Famous People with Name Jack

Jack William O'Connor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack William O'Connor: is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, between 1981 and 1987.

Jack Eugene Wilson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Eugene Wilson: is a shortstop in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners. He bats and throws right-handed.Wilson is one of the better defensive shortstops in the game. His glovework has been compared favorably with several former Pittsburgh Pirates shortstops known for their defense, such as Dick Groat, Gene Alley and Jay Bell. He has outstanding range, particularly in the hole, great hands, a good throwing arm, and has sound reflexes and instincts for the game.

Jack Keller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Keller: was a professional poker player. Keller served in the United States Air Force prior to becoming a poker pro. He won the 1984 World Series of Poker main event, three WSOP bracelets and more than $1,580,000 in tournament play at the World Series of Poker during his career.

Jack Straus            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Straus: was an American professional poker player. He is also known for winning that event after being down to one chip earlier in the tournament, which gave meaning to the well known poker phrase "a chip and a chair". In addition, Straus is known for successfully pulling off one of the best bluffs in the history of poker. He won the 1982 World Series of Poker main event, earning $520,000 and a second WSOP bracelet. His appearances at the final table of the main event in 1972, 1973, and 1982 put him in a small elite group players to have made the final table three or more times.

Jack Cowan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack Cowan: was a Canadian association football player, who played for Scottish club Dundee from 1949 to 1954. He was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame as a player in 2000.

Jarrett Matthew Jack            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jarrett Matthew Jack: is a basketball player for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. He plays point guard, is 6' 3" (1.91 m) tall, and weighs 197 lbs (90 kg).

David Jack            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Jack: was a powerful Californian landowner, developer, and businessman. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to California during the 1849 Gold Rush, and soon acquired several thousand acres in and around Monterey, shaping the history of Monterey County in the first decades of American possession. He is also credited as being the first to market and popularize Monterey Jack cheese.After several years working as an army contractor in Brooklyn, where he is reputed to have met Captain Robert E. Lee, Jack read about the discovery of gold in California in 1848. In November of that year he sailed with an artillery regiment to California, arriving in San Francisco in April 1849. Jack invested in guns and made a $4,000 profit on revolvers upon landing in San Francisco, and then took up a job at the city's Customs House.

Beau Jack            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beau Jack: was an American lightweight boxer, he was a world champion twice. One of the most popular fighters during the war years, he headlined at Madison Square Garden on 21 occasions, a record that still stands. Immediately after his career Jack operated a drive-

David Russell Jack            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Russell Jack: was a Canadian author, editor, publisher, and politician.[1]