Famous People with Name Elliott

Elliott Lydell Davis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elliott Lydell Davis: is an American professional basketball player who played center and power forward. He is 6'11" and weighs 252 pounds.In all, Davis started all 25 games he played for the Pacers in the 2004-05 regular season, contributing 6.9 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.32 blocks per game. In June 2006, he became a co-owner in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series when he bought interest in R&J Racing.[1]

Edgar Domingo Evia Y Joutard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar Domingo Evia Y Joutard: was a Mexican-born American photographer.In a career that spanned the 1940s through the 1990s, his photography appeared in magazines and newspapers such as Town & Country, House & Garden, Look and The New York Times Magazine and advertising campaigns for Borden Ice Cream, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Jell-O among other corporations.

Elliott Cook Carter Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elliott Cook Carter Jr: is an American composer from New York City. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, and then returned to the United States. After a neoclassical phase, he went on to write atonal, rhythmically complex music. His compositions, which have been performed all over the world, include orchestral and chamber music as well as instrumental and vocal works.

Elliott Gould            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elliott Gould: an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He became known during the 1970s, having starred in many Hollywood films, and has since continued appearing in supporting roles.Gould was one of the most prominent American film actors in the early-1970s, best known for playing Trapper John in Robert Altman's satirical 1970 film M*A*S*H. Time magazine placed him on one of its covers in 1970, when he was at the brief height of his long career, calling him a "star for an uptight age". Other notable film roles include Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (which earned him an Oscar nomination), A Bridge Too Far, Capricorn One, and a remake of The Lady Vanishes. Gould played the detective Philip Marlowe in Altman's 1973 film The Long Goodbye (the role had previously been played by such distinguished actors as Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum)

Elliott Coues            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elliott Coues: was an American army surgeon, historian, ornithologist and author.He graduated at Columbian University, (now, George Washington University) Washington, D.C., in 1861, and at the Medical school of that institution in 1863. He served as a medical cadet in Washington in 1862-1863, an in 1864 was appointed assistant-surgeon in the regular army. In 1872 he published his Key to North American Birds, which, revised and rewritten in 1884 and 1901, did much to promote the systematic study of ornithology in America. His work was instrumental in establishing the currently accepted standards of trinomial nomenclature - the taxonomic classification of subspecies - in ornithology, and ultimately the whole of zoology. In 1873-1876 Coues was attached as surgeon and naturalist to the United States Northern Boundary Commission, and in 1876-1880 was secretary and naturalist to the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, the publications of which he edited.

J. Robert Elliott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

J. Robert Elliott: was an American politician and a federal judge.In 1936, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives, where he served four terms. He joined the United States Navy during World War II, serving in the Pacific. Later he was a delegate to the Democr

John C. Elliott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John C. Elliott: was an American politician appointed as the 39th Governor of American Samoa.

Alfred James Elliott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alfred James Elliott: was a Democratic Representative from California. From 1933-1937, he served as the chairman of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. From 1935 to 1936, he was a member of the California Supervisor Association of the State welfare board and in 1936 he ser

Jim Elliott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jim Elliott: is the current Chairman of the Montana Democratic Party and a former member of the Montana Senate, representing District 7 from 2001 to 2009. Before that he was a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 1989 through 1997, representing District

Burton B. "Burt" Elliott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Burton B. "Burt" Elliott: is a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 2nd district since 2001. He is currently Minority Whip.