Famous People with Name Dembo

Fennis Marx Dembo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Fennis Marx Dembo: is a former professional basketball player for the 1989 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons of the NBA. Playing at the power forward position, he only played in the NBA for one season, averaging 1.2 points in 31 games. He was picked by the Pistons in the 2nd round of the NBA Draft with the 5th pick (30th overall).

Yelena Dembo            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yelena Dembo: is a Greek International Master of chess, who has also represented Hungary.On the October 2008 FIDE rating list for women, she is ranked 37th in the world, with a rating of 2446. She became a Woman Grandmaster when she was 17 years old, and an International Master at age 19.[2] She is also a chess teacher and author.

Richard Dembo            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Richard Dembo: was a French director and screenwriter. Dembo achieved worldwide recoginition with his first film: La diagonale du fou. For the direction of this film Dembo received an Oscar in 1984 for best foreign film, as well as other numerous awards (César, Prix Louis Delluc...). Michel Piccoli starred in this film as a Russian orthodox Soviet citizen.

Edward Dembowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Edward Dembowski: was a Polish philosopher, literary critic, journalist, and leftist independence activist.[1]In 1842–43 Dembowski conducted underground revolutionary activities in the Russian-ruled Congress Kingdom. Later, being at risk of arrest by Russian authorities, he transferred to Prussian-ruled Greater Poland.[1]During the 1846 Kraków Uprising, Dembowski was secretary to dictator Jan Tyssowski. Dembowski died on 27 February 1846 at Podgórze, shot by Austrian troops as he was leading a procession to conduct agitation among the peasants.[1]