Famous People with Name Brooks

Brooks Ulysses Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks Ulysses Lawrence: (born January 30, 1925, died April 27, 2000) was a Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1954-1955), Cincinnati Redlegs (1956-1959), and Cincinnati Reds (1960).

Brooks James Thompson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks James Thompson: is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Orlando Magic in the 1st round (27th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft. A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard from Texas A&M University and Oklahoma State University, Thompson played in four NBA seasons for five different teams. He played for the Magic, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks.

Brooks Litchfield Conrad            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks Litchfield Conrad: is an American Major League Baseball infielder for the Atlanta Braves.Conrad is a graduate of Monte Vista High School[1]. He was a member of the Arizona State baseball team from 1999-2001[2]. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the eighth round (236th pick) of the 2001 Draft[3]. Conrad played in the Houston Astros organization from 2001-2007 before becoming a minor league free agent after the 2007 season. Conrad signed with the Oakland Athletics organization prior to the 2008 season. He was called up to play with the A's against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 21, 2008.

Brooks F. McCabe, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks F. McCabe, Jr.: is a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 8th and 17th Districts since 1998. Senator McCabe is the President Pro Tempore of the West Virginia Senate.

Brooks M. Pennington Junior            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks M. Pennington Junior: was a successful businessman and an accomplished gentleman of Georgia. He contributed many things to society and education, including the addition of the Brooks Pennington Jr. Military Leadership Center at North Georgia College & State University (NGCSU)

Rodney Allen Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Rodney Allen Brooks: is Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Chief Technical Officer and sits on the Board of iRobot Corp. From July 1, 2003, until June 30, 2007, he was director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelli

Travis Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Travis Brooks: is a field hockey forward from Australia, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He made his international debut in Canberra, on 15 February 2003, during the second Test of the series against the Netherl

Gordon Victor Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Gordon Victor Brooks: was an Australian cricketer who played 26 matches for Southern Redbacks between 1961 and 1964.

Thomas Francis Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Thomas Francis Brooks: was an Australian Test cricket match umpire who was born in Paddington, New South Wales. Brooks had earlier played first class cricket for NSW and was the last Australian umpire to have both umpired in a Test match and played first class cricket. As a first-class cricketer Brooks was a right-arm fast bowler who played 16 matches for New South Wales, between 1946/47 and 1952/53 seasons, taking 65 wickets at an average of 22.50, and scoring 192 runs at 16.00. Jack Pollard described him as a “spirited” bowler “who moved the ball appreciably in the air. He played first with the Waverley club but later with the Manly club. He umpired 23 Test matches between 1970 and 1978. His first match was between Australia and England at Brisbane on 27 November to 2 December 1970, a drawn match in which Keith Stackpole scored 207 and Doug Walters a century. Brooks’ partner was Lou Rowan.

Angie Elizabeth Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Angie Elizabeth Brooks: was a Liberian diplomat and jurist. She is notable for being the only African female President of the United Nations General Assembly.[2] She was also the second female from any nation to head the U.N.Brooks previously served as Counsellor-at-law to the S