Famous People with Name Alfred

Alfred Vaino Aho            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alfred Vaino Aho: is a Canadian computer scientist.Aho received a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science from Princeton University. He conducted research at Bell Labs from 1967 to 1991, and again from 1997 to 2002 as Vice President of the Computing Sciences Research Center.

Alfred "Speedy" Thompson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alfred "Speedy" Thompson: was a NASCAR pioneer and driver in the Grand National [now Sprint Cup] series from 1950 to 1971, capturing 20 wins along the way.He made his debut in 1950 and won two of the seven races he competed in 1953 in the #46 Buckshot Morris Oldsmobile. Thompson m

Alfred Apaka            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alfred Apaka: was a celebrated American singer who possessed a romantic baritone voice. He was the singer who was most closely identified with Hawaii between the late 1940s and 1960. He is arguably the foremost interpreter of hapa-haole music which melded either Hawaiian music or traditional pop music with traditional pop arrangements and English lyrics that conveyed Hawaiian or other Pacific Island imagery and themes. He was of Chinese, Portuguese, and Hawaiian ancestry.

Alfred George Knudson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alfred George Knudson: is a geneticist specializing in the cancer genetics. Among his many contributions to the field was the formulation of the Knudson hypothesis in 1971, which explains the effects of mutation on carcinogenesis (the development of cancer).[1]

Alfred James Lotka            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alfred James Lotka: was a US mathematician, physical chemist, and statistician of Jewish ancestry famous for his work in population dynamics and energetics.

Jerry Alfred            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jerry Alfred: a Northern Tutchone musician living in Pelly Crossing, Yukon. He was named "Keeper of the Songs" at birth, an honorary title which he has made into a career, updating traditional Tutchone music by adding twentieth century Western influences.Alfred's music

Jean Alfred            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jean Alfred: is a former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1976 to 1981. In 1975, he was elected as a councilor for the former city of Gatineau and later entered provincial politics where he was elected in Papineau as a Parti Québécois candidate. He served a full term as a PQ and Independent member but was defeated in the newly formed riding of Chapleau which portions were split from Gatineau and Papineau. He was a candidate again in 1989, but lost to the Liberal, John Kehoe. He made a brief attempt at federal politics but failed to become a Bloc Québécois prior to the 1997 elections.