Baron Walter Louis Davis
Origin/Culture/Country: AmericanBaron Walter Louis Davis: is a professional basketball player currently playing at point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. Davis became a star at Crossroads School and UCLA. Baron was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets as the number three pick in the 1999 NBA Draft.
Baron Nicolas Louis Alexandre De Gunzburg
Origin/Culture/Country: RussianBaron Nicolas Louis Alexandre De Gunzburg: was an editor in chief of Town & Country and an influential fashion editor at Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.Born in Paris to a wealthy ennobled Russian banking family called Günzburg; the umlaut was dropped and the aristocratic particle "de" added in the nineteenth century. His father was a Russian Jew, and his mother was Polish-Brazilian, which perhaps accounts for his exotic good looks. The Günzburgs were, among other things, financial patrons of Russian dance impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his famed Ballets Russes in Paris during the first decades of the century. He was himself a patron of Vaslav Nijinsky until he was swayed by Diaghilev.
Baron Killanin
Origin/Culture/Country: BritishBaron Killanin: of Galway in the County of Galway, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the Irish lawyer and politician Michael Morris. He was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1887 to 1889 and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1889 to 1900. Morris had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1885 and was made a life peer under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 in 1889 as Baron Morris, of Spiddal in the County of Galway. On his death in 1901 the life peerage became extinct while he was succeeded in the baronetcy and hereditary barony by his eldest son, the second Baron. He briefly represented Galway Borough in the House of Commons as a Conservative and also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Galway from 1918 to 1922. He was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baron, the son of George Henry Morris. He was a prominent author, journalist and sports official and served as President of the International Olympic Committee from between 1972 and 1980. As of 2007 the titles are held by his eldest son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1999. He is a film producer.
Baron Divavesi Waqa
Origin/Culture/Country: NauruanBaron Divavesi Waqa: On April 23, 2004, Waga and his colleagues Kieren Keke, David Adeang and Fabian Ribauw participated in violent protests at the Nauru International Airport in Yaren; these were meant to show displeasure regarding government policy against Afghan asylum-see
Baron Ignaz Von Kolisch
Origin/Culture/Country: AustrianBaron Ignaz Von Kolisch: was a merchant, journalist, and chess master with jewish roots.As a chess-player Kolisch soon became known for his brilliant and aggressive style, but he was not a frequent participant in tournaments. In 1860 he won the first prize at the international tourney held at Cambridge, England; in 1861 he lost a match with Adolf Anderssen, the strongest player of the day, by one game only; the same year he drew a match with Louis Paulsen; and in 1867 at the Paris tournament he secured the leading position, defeating both Szymon Winawer and Wilhelm Steinitz.
Howard Florey, Baron Florey
Origin/Culture/Country: Howard Florey, Baron Florey: a pharmacologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role in the extraction of penicillin.
Kevin Baron
Origin/Culture/Country: BritishKevin Baron: was a professional footballer who played for Liverpool in the post-war years.Baron played as an amateur for hometown club Preston before he was signed for Liverpool by George Kay in August 1945.