Famous People with Name Preston

Preston Thomas Tucker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Thomas Tucker: was an American automobile designer and entrepreneur.He is most remembered for his 1948 Tucker Torpedo, an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars. Production of the torpedo was shut down amidst scandal and accusations of stock fraud on March 3, 1949. The 1988 movie, Tucker: The Man and His Dream is based around the car's production.

Preston Rudolph York            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Rudolph York: was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers (1934, 1937-45), Boston Red Sox (1946-47), Chicago White Sox (1947) and Philadelphia Athletics (1948). York was born in Ragland, Alabama. He batted and threw right-handed.

Preston Ware Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Ware Jr.: was a U.S chess player. He is best known today for playing unorthodox chess openings. Ware was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.

Preston Morris Burch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Morris Burch: was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, breeder, and owner. Preston Burch bred a number of successful horses, the most famous of which was the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly Gallorette foaled in 1942. The following year he took over a

Preston Bierce Plumb            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Preston Bierce Plumb: was a United States Senator from Kansas, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.He was secretary of the Free-State convention in 1857 and a member of the Leavenworth constitutional convention in 1859. Plumb studied law and w

William Campbell Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Campbell Preston: was a senator from the United States and a member of the Nullifier, and later Whig Parties. He was also the cousin of William Ballard Preston and William Preston.He was, however, elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and served from 1828

John Smith Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Smith Preston: was a wealthy planter, soldier, and attorney who became prominent in South Carolina politics in the 19th century. An ardent secessionist, he was the state's delegate dispatched to help convince the Virginia Secession Convention to join South Carolina in s

William Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Preston: was an American lawyer, politician, and ambassador. He also was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He served as lieutenant colonel of the 4th Kentucky Volunteers in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). After the wa

Richard Franklin Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Franklin Preston: was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Lanark North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1898 and from 1905 to 1919 and Lanark in the Canadian House of Commons from 1922 to 1929 as a Conservative member. He served as a Minister without Portfolio in the provincial cabinet from 1914 to 1919. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1922 by-election held after the death of John Alexander Stewart. Preston was reeve and later mayor of Carleton Place. He also served as warden for Lanark County.

Joseph "Joe" Preston            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph "Joe" Preston: is a Canadian politician and Conservative Member of Parliament representing Elgin—Middlesex—London riding. He defeated Liberal incumbent Gar Knutson in the 2004 federal election. He successfully won re-election in both the 2006 federal election and the 2008 federal election.