Famous People with Name Carson

Carson Jones Daly            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carson Jones Daly: is an American television personality. He became known for being a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL). He currently hosts Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC. Before becoming a VJ on TRL, Daly was a radio DJ with KROQ, based in Los Angeles, California.

Carson McCullers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carson McCullers: was an American writer. She wrote novels, short stories, and two plays, as well as essays and some poetry. Her first novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South. Her other novels have similar themes and are all set in the South.

Carson Lee Kressley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carson Lee Kressley: He began as an independent stylist, then worked for Ralph Lauren from 1994 until 2002, working in several areas including menswear and corporate advertising. His leap into television took place in 2003 when he gained great exposure as the "fashion savant"

Carson Palmer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carson Palmer: is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bengals first overall in the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California.Palmer won the Heisman Trophy while at USC in 2002 and has been selected to two Pro Bowls with the Bengals.After three underwhelming years at USC, Palmer had a breakout senior year under the tutelage of offensive coordinator Norm Chow, who was brought in the year before by head coach Pete Carroll after spending 27 seasons at Brigham Young University and one season at North Carolina State University

Carson Wayne Newton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carson Wayne Newton: is an American singer and entertainer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia. While Newton was still a child, his family moved to a home near Newark, Ohio. He began singing in local clubs, theaters, and fairs with his brother. Because of his connection with Newark, the city selected Newton to be the grand marshal of its bicentennial parade in 2003.

Hampton Lawrence Carson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hampton Lawrence Carson: was an eminent American biologist best known for his work on the chromosomes of new species of the fruit fly Drosophila and his contributions to our understanding of their evolution.Carson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and studied zoology there at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his A.B. degree in 1936 and his Ph.D. degree in 1943. His doctoral thesis on the cytogenetics of dark-winged fungus gnats was considered "definitive" by Dobzhansky.Carson spent virtually all of his career at two universities — Washington University in St. Louis (1943-1963) and the University of Hawaii (1963-1985) — except for sabbatical leaves to Brazil and Australia.

Anne Carson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Anne Carson: is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, and a professor of Classics and comparative literature at the University of Michigan. Carson lived in Montreal for several years and taught at McGill University. Reticent about her private life, the biography publ

John William “Johnny” Carson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John William “Johnny” Carson: was an American television host and comedian, known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for 30 years.After graduating from college and serving in the military, Carson started his career in 1950 at WOW radio and television in Omaha. He appea

Jenny Lou Carson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jenny Lou Carson: was an American county singer/songwriter and the first woman to write a #1 country music hit.Carson wrote a great many songs for a number of country music stars such as Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold, and Ernest Tubb. Carson wrote songs for her brother-in-law Red

Terrence C. "TC" Carson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Terrence C. "TC" Carson: is an American singer and stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for portraying Kyle Barker on the FOX sitcom Living Single and as Mace Windu in Star Wars Clone Wars and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He is also well known for voicing Kratos in t