Famous People with Name Kelvin

Kelvin Parnell Upshaw            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kelvin Parnell Upshaw: is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a 6'2" (188 cm) 180 lb (82 kg) guard and played competitively at Marshall High School, Northeastern Oklahoma A & M Junior College and the University of Utah. He played 120 games in the NBA from 1988 to 1991 averaging 5.4ppg, 2.1apg and 1.2rpg in 12.6mpg.

Kelvin Ransey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kelvin Ransey: was a collegiate and professional basketball player in the 1970s and 1980s, respectively.The 6' 1" Ransey was the fourth overall pick in the 1980 NBA Draft, by the Chicago Bulls. He was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers before the season began, and was runner up for the Rookie-of-the-Year award that year (1980-81). Ransey played for six years in the NBA for 3 different teams, averaging 11.4 points and 5.2 assists per game. His best season, statistically, was his second, when he averaged over 16 points and 7 assists. He retired from the game at the age of 27 to become a Christian minister in Toledo, and now lives in Mississippi.

Kelvin Trent Tucker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kelvin Trent Tucker: is a retired American professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the American National Basketball Association.A 6'5" shooting guard, Tucker attended the University of Minnesota from 1978 to 1982, leading them to a Big Ten Conference championship in his senior year. He was then selected by the New York Knicks with the 6th overall pick of the 1982 NBA Draft. One of the earliest three-point specialists, Tucker represented the Knicks in the first ever Three-point Shootout (1986), making it to the semifinals before being outpaced by Craig Hodges and eventual winner Larry Bird. Tucker would play nine seasons with the Knicks before joining the San Antonio Spurs in 1991, and after one season with the Spurs he joined the Chicago Bulls, who won the 1993 NBA Championship. He retired after that season, having tallied 6,237 career points and 1,532 career assists, and he currently ranks 9th all-time in career three-point field goal accuracy (40.8%).

Kelvin Pritchett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kelvin Pritchett: was an American football defensive tackle.Pritchett was a first round selection by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1991 NFL Draft out of the University of Mississippi. However, Pritchett was traded to the Detroit Lions, who he played for, during 10 years and two stints with the team.

Kelvin Anderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kelvin Anderson: is a retired professional gridiron football player. As a running back, he rushed for over 1,000 yards in eight consecutive seasons in the Canadian Football League, a league record. He won the CFL's Grey Cup championship twice, as a member of the Calgary Stampeders, in 1998 and 2001.

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin            Origin/Culture/Country: English

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin: was an British mathematical physicist and engineer. At Glasgow University he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form. He is widely known for developing the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement. He was given the title Baron Kelvin in honour of his achievements and is therefore often described as Lord Kelvin. The title refers to the River Kelvin, which flows past his university in Glasgow, Scotland.He also had a later career as an electric telegraph engineer and inventor, a career that propelled him into the public eye and ensured his wealth, fame and honour.