Famous People with Name Elliot

Elliot Lamonte Perry            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elliot Lamonte Perry: is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.The 6'0" (1.83 m) point guard from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), was selected with the tenth pick of the second round (38th overall) by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1991 NBA Draft. He played ten games in 1991-92 for the Clippers before being waived and subsequently signed for the rest of the season by the Charlotte Hornets. He then moved on to Continental Basketball Association for two years before returning to the NBA, most notably with the Phoenix Suns where in 1994-95 he was voted runner-up as the NBA's Most Improved Player.

Elliot Weintrob            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elliot Weintrob: is an American slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He finished 15th in the C-2 event the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Elliot Pennington            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elliot Pennington: is an American ice dancer. With former partner Jane Summersett, he is the 2006 U.S. junior bronze medalist.

Cass Elliot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cass Elliot: was a noted American singer, best remembered as Mama Cass of the pop quartet The Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career, releasing nine albums. Elliot was found dead in her room in London from an apparent heart attack after two sold-out performances at the Palladium.

Daniel Giraud Elliot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Daniel Giraud Elliot: was an American zoologist.Elliot was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the American Ornithologists' Union. He was also curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago.Elliot used his wealth to publish a series of sumptuous color-plate books on birds and animals. Elliot wrote the text himself and commissioned artists such as Joseph Wolf and Joseph Smit, both of whom had worked for John Gould, to provide the illustrations. The books included A Monograph of the Phasianidae (Family of the Pheasants) (1870-72), A Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise (1873), A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats (1878) and Review of the Primates (1913).

Walter R. Elliot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Walter R. Elliot: is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990. He first ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, but lost to Progressive Conservative incumbent Jim Snow by about 6,500 votes in the constituency of Oakville. He ran again in the 1981 election, and lost to Snow by an even greater margin. He was elected in the 1987 election, defeating PC candidate Dave Whitling by 4,724 votes in the redistributed riding of Halton North. Elliot was a backbench supporter of David Peterson's government after the election, and served as a parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Housing in 1989-90. The Liberals were unexpectedly defeated by the New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election, and Elliot lost his seat to NDP candidate Noel Duignan by 548 votes. He sought a comeback to the legislature in the 1995 election, but lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Ted Chudleigh in a landslide.