Famous People with Name Harlow

Harlow Shapley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harlow Shapley: was an American astronomer.In 1907, at the age of 22, Harlow Shapley went to study journalism at University of Missouri. When he learned that the opening of the School of Journalism had been postponed for a year, he decided to study the first subject he came across in the course directory. Rejecting Archeology, which Harlow later explained he couldn't pronounce, Harlow chose the next subject, Astronomy.Post-graduation, Shapley received a fellowship to Princeton University for graduate work, where he studied under Henry Norris Russell and used the period-luminosity relation for Cepheid variable stars (discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt) to determine distances to globular clusters. He was the first to realize that the Milky Way Galaxy was much larger than previously believed, and that the Sun's place in the galaxy was in a nondescript location.

Harlow S. Orton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harlow S. Orton: was a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1878 to 1895, and chief justice for 1894-95. He is chiefly remembered as the author of Vosburg v. Putney (1890).In the 1855 Wisconsin general election, Republican Coles Bashford narrowly defeated Democrat W

Bob Harlow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bob Harlow: (October 21, 1899 – November 15, 1954) was an important figure in the development of professional golf

Larry Duane Harlow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Larry Duane Harlow: (born November 13, 1951, in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a retired professional baseball player who played 6 seasons for the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels of Major League Baseball.

Jean Harlow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jean Harlow: was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s. Known as the "Platinum Blonde" and the "Blonde Bombshell" due to her famous platinum blonde hair and ranked as one of the greatest movie stars of all time by the American Film Institute, Harlow sta

Shalom Harlow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shalom Harlow: a Canadian model and actress.She was born in Oshawa, Ontario, the daughter of Sandi Herbert and David Harlow.[2] Though her mother named her Shalom, meaning "peace" in Hebrew, her family is not of Jewish descent. She was discovered at a Cure concert in Toronto and started modeling straight out of high school. She has since appeared on numerous magazine covers, been in shows for fashion designers such as Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan, appeared in movies and co-hosted MTV's House of Style with friend and fellow supermodel Amber Valletta. Harlow is a vegetarian, but occasionally enjoys sausage in her pasta. She is the spokesperson for Chanel's Coco fragrance. She has two younger brothers, Chris and Nathan.

Harry Frederick Harlow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harry Frederick Harlow: was an American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys, which demonstrated the importance of tangible affection in social and cognitive development. He conducted most of his research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow worked for a time with him.Harlow's experiments were controversial, and as a result, his research was influential to many in the animal rights movement. Deborah Blum's "The Monkey Wars" describes the influence of Harlow's research on the burgeoning animal rights movement and subsequent improvement of research animal treatment.[1]