Famous People with Name Loomis

Loomis Dean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Loomis Dean: was a veteran Life Magazine photographer who shot pictures of circus clowns, crown princes, Hollywood stars, Madagascar lemurs and SS Andrea Doria survivors in a five-decade long career. His low-key manner disarmed his subjects and put them at ease, enabl

Alfred Lee Loomis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alfred Lee Loomis: was an American attorney, investment banker, physicist, philanthropist and patron of scientific research. He established the Loomis Laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, and his role in the development of radar is considered instrumental in the Allied victory in World War II. He invented the Aberdeen Chronograph for measuring muzzle velocities, proposed the LORAN navigational system, contributed significantly (perhaps critically, according to Luis Alvarez[1]) to the development of a ground-controlled approach technology for aircraft, and participated in preliminary meetings of the Manhattan Project. Loomis also made contributions to biological instrumentation -- working with Edmund Newton Harvey, he co-invented the microscope centrifuge[2], and pioneered techniques for electroencephalography.[3]

William Andrew Loomis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Andrew Loomis: was an illustrator from the United States. He was born in New York, but spent most of his working life in Chicago. He was a student of George Bridgman's as a youth. He is best remembered now for a series of art instruction books that continues to influenc

Ty Loomis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ty Loomis: is a male beach volleyball player from the United States, who won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, partnering Hans Stolfus. The pair became the first U.S. men's team to medal in

Dwight Loomis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dwight Loomis: was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Columbia, Connecticut where he attended the common schools. He also attended the academies in Monson, Massachusetts and Amherst, Massachusetts. He taught school and was also graduated fro

Francis B. Loomis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis B. Loomis: was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1877 to 1879.