Famous People with Name Bishop

Bishop Perkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bishop Perkins: was a United States Representative from New York.Perkins was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1846 and a member of the New York State Assembly in 1846, 1847, and again in 1849.He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress, se

Bishop Kilpatrick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bishop Kilpatrick: was a member of the Ohio General Assembly, serving for over three decades. He served as a representative from Northeast Ohio for many years, and resided in Trumbull County. With his father a political figure himself, Kilpatrick originally was elected as a

Bishop Walden Perkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bishop Walden Perkins: was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College (Galesburg, Illinois). He prospected for gold through California and New Mexico from 1860 to 1862 and served four years in

Bishop Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa            Origin/Culture/Country: Zimbabwe

Bishop Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa: served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979. A Methodist bishop and nationalist leader, he held office for only a few months. On 21 June 2007 Muzorewa said citizens, white and black alike, came to his house and asked him to run for president. He said Zimbabwe was "bleeding, economically and socially. It is painful to listen to them talk." He asked people to pray that negotiations between ZANU-PF and the MDC, mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki, would be successful and for Zimbabwe's "salvation." Ultimately Muzorewa did not run in the 2008 presidential election.

Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan: of Beijing was the top leader of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.Fu was born in Hebei province. He served as a priest, and in 1979 was made a bishop by Beijing. The appointment lacked the approval of the pope. He was appointed chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association in 1998. He was acting president of the government-recognized Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China. He was named vice chairman of the standing committee of the National People's Congress, China's legislature, in 2003.

Elizabeth Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elizabeth Bishop: was an American poet and writer from Worcester, Massachusetts. She was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950, and a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1956.

Eric Marlon Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Eric Marlon Bishop: Foxx was born in Terrell, Texas, the son of Louise Annette Talley Dixon and Darrell Bishop, who sometimes worked as a stockbroker and changed his name to Shahid Abdula after converting to Islam.[1][2] Shortly after his birth, Foxx was adopted and raised b

Elvin Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elvin Bishop: is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist.Bishop was also a part of the Fillmore East concerts of The Allman Brothers Band. Bishop provided vocals for the song, "Drunken Hearted Boy". Over the years, Bishop has recorded with many other blues artists including Clifton Chenier and John Lee Hooker.

Erwin Wilfred (Sonny) Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Erwin Wilfred (Sonny) Bishop: is a former professional American football player. An offensive lineman and linebacker, he played college football at Fresno State University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Dallas Texans and the Oakland Raiders in 1963, and for the Houston Oilers from 1964 through 1969.

Keith Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Keith Bishop: is a former guard in the National Football League who played ten seasons for the Denver Broncos.Currently Bishop works for the DEA[1] and is based in Crystal City, Virginia.