Famous People with Name Baker

Baker Abdel Munem            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Baker Abdel Munem: is the Palestinian National Authority's official ambassador to Canada. He was born in Ramla during the British Mandate era of Palestine, but fled with his family to Jordan during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.Abdel Munem attended Cairo University in 1966, gra

Trace Lee (Tracy) Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Trace Lee (Tracy) Baker: (November 7, 1891 - March 14, 1975) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox. Baker batted and threw right handed.

Maurice Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maurice Baker: American professional basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He graduated from Oklahoma State University.

Carroll Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carroll Baker: is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, a movie sex symbol. Despite being cast in a wide range of roles during her heyday, B

Julius Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Julius Baker: was one of the foremost American orchestral flute playersHe was well known as a teacher and served as a faculty member at the Juilliard School , Curtis Institute of Music, and Carnegie Mellon University. He made many recordings with conductors such as Bruno Walter and Leonard Bernstein, and played second flute with the Cleveland Orchestra from 1937-1941. He went to principal flute with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1941-1943, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1951-1953, and the New York Philharmonic for 18 years, beginning in 1953 . During that time he also played in the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Baker loved chamber music and was one of the founding members of the Bach Aria Group, with whom he played from 1946 to 1964. Baker also performed on several notable film scores, including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Love Sick.

Etta Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Etta Baker: was a Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina, United States.She was born Etta Lucille Reid in Caldwell County, North Carolina, of African American, Native American, and European American heritage. She played both the 6-string and 12-string forms of the acoustic guitar, as well as the five-string banjo. Baker played the Piedmont Blues for ninety years, starting at the age of three when she could not even hold the guitar properly. She was taught by her father, Boone Reid, who was also a long time player of the Piedmont Blues on several instruments. Etta Baker was first recorded in the summer of 1956 when she and her father happened across folk singer Paul Clayton while visiting Cone Mansion in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, near their home in Morganton, NC. Baker's father asked Clayton to listen to his daughter playing her signature "One Dime Blues". Clayton was impressed arrived at the Baker house with his tape recorder the next day, recording several songs.