Famous People with Name Ames

Ames Joseph Colbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ames Joseph Colbert: (born on March 9, 1941) is an American professional golfer.

Ames "Jimmy" Sharp            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Ames "Jimmy" Sharp: was a Scottish international footballer.A year later, in 1905 he was snapped up by Woolwich Arsenal of the First Division and promptly became a regular in the side after making his debut against Liverpool on September 2, 1905. He missed only three league games in his first season and reached the FA Cup semi-finals twice in his first two seasons. At Arsenal Sharp also won another three Scotland caps, before Rangers prised him away in April 1908 for £400. In total he played 116 games for Arsenal, scoring 5 goals.

Ames Lister Cuthbertson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Ames Lister Cuthbertson: was a Scottish-Australian poet and schoolteacher.James Cuthbertson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the eldest son of William Gilmour Cuthbertson and his wife, Jane Agnes Cuthbertson. James was educated at the secondary school, Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, where he played on the school cricket team. He studied for the Indian civil service, and having been admitted as a probationer went on to Merton College, University of Oxford, England. He failed to pass a necessary examination and was obliged to abandon the idea of a career in India. His father had become manager of the Bank of South Australia at Adelaide, and in 1874 Cuthbertson decided to go to Australia also.

Ames L. Benepe III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ames L. Benepe III: (born on October 24, 1963) is an American professional golfer

Bruce Ames            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bruce Ames: a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI). He is the inventor of the Ames test, a system for easily and cheaply testing the mutagenicity of compounds.His research focuses on cancer and aging and he has authored over 500 scientific publications. He is among the few hundred most-cited scientists in all fields.Ames' current research includes identifying agents that delay the mitochondrial decay of aging, understanding the role of mitochondrial decay in aging, particularly in the brain, optimizing micronutrient intakes in the population to prevent disease, malnutrition, and obesity. He is also interested in mutagens as they relate to cancer prevention and aging.

Ed Ames            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ed Ames: is an American popular singer and actor. He is best known for his Pop and Adult Contemporary hits of the 1960s like "When the Snow is on the Roses" and the perennial "My Cup Runneth Over." He also was originally part of a popular singing group of 1950s called The Ames Brothers.

Gerald Ames            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Gerald Ames: was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cimema, appearing in more than sixty films between his debut in 1914 and

Herbert Thomas Ames            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Herbert Thomas Ames: was the Mayor of the City of Williamsport, Pennsylvania from 1928–1932. In 1934, at the age of 90, he was the Prohibition Party's candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. Ames was born in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.He was a member of Pin

Blanche Butler Ames            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Blanche Butler Ames: was the wife of Adelbert Ames, a decorated general of the American Civil War and Senator and Governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction.When her husband was elected Governor of Mississippi in 1873, Blanche accompanied him, and wrote a series of letters