Famous People with Name Oliver

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.: was a physician by profession but achieved fame as a writer; he was one of the best regarded American fireside poets of the 19th century.

Oliver Hardy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Hardy: was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted over 30 years. Hardy’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1500 Vine Street, Hollywood, California.

Oliver Cheatham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Cheatham: is an American singer. He now resides in Surrey in England.Cheatham had a few hits in the 1980s, and he returned to the charts in 2003, when he was featured in Room 5's UK #1 single, "Make Luv"[2], which sampled his 1983 song "Get Down Saturday Night". El

Oliver Gaspirtz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Gaspirtz: is a cartoonist and web designer who currently resides in New York with his wife Debbie. (Divorced February 06, 2008).His cartoons have appeared in most major magazines across the United States, including the Saturday Evening Post, The National Times, Ame

Oliver Theophilus Jones            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Theophilus Jones: is a Canadian jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger.He began his career as a pianist at the age of five, studying with Mme Bonner in Little Burgundy's Union United Church, made famous by Trevor W. Payne's Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir. However,

Sheila Y. Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Y. Oliver: is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004, where she represents the 34th legislative district. She is the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, having taken office on January 12, 2010 af

William Bacon Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Bacon Oliver: was a Congressman from Alabama. He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889. After additional courses at the University of Virginia in the same year, he was admitted to the Alabama ba

James Churchill Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Churchill Oliver: was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Oliver was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942. He served as lieutena

Francis "Frank" Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis "Frank" Oliver: was a politician and journalist from old Northwest Territories, and later Alberta, Canada.Oliver resigned from the legislature in 1896 to run for a seat in the House of Commons for the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected representing the Alberta (Provisional District), and later Edmonton and Edmonton West. He served until 1921. From 1905 until 1911 he was appointed and served as the Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. As Minister, Oliver pushed for the recently discovered hot springs and contiguous area be given to the people of Canada, thereby creating Banff National Park; the first national park in Canada.

Adam Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Adam Oliver: was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Oxford South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1876. He moved to Ingersoll in 1850 and established a construction business there and later a lumber yard. He served on the village council and was reeve from 1859 to 1862. Although he was opposed to Ingersoll becoming a town, he served as its first mayor in 1865 and 1866. He was also a captain in the local militia and a magistrate. He was elected to represent Oxford South in the Ontario legislature in 1867 and 1871.