Famous People with Name Geoffrey

Geoffrey Beene            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Geoffrey Beene: was an American fashion designer.Beene was born in Haynesville, Louisiana. He studied medicine at Tulane University, but dropped out in 1946, after three years. He moved to New York in 1947 to attend the Traphagen School of Fashion. He then worked at a number of fashion houses, both in Paris and New York, including Harmay and Teal Traina.

Geoffrey Oswald "Geoff" Edwards            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Geoffrey Oswald "Geoff" Edwards: is an Emmy Award-winning American television actor, game show host and radio personality. Over the past decade and a half, he has developed a successful career as a writer and broadcaster on the subject of travel.Edwards began his career while in college, working for a radio station in Albany, New York. By the late 1950s, Edwards headed west to Southern California, landing his first job at station KFMB. As a news reporter, Edwards was present in the basement of the Dallas Police Department when Jack Ruby shot suspected John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963. He was one of the witnesses interviewed by NBC Television Correspondent Tom Pettit after the assassination.

Geoffrey Bodine            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Geoffrey Bodine: is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers (Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine) who are all NASCAR drivers. Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina.Bodine's racing career seemed to be on track right from the start as his father and grandfather, Eli Bodine Jr. and Sr. built Chemung Speedrome just a year after he was born.

Geoffrey Stephen Christie            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Geoffrey Stephen Christie: was a Canadian-American football placekicker in the NFL, who, as a member of the Buffalo Bills, became known for his ability to kick clutch field goals, even in poor weather.

Geoffrey W. Marcy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Geoffrey W. Marcy: famous for discovering more extrasolar planets than anyone else, 70 out of the first 100 to be discovered, along with R. Paul Butler and Debra Fischer. He also confirmed Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz's discovery of the first extrasolar planet 51 Pegasi b. Other achievements have included discovering the first multiple planet system around a star similar to our own (Upsilon Andromedae), the first transiting planet around another star (HD209458b), the first extrasolar planet orbiting beyond 5 AU (55 Cancri d), and the first Neptune-sized planets (Gliese 436b and 55 Cancri e).