Famous People with Name Emil

Emil Joe Holub            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emil Joe Holub: is a former American Football League and National Football League player. Collegiately, he played for Texas Tech.E.J. Holub graduated from Lubbock High School in 1957 and went on to attend Texas Tech University. As a member of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Holub was a two-time All-American center, in 1959 and 1960.

Emil Leon Post            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emil Leon Post: was a mathematician and logician.Post was born into a Polish-Jewish family that immigrated to America when he was a child. After completing his Ph.D. in mathematics at Columbia University, he did a post doctorate at Princeton University. While at Princeton, he came very close to discovering the incompleteness of Principia Mathematica, which Kurt Gödel proved in 1931.

Emil Martínez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emil Martínez: is a Honduran football player, that currently plays for Beijing Guoan in China. He also played for LD Alajuelense in the Primera División de Costa Rica.

Emil "Izzy" Sher            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emil "Izzy" Sher: was a Jewish sculptor who lived in Berkeley, California.During the 1930s, Mr. Sher worked at industrial jobs and changed his name from Yitzak to Emil. Friends and family continued to call him Izzy. He became a citizen of the United States in 1941 after a stint as a merchant seaman and was inducted in the army 1942.As a radio operator in the 1st Infantry division he fought in Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, the Ardennes, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. He was shot three times and received the Silver Star and Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf clusters.[4]

Emil Beyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Emil Beyer: was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.