Famous People with Name Townsend

Townsend Saunders            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Townsend Saunders: is an Olympic silver medalist in wrestling who was a two-time All-American at Arizona State University. In 1987 Saunders became an NCAA Div. II National Champion for California State University-Bakersfield.

Jason R. Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jason R. Townsend: In 1996, Townsend with brother Eric Townsend started publishing the underground Giovanni Audiori Catalog, named in tribute of the late songwriter Mark Heard whom sometimes used the name Giovanni Audiori. The catalog was used primarily by record collectors

Gregory Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gregory Townsend: a former American football defensive end who played 12 years in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Raiders from 1983 to 1993, the Philadelphia Eagles in 1994, and again for the Oakland Raiders in 1997.

John Kirk Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Kirk Townsend: was an American naturalist, ornithologist and collector.He developed an interest in natural history in general and bird collecting in particular. In 1833 he was invited by the botanist Thomas Nuttall to join him on Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth's second expedition across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Townsend collected a number of birds new to science, including the Mountain Plover, Vaux's Swift, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Townsend's Warbler and Sage Thrasher.

Robert M. Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert M. Townsend: is an American economist and professor, the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] Prior to joining MIT, he was the Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics

Charles Fitzhugh Townsend            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Fitzhugh Townsend: was an American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He competed under the name Fitzhugh Townsend. It was known that Fitzhugh was his middle name and was thought for a long time that his first name was Charles. However his graduation program f