Famous People with Name Louis

Louis Israel Dublin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis Israel Dublin: was a Jewish American statistician. As vice president and statistician of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Dublin promoted progressive and socially useful insurance underwriting policies.[1] As a scholar he was an important figure in the establish

Louis Jani            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis Jani: is a judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. He had unfortunately missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to Canada's boycott. Louis twice won the gold medal at the Pan American Games (1979 and

Louis Krebs "Lou" Graham            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis Krebs "Lou" Graham: is an American professional golfer who has participated in and won numerous golf tournaments including the 1975 U.S. Open. Most of his wins were in the 1970s.

Louis Moreau Gottschalk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano pieces. He spent most of his working career outside of the United States.Gottschalk was born to a Jewish businessman from London and a white Haitian Creole in New Orleans, where he was exposed to a wide variety of musical traditions. He had six brothers and sisters, five of whom were half-siblings by his father's mulatto mistress.[1] His family lived for a time in a tiny cottage at Royal and Esplanade in the Vieux Carré. Louis later moved in with relatives at 518 Conti Street; his grandmother Buslé and his nurse Sally had both been born in Saint-Domingue (later known as Haiti).

Louis "Putney" Dandridge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis "Putney" Dandridge: was an American bandleader, jazz pianist and vocalist. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Dandridge began performing in 1918 as a pianist in the a revue entitled the Drake and Walker Show. In 1930, he worked for a time as accompanist for legendary tap dancer Bil

Martin St-Louis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin St-Louis: a French Canadian professional ice hockey right winger with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League.A diminutive player by NHL standards at 5-foot-9, St-Louis pronounced (San Lou E) has played six seasons as of the 2006-07 NHL season for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and had previously played for the Calgary Flames. As an amateur he played for the University of Vermont Catamounts on the same team as Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, and on the same line as former Tampa Bay Lightning teammate Eric Perrin. St-Louis was an NCAA all-star and three-time Hobey Baker Award finalist for college player of the year.

Tim Louis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tim Louis: is a lawyer and municipal politician in Vancouver, Canada. He was elected to the Vancouver Parks Board in 1990 and 1993, and later to Vancouver City Council as a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) in 1999 and 2002. In 1990, Louis was elected to the Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation and re-elected in 1993. First elected to Vancouver City Council in 1999, Louis became known for his pointed questions aimed at addressing issues of social justice in the city of Vancouver. He was re-elected in 2002. Louis proudly showed off his progressive beliefs, often appearing at public functions in a red Che Guevara shirt. In 2008, Louis ran for a nomination for city council within COPE, as part of a 'Keep It COPE' slate; he narrowly lost by six votes to Ellen Woodsworth. She and David Cadman went on to become elected to council as part of COPE's combined slate with the Green Party and Vision Vancouver.