Famous People with Name Porter

Porter Wayne Wagoner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Porter Wayne Wagoner: was an American country music singer. Famous for his flashy Nudie suits and blond pompadour, Wagoner introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show. Together, "Porter and Dolly" were a well-known duet team throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. Parton wrote the song "I Will Always Love You" after Wagoner suggested she shift from story songs to focus on love songs. [1]

Porter Johnston Goss            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Porter Johnston Goss: is an American politician, who was the last Director of Central Intelligence and the first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the IRTPA 2004 Act, which abolished the DCI position. A CIA officer in Latin America during the Cold War, he served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 until he took up his post at the agency.[1]

Porter Hardy, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Porter Hardy, Jr.: was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Hardy was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1969). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress. Formerly director

Howard Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Howard Porter: was an American professional basketball player. At 6'8" and 220 pounds, he played as a forward and a center.He attended Booker High School in Sarasota, Florida, where he was nicknamed "Geez" because teammates said he could leap into the air like a geyser. The highlight of his high school career occurred in 1967, when he led Booker to the Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association Class A State Basketball Championship. Porter then played collegiately at Villanova University, where he was a three time All-America selection. He took Villanova to the 1971 NCAA Championship Game, in which Villanova lost to UCLA 68-62. Porter was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after scoring 25 points in the final game. However, he was later ruled ineligible for the honor because he had signed a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association during the middle of his senior year.[1]

Kevin Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kevin Porter: is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'0" point guard from Saint Francis University, Porter played 10 seasons (1972–1981; 1982–1983) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, the Detroit Pistons, and the New Jersey Nets. Porter was one of the most talented passers in league history, leading the league in both assists per game and total assists four times during his career (1975, 1978, 1979, and 1981). At one point, Porter held the record for most assists in a game, with 29. (Scott Skiles broke the record when he tallied 30 assists on December 30, 1990.)

Terry Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Terry Porter: is a former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the NBA's Phoenix Suns. He played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and had a 17-year career in the NBA.In 1,274 career games, Porter averaged 12.2 points, 5.6 assists and 1.24 steals during a career that included two All-Star berths (1991, 1993), two trips to the NBA Finals (1990, 1992) and 15,586 career points. He is 11th on the NBA’s all-time assist list (7,160). Porter has played for five of the top 36 coaches (games won) in NBA history: Pat Riley (1,110), Jack Ramsay (864), Rick Adelman (603), Gregg Popovich (339) and Flip Saunders (328).

Don Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Don Porter: was an American actor who appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, including Top Sergeant and Eagle Squadron, but is perhaps best known for his role as Russell Lawrence, the widowed father of 15 year old Frances "Gidget" Lawrence (Sally Field) in the 1965 ABC television series, Gidget.

Sylvia Field Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sylvia Field Porter: was an American economist and journalist. At the height of her career, her readership was greater than 40 million people.Born Patchogue, New York, on Long Island as Sylvia Field Feldman, she aspired to be an author at the age of six. Originally majoring in English literature, she switched to economics and finance after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It has been suggested that her fiancee, bank employee Reed Porter, was relying upon Sylvia to explain the complications of the worldwide financial panic . They were married in 1931.