- Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott celebrates 20 years as the first elected Black female MP in Britain! Diane Abbott MP since June 11, 1987 Diane Abbott was the first Black female Member of Parliament ever elected in Britain on June 11 th , 1987. As MP Abbott celebrates her 20 years in Parliament she is still one of only two Black women in the British Parliament out of 646 members. - Charles Abbott 3rd Baron Tenterden
Charles Stuart Aubrey Abbott, 3rd Baron Tenterden, was a British diplomat. Abbott was born in London, the son of Charles Abbott (1803–1838), younger son of Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden. The title passed to the younger Charles on the death of his uncle John Henry Abbott, 2nd Baron Tenterden (1796-1870). He was educated at Eton College (1848–53), and entered into service at the Foreign Office in 1854 by the patronage of the foreign secretary, Lord Clarendon. - Charles Abbott 1st Baron Tenterden
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden (7 October 1762 - 4 November 1832), Lord Chief Justice, King's Bench, was born at Canterbury, his father having been a hairdresser and wigmaker of the town. He was educated at Canterbury King's School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, of which he afterwards became fellow and tutor. On the advice of Justice Buller (1746-1800), to whose son he had been tutor, he determined on the legal profession, and entered at the Middle Temple in 1787. - Tank Abbott
David Lee "Tank" Abbott (born April 26, 1965 in Huntington Beach, California) is an American mixed martial artist. He has described his fighting style, which he developed fighting on the streets of Huntington Beach, California, as "street fighting". In addition to being a mixed martial arist, Abbott wrestled professionally between 1999 and 2001 under the ring name Tank Abbott. - Edwin Abbott Abbott
Edwin Abbott Abbott (December 20, 1838 - October 12, 1926), English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire and religious allegory "Flatland" (1884). Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808-1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott (1806-1882). His parents were first cousins. He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College, Cambridge, … - Frederick Abbott
Frederick Abbott (June 13, 1805 - November 4, 1892) was an English army officer of the East India Company, born near Buntingford, Hertfordshire. His field was public works engineering. Abbott was the brother of Augustus Abbott and James Abbott. After finishing his education, Abbott was posted to India in 1823. He served in the First Burmese War, and in 1825 he distinguished himself in a battle near Prome (Pyay), where he was wounded. - Augustus Abbott
Major-General Augustus Abbott was an army officer in the British East India Company. Abbott was the brother of Frederick Abbott and James Abbott Born in London the son of a retired Calcutta merchant, he was educated at Winchester College and at the East India Company's military college at Addiscombe. In 1819 he went to India, as second lieutenant, and by 1835 had been made captain. He then served with distinction in the First Anglo-Afghan War from 1838 to 1842, … - Steve Abbott
Stephen Abbott (known as Steve Abbott; born 1956, Broken Hill, New South Wales) is an Australian comedian and author who is famous for his portrayal of oddball characters, particularly one known as The Sandman. He is also an actor in both serious and comedic roles, and is married to actress Angela Moore. He was a member of a cabaret band called "The Castanet Club" in which he played a character called Johnny Goodman. - Bud Abbott
William Alexander “Bud” Abbott was an American actor, producer and comedian born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello. - Joseph Abbott
Joseph Abbott (baptised 10 June 1790 - 10 January 1862) was a Canadian clergyman in the Anglican Church of Canada, and the father of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada. - Mary Bethune Abbott
Mary, Lady Abbott (née Bethune was the wife of Sir John Abbott, the third Prime Minister of Canada. They married in 1849 and had four sons and four daughters. - Jerry Abbott
Jerry Abbott is a country music songwriter and record producer from Pantego, Texas. He is also the father of Dimebag Darrell Abbott and Vinnie Paul Abbott, both of Pantera and Damageplan. Many of Pantera's early EPs were produced by Jerry. He also appeared in VH1's Behind The Music on Pantera in May 2006 where he spoke about his son Darrell Abbott, mostly about how he used to be in the KISS Army as a child. - David Abbott
David Abbott (born circa 1938) is a British advertising executive who founded Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO. Abbott started as a copywriter at Mather & Crowther and then at DDB, London. In 1966, he was sent to their New York office, then returned to London as a director. In 1971, he founded French Gold Abbott. In 1978, he founded Abbott Mead Vickers (AMV), handling clients including Volvo, Sainsbury's, Ikea, Chivas Regal, "The Economist", Yellow Pages, and the RSPCA. - Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott, born Bernice Abbott, was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white photography of New York City architecture and urban design of the 1930s. - George Abbott
George Abbott (June 25 1887 - January 31, 1995) was a theatre producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than seven decades. He was born George Francis Abbott in Forestville, New York, near the town of Salamanca, which twice elected his father mayor. In 1898 his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he attended Kearney Military Academy. Within a few years his family returned to New York, … - Douglas Abbott
Douglas Charles Abbott, PC (May 29 1899 - March 15 1987) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. He was born in Lennoxville, Quebec. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Abbott served as both Minister of National Defence and Minister of Finance. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on July 1, 1954 and served as Puisne Justice until December 23, 1973. - Anthony Abbott
Anthony Chisholm "Tony" Abbott, PC (born November 26 1930) is a former Canadian politician. Born in Montreal, the son of Douglas Charles Abbott, Abbott was a lawyer by profession before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Mississauga, Ontario in the 1974 federal election. In 1976, he was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. - Jim Abbott
James Anthony Abbott (born September 19, 1967), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the California Angels, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers, from 1989 to 1998. Abbott is best known for playing despite having no right hand. He graduated from Flint Central High School and grew up in the East Village area of Flint, MI. While with the University of Michigan, … - David Abbott
David Phelps Abbott (1836 - 1934) was a magician, author and inventor who created such effects as the floating ball, later made famous by Okito. The best known of the books he wrote is "Behind the Scenes With the Mediums" (1907), considered to be one of the best exposures of the methods used by psychics. - Tony Abbott
Anthony John "Tony" Abbott (born 4 November 1957), Australian politician, is the Minister for Health and Ageing in the Australian federal government and Leader of the House in the Federal Parliament. Since 1994, he has been the Member for Warringah, in New South Wales in the House of Representatives for the Liberal Party. - Jim Abbott
James "Jim" Abbott is a Conservative member of Canada's House of Commons. Abbott was a member of the Reform Party from 1993 to 2000 and a member of the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2004. He has been in the House of Commons since 1993, and has represented the riding of Kootenay—Columbia since 1997 and Kootenay East from 1993 to 1997. He is currently the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. He is a former businessman and manager. - Maude Abbott
Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott (March 18, 1869 - September 2, 1940) was a Canadian doctor and was one of Canada's earliest female medical graduates and an expert on congenital heart disease. Born in St. Andrews East, Quebec, she was part of the third class of women students admitted to McGill University's Faculty of Arts. She received her B.A in 1890. She received her M.D from Bishop's University in 1894 and was the only woman in her class. - Stuart Abbott
Stuart Richard Abbott MBE (born 3 June 1978) is a South African born rugby union footballer who plays centre for Harlequins and England. At 87kg he is small for a centre but his tackling is considered superb, and as his general vision of the game. Abbott was born in Cape Town, South Africa. His mother was English. He was educated at Western Province Prep School. Stuart then went to Diocesan College, which is commonly known as Bishops'. - Jack Abbott
Jack Henry Abbott (January 21, 1944-February 10, 2002) was an American criminal and author. He was released from prison in 1981 after gaining praise for his writing and being lauded by a number of high-profile literary critics, but almost immediately he committed a murder and was locked up for the rest of his life. He was born on a U.S. Army base in Michigan to an American soldier and a Chinese woman. - Jacob Abbott
Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803-October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, … - John Abbott
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC, BCL, DCL (March 12, 1821-October 30, 1893) was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. He was also the great-grandfather of Canadian actor Christopher Plummer. - James W. Abbott
James W. "Jim" Abbott (born June 12, 1948) is the current president of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. He became president on July 1, 1997. Abbott is a businessman and former politician. He represented Yankton County in the South Dakota State Legislature from 1991 to 1993. Abbott was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota in 1994, running on a ticket with Jim Beddow. - L. B. Abbott
Lenwood Ballard "Bill" Abbott, also known as L.B.Abbott (13 June 1908, Pasadena, California - 28 September 1985, Los Angeles) was a special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman. He became the head of the Special Effects Department at 20th Century Fox in 1957, a post he held until retirement in 1970. He was called out of retirement, however, to work on the TV series M*A*S*H in 1972 (Abbott had worked on the film on which the series was based). - Monica Abbott
Monica Cecilia Abbott (born July 28, 1985) is an American athlete who pitched for the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team from 2004-2007. During her senior season, she set the record for the most strikeouts in a Division I softball season and became the NCAA Division I Softball all-time leader in career wins, strikeouts, shutouts, innings pitched, games started and games pitched. - Jeff Abbott
Jeffrey William Abbott (August 17, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia), is a retired professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1997-2001. He would play for the Chicago White Sox and Florida Marlins. - Brenden Abbott
Brenden James Abbott (born 8 May 1962 in Footscray, Melbourne) is an infamous Australian bank robber known as the Postcard Bandit. During his criminal career he is believed to have stolen as much as AUD$5 million from a number of banks, though very little of this money has ever been recovered. He is currently detained in the Woodford Correctional Centre and is often moved between this facility and the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre. - Glenn Abbott
William Glenn Abbott (born February 16, 1951 in Little Rock, Arkansas), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1973-1981 and 1983-1984. He currently serves as the pitching coach for the San Antonio Missions. - Paul Abbott
Paul David Abbott (born September 15, 1967 in Van Nuys, California), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1990-2004. - Fred Abbott
Harry Frederick Abbott (October 22, 1874-June 11, 1935) was a Major League Baseball catcher. Born Harry Frederick Winbigler, he played three seasons of professional baseball for the Cleveland Naps and the Philadelphia Phillies. - Percy Abbott
Percy W. Abbott (born April 29 1882, died November 7 1942) was an alderman in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. - Harold Abbott
Harold Louis Abbott (born 17 June, 1882) in Camerontown, New Zealand), more commonly known as Bunny Abbott, was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He was a member of the legendary 1905 Original All Blacks. He won his first Test cap for New Zealand on January 1, 1906 against France. In total he played the one Test in 1906. He died in 1971 in Palmerston North. - Edville Gerhardt Abbott
Edville Gerhardt Abbott was an American orthopædic surgeon born in Hancock, Me., and educated at Bowdoin College. He was well-known through his mechanical so-called "Abbott's method" of treatment of lateral curvature of the spine. In 1913 he demonstrated his method in England and on the Continent. He was professor of orthopædics at Bowdoin College and was connected with the Maine General Hospital, the Children's Hospital, etc. - James Abbott
General Sir James Abbott was a British army officer in colonial India. He made a name for himself in the northwest frontier region of India in the middle part of the 19th century. He was one of Henry Lawrence's Young Men, 'advisers' to the Sikhs, after the First Sikh War (1846).. He was the first deputy commissioner of Hazara (1849 - 1853). The Pakistani city of Abbottabad is named after him.. - Joseph Abbott
Joseph (Jo) Abbott (January 15, 1840-February 11, 1908) was a member of the Confederate Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He was born near Decatur, Alabama in 1840, where he attended the public schools. He moved with his parents to Freestone County, Texas, in 1853. During the American Civil War, he served as a first lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Texas Cavalry. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1866. - R. Tucker Abbott
Robert Tucker Abbott (September 28, 1919 - November 3, 1995) was an American conchologist and malacologist and the author of more than 30 books on malacology. Abbott was one of the most prominent conchologists of his time and brought conchology to the public with his works "American Seashells", 1974, "Seashells of the World", 1962, and "The Kingdom of the Seashell", 1972.
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