Famous People with Name Virgil

Virgil Ivan Grissom            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Ivan Grissom: was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot. He was the second American to fly in space. Grissom was killed along with fellow astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a training exercise and pre-launch t

Virgil Franklin Partch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Franklin Partch: was one of the most prominent and prolific American magazine gag cartoonists of the 1940s and 1950s. His unusual style, surreal humor and familiar abbreviated signature (VIP) made his cartoons distinctive and eye-catching.

Virgil Finlay            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Finlay: was a pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. While he worked in a range of media, from gouache to oils, Finlay specialized in, and became famous for, beautifully detailed pen-and-ink drawings accomplished with abundant stippling, cross-hatc

Virgil Matthew Vasquez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Matthew Vasquez: is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the Tampa Bay Rays organization.Vasquez began the 2006 season with Double-A Erie of the Eastern League, where he finished in the top ten for ERA, complete games, home runs allowed, innings pitched, games started and losses. He was promoted to Triple-A Toledo in early September 2006.He started the 2007 campaign in Toledo, but was called up to the major leagues in May to make a spot start in place of the Tigers' Jeremy Bonderman on May 11.[2]

Virgil Akins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Virgil Akins: was an American boxer who won the undisputed Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’, Akins was the first World Champion from St. Louis. Akins was considered lanky, but proved nevertheless to be a powerful hitter with either

Osvaldo José (Pichardo) Virgil            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Osvaldo José (Pichardo) Virgil: broke the color barrier for Detroit in 1958. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1950 to 1952. He is a former utility player who played in Major League Baseball between 1956 and 1969 for the New York Giants (1956–57), Detroit Tigers (1958, 1960–61), Kansas City Athletics (1961), Baltimore Orioles (1962), Pittsburgh Pirates (1965) and San Francisco Giants (1966, 1969). Basically a third baseman, Virgil played all positions except pitcher and center field. He batted and threw right-handed. In a nine-season major league career, Virgil posted a .231 batting average with 14 home runs and 73 RBI in 324 games played. He also played for the minor league Rochester Red Wings in the International League. After his playing career ended, Virgil spent 19 seasons as a coach for the Giants (1969–72; 1974–75); Montréal Expos (1976–81); San Diego Padres (1982–85); and Seattle Mariners (1986–88). From 1977 through 1988, he served as the third-base coach on the staff of Baseball Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams.

James Virgili            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

James Virgili: is an Australian football (soccer) player currently playing for the Newcastle Jets. On January 4, 2009 he made his senior debut as a substitute against Wellington Phoenix. This also made him the youngest player in A-League history to make his debut at 16