Famous People with Name Drew

Drew Ferguson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Drew Ferguson: is a former Canadian soccer player born November 9, 1957 in Powell River, B.C.. Ferguson received initial attention during the 1977 Canada Games where he scored in the final championship game. He started his North American Soccer League career with a single appearance for the Vancouver Whitecaps in 1978, but went on to appear in 80 games for the Edmonton Drillers from 1979 to 1982. Ferguson did not make his first appearance for the Canadian national soccer team until he was 27 years old with a 2-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago in 1985.

Drew Adams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Drew Adams: is a professional lacrosse player for the Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. Adams played collegiately at Penn State University, where he was named an All American three times. Adams ranks first in PSU history with 694 career saves.

Drew Westervelt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Drew Westervelt: is a lacrosse player for the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League, and the Denver Outlaws in Major League Lacrosse. Westervelt was selected by the Denver Outlaws fourth overall in the 2007 MLL Collegiate Draft. He was acquired by the Philade

Drew Gitlin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Drew Gitlin: is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Gitlin reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 88 in January, 1983. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and reached a high doubles ranking of World No. 49 in April, 1985.

Drew Neilson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Drew Neilson: is a Canadian snowboarder who currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Neilson is a member of the Canadian national snowboard team and competes in snowboard cross.

Larry Donnell Drew            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Larry Donnell Drew: is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1980 NBA Draft. A 6'1" point guard from the University of Missouri, Drew played in 10 NBA seasons. He played for the Pistons, Kansas City/Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers. In 1988-89, Drew played in the Italian League with Scavolini.

Dame Jane Drew            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dame Jane Drew: was an English Modernist architect and town planner. She qualified at the AA School in London, and prior to World War II became one of the leading exponents of the Modern Movement in London.At the time she had her first office, with the idea of employing only female architects, architecture was a male dominated profession. She was a principled, independent and vigorous woman with the vision that architecture had to provide what was needed to improve the quality of life, and she was active in places and at times that needed this: in designing social and public housing in England and abroad, and after World War II which brought with it the need for new design. With her second husband Maxwell Fry she worked in West Africa designing schools and universities, and with Fry and Pierre Jeanneret, on the housing at Chandigarh, the new Capital of the Punjab. She designed buildings in Ghana, Nigeria, Iran and Sri Lanka, and she wrote books on what she had learnt about architecture there. In London she did social housing, buildings for the Festival of Britain, and helped to establish the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Everywhere she went she made friends and influenced all sorts of people who would remember her as much for her spontaneous kindness and interest as for her architecture. After retiring from practice she travelled and lectured abroad, receiving several honorary degrees. She received her DBE in 1996.

Anthony "Tony" Drew Dorsett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Anthony "Tony" Drew Dorsett: Dorsett was a college football running back at the University of Pittsburgh and helped to lead them to a national title in 1976, also picking up the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, the Walter Camp Award (Player of the Year) and led the nation in rushing with 1,948 yards. He was a four-time All-American, and he finished his college career with 6,082 total rushing yards, then an NCAA record. This would stand as the record until it was surpassed by Ricky Williams in 1998.

Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew: is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-118 to the International Space Station.Selected as a mission specialist by NASA in July 2000, Drew reported for training in August 2000. Following the completi

Kenneth Sidney (Kenny) Drew            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenneth Sidney (Kenny) Drew: was an American jazz pianist.Along with several other American jazz musicians who went to Europe, in 1961 he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark. While he sacrificed much of the interest of the American jazz audience, he gained a wide following across Europe. Ke