Famous People with Name Ransom

Ransom Joseph Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ransom Joseph Jackson: (born 10 February 1926 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a former American Major League (MLB) player for the Chicago Cubs (1950-1955), Dodgers (1956-1958; two seasons in Brooklyn, one in Los Angeles), Cleveland Indians (1958-1959), and ended his career back with the Cubs (1959).

Ransom Hooker Gillet            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ransom Hooker Gillet: was a U.S. Representative from New York. He studied law in Canton, New York. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Ogdensburg. Postmaster of Ogdensburg, New York from 1830 to 1833. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention

Ransom Williams Dunham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ransom Williams Dunham: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.He served as president of the Board of Trade of Chicago in 1882.Dunham was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1889). He retired from active busi

Ransome Gillett Holdridge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ransome Gillett Holdridge: was an early San Francisco school painter, specializing in Northern California landscapes.Holdridge was recognized as a great painter during his life. His paintings are in the permanent collections of many museums, particularly those specializing in California Artists. His works are (or have been) displayed in the Shumate Collection of the Oakland Museum of California[8]; the De Young Museum[9]; the Hart Collection at the Sonoma County Museum[10]; the Utah Museum of Fine Arts[4]; Sacramento's Crocker Museum; Society of California Pioneers; Bohemian Club; University of California Berkeley's Bancroft Library; Prescott, Arizona's The Phippen Museum of Western Art[11]; The Colorado Heritage Center at the Colorado Historical Society in Denver, Colorado[11]

Ransome Judson Williams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ransome Judson Williams: was the 102nd Governor of South Carolina from 1945 to 1947.His political career began when he was first elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and served from 1931 to 1932. In 1943, he was elected as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina a

Henry B. Ransom            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry B. Ransom: (February 25, 1911 – December 21, 1987) was an American professional golfer

John Crowe Ransom            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Crowe Ransom: was an American poet, essayist, social and political theorist, man of letters, and academic.Ransom was home schooled until age 10, and entered Vanderbilt University at 15, graduating first in his class in 1909. He interrupted his studies for two years, to

Victor Joseph Ransom            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Victor Joseph Ransom: was an English cricketer. Ransom was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Ransom made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Sussex in the 1947 County Championship. Ransom represented Hampshire in 34 matches. Ransom's final first-

Matt Whitaker Ransom            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Matt Whitaker Ransom: was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1847. After serving as North Carolina At

Brian Ransom            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brian Ransom: was a Manitoba politician. In 1983, he unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1977, representing the rural riding of Souris-Killarney, defeating Johannson by 3,115 votes. In that year, Sterling Lyon's Progressive Conservatives won an upset victory over Edward Schreyer's New Democrats. Following the election, Ransom was appointed Minister of Mines, Resources and Environment. Following a reorganization of cabinet in 1979, he became Minister of Natural Resources and Chairman of the Treasury Board. In January 1981, he was promoted to Minister of Finance.