Famous People with Name Mother

Mother Teresa            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mother Teresa: Albanian Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over forty years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.

Lorne William Bell Carr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lorne William Bell Carr: was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.Carr began his career in 1930 with the Vancouver Lions of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. He next played for the Buffalo Bisons of the International Hockey League. In 1934 Carr signed with the New York Rangers. After one season with the Rangers, Carr signed with the rival New York Americans, with whom he played for the following seven seasons.

Mother Angelica,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mother Angelica,: is an American Roman Catholic nun and founder of the Eternal Word Television Network.Rita's childhood was marred by poverty and unhappiness as she grew up during the Great Depression. Looking back upon this time in her life, Angelica described herself and her mother as being "like a pair of refugees. We were poor, hungry, and barely surviving on odd jobs before mother learned the dry cleaning business as an apprentice to a Jewish tailor in our area. Even then, we pinched pennies just to keep food on the table."

Robert Motherwell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Motherwell: was an American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the youngest of the New York School (a phrase he coined), which also included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, and Philip Guston

William Richard Motherwell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Richard Motherwell: was a provincial and federal Canadian politician. He first ran as the Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons for the Saskatchewan riding of Assiniboia in a 1919 by-election. Although defeated, he was elected in the riding of Regina in the 1921 federal election. He was re-elected in 1925, 1926, 1930, and 1935 for the riding of Melville. From 1921 to 1930, he was the Minister of Agriculture, except for a short period in 1926.