Famous People with Name Howard

Howard Lasnik            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Howard Lasnik: a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland.He studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (B.S., 1967), Harvard University (M.A., 1969) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1972). He joined the faculty of the University of Connecticut in 1972, and took up his present post at University of Maryland in 2002.He has been a prominent contributor to the syntax literature within a Chomskyan framework, and is one of few linguists to have co-written articles with Chomsky.[1][2] Describing himself as a "conservative", Lasnik says that he often finds himself "...trying to resurrect old analyses or maintain current analyses that are being supplanted." (p. 4) [3]

Howard Mason Georgi III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Howard Mason Georgi III: is Harvard College Professor and Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He has, for many years, taught an advanced freshman physics course, "Physics 16" in the fall semester. He is also Director of Undergraduate Studies in Physics and Master of Leverett House, where he asks all students to endearingly call him "Chief," while his wife Ann Georgi commands the name "Coach." He graduated from Harvard in 1967 and obtained his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1971. He was Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows from 1973-1976 and a Senior Fellow from 1982-1998. In 1995 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and received the Sakurai Prize; in 2000 he shared the Dirac Medal with Jogesh Pati and Helen Quinn. He has advised a number of notable students, including Andrew G. Cohen, Adam Falk, Benjamin Grinstein, John Hagelin, Lawrence J. Hall, David B. Kaplan, Michael Luke, Aneesh Manohar, Ann Nelson and Lisa Randall.

Howard Pyle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Howard Pyle: was an American illustrator and writer, primarily of books for young audiences. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.

Howard Saunders            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Howard Saunders: was a British ornithologist.Saunders was born in London and received his early education iat Leatherhead and Rottingdean. Subsequently he earned his money as a merchant banker. This allowed him to travel widely. In 1855 he went to Brazil and Chile, returning in 1862. He then devoted his time to the investigation of the avifauna of Spain, publishing a number of articles on the subject in The Ibis, and visiting the Pyrenees in 1883 and 1884.

Howard Bach            Origin/Culture/Country: Vietnamese

Howard Bach: is a Vietnamese-American male badminton player from the United States. He was the 2005 world champion in men's doubles with Tony Gunawan.When he was five years old, Howard Bach was brought by his father to the Golden Gate YMCA in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. It was here that over the next 11 years, Howard Bach would be coached by his father in badminton.

Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard: was an African American civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, surgeon, and entrepreneur. He was a mentor to Medgar Evers and Charles Evers, head of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, and played a prominent role in the investigation of the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till. He was also president of the National Medical Association.

Trevor Howard            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Trevor Howard: was an English film, stage and television actor.Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith was born in Cliftonville, Margate, Kent, England, on 29 September, 1913, the only son and elder child of Arthur John Howard-Smith, who worked as Ceylon representative for Lloyd's of London, and his Canadian wife, Mabel Grey Wallace, nurse. Until he was five he lived in Colombo, Ceylon, but then travelled with his mother until the age of eight, when he was sent to school at Clifton College, Bristol and afterwards attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, acting on the London stage for several years before World War II.

Rance Howard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rance Howard: is an American actor who has starred in film and on television.Howard was born Harold Rance Beckenholdt in Oklahoma, the son of Ethel Cleo (née Tomlin) and Engel Beckenholdt. He married Jean Speegle Howard in Burbank, California in 1949. Their children are actor/director Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard. He is also the grandfather of actress Bryce Dallas Howard.

Clint Howard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clint Howard: Howard was born Clinton E. Howard in Burbank, California; the son of actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard, and the younger brother of actor-turned-director Ron Howard.As a child actor, Howard starred on Gentle Ben. He was sometimes seen on The Andy

Terence Trent Howard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Terence Trent Howard: Maitreya was born in Manhattan, New York. He was known to childhood friends as Terry Darby. A graduate of DeLand High School, Terry sang with the Modernaires, a show choir, as a junior, undistinguished member. Maitreya joined the army after leaving colleg