Famous People with Name Ross

Ross Martin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ross Martin: was an American actor known for playing Artemus Gordon in the western TV series The Wild Wild West.Despite academic training (and honors) in business, instruction, and law, Martin chose a career in acting. He made his Broadway debut in Hazel Flagg in 1953. His first film was the George Pal production Conquest of Space, followed by a brief, but memorable appearance in The Colossus of New York (1958), as the scientist father of Charles Herbert. Soon after, he caught the eye of Blake Edwards who cast him in a number of widely varied roles (Mr. Lucky and Experiment in Terror), culminating with a role in The Great Race, as the smoothly villainous Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe.

Ross Bleckner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ross Bleckner: an American artist.His exhibition of stripe paintings in 1981 at Mary Boone's gallery was unfavourably received,[3][1] and Bleckner has expressed disappointment at the response.[4] His reputation was revived when a single work was included in an exhibition at the Nature Morte gallery in 1984.[1] This exhibition put him into a new appropriationist neo-geo context,[5] whereas in 1981 his abstract paintings were seen as being out of step with the expressionist figuration of artists such as Julian Schnabel and David Salle.[4]

Ross MacLachlan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ross MacLachlan: an accomplished pianist living in Eastern Ontario near Kingston. Specializing in ragtime, boogie and Stride-piano styles, he has delighted live-music lovers with hundreds of performances while accompanied by other talented musicians including the likes of

Ross Mirkarimi            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ross Mirkarimi: is a member of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, California, and a member of the California Coastal Commission [1]. He was elected in 2004 to represent District 5, which encompasses the Haight-Ashbury, parts of Hayes Valley, Western Addition, Alamo Square and a portion of the Inner Sunset neighborhoods. Mirkarimi co-founded the California chapter of the Green Party, and is associated with progressive causes and politics.[2] In March 2010, Mirkarimi left the Green Party and joined the Democratic Party.[3]

Ross Ongaro            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ross Ongaro: is a retired Canadian soccer player who earned one cap each with the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team and Canadian Olympic soccer team. He played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance and American Indoor Soccer Association. Ongaro signed with the Edmonton Drillers in the North American Soccer League (NASL). In the fall of 1981, he moved to the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League where he played two seasons. In 1979, Ongaro played one game with the Canada U-20 men's national soccer team. He was on the roster of the team at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship but did not play a game in the tournament. His coaching experience began as a Player - Assistant Coach with the Edmonton Brickmen (WSA/CSL) from 1985 to 1987. In 1990, he spent one season as head coach of the Brickmen. In 1996, the Chicago Power of the National Professional Soccer League came under new ownership which moved the team to Edmonton.

James Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Ross: was a lawyer and senator from Pennsylvania from 1794 to 1803. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1784 focusing on land law. A Federalist, he was a member of the convention that drafted a new constitution for Pennsylvania in 1789-1790. He ran un

Lewis Winans Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lewis Winans Ross: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1840, 1841, 1844, and 1845. He served as member of the State constitutional conventions in 1861 and 1870.Ross was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eigh

Arthur Edward Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Arthur Edward Ross: was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1921 and represented Kingston and then Kingston City in the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1935 as a Conservative member.

James Gibb Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Gibb Ross: was a Canadian merchant and politician from the province of Quebec. He twice ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Quebec-Centre in the 1872 election and the 1878 election. In 1884, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of The Laurentides, Quebec on the advice of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald. He served until his death in 1888.

James Hamilton Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Hamilton Ross: was a Canadian politician, the Yukon Territory's third Commissioner, and an ardent defender of territorial rights. He is also considered to be the first resident of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.Ross sat in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories between 1883 and 1901, and was Speaker from 1891 to 1894 and a member of the Executive Council between 1895 and 1897. Ross also served as treasurer and then became the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory on March 11, 1901, becoming the first Yukon Commissioner to reside in Government House in Dawson City.