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.

Frieda Rebecca Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Frieda Rebecca Hughes: an English poet and painter. She has published seven children's books and four poetry collections and had many exhibitions.She moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1988, and later settled in Wooroloo, a small hamlet north of Perth, in 1991, where the Australian landscape became the basis of much of her painting. She returned to the UK to live and work when her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1997. Her father died in October 1998. Her only sibling, Nicholas Hughes, committed suicide on March 16, 2009.[1]

Luke Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Luke Hughes: is an Australian baseball player with the Minnesota Twins organisation.He then debuted for Australia in the 2005 Baseball World Cup where he batted dismally with 1 from 15. Again he played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic going 0 from 3. In 2006 he pick

Brett Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Brett Hughes: was a former Australian football player in the now defunct National Soccer League in Australia. His position was goalkeeper.During his career he played for clubs Sydney City, Wollongong Wolves, Marconi Fairfield, APIA Leichhardt, Sydney United and Sydney

Phillip Joel Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Phillip Joel Hughes: is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who is widely considered to be one of the most promising prospects for Australia's future. He made his Test debut at the age of 20 after just two seasons with New South Wales. He played his junior cricket for Macksville Cricket Club, where he excelled so quickly that he was playing A-Grade at the age of 12. At the age of 17, Hughes moved from Macksville to Sydney to play for Western Suburbs District Cricket Club in Sydney Grade Cricket while he attended Homebush Boys High. He scored 141* on his grade debut and enjoyed a solid 2006–07 season scoring 752 runs at an average of 35.81 with a highest score of 142*. He represented Australia at the Under-19s World Cup in 2007.He was and still is coached at Activate Cricket Centre in Mortlake and it has helped in excel in cricket. After consistently making runs at domestic level, Hughes was called up to replace Matthew Hayden on Australia's tour of South Africa in February and March 2009. He was selected to make his debut in the first Test match starting on 26 February 2009 at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg after making 53, then retiring, in Australia's tour match against the South African Board President's XI. Hughes was called up to the Test squad for the tour of New Zealand in March 2010.

Glenn Arthur Hughes            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Glenn Arthur Hughes: was an Australian cricket player, who played first-class cricket for the Tasmanian Tigers and Orange Free State. He was an accomplished right-handed batsman who scored over 2000 runs in his first-class career. His elder brother is former Australian cricket captain Kim Hughes.