Famous People with Name Whittaker

Whittaker Chambers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Whittaker Chambers: born Jay Vivian Chambers and also known as David Whittaker, was an American writer and editor. A Communist party member and Soviet spy, he renounced communism and became an outspoken opponent. He is best known for his testimony about the perjury and espionage of Alger Hiss.

Robert Harding Whittaker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Harding Whittaker: was an American vegetation ecologist, active in the 1950s to the 1970s.He held teaching and research positions at Washington State College in Hanford, Washington, the Hanford National Laboratories (where he pioneered use of radioactive tracers in ecosystem studies), Brooklyn College, University of California-Irvine, and, finally Cornell University.Extremely productive, Whittaker was a leading proponent and developer of gradient analysis to address questions in plant community ecology. He provided strong empirical evidence against some ideas of vegetation development advocated by Frederic Clements. Whittaker was most active in the areas of plant community analysis, succession, and productivity.

James W. Whittaker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James W. Whittaker: is an American mountaineer.As a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition 1963 led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, he was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He summited on May 1, 1963 with the Sherpa Nawang Gombu (a nephew of Tenzing No

Steven Gordon Whittaker            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Steven Gordon Whittaker: is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League. He generally plays as a right-back, but has played in a number of positions, including midfield and left-back. Whittaker began his career with Hibernian, and was part of the Hibs team that won the 2007 Scottish League Cup Final. Whittaker was a regular for the Scotland U21 squad, and in October 2006 he was added to the full Scotland squad for the Euro 2008 qualifying match against Ukraine, although he did not feature in the match.

Leon Whittaker            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Leon Whittaker: is a Caymanian footballer (midfielder) playing currently for George Town SC (Cayman Islands). Whittaker made his debut for the Cayman Islands national football team in a February 2001 friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago and earned 7 caps in total. On

Fred Whittaker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Fred Whittaker: is a retired lacrosse and soccer player from British Columbia, Canada. He was signed by the English club Notts County in 1946 and scored five goals in ten games for them in that year. Back in Canada he led Vancouver North Shore United to the national championship in 1949 and played eleven times for and coached the British Columbia All-Stars.