Famous People with Name Obert

Obert Korzeniowski            Origin/Culture/Country: Poland)

Obert Korzeniowski: Korzeniowski is a three-peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. In addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance crown, when he won th

Obert Adler            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Obert Adler: was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.The "Flashmatic" remote control, invented by Eugene Polley, another engineer at Zenith, was the first wireless remote control, replacing the signal cable based remote control devices, which never were a success. The Flashmatic used directional flashlight in the transmitter device, and photo cells in the television set itself. One of the major shortcomings of this technology was that if the television set was exposed to direct sunlight, it could trigger one of the remote control functions inadvertently due to the lack of sufficient protection circuitry, which is why the engineers at Zenith had to go back to the drawing board.

Obert A. Olson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Obert A. Olson: was a North Dakota public servant and politician with the Republican Party. He served as the North Dakota State Treasurer from 1919 to 1920, and did not seek re-election to a second term. Prior to serving as and Treasurer, he was in the North Dakota House

Obert Moses Mpofu            Origin/Culture/Country: Zimbabwe

Obert Moses Mpofu: is a Zimbabwean politician, currently serving as Minister of Mines. Previously he was Minister of Industry and International Trade. Mpofu masterminded the freeze of basic commodities in Zimbabwe in mid-2007. He was appointed by Robert Mugabe to lead the price monitoring regime that was created following the price-freeze. He withdrew operating licenses from abattoirs across the country during the price freeze, a situation that resulted in beef becoming scarce in shops across the country. In early 2008, he initiated the idea of 'people's shops' government run retail shops that would sell products at cheap prices.