Famous People with Name Townsend

Townsend Saunders            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Townsend Saunders: is an Olympic silver medalist in wrestling who was a two-time All-American at Arizona State University. In 1987 Saunders became an NCAA Div. II National Champion for California State University-Bakersfield.

John Frederick Jake Townsend Sr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Frederick Jake Townsend Sr: was an American basketball forward and center. He was an All-Big Ten player for the University of Michigan from 1936-1938. In 1938, he was named an All-American. He later played professional basketball for the Indianapolis Kautskys, Oshkosh All-Stars and Rochester Royals.

Raymond Anthony Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Anthony Townsend: is a retired American basketball player.A 6'3", 175-lb point guard, Townsend played college basketball at the UCLA and was selected with the last pick in the first round (22nd overall) of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. He concluded his NBA career in 1982 as a member of the Indiana Pacers.

Jason R. Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jason R. Townsend: In 1996, Townsend with brother Eric Townsend started publishing the underground Giovanni Audiori Catalog, named in tribute of the late songwriter Mark Heard whom sometimes used the name Giovanni Audiori. The catalog was used primarily by record collectors

Gregory Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gregory Townsend: a former American football defensive end who played 12 years in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Raiders from 1983 to 1993, the Philadelphia Eagles in 1994, and again for the Oakland Raiders in 1997.

John Kirk Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Kirk Townsend: was an American naturalist, ornithologist and collector.He developed an interest in natural history in general and bird collecting in particular. In 1833 he was invited by the botanist Thomas Nuttall to join him on Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth's second expedition across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Townsend collected a number of birds new to science, including the Mountain Plover, Vaux's Swift, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Townsend's Warbler and Sage Thrasher.