Famous People with Name Phillips

Phillips Lee Goldsborough I            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Phillips Lee Goldsborough I: was a Republican member of the United States Senate representing State of Maryland from 1929 to 1935. He was also the 47th Governor of Maryland from 1912 to 1916 and Comptroller of the Maryland Treasury from 1898 to 1900.Goldsborough tried to win the Repu

Robert Phillips            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Phillips: The son of two optometrists, Dr. Robert Michael Phillips (born Robert Warren Phillips) and Dr. Irma Phillips nee Pedrogo who resided, although only briefly, in Valley Stream, New York. A few months after his birth his parents returned to his mother's native Puerto Rico,

Samuel Cornelius Phillips            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Cornelius Phillips: better known as Sam Phillips, was an American record producer who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s. He is most notably attributed with the discovery of Elvis Presley, and is associated with several other noteworthy rhythm and blues and rock and roll stars of the period.Phillips recorded what some—notably music historian Peter Guralnick—consider the first rock and roll record: "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, a band led by 19-year-old Ike Turner, who also wrote the song. The recording was released on the Chess/Checker record label in Chicago, in 1951. From 1950 to 1954 Phillips recorded the music of black rhythm and blues artists such as James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, Rosco Gordon, Little Milton, Bobby Blue Bland, and others. Blues legends such as B.B. King and Howlin' Wolf made their first recordings at his studio.

Stone Stockton Phillips            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stone Stockton Phillips: Phillips was born in Texas City, Texas and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Victor, was a chemical engineer and his mother, Grace, was a teacher. Stone also has two siblings: a brother Vic, who is chairman of the college of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point and a sister Minta, a radiologist in Greensboro, NC and a graduate of Harvard Medical School. He attended Parkway West High School, where he won so many departmental awards (more than 10) that the school started limiting future students to winning only 2 awards[citation needed]. While attending college at Yale, he was a starting quarterback on the football team and graduated with a degree in philosophy. He was also a member of Yale's Scroll and Key society.

John Edmund Andrew Phillips            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Edmund Andrew Phillips: was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas. He is the father of Jeffrey Phillips, Mackenzie Phillips, Chynna Phillips, Tamerlane Phillips, and Bijou Phillips.

Lou Diamond Phillips            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lou Diamond Phillips: Phillips was born Lou Diamond Upchurch at the Subic Bay Naval Station in the Philippines, the son of Lucita and Gerald Upchurch, a naval officer.[1] His father was an American of Scottish-Irish, Hawaiian and Cherokee descent and his mother was a Filipina