Famous People with Name Ezra

Ezra Laderman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ezra Laderman: is an American composer of classical music.On April 25, 1943, Laderman was inducted into the U.S. Army and served as a radio operator with the 69th Infantry Division during World War II. Laderman writes "we were in Caversham, England poised to enter the war. It was here that I learned that my brother Jack had been shot down and killed in Germany. The Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Rhine at Remagen, liberating Leipzig, meeting the Russians at Torgau on the bank of the Elbe were the points in this constellation that was filled with tension and waiting, victory and grief. We became aware of the horror, and what we now call the 'holocaust,' while freeing Leipzig." During the weeks after the war was over, Laderman composed his Leipzig Symphony. This work brought him recognition within the army, and subsequently he was assigned as orchestrator of the GI Symphony Orchestra.

Ezra Stoller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ezra Stoller: was an American architectural photographer, born in Chicago.Stoller's interest in photography began while he was an architecture student at New York University when he began making lantern slides and photographs of architectural models, drawings and sculpture. After his graduation in 1939 he concentrated on photography.

Ezra Townsend Cresson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ezra Townsend Cresson: was an American entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera. He wrote Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico Philadelphia: Paul C. Stockhausen, Entomological printer (1887) and many other works. His son Ezra Townsend, Jr. (1876-1948) was also an entomologist but a specialist in Diptera.

Ezra "Jerry" Glantz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ezra "Jerry" Glantz: In 1976 he officiated as the number one Goalkeeper of the USA Olympic team in Handball ['Team Handball' in the US] at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic games in Canada.Glantz was one of the original founders of Israeli Baseball and Softball [Fastpitch], as

Ezra Nathan Sellers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ezra Nathan Sellers: is an American cruiserweight boxer. He currently resides in Pensacola, FL, USA. Won the IBO cruiserweight championship against Carl Thompson, however, his title was vacated after losing to WBO champion Johnny Nelson on April 6, 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Hen Ezra            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Hen Ezra: an Israeli footballer currently playing his trade at Maccabi Netanya.

Gideon Ezra            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Gideon Ezra: is an Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Kadima and a former Minister of Environmental Protection.Ezra was elected to the Knesset in the 1996 elections on the Likud list, and retained his seat in the 1999 and 2003 elections. After Ariel Sharon beat Ehud Barak in the 2001 election for Prime Minister, Ezra was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Security.