Famous People with Name Oliver

Oliver Edwin Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Edwin Baker: was an American economic geographer.By 1912 he took a job with the United States Department of Agriculture, where he would stay for the next thirty years. Baker's work was noticed rather quickly, in part because of his contributions to the Yearbooks from 1915 to 1938, several of which he edited. For the first eighteen years at the USDA he was devoted to studying the geographical aspects of land use. One of his first works, co-authoring Geography of the World's Agriculture (1917) with Vernor Clifford Finch, led him to even wider recognition. Shortly after its publication, Baker returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for further graduate study,

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. Noted for his long service, his concise and pithy opinions, and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures, he is one of the most widely cited United States Supreme Court justices in history, particularly for his "clear and present danger" majority opinion in the 1919 case of Schenck v. United States, as well as one of the most influential American common-law judges.

Oliver Perry-Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Perry-Smith: was an American climber who moved to Dresden in 1902 to attend a technical university. He became well-known in the Sächsische Schweiz for the first ascents of major peaks such as

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.: was a physician by profession but achieved fame as a writer; he was one of the best regarded American fireside poets of the 19th century.

Oliver Hardy            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Hardy: was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted over 30 years. Hardy’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1500 Vine Street, Hollywood, California.

George Tener Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Tener Oliver: was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. He was born in Dungannon, Ireland while his parents were visiting there. After graduating from Betha

Sheila Y. Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sheila Y. Oliver: is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004, where she represents the 34th legislative district. She is the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, having taken office on January 12, 2010 af

William Bacon Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Bacon Oliver: was a Congressman from Alabama. He was born in Eutaw, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1887 and from the law department in 1889. After additional courses at the University of Virginia in the same year, he was admitted to the Alabama ba

James Churchill Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Churchill Oliver: was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Oliver was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942. He served as lieutena

Francis "Frank" Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis "Frank" Oliver: was a politician and journalist from old Northwest Territories, and later Alberta, Canada.Oliver resigned from the legislature in 1896 to run for a seat in the House of Commons for the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected representing the Alberta (Provisional District), and later Edmonton and Edmonton West. He served until 1921. From 1905 until 1911 he was appointed and served as the Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. As Minister, Oliver pushed for the recently discovered hot springs and contiguous area be given to the people of Canada, thereby creating Banff National Park; the first national park in Canada.