Famous People with Name Wakefield

Timothy Stephen Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Timothy Stephen Wakefield: After graduating from Eau Gallie High School in 1984 and attending Florida Tech, Wakefield was selected in the 8th round of the free agent draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1988. He began his minor league career as a corner infielder for Watertown of the

Albert Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Albert Wakefield: is a retired English football player. He played for Leeds United and Southend United. He joined Leeds in 1942 and scored over 80 goals in a career of just five years. He moved to Southend in 1949 as part of a trade for Frank Dudley and went on to play over 100 times for them.

Edward Jerningham Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Edward Jerningham Wakefield: was the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. He was born in London, and educated in England and France.Edward Jerningham had intended to stay in New Zealand for only a few months but he found the growth of the new colony so fascinating that it was four ye

Edward Gibbon Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Edward Gibbon Wakefield: was a British politician, the driving force behind much of the early colonization of South Australia, and later New Zealand. Wakefield, who in 1816 married Eliza Pattle (1799 – 1820), was the eldest son of Edward Wakefield (1774 – 1854) and Susanna Crash

Peter Wakefield            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peter Wakefield: is a retired male light flyweight boxer from Australia. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by Namibia's Joseph Jermia.