Famous People with Name Isaiah

Isaiah Rider Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Isaiah Rider Jr: Is a former professional basketball player.Rider grew up in Alameda, near Oakland, CA. He starred in both baseball and basketball at Encinal High School before going on a career in the National Basketball Association. He last played in the early stages of the the 2001-02 NBA season.

Isaiah Edwin Leopold            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Isaiah Edwin Leopold: was a popular American comedian and actor noted for both his Perfect Fool comedy character and his later career as a dramatic actor.In his youth, Wynn worked as an onstage assistant to W. C. Fields. Fields caught him mugging for the audience during his "Pool Room" routine and knocked him unconscious with his cue. Wynn became a headliner in vaudeville in the early-1910s, and was a star of the Ziegfeld Follies starting in 1914. He was best known as a comedian, billed as The Perfect Fool (and starring in a musical revue of that name on Broadway in 1921). Wynn also wrote, directed and produced many shows. He was famous for his silly costumes and props, and he always worked "clean," making his shows suitable for the entire family.

Isaiah Bowman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Isaiah Bowman: was an American geographer. He was educated at Harvard and Yale where he taught from 1905 to 1915, after which time he became the director of the American Geographical Society, a position he held for 20 years from 1915 to 1935. He was chief territorial adviser to President Woodrow Wilson at the Versailles conference and served the Department of State as territorial adviser in World War Two. Some of his more notable works include;

Isaiah West Taber            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Isaiah West Taber: was an American daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer who took many pictures of noted Californians, which he donated to the California State Library "that the state may preserve the names and faces, and keep alive the memory of those who made it what it is."[2] He was also a sketch artist and dentist.