Famous People with Name Parker

Parker Christian Posey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Parker Christian Posey: Posey was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Lynda, a chef, and Chris Posey, who owned a Chevrolet dealership. She has a fraternal twin brother, Christopher. Posey's unisex first name was a tribute by her father to 1950s supermodel Suzy Parker.

Parker McKenna Posey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Parker McKenna Posey: an American child actress.Posey is best known for her performance as the precocious "Kady Kyle" on the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids.Posey resides in Los Angeles with her mother, Heather Stone. She keeps her middle name professionally so as not to be confused with actress Parker Posey.Posey has 3 half-siblings, 2 brothers, Khari & Jake and a sister named Dilynne.She has also performed onstage at the Blank Theatre Company in productions of Restless Peace by Jessica Juhrend and Shock Therapy by Rachel Leopold.

Parker Blair Pennington            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Parker Blair Pennington: is an American figure skater. He is the only man to have achieved the distinction of winning Nationals on all those levels.

Anthony Michael Parker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Anthony Michael Parker: is an American professional basketball player currently with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Toronto Raptors. After graduating from Bradley University with a major in liberal arts, he entered the 1997 NBA Draft and played briefly in the NBA before plying his trade in Europe. There, Parker spent five seasons with Israeli basketball club Maccabi Tel Aviv and one season with Italian club Pallacanestro Virtus Roma. With Maccabi he won five national championships, five national cups, two Euroleague titles, one Suproleague title, and was voted two-time consecutive Euroleague Most Valuable Player (MVP). Since returning to the NBA as a free agent in 2006, Parker has established himself as Toronto's starting shooting guard, as well as one of the best three point shooters and perimeter defenders in the NBA. In his first season with the Raptors, Parker helped the team clinch their first ever division title, first NBA Playoffs berth in five years, and best regular season record in franchise history.

Robert S. Parker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert S. Parker: is a former college basketball forward for Texas A&M University who was a first-round draft pick for the Golden State Warriors. After retiring from basketball, Parker created the Sonny Parker Youth Foundation in Chicago to help inner-city students.

William Anthony Tony Parker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Anthony Tony Parker: is a French professional basketball player with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and member of France's national basketball team. Brought up in a family with close ties to basketball, Parker played for two years in the French basketball league before entering the 2001 NBA Draft. He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs and quickly became their starting point guard, helping the Spurs win three NBA Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Deploying his pace and high field goal percentage to great effect, Parker has been selected as an NBA All-Star twice and was the 2007 NBA Finals MVP. He married actress Eva Longoria, best known for her role in the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, on 7 July 2007.[2]

William Henry Smush Parker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Henry Smush Parker: is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Parker played shooting guard in college, but moved to point guard in the NBA. The name "Smush" was originally his father's nickname and was handed down to him by his mother, who died when Parker was eight years old.

Charles Parker, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Parker, Jr.: was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.Parker is widely considered one of the most influential of jazz musicians, along with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career, and the shortened form "Bird" remained Parker's sobriquet for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite" and "Ornithology."