Famous People with Name Delaney

Delaney Bramlett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Delaney Bramlett: was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer.Delaney Bramlett was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi[2] and after a stint in the United States Navy, moved to Los Angeles, California. There he established himself as a singer-songwriter, writing wi

Lucy Delaney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lucy Delaney: was an African-American author and former slave, remembered for her inspiring 1891 narrative From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or, Struggles for Freedom.

Kim Delaney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kim Delaney: Delaney, an Irish American, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joan and Jack Delaney.[1] Delaney's mother was a homemaker and her father a union official and former head of the United Auto Workers.[2][3] She grew up in Roxborough and

Joe Alton Delaney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joe Alton Delaney: was an American football player whose career ended after two seasons in the National Football League.[2][3] In his two seasons with the Chiefs, Delaney set four franchise records that would stand for over 20 years.

Beauford Delaney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beauford Delaney: was an American modernist painter.Perhaps I should not say, flatly, what I believe – that he is a great painter – among the very greatest; but I do know that great art can only be created out of love, and that no greater lover has ever held a brush. – James Baldwin (writer)When he was a teenager, he got a job as a "helper" at the Post Sign Company. However, he and his younger brother Joseph were drawing signs of their own. Then some of his work was noticed by Lloyd Branson, an elderly American Impressionist and Knoxville's best known artist. By the early 1920s, Delaney became the apprentice of Branson.[3] With Branson’s encouragement, the 23-year-old Delaney migrated north to Boston to study art. With perseverance, he achieved the artist's education he desired - including informal studies at the Massachusetts Normal School,

Jack Delaney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Delaney: was a former light heavyweight boxing champion of the world and contender for the heavyweight crown. One of the most popular fighters of the 1920s, the handsome French Canadian was born Ovila Chapdelaine in St. Francis du Lac, Quebec, Canada.