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.

Shirley Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shirley Ross: was an American actress and singer.her family moved to California when she was a child. She studied at Hollywood High School and the University of California and auditioned successfully for Gus Arnheim's band during her second year at university. She made

Nedra Talley Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nedra Talley Ross: was a member of the girl group The Ronettes, along with her cousins Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett.In 1966 she left the Ronettes, in search of spirituality. She became a real estate agent, and later opened a number of restaurants and sold her own bran

Douglas Taylor (Doug) Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Douglas Taylor (Doug) Ross: was an American computer scientist, Chairman of SofTech, Inc. and a pioneer in mathematics and computing.[1] Many consider Ross to be the father of APT - Automatically Programmed Tools - the language that drives numerically-controlled manufacturing. He al

Jerry Lynn Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jerry Lynn Ross: is a United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Diaz).

William "Bill" Donald Ross            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William "Bill" Donald Ross: is an American water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.Ross was a member of the American water polo team which finished fifth in the 1956 tournament. He played all six matches.