Famous People with Name Merle

Merle Theron (Doc) Adkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merle Theron (Doc) Adkins: (August 5, 1872 – February 21, 1934) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Americans (1902) and New York Highlanders (1903). Adkins batted and threw right-handed. He was born on in Troy, Wisconsin.

Merle Oberon            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Merle Oberon: born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, was an Academy Award-nominated British film actress.Oberon was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), British India. Until fairly recently, her parentage has remained deliberately obscure. Merle's mother was 15-year-old Anglo-Sri Lankan Constance Selby; her father is unknown. Constance's mother Charlotte Selby took the child immediately and raised Merle as her own, never revealing her true parentage to anyone. Charlotte's partner Arthur Thompson, a British army officer stationed in India, became Merle's putative father, and Charlotte her mother. Merle knew Constance only as her "sister."

Merle Ronald Haggard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merle Ronald Haggard: is an American country music singer, guitarist and songwriter.Emerging from prison in the 1960s, Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the Bakersfield Sound, characterized by Telecaster guitar twang, vocal harmonies, and a rough edge not heard on the more polished Nashville Sound recordings of that era

Merle Boucher            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Merle Boucher: is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 9th district since 1991. He has served as Minority Leader since 1996.Boucher is from Rolette County, North Dakota and attended high school there.

Robert Merle            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Robert Merle: was a French novelist.Born in Tebessa in French occupied Algeria, he moved to France in 1918. Merle wrote in many styles and won the Prix Goncourt for his novel Week-end à Zuydcoote. He has also written a 13 book series of historical novels, Fortune de France. Recreating 16th and 17th century France through the eyes of a fictitious Protestant doctor turned spy, he went so far as to write it in the period's French making it virtually untranslatable.

Carole Merle            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Carole Merle: is a former French Alpine skier. Merle, who was a specialist in Giant Slalom and Super-G, won by the pass of her career 22 World cup races, including 9 in giant slalom and 13 in Super-G. From 1989 to 1992 she won the Super G World Cup four times in a row, in addition to the Giant Slalom World Cup in 1992 and 1993. At the 1989 World Championships in Vail she won a silver medal in the Giant Slalom,

Olivier Merle            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Olivier Merle: is a former French rugby union footballer. He played as a lock. He was known by several nicknames, including "La Merluche" and "Le Massif Central". Merle started his career at ASM Clermont Auvergne, moving then to RC Vichy. He also would play for FC Grenoble, returning for ASM Clermont Auvergne at the season of 1995/96, where he would stay until 1999/2000. He then moved to RC Narbonne for two seasons, from 2000/01 to 2001/02. His final season was spent at Stade Aurillacois, in 2002/03.