Famous People with Name Harvey

Harvey Wade Halbrook            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harvey Wade Halbrook: was an American former NBA player who played from 1960-1962. He played in college for Oregon State University, and at 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m), was at the time the tallest player to ever play college basketball.[1]

Harvey Ross Ball            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harvey Ross Ball: is the earliest known designer of the Smiley.Harvey Ball served 27 years in the National Guard, and was based in Asia and the Pacific during World War II. He retired as a Brigadier General in 1973 and then served six years in the Army Reserves. He retired as a full colonel in 1979. Ball was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism during the Battle of Okinawa. He was awarded the Veteran of the Year award from the Worcester Veterans Council in 1999.

Harvey Bernard Milk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harvey Bernard Milk: was an American politician and gay rights activist, and the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco, California.[1] He was, according to Time magazine, "the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in the history of the planet."As the "Mayor of Castro Street," he was active during a time of substantial change in San Francisco politics and increasing visibility of gay and lesbian people in American society.[1] He was assassinated in 1978, along with Mayor George Moscone, by recently resigned city supervisor Dan White, making him a LGBT community "martyr".[1] White's relatively mild sentence for the murders led to the White Night Riots, and eventually the abolition of diminished capacity defense in California.

Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr: is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958, when at age 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height of the Cold War.

Harvey Banks Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harvey Banks Martin: was an American football defensive end in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys from 1973 until 1983. He started playing football in high school, only because he overheard his father tell his mother that he was ashamed that his son didn't play like his friends' kids

Donnell Eugene Harvey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donnell Eugene Harvey: is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays for Banvitspor in Turkey.[1] He previously played in the NBA for the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Orlando Magic, and Phoenix Suns. He was selected by the New York Knicks with the 22nd overall pick of the 2000 NBA Draft and then traded, along with John Wallace, to the Mavericks in exchange for Erick Strickland and Pete Mickeal.

Broderick Steven "Steve" Harvey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Broderick Steven "Steve" Harvey: Born in Welch, West Virginia, Harvey later moved to Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Glenville High School in 1974. Steve Harvey had previously held jobs as both an insurance salesman and a boxer.He began doing stand-up comedy in the mid-1980s, and was a finalist in Second Annual Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search in 1989, eventually leading to a long stint as host of It's Showtime at the Apollo, succeeding Mark Curry in that role.

Harold Arnold "Herk" Harvey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harold Arnold "Herk" Harvey: was an American film director, actor, and film producer.Harvey was born in Windsor, Colorado, the son of Everett and Minnie R. Prewitt Harvey. He grew up in Fort Collins and was a graduate of Fort Collins High School before serving in the U.S. Navy as a Quartermaster, 3rd Class, during World War II, during which time he was studying chemical engineering. "But when I got out," Harvey has said, "I decided that wasn't for me and so I went into the theater."

Todd Harvey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Todd Harvey: He was selected in the first round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 9th overall, by the Dallas Stars, following a successful junior career, which included being the captain of the Canadian team at the World Junior Hockey Championships.Although a first round selection, Harvey was never able to live up to the offensive expectations that accompanied his draft position. His intense style of hockey and smallish frame lead to numerous injuries, and after three seasons in Dallas, and a brief stint with the New York Rangers, Harvey was deal to the San Jose Sharks, where he played a key role as a checking forward and an agitator. In his fifth season with the Sharks, Harvey was sent to the minors, and allowed to leave as a free agent.

Jeff Harvey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jeff Harvey: a Senior Scientist in the Department of Multitrophic Interactions at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology, and formerly an associate editor of Nature.