Famous People with Name Myron

Myron Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Myron Jackson: is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'3" (1.90 cm) 185 lb (84 kg) guard and played collegiately at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.Jackson was selected with the 15th pick of the fourth round in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. He played eight games for the Mavericks in the 1986-87 season, averaging 1.4 points, 0.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.

Myron Floren            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Myron Floren: was an American musician best known as the accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show between 1950 and 1982.He was highly regarded by bandleader Lawrence Welk, who was an accomplished accordion player in his own right. Myron functioned as Welk's principal assistant and second-in-command. In Floren's autobiography, Accordion Man, he recalled handling road manager duties when the band traveled, including making hotel arrangements and handling other logistics. He has been seen in a hosting role of repeats of The Lawrence Welk Show on PBS.

Myron Samuel Scholes            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Myron Samuel Scholes: is one of the authors of the Black-Scholes equation.Myron Scholes was born on July 1, 1941 in Timmins, Ontario, a prosperous city in Canada where his family had moved during the Great Depression. In 1951 the family moved to the south, to Hamilton, Ontario

Myron Leon Wallace            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Myron Leon Wallace: an American journalist. Wallace has been a correspondent for CBS' 60 Minutes since its debut in 1968. During his career at 60 Minutes, he has interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers, including Malcolm X, Deng Xiaoping, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Ayatollah Khomeini, Kurt Waldheim, Yasser Arafat, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, Manuel Noriega, Jeffrey Wigand, Ayn Rand, John F. Nash, Vladimir Putin, Salvador Dalí, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Wallace retired as a regular fulltime correspondent in 2006 but still appears frequently on the 60 Minutes series.

Myron Cohen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Myron Cohen: was an American comedian and raconteur.Cohen began as a salesman in the New York City garment industry. When calling on customers, before showing his samples, he would tell a joke in order to put everyone at ease and establish a friendly mood. Cohen's jokes were often more popular than his garment samples, and his customers urged him to become a professional comedian. He was a nightclub entertainer in the 1950s and 1960s, recording several live record albums and also frequently appearing on TV variety programs such as The Ed Sullivan Show.