Famous People with Name Ammon

Ammon McNeely            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ammon McNeely: is an American rock climber, who holds the most Speed Climbing World Records and First One Day Ascents on El Capitan in Yosemite. His most recent accomplishment was climbing one of the hardest routes on El Capitan, The Reticent Wall along with Dean Potter

Otto Georg Ammon            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Otto Georg Ammon: was a German anthropologist. Ammon was an engineer from 1863 to 1868. In 1883 he led a geographical and geological exploration of Roman roads. In 1887 he conducted anthropological research and from 1887 onwards he was a member of the Ancient Karlsruher As

Eugene "Jug" Ammons            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eugene "Jug" Ammons: was an American jazz tenor saxophone player, and the son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons.Ammons began to gain recognition when he went on the road with trumpeter King Kolax band in 1943, at the age of 18. He became a member of the Billy Eckstine and Woody Herman bands in 1944 and 1949 respectively, and then in 1950 formed a duet with Sonny Stitt. His later career was interrupted by two prison sentences for narcotics possession, the first from 1958 to 1960, the second from 1962 to 1969.

A. R. Ammons            Origin/Culture/Country: American

A. R. Ammons: was an award-winning major American poet.Ammons grew up on a tobacco farm near Whiteville, in southeastern North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he attended Wake Forest University, where he majored in biology; he r

Teller Ammons            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Teller Ammons: was the 28th Governor of Colorado from 1937 to 1939. He served in the United States Army in France during World War I, and then returned to Colorado to work on a ranch and in a newspaper office. He earned a law degree from the University of Denver's Westm

Clifton R. Ammons            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clifton R. Ammons: known as Cliff Ammons, was an educator and businessman from Many, Louisiana, who served from 1960-1964 as a Democrat from Sabine Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He is principally remembered as "the father of Toledo Bend Reservoir", a lar