Famous People with Name Madigan

Colin Federick Madigan            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Colin Federick Madigan: an Australian architect. He is best known for designing the National Gallery of Australia.He was born in Inverell, New South Wales and studied architecture at Sydney Technical College from 1939 to 1941. He then enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy and was one of the few survivors of the sinking of the corvette HMAS Armidale off Timor in 1942.In 1951 Madigan, Maurice Edwards and Jack Torzillo formed a partnership, "Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Partners", whose work was mostly on public projects such as public housing, schools and offices. In 1968, they won the design competition for the National Gallery of Australia. Later, Madigan supervised construction of the High Court of Australia after its designer Christopher Kringas died in March 1975, just prior to the start of construction in April 1975.[1] He also submitted an unsuccessful design for the new Parliament House.

Anthony Madigan            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Anthony Madigan: is an Australian boxer, who competed at 3 Olympics, winning the light heavyweight bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Elvira Madigan            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Elvira Madigan: was a Danish tightrope walker and trick rider, whose illicit affair and dramatic death at the hands of her lover were the subject of the Swedish film of 1967. The story of Elvira Madigan and Sixten Sparre has been the subject of three films. The Swedish f

Edward Rell Madigan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Rell Madigan: was a businessman and a Republican Party politician from Lincoln, Illinois. He served almost twenty years in the United States House of Representatives and was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for George H. W. Bush.In November, 1972 he was elected as a Repub

Lisa Madigan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lisa Madigan: has been the 41st Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois since 2003, when she became the first female attorney general for Illinois. She is a Democrat and the daughter of Michael Madigan, who has been Speaker of the Illinois House of Representativ