Famous People with Name Barnett

Barnett Koch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barnett Koch: (March 23, 1923 - June 6, 1987) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1944 baseball season.

Barnett Newman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barnett Newman: was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters.Barnett Newman wrote catalogue forewords and reviews before having his first solo show at the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1948. Soon after his first exhibition, Newman remarked in one of the Artists' Session at Studio 35: "We are in the process of making the world, to a certain extent, in our own image." Utilizing his writing skills, Newman fought every step of the way to reinforce his newly established image as an artist and to promote his work. An example is his letter in April 9, 1955, "Letter to Sidney Janis: ---It is true that Rothko talks the fighter. He fights, however, to submit to the philistine world. My struggle against bourgeois society has involved the total rejection of it."

Barnett Francis Samuel "Frank" Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Barnett Francis Samuel "Frank" Allen: was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Bulloo in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1909 to 1912.

Barnett Jerome (Barney) Danson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barnett Jerome (Barney) Danson: was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. He joined The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in 1939 as the Second World War broke out, rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and served until he was severely wounded in the Battle of Normandy, and lost an eye. He maintained an interest in the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and its library for the blind and visually impaired until his death. Danson was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 general election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area riding of York North. In 1970, he became Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and was appointed to the Cabinet in 1974 as Minister of State for urban affairs. In 1976, he was promoted to Minister of National Defence. He served in that position until the defeat of the Liberal government in the 1979 general election, in which he lost his seat. Mr. Danson received an honorary degree (1993) from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, of which he was a former chancellor.

Jason Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jason Barnett: is an American professional boxer.

Geoffrey Edward Fulton Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Geoffrey Edward Fulton Barnett: is a Canadian and New Zealand cricket player who plays first class cricket for the New Zealand Central Districts. Barnett is a left-handed opening batsman who scored his maiden first-class century in his twelfth match, making 136 for Canada against Kenya

Joshua Lawrence Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joshua Lawrence Barnett: is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights in the heavyweight division of Strikeforce and a professional wrestler. He has an MMA record of 26–5–0.Barnett has been an accomplished fighter in mixed martial arts, winning the UFC Heavyweight Cha

Edward Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Barnett: was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Wesley ("Wes") T. Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wesley ("Wes") T. Barnett: was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. His coaches were Dennis Snethen, Istvan Javorek at Johnson County Community College and Dragomir Ciroslan.