Famous People with Name Theodore

Theodore Sturgeon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Theodore Sturgeon: was an American science fiction author.Though his mainstream success was relatively limited, Sturgeon is now widely recognized as one of the most important and influential science fiction writers of his era. Many of Sturgeon's works have a poetic, even an elegiac, quality. He was known to use a technique known as "rhythmic prose", in which his prose text would drop into a standard poetic meter. This has the effect of creating a subtle shift in mood, usually without alerting the reader to its cause. His most famous novel More Than Human (1953) won serious academic recognition as literature, a rarity amongst science fiction works of the '50s.

Theodore Samuel Williams            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Theodore Samuel Williams: best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. He played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston Red Sox. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball.

Theodore Martin Hesburgh            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Theodore Martin Hesburgh: a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. He is the namesake for TIAA-CREF's Hesburgh Award.Hesburgh grew up in Syracuse and had wished to become a priest since early childhood. He studied at Notre Dame until his seminary sent him to Italy. He studied in Rome until he was forced to leave due to the outbreak of World War II. He graduated from The Catholic University of America in 1945, having earned a Doctorate in Sacred Theology. He became executive vice-president in 1949 and served in that position for 3 years.

Theodore Chaikin "Ted" Sorensen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Theodore Chaikin "Ted" Sorensen: is of Counsel (retired Senior Partner) at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and writer, best known as President John F. Kennedy's Special Counsel & Adviser, legendary speechwriter, and "alter-ego." President Kennedy once called him his "intellectual blood bank."Born in Nebraska, the son of Christian A. Sorensen, a Danish immigrant,[citation needed], the future attorney general of Nebraska,[2] and Annis Chaikin, of Russian Jewish descent[3], Sorensen graduated from Lincoln High School in 1945. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He attended law school at the same university, graduating first in his class.[1]

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins: is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins' long, prolific career began at the age of 11, and he was playing with piano legend Thelonious Monk before reaching the age of 20. Rollins is still touring and recording today, having outlived most of his contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Art Blakey, all performers with whom he recorded.

Brother Theodore            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Brother Theodore: was a German monologuist and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness dialogues which he called "stand up tragedy."He worked as a janitor at Stanford University, where he demonstrated his prowess at chess by beating thirty professors simultane

Nick Andrew Theodore            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nick Andrew Theodore: was a State representative from 1963 to 1966 and 1970 to 1978, a South Carolina state senator from 1967 to 1968 and 1981 to 1986, and the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Edward Granville Theodore            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Edward Granville Theodore: was an Australian politician. He was Premier of Queensland 1919–25, a federal politician representing a New South Wales seat 1927–31, and Federal Treasurer 1929–30. Meanwhile, he had been elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1909 for the Aust

Barthélemy Théodore, Count De Theux De Meylandt            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Barthélemy Théodore, Count De Theux De Meylandt: was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician. He was born in the castle of Schabroek in Sint-Truiden on 26 February 1794. The count died in Heusden, in the castle of Meylandt on 21 August 1874 in Belgium. He was Minister of State (Belgium), a member of the National Congress, Belgium's fifth Prime Minister (1831–1832, 1834–1840, 1846-1847 & 1871-1874), Minister of Internal Affairs (1831–1832, 1834–1840 & 1846-1847) & Minister of Foreign Affairs (1836–1840).

Monica Theodorescu            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Monica Theodorescu: is a German equestrian and dressage rider.