Famous People with Name Parks

Gordon Parks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gordon Parks: was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.

Cherokee Bryan Parks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cherokee Bryan Parks: is a former American professional basketball player who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1995 NBA Draft. He played his college basketball at Duke University under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Parks has also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Vancouver Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards, and Golden State Warriors.

Bert Parks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bert Parks: was an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, is best known as the longtime host (1955-1979) of the annual Miss America telecast.Parks was born Bertram Jacobson in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Hattie (née Spiegel) and Aaron Jacobson, who was a merchant. Parks got his first broadcasting job at age sixteen, for Atlanta's WGST radio. He moved to New York when he was nineteen. He was hired as a singer and straight man on The Eddie Cantor Show before becoming a CBS radio staff announcer. Parks became the host of Break the Bank, which premiered on radio in 1945 and went on to television from 1948-1957, and Stop the Music on radio in 1948, and on television 1949-1952.

Wallace Gordon ("Wally") Parks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wallace Gordon ("Wally") Parks: was instrumental in establishing drag racing as a legitimate amateur and professional motorsport. He was the Founder, President, and the Chairman of the Board of the National Hot Rod Association, or better known by the acronym NHRA. Parks was also an accomplished automobile writer and hobbyist, and co-founder and first editor of the magazine Hot Rod in the late 1940s. He was also instrumental in the founding of Motor Trend magazine in 1948. As editor of Hot Rod, he began to promote safety in the organization of drag racing, both in the magazine and by organizing "safety safaris," which taught drag racing organization and safety at several tracks around the country. This was the first concerted effort in getting racers off the streets and into controlled race tracks.

Christopher J. "Chris" Parks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher J. "Chris" Parks: Abyss first appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) in 2004, being brought in as a bodyguard to the stable Special K. Abyss appeared only once, however, due to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) pulling all of their contracted talent from ROH.Abyss returned in the summer of 2005, this time as a member of Prince Nana's heel stable The Embassy as they feuded with Generation Next. The feud between the Embassy and Generation Next lasted through the rest of 2005 with several matches and brawls taking place between both teams. The feud culminated in a Steel Cage Warfare match at December's Steel Cage Warfare where Abyss teamed with Alex Shelley, Jimmy Rave and Prince Nana to take on Austin Aries,