- August Belmont Jr.
August Belmont, Jr, (December 28, 1851-December 10, 1924), was a son of the multi-millionaire banker August Belmont. The younger August Belmont was an 1875 graduate of Harvard University, where, as a sprinter, he supposedly introduced spiked track shoes to the United States. Upon his father's death, he inherited a position as head of the Belmont banking house. He was an important early investor in the New York Subway, serving as president of the Interborough Rapid Transit, … - Andy Belmont
Andy Belmont (born November 20, 1957 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is a stock car racer. Belmont began racing at an early age before moving south. In 1987, he was named the NASCAR Dash Series Rookie of the Year, then he won the championship the next year as a car owner. In 1989, Belmont made his Winston Cup debut at the Peak Performance 500, starting 35th and finishing 29th after his #04 Ford Thunderbird suffered braking failure. He would run that same race two years later, … - Perry Belmont
Perry Belmont (December 28, 1851 - May 25, 1947), United States statesman, was born in New York City, the son of August Belmont. He attended Everest Military Academy in Hamden, Connecticut and graduated from Harvard College in 1872 and the Columbia Law School in 1876. Perry Belmont practiced law in New York for five years. He was a Democratic member of Congress from 1881 to 1889, serving in 1885-1887 as chairman of the committee on foreign affairs. - August Belmont
August Belmont, Sr. (December 8 1813 - November 24 1890), was born in Alzey, Prussia to a Jewish family. He immigrated to New York City in 1837 after becoming the American representative of the Rothschild family's banking house in Frankfurt. On receiving his American citizenship, he married Caroline Slidell Perry, daughter of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry - Lara Belmont
Lara Belmont (born in Oxford, England) is a British actress, most famous for her role as "Jessie" in the 1999 film The War Zone. - Joe Belmont
Joe Belmont (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball at Duke University, and was selected in the 1956 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. He never played in the NBA, however. He had a long playing career with the Denver-Chicago Truckers of the National Industrial Basketball League. In 1970, he was hired as the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Denver Rockets, … - Ramona Belmont
Ramona Belmont is an internationally notable New Zealand amateur snooker player. Belmont reached the semi final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where she was eliminated by Wendy Jans 4-0. - Alva Belmont
Alva Erskine Belmont, née Smith was a multi-millionaire American socialite and a major funder of the women's suffrage movement. Born in Mobile, Alabama, the daughter of a cotton trader, the American Civil War ruined her family, who decamped, like many other high-society Southerners, to Paris. Her family returned to America, this time to New York, after France's defeat by Prussia in 1871. - Oliver H. P. Belmont
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (November 12, 1858 - June 10, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of Perry Belmont. Born in New York City, Belmont attended St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, and was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, June 10, 1880. He was commissioned as a midshipman and served until June 1, 1881, when he resigned. At one time a member of the banking firm of August Belmont &. Co., New York City. - Oliver Belmont
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (November 12, 1858 - June 10 1908) was a wealthy American socialite and Congressman. - Jamie Belmont
Jamie Belmont (born May 27, 1983 in Fresno, CA) is a former American soccer player at Fresno Pacific University. She finished her career as the Sunbirds all-time leader in nearly every offensive category. <br - Joseph Belmont
Joseph Belmont is a politician in Seychelles and has been vice-president since 16 April 2004. He took office after president France-Albert René stepped down and the previous vice-president, James Michel, replaced René as president. Belmont is one of the leading members of the Seychelles People's Progressive Front. He became minister of manpower and social services in 1982 and subsequently held a variety of ministerial positions. - David Belmont
David Belmont is a guitarist and composer. His work has spanned a broad range of genres from lush ambient soundscapes to rock-based world fusion to angular avant garde jazz. While focusing mainly on original instrumental compositions, David’s music has, at times, featured eclectic cover material; e.g., a New Age arrangement of the Rolling Stones classic Moonlight Mile. - James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs. He was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also included Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, Cat Stevens, Carole King, John Denver, Elton John, Jackson Browne as well as Carly Simon, whom Taylor later married. - Eleanor Robson Belmont
Eleanor Robson Belmont was a British-born American actress and prominent public figure. George Bernard Shaw wrote "Major Barbara" for her, but contractual problems prevented her from playing the role. Born in Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom, her mother was actress Madge Carr Cook. She worked as an actress for ten years before retiring when she was married to August Belmont Jr. The were together from 26 February 1910 until his death on 10 December 1924. - Hannah Teter
Hannah Teter (born January 27 1987) is a female snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont, in the United States, known for her consistent and technical riding in the halfpipe. She won a gold medal in the women's halfpipe competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. Teter hails from a famous snowboarding family. Her older brother Amen is a professional snowboarder and full-time manager and agent for Team Teter. - James Hunt
James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 - 15 June 1993) was an English racing driver and Formula 1 world champion and subsequently a commentator and businessman. Never one to take himself too seriously, Hunt endeared himself to the British public with his charisma and charm and brought a whole new audience to Formula One in the mid 1970's. - John Keane
John Keane, Baron Keane of Ghuznee, (1781 - 1844) was a British soldier. Keane was born in Belmont, Ireland, in 1781. He joined the British Army as an Ensign at age 11 in 1792. He rose the the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 60th Foot and commanded a brigade in the Peninsular War. Promoted to Major-General, Keane commanded the British 3rd brigade at the Battle of New Orleans where he was wounded twice. - David Rudder
David Michael Rudder (b. May 6, 1953, Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago) is one of the top calypsonians of his generation. In 1977 he joined Charlie's Roots, one of the top bands in Trinidad and Tobago. He spent many years as one of the vocalists with the band. In 1986 he burst into prominence with his album "The Hammer" which produced two big hits, "The Hammer" (a tribute to the late pannist Rudolph Charles) and "Bahia Girl". - Thomas Fortune Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851 - 1928) was a U.S. tobacco and transport businessman. Part of his fortune paid for the construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia. - Alexander Thomson
Dr. Alexander Thomson (c. 1800 - 1 January 1866) was elected as the first mayor of Geelong and held the position on five occasions from 1850 - 1858. Thomson was the first settler in the area known as Belmont, a suburb of Geelong and called his homestead Kardinia, a property now listed on the Register of the National Estate. - Eric Ripper
Eric Ripper (born 1951) is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he is currently the [Deputy Premier and [Treasurer] of Western Australia. Ripper entered the Cabinet upon the formation of the Labor Government following the 2001 Western Australian election. He became Minister for Energy in 2001. Ripper had previously served as Deputy Premier, Treasurer, … - Joel Rivera
Joel Rivera (b. 1978) is the current Majority Leader of the New York City Council. At the age of 22, he was the youngest person to be elected to the City Council in its history. He won the seat in a special election, after his father resigned from the seat while Joel was an undergraduate at Fordham University. A year later, at the age of 23, he was the youngest person to be elected Majority Leader. - Amaechi Igwe
Amaechi Igwe (born May 20, 1988, in Belmont, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the New England Revolution in MLS. - Milton Orkopoulos
Milton Orkopoulos (born 22 July 1957) is a disgraced Australian politician. In November 2006, New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma sacked him as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship after he was charged with child sex and other offences. The following week, he resigned as MP for the state electorate of Swansea. Orkopoulos studied economics at the University of Newcastle and worked as an electorate officer for MPs Peter Morris, … - Tom Bohannan
Tom Bohannan (born c.1955 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and as a young man became a hotwalker, groom, and racing stable foreman. In 1989 he became the private trainer for the successful Loblolly Stable of Lake Hamilton, Arkansas. With Loblolly, Bohannan had two horses successfully compete in the U.S. Triple Crown series. In 1992, Pine Bluff finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby, … - Dirk Jan Struik
Dirk Jan Struik (September 30, 1894, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - October 21, 2000, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA) was a Dutch mathematician and Marxian theoretician who spent most of his life in the United States. Born Dirk Jan Struik in 1894 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as a teacher's son, Struik attended the Hogere Burgerschool (HBS) in The Hague. It was in this school that he was first introduced to left-wing politics by some of his teachers. - Philip Franklin
Philip Franklin (October 5, 1898 in New York - January 27, 1965 in Belmont, Massachusetts) was an American mathematician and professor whose work was primarily focused in analysis. Dr. Franklin received a B.S. in 1918 from City College of New York (who later awarded him its Townsend Harris Medal for the alumnus who achieved notable postgraduate distinction). He received his M.A. in 1920 and Ph.D. in 1921 both from Princeton University. - George Mackey
George Whitelaw Mackey (born February 1, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, died March 15, 2006 in Belmont, Massachusetts) was an American mathematician. Mackey obtained his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1942 under the direction of Marshall H. Stone. He joined the Harvard University Mathematics Department in 1943, was appointed Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Science in 1969 and remained there until he retired in 1985. - Laura Silva
Laura Ann Silva (born 6 May, 1987) is a beauty queen from Londonderry, New Hampshire who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007. Silva won the Miss New Hampshire USA 2007 title in the state pageant held in Bedford on September 17 2006. She succeeds Krystal Barry of Belmont. Silva will compete in the Miss USA 2007 pageant broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2007. - Elaine Carbines
Elaine Cafferty Carbines (born February 4, 1957) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since September 1999, representing Geelong Province. A former teacher and community campaigner, Carbines has been a prominent backbench member of the government, often raising issues of local concern. She is a member of the Labor Right faction. Carbines was born in Manchester in the United Kingdom, … - Richard Peters Jr.
Richard Peters, Jr. (June 22, 1744- August 22, 1828) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. For many years he was the judge of the United States district court for Pennsylvania. Richard was the son of William Peters (1702-1786), who came from Liverpool, England to Philadelphia in 1739. He was named for his uncle, Richard Peters (1704-1776), … - Albert Gomes
Albert Maria Gomes (b. Port of Spain, March 25, 1911, d. January 13, 1978), a Trinidad and Tobago politician and writer of Portuguese descent, was the first Chief Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He was the founder of the Political Progress Groups and later led the Party of Political Progress Groups. - H. A. Wheeler
Howard Augustine "Humpy" Wheeler, Jr. (born 1938 in Belmont, North Carolina, U.S.A) is the President and General Manager of NASCAR's Lowe's Motor Speedway. Better known as H.A. or "Humpy" Wheeler, he is known as one of the foremost promoters of NASCAR auto racing. Wheeler played college football for the University of South Carolina in the late 1950's as a defensive lineman. - Charles Hitchcock Adams
Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868 - 1951) was an amateur American astronomer. He was born in Belmont, California, the son of William and Cassandra Adams and the last of five children. He entered the University of California in 1886 and focused his studies in the field of Chemistry. During his second year, however, his father's business suffered a disastrous loss due to natural events and Charles left the university to help in the recovery. - Albert Snider
Albert Snider (Not found - March 5, 1948) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Al Snider rode at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky and Chicago's Arlington Park in 1940 and 1941. Among his significant wins were the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes and the Stars and Stripes Handicap. In his best finish in an American Classic, Snider rode owner Fred W. Hooper's colt Hoop Jr. to second place in the 1945 Belmont Stakes. - Marcus Joseph Wright
Marcus Joseph Wright (1831- ?) was an American soldier and author, born at Purdy, Tenn. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced at Memphis. During the Civil War he was military governor of Columbus, Ky., from February, 1862 until its evacuation, and with his regiment was present at Belmont and Shiloh. After serving on the staff of Gen. B. F. Cheatham, he became brigadier general, December 13, 1862, and fought at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. - Jessiqa Pace
Jessiqa Pace (born April 20, 1978) works as a fashion model and grew up in Belmont, California. She graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in both Film Studies and Art History. - Roger N. Stembel
Roger Nelson Stembel (December 27 1810 - November 20 1900) was an officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War. Stembel, born in Middletown, Maryland, was appointed midshipman in the United States Navy on March 27 1832. He served in the West India, Mediterranean, Home, Brazil, China, and East India Squadrons prior to the Civil War. During the Civil War, Stembel served in the Western Gunboat Flotilla during 1861 and 1862. - José Darío Argüello
José Darío Argüello was a Spanish soldier and California pioneer, born in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. Argüello enlisted in the Mexico regiment of dragoons, serving as a private, and later sergeant of the presidial company of Altar, Sonora. In 1781 he was promoted to "alférez" (sub-lieutenant) for what was to become the Presidio of Santa Barbara. He marched with Fernando Rivera y Moncada, who was killed by Yuman Indians, …
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