Famous People with Name Martha

Martha Cowles Chase            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martha Cowles Chase: was an American geneticist famously known for being a member of the 1952 team which experimentally showed that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life. Chase was born in 1927 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In 1950 she received her bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and in 1964 her PhD from the University of Southern California.In 1952 as a young laboratory assistant of American bacteriophage expert Alfred Hershey at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, she and Hershey conducted one of the most famous experiments in 20th-century biology. Devised by Hershey, the experiment demonstrated the genetic properties of DNA over proteins. By marking bacteriophages with radioactive isotopes, Hershey and Chase were able to trace protein and DNA to determine that DNA is the molecule of heredity.

Martha Rosler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martha Rosler: She was born in Brooklyn, New York, where she now lives. She graduated from Brooklyn College (1965) and the University of California, San Diego (1974).Rosler works in video, photo-text, installation, and performance, as well as writing about art and culture. Her work and writing have been widely influential. She has lectured extensively nationally and internationally and teaches art at Rutgers University and the Städelschule in Frankfurt.She serves in an advisory capacity to the departments of education at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, the Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy (all New York City).

Martha Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martha Johnson: a Canadian pop singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist for the 1980s new wave band, Martha and the Muffins. She also released a solo children's album, Songs from the Treehouse, in 1997, for which she won the Juno Award for Best Children's Album.

Martha Wash            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martha Wash: is an R&B, soul, house, and club/dance singer/songwriter known for her distinctive and powerful voice.Wash began her music career as a backing singer for Sylvester. With fellow backing singer Izora Rhodes, she was half of "Two Tons O' Fun", who would late

Martha Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martha Wright: is an American actress best known for her performances on Broadway and on television.Moving to New York City, Wright began to sing on RKO-WOR Radio with its orchestra in 1947. She soon became the understudy for Florence George as Désirée Artôt in the oper

Richard Martha            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Richard Martha: is a Dutch born Illustrator/Creative Digital Retoucher and is President of Rich Imaging, Inc, located in New York City. His digital retouching company caters almost exclusively to worldwide advertising campaigns.His professional career has carried him from traditional fashion illustration to high-end photo retouching. His numerous illustrations have graced the pages of publications such as French Vogue, Dutch Magazine, Jeune et Jolie and Entertainment Weekly.