Famous People with Name Nixon

Nixon Alexei McNamara McLean            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Nixon Alexei McNamara McLean: is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm fast medium bowler and a left-handed batsman.

Nixon Aníbal Carcelén Chalá            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Nixon Aníbal Carcelén Chalá: is a former Ecuadorian international footballer who played 40 times for the Ecuador national team between 1991 and 1999.Carcelén spent the majority of his club career with the two main teams from Quito, LDU Quito and Deportivo Quito, he also played for Ba

Nixon Perea            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Nixon Perea: is a Colombian football player. He has played for LD Alajuelense (Costa Rica), Independiente Santa Fe (Colombia), Atlético Nacional (Colombia), and Vegalta Sendai (Japan). He played for the Colombia national team at 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship in A

Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon: is the 55th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Missouri's Attorney General before his election in 2008. Nixon holds both an undergraduate degree and a law degree from the Universit

Harry Corwin Nixon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harry Corwin Nixon: was a Canadian politician and briefly the 13th Premier of Ontario. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1919 as a candidate of the United Farmers of Ontario. He served as a Cabinet minister in the government of Premier Ernest C. Drury as Provincial Secretary and Registrar. Following the defeat of the UFO-Labour government in the 1923 election, Nixon sat as a Progressive Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), and became the leader of the small Progressive bloc (as most UFOers now called themselves) after the 1929 election. Mitchell Hepburn, a farmer and former UFO organizer, became leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, and Nixon led his Progressive remnant into an alliance with Hepburn's party. In the 1934 election, Nixon and his followers ran as Liberal-Progressives, helping bring the Hepburn to power. He ran and was elected as a Liberal in the 1937 election.

Robert Fletcher Nixon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Fletcher Nixon: is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death. Robert Nixon quickly became a leading member of the Ontario Liberal Party, and was elected its leader in 1967. He remained in this position until 1976, when he was replaced by Stuart Smith. Nixon remained a member of the Liberal caucus after standing down as leader, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990. At this time, Ontario was dominated by the Progressive Conservative Party, then led by John Robarts. The PC party had won 71 of 98 seats in the previous general election, and had governed the province since 1943. Nixon quickly emerged as a leading figure in the opposition, and was returned easily in the 1963 provincial election.

John Bradford Nixon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Bradford Nixon: is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative Gordon Chong by over 3,000 votes in the Toronto riding of York Mills. He was a backbencher supporter of David Peterson's government for the next three years. He served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Financial Institutions in 1987-88, and parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Housing in 1988-89. he Liberals were unexpectedly defeated by the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1990 election. Nixon lost his seat to David Turnbull of the Progressive Conservatives by over 2,500 votes.

George Ewart Nixon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Ewart Nixon: was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Algoma West in the Canadian House of Commons from 1940 to 1968. He was a member of the Liberal Party.