Famous People with Name Rogers

Rogers Hornsby            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rogers Hornsby: (April 27, 1896 in Winters, Texas - January 5, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois), nicknamed "The Rajah", was a Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. Hornsby's first name, Rogers, was his mother's maiden name. He spent most of his career with the St. Louis Browns and the St. Louis Cardinals. In addition, he had short stints for the Chicago Cubs, the Boston Braves, and the New York Giants.

Rogers Hornsby McKee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rogers Hornsby McKee: (born September 16, 1926 in Shelby, North Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Blue Jays in 1943 and 1944. As a 16-year-old rookie in 1943, he was the youngest player to appear in a National League game that season.

Rogers Mtagwa            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Rogers Mtagwa: is a Tanzanian professional boxer who currently competes in the featherweight and super bantamweight divisions. Mtagwa is most notable for having fought for a version of the world title at both featherweight and super bantamweight. Mtagwa currently reside

Rogers Clark Ballard Morton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rogers Clark Ballard Morton: was an American politician who served as Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, respectively. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, representing Maryland's 1st congressiona

Harris George Rogers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harris George Rogers: was a farmer and a soldier in both World War I and World War II and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1962.Rogers first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1957 Canadian federal election. He was defeated by incumbent Frederick Davis Shaw. Harris would run against Shaw 1 year later in the 1958 Canadian federal election this time winning in a landslide. He would serve 1 term in Parliament before being defeated by Robert N. Thompson in the 1962 Canadian federal election.

Edith Blanche Rogers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edith Blanche Rogers: was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 until 1940. Born in Nova Scotia, she came west to Alberta to accept a job as a teacher. She later moved to Calgary where she encountered evangelist William Aberhart and became a convert to his social credit economic theories. After advocating these theories across the province, she was elected in the 1935 provincial election as a candidate of Aberhart's newly formed Social Credit League.

George A. Rogers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George A. Rogers: is a politician from Leduc, Alberta. After serving on city council from 1992 to 1998, he was mayor of Leduc from 1998 to 2004. He is currently the MLA for the riding of Leduc-Beaumont-Devon. In 1986, Rogers joined the city of Leduc as assistant treasurer and after three years moved to Redcliff, Alberta, where, as municipal administrator, he handled the roles of secretary-treasurer and assistant town manager. In October 1998, he was elected mayor and re-elected in October 2001. Rogers was elected to his first term as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Leduc-Beaumont-Devon on November 22, 2004. On December 15, 2006, he was appointed a member of the Treasury Board. In addition to his role as MLA, he is deputy chair of the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Committee, and a member of the Private Bills Committee, the Standing Committee on Managing Growth Pressures and the Cabinet Policy Committee on Managing Growth Pressures.

Robert Rogers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Rogers: was a Canadian merchant and politician. He served as a cabinet minister at both the federal and provincial levels. He contested Lisgar in the 1896 federal election as a candidate of the federal Conservative Party, and lost to Liberal Robert Lorne Richardson by fifty-four votes. Rogers was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1899 provincial election as a provincial Conservative candidate, defeating Liberal candidate J.L. Brown by twenty-eight votes in Manitou. The Conservatives won this election, and Rogers initially sat in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Hugh John Macdonald's administration. When Rodmond Palen Roblin succeeded Macdonald as premier on October 29, 1900, he appointed Rogers as a minister without portfolio. On December 20, 1900, Rogers was promoted to the powerful position of Minister of Public Works. He remained in this position for eleven years, and was often regarded as the second most powerful figure in Roblin's cabinet, helping the premier construct an effective patronage network. He was personally re-elected without difficulty in the campaigns of 1903, 1907 and 1910. Rogers was given additional responsibilities as Minister of Mines on March 30, 1912. On October 29, 1912, he left his other portfolios to become Canada's Minister of Public Works, a position which he held for a further five years. He did not seek re-election in 1917.

David Dickson Rogers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Dickson Rogers: was a Canadian politician in the province of Ontario. Born in County Monaghan, Ireland, his parents emigrated to Canada when he was an infant and settled in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada. Rogers was educated at the Kingston Collegiate Institute. A farmer, he settled in Frontenac County, Ontario. He was a Director and President of the Farmers' Institute and Agricultural Association. A member of the Patrons of Industry, a Canadian farmers' organization, he was acclaimed to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Frontenac in the 1896 federal election. He ran in the 1900 election as an independent candidate and was defeated.