Famous People with Name Stanley

Stanley Roger Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stanley Roger Smith: is a former American tennis player who, with his partner Bob Lutz, was one of the best doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world. Smith also won many singles titles, including the Wimbledon championship once and the US Open championship once. In 1972, he was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player.

Stanley Lloyd Miller            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stanley Lloyd Miller: was a Jewish American chemist and biologist who is known for his studies into the origin of life, particularly the Miller-Urey experiment which demonstrated that organic compounds can be created by fairly simple physical processes from inorganic substances. The experiment used conditions then thought to provide an approximate representation of those present on the primordial Earth.Miller continued his research at California Institute of Technology (1954-1955) and then joined the department of biochemistry at Columbia University, New York where he worked for the next five years. He then returned to California where he was an assistant professor (1960-1962), associate professor (1962-1968), then full professor of chemistry at University of California at San Diego (from 1968).

Stanley Lewis Engerman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stanley Lewis Engerman: an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph.D. in economics in 1962 from Johns Hopkins University. Engerman is known for his quantitative historical work along with Nobel prize winning economist Robert Fogel. His first major book, co-authored with Robert Fogel in 1974, was Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery. This significant work, winner of the Bancroft Prize in American history, challenged readers to think critically about the economics of slavery. Dr. Engerman has also published over 100 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited 16 book-length studies.

Stanley Milgram            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stanley Milgram: a social psychologist at Yale University, Harvard University and the City University of New York. While at Harvard, he conducted the small-world experiment (the source of the six degrees of separation concept), and while at Yale, he conducted the Milgram experiment on obedience to authority. He also introduced the concept of familiar strangers.

Stanley Schachter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Stanley Schachter: American psychologist who was born on April 15, 1922, to Nathan and Anna Schachter in Flushing, New York.He died on June 7, 1997 at his home in East Hampton, New York.

Aileen Stanley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Aileen Stanley: was a United States popular singer.Stanley was born as Maude Elsie Aileen Muggeridge in Chicago, Illinois. In her childhood, with the urging of her widowed mother, she and her older brother Stanley sang and danced in vaudeville as Stanley and Aileen. Afte

Winston Ulysses Stanley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Winston Ulysses Stanley: is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He played wing for University of British Columbia, in Canada, later moving to English club Leicester Tigers. He earned 66 caps for Canada. He made his debut on May 21, 1994 against the United States. He played at the

Augustus Owsley Stanley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Augustus Owsley Stanley: was a politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he served as the 38th Governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. From 1903 to 1915, Stanley represented Kentucky's 2nd co

Harriett L. Stanley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harriett L. Stanley: is an American politician who represents the 2nd Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.She was named to the House Ways and Means Committee in her first term and later served as the chair of the House Health Care Committee from 2001-

Thomas Bahnson Stanley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Bahnson Stanley: was an American politician, manufacturer and Holstein cattle breeder. As the Democratic candidate he defeated Republican Theodore Roosevelt Dalton and Independent Howard Carwile in the general election for Governor of Virginia in 1953. He served as the Go