Famous People with Name Maine

John Kevin Maine            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Kevin Maine: (born May 8, 1981 in Fredericksburg, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Mets.

Francis William (Frank) Maine            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis William (Frank) Maine: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a consultant, professional engineer, research chemist and scientist by career. He was elected at the Wellington riding in the 1974 general election, serving in the 30th Canadian Parliament. Following realignment of ridings, Maine was defeated at the Guelph electoral district in the 1979 federal election by Albert Fish of the Progressive Conservative party. Maine ran for federal Parliament again at the Guelph—Wellington riding, this time as an independent candidate in the 1993 election, but was defeated.

Martin Mainer            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Martin Mainer: is a Czech artist and professor. He studied: VŠUP in Prague 1978 - 81, AVU 1981 - 85 (prof. A. Padrlík).In 1993 he received the Jindrich Chalupecký Award (the most prestigious Czech art prize). He worked in the Headlands Center for the Arts, and his paintings are, for example, in Amsterdam's Rijks Museum. Mainer participated in the IBCA 2005 in the National Gallery in Prague.

José María Mainetti            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

José María Mainetti: was an Argentine physician, surgeon and oncologist.Mainetti was born in Hinojo, Buenos Aires. He spent most of his childhood and youth in La Plata, were his family moved in 1911. He finished his medicine studies in 1932. Since 1940 he started working also as a professor at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata.In 1969 he created the Fundación para el Progreso ("Foundation for Progress") which later became Fundación Dr. José María Mainetti, and in 1971 the Escuela de Oncología (Oncology School). In 1986 he started the Centro Oncológico de Excelencia teaching, research, diagnosis and attention centre against cancer, and in 1993 the Instituto de Trasplante de Médula Osea (Bone Marrow Transplant Institute)