Famous People with Name Oliver

Oliver White Hill Sr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver White Hill Sr: was a civil rights attorney from Richmond, Virginia. His work against racial discrimination helped end the doctrine of "separate but equal." He also helped win landmark legal decisions involving equality in pay for black teachers, access to school buses, voting rights, jury selection, and employment protection. He retired in 1998 after practicing law for almost 60 years.

Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr.: was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last living member. His work was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 2005.He was a directing animator at Walt Disney Studios from 1935 to 1978. He contributed to many films including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and Pinocchio. His last full work for Disney came with The Rescuers, in which he was caricatured as one of the film's characters, the cat Rufus.

Oliver Eaton Williamson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Eaton Williamson: is a prominent author in the area of transaction cost economics, a student of Ronald Coase, Herbert Simon and Richard Cyert. Prof. Williamson received his Bachelor of Science in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1955, M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1960, and his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1963. He has held professorships in business administration, economics, and law at the University of California, Berkeley since 1988 and is currently the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus at the Haas School of Business. [1]

Oliver James Platt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver James Platt: Platt was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to American parents Sheila Maynard, a clinical social worker who worked in Islamabad,[1] and Nicholas Platt, a career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Zambia and the Philippines.[2] His family

Oliver Taylor Hawkins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Oliver Taylor Hawkins: Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill tour, as well as the drummer in a short-lived experimental band called Sylvia. His cousin, Kevin Harrell introduced him to Dave Grohl, after camp

Joseph Melton Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Melton Oliver: (born July 24, 1965, in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former Major League Baseball catcher.

Brian Darnell Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brian Darnell Oliver: is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round (32nd overall) of the 1990 Draft. Oliver played four years in the league, mainly with the 76ers from 1990-1992 and two brief stints with the Washington Bullets (1994-95) and Atlanta Hawks (1997-98). His best year as a pro came during his rookie year with the Sixers, appearing in 73 games and averaging 3.8 ppg.

Dean Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dean Oliver: is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association. An undrafted 5'11" (1.80 m) guard from the University of Iowa, Oliver played with the Golden State Warriors from 2001-02 to 2002-03.

Jimmy Allen Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jimmy Allen Oliver: is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2nd round (39th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft.A 6'5" guard-forward from Purdue University, Oliver played five seasons in the NBA for five different teams. His best year as a pro came during the 1993-94 NBA season as a member of the Boston Celtics, appearing in 44 games (6 starts) and averaging 4.9 ppg. In his NBA career, Oliver played in 78 games and scored a total of 331 points.

Clarence Paul Oliver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clarence Paul Oliver: known to his friends as "Pete", was an American geneticist. Born in Dexter, Missouri, he attended college at University of Texas receiving a BA in 1925. He continued his studies at University of Texas completing a PhD in the laboratory of Hermann Joseph Muller in 1931. From 1932 to 1946 he was a member of the faculty of University of Minnesota where future nobelist Edward B. Lewis worked in his lab as an undergraduate. From 1946 to his retirement in 1971, he was a faculty member at University of Texas, where he studied human genetics and pseudoallelism.