season, before returning to Britain to manage Wrexham and Bradford (Park Avenue) F.C., followed by a second spell at Oldham, where he finished his managerial career in December 1969.

Rowley was also capped six times for England scoring six goals, four of which came against Northern Ireland on 16 November 1949

Rowley died in June 1998, at the age of 79.

Player
Manchester United
 * Football League First Division: 1951–52
 * FA Cup: 1947–48
 * FA Community Shield: 1952

Manager
Plymouth Argyle
 * Football League Third Division: 1958–59

Oldham Athletic
 * Football League Fourth Division promotion: 1962–63

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User:Hyperzonk

Hyperzonk
That would be me, Matt L. Miller. Currently resident in San Francisco, California.

If you are wondering where I was, I just completed jury duty for a reasonably long trial, and have returned following that interruption March 11, 2005 through April 5, 2005.

Places of residence before San Francisco:
 * Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
 * Hanover, Pennsylvania
 * New York City, New York
 * Albuquerque, New Mexico
 * Hershey, Pennsylvania
 * Richmond, Virginia
 * Farmville, Virginia

Currently looking for work. Yay.

I am a Buddhist, currently looking for a Theravadan sangha that I can practice with (should be easy in San Francisco, you would think).

As if a testament to my excess spare time, you will see many changes from me that are simply grammatical, logical, or spelling fixes. However, I am also likely to contribute to astronomy, Buddhism, mathematics, and any number of other subjects that fascinate me. I am a bit of a "jack of all trades," I'm afraid.

Sadly, it seems that I spend a large amount of time every day that I work on Wikipedia registering my opinion in Votes for Deletion. I try to get at least a few articles a day out of the various CleanUp Bins as well, though — you'll have to look through my contributions to find the actual contributions as opposed to the delete votes.

Staying away from VfD for a while; they are taking up to much of my time on WP, and have in fact been causing me to spend time here that I should be spending elsewhere. Feel free, if you think I can help, to let me know about your pet VfD project; however, note that I may not choose to vote, and I may especially not choose to vote the way you hope! :) (17:42, Mar 8, 2005 (UTC)) I'll be back some day, though.

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