Famous People with Name Holcombe

Holcombe Douglas 'Hopper' Read            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Holcombe Douglas 'Hopper' Read: Read was regarded as the fastest bowler in the world for the brief period he was able to play first-class cricket, and though he could be extremely erratic in length he was still an extremely dangerous bowler on a lively pitch. Originally from Winchester College, Read never went up to either Oxford or Cambridge University but his reputation as a fast bowler in club cricket was such that Surrey gave him a trial against those two Universities in 1933 even though he never claimed qualification to represent Surrey in County Championship matches. Although he took 4 for 26 in the second innings against Cambridge,

Holcombe Ward            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Holcombe Ward: was an American male tennis player.

Kenneth Edward Holcombe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kenneth Edward Holcombe: (born August 23, 1918 in Burnsville, North Carolina) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between 1945 and 1953. Listed at 5' 11.5", 169 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.

Louise Holcombe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louise Holcombe: is an American slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. She finished 15th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Ashley Holcombe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ashley Holcombe: is an American softball player who plays catcher for the USA national softball team. Holcombe attended the University of Alabama, majoring in marketing. She made 244 career starts at catcher over four years played on the Crimson Tide softball team. She wa

William Holcombe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Holcombe: was a United States Democratic politician and the first Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. He was born in Lambertville, New Jersey and died in Stillwater, Minnesota; Holcombe was mayor of Stillwater, when he died.He was a member of first Minnesota Legislat

James Philemon Holcombe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Philemon Holcombe: was a prominent Confederate politician.Represented the state in the First Confederate Congress. Before the war, he was a professor of law at the University of Virginia and authored several important legal treatises, as well as an address in 1858 on slaver