Famous People with Name Halley

Edmond Halley            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Edmond Halley: was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist.On leaving Oxford, in 1676, Halley visited the south Atlantic island of St. Helena with the intention of studying stars from the Southern Hemisphere. He returned to England in November 1678. In the following year he went to Danzig (Gdansk) on behalf of the Royal Society to help resolve a dispute. Because astronomer Johannes Hevelius did not use a telescope, his observations had been questioned by Robert Hooke. Halley stayed with Hevelius and he observed and verified the quality of Hevelius' observations. The same year, Halley published Catalogus Stellarum Australium which included details of 341 southern stars. These additions to present-day star maps earned him comparison with Tycho Brahe

Peter Halley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Halley: He is an abstract artist. Halley first came to prominence as a result of the geometric paintings rendered in intense day-glo colors that he produced in the early 1980's. His practice as an artist is usually associated with minimalism, neo-geo, and neo-conceptualism. Halley is also known as a writer, publisher and teacher.He received his B.A in 1975 from Yale University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of New Orleans in1978. Halley first exhibited in 1985 at International with Monument, an art gallery in New York City's East Village. Since then, he has had exhibitions with Mary Boone Gallery, Sonnabend Gallery, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Jablonka Galerie, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, and Waddington Galleries, among others. The first major survey of his work was held at the CAPC museum in Bordeaux, France in 1992.

Paul-Louis Halley            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Paul-Louis Halley: was a French billionaire who was killed in a light plane crash in 2003. He was estimated to have a fortune of £2.2bn, putting him at 104th on the Forbes World's Richest People list in 2003. Much of his fortune came from his 11% stakeholding in Carrefour.

George Halley            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

George Halley: was a Scottish professional association football player who played as a wing half.

David Halley            Origin/Culture/Country: English

David Halley: is a rugby league player who currently plays for English club Bradford Bulls in the Super League competition. His normal position is Wing. A product of the Bradford Academy, Dave Halley is renowned for his tremendous pace and acceleration and is a firm fa