Famous People with Name Wentworth

Wentworth Earl Miller III            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Wentworth Earl Miller III: a Golden Globe-nominated British-born American actor who rose to stardom following his starring role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.Miller was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England; the son of Joy Marie (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.[1] Miller's father, a Rhodes Scholar, was studying at Oxford at the time of Miller's birth. Miller has stated that his father is of African American, Jamaican, German, English, and Jewish ancestry,[2][3][4] and that his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Lebanese and Syrian descent.[2][3]

Wentworth "Wenty" Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

Wentworth "Wenty" Allen: was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He played eight times for Ireland between 1920 and 1925, mostly against Scotland. All but one of those matches had first-class status. He also played a first-class m

William Charles Wentworth            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

William Charles Wentworth: was an Australian poet, explorer, journalist and politician, and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Wales. He was the first native-born Australian to achieve a reputation overseas, and a leading advocate for self-government for the Australian colonies.Wentworth was born at sea, at least five weeks premature, shortly before arriving at Norfolk Island, a penal settlement in the Tasman Sea, where his parents D'Arcy Wentworth and Catherine Crowley (who were not married) were being transported from Britain. Strictly speaking D'Arcy Wentworth, a surgeon, was not a convict, since although he was accused of highway robbery he accepted transportation in order to avoid conviction. He was a descendant of the Anglo-Irish Earl of Roscommon. [1] Catherine Crowley was a convict, an Irish teenager who was transported for stealing clothing.

"Long" John Wentworth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

"Long" John Wentworth: was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives. Wentworth served for six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851 and March 4, 1853