Famous People with Name Otto

Otto Everett Graham Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Otto Everett Graham Jr: was an American professional football and basketball player who played for the Cleveland Browns in both the AAFC and NFL, as well as the Rochester Royals in the NBL.Graham graduated from Northwestern University, attending the school on a basketball scholarship. In 1944, he was named an All-American in basketball.[1] He was talked into playing football by Northwestern's head football coach, Lynn Waldorf, who saw him throwing a football on campus. By the time he was finished, he had played four years of basketball, three of football, two of baseball and also played the cornet in the Wildcats' school band. Graham's time on the football field would be spent at tailback. He finished third in the 1943 Heisman Trophy voting.

Otto George Moore            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Otto George Moore: is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'11" center from the University of Texas-Pan American, Moore played nine seasons (1968-1977) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets, Kansas City-Omaha Kings, and New Orleans Jazz. He averaged 8.2 points and 8.2 rebounds in his NBA career and ranked eight in blocks per game (1.7) during the 1975-76 NBA season.[1]

Dorothea Tanning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dorothea Tanning: is an American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer. She has also designed sets and costumes for ballet and theatre.Tanning lived in Paris for twenty-eight years. Having moved to New York, she exhibited with the Julien Levy Gallery prior to meeting the German painter Max Ernst in 1942; she married Ernst four years later (becoming his fourth wife, after Luise Straus-Ernst in 1918, Marie-Berthe Aurenche in 1927 and Peggy Guggenheim in 1942). Ernst introduced her to the circle of the Surrealists. Her best-known work, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (a dark painting laden with symbolism; ironically named after Mozart's light-hearted serenade), shows that she became a member of that group for a while, but later her painting style became prismatic and lyrical.

Otto Joachim            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Otto Joachim: is a German-born Canadian musician and composer of electronic music.he trained as a violinist at Düsseldorf and Cologne. In 1934 he left Germany and played in Singapore and Shanghai during the war years. He settled permanently in Montreal in 1949. For the next 15 years Joachim worked as a player, teacher, instrument builder and composer. Since the 1960s he has concentrated on his compositions which are a mix of aleatoric and electroacoustic works.

Otto Ole Schnellbacher            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Otto Ole Schnellbacher: was an American defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was a 2-time Pro Bowler. Also a professional basketball player, Schnellbacher played for the Basketball Association of America's Providence Steamrollers and St. Louis Bombers in 1948-49. In college, Schnellbacher was a two-sport star at the University of Kansas, earning him the nickname "the double threat from Sublette". On the gridiron, Schnellbacher, along with teammate Ray Evans, was KU's first football All-American in 1947. That same season, Schnellbacher led the Jayhawks to a Big 6 conference title and an Orange Bowl birth. Schnellbacher also excelled in basketball, where he was a four-time first-team all-confernece selection (one of only three Jayhawks to do so). He was a member of the 1943 Big 6 conference championship team (which also featured All-American teammates Charlie Black and the aforementioned Ray Evans) that is regarded as one of the program's greatest teams.

David Alan Otto            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Alan Otto: (born November 12, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1987-1994.

James Edwin Otto            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Edwin Otto: was an American football center for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League.He was issued jersey number 50 for the AFL's inaugural season, 1960, but switched to his familiar 00 the next season. The AFL permitted the unusual number because it was a pun on Otto's name (aught-oh). Otto worked diligently to build his body up to his playing weight of 250 pounds.

John Otto            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Otto: was the first park custodian at Colorado National Monument, and had been a key advocate for its creation and its later inclusion in the National Park Service. A self-professed trailbuilder described as a "benign but enthusiastic eccentric", Otto arrived i

Rebecca Otto            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rebecca Otto: is the State Auditor of the U.S. state of Minnesota. She is affiliated with the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). She also served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 – 2005 and on the Forest Lake School Board. Before entering

Steven Otto            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Steven Otto: was a Canadian politician. Otto was a businessman and lawyer before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of York East in the 1962 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1963, 1965, and 1968. He was defeated in the 1972 election. From 1981 to 1972, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply and Services.