American Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending Un

Is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending University of Texas at Austin, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951. She won 55 tournaments on the tour, including eight major championshi

Is an American singer/songwriter, recently with the rock bands The Reputation and Sarge.Elmore forme

Is an American singer/songwriter, recently with the rock bands The Reputation and Sarge.Elmore formed Sarge in 1996, and the band broke up in 1999. After a short solo stint (where she recorded a self titled split EP with Bob Nanna of Braid featuring her s

An American psychologist and expert on human memory. She has conducted extensive research on the mis

An American psychologist and expert on human memory. She has conducted extensive research on the misinformation effect and the nature of false memories.One of her studies is the reconstruction of automobile destruction study, which is an example of the misinformation effect. She also developed the lost in the mall technique as a method of testing her hypothesis that false memories can be clinically created.[4][5] Her pilot study of the lost in the mall technique has been criticized for the ethics used in acquiring subjects[6] and for being used to draw inappropriate conclusions about false memories and therapeutic techniques.[6][7][8][9]

Carter became well known while playing Sierra Estaban Reyes Montgomery on the CBS daytime drama As t

Carter became well known while playing Sierra Estaban Reyes Montgomery on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns, from 1985 - 1988 and a short reprise in 1994. She appeared in the television series China Beach as nurse Linda Matlock Lanier, and later as

Is currently the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Rhode Island. She has served under Republican G

Is currently the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Rhode Island. She has served under Republican Governor Donald Carcieri and Independent Lincoln Chafee. She was elected as a Democrat in 2006, becoming the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.

Was a Canadian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer

Was a Canadian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Is a former international backstroke swimmer, who was born in the United Kingdom but competed for Ca

Is a former international backstroke swimmer, who was born in the United Kingdom but competed for Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in 25th position in the 200m Backstroke.

Was a former slave turned successful seamstress who is most notably known as being Mary Todd Lincoln

Was a former slave turned successful seamstress who is most notably known as being Mary Todd Lincoln's personal modiste and confidante, and the author of her autobiography, Behind the Scenes Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Mrs. Keckly utilized her intelligence, keen business savvy, and sewing and design skills to arrange and ultimately buy her freedom (and that of her s

Is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District since 1

Is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District since 1998. She has served as the House Minority Leader since 2006. She is the daughter of Jalmar M. Kerttula, who represented the Matanuska-Susitna Valley (and a

Is an American professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.As a junior golfer, Janange

Is an American professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.As a junior golfer, Janangelo won eight American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) titles, including two major titles. She enrolled at Duke University on a golf scholarship in the fall

Is a former American college and international swimmer who was an Olympic gold medalist.

Is a former American college and international swimmer who was an Olympic gold medalist.

Is an Australian former pair skater and current figure skating coach. With brother Peter Cain, she i

Is an Australian former pair skater and current figure skating coach. With brother Peter Cain, she is a the 1976 World Junior bronze medalist and four time Australian national champion.Their highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was

Was Second Lady of the United States, as the second wife of Vice President Alben Barkley. She was kn

Was Second Lady of the United States, as the second wife of Vice President Alben Barkley. She was known as Jane Hadley Barkley.Her husband retired from the Vice Presidency in January 1953. He was elected for another term in the U. S. Senate in 1954, servi

Is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Li

Is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1985 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.Smith served as an alderman in the City of London. She was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Gordon Walker by 6,683 votes in the constituency of London South. She was re-elected by an increased majority in the 1987 election, and appointed to cabinet as Solicitor General on September 29, 1987.

Is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Beth Phoenix. She is signed to W

Is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Beth Phoenix. She is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where she wrestles on the SmackDown brand.Carolan had a successful amateur wrestling career in high school, before bein

Is an American figure skater. Kwon placed 2nd in the 1999 Junior Grand Prix event in Ostrava and se

Is an American figure skater. Kwon placed 2nd in the 1999 Junior Grand Prix event in Ostrava and seventh in Slovenia. Kwon was forced to retire due to injury. As an intermediate-level skater, Kwon was featured in Christine Brennan's book Edge of Glory. B

Is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She w

Is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a five-time gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. She is the mother of Joa

Is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She w

Is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a five-time gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.

Wurtzel was brought up Jewish. Her parents divorced when she was young. As described in her memoir P

Wurtzel was brought up Jewish. Her parents divorced when she was young. As described in her memoir Prozac Nation, Wurtzel's depression began at the ages of 10 to 12. She attended Yeshivah of Flatbush Ramaz for high school and was described as an over-achi

Is an author of children's books, including 1983's The Computer That Said Steal Me and 2002's The Va

Is an author of children's books, including 1983's The Computer That Said Steal Me and 2002's The Vampire State Building. She has written a long-running series of mystery novels for kids under the Something Queer is Going On banner (Something Queer at the Library, Something Queer at the Haunted School, etc.). She has had over 80 children's books published, mostly on chess topics. She also wrote the book My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian.

Was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 she was a member

Was an American freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 she was a member of the American relay team which won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event. Ryan swam in the semi-final and helped the team to quali

Was an American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator.Furness began her profess

Was an American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator.Furness began her professional career as a model before being signed to a film contract by RKO Studios. Her first film role was as the "Thirteenth Woman" in the 1932 film Thirteen Women but her scenes were deleted before the film's release. Over the next few years she appeared in several RKO films, and became a popular actress. Among her film successes were Magnificent Obsession (1935) and the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film Swing Time (1936). By the end of the decade she had appeared in over forty films, but during the 1940s found it difficult to secure acting roles.

An African American blues singer.Miles was born in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans,

An African American blues singer.Miles was born in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, in a dark skinned Francophone Creole ("Creole of Color") family. She traveled widely with minstrel and circus shows in the 1910s, and made her

Was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA.She attended the University

Was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA.She attended the University of Texas at Austin and in 1939 and 1940 won back-to-back United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships. She turned professional in 1945 and was one of t

Is an Academy Award-nominated American film and theater actress, who later became a singer songwrite

Is an Academy Award-nominated American film and theater actress, who later became a singer songwriter. In 1992, she married English producer and director Simon Curtis, with whom she lives in Chiswick, London, together with their two daughters.