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.

Blaine Elwood Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Blaine Elwood Bishop: is a former professional American football safety in the NFL.Bishop went to Cathedral High School and then college football at Ball State University. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1992 NFL Draft in the 8th round, pick 214 overall. Bishop went on to have a successful NFL career, earning Pro Bowl status 4 times in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2000.

William Eugene Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Eugene Bishop: was an American football defensive lineman who played ten seasons in the National Football League.In the early 1970s he taught football, coached, for the Winfield Giants Pop Warner league in Winfield, Illinois.

Donald Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Bishop: was an American football cornerback in the NFL. He attended Los Angeles City College.

Isabel Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Isabel Bishop: was an American painter and graphic artist, who produced numerous paintings and prints of working women in realistic urban settings. She was widely exhibited in her lifetime, and was recognised with a number of awards including one for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, presented to her by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.Although she never focused on landscape painting per se, many of the remaining early paintings exhibit an interest in natural lighting, trees, still-life, and street scenes, often in a forced 1:3 landscape ratio. Early pieces, of which few survive owing to the artist's intense self-criticism, are often on pressboard.

Stephen Bishop            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stephen Bishop: is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and guitarist.Bishop was born in San Diego, California. He had a major hit in 1977 with the song "On and On", which was a #11 hit in the U.S.; his other hits include "Save It for a Rainy Day," "Everybody Needs Love