Famous People with Name Herbert

Herbert L Williams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herbert L Williams: is an assistant basketball coach and former professional player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eighteen seasons from 1982 to 1999. In 2005, Williams served as the interim head coach of the NBA's New York Knicks.

Herbert Manfred Marx            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herbert Manfred Marx: is best known as Zeppo Marx, the name he used when he performed with his brothers, The Marx Brothers.Zeppo appeared in the first five Marx Brothers movies, as a straight man and romantic lead, before leaving the team. According to a 1925 newspaper article, he also made a solo appearance in the Adolphe Menjou comedy A Kiss in the Dark, but no known copy of the film exists, and it is not clear if he actually appeared in the finished film.

Herbert Marshall McLuhan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herbert Marshall McLuhan: was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communications theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and the "global village."

Herbert Morrison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herbert Morrison: was an American radio reporter best known for his vivid description of the Hindenburg disaster - fire that destroyed the Hindenburg zeppelin on May 6, 1937.Network policy in those days forbade the use of recorded material except for sound effects on dramas, and Morrison and Nielsen had no facilities for live broadcast. Still the results became the prototype for news broadcasting in the war years to follow. The fame of this recording had no effect on network policies, however, and it was not until after the end of World War II that recordings were regularly used.

Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr.: was an iconic American comedian, actor, and musician.One of the most popular stars of early television, Gleason was respected for both comedic and dramatic roles. However, his major legacy was his brash visual and verbal comedy styling, especially as delivered by the character Ralph Kramden on the pioneering sitcom The Honeymooners.

Mike Herbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mike Herbert: is an American sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.

John Carlyle Herbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Carlyle Herbert: was an American politician.He served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1798 and 1799. Herbert resettled in Prince Georges County, Maryland in 1805 and served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1808 to 1813 and as speaker o

Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert: ran for Vice President as the candidate for the Socialist Party USA in 2004. She and her running-mate, Walt Brown, pulled in 10,837 votes, the highest total for the Socialist Party since 1952. She is a retired teacher. She was married to her husband Fred

Gary Richard Herbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gary Richard Herbert: is the 17th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Utah. Having served as the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009, he assumed the governorship on August 11, 2009, following the resignation of Jon Huntsman, who was appointed United State

Hilary Abner Herbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hilary Abner Herbert: was Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland. He also served as a member of the United States house of representatives from Alabama.