Famous People with Name Martin

Martin Jay Davis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin Jay Davis: is a leading astrologer and author specializing in locational astrology. He was a member of the US fencing team (foil) and competed in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. His first title, Astolocality Astrology won the Spica award for the best astrology boo

Martin "Marty" Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin "Marty" Wright: is an American professional wrestler and actor best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name The Boogeyman.Though he had been cut from Tough Enough, WWE officials invited him to come to their developmental territory Ohio Val

Martin McCormick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin McCormick: is an American slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He finished 15th in the C-2 event the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Martin Leander Welch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin Leander Welch: was a fishing schooner captain out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was captain of the Schooner Esperanto in 1920 when it defeated the Canadian Schooner Delawana in the first International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born

Martin Linn Clardy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin Linn Clardy: was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri.Clardy was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1878, serving from 1879 to 1889, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1888. There, he served as

Robert Bob W. Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Bob W. Martin: is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA.Martin, a 7'0" center from the University of Minnesota, played 53 games with the Los Angeles Clippers in 1993-94 and one game in 1994-95, averaging 2.1 points and 2.2 rebounds overall.

Slater Nelson Dugie Martin Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Slater Nelson Dugie Martin Jr.: is a former pro-basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in El Mina, Texas. He was a member of five World Championship teams and played in seven NBA All-Star games.

William Bill Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Bill Martin: is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'7" (201 cm) 205 lb (93 kg) forward and played collegiately at Georgetown University from 1981–85.Martin was selected with the 2nd pick of the second round in the 1985 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. He played 66 games for them in 1985-86, averaging 5.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. In his second and third seasons he played with the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns, respectively.

William McChesney Martin Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William McChesney Martin Jr: was the ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, serving from April 2, 1951 to January 31, 1970 under five Presidents.William McChesney Martin, Jr. was born to William McChesney Martin and Rebecca Woods. Martin's connection to the Federal Reserve was forged through his family heritage. In 1913, Martin's father was summoned by President Woodrow Wilson and Senator Carter Glass to help design the Federal Reserve Act that would establish the Federal Reserve System on December 23 that same year. His father later served as governor and then president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Hugh Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hugh Martin: is an American theatre and film composer, arranger, performer, vocal coach, and playwright. He is best known for his score for the classic 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St. Louis, in which Judy Garland sang three Martin songs, "The Boy Next Door," The Trolley Song, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. The last of these has become a Christmas season standard in the United States and around the English-speaking world and is widely considered one of the ten or so classic Christmas songs of all-time. Martin became a close friend of Garland and was her accompanist at many of her concert performances in the 1950s including her legendary stint at the Palace.