Famous People with Name Byron

Byron Tarone Mitchell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Byron Tarone Mitchell: was an American boxer of 182 cm (71.65 in) height in the super middleweight division. He turned professional in 1996 for Don King and won the World Boxing Association Super Middleweight title in 1999 after defeating the southpaw Frankie Liles (32-1) by KO

Byron Tokarchuk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Byron Tokarchuk: is a former basketball player from Canada, who played at the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon, with teammates David Karwacki (former leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party), John Cleland, Kirk Jones, and current Huskie Coach Greg Jockims.

Byron McClelland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Byron McClelland: was an American Thoroughbred horse racing owner and trainer. An African American, he was one of the best known horsemen of his era who won the three races that would eventually constitute the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing series. Byron

Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Byron James John "Dewey" Robertson: was a professional wrestler, known best for his ring name The Missing Link.Robertson's next stop was Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, where he continued to wrestle as a tag team competitor. He won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship by teaming

Byron Lester Krieger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Byron Lester Krieger: was an American foil, sabre, and épée fencer. Krieger represented the United States in the Olympics in 1952 and 1956. He was officially rated as one of the nation's top 10 fencers for 15 years during his career. In 1957 Krieger, who is Jewish, won the gol

Katharine Edgar Byron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Katharine Edgar Byron: a democrat, was a U.S. Congresswoman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from May 27, 1941 to January 3, 1943. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Maryland.Byron attended public schools, the Westover School of Middlebury, Connecticut, and Holton Arms School of Washington, D.C., and later moved to Williamsport, Maryland, in 1922. She was elected to Congress in a special election held May 27, 1941 to replace her husband, Representative William D. Byron, after his death in an airplane crash in Georgia on February 27, 1941. She was not a candidate for reelection and retired in Washington, D.C., where she died. She is interred in Riverview Cemetery of Williamsport, Maryland.

Kari Elizabeth Byron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kari Elizabeth Byron: Art and sculpting are important aspects of her life, and she has claimed that she creates some form of art every day, stating, "I would go crazy if I didn't." Some of her preferred sculpting materials are polymer clay, various found objects, acrylic gouache, wood and metals. Byron showcases some of her art on her personal website [1], and photography from her public exhibit debut Stray Doll in September 2004 is available at Anno Domini.[5] She believes being an artist is a hard career to choose, but has found inspiration in artists such as various SECCA award winners in the past. Preferring to make her audience think, she has had the following to say about her art:

Robert "Red" Byron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert "Red" Byron: was a NASCAR driver who was successful in the sanctioning body's first years. He was NASCAR's first Modified champion (and its first champion in any division) in 1948 and its first Strictly Stock (predecessor to Sprint Cup) champion in 1949.

William Devereux Byron, II            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Devereux Byron, II: a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1939 to February 27, 1941. After his death in an airplane crash in Georgia on February 27, 1941, his widow, Katharine Byron, a granddaughter of U