American Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a logician who worked in the field of cognitive psychology. He proposed landmark theoretical for

Was a logician who worked in the field of cognitive psychology. He proposed landmark theoretical formulations of neural activity and emergent processes that influenced diverse fields such as cognitive sciences and psychology, philosophy, neurosciences, co

Was an American statesman and jurist. He served as United States Postmaster General, as a judge on t

Was an American statesman and jurist. He served as United States Postmaster General, as a judge on the United States Courts of Appeals, was a two-time candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and was Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Tr

A retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Ni

A retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Nicknamed the "Choirboy", Swinburn rode his first winner, Paddy's Luck, on July 12, 1978 at Kempton Park but gained considerable fame for riding the supersta

Is a Honduran soccer player who currently plays for Miami FC in the USL First Division.After playing

Is a Honduran soccer player who currently plays for Miami FC in the USL First Division.After playing with the amateur teams Real Honduras and Honduras Five Star (Honduras Cinco Estrellas) in the prestigious Florida-based Copa Latina, Ramírez signed with Miami FC of the USL First Division prior to their first season in competition in 2006.

Is a former college, Olympic, and professional basketball player and college basketball coach, now r

Is a former college, Olympic, and professional basketball player and college basketball coach, now retired. During his professional basketball career, Hazzard converted to Islam and changed his name to Mahdi Abdul-Rahman. While coaching at UCLA, he went by his former name, Walt Hazzard. He is the father of the Hip-Hop Super Producer DJ Khalil. On March 22, 1996, Hazzard was hospitalized following a stroke.[1]

Ray Allen, is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics at the positio

Ray Allen, is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics at the position of shooting guard.

Was an ice hockey player who played five seasons in the World Hockey Association for the New York Ra

Was an ice hockey player who played five seasons in the World Hockey Association for the New York Raiders and Calgary Cowboys between 1972 and 1976. He was born in Warroad, Minnesota. As an amateur, he played for the University of Minnesota men's hockey t

Was an American professional basketball player.A 6'5" forward from the University of Illinois, Oster

Was an American professional basketball player.A 6'5" forward from the University of Illinois, Osterkorn played four seasons (1951-1955) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Syracuse Nationals. He averaged 7.0 points per game and won a league championship in 1955.

Is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.The Minnesota Timber

Is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Szczerbiak 6th overall in the 1999 NBA Draft. His best year as a pro was in 2002 when he was a coaches' selection to the Western Conference All-Star team. Later he tied a Timberwolves franchise record of 44 points on April 13, 2003, since broken by Kevin Garnett. Szczerbiak was coming off the bench for the 2004-2005 NBA season. He was uncomfortable with the role and wanted to be a starter. In the 2005-2006 season, the former All-Star returned to the starting role.

A former quarterback for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles

A former quarterback for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Express of the short-lived United States Football League. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the NFL in 1992 and 1994, the MVP of Super Bowl XXIX, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, the first left-handed quarterback to be so honored. He holds the NFL record for highest career passer rating and won six NFL passing titles.

Served as Mayor of Chicago (1851-3) for the Democratic Party. The town of Gurnee, Illinois is named

Served as Mayor of Chicago (1851-3) for the Democratic Party. The town of Gurnee, Illinois is named for him.Gurnee campaigned for the mayoralty on the issue of public ownership of the city's water supply. Once in office, he fought against the merger of th

Was an American politician and the 31st Governor of Wisconsin. He was a Republican. He attended Lawr

Was an American politician and the 31st Governor of Wisconsin. He was a Republican. He attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.In 1942, he was reelected lieutenant governor. On December 7, 1942, Governor-elect Orland Steen Loomis died before h

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 2nd ro

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 2nd round (33rd overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. A 7'1" center from Dartmouth College, Palmer played two years in the NBA for the Jazz and Dallas Mavericks. In his NBA career, he appeared in a total of 48 games and averaged 2.1 ppg.

Was a Canadian monumental sculptor.Allward's first commission was for the figure of Peace on the Nor

Was a Canadian monumental sculptor.Allward's first commission was for the figure of Peace on the North-West Rebellion Monument (1895) in Queen's Park, Toronto. Other early works included a life-sized figure of Dr Oronhyatekha commissioned by the Independe

Was an American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard from Benedict College, he played seven seaso

Was an American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard from Benedict College, he played seven seasons (1967-1974) in the American Basketball Association for the New Jersey Americans, New York Nets and Kentucky Colonels. He appeared in the ABA All-Star Game in 1969, and he scored 6,414 career points.

Was an American geneticist and physician whose most significant contribution to present-day biology

Was an American geneticist and physician whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level of living organisms. This is now known as the B

Was a businessman and conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1924

Was a businessman and conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1924 to 1928 as leader of the Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party. Monroe was a successful businessman who briefly served in the government of William Warren. He emerged from the political crisis that destroyed the governments of Sir Richard Squires and William Warren as leader of a new party, the Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party, which had been cobbled together by Warren and the opposition Conservatives after Warren's government fell. The party was essentially a conservative party and swept to power in the 1924 election, weeks after it was formed. The Monroe government saw a successful settlement of the Labrador boundary dispute with Quebec after Newfoundland successfully argued its case at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. Monroe returned to private life in August 1928 and passed the leadership of the party to his cousin Frederick C. Alderdice who became the new Prime Minister.

Was an American wrestler who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was an American wrestler who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Is an American freestyle swimmer. He swam collegiately for the University of Iowa.

Is an American freestyle swimmer. He swam collegiately for the University of Iowa.

Was an American astronomer.He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1898, then continued his education

Was an American astronomer.He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1898, then continued his education in Germany. After returning to the U.S., he began a career in Astronomy that culminated when he became director of the Mount Wilson Observatory.His primary interest was the study of stellar spectra. He worked on solar spectroscopy and co-discovered a relationship between the relative intensities of certain spectral lines and the absolute magnitude of a star. He was able to demonstrate that spectra could be used to determine whether a star was a giant or a dwarf. In 1915 he began a study of the companion of Sirius and found that despite a size only slightly larger than the Earth, the surface of the star was brighter per unit area than the Sun and it was about as massive. Such a star later came to be known as a white dwarf. Along with Theodore Dunham, he discovered the strong presence of carbon dioxide in the infrared spectrum of Venus.

Was a painter whose still life paintings of machine parts, brick fragments, clocks, broken dolls, ho

Was a painter whose still life paintings of machine parts, brick fragments, clocks, broken dolls, hovering light bulbs and glowing lemons are an unusual combination of realism and abstraction. His style of painting objects as though they are being seen through frosted glass has been compared to 18th century painters such as Chardin, while his oddly marred and pitted surfaces tend to evoke the 20th century's abstract expressionists. He is the father of sound designer and film editor Walter Scott Murch and Louise Tandy Schablein.

Was a lawyer, circuit-riding Methodist preacher, United States Representative and Senator from Georg

Was a lawyer, circuit-riding Methodist preacher, United States Representative and Senator from Georgia. He was licensed as a Methodist preacher in 1827, becoming extremely popular in Central and South Georgia, mostly for his strong support of states' righ

(born March 28, 1907 - July 10, 1992) is a former MLB pitcher and an American football halfback and

(born March 28, 1907 - July 10, 1992) is a former MLB pitcher and an American football halfback and quarterback in the NFL.

Was a virtuoso performer and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore. He began to study music at the

Was a virtuoso performer and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore. He began to study music at the age of 6, learning from his father, a violinist. In his youth, he toured Europe performing as the violist of the Strub String Quartet. Later, he served as the principal violist in the Berlin Radio Orchestra. He came to the United States in 1939, served in the United States Army during World War II, and then returned to a life of music teaching, performing, and recording. He was a founding member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.