Famous People with Name Palmer

Palmer Taylor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Palmer Taylor: is a Canadian snowboarder. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's halfpipe competition.

Palmer Wapau            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Palmer Wapau: is a Rugby League player for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. He is a Five-Eighth/Second Rower/Prop. A talented forward, Palmer showed his skill by playing five-eighth in the Queensland Cup in 2007 where a bad ankle injury hampered his N

Francis Wayland Palmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Wayland Palmer: was a nineteenth-century politician, publisher, printer, editor and proprietor from New York, Iowa and Illinois.Palmer served as Iowa state printer from 1861 to 1869, moved to Des Moines, Iowa in 1861 and was publisher and owner of the Iowa State Register

John McAuley Palmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John McAuley Palmer: was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War General who fought for the Union, the 15th Governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party in the 1896 election on a platform to defend the gold standard, free trade, and li

Douglas Harold Palmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Douglas Harold Palmer: was the first African American mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.He took office as mayor of Trenton on July 1, 1990, having defeated former city council president and mayor Carmen Armenti.Palmer is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition, a bipar

William Adams Palmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Adams Palmer: was an American politician. Palmer graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Law. He was admitted to the bar and began to practice Law in Chelsea, Vermont. Held numerous positions in Vermont and was a judge of the State supreme court of Ve

Alexander Mitchell Palmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Mitchell Palmer: was Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921. He was nicknamed The Fighting Quaker and he directed the controversial Palmer Raids. Palmer was elected as a Democrat to the 61st, 62nd, and 63rd Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, to Mar