Famous People with Name Macarthur

MacArthur 'Mac' Foster            Origin/Culture/Country: American

MacArthur 'Mac' Foster: was an American heavyweight boxer. After retiring, Foster volunteered his time as boxing coach for youth.

Malcolm M. Macarthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Malcolm M. Macarthur: (January 19, 1862 - October 18, 1932) was a Major League Baseball pitcher during part of the 1884 season. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland - one of only eight players in Major League Baseball history to be Scottish natives.

James MacArthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James MacArthur: is an American actor. James MacArthur is best known for the role of Dan "Danno" Williams, reliable second-in-command to Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord), head of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad Hawaii Five-O. The role won him fans all over

John Roderick MacArthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Roderick MacArthur: was a U.S. businessman and philanthropist. The J. Roderick MacArthur Foundation, a philanthropic organization interested in Civil Liberties in the United States, and the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Chicago School of Law are named after him. He is the son of billionaire John D. MacArthur who established the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Robert Helmer MacArthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Helmer MacArthur: was an American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology.MacArthur received his Bachelor's degree from Marlboro College, a Master's degree in mathematics from Brown University (1953). A student of G. Evelyn Hutchinson, MacArthur earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1958; his thesis was on the division of ecological niches among five warbler species in the conifer forests of New York. He was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, 1958-65, and professor of biology at Princeton University, 1965-72. He played an important role in the development of niche partitioning, and with E.O. Wilson he co-authored The Theory of Island Biogeography,

Douglas MacArthur            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Douglas MacArthur: was an American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and later played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II, one of the war's most decorated soldiers, receiving the Medal of Honor for his early service in the Philippines and on the Bataan Peninsula.