Famous People with Name Porter

Porter Wayne Wagoner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Porter Wayne Wagoner: was an American country music singer. Famous for his flashy Nudie suits and blond pompadour, Wagoner introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show. Together, "Porter and Dolly" were a well-known duet team throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. Parton wrote the song "I Will Always Love You" after Wagoner suggested she shift from story songs to focus on love songs. [1]

Porter Johnston Goss            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Porter Johnston Goss: is an American politician, who was the last Director of Central Intelligence and the first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the IRTPA 2004 Act, which abolished the DCI position. A CIA officer in Latin America during the Cold War, he served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 until he took up his post at the agency.[1]

Porter Hardy, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Porter Hardy, Jr.: was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Hardy was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1969). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress. Formerly director

Greg Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Greg Porter: is a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 96th District since 1992. He played in Down and Derby.

Claude R. Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Claude R. Porter: was a member of the Iowa General Assembly, United States Attorney, and perennial Democratic runner-up to Republican victors in three races for Iowa governor and six races for U.S. senator. In an era in which Republicans in Iowa won so often that Senator J

Augustus Seymour Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Augustus Seymour Porter: was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan.He was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate, and served from January 20, 1840 until March 4, 1845. He did not run for reelection in 1844. He was chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals, 1841–1

Alexander Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alexander Porter: was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1801 with an uncle, who settled in Nashville, Tennessee. He received a limited schooling, attended the now-defunct Clemenceau College, studi

Donald James Porter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Donald James Porter: was a United States federal judge. He was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He was a Staff attorney of Office of Temporary Controls, Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1946. He was a Staff attorney of Office of Temporary Controls