Famous People with Name Mitchell

Mitchell Steven Williams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mitchell Steven Williams: Williams was drafted out of high school in West Linn, Oregon in 1982 by the San Diego Padres. [1] The Texas Rangers acquired him in 1985, and he made his major league debut for the Rangers in 1986. The Rangers traded him to the Chicago Cubs after the 1988

Mitchell ("Mitch") Ivey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mitchell ("Mitch") Ivey: is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the Men's 200m Backstroke at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Mitchell Lee Hedberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mitchell Lee Hedberg: was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and unconventional comedic delivery. Hedberg's comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes,[3] and observational comedy, mixed with absurd and cool elements as well as non sequitu

Mitchell Islam            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mitchell Islam: is a Canadian ice dancer. He teamed up with partner Alexandra Paul in 2009. They are the 2010 Canadian junior national champions.

Mitchell Whitmore            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mitchell Whitmore: is an American long track speed skater from Waukesha, Wisconsin. His coach is Mike Witty, whose sister Chris Witty won three Olympic medals, and trains at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although he took sixth place in the 10,000m

Charles Richmond Mitchell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Richmond Mitchell: was a Canadian lawyer, judge, cabinet minister and former Leader of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Archibald Hugh Mitchell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Archibald Hugh Mitchell: was a farmer, officer in the Canadian Military and a Canadian federal politician. He was born in Macleod, Alberta. He served as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1940 sitting with the Social Credit caucus.

John William Mitchell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John William Mitchell: was the 17th mayor of Calgary, Alberta.In 1905, Mitchell was elected to Calgary City Council. He served as alderman for five years before successfully running for mayor. He held the mayoral seat from January 2, 1911 to January 2, 1913. In June 1911, Calgary City Hall was opened by then leader of the opposition Robert Borden. As an alderman, Mitchell spent time as Chairman of both the Fire and Finance Committees.

Frederick John Mitchell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederick John Mitchell: was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Mitchell first sought political office in Edmonton's 1940 municipal election, when he ran for alderman on Edmonton City Council. He finished sixth of eighteen candidates, and was elected to a two year term. He would be re-elected eleven times: in 1942 (when he placed fifth of twelve candidates), 1944 (fifth of twelve), 1946 (sixth of thirteen), 1948 (second of twelve), 1950 (fourth of twelve), 1952 (third of eight), 1954 (third of eighteen), 1956 (first of nine), 1960 (first of eighteen), and 1962 (first of thirteen). He retired from politics in 1964 without ever having lost a municipal election; in fact, the only break in his twenty-four years as alderman took place from September to October 1959 when he was appointed mayor by city council to replace William Hawrelak, who had resigned. In October, Elmer Ernest Roper was elected mayor, and Mitchell (who had not run) resumed the interrupted aldermanic term to which he had been elected in 1958. Mitchell was less successful in his forays into provincial politics. He belonged to the Conservative Party of Alberta, which was a marginal force during Mitchell's involvement in the early 1950s. He ran for the party in the riding of Edmonton during the 1952 provincial election, but finished twenty-fourth out of twenty-nine candidates on the first ballot (the riding used a single transferable vote electoral system at the time) and was not elected. He fared only slightly better in his second and final attempt in the 1955 provincial election, when he finished twenty-third out of thirty candidates in the same riding.

James Mitchell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Mitchell: was a politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to entering politics, Mitchell was a schoolteacher and a prominent lawyer in St. Stephen, New Brunswick.In 1882 he was elected to the provincial legislature as a Liberal MLA. Appointed to the Executive Council, he served as Surveyor-General, Commissioner of Agriculture, Receiver-General and Provincial Secretary.