Famous People with Name Major

Major League Baseball            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Major League Baseball: the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. More specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates North American professional baseball's

Major James Brooks Jones            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Major James Brooks Jones: is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. He attended and played collegiately at Albany State University.He was drafted by the American Basketball Association (ABA) in 1974 by the San Diego Conquistadors, and in 1976 by the National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers.

Major Donel Everett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Major Donel Everett: was an running back in the National Football League for 5 seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns and Atlanta Falcons.

James Earl Major            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Earl Major: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a United States federal judge.Major was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1923 to March 3, 1925. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth

Charles Beautron Major            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Beautron Major: was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented the County of Ottawa in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1897 to 1904 and Labelle in the Canadian House of Commons from 1907 to 1911 as a Liberal.He served as mayor of Papineauville and was warden for Ottawa County in 1891 and 1892. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1917 by-election held after Henri Bourassa resigned his seat. Major was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1911.

Robert Benoit Major            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Benoit Major: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was an administrator by career.He was elected at the Argenteuil riding in the 1968 general election and served for only one term, the 28th Canadian Parliament, until 1972. Major did not participate in any further federal elections.

William Joseph Major            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Joseph Major: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in North Lancaster, Ontario. Major attended International Business College in Montreal, then became a poultry farmer. He was an Ontario municipal politician for Lancaster Township as a councillor from 1931 to 1934, then deputy reeve from 1935 to 1938, then reeve from 1939 to 1946. He was first elected to Parliament at the Glengarry riding in the 1949 general election. After serving his only term in the House of Commons, Major campaigned as an Independent Liberal and was defeated by Raymond Bruneau of the Liberal party in the 1953 election, when his riding became Glengarry—Prescott.

William James Major            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William James Major: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1941, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken. Major was chosen as a star candidate of the governing Progressive Party in the 1927 provincial election. In this period of Canadian history, newly-appointed cabinet ministers were required to resign their seats and seek the renewed support of their electorate. This was inconvenient for most government leaders, who frequently circumvented the regulation by appointing or shuffling cabinet ministers just before general elections. Major, despite his lack of political experience, was named as Bracken's Attorney General on April 29, 1927, and fought the election in this capacity. He proved an effective campaigner and was elected for Winnipeg, which returned ten members through the single transferable ballot voting method.