Famous People with Name Hardin

Hardin Richard Runnels            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hardin Richard Runnels: was a U.S. political figure. He served as the sixth Governor of Texas between 1857 and 1859. His defeat of Sam Houston in the 1857 election for governor marked the only time that Houston ever lost an election. Runnels favored secession from the Union and

Hardin Burnley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hardin Burnley: was the acting Governor of Virginia for a short period of time in 1799.

Harding Lemay            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harding Lemay: is an American screenwriter and playwright. Born near the Mohawk Indian reservation, where his mother grew up, he ran away to New York City at age 17, where he has lived ever since.Another reason for his exit was that the sponsor of the show, Procter & Gamble Productions Inc., refused to allow Lemay to write controversial storylines. In the late 1970s, Lemay asked the sponsor for clearance on a storyline he was writing, in which the teenage son of a very prominent character was to be revealed as a homosexual. According to Lemay, he had already written the story, ostensibly with the sponsor's support, until he was asked to pull the story mere days before the scenes were to be taped. Lemay's 1981 memoir, Eight Years In Another World, indicates that the same-sex story centered around Michael Randolph (Lionel Johnston), son of Pat Matthews Randolph (Beverly Penberthy) and John Randolph (Michael M. Ryan).

Harding Isaac "Sailor" Young            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Harding Isaac "Sailor" Young: was a cricketer who played for Essex and England. Young was a left-arm medium-pace bowler and a capable lower-order batsman. His bowling achieved considerable turn off the wicket, and was described in Wisden as having "a deceptive curl". From 1921 to 1931

Garrett James Hardin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Garrett James Hardin: was a leading and controversial ecologist from Dallas, Texas, who was most known for his 1968 paper, The Tragedy of the Commons. He is also known for Hardin's First Law of Ecology, which states "You cannot do only one thing", and used the familiar phrase "Nice guys finish last" to sum up the "selfish gene" concept of life and evolution.[1]Hardin received a B.S. in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1936 and a PhD in microbiology from Stanford University in 1941. Moving to the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1946, he served there as Professor of Human Ecology from 1963 until his (nominal) retirement in 1978.

Charles Henry Hardin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Henry Hardin: was one of the eight founders of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Born in 1820 in Trimble County, Kentucky, he graduated from Miami University in 1840 and received his LL.D. from William Jewell College in 1890. He later became the 22nd Governor of Missouri betwe

Martin Davis Hardin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin Davis Hardin: was a United States Senator from Kentucky. Hardin was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1805 to 1806, and again in 1812. He served as a major in the War of 1812, and he was the Kentucky Secretary of State from 1812 to 1816. He was app

Benjamin Hardin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Hardin: was a United States Representative from Kentucky. Martin Davis Hardin was his cousin. He was born at the Georges Creek settlement on the Monongahela River, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and then moved with his parents to Washington County, Kentucky in

Parker Watkins ("Wat") Hardin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Parker Watkins ("Wat") Hardin: was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. From 1879 to 1888, he served as Attorney General of Kentucky. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1891, 1895 and 1899.