Famous People with Name Jackson

Jackson Mac Low            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jackson Mac Low: was an American poet, performance artist, composer and playwright, known to most readers of poetry as a practioneer of systematic chance operations and other non-intentional compositional methods in his work, which Mac Low first experienced in the musical work of John Cage, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff.

Jackson Rathbone            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jackson Rathbone: He is known for his role as Nicholas Fiske, on the ABC Family drama Beautiful People. He has had guest roles in The OC, and Close to Home. He has made a couple of movies, Molding Clay (AKA River's End), Pray for Morning, and Travis and Henry. He also did extensive work for Disney 411 and interviewed big stars like Hilary Duff. On February 19, 2008 it was announced that he is set to play the character of Jasper Hale in the upcoming movie Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meye

Jackson Whipps Showalter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jackson Whipps Showalter: was a five-time U.S. Chess Champion: 1890, 1892, 1892–1894, 1895-1896 and 1906–1909. He was born in Minerva, Kentucky.He won U.S. Championship matches against Solomon Lipschutz (twice), Max Judd and Albert Hodges. He lost championship matches to Solomon L

Jackson Beardy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jackson Beardy: was a Canadian artist. He was a Ayisini-indian and his works are characterized by scenes from the holy stories of his people. He belonged to the "Woodland School of Art" and was a prominent member of the “Indian Group of Seven”.Beardy was raised by his grandmother, from whom he's learned the rich history and sacred stories of his ancestors. Beardy quickly distanced himself from the forced nature of education that all Indians in that area underwent at the residential schools, and it was from these lessons that he began to assert his “Indianness”. Interestingly, Beardy did benefit from his education at the boarding school, as it was there that he learned to draw and paint.

Jackson Wilcox            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jackson Wilcox: is an American swimmer. At the 2009 US National Championships and World Championship Trials, Wilcox won the 1500 m freestyle with a time of 15:11.98, earning a place to compete at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. Wilcox finished 14th in the

Thomas Dale Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Dale Jackson: a popular Canadian Métis actor and singer. He resides in Calgary with his wife Alison and four children.As an actor he has starred in TV shows such as North of 60 and Shining Time Station where his character Billy Twofeathers debuted in its Halloween epis

Jesse Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jesse Jackson: was an African-American novelist.Jackson was one of the first young adult novelists whose works focused on contemporary experiences of African-American children, often those experiencing life as a minority in a white community. Call Me Charley, published

D. D. Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

D. D. Jackson: is a jazz pianist and composer. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and Indiana University. He has also done notable work with David Murray and is currently collaborating with Bob Weir, formerly of the Grateful Dead.

Jess Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jess Jackson: is an American wine entrepreneur and self-made businessman. He started the Kendall-Jackson wine empire with the family's 1974 purchase of an 80-acre pear and walnut orchard in Lakeport, California that was converted to a vineyard.Among the wineries in his Jackson Family Wines "empire", as of 2009, are Kendall-Jackson, Murphy-Goode,[1] Robert Pecota Winery,[2] Byron Estates, Edmeades, Matanzas Creek, La Crema, Stonestreet, Arrowood, Lajota, Cardinale, Atalon, Lokoya, Carmel Road, Cambria, Hartford Family Wines, Vérité, Archipel, Chateau Potelle, and Freemark Abbey. As of early 2009 it was ranked as the ninth largest winery holding company in the United States.[3]

Darrell Preston Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Darrell Preston Jackson: is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of five seasons in the majors, from 1978 until 1982, all with the Minnesota Twins.Jackson was drafted by the Twins out of high school in 1973, but he did not sign with them. Instead, he played college baseball at Arizona State University, where he played in the College World Series in each of his last three seasons there.In 1977, he was drafted by the Twins in the 9th round of the amateur draft. He made his professional debut in 1978 for the Orlando Twins of the Southern League, and in his very first start he threw nine innings of no-hit ball against the Jacksonville Suns. Unfortunately, the game was tied after nine innings, and Jackson was relieved by fellow future Twin Jeff Holly. Orlando won the game, 1-0, in 12 innings.[1].