Famous People with Name Hanson

Hanson ("Sammy") Carter            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Hanson ("Sammy") Carter: was a cricketer who played for Australia and New South Wales. Carter, a wicket-keeper, took 44 catches and 21 stumpings in 28 Test matches between 1907 and 1921. As a batsman, he is often credited with the invention of the scoop shot that sails over fine-leg. In 1932 at the age of 54, he toured the U.S. and Canada with an unofficial side captained by Vic Richardson.

Hanson Taylor Dowell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hanson Taylor Dowell: was a Canadian educator, lawyer, judge and politician. He was closely associated with minor hockey throughout most of his life, and spent one term as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. A member of the Progressive Conservative party, on June 7, 1960 he was elected as a Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the District of Annapolis East. He was appointed Judge of the County Court of District Number Three in the Province of Nova Scotia in 1963, Judge of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes of the Province of Nova Scotia in 1966, Local Judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in 1968 and served in those capacities until his retirement in 1981. He was also one of the founding members of the Western Counties Bar Association. He was involved in hockey for over 50 years at various levels - "Hanson Dowell made a major contribution to the development of hockey in Nova Scotia and throughout Canada. In 1935 he was an administrator with the Central Valley Hockey League and from there he moved up the executive ladder. He served four years as president of the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association and as vice-president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for five years, becoming president from 1945 to 1947. For 12 years (1956-68) he was secretary-treasurer of the MAHA and served as treasurer from 1968-74. Dowell was the first person from Atlantic Canada to be elected president of the CAHA. Hanson Dowell was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 1980."

Pauline Lee Hanson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Pauline Lee Hanson: Hanson was raised in Woolloongabba, an inner city suburb of Brisbane. Her grandfather was an immigrant from England in 1908. Her father owned a take-away food shop (fish and chip shop). Hanson left school at the age of fifteen after barely passing, and worked in a variety of unskilled clerical and service jobs. She accumulated several rental properties, becoming independently wealthy. She married twice and has four children. In her early political career, she was famous for having owned a fish and chips shop in Ipswich, a city near Brisbane.

Brooke Louise Hanson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Brooke Louise Hanson: is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke. However, she would not qualify for another major international competition for eight years, until she qualified for the 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, she would finish second in the 50 m breaststroke and sixth in the 100 m breaststroke.

James Hanson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

James Hanson: is a rugby union player for the Queensland Reds Super 14 franchise, playing as a hooker.He has represented Australia in Australian Schoolboys 2005, and Australia Under - 19 in 2006 and 2007.

Steve Hanson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Steve Hanson: is a former professional rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. He played for the North Sydney Bears and Eastern Suburbs. Hanson primarily played in the front row. Hanson was selected to represent New South Wales as a

Edward Joseph Hanson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Edward Joseph Hanson: represented the Queensland state electorate of Buranda from 1924 - 1947, and was the Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 8 August 1939 until 31 July 1944. He also served in the Second Boer War in 1900.