Famous People with Name Dwight

Dwight Filley Davis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dwight Filley Davis: was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition.Davis was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the runner-up for the men's singles title at the US Championships in 1898. He then teamed-up with Holcombe Ward won the men's doubles title at the championships for three years in a row from 1899-1901. Davis and Ward were also men's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1901.

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower: was the thirty-fourth President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general in the United States Army. During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.

Dwight Hamilton Schofield            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dwight Hamilton Schofield: is a retired American ice hockey player. Selected in 1976 by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association, Schofield also played for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Washington Cap

Dwight Bernard Taylor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dwight Bernard Taylor: is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder. He played during one season at the major league level for the Kansas City Royals. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Taylor, played his first professional season with their Class A Waterloo Indians in 1981, and split his last season between the Cincinnati Reds' Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts and Triple-A Nashville Sounds, in 1992.

Dwight Randolph Winn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dwight Randolph Winn: is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees. Winn is a switch hitter, and throws right-handed.Winn was selected in the third round (65th overall) of the 1995 MLB amateur draft by the Florida Marlins. He was taken by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft.

Jonathan Dwight            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jonathan Dwight: was an American ornithologist.Dwight was president of the American Ornithologists' Union from 1923 to 1926.

James Dwight            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Dwight: was a former American tennis player.

Donald Rathburn Dwight            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald Rathburn Dwight: was lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1971 to 1975. He served as a Republican alongside Governor Francis W. Sargent.After his term as lieutenant governor, Dwight moved to Minneapolis to become president and publisher of the Minneapolis Star and Mi

Theodore Dwight            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Theodore Dwight: was an American lawyer and journalist. He was a distinguished lawyer, a leader of the Federalist Party, and a member of Congress in 1806–1807, and was secretary of the Hartford Convention in 1814-1815. He was a member of the State council 1809-1815; elect