Famous People with Name Vance

Vance Packard,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vance Packard,: was an American journalist, social critic, and author.He was born in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania to parents Philip J. Packard and Mabel Case Packard. Between 1920-32 he attended local public schools in State College, Pennsylvania where his father managed a farm owned by Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). In 1932 he entered Penn State, majoring in English. He graduated in 1936, and worked briefly for the local newspaper, the Centre Daily Times. He earned his master's degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1937. That year, he joined the Boston Daily Record as a staff reporter and a year later, he married Virginia Matthews.

Vance Edward Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vance Edward Johnson: is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 174 lbs. wide receiver from the University of Arizona, Johnson played his entire NFL career for the Broncos from 1985-1995.

Vance DeVoe Brand            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vance DeVoe Brand: is a former NASA astronaut.Employed as a civilian by the Lockheed Corporation from 1960 to 1966, he worked initially as a flight test engineer on the Navy's P3A aircraft. In 1963, Brand graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and was assigned to P

Vance Loren McHenry            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vance Loren McHenry: is a former Major League Baseball player for the Seattle Mariners. He played sparingly in two brief major league stints in 1981 and 1982, batting .211 in 18 games.

Vance Longden            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vance Longden: was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer based in California. Vance Longden was the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Longden and his first wife, Helen. He was raised around horses and apprenticed with trainer William Molter. At age twenty-t

Clarice Vance            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clarice Vance: The Southern Singer" was an American vaudeville personality from the late 1800s to about 1917.Recent discoveries in the NY Time archive tell us that Clarice Vance later married to Phelps Decker, a screen scenario writer in the NY offices of Universal Pict

David R. Vance            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David R. Vance: is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who has won more than 3,000 races. One of his best horses was Caressing, winner of the 2000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies who was voted the Eclipse Award as American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.

Robert Brank Vance            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Brank Vance: was a Congressional Representative from North CarolinaHe was born on Reems Creek, near Asheville, North Carolina, in 1793; attended the common schools and Newton Academy, Asheville, N.C.; studied medicine at the medical school of Dr. Charles Harris in Cab

Cyrus Roberts Vance, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cyrus Roberts Vance, Jr.: is an American trial lawyer. He is the incumbent New York County District Attorney (Manhattan), and was previously a principal at the law firm of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Isaon, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. He is the son of Cyrus Vance, former Secretary of S

Zebulon Baird Vance            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Zebulon Baird Vance: was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator. A prodigious writer, Vance became one of the most influential Southern leaders of the Civil War and postbellum periods. In 1870,