American Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is a former Canadian politician. He served as a member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 t

Is a former Canadian politician. He served as a member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2000, representing the electoral district of Riverside as a member and leader of the Yukon Liberal Party. He was first elected in the 1992 election and again in the 1996 election. He was subsequently appointed Commissioner of the Yukon, serving from October 1, 2000 to December 1, 2005. He is also a member of the Learning Disabilities Association of the Yukon, the Association of Professional Engineers of the Yukon and founding member of Boreal Alternate Energy Centre.

A Canadian painter.Eyre attended the University of Manitoba School of Art and the University of Nort

A Canadian painter.Eyre attended the University of Manitoba School of Art and the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. He studied under artists Eli Bornstein, Wynona Mulcaster, Ernest Linder, and George Swinton. Eyre held a professorship at the University of Manitoba School of Art from 1959-1992. Ivan Eyre's work is featured in many galleries in Canada. [1]

Is a world-class American sabre fencer. He was a member of the 2001 U.S. Junior World Sabre team, an

Is a world-class American sabre fencer. He was a member of the 2001 U.S. Junior World Sabre team, anchoring the team to its first men's world title at the 2001 Junior World Championships in Gdansk, Poland, and also becoming the first man of African Americ

Is an American professional basketball player.McFarlin attended Willowridge High School in Houston,

Is an American professional basketball player.McFarlin attended Willowridge High School in Houston, Texas, where he led his team to win the state championship in his senior year, as he averaged 15.9 points, 14.9 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 3.2 steals. McFarlin played college basketball at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and helped the Cowboys to a Final Four appearance in 2004, where the team lost to Georgia Tech on a late-game basket. He is one of three Oklahoma State players to have over 1,000 points, 700 rebounds, and 100 blocks, the other two being Byron Houston and Leroy Combs.

Is a Canadian film producer and director. He is known for the comedies he has directed and produced,

Is a Canadian film producer and director. He is known for the comedies he has directed and produced, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.Reitman was born in Kom

A professor of linguistics and Director of the Symbolic Systems Program[1] at Stanford University.Wi

A professor of linguistics and Director of the Symbolic Systems Program[1] at Stanford University.With Carl Pollard, he has written several books that introduce and develop the syntactic theory known as head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG). He was also involved with work on generalized phrase structure grammar, HPSG's immediate intellectual predecessor. In addition, he has written numerous articles on problems of linguistic theory and analysis.His research interests include long-distance dependencies (known more popularly as Wh-Movement), the English auxiliary system, ellipsis, binding, various issues related to the syntax/semantics interface, and syntactic theory's relationship to language processing. His recent work has looked to integrate ideas from construction grammar with ideas already present in HPSG.

Her credits includes roles in the films 100 Girls, National Lampoon's Van Wilder and Wedding Crasher

Her credits includes roles in the films 100 Girls, National Lampoon's Van Wilder and Wedding Crashers. She also co-hosted the reality television show Hotlines in 2003.In 2007 Bozilovic was reported to have been cast as the character Kirce James in the live-action cutscenes for Electronic Arts' real-time strategy game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. However, it was later revealed that Jennifer Morrison was cast in the role.In July 2008 she wed former The Bachelor star Andrew Firestone.[

Is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal American team at the 2007 World

Is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal American team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the all-around bronze medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games. Hong was named an alternate to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team and was a member of the U.S. Women's Team in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London.

She graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University[2] with a Bachelor of Education degree, maj

She graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University[2] with a Bachelor of Education degree, majoring in Civic Education and Leadership.[3]. In September 2006, Selina released her first book, Selina Loves Beading (?????), which taught readers how to use beads to make designs.On August 8, 2000, HIM International Music held a 'Universal 2000 Talent and Beauty Girl Contest' in search for new artists to be signed under their label. Her younger sister (Kimi Ren) really wanted to join but she was too young. Instead, Selina joined the contest in her place. The contest had about 1000 contestants and after many tiring rounds of competing, seven contestants were left for the 'Cruel Stage' round.

A physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian David Josephson f

A physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian David Josephson for related work in solid-state physics.

Was an American jazz pianist and singer.Flowers started his professional career as the pianist durin

Was an American jazz pianist and singer.Flowers started his professional career as the pianist during intermissions at Uncle Tom's Cabin in Detroit when he was 18 years old. He moved to New York City in 1939, where he played private engagements and hotel

A Croat - Bosnian novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literatur

A Croat - Bosnian novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature from Yugoslavia (he was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that in the time of his biggest popularity was a part of Yugoslavia).

(May 6, 1907 - November 24, 1970) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1931 through 1938, he

(May 6, 1907 - November 24, 1970) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1931 through 1938, he played for the New York Yankees

Was an American cabaret and ballroom dancer, singer, and stage actress.Ivy Sawyer danced professiona

Was an American cabaret and ballroom dancer, singer, and stage actress.Ivy Sawyer danced professionally with John Jarrot until she met and married fellow dancer/actor Joseph Santley. The two would dance and perform on stage together primarily in musical c

Is a New York fashion designer, entertainer, publicist, promoter, event planner, and animated charac

Is a New York fashion designer, entertainer, publicist, promoter, event planner, and animated character designer.[1] She is the daughter of Jerome Silberstein, co-founder of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos.

Was one half of the 1980s pop group the Weather Girls.Later, in 1979, she and Wash formed the Weathe

Was one half of the 1980s pop group the Weather Girls.Later, in 1979, she and Wash formed the Weather Girls. Their hit single "It's Raining Men" was to prove one of the most successful song of the Hi-NRG music genre, hitting number 1 on the club chart.

Is an American musician, best known as one of the lead songwriters (together with Axl Rose) and rhyt

Is an American musician, best known as one of the lead songwriters (together with Axl Rose) and rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses from 1985 to 1991.