Famous People with Name Oliver

Oliver Eaton Williamson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Eaton Williamson: is a prominent author in the area of transaction cost economics, a student of Ronald Coase, Herbert Simon and Richard Cyert. Prof. Williamson received his Bachelor of Science in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1955, M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1960, and his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1963. He has held professorships in business administration, economics, and law at the University of California, Berkeley since 1988 and is currently the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus at the Haas School of Business. [1]

Oliver James Platt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver James Platt: Platt was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to American parents Sheila Maynard, a clinical social worker who worked in Islamabad,[1] and Nicholas Platt, a career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia and the Philippines.[2] His family

Oliver Taylor Hawkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Taylor Hawkins: Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill tour, as well as the drummer in a short-lived experimental band called Sylvia. His cousin, Kevin Harrell introduced him to Dave Grohl, after camp

Oliver Stone            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Stone: is an American film director and screenwriter. Stone came to prominence as a director with a series of films about the Vietnam War, which he participated in as an American infantry soldier, and his work has continued to focus frequently on contemporary political and cultural issues, often controversially.

Oliver Adams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Adams: an American actor who appeared as Bobby in the 2004 movie American Crime and in The Celestine Prophecy

Mary Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Oliver: is an American poet.Oliver was born to Edward William and Helen M. V. Oliver on September 10, 1935, in Maple Heights, Ohio, a semi-rural suburb of Cleveland. She briefly attended both Ohio State University and Vassar College in the mid-1950s, but did not

David Jacob Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Jacob Oliver: is a former infielder and coach in Major League Baseball. Primarily a second baseman as a professional player, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed, stood 5'11" (80 cm) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). He attended California Polytechnic University.Oliver originally signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1973 after being selected in the third round of the June draft, and his only trial in the major leagues consisted of seven games with the 1977 Indians. He batted 22 times, collecting seven hits, including a triple, three runs batted in, and four bases on balls. His batting average was .318. He returned to the Cleveland farm system and played through 1980, then became manager of the Indians' Batavia farm club in the Short Season Class A New York-Penn League in 1981-82.

Arthur ("Art") Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur ("Art") Oliver: was an American boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the heavyweight class after losing his fight to Olle Tandberg.

Graydon Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Graydon Oliver: is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won four titles during his career. Upon retiring from the tour, Oliver took a job in the finanical sector for a company in Texas.

Edward Stewart Oliver, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Stewart Oliver, Jr.: was an American professional golfer. He earned his nickname because he stood 5 foot 9 inches but weighed 240 pounds. He won 8 times on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s. He was well known for finishing second in several major championships but not letti