American Famous Names Starting with Letter T

T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth Presiden

T.R., and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the United States, and a leader of the Republican Party and of the Progressive Movement. He became President of the United States at the age of 42.

Was an American sculptor and painter. He was born in Poznan, Prussia (German Empire) as a son of Pol

Was an American sculptor and painter. He was born in Poznan, Prussia (German Empire) as a son of Polish parents, and emigrated at a young age to the United States. From 1925 to 1926 he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, In 1930 he wins the Logan Medal of the arts, then moved to New York City to take classes at the National Academy of Design and at Columbia University, where he studied logic and philosophy before going back to Chicago to teach at the Art Institute. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College throughout the 1940s and 1950s. He was participating artist at the documenta II in Kassel 1959. Roszak's sculpture, at first closer to Constructivism and displaying an industrial aesthetic, changed after around 1946 to a more expressionistic style. Roszak was also an accomplished violinist, and liked to use musical references in his artworks. Roszak died in New York City, where he lived.

Best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper

Best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. He played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston Red Sox. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball.

Is an American actor known as a character actor with a deadpan and serious delivery and demeanor.His

Is an American actor known as a character actor with a deadpan and serious delivery and demeanor.His roles include Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), and Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Was an attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to

Was an attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, a US Representative, and a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He served as the fifth Speaker of the United States House of

Is an American alpine ski racer. He was the 2006 Olympic gold medalist in combined and the two-time

Is an American alpine ski racer. He was the 2006 Olympic gold medalist in combined and the two-time World Cup champion in giant slalom (2008 and 2010). As of December 2010, he has eight World Cup victories (all in giant slalom), 24 podiums, and 64 top-ten

Was an American zoologist.Palmer was born in Oakland, California and studied at the University of Ca

Was an American zoologist.Palmer was born in Oakland, California and studied at the University of California. In 1889 he joined the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy of the United States Department of Agriculture under Clinton Hart Merriam. In 1891 he led an expedition to study the biology of Death Valley.

Was an American science fiction author.Though his mainstream success was relatively limited, Sturgeo

Was an American science fiction author.Though his mainstream success was relatively limited, Sturgeon is now widely recognized as one of the most important and influential science fiction writers of his era. Many of Sturgeon's works have a poetic, even an elegiac, quality. He was known to use a technique known as "rhythmic prose", in which his prose text would drop into a standard poetic meter. This has the effect of creating a subtle shift in mood, usually without alerting the reader to its cause. His most famous novel More Than Human (1953) won serious academic recognition as literature, a rarity amongst science fiction works of the '50s.

Is an American advocate for the homeless and an activist.

Is an American advocate for the homeless and an activist.

Is an American former professional basketball player. He spent two seasons (1961-62–1962-63) in th

Is an American former professional basketball player. He spent two seasons (1961-62–1962-63) in the NBA.A 6'6" forward who attended Elkhart High School and the University of Houston, Luckenbill was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961 NBA Draft.

Was an American theoretical aerodynamicist noted for his work at NACA (the forerunner of NASA) and f

Was an American theoretical aerodynamicist noted for his work at NACA (the forerunner of NASA) and for his contributions to the study of turbulence.Dr. Theodore Theodorsen was born in Sandefjord, Norway on January 8, 1897 to parents Ole Christian Theodors

Was the tenth Governor of Oregon, serving from January 9, 1899 to January 14, 1903. The Republican p

Was the tenth Governor of Oregon, serving from January 9, 1899 to January 14, 1903. The Republican politician was in office when the legislature adopted the "Oregon System", Oregon's system of initiative and referendum. He also served in the Oregon House

Born on August 15, 1973) is an American professional golfer.

Born on August 15, 1973) is an American professional golfer.

Was an American professional wrestler and sports promoter, known by his ring name George Zaharias, p

Was an American professional wrestler and sports promoter, known by his ring name George Zaharias, popularly known as "The Crying Greek from Cripple Creek" or "The Greek Hyena" during the 1930s. Often cast as a villain or sore loser, one of his most celeb

Was a Hungarian-German-American engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aer

Was a Hungarian-German-American engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics. He is personally responsible for many key advances in aerodynamics, notably his work on supersonic and hypersonic airflow characterization.In 1944 he and others affiliated with GALCIT founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is now a Federally funded research and development center managed and operated by Caltech under a contract from NASA. In 1946 he became the first chairman of the Scientific Advisory Group which studied aeronautical technologies for the United States Army Air Forces. He also helped found AGARD, the NATO aerodynamics research oversight group (1951), the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (1956), the International Academy of Astronautics (1960), and the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Brussels (1956).

Was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He batted and threw right-handed.A native from Stanley,

Was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He batted and threw right-handed.A native from Stanley, North Carolina, Abernathy joined the majors after graduating from high school. He changed his pitching motion after shoulder surgery left his career in doubt, switching from a three-quarter delivery and becoming an effective sidearmer who developed a nasty submarine pitch that was almost unhittable.

Is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he

Is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20. Rollins is still touring and recording today, having outlived most of his contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Art Blakey, all performers with whom he recorded.

A former professional American football player.

A former professional American football player.

First American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award "in recognition

First American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award "in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large number of the chemical elements.

Was a Virginia politician, merchant and planter. He was the father of Richard Bland[3], the grandfat

Was a Virginia politician, merchant and planter. He was the father of Richard Bland[3], the grandfather of Richard Bland II[3], the great-grandfather of Congressman Theodorick Bland, and the great-great-grandfather of John Randolph of Roanoke.Sir John Paw

Was a Greek American artist. He is one of the youngest painters of the original group of abstract ex

Was a Greek American artist. He is one of the youngest painters of the original group of abstract expressionist painters (the so-called "Irascibles"), which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko.was one of the original and youngest Abstract Expressionist artists working in New York City in the 1940s and 50s. He studied in 1936 at the American Artists School with Simon Kennedy and Joseph Konzal. From 1958 to 1975 he taught at the Black Mountain College, Cummington School of Fine Arts and the Art Students League of New York. Stamos was also a member of the Uptown Group. A year before his death he donated 43 of his works to the National Gallery of Greece. He is buried in Lefkas, Greece[1].

Was an American lawyer and politician from Poughkeepsie, New York. He represented New York in both t

Was an American lawyer and politician from Poughkeepsie, New York. He represented New York in both the U.S. House and Senate. Served in the New York Militia during the American Revolution and postwar in the State Militia 1786-1805.Bailey ran for Congress

Was an American physician in Albany, New York specializing in medical jurisprudence who authored the

Was an American physician in Albany, New York specializing in medical jurisprudence who authored the first significant American book on forensic medicine, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence in 1823.

Was an American soul and gospel singer.She was brought up in Oakland, and began singing in church. H

Was an American soul and gospel singer.She was brought up in Oakland, and began singing in church. Her first recording, on which she was billed as Theola Kilgord, was as the featured vocalist on "Look To The Hills" by the Mount Zion Spiritual Choir, relea

Better known as Theo Ratliff, or the "Sultan of Swat" is an American professional basketball player

Better known as Theo Ratliff, or the "Sultan of Swat" is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's Detroit Pistons. He primarily plays the center position, and is known as an excellent shot-blocker. He has twice led the league in blocks per game and is sixth among active players in blocks, trailing only Dikembe Mutombo, Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Tim Duncan, and Ben Wallace.