American Famous Baby Names

Is a former NASA astronaut and became the fourth person to walk on the moon at the age of thirty-sev

Is a former NASA astronaut and became the fourth person to walk on the moon at the age of thirty-seven years in November 1969.Bean graduated from R. L. Paschal High School in Fort Worth, Texas. He received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engi

Is an American political activist, author and former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public of

Is an American political activist, author and former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'1" guard from Bowling Green State Universit

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'1" guard from Bowling Green State University, Hairston was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the fifth round of the 1968 NBA Draft. He appeared in two seasons for the Sonics, averaging 2.2 points per game.[1]

Was an American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music

Was an American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain.

Is a Canadian politician. He is a former mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, serving in office 1999

Is a Canadian politician. He is a former mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, serving in office 1999-2008. He is one of only a handful of mayors of Victoria who were actually born and raised in the city, and was the city's first mayor of Asian heritage to be elected. At 38 years old he was also one of the youngest candidates ever to win Victoria's mayoral election. In 1999 Alan Lowe managed to win a hard fought three way race versus Bob Friedland of the Victoria Civic Electors on the left and veteran right wing councilor Geoff Young. His campaign slogan was "Aim High, Vote Lowe", which highlighted his sense of humor and charm.

Is a former American professional basketball player of the NBA. He stands 6'9" (2.06 m) tall. Hender

Is a former American professional basketball player of the NBA. He stands 6'9" (2.06 m) tall. Henderson attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, Indiana. They lost the Indiana State title game his senior year to Glenn Robinson's Gary Roosevelt squad. In 1994, he was a part of the USA Basketball team for the Goodwill Games.

Is an American amateur wrestler. He was an NCAA National Champion, Espoir World Champion (20 years a

Is an American amateur wrestler. He was an NCAA National Champion, Espoir World Champion (20 years and under), three-time Ohio State Champion, and the first wrestler to win four Junior National Freestyle titles. He is also an author. Fried began wrestling

Was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. A native of Keene Valley, New York, he won the

Was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. A native of Keene Valley, New York, he won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Was an American journalist and Democratic Party Senator from California.Cranston was a correspondent

Was an American journalist and Democratic Party Senator from California.Cranston was a correspondent for the International News Service for two years preceding World War II. When an abridged English-language translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was released, sanitized to exclude some of Hitler's anti-semitism and militancy, Cranston published an unexpurgated and annotated translation which he believed more accurately reflected the contents of the book. In 1939, Hitler's publisher sued him for copyright violation in Connecticut; a judge ruled in Hitler's favor and publication of the book was halted. Cranston is known for not sending a young Randy Schoonover a response to his letter about the metric system.

Was an transportation engineer and urban planner who designed many large public works in the United

Was an transportation engineer and urban planner who designed many large public works in the United States. Voorhees was born in Highland Park, New Jersey.In 1952, Voorhees came to Washington, D.C. to work for the nonprofit Automobile Safety Foundation. While studying traffic in Baltimore, Voorhees developed a mathematical formula to predict traffic patterns based on land use. This formula has been instrumental in the design of numerous transportation and public works projects around the world. He wrote "A General Theory of Traffic Movement" (1956), which applied the gravity model to trip distribution, which translates trips generated in an area to a matrix that identifies the number of trips from each origin to each destination, which can then be loaded onto the network.

Is an author and an artist who is best known as the illustrator and book cover painter of many piece

Is an author and an artist who is best known as the illustrator and book cover painter of many pieces of horror fiction. He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel for his 2005 book Siren Promised (co-written by Jeremy Robert Johnson)

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechage roun

Is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechage round of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award winning composer and pianist. Menken has col

Is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award winning composer and pianist. Menken has collaborated with several renowned lyricists including Howard Ashman (1950-1991), Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz.

(b. January 21, 1972 in Evansville, Indiana), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for th

(b. January 21, 1972 in Evansville, Indiana), was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for three teams over the course of eight seasons.

Is a farmer and businessman from Ferriday, Louisiana, who served from 1984-1992 as a Democratic memb

Is a farmer and businessman from Ferriday, Louisiana, who served from 1984-1992 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 21 in the eastern portion of his state.Ironically, the elections department had existed within t

Is an American television sportscaster. Now employed by NBC Sports after nearly three decades (1977

Is an American television sportscaster. Now employed by NBC Sports after nearly three decades (1977

Better known by his ring name of Ole Anderson, is a retired professional wrestler and a promoter. He

Better known by his ring name of Ole Anderson, is a retired professional wrestler and a promoter. He held numerous NWA World Tag Team Championships with Gene Anderson, who was portrayed as his brother. His ring name is a play on the poisonous plant, olean

An American actor of both stage and screen, and current president of the Screen Actors Guild, the pr

An American actor of both stage and screen, and current president of the Screen Actors Guild, the principal motion picture industry on-screen performers' union.Rosenberg is perhaps best known for his character Eli Levinson which appeared in both the series Civil Wars and the popular L.A. Law. He is also well known for his character Ira Woodbine in the sitcom, Cybill. More recently he was seen in the legal drama The Guardian as "Alvin Masterson".

Was an American logician and professor of philosophy at Yale University and the University of Pittsb

Was an American logician and professor of philosophy at Yale University and the University of Pittsburgh. A frequent collaborator with Nuel Belnap, Anderson was instrumental in the development of relevance logic and deontic logic.

Known as Ross McWhirter, was, with his identical twin brother, Norris McWhirter, founder of the Guin

Known as Ross McWhirter, was, with his identical twin brother, Norris McWhirter, founder of the Guinness Book of Records. He was killed by the IRA.McWhirter was the son of William McWhirter, editor of the Sunday Pictorial newspaper, and Margaret Williamson ('Bunty'). He was born at 10 Branscombe Gardens, "Giffnock" (after Giffnock Church in Glasgow, where the McWhirters were married) Winchmore Hill, London, N21. His elder brother Kennedy was born in 1923. In 1929, as William was working on the founding of the Northcliffe Newspapers chain of provincial newspapers, the family moved to Aberfoyle, in Broad Walk Winchmore Hill. Like his brothers Ross was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford.

Rubin was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live Ba

Rubin was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band, with whom he played at the Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games

Is an American stage, television and film actor.

Is an American stage, television and film actor.

An American psychology professor known for his work on intelligence testing.He has been married to p

An American psychology professor known for his work on intelligence testing.He has been married to psychologist Nadeen L. Kaufman since 1964. While Assistant Director at The Psychological Corporation from 1968 to 1974, he worked closely with David Wechsler on the revision of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and supervised the standardization of the revised version (WISC-R). He also collaborated with Dorothea McCarthy in the development and standardization of the McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities. He held positions at University of Georgia (1974–1979) and University of Alabama (1984–1995) before taking a position at Yale University.

Has been a Democratic member of the California State Senate, representing the 27th District since 20

Has been a Democratic member of the California State Senate, representing the 27th District since 2004. He previously served in the California State Assembly representing the 55th Assembly district from 1998 until 2004. In both posts, he represented the c

Was a Republican Assemblymember from California's 10th State Assembly district, serving from 2002 to

Was a Republican Assemblymember from California's 10th State Assembly district, serving from 2002 to 2008. In 2010, Dr. Nakanishi was a candidate for the State Board of Equalization.In 2002, he was elected to the California State Assembly. Nakanishi was t