Famous People with Name Elmer

Elmer Ambrose Sperry            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elmer Ambrose Sperry: was a prolific inventor and entrepreneur, most famous as co-inventor, with Herman Anschütz-Kaempfe of the gyrocompass.Sperry was born at Cortland, New York, U.S.A.. He spent three years at the state normal school there, then a year at Cornell University in 1878 and 1879, where he became interested in dynamo electricity. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, early in 1880 and, soon after founded the Sperry Electric Company. In 1900 Sperry established an electrochemical laboratory at Washington, D.C., where he and his associate, Clifton P. Townshend, developed a process for making pure caustic soda from salt and discovered a process for recovering tin from scrap metal. Sperry experimented with diesel engines and gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers for ships and aircraft.

Elmer Nelson Bischoff            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elmer Nelson Bischoff: was a visual artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bischoff, along with Richard Diebenkorn and David Park, was part of the post-World War II generation of artists who started as abstract painters and found their way back to figurative art.He entered the University of California, Berkeley in September 1934, completing his master's degree in May 1939, and immediately started teaching art at a Sacramento high school (1939-1941). During his years at university, one teacher had influenced him most: the highly independent-minded Margaret Peterson, whose total dedication to her teaching, and insistence on the ethical value of art, were to have a great impact on the artist Elmer Bischoff would be. World War II, however, was to change Bischoff's life. In 1941, he served as a lieutenant colonel in intelligence services in England, stationing near Oxford, and only coming back to the US in November 1945.

Elmer James Lach            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elmer James Lach: is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 14 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League. He was born in Nokomis, Saskatchewan.Lach was the recipient of the first official Art Ross Trophy in 1948 and the Hart Trophy in 1945. He did lead the NHL in scoring during the 1944–45 season with 80 points, but this was before the creation of the Art Ross Trophy.

Elmer Marín            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elmer Marín: is a Honduran football midfielder. He currently plays for Deportes Savio in Liga Nacional de Honduras. He was also a called up for the Honduras national football team from 2000 to 2006.

Elmer Montoya            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elmer Montoya: was a football defender. He played club football for Motagua.

Jonas Elmer            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Jonas Elmer: is a retired Swiss football goalkeeper, who played for FC Aarau, Grasshopper-Club Zürich and Lausanne Sports during his club career. He earned 34 caps for the Switzerland national football team from 1958 to 1966, and participated in the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Rico Elmer            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Rico Elmer: is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner.He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 and has been member of the national team since 2003. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps.

Ebenezer Elmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ebenezer Elmer: was an American physician from Bridgeton, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the U.S. Congress from the Democratic-Republican Party from 1801 to 1807. Elmer's older brother, Jonathan Elmer, and Ebenezer's nephew Lucius Elmer were members of the Unit