American Famous Boy Names with Letter A

(November 30, 1850 - November 2, 1894) was a Major League Baseball player who played only a single g

(November 30, 1850 - November 2, 1894) was a Major League Baseball player who played only a single game, as catcher, for the Milwaukee Grays in 1878.[1]

Was an American politician from Kansas. He served as a state legislator and as Secretary of the stat

Was an American politician from Kansas. He served as a state legislator and as Secretary of the state Board of Agriculture.In 1857, however, he moved to Quindaro, Kansas, and took up farming. He was soon elected to the Kansas Legislature and served for a

Was a sportsman and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.

Was a sportsman and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.

Was an astronomer best known for his work on stellar distances, the radial motion of stars, and vari

Was an astronomer best known for his work on stellar distances, the radial motion of stars, and variable stars.After graduating from Greenville College, Joy went on to work at the American University of Beirut in the Syrian Protestant College as a professor of astronomy and the director of the observatory. He was forced to return to the U.S. in 1915 because of World War I.In the United States, he worked at the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1915 to 1952. There, he and his colleagues ascertained the spectral type, absolute magnitude, and stellar distance of over 5,000 stars. Joy also discovered the T-Tauri type star. He studied the Doppler displacement of the spectral lines of stars to determine their radial velocities deducing a star's absolute dimensions, masses, and the orbital elements of some specific stars. He won the Bruce Medal in 1950.

Was an American businessman politician, and racehorse owner/breeder. His father was a prominent figu

Was an American businessman politician, and racehorse owner/breeder. His father was a prominent figure in Thoroughbred horse racing who owned Morris Park Racetrack in The Bronx, New York. Alfred Morris and brother David, owned, bred, and raced a number of

Was a Connecticut political figure most noted for his tenure as mayor of the town of Willimantic fro

Was a Connecticut political figure most noted for his tenure as mayor of the town of Willimantic from 1969-1971.[1] Noel was a lifelong resident of Connecticut who began his political career as Alderman-At-Large for the town in 1952. He was subsequently a

Was a Canadian diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was a Canadian diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Was an American geneticist. Sturtevant constructed the first genetic map of a chromosome in 1913. Th

Was an American geneticist. Sturtevant constructed the first genetic map of a chromosome in 1913. Throughout his career he worked on the organism Drosophila melanogaster with Thomas Hunt Morgan. By watching the development of flies in which the earliest cell division produced two different genomes, he measured the embryonic distance between organs in a unit which is called the sturt in his honor. In 1967, Sturtevant received the National Medal of Science.Alfred Henry Sturtevant was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States on November 21, 1891, the youngest of Alfred Henry and Harriet Sturtevant's six children. His grandfather Julian M. Sturtevant, a Yale University graduate, founded Illinois College where his father taught mathematics.

Was an American mathematician notable for his work in lattice theory and universal algebra. His 1951

Was an American mathematician notable for his work in lattice theory and universal algebra. His 1951 paper "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras" described Horn clauses and Horn sentences, which later would form the foundation of logic

(September 28, 1916 - April 6, 1979) was a Major League Baseball catcher and a Minor League manager.

(September 28, 1916 - April 6, 1979) was a Major League Baseball catcher and a Minor League manager. Listed at 5' 11", 190 lb., Evans batted and threw right-handed.

Was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and represented the England na

Was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Middlesex and represented the England national football team. After moving to America, Stratford continued playing cricket, with Winnipeg, Pittsburgh, New York and Newark. In 1884, four years since his last first-class appearance, Stratford played beside his brother Frederick in a first-class match for the United States of America against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia.

Was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Born on a farm,

Was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Born on a farm, he became a livestock farmer himself. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1940, where he caucused Liberal Caucus with the then-nonp

Was a US mathematician, physical chemist, and statistician of Jewish ancestry famous for his work in

Was a US mathematician, physical chemist, and statistician of Jewish ancestry famous for his work in population dynamics and energetics.

Is a Dominican basketball player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He is the son of former NBA player Tit

Is a Dominican basketball player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks. He is the son of former NBA player Tito Horford and journalist Arelis Reynoso. Horford played collegiately for the University of Florida Gators. He was starting center on both the 2006 and 2007 Division I National Championship teams.

Was a was a Major League Baseball player from 1963 to 1971.Al Ferrara was an outfielder who once pla

Was a was a Major League Baseball player from 1963 to 1971.Al Ferrara was an outfielder who once played piano at Carnegie Hall. He was a Los Angeles Dodger in the days of Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Tommy Davis.

Was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees (1915-18), Boston Red Sox (1919-23)

Was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees (1915-18), Boston Red Sox (1919-23) and Cleveland Indians (1924-25).In 11 seasons he played in 498 Games and had 1,426 At Bats, 119 Runs, 317 Hits, 41 Doubles, 6 Triples, 116 RBI, 13 Stolen Bases, 97 Walks, .222 Batting Average, .281 On-base percentage, .259 Slugging Percentage, 370 Total Bases and 58 Sacrifice Hits.

Was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whos

Was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a poem entitled, Trees (1913), whic

Was an American attorney, investment banker, physicist, philanthropist and patron of scientific rese

Was an American attorney, investment banker, physicist, philanthropist and patron of scientific research. He established the Loomis Laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, and his role in the development of radar is considered instrumental in the Allied victory in World War II. He invented the Aberdeen Chronograph for measuring muzzle velocities, proposed the LORAN navigational system, contributed significantly (perhaps critically, according to Luis Alvarez[1]) to the development of a ground-controlled approach technology for aircraft, and participated in preliminary meetings of the Manhattan Project. Loomis also made contributions to biological instrumentation -- working with Edmund Newton Harvey, he co-invented the microscope centrifuge[2], and pioneered techniques for electroencephalography.[3]

Was one of the most influential figures in American anthropology in the first half of the twentieth

Was one of the most influential figures in American anthropology in the first half of the twentieth century.Kroeber was born in Hoboken, New Jersey and attended Columbia College at the age of 16, earning an A.B. in English in 1896, and an M.A. in Romantic drama in 1897. He received his doctorate under Franz Boas at Columbia University in 1901, basing his dissertation on decorative symbolism on his field work among the Arapaho. It was the first doctorate in anthropology awarded by Columbia. He spent most of his career in California, primarily at the University of California, Berkeley where he worked as both a Professor of Anthropology and the Director of what was then The University of California Museum of Anthropology (now the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology)

Was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the manager

Was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the manager of the New York Yankees, a position he held five different times. As Yankees manager, he led the team to consecutive American League pennants in 1976 and 1977; the Yankees were swept in the 1976 World Series by the dynastic Cincinnati Reds but triumphed over the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games in the 1977 World Series. He also had notable managerial tenures with several other AL squads, leading four of them to division championships.

(May 16, 1928

(May 16, 1928

Was a Hall of Fame jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Robertson was born in Aberdeen, Sco

Was a Hall of Fame jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Robertson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Georgina Watson and her husband Ross Robertson. The Robertson family emigrated to the United States when Alfred was young. His father bec

Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that o

Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Yankovic received his first accordion lesson a day before his seventh birthday, and since his firs

Is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July-Aug

Is an American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July-August 1971. The son of Merrill and Helen Worden, he was born in Jackson, Michigan.[1] He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon.

(October 5, 1927 – October 2, 2006) was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs (1

(October 5, 1927 – October 2, 2006) was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs (1960-1961), and the Houston Colt .45's (1962). He was born in Brooklyn, NY.