American Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Was a physician and the health officer for the Port of New York and was an elector for the United St

Was a physician and the health officer for the Port of New York and was an elector for the United States presidential election of 1800. He was born in Groton, Connecticut, the son of Youngs Ledyard (1731-1762) and Mary Avery (1730-1787). The town of Ledya

Was an American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and

Was an American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and actor. Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. In the late 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label's premier artist.

Was an American horse rider who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Was an American horse rider who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a U.S. inventor and a chess patron and author.An enthusiastic chess player, Rice invented the Ri

Was a U.S. inventor and a chess patron and author.An enthusiastic chess player, Rice invented the Rice Gambit and sponsored tournaments where the opening became the starting point of each game. Emanuel Lasker and Mikhail Chigorin were two of many players

Schreiber was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Heather (née Milgram) and Tell Schreibe

Schreiber was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Heather (née Milgram) and Tell Schreiber, a stage actor and director. His father is of Austrian, Irish, Swiss and Scottish descent while his mother is Jewish, the descendant of immigrants from Po

Was an American merchant in New York City.He was an active speaker against taxation without represen

Was an American merchant in New York City.He was an active speaker against taxation without representation and the chairman of New York City's Committee of Correspondence in 1765. He become chairman of New York City's Committee of Sixty in 1774. Low was n

Was an inventor, actor, and entrepreneur. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing

Was an inventor, actor, and entrepreneur. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.[1]Isaac was married for the first time in 1830, to Catharine Maria Haley. After, they moved from Pittstown to New York City in about 1831, where they seem to have lived with her parents for a time. By the summer of 1833 they had again moved, this time to Otsego County, New York. Isaac had worked in his older brother's machine shop before marriage and learnt the machinists trade there; in Otsego in the village of Fly Creek Isaac was again working in a machine shop, this time owned by George Pomeroy.

Was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas office of the US Weather Bureau from 1889 to 190

Was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas office of the US Weather Bureau from 1889 to 1901.In March 1889, a Texas section of the weather service was being established, and Cline was sent to Galveston to organize and oversee it. Cline stayed with the office when it became part of the U.S. Weather Bureau in the 1891 transfer from the Signal Corps to the Department of Agriculture. In 1892, Isaac's younger brother, Joseph Cline, also began work as a meteorologist at the Galveston Weather Bureau.

(February 17, 1897 - August 1, 1958) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. Boone batted left

(February 17, 1897 - August 1, 1958) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball. Boone batted left handed and threw right handed.

Was the 18th and 20th Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1880 to 1881 and from 1885 to 1889.

Was the 18th and 20th Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1880 to 1881 and from 1885 to 1889. Originally a Republican, he oversaw the forceful passage of the post-American Civil War constitutional amendments whilst he was a member of the Indiana Se

Was a United States Representative from Maine.He was elected a member of the Maine House of Represen

Was a United States Representative from Maine.He was elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives. He was appointed as a member of the State board of agriculture and a trustee of the Maine Insane Hospital. He was an unsuccessful candidate for el

Is a logician who introduced the subject of positive set theory in his 1976 Ph.D. Thesis at UCLA.

Is a logician who introduced the subject of positive set theory in his 1976 Ph.D. Thesis at UCLA.

Was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania fro

Was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1838 to 1839. He was a captain in the United States Army when he fought in the War of 1812. In 1823, he became a Major. He retired from the military on A

Is an Emmy Award-winning American comic actor and writer known as the leading man on the 1950s telev

Is an Emmy Award-winning American comic actor and writer known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, and to younger generations as Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2.

Was a social realist painter and often portrayed working-class people of New York City in his painti

Was a social realist painter and often portrayed working-class people of New York City in his paintings. He was the youngest of three siblings, the others being Moses Soyer and Raphael Soyer, both twins. In 1912, his parents emigrated to New York. [2] In his life, he has created several paintings, the most notable being Employment Agency.

Was an American violin virtuoso. Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine, to Jewish parents. Stern was ten months

Was an American violin virtuoso. Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine, to Jewish parents. Stern was ten months old when his family moved to San Francisco. He received his first music lessons from his mother before enrolling at the San Francisco Conservatory of Musi

Was an American Democratic Party politician, who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district

Was an American Democratic Party politician, who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1853.Wildrick was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, servi

Is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realist" tradition, is one of the

Is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realist" tradition, is one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America.She is largely famous for her contributions to Latin-American literature, novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los esp

Was an American actress, perhaps best remembered for originating the part of Sarah Brown in Frank Lo

Was an American actress, perhaps best remembered for originating the part of Sarah Brown in Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls.

Was an American painter and graphic artist, who produced numerous paintings and prints of working wo

Was an American painter and graphic artist, who produced numerous paintings and prints of working women in realistic urban settings. She was widely exhibited in her lifetime, and was recognised with a number of awards including one for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, presented to her by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.Although she never focused on landscape painting per se, many of the remaining early paintings exhibit an interest in natural lighting, trees, still-life, and street scenes, often in a forced 1:3 landscape ratio. Early pieces, of which few survive owing to the artist's intense self-criticism, are often on pressboard.

Was an American heiress and socialite who owned a major Thoroughbred horse racing stable and breedin

Was an American heiress and socialite who owned a major Thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm. Isabel Dodge was the second of three children of Canadian-born Ivy Hawkins (1864-1902) and John F. Dodge, (1864-1920), the co-founder of the Dodge

Was an Emmy Award-winning American actress most known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on th

Was an Emmy Award-winning American actress most known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985).During the 1960s, Sanford worked in the theatre industry, and in 1967 she made her film debut in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, playing the critically acclaimed role of the maid Tillie Binks. She caught the attention of major Hollywood players, including Norman Lear, who cast Sanford in the role of Louise Jefferson in All in the Family. She almost turned down the role after receiving a bucket of fried chicken in her dressing room. Norman Lear assured her that it was a genuine gift, and she eventually agreed to play the part. Sanford and her TV husband, Sherman Hemsley, were so popular that The Jeffersons was spun-off into its own series, but were mostly typecast by the roles

Is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics, in the 1998 Winter

Is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics, in the 1998 Winter Olympics, and in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

(born on July 29, 1991, Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American amateur golfe

(born on July 29, 1991, Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American amateur golfe

Is a professional poker player. Mercier originally learned to play poker as a child, but prior to t

Is a professional poker player. Mercier originally learned to play poker as a child, but prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for six months. She then moved to Paris, France and earned a master's degree while working as the poker room manager at the Aviation Club de France, before turning to poker full-time. During her time working at the Aviation Club she was nominated for Staff Person of the Year twice at the European Poker Awards. Mercier has her own instructional DVD and appeared in the documentary That's Poker. In January 2008, she released her own biography: Profession : bluffeuse (Profession: Bluffer), in Montreal and printed in France by Flammarion.