Famous People with Name Hughes

Hughes Cleaver            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hughes Cleaver: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Burlington, Ontario and became a lawyer by career. He was first elected to Parliament at the Halton riding in the 1935 general election then re-elected for successive terms in 1940, 1945 and 1949. Cleaver left the House of Commons after completing his fourth term in office, the 21st Canadian Parliament, and did not seek another term in the 1953 election.

Kimberley John Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Kimberley John Hughes: is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia. His first-class debut was at the WACA Ground on 2 November 1975 when he provided a masterful exhibition of strokeplay against New South Wales, making 119 in 166 minutes and becoming the fifth Western Australian batsman to make a century on debut.[1]

Mervyn Gregory Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Mervyn Gregory Hughes: A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, taking 212 wickets and scoring over 1000 runs. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets. He took a hat trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in 1988-89 and went on to take 8-87. In 1993 he took 31 wickets in the Ashes Series against England. He was a useful lower-order batsman, scoring two half-centuries in tests.

David William "Hughesy" Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

David William "Hughesy" Hughes: Hughes co-hosted the ABC comedy talk show The Glass House along with Wil Anderson and Corinne Grant. It was axed in 2006 amid political controversy.[2] He is recognisable for his larrikin personality, drawling Australian accent and deadpan comedic deliver

Keisha Castle-Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Keisha Castle-Hughes: an Australian-born New Zealand actress who rose to prominence playing Paikea Apirana (Pai), in the 2002 film Whale Rider. Castle-Hughes was cast as Pai at the age of eleven where she went from her Auckland classroom to the set in 2001. Whale Rider not only established Castle-Hughes as an actress but nominated her for many awards including an Academy Award for Best Actress of which she was the youngest female nominated in the Best Actress category.Since her debut, she has starred in four films, one of which she played the main character, the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story. The others are Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueburger and The Vintner's Luck.

Robert Studley Forrest Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Robert Studley Forrest Hughes: an Australian-born art critic, writer and television documentary maker who has resided in New York since 1970.Hughes left Australia for Europe in 1964, living for a time in Italy before settling in London, England (1965) where he wrote for The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Observer, among others, and contributed to the London version of Oz. In 1970 he obtained the position of art critic for TIME magazine and he moved to New York. He quickly established himself in the United States as an influential art critic.