Famous People with Name Philip

Philip Warren Anderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Warren Anderson: is an American physicist. Anderson has made contributions to the theories of localization, antiferromagnetism and high-temperature superconductivity.A native of Camden, South Carolina, he was the second black player to play in the modern major leagues and the first to do so in the American League. A center fielder, Doby appeared in seven All-Star games and finished second in the 1954 American League MVP voting. Appointed manager of the Chicago White Sox in 1978, Doby was the second African-American to lead a Major League club. He was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 by the Hall's Veterans Committee. He is one of five Hall-of-Famers to have grown up in Paterson, New Jersey, though he was born elsewhere.

Philip Aloysius Hart            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Aloysius Hart: was a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until 1976. He was nicknamed the Conscience of the Senate.He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and attended Waldron Academy and parochial schools. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1934 and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1937. He was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1938 and practiced law in Detroit. During the Second World War, he served in the U.S. Army from 1941 until discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant colonel of Infantry. He was wounded during the D-Day assault on Utah Beach in Normandy, France.

Philip Mayer Kaiser            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Mayer Kaiser: was a United States diplomat.Kaiser served in the United States Department of Labor as Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, during the administration of President Harry S. Truman. He was a special assistant to Governor Averill Harriman of New York from 1955 to 1959. Later during the administration of President John Kennedy, Kaiser was ambassador to Senegal and Mauritania. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, he persuaded the President of Senegal, Léopold Sédar Senghor, to deny the Soviet Union landing rights to refuel its planes.

Philip Eugene Batt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Eugene Batt: was the Governor of Idaho from 1995-99.Batt was an onion and hops farmer from Wilder. Before becoming governor, he had been a Republican politician in Idaho for 30 years, serving in the state legislature (house 1965-67, senate 1967-79) and as the lieutenant governor from 1979-83. He ran for governor in 1982 and was defeated in a close race by the Democratic incumbent, John V. Evans. Future U.S. Senator and Governor Dirk Kempthorne served as his campaign manager.

Philip Toll Hill Jr.,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Toll Hill Jr.,: is the only American-born driver to win the Formula One driving championship.Raised in Santa Monica, California, where he still lives, Phil Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to England as a Jaguar trainee in 1949 and signing with Enzo Ferrari’s team in 1956. He made his debut in the French Grand Prix at Reims France in 1958 driving a Maserati. That same year, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Belgian team mate Olivier Gendebien, driving for most of the night in horrific rainy conditions. He and Gendebien would go on to win the famous endurance race two more times.

Clifford Philip            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clifford Philip: was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives (1945–1953) and the State of New Jersey in the United States Senate (1955–1979). In 1938, Case was

James "Scotty" Philip            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James "Scotty" Philip: was a South Dakota rancher, remembered as the "Man who saved the Buffalo" due to his role in helping to preserve the American Bison from extinction. Philip was elected as a Democrat to the South Dakota State Senate in 1898, representing Stanley County fro

James "Pate" Philip            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James "Pate" Philip: is a Republican from Wood Dale, Illinois. Philip was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1966 to 1975, and the Illinois Senate from 1975 until his retirement in 2003. He was known as a highly influential politician in the Illinois state

Edward Thomas Philip            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Thomas Philip: is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1975, defeating incumbent Liberal Leonard Braithwaite by 1,256 votes in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke. He was re-elected by a greater margin in the election of 1977, and fended off a stronger challenge from Progressive Conservative Aileen Anderson in the 1981 election. In the elections of 1985, 1987 and 1990, he was elected without difficulty. Philip supported Bob Rae for the provincial NDP leadership in 1982.