Famous People with Name Hamilton

Hamilton "Ham" Farrar Richardson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hamilton "Ham" Farrar Richardson: was an outstanding American tennis player in the 1950s and 1960s. Born August 24, 1933 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Richardson was ranked No. 1 in the United States in 1956 and 1958, and was ranked in the top ten in nine other years (see chart below). At th

Hamilton Fish            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hamilton Fish: was an American statesman who served as the 16th Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State. Fish has been considered one of the best Secretary of States in the United States history; known for his judiciousness and r

Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He attended public and private schools in Kankakee County. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in the city of Kankakee. He served as member of the State senate in 1884. Wheeler

Zendon Alphonso Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Zendon Alphonso Hamilton: is an American professional basketball player that currently plays for Enisey Krasnoyarsk from the Russian Basketball Super League, and formerly played in the NBA.

Margaret Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Margaret Hamilton: was an American film actress best known for her iconic portrayal of The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. A former schoolteacher, Hamilton worked as a film character actor for about seven years before she was offered the role that defined her public image. In later years, she made frequent cameo appearances on television sitcoms and commercials. Hamilton also gained recognition for her work as an advocate of causes designed to benefit children and animals. She retained a lifelong commitment to public educatio

Linda Carroll Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Linda Carroll Hamilton: one older sister and one younger brother. She has said that she was raised in a "very boring, white Anglo-Saxon" family, and "voraciously read books" during her spare time. Hamilton went to Wicomico Junior High (now Wicomico Middle School) and Wicomico High School in Salisbury, Maryland, with her identical twin sister, Leslie Hamilton Gearren. She studied for two years at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, before moving on to acting studies in New York City. While attending Washington College, her acting professor told her she had no hope of earning a living as an actress. In The Big Apple she attended acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg.

Donald Bengtsson Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Bengtsson Hamilton: as a U.S. writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction but also crime fiction and Westerns. He is best known for his long-running Matt Helm series (1960-1993), which chronicles the adventures of an undercover counter-agent/assassin working for a secret American government agency. The noted critic Anthony Boucher wrote: "Donald Hamilton has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of Hammett; and his stories are as compelling, and probably as close to the sordid truth of espionage, as any now being told."

Lisa Gay Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lisa Gay Hamilton: Hamilton was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Tina, a social worker, and Ira Hamilton, a realtor and construction worker.[1] She graduated with a degree in theatre from New York University and earned her master's degree from The Juilliard