Famous People with Name Aaron

Aaron Arrowsmith            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Aaron Arrowsmith: was an English cartographer, engraver and publisher and founding member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers. He moved to Soho Square, London from Winston, County Durham when about twenty years of age, and was employed by John Cary, the engraver and William Faden. He became Hydrographer to the Prince of Wales ca. 1810 and subsequently to the King in 1820. In January 1790 he made himself famous by his large chart of the world on Mercator projection. Four years later he published another large map of the world on the globular projection, with a companion volume of explanation

Aaron Schwartzman            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Aaron Schwartzman: is a former Argentine chess master who was prominent in chess tournaments of the 1930s and 1940s.Aaron Schwartzman was a participant in numerous Argentine Chess Championships. In 1933, he took 3rd (ARG-ch 12 Mayor; Luis Piazzini won). In 1935, he took 3rd

Aaron Summerscale            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Aaron Summerscale: is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster.

Aaron Douglas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Aaron Douglas: was an African American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.He also began studying with Winold Reiss, a German artist who had been hired by Alain Locke to illustrate The New Negro. Reiss's teaching helped Douglas develop the modernist style he would employ for the next decade. Douglas’s engagement with African and Egyptian design brought him to the attention of W. E. B. DuBois and Alain Locke, who were pressing for young African American artists to express their African heritage and African American folk culture in their art.

Aaron Siskind            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Aaron Siskind: was an American abstract expressionist photographer. In his biography he wrote that he began his foray into photography when he received a camera for a wedding gift and began taking pictures on his honeymoon. He quickly realized the artistic potential this offered. He worked in both New York City and Chicago.

Caroline Aaron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Caroline Aaron: an American actress and producer.Aaron was born Caroline Sidney Abady[2] in Richmond, Virginia of Jewish heritage.[1] Her mother, Nina Friedman Abady, was a civil rights activist.[1][3] She attended American University in Washington, DC, studying performing arts.

Manuel Aaron            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Manuel Aaron: was the first Indian chess master in the modern tradition. He dominated chess in India in the 1960s to the 1980s, was the national champion of India nine times between 1959 and 1981. He was India's first International Master, and is one of the key figures in introducing international chess practices to India; until the 1960s, chess in India (known as chaturang or shatranj), was often played using many local traditional variants[1] (e.g. in lieu of castling, the king could execute a knights move once, if it had not been checked).

Lee Aaron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lee Aaron: a Canadian rock and jazz singer. She had several hits with titles such as "Metal Queen", "Whatcha Do to my Body", and "Sex with Love". According to her official website, and despite rumours to the contrary, Lee will continue to perform selections from her full catalogue as well as doing 'jazz-only' shows on occasion.As a child, Aaron was involved in a near fatal car accident which required facial reconstruction surgery.[1] After starting her career in glam metal music, at 16 she joined a rock group named Lee Aaron in Brampton, Ontario. Aaron eventually adopted the name as her own and formed a new band, releasing her first long play in 1982. John Albani, a guitar player in her band, helped her write the vast majority of the songs. "Buzz" Shearman , Bill Wade, Terry Juric, and Earl Johnson all former members of the Canadian rock band Moxy would all appear on her debut album called The Lee Aaron Project released in 1982

Thomas Dean "Tommy" Aaron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Dean "Tommy" Aaron: is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the Masters Tournament in 1973.