Famous People with Name Irwin

Irwin Shaw            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irwin Shaw: was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist who was also a highly regarded short story author. He was born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff in the South Bronx, New York City, to Russian-Jewish immigrants. His parents were Rose and Will. His younger brot

Irwin Allen Ginsberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irwin Allen Ginsberg: was an American poet. Ginsberg is best known for the poem Howl (1956), celebrating his friends of the Beat Generation and attacking what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the United States at the time.

Irwin Caplan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irwin Caplan: nicknamed Cap, was an American illustrator, painter, designer and cartoonist, best known as the creator of The Saturday Evening Post cartoon series, Famous Last Words.

John Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Irwin: born (July 21, 1861 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; died February 28, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball in the 19th century.

James Benson Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Benson Irwin: was an American astronaut. He is of Scottish and Irish descent. He served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing; he was the eighth man to walk on the Moon.Irwin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2] He received a Bachelor of Science degree in naval science from the United States Naval Academy in 1951 and a Master of Science in aeronautical engineering and instrumentation engineering from the University of Michigan in 1957.

Robert Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Irwin: an American Installation artist.Starting as a painter, his art grew out of Abstract Expressionism, the art movement that saw its beginnings in early 20th century Europe, notably in the Bauhaus with Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee. In post-World War II America the movement saw a flowering particularly in New York City with a group of artists loosely referred to as the New York School, and also at Black Mountain College with Robert Rauschenberg along with musician John Cage and dancer/choreographer Merce Cunningham. Irwin’s installation works of the late 20th century are a strong example of an aesthetic that has its roots in abstraction with a direction that extends beyond it.

May Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

May Irwin: was an actress, singer and star of vaudeville.her father died when she was 13 years old and her stage-minded mother, in need of money, encouraged May and her younger sister Flora to perform. Creating a singing act, the sisters debuted in nearby Buffalo, New York in December 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed, and they were booked to appear at New York's Metropolitan Theater then at the Tony Pastor Theatre, a popular New York City music hall.

Robin Lee Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robin Lee Irwin: is an American country music artist, known professionally as Robin Lee or Robin Lee Bruce. After several years on an independent label, Lee broke through on the country music scene in 1990 with her cover of Alannah Myles' Number One pop single "Black Velv