Famous People with Name Barnett

Barnett Koch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barnett Koch: (March 23, 1923 - June 6, 1987) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1944 baseball season.

Barnett Newman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barnett Newman: was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters.Barnett Newman wrote catalogue forewords and reviews before having his first solo show at the Betty Parsons Gallery in 1948. Soon after his first exhibition, Newman remarked in one of the Artists' Session at Studio 35: "We are in the process of making the world, to a certain extent, in our own image." Utilizing his writing skills, Newman fought every step of the way to reinforce his newly established image as an artist and to promote his work. An example is his letter in April 9, 1955, "Letter to Sidney Janis: ---It is true that Rothko talks the fighter. He fights, however, to submit to the philistine world. My struggle against bourgeois society has involved the total rejection of it."

Barnett Francis Samuel "Frank" Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Barnett Francis Samuel "Frank" Allen: was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Bulloo in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1909 to 1912.

Barnett Jerome (Barney) Danson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barnett Jerome (Barney) Danson: was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. He joined The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in 1939 as the Second World War broke out, rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and served until he was severely wounded in the Battle of Normandy, and lost an eye. He maintained an interest in the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and its library for the blind and visually impaired until his death. Danson was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 general election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area riding of York North. In 1970, he became Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and was appointed to the Cabinet in 1974 as Minister of State for urban affairs. In 1976, he was promoted to Minister of National Defence. He served in that position until the defeat of the Liberal government in the 1979 general election, in which he lost his seat. Mr. Danson received an honorary degree (1993) from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, of which he was a former chancellor.

Wesley ("Wes") T. Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wesley ("Wes") T. Barnett: was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. His coaches were Dennis Snethen, Istvan Javorek at Johnson County Community College and Dragomir Ciroslan.

Pamela Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pamela Barnett: is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Barnett won once on the LPGA Tour in 1971.

William Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Barnett: was an American politician and soldier.After his congressional service, Barnett was appointed in 1815 as a commissioner to establish the boundaries of the Creek Indian reservation. He moved to Montgomery County, Alabama and died there in April 1832. He wa

Vicki Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vicki Barnett: is a Democratic member of the Michigan State House of Representatives, and a former mayor of Farmington Hills, located in Oakland County. In 2008, she was overwhelmingly elected to represent the 37th State House District, located in Oakland County and cov

Ross Robert Barnett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ross Robert Barnett: was the governor of the U.S. state of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He was a States' Rights Democrat.