Famous People with Name Boyd

Boyd Kestner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Boyd Kestner: an American actor, who starred in The Outsiders television series and later came to prominence in his role as Alex Barth in the television drama Knots Landing.

Boyd Wheeler Bartlett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Boyd Wheeler Bartlett: was an American military officer, professor, school administrator, and physicist.After Bartlett returned from Europe, he began a teaching career in physics at Bowdoin College as Professor of Physics. When World War II started, he was called up as a Colonel and assigned to the United States Military Academy. The head of the Physics Department there, Gerald Counts, was reassigned to Europe, and Bartlett stepped in as acting head of the Department. When Counts returned after the war, Bartlett served as deputy head of the Department, later, through a number of reorganizations and departmental name changes, he became head of the Department of Electricity, predecessor to the Department of Electrical Engineering. He retained this position until his retirement and promotion to Brigadier General in 1958.[3] [6]

Boyd Devereaux            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Boyd Devereaux: is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).Boyd spent his junior hockey career playing for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. Devereaux was drafted 6th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Devereaux has played 604 career NHL games, scoring 61 goals and 107 assists for 168 points.

Linn Boyd            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Linn Boyd: was a prominent U.S. politician of the 1840s and 1850s, and served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855. Boyd was elected to the House as a Democrat from Kentucky from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1855, serving

Barbara Boyd            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barbara Boyd: is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 9th District since 2007. Formerly, she represented the same district from 1993-2001. In 2006, she opted to run again for her old seat, and faced two other candidates in the prim

Thomas Alexander Boyd            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Alexander Boyd: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He studied law in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bedford, Pennsylvania. He moved to Lewistown, Illinois, in 1856 and engaged in the practice of law until 1861. Duri

Marion Boyd            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Marion Boyd: is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of London Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.The Ontario New Democratic Party won the 1990 provincial election and Boyd scored a landslide victory over David Peterson in London Centre, defeating the Premier by more than 8,000 votes. She was appointed Minister of Education on October 1, 1990. She also received responsibility for Women's Issues on September 11, 1991, and launched a high-profile campaign against domestic abuse in the same year. She was transferred to the Ministry of Community and Social Services on October 15, 1991.

Nathaniel Boyd            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nathaniel Boyd: was a Canadian politician. He first ran as the Conservative candidate for the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Marquette in the 1891 federal election but was defeated. He was acclaimed in a 1892 by-election resulting from the resignation of the sitting MP, Robert Watson. He was re-elected in 1896 for the riding of Macdonald. The election was declared void in 1897 and Boyd did not run in the resulting by-election. He did run and win again in 1900 election and was defeated in 1904 election this time for the riding of Portage la Prairie.