Famous People with Name Cable

Byrum William Cable            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Byrum William Cable: is a retired American basketball player.He played for the Pistons (1958-59, 1959-60), Syracuse Nationals (1959-61), Chicago Packers (1961-62), St. Louis Hawks (1961-62, 1962-63), Chicago Zephyrs (1962-63) and Baltimore Bullets (1963-64) in the NBA for 362 games.

Ernest Cable            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ernest Cable: was a British-Indian merchant and financier.He was the son of George Hebberd Cable, a superintendent with the Indian Customs and Excise Service, and Emily Maria Pickersgill. He was educated privately and at the University of Calcutta, and then joined Bird & Co, a merchant house in Calcutta which had interests in many different areas of commerce, especially labour contracting (in which it had started), coal and jute. In 1886 he became a partner in the company. By 1896 the company directly employed 15,000 people and contracted 15,000 more. Much of this expansion was due to Cable's business acumen and his knowledge of India and good relations with its people. He also set up a subsidiary in the City of London to ease British investments in the company. By 1914 he was senior partner of Bird & Co.

Benjamin Taylor Cable            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Taylor Cable: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He served as chairman of the western branch of the Democratic National Committee in 1892. He was chairman of the Democratic executive committee in 1902, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention

Ivan John "Jack" Cable            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ivan John "Jack" Cable: is a former Canadian politician. He served as a member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2000, representing the electoral district of Riverside as a member and leader of the Yukon Liberal Party. He was first elected in the 1992 election and again in the 1996 election. He was subsequently appointed Commissioner of the Yukon, serving from October 1, 2000 to December 1, 2005. He is also a member of the Learning Disabilities Association of the Yukon, the Association of Professional Engineers of the Yukon and founding member of Boreal Alternate Energy Centre.

George Andrew Cables            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Andrew Cables: is a jazz pianist.He has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, and others.Cables was classically trained as a youth, and when he started at the "Fame"-worthy New York High School of Performing Arts, he admittedly "didn't know anything about j