Famous People with Name Martin

Martin T. Heinrich            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin T. Heinrich: is the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district, serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Heinrich served on the Albuquerque City Council from 2003 to 2007, which included one term as City Council President in 200

Martin Dewey Follett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin Dewey Follett: was a Democratic politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge 1883-1887. He taught school, then entered and graduated from Marietta College in 1853 with a BA. In 1856 he earned an MA. He taught high school for a year in Newark,

Martin Leonard Sweeney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin Leonard Sweeney: was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and the father of Robert E. Sweeney.He served as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1913 and 1914, and graduated from the Cleveland Law School of Baldwin-Wallace College in 1914. Sweeney was admitted to t

Martin Gorski            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin Gorski: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1917 and set up a practice in Chicago, Illinois. Gorski served as assistant State's attorney 1918-1920 and then he served as master in chancery of the superior court of Cook County, Il

Martin Woolf Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin Woolf Sr.: was a politician, civil servant and police magistrate from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1912 to 1921 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government. Woolf first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on May 27, 1912 as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Cardston. The election was hotly contested with Woolf winning by a slim 139 vote plurality to hold the seat for his party. Woolf would be re-elected to a second term in the 1913 Alberta general election. He held the district by a mere 39 votes. Woolf ran for his third term in office in the 1917 Alberta general election. He held the district with a comfortable margin of 220 votes. This was the biggest plurality of his career. Martin attempted to win a fourth term in the Legislative Assembly in the 1921 Alberta general election. He was defeated by United Farmers candidate George Stringam in a two way race by a very large margin.

Agnes Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Agnes Martin: was a Canadian-American painter, often referred to as a minimalist; Martin considered herself an abstract expressionist.Her signature style is defined by an emphasis upon line, grids, and fields of extremely subtle color. While minimalist in form, these paintings were quite different in spirit from those of her other minimalist counterparts, retaining small flaws and unmistakable traces of the artist's hand; she shied away from intellectualism, favoring the personal and spiritual. Her paintings, statements, and influential writings often reflect an interest in Eastern philosophy, especially Taoist. Because of her work's added spiritual dimension, which became more and more dominant after 1967, she preferred to be classified as an abstract expressionist

Knox Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Knox Martin: an American painter, sculptor and muralist.he studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1946 till 1950. He is one of the leading members of New York School - a group of artists and writers. He lives and works in New York City.Art is at its cutting edge out of a specific lineage - the creation of reality. The subject matter of what I do, is creation." - Knox Martin (1999).[1]Knox Martin is best known for his repertory of signs and symbols that allude to nature and, in particular, to the female form. Flatly and freely painted in Pop colors, his works have often been executed on a grand scale, as in the outdoor wall painting, Woman with bicycle, at West Houston and MacDougal Streets in Manhattan

Larry Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Larry Martin: is an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas. Among Martin's work is research on the Triassic reptile Longisquama and theropod dinosaur (or fossil bird) Caudipteryx.

Rick Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rick Martin: is a retired professional ice hockey winger who played in the NHL for 11 seasons between 1971 and 1982. He is perhaps most famous for playing on The French Connection line with Gilbert Perreault and Rene Robert for the Buffalo Sabres.

Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin: was Canadian professional ice hockey centre who served as captain for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1975 to 1977.