Famous People with Name Sam

Sam Durant            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sam Durant: a Los Angeles based contemporary artist who works in a variety of media.Durant's work often deals with the conflicts between differing classes, cultures and value systems. His work of the 90s was inspired largely by the work of Robert Smithson, an artist well known for his interest in history and entropy.In 2006 his exhibition entitled "Proposal for White and Indian Dead Monument Transpositions, Washington D.C" was shown at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York. This work derived out of a residency he was conducting at the Walker Art Center in 2002. He reproduced 30 Indian massacre monuments that are based on similarities to the massive obelisk Washington monument

Sam Bard Treiman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sam Bard Treiman: was an American theoretical physicist who produced important research in the fields of quantum physics, plasma physics and gravity physics. He was a Professor of physics at Princeton University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group. He was a student of Enrico Fermi and John Alexander Simpson Jr. Treiman published numerous articles on quantum mechanics, plasmas, gravity theory, condensed matter and the history of physics.As a member of the National Academy of Sciences and JASON Defense Advisory Group, he was a key advisor to the U.S. Government in the fields of plasma physics, physics education and strategic planning.

Sam Abell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sam Abell: is an American photographer known for his frequent publication of photographs in National Geographic. He first worked for National Geographic in 1967, and is one of the more overtly artistic photographers among his magazine peers. Sam Abell's style of pho

Sam Andrew            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sam Andrew: is a musician, singer, songwriter, composer, artist and founding member and guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Company. During his career as musician and composer, Andrew has had three platinum albums and two hit singles. His songs have been used in numerous major motion picture soundtracks and documentaries.

Sam Roberts            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sam Roberts: a Juno Award winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.Born in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, to South African parents, he atte

Young Dutch Sam            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Young Dutch Sam: was a professional boxing pioneer. Young Dutch Sam is best known as a being a Welterweight Champion of the World in the 1820s. Sam won his first fight at age 15, and went on to defeat Ned Stockham, Harry Jones, Tom Cooper, Jack Cooper, Dick Davis and Ned