Famous People with Name Emerson

Emerson Pink Hawley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson Pink Hawley: December 5, 1872 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin - September 19, 1938 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1892-1901. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Brewers. He threw a league-leading 34 Complete Games in 1900.

Emerson Boozer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson Boozer: was a running back in the American Football League and in the NFL. In the last year of separate drafts by the AFL and the NFL, Boozer signed with the AFL's New York Jets, rather than with an NFL team.

Emerson Woelffer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson Woelffer: was a prominent abstract expressionism artist and painter born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied Education at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago between 1935 and 1937. In 1938 he joined the WPA Arts Program. In 1949 he taught at Black Mountain College at the request of Buckminster Fuller. Between 1949 and 1959, he lived in Yucatan, Mexico and Forio d'Ischia Naples, Italy. In 1960 he moved to Los Angeles, California and from 1969 to 1973 he taught at The California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He taught again between 1974 and 1989 at The Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. One of his students was Kenneth O. Goehring.

Emerson David Umaña Corleto            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson David Umaña Corleto: is a Salvadoran football midfielder who currently plays for A.D. Isidro Metapán in his native country.

Emerson Leopoldo Véliz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson Leopoldo Véliz: is a Salvadoran football (soccer) player, who plays Forward for C.D. Luis Angel Firpo .

Ralph Waldo Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ralph Waldo Emerson: was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early 19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid 1800s.

Junius M. Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Junius M. Emerson: is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Lee Earl Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Earl Emerson: was the 69th Governor of Vermont. He was born in Hardwick, Vermont, on December 19, 1898, and moved to Barton, Vermont, at the age of 16. He graduated from Barton Academy in 1917, received an A.B. from Syracuse University in 1921 and a LL.B. from George W

Frank Collins Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Collins Emerson: was the 15th Governor of the US state of Wyoming from 1927 until his death. Emerson was the Wyoming State Engineer from 1919 until his election as governor.

John Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Emerson: was the 15th mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was the mayor at the time that Alberta became a province of Canada, which was on September 1, 1905.Emerson spent two years as mayor from January 2, 1905 to January 14, 1907. During his tenure as mayor, Calgary hosted a number of prominent visitors. This included: The Prince of Wales (later George V), Prince Arthur of Connaught, and several Governors General.