Famous People with Name Jackson

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

Jackson Haines            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jackson Haines: was an American ballet dancer and figure skater who is regarded as the father of modern figure skating.

Kevin Andre Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kevin Andre Jackson: is the head wrestling coach at Iowa State University, having been hired in 2009 when Cael Sanderson quit the post and moved to Penn State University. Before joining Iowa State, Jackson was a four-time All-American, first for Louisiana State and then for I

Dexter "The Blade" Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dexter "The Blade" Jackson: is an IFBB professional bodybuilder and the 2008 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding champion. He currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida. Dexter's first NPC (National Physique Committee) competition was the NPC Southern States Championship of 1992, where he took 3

Robert ("Bob") Scott Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert ("Bob") Scott Jackson: is a former international backstroke swimmer from the United States, who participated for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he ended up in sixth place in the men's 100 m backstroke. Two years later he won the gold m

Lara Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lara Jackson: is a member of USA Swimming's national team. She is a former American record holder in the 50 m freestyle, set at 2008 Olympic Trials, where she later narrowly missed a place on the Olympic team. After Jessica Hardy tested positive for clenbuterol and was

Eric "EJ" Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eric "EJ" Jackson: is a world-champion freestyle kayaker, kayak designer, and founder of Jackson Kayak. Eric has been a member of the United States of America Kayaking Team, either in freestyle or in slalom, every year since 1989. In 1992, Jackson competed in Barcelona as p