Famous People with Name Agassi

Andre Kirk Agassi            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Andre Kirk Agassi: is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is one of five male players to have won all four Grand Slam singles events

Amir Carlos Dámaso Vahidi Agassi            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Amir Carlos Dámaso Vahidi Agassi: is a Filipino actor, TV host, rap artist, and model of Iranian and Filipino descent. He was launched as a member of Star Circle (now Star Magic) Batch 3 in 1993.Agassi is a member of ABS CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic. He was part of a male group dubbed as The Hunks together with Piolo Pascual, Jericho Rosales, Diether Ocampo, and Bernard Palanca.

Emmanuel B. Agassi            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Emmanuel B. Agassi: is a former boxer and the father of Andre Agassi.He represented Iran as a boxer in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round both times.

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz: was a Swiss-American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (married in 1850), and one of the first world-class American scientists.In 1819-1820, Johann Baptist von Spix and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius were engaged in an expedition to Brazil, and on their return to Europe, amongst other collections of natural objects they brought home an important set of the fresh water fish of Brazil, and especially of the Amazon River. Spix, who died in 1826, did not live long enough to work out the history of these fish, and Agassiz (though fresh out of school) was selected by Martius for this purpose. He at once threw himself into the work with an enthusiasm which characterized him to the end of his busy life. The task of describing the Brazilian fish was completed and published in 1829. This was followed by research into the history of the fish found in Lake Neuchâtel. Enlarging his plans,

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz: was an American scientist and engineer.Thenceforward he became a specialist in marine ichthyology, but devoted much time to the investigation, superintendence and exploitation of mines. E. J. Hulbert, a friend of Agassiz's brother-in-law, Quincy Adams Shaw, had discovered a rich copper lode known as the Calumet conglomerate on the Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior in Michigan. He persuaded them, along with a group of friends, to purchase a controlling interest in the mines, which later became known as the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company based in Calumet, Michigan. Up until the summer of 1866, Agassiz worked as an assistant in the museum of natural history that his father founded at Harvard. That summer, he took a trip to see the mines for himself and he afterwards became treasurer of the enterprise.