Famous People with Name Scott

Scott Shaunessy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Scott Shaunessy: is a retired professional ice hockey player who played seven games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Quebec Nordiques.

Scott Parse            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Scott Parse: is an American professional ice hockey winger who plays for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. He was drafted 174th overall by the Kings in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

Scott Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Scott Baker: is an American former Major League Baseball player. As a pitcher, Baker played his only major league game for the Oakland Athletics on July 17, 1995. He last played professional baseball in 1997 with the Akron Aeros.

Scott Michael Chiamparino            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Scott Michael Chiamparino: is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers from 1990 to 1992. He was drafted by the Florida Marlins as the 41st pick overall in the 1992 MLB expansion draft. Scott currently works as an assistant to Scott Boras.

Scott Alan Eyre            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Scott Alan Eyre: is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.Eyre graduated from Southern Idaho Junior College and was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 9th round in 1991. In 1994, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox and made his major league debut in Chicago on August 1, 1997. Eyre was traded in 2000 to the Toronto Blue Jays. Eyre was selected off waivers from the Blue Jays by the San Francisco Giants in 2002. He spent the next several seasons as an effective reliever for the Giants.

Sir Richard William Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir Richard William Scott: was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister. He became a member of municipal council in 1851, was mayor of Bytown in 1852, and held a seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1857 until 1863. With Canadian Confederation, Scott won a seat in the Ontario legislature as a Liberal representing Ottawa from 1867 to 1871. He was Speaker of the legislature briefly in December 1871 before being appointed to the provincial cabinet as Commissioner of Crown Lands. Scott played a leading role in passing legislation ensuring the rights of separate schools in Ontario. In November 1873, he left provincial politics when he was appointed minister without portfolio by Alexander Mackenzie in the federal Cabinet. Mackenzie had become prime minister after Sir John A. Macdonald's government had been forced to resign due to the Pacific Scandal. Scott was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Mackenzie in January 1874, and became Secretary of State for Canada and Leader of the Government in the Senate. A supporter of temperance, he drafted the "Scott Act" which allowed any county or municipality in Canada to prohibit the retail sale of liquor by majority vote. With the defeat of the Liberal government in the 1878 election, Scott became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate until the return of the Liberals to government under Wilfrid Laurier.

William Henry Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Henry Scott: was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East. In 1829, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for York County after the death of the previously elected member; he was elected to represent Deux-Montagnes in 1830 and 1834 after York was divided. He supported the Ninety-Two Resolutions but did not support the use of force, which meant that both the government and the Patriotes viewed him as a traitor. He fled but was arrested at Montreal in 1837; he was released in July 1838. In 1844, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Deux-Montagnes; he was reelected in 1848 and 1851. Scott supported the Rebellion Losses Bill compensating residents of Canada East for property losses during the Lower Canada Rebellion; Scott himself was compensated for damage to his home and business. He died at Saint-Eustache in 1851.

Vincent Joseph "Boomer" Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Joseph "Boomer" Scott: was a Canadian football player. He played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and was later a Hamilton city councillor. He became a Canadian citizen in the mid 1950s. He worked at Stelco after his retirement, and later entered the real estate business. He hosted a talk show in the 1970s and 1980s, and was named to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1982.[3] He was elected to Hamilton City Council for the city's fourth ward in the 1982 municipal election, and subsequently participated in discussions with Tiger-Cats owner Harold Ballard to ensure that the team remained in Hamilton. Fellow councillor Mike Davison described him as a conservative. Scott was defeated in his bid for re-election in 1985. He suffered a stroke the following year, and never fully recovered. He died in 1992 following a lengthy illness.

D'Arcy Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

D'Arcy Scott: was mayor of Ottawa from 1907 to 1908. Scott was a prominent Ottawa lawyer. He played an important role in the construction of Union Station, now the Government Conference Centre in Ottawa. In 1908 he was appointed chief assistant commissioner of the Board of Railway Commissioners, the predecessor of the Canadian Transportation Agency. In his youth Scott was an active member of the Ottawa Canoe Club and a competitive paddler; in 1893 and 1897 he won the American Canoe Association paddling championship and in 1894 and 1895 he placed second.

David Lynch Scott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Lynch Scott: was a Canadian militia officer, lawyer, and judge. He served as mayor of Orangeville, Ontario from 1878 to 1880 and mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan from 1884 to 1885. Scott was mayor of Orangeville from 1879–1880, and in 1884-85 served as the first Mayor of Regina. Scott first rose to prominence as a lawyer when he acted as the junior counsel for the crown in the prosecutions of Louis Riel, Big Bear, Poundmaker and those involved in the Frog Lake Massacre following the North-West Rebellion of 1885.