Famous People with Name Garfield

Garfield Heard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Garfield Heard: is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at the University of Oklahoma, and was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 3rd round of the 1970 NBA Draft. He had an eleven-year NBA career for four different teams (the Sonics, the Buffalo Braves/San Diego Clippers, the Chicago Bulls, and the Phoenix Suns). Heard is probably best known for a buzzer beater he made to send Game 5 of the Phoenix-Boston championship series in 1976 into a third overtime, a feat which is commonly known as "The Shot", or "The Shot Heard 'round the World" in reference to Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1837 poem "Concord Hymn" which references the Battle of Lexington, the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.

Garfield 'Gary' McCline Armstrong            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Garfield 'Gary' McCline Armstrong: is a former Bahamian cricketer. Armstrong is a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Armstrong had represented the Bahamas national cricket team in 27 matches. Armstrong made his debut for the Bahamas in the 2002 ICC Americas Championship against the United States. Armstrong made his only Twenty20 appearance for the Bahamas against the Cayman Islands in the 1st round of the 2006 Stanford 20/20. Armstrong scored 1 run and took 2/22 with the ball, as the Bahamas lost by 57 runs. Armstrong also represented the Bahamas in the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division 2, where his final appearance for the Bahamas came against Suriname.

Garfield David Harrison            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

Garfield David Harrison: is one of four brothers to have played cricket for Ireland. Garfield was by far the most successful of the four, playing 118 times for Ireland between 1983 and 1997, including twelve first-class matches against Scotland and 20 List A matches. He is one of

John Garfield            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Garfield: was an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Garfield was especially adept at playing brooding, rebellious, working-class character roles. Garfield is acknowledged as the predecessor of such Method actors as Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Montgomery Clift.

Leon Garfield            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Leon Garfield: was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for his historical novels for children, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books, and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for television.

Benjamin Walter Garfield            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Benjamin Walter Garfield: was an English footballer who played at outside-left.Garfield was born in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. In 1898 he won his only England cap, appearing in a 3–2 victory over Ireland in Belfast. He died in Kent in 1942.

James Abram Garfield            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Abram Garfield: served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtes