Famous People with Name Brooks

Brooks Ulysses Lawrence            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks Ulysses Lawrence: (born January 30, 1925, died April 27, 2000) was a Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1954-1955), Cincinnati Redlegs (1956-1959), and Cincinnati Reds (1960).

Brooks James Thompson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks James Thompson: is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Orlando Magic in the 1st round (27th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft. A 6'4" (1.93 m) guard from Texas A&M University and Oklahoma State University, Thompson played in four NBA seasons for five different teams. He played for the Magic, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks.

Brooks Litchfield Conrad            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks Litchfield Conrad: is an American Major League Baseball infielder for the Atlanta Braves.Conrad is a graduate of Monte Vista High School[1]. He was a member of the Arizona State baseball team from 1999-2001[2]. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the eighth round (236th pick) of the 2001 Draft[3]. Conrad played in the Houston Astros organization from 2001-2007 before becoming a minor league free agent after the 2007 season. Conrad signed with the Oakland Athletics organization prior to the 2008 season. He was called up to play with the A's against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 21, 2008.

Brooks F. McCabe, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks F. McCabe, Jr.: is a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 8th and 17th Districts since 1998. Senator McCabe is the President Pro Tempore of the West Virginia Senate.

Brooks M. Pennington Junior            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brooks M. Pennington Junior: was a successful businessman and an accomplished gentleman of Georgia. He contributed many things to society and education, including the addition of the Brooks Pennington Jr. Military Leadership Center at North Georgia College & State University (NGCSU)

Michael Anthony Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Anthony Brooks: is a retired American basketball player.He was selected by the San Diego Clippers in the 1st round (9th pick overall) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

Louise Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louise Brooks: was an American dancer, showgirl, and silent film actress. She became, by the end of her life, a writer and film critic on the silent era.Born Mary Louise Brooks in Cherryvale, Kansas, she was a daughter of a lawyer who was usually too busy with his practice to discipline his children, and an artistic mother who determined that any "squalling brats she produced could take care of themselves." Myra Brooks was a talented pianist who played the latest Debussy and Ravel for her children, inspiring them with a love of books and music. None of this protected her nine-year old daughter Louise from sexual abuse at the hands of a neighborhood predator. This event had a major influence on Brooks's life and career, causing her to say in later years that she was incapable of real love, and that this man "must have had a great deal to do with forming my attitude toward sexual pleasure....For me, nice, soft, easy men were never enough -- there had to be an element of domination." (When Brooks at last told her mother of the incident, many years later, her mother suggested that it must have been Louise's fault for "leading him on.")

Foster Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Foster Brooks: was an American actor and comedian most famous for his portrayal of a lovable drunken man in nightclub performances and television programs.Foster Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky on May 11, 1912. He was one of eight sons. His career started in radio, most notably with station WHAS (AM) in Louisville. Brooks was a staff announcer, but his deep baritone voice was well-suited for singing as well. Brooks gained some measure of fame for his reporting of the Ohio River flood of 1937, where he was featured on emergency broadcasts by WHAS and also WSM (AM) out of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1952, Brooks appeared on local television in a short-lived spoof of Gene Autry and his "Singing Cowboys." He later worked in local broadcasting as a radio and TV personality in Buffalo and Rochester, New York before moving to the west coast to launch a career as a standup comic and character actor.

Mel Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mel Brooks: is an American director, writer, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. Brooks is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.

Jack Bascom Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Bascom Brooks: is a retired Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas, who served for more than 40 years in the U.S. House of RepresentativesIn 1952, Brooks was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Texas's 2nd district as a Democrat. During the 1950s and 1960s he was one of the more liberal Southern Congressmen on issues like labor and civil rights (he refused to sign a Southern Manifesto) while remaining conservative on issues like the death penalty and gun control. In 1966, he changed to representing Texas's 9th congressional district. Brooks was the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Government Operations from 1975 through 1988 and the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary from 1989 until 1995. Brooks was one of the few Texas congressional supporters of liberal Democrat Sen. Ralph Yarborough.