Famous People with Name Barton

Barton Zwiebach            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barton Zwiebach: a string theorist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, born in Lima, Perú. His undergraduate work was in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria in Peru, from which he graduated in 1977.His graduate work was in Physics, at the California Institute of Technology. Zwiebach obtained his Ph.D. in 1983, working under the supervision of Murray Gell-Mann. He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and at MIT, where he became an Assistant Professor of Physics in 1987, and a permanent member of the faculty in 1994.

Barton Warren Evermann            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barton Warren Evermann: was an American ichthyologist. He was born in Monroe County, Iowa, and graduated from Indiana University in 1886. For 10 years, he served as teacher and superintendent of schools in Indiana and California. He was professor of biology at the Indiana State Normal School in 1886-91. He lectured at Stanford University in 1893-94, at Cornell in 1900-03, and at Yale in 1903-06. He died in Berkeley, California, aged 78.

Barton Childs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barton Childs: is an American pediatrician and geneticist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Williams College in 1938. In 1942, he received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Following military service in World War II, he returned to Johns Hopkin

Barton Jahncke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barton Jahncke: is an American sailor and Olympic champion.

Barton "Bart" R. Peterson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barton "Bart" R. Peterson: is the former mayor of the U.S city of Indianapolis, Indiana. A Democrat first elected in 1999, he was defeated in 2007 in a bid for a third term in what was widely viewed as a huge upset.Peterson was re-elected in 2003 with 63 percent of the vote, handil

John J. Barton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John J. Barton: served one term as mayor of Indianapolis. During his time in office, plans were made for the construction of the Indiana Convention Center. He was defeated for re-election by Richard Lugar.

David Barton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Barton: was one of the first U.S. senators from Missouri, serving 1821–1831.He was a major political presence in early Missouri, serving as president of the state's constitutional convention, speaker of the Missouri territorial House of Representatives, and as on

Silas Reynolds Barton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Silas Reynolds Barton: was a Nebraska republican politician.He became the deputy treasurer of Hamilton County in 1898 until 1901. In 1901 he became the grand recorder of the Ancient Order of United Workmen until 1908. He was precedent for two terms of the Grand Recorders’ Assoc

Brent Barton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brent Barton: is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He was elected in 2008 to the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 51, which encompasses parts of Clackamas County and Multnomah County, and includes all or part of the cities of

Samuel Barton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Barton: was a United States Representative from New York. He was an agent for Commodore Vanderbilt’s steamship lines. He would later marry Commodore Vanderbilt's sister. He served in the State militia as a major in 1818 and as a colonel in 1833, was a member of t