Famous People with Name Albert

Albert Abraham Michelson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Abraham Michelson: was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences.President Ulysses S. Grant awarded Michelson a special appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1869. During his four years as a midshipman at the Academy, Michelson excelled in optics, heat and climatology as well as drawing. After his graduation in 1873 and two years at sea, he returned to the Academy in 1875 to become an instructor in physics and chemistry until 1879. From 1880 to 1882, Michelson undertook postgraduate study at Berlin under Hermann Helmholtz and at Paris.

Albert Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Ellis: was an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. He held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and founded and was the president and president emeritus of the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute[1]. He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and the founder of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Based on a 1982 professional survey of U.S. and Canadian psychologists, he was considered as the second most influential psychotherapist in history (Carl Rogers ranked first in the survey; Sigmund Freud was ranked third)[2].

Albert Pinkham Ryder            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Pinkham Ryder: was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality. While his art shared an emphasis on subtle variations of color with tonalist works of the time, it was unique for accentuati

Albert Herter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Herter: was an artist and painter. He was born in New York, New York, and studied in Paris and then in New York's Art Students League. He had come from an artistic family; before Albert was born, his father, Christian Herter, and his father's half-brother Gustave

Albert Henry Krehbiel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Henry Krehbiel: was an American impressionist painter.Born in Denmark, Iowa, in 1873, Albert Henry Krehbiel was a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, where, in 1902, he was granted an American Traveling Scholarship to study abroad. In 1903, he began his three years

Edward Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Albert: was an American film and television actor. He was also known as Edward Laurence Albert and occasionally Eddie Albert Jr. He was born Edward Laurence Heimberger in Los Angeles, California, the son of actor Eddie Albert and Mexican actress Margo

Marv Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marv Albert: is an American television and radio sportscaster, honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967

Frank Cullen "Frankie" Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Cullen "Frankie" Albert: was a quarterback in the NFL..Frankie Albert, who was born in Chicago, started at Glendale High School, Glendale, California and at Stanford University where he was coached by T formation apostle Clark Shaughnessy. At Stanford he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity

Abraham Adrian Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Abraham Adrian Albert: was a mathematician of Russian ancestry. A first generation American, he was born in Chicago and most associated with that city. He received his Bachelor of Science in 1926, Masters in 1927, and PhD in 1928, at the age of 22. All degrees were obtained fro

Heather Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Heather Albert: is an American professional bicycle racer. She is also the author of a book titled "The Genisoy Diet".Albert broke her right clavicle and dislocated her thumb in March 2004, when she was brought down in an incident involving Rebecca Quinn during a track r