Famous People with Name Bridges

Christopher Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher Bridges: better known by his stage name Ludacris, is a three-time Grammy Award-winning American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings. He is also the rapper with the most Top 40, Top 25, and Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 Hits of all time. Ludacris is tied with Nelly for the title of the hip-hop solo artist with the second most Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits (four each).

Jeffrey Leon Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jeffrey Leon Bridges: is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor and musician. His most notable films include The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Tron, Starman, The Fisher King, Fearless, The Big Lebowski, The Contender, Seabiscuit, Surf's Up, and Iron Man.

David Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: British

David Bridges: is an English footballer who plays for Stevenage Borough. He is a midfielder.Bridges begam his career with Cambridge United, comning through the club's successful youth policy, he made his debut in the old Division Two against Huddersfield Town in March 2002 and scored his first goal for the club in a home game with Tranmere Rovers the following month. Bridges left Cambridge at the end of the 2003/04 season after failing to agree a contract with French manager Hervé Renard.

Barry John Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Barry John Bridges: is a former English footballer.Bridges was signed by Chelsea having been spotted whilst playing for Norwich and Norfolk Boys. He made his debut for the club against West Ham United in February 1959, and scored in a 3-2 victory.

Calvin Blackman Bridges            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Calvin Blackman Bridges: was an American scientist, known for his contributions to the field of genetics. Along with Alfred Sturtevant and H.J. Muller, Bridges was part of the famous fly room of Thomas Hunt Morgan at Columbia University.Bridges wrote a masterful Ph.D. thesis on "Non-disjunction as proof of the chromosome theory of heredity." It appeared as the first paper in the first issue of the journal Genetics in 1916.His work with sex linked traits in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster suggested that chromosomes contained genes. Later Nettie Maria Stephens was able to prove this hypothesis by examining the chromosomes of the fruit flies