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Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Brad Davis

Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 - September 8, 1991), better known as Brad Davis, was an American actor. He was perhaps best known for his role in the 1978 film Midnight Express.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Walter "Buddy" Davis

Walter Francis ("Buddy") Davis (born January 5, 1931 in Beaumont, Texas) is an Olympic gold medalist in the high jump, and later basketball player, from the United States of America.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Tom Davis (Cook Islands)

Sir Thomas Robert Alexander Harries (Tom) Davis KBE (June 11, 1917 – July 23, 2007) was a former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands and a medical researcher. He has also served as Cook Island High Commissioner to New Zealand.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Simon Davis (mathematician)

Simon Davis writes papers on physics and number theory.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Sammy L. Davis

Sammy L. Davis (born November 1, 1946) is an American soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, for valorous conduct while serving in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Phineas Davis

Phineas Davis was a well-known clockmaker and inventor who designed and built the first practical American coal-burning railroad locomotive.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005) was an American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Howard Davis Jr.

Howard Davis Jr. (born February 14, 1956) was a world class American amateur and professional boxer.

Davis as First Name

Davis Milton Love III     Davis Milton Love III       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Davis Milton Love III: (born on April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer.

Davis Rich Dewey     Davis Rich Dewey       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Davis Rich Dewey: was an American economist and statistician.He was born at Burlington, Vermont, on 7 April 1858. Like his younger brother, John Dewey, he was educated at the University of Vermont and Johns Hopkins University. He later became professor of economics and sta

Davis Burrell     Davis Burrell       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Davis Burrell: is an American jazz instrumentalist, most notably on the piano. He has worked for many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.Still touring, Burrell performs as a soloist and as a leader of a duo and African

Davis Joseph     Davis Joseph       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Davis Joseph: is a Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium pace bowler. A surprising tail-end batsman, he can occasionally stick it out at number ten for the team, while keeping up a powerful bowling attack. He was involved in the 2

Davis Elkins     Davis Elkins       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Davis Elkins: was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the Lawrenceville School, Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Harvard University. During the Spanish-American War he enlisted as a private in the First West V

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Davis as Last Name

Katherine L. Davis     Katherine L. Davis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Katherine L. Davis: was the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, and the first woman to serve in that office.Since leaving office in 2005, Davis has been subject to speculation regarding future political pursuits. In 2006, her name was mentioned as a potential challenger to

John Wesley Davis     John Wesley Davis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Wesley Davis: was a doctor and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.Davis started his political career as an unsuccessful candidate for the Indiana Senate in 1828. He instead became a state court judge in Indiana from 1829 to 1831. He was elected a member of th

John Givan Davis     John Givan Davis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Givan Davis: was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Davis was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd and 33rd Congresses but was unsuccessful for re-election in 1854 to the 34th Congress. He was elected as a Democrat to the 35th Congress and re-elected as an Anti-Lecompton

John Warren Davis     John Warren Davis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Warren Davis: was a New Jersey politician and federal judge. After law school, Davis practiced law privately in Philadelphia and Camden. In 1911 he was elected to the New Jersey State Senate from Salem County, where he served less than one term. In the Senate Davis was

Henry Winter Davis     Henry Winter Davis       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry Winter Davis: was a United States Representative from the 4th and 3rd congressional districts of Maryland, well known as one of the Radical Republicans during the Civil War.In the 1860 presidential election, not yet ready to become a Republican, he declined to be a can

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