Famous People with Name Harris

Harris Scott Barton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harris Scott Barton: is a former American football offensive lineman who played for the San Francisco 49ers. His mother was from a very Orthodox Jewish background in Queens, New York and his father was from a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. They met while attending Emory University.

Harris Coggeshall            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harris Coggeshall: was an outstanding American tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s. Born September 23, 1907, in Des Moines, Iowa, Coggeshall was a runner-up in doubles at both the National Clay Court Championships in 1930 and the National Indoor Championship in 1929. In 19

Harris Llewellyn Wofford            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harris Llewellyn Wofford: served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1995 and as the fifth president of Bryn Mawr College, and is a noted advocate of national service and volunteering. Wofford was a surrogate for Barack Obama's campaign for president, and i

Harris George Rogers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harris George Rogers: was a farmer and a soldier in both World War I and World War II and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1962.Rogers first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1957 Canadian federal election. He was defeated by incumbent Frederick Davis Shaw. Harris would run against Shaw 1 year later in the 1958 Canadian federal election this time winning in a landslide. He would serve 1 term in Parliament before being defeated by Robert N. Thompson in the 1962 Canadian federal election.

Andrew P. Harris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Andrew P. Harris: is an American physician and politician who is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party and formerly served in the Senate of the Maryland General Assembly.Harris served in the Navy Medical C

Benjamin Gwinn Harris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Gwinn Harris: was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Harris was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867). He was censured by the House of Representatives on April 9, 1864, for treasonable utterances. He was

Fred Roy Harris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Fred Roy Harris: is a former Democratic United States Senator from the state of Oklahoma. He served from 1964 until 1973. He was first elected to the Oklahoma State Senate in 1956 and served in it until 1964. For most of this time he was one of its youngest members. He ma

Robert J. (Bob) Harris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert J. (Bob) Harris: was a lawyer, professor, and mayor of the city of Ann Arbor in the U.S. state of Michigan.Harris was elected Mayor of Ann Arbor on the Democratic ticket on April 7, 1969, defeating Republican candidate Richard E. Balzhiser. He was re-elected on April 5, 1

Patricia Roberts Harris            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Patricia Roberts Harris: served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (which office later became United States Secretary of Health and Human Services) in the administration of President Jimmy Car