Famous People with Name Ira

Ira Newble            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ira Newble: is an American professional basketball player who currently is a Free Agent. He previously played for the San Antonio Spurs, the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Seattle SuperSonics. He attended and graduated from Southfield High School, in Southfield, Michigan in 1993. He went to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he studied sports marketing.

Ira David Wallach            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ira David Wallach: was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was head of Central National-Gottesman, the largest privately held marketer of paper and pulp products.

Ira Terrell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ira Terrell: is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'8" power forward from Dallas Roosevelt High School and Southern Methodist University, Terrell played in the National Basketball Association from 1976 to 1979 as a member of the Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers. He averaged 7.0 points per game and 4.2 rebounds per game in his career.

Ira Levin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ira Levin: was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter.Levin's first produced play was No Time for Sergeants (adapted from Mac Hyman's novel), a comedy about a hillbilly drafted into the United States Air Force that launched the career of Andy Griffith. The play was turned into a movie in 1958, and co-starred Don Knotts, Griffith's long-time co-star and friend. No Time for Sergeants is generally considered the precursor to Gomer Pyle, USMC.[citatio

Ira Sprague Bowen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ira Sprague Bowen: was an American astronomer. A graduate of Oberlin College and the California Institute of Technology, he taught physics at Caltech from 1921 to 1945. He served as director of both the Mount Wilson Observatory and the Palomar Observatory, holding the latter position until 1964.In 1927 he discovered that Nebulium was not really a chemical element but instead doubly ionized oxygen.