Famous People with Name Kinkade

Michael Arthur Kinkade            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Arthur Kinkade: (born May 6, 1973 Livonia, Michigan) is a veteran Major League Baseball/Minor League Baseball player.

Thomas Kinkade            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Kinkade: an American painter of realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects. He is most notable for the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products via The Thomas Kinkade Company. He is self described as "Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light" (a trademarked phrase), and as "America's most-collected living artist".[1] It is estimated that 1 in 10 homes in the U.S. feature some form of Thomas Kinkade’s art or licensed product.[2]He has received criticism for the extent to which he has commercialized his art -- for example, selling his prints on the QVC home shopping network. Others have written that his paintings are merely kitsch, without substance,[3] and described it as chocolate box art.[4]

M. Dale Kinkade            Origin/Culture/Country: American

M. Dale Kinkade: was a linguist known especially for his work on Salishan languages.he graduated from Peshastin High School in 1950. He received his B.A. from the University of Washington in 1955 and his M.A. in 1957. He then moved to Indiana University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1963. After serving for three years in the United States Army, he taught at Washington State College from 1961-1964, and the University of Kansas from 1964 to 1973 before moving to the University of British Columbia where he remained until his retirement in 1998 as Distinguished Professor of Linguistics.