Famous People with Name Philip

Philip "Phil" Laak            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip "Phil" Laak: is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. Laak was born in Dublin, raised on the East Coast of the United States, and now lives in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in mechanical engineering and worked as an engineer, a repo man, a dishwasher in Cape Cod, a stock day trader, a gardener and a real estate investor, prior to getting into open poker games in California.

Philip Stewart Gordon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Stewart Gordon: is an American professional poker player, author, and commentator, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As of 2010, Gordon's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000. Gordon graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in computer science in 1991. After stints working at Santa Cruz Operation and Lockheed, Gordon joined start-up Netsys Technologies as their first hired employee. In 1996, Netsys was acquired by Cisco Systems, making him a millionaire, and in 1997 he retired from the high-tech industry to travel the world and to play poker. Gordon was first taught poker by his aunt, who died of liver cancer. [5] He is on the Board of Directors for the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, for which he is an active fundraiser.

Philip J. Dwyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip J. Dwyer: was an American businessman from Brooklyn, New York and prominent owner of Thoroughbred racehorses and racetracks. Along with his younger brother, Michael F. Dwyer, he made a fortune in the meat packing industry, supplying butcher shops, eating establishm

Philip F. Neer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip F. Neer: was NCAA champion and a top-ranking amateur tennis player in the 1920s. Neer attended Stanford University and in 1921, became the first player from a western U.S. university to win the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship. A year later, Neer and partner Jim Dav

Philip Bester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Bester: is a Canadian professional tennis player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian to reach a grand slam final in singles, and only the second ever to do

Clifford Philip            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clifford Philip: was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives (1945–1953) and the State of New Jersey in the United States Senate (1955–1979). In 1938, Case was

James "Scotty" Philip            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James "Scotty" Philip: was a South Dakota rancher, remembered as the "Man who saved the Buffalo" due to his role in helping to preserve the American Bison from extinction. Philip was elected as a Democrat to the South Dakota State Senate in 1898, representing Stanley County fro

James "Pate" Philip            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James "Pate" Philip: is a Republican from Wood Dale, Illinois. Philip was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1966 to 1975, and the Illinois Senate from 1975 until his retirement in 2003. He was known as a highly influential politician in the Illinois state

Edward Thomas Philip            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Thomas Philip: is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1975, defeating incumbent Liberal Leonard Braithwaite by 1,256 votes in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke. He was re-elected by a greater margin in the election of 1977, and fended off a stronger challenge from Progressive Conservative Aileen Anderson in the 1981 election. In the elections of 1985, 1987 and 1990, he was elected without difficulty. Philip supported Bob Rae for the provincial NDP leadership in 1982.