Famous People with Name Carroll

Carroll Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carroll Baker: is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress who has enjoyed popularity as both a serious dramatic actress and, particularly in the 1960s, a movie sex symbol. Despite being cast in a wide range of roles during her heyday, B

Carroll Quigley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carroll Quigley: was a historian and professor of history at Georgetown University from 1941 to 1976.In addition to his academic work, Quigley was a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, which went on to establish NASA.

Carroll Davidson Wright            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carroll Davidson Wright: was an American statistician.Wright was born at Dunbarton, New Hampshire. He began to study law in 1860, but in 1862 enlisted as a private in the 14th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment to fight the American Civil War. He became colonel in 1864, and served

Carroll Wayne Belardi            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carroll Wayne Belardi: was a First Baseman in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. He played from 1950-1956 and appeared in the 1953 World Series for the Dodgers.

Carroll Smalley Page            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carroll Smalley Page: was a United States Senator and the 43rd Governor of Vermont. Born in Westfield, Vermont, he attended the common schools, People's Academy in Morrisville and Lamoille Central Academy in Hyde Park. He was a dealer in raw calfskins at Hyde Park and was pres

Joe Barry Carroll            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joe Barry Carroll: is a retired American professional basketball player who spent ten seasons in the NBA. A 7'1" center who starred at Purdue University, he holds the all-time school records for career and single-season rebounds (1148 and 352, respectively). Carroll was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the first overall pick of the 1980 NBA Draft. Many have labeled Carroll as one of the biggest busts in NBA Draft history, giving him the nickname "Joe Barely Cares" for his perceived indifference to the game.[1] A great deal of Carroll's negative press, however, can reasonably be attributed by the fact that he often declined interviews and the fact that the Warriors traded Robert Parish and the draft choice used to select Kevin McHale to the Boston Celtics for the first overall picked used to select Carroll.

Nancy Carroll            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Carroll: was an American actress.In 1928 she made eight films. One of them, Easy Come, Easy Go, co-starring Richard Dix, made her a star. In 1930 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Devil's Holiday. Among her best films are Laughter (1930), Hot Saturday (1932) with Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) directed by James Whale, and The Man I Killed aka Broken Lullaby (1932) directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

Jason Michael Carroll            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jason Michael Carroll: is an American country music singer-songwriter. After being discovered at a local talent competition in 2004, Carroll was signed to the Arista Nashville label in 2006, releasing his debut album Waitin' in the Country that year. This album has produced three consecutive Top 40 country hits for him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Alyssa Lies" (#5), "Livin' Our Love Song" (#6), and "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead" (#21).Carroll grew up in a religious household in Raleigh, North Carolina; his father was a very conservative Christian minister who viewed modern music as sinful and would not allow any secular music played in the home, or even on family trips in the car.

David Carroll            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Carroll: a U.S. physicist and nanotechnologist, Fellow of the Society of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University. He has contributed to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology through his work in nanoengineered cancer therapeutics, nanocomposite-based display and lighting technologies, and high efficiency nanocomposite photovoltaics.Carroll's research contributions have been in the areas of: Growth and assembly of novel nanostructures, Optics of nanostructures and Nano-photonics, Quantum-functional properties of nanophase blends, Organic material nanocomposite devices and technologies including organic photovoltaics, lighting systems, and IR sensors, Biomedical-nanotechnology including smart therapeutics, hyperthermia approaches to Cancer, advanced/responsive tissue scaffolding technology, and biological-technology signal transduction.

Edward Gonzalez Carroll            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Gonzalez Carroll: was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972.Edward was born 7 January 1910 in Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of Julius Sylvester and Florence Dungee Carroll. He was married to Phenola Valentine. Their children included a son,