Famous People with Name Albert

Albert Otto Hirschman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Otto Hirschman: is an influential American economist who has authored several books on political economy and political ideology. His first major contribution was in the area of development economics. Here he emphasied the need for unbalanced growth. Because developing countries are short of decision making skills, disequilibria to stimulate these and help mobilize resources should be encouraged. Key to this was enouraging industries with a large number of linkages to other firms.

Albert H Medwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert H Medwin: is an American electrical engineer. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He married Marilyn Herbst Medwin on August 30, 1947. He is the father of Larry and Steve Medwin and grandfather of Dan, Allison, Rachel and Sam Medwin. He is a graduate of City College of New York. He holds several US patents, including ones in the field of electronic encoders. Albert was involved in the early development of integrated circuits while working at RCA in Somerville, New Jersey. In the 1960's he led the engineering group that developed the world's first low power CMOS chips.

Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Sigurður Guðmundsson: was the first Icelandic professional football player and played for, amongst others, Rangers, Arsenal, FC Nancy and AC Milan. After retiring from his sporting career he became a politician and was a member of Alþingi for 15 years, serving as Minister of Finance and Minister of Industry. He ran for president in 1980 but lost to Vigdís Finnbogadóttir.

Albert Al B Feldstein            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Al B Feldstein: is an American painter of Western wildlife and an influential author-editor who wrote, drew and edited for EC Comics, followed by a lengthy career as the editor of Mad.Al Feldstein was born on October 24, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Flatbush on East 31st Street between Avenue L and Avenue M. He attended P.S. 191, and when he was eight years old, he won a third-place medal in the annual John Wanamaker art competition. After winning an award in the 1939 New York World's Fair poster contest, he decided on a career in the art field and studied at the High School of Music and Art in upper Manhattan. When he was 15 years old, he was hired by Jerry Iger to work in the Eisner & Iger shop, an art service for the comic book industry. At Eisner & Iger, he earned three dollars a week running errands, inking balloon lines, ruling panel borders and erasing pages. When he began inking backgrounds, his salary jumped to five dollars a week.

Albert Ghiorso            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Ghiorso: is an American nuclear scientist who helped discover numerous chemical elements on the periodic table.He received his BS in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. After graduation, he worked for a company that produced emergency communication devices, and invented the world's first commercial Geiger counter, which evolved into his participation in the Manhattan Project.

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

Martine Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martine Albert: is a Canadian biathlete. Albert began competing in the biathlon in 1993, and had her most successful World Cup seasons in the late 90s, including her highest career finishes in World Cup events; 13th in races in Oslo and Pokljuka. She participated in eigh

Marc Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marc Albert: is a former Canadian Olympic volleyball player. Albert led his Polyvalent Louis-Mailloux to New Brunswick provincial high school volleyball championships in 1978 and '79. While attending the Universit? de Moncton he was named to the Canadian junior nation

Carl Bert Albert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carl Bert Albert: was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma. Albert represented the southeastern portion of Oklahoma (Congressional District 3) as a Democrat for 30 years, starting in 1947. He is best known for his service as Speaker of the United Sta