Famous People with Name Bridges

Bles Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Bles Bridges: . He was born Lawrence John Gabriel Bridges, but became known as Bles Bridges. His Irish granddad called him Bles, because he has very thin hair from an early age. He was a much loved South African singer.He released his first album in 1982, Onbekende Weermagman (Unknown Soldier). His professional career began in 1984, with the release of his second album, BLES which went gold in under a month (25,000 copies) and included Maggie, one of his most loved songs. It sold twice that by the time his third album was released.

Alicia Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alicia Bridges: is a US singer who cowrote and performed her international hit "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" in 1978.Alicia Bridges was born near Charlotte North Carolina and was raised in Lawndale, a small town in Cleveland County. She sang from a very young age

Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Roy Dunbard Bridges, Jr.: was the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center and was a NASA astronaut. As director, Bridges was responsible for managing NASA's only site for processing and launch of the Space Shuttle vehicle; processing the payloads flown on both the Shuttle

James John (Jimmy) Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: English

James John (Jimmy) Bridges: was an English cricketer who played for Somerset from 1911 to 1929. Bridges was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who batted right-handed. He played in 216 first-class matches and took 686 wickets at an average of 25.67 with best figures of 7-41. He achieved 5 wickets in an innings (5wI) on 45 occasions and 10 wickets in a match 4 times.

Alice W. Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alice W. Bridges: is a former American swimmer, who at age 20, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin. It first appeared that Alice, who originally was a back-up contestant, had actually won her event. Several hours later the Judges reversed themselves and gave the