Famous People with Name Emerson

Emerson Pink Hawley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson Pink Hawley: December 5, 1872 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin - September 19, 1938 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1892-1901. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Milwaukee Brewers. He threw a league-leading 34 Complete Games in 1900.

Emerson Boozer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson Boozer: was a running back in the American Football League and in the NFL. In the last year of separate drafts by the AFL and the NFL, Boozer signed with the AFL's New York Jets, rather than with an NFL team.

Emerson Woelffer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson Woelffer: was a prominent abstract expressionism artist and painter born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied Education at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago between 1935 and 1937. In 1938 he joined the WPA Arts Program. In 1949 he taught at Black Mountain College at the request of Buckminster Fuller. Between 1949 and 1959, he lived in Yucatan, Mexico and Forio d'Ischia Naples, Italy. In 1960 he moved to Los Angeles, California and from 1969 to 1973 he taught at The California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He taught again between 1974 and 1989 at The Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. One of his students was Kenneth O. Goehring.

Emerson David Umaña Corleto            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson David Umaña Corleto: is a Salvadoran football midfielder who currently plays for A.D. Isidro Metapán in his native country.

Emerson Leopoldo Véliz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emerson Leopoldo Véliz: is a Salvadoran football (soccer) player, who plays Forward for C.D. Luis Angel Firpo .

Frank Collins Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Collins Emerson: was the 15th Governor of the US state of Wyoming from 1927 until his death. Emerson was the Wyoming State Engineer from 1919 until his election as governor.

John Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Emerson: was the 15th mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was the mayor at the time that Alberta became a province of Canada, which was on September 1, 1905.Emerson spent two years as mayor from January 2, 1905 to January 14, 1907. During his tenure as mayor, Calgary hosted a number of prominent visitors. This included: The Prince of Wales (later George V), Prince Arthur of Connaught, and several Governors General.

David Lee Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Lee Emerson: is a Canadian politician, businessman and civil servant. Emerson is a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. He was first elected as a Liberal and served as Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Paul Martin. After controversially crossing the floor to join Stephen Harper's Conservatives, he served as Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, followed by Minister of Foreign Affairs. Bypassing the nomination process, Paul Martin appointed David Emerson as the Liberal candidate in Vancouver Kingsway for the 2004 election. In the general election, he narrowly defeated Ian Waddell of the New Democratic Party by 1,351 votes. Waddell had previously represented Vancouver Kingsway from 1979 until 1988, when the riding was abolished and Waddell transferred to Port Moody—Coquitlam.

Clarence Vernon Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clarence Vernon Emerson: was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. Emerson sat for Saint John-Albert, New Brunswick division in the Senate of Canada as a Progressive Conservative from 1957 to 1963. He was chairman of the Senate's Standing Committee on Finance under the Diefenbaker government and produced an influential report on fighting inflation.

George Henry Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Henry Emerson: was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Placentia and St. Mary's in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1885 to 1894 as a Liberal. Emerson was speaker for the Newfoundland assembly from 1889 to 1894 when he was unseated by petition. He served in the Legislative Council from 1895 to 1896, when he resigned his seat after being named to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. He served until his death in St. John's in 1916 at the age of 62.