Famous People with Name Luther

Luther Burbank            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Luther Burbank: was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed a spineless cactus (useful for cattle-feed) and the plumcot.Burbank's most successful strains and varieties include the Shasta daisy, the Fire poppy, the July Elberta peach, the Santa Rosa plum, the Flaming Gold nectarine, the Wickson plum, the Freestone peach, and the Burbank potato. Burbank also bred the white blackberry. A natural sport (genetic variant) of the Burbank potato with russet (reddish-brown) skin later became known as the Russet Burbank potato: this large, brown-skinned, white-fleshed potato has become the world's predominant processing potato.

Luther Lassiter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Luther Lassiter: was a world-renowned American pool player from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The winner of six world championships and numerous other titles, Lassiter is most well-known for his wizardry in the game of nine-ball at which he is widely considered one of t

Luther McCarty            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Luther McCarty: was a heavyweight boxer who is considered by most to be the greatest of all the "white hope" fighters who fought during the time of Heavyweight Boxing Champions Jack Johnson. Ironically, McCarty was largely believed to be born of both Irish and Native Ame

Luther Jacob Goodall            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Luther Jacob Goodall: was an American professional football player and wrestler, known by his ringname Luther Lindsay or Lindsey, who competed throughout the United States with the National Wrestling Alliance as well as international promotions such as All-Japan Pro Wrestling,

Luther Burrell            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Luther Burrell: is a professional rugby union player for Leeds Carnegie. Burrell started his career at Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club.Burrell has experienced playing Rugby League and before joining his local Rugby Union side spent two years with Huddersfield RL.

Hans Luther            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Hans Luther: German politician and Chancellor of Germany.

Thomas Luther            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Thomas Luther: is a German chess player and International Grandmaster of Chess.

Martin Luther            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Martin Luther: was a German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation.[1] He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor.

William Paul "Bill" Luther            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Paul "Bill" Luther: is an American politician. Luther was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) member of the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 2003, serving in the 104th, 105th, 106th, and 107th congresses, representing Minnesota's 6t