Famous People with Name Irwin

Irwin Shaw            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irwin Shaw: was an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist who was also a highly regarded short story author. He was born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff in the South Bronx, New York City, to Russian-Jewish immigrants. His parents were Rose and Will. His younger brot

Irwin Allen Ginsberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irwin Allen Ginsberg: was an American poet. Ginsberg is best known for the poem Howl (1956), celebrating his friends of the Beat Generation and attacking what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the United States at the time.

Irwin Caplan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Irwin Caplan: nicknamed Cap, was an American illustrator, painter, designer and cartoonist, best known as the creator of The Saturday Evening Post cartoon series, Famous Last Words.

May Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

May Irwin: was an actress, singer and star of vaudeville.her father died when she was 13 years old and her stage-minded mother, in need of money, encouraged May and her younger sister Flora to perform. Creating a singing act, the sisters debuted in nearby Buffalo, New York in December 1874. By the fall of 1877, their career had progressed, and they were booked to appear at New York's Metropolitan Theater then at the Tony Pastor Theatre, a popular New York City music hall.

Robin Lee Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robin Lee Irwin: is an American country music artist, known professionally as Robin Lee or Robin Lee Bruce. After several years on an independent label, Lee broke through on the country music scene in 1990 with her cover of Alannah Myles' Number One pop single "Black Velv

Cathy Lee Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cathy Lee Irwin: was a Canadian figure skater who competed in ladies singles.

Barry Howard Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barry Howard Irwin: is the owner of the thoroughbred horse racing stable of Team Valor International in Versailles, Kentucky. Interested in racehorses from a very early age, Irwin became a staff writer for The Blood-Horse magazine in 1969. Over the next decade, he also worke

Barney William Irwin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barney William Irwin: is a professional wrestler best known as Bill Irwin. Bill Irwin started wrestling in 1979 in the National Wrestling Alliance's Central States territory and in World Class Championship Wrestling. He was soon teaming with his brother Scott Irwin as the mask