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Booker (name)
Booker is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Austin Booker (born 2002), American football player *Bob Booker (born 1958), English footballer *Charles Booker (American politician) (born 1984), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives *Charles Booker (Australian politician) (1865–1925), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *Charles Dawson Booker (1897–1918), English World War I ace fighter pilot *Charles Goodenough Booker (1859–1926), Canadian politician, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario *Chris Booker (born 1971), American radio and television personality *Chris Booker (baseball) (born 1976), American former Major League Baseball pitcher *Chris Booker (basketball) (born 1981), American former basketball player *Christopher Booker (1937–2019), English journalist and author *Cory Booker (born 1969), American politician, U.S. Senator from New Jersey and former mayor of Newark, New Jersey *Devin Booker (born 1996), American bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Booker
Austin Booker (born December 14, 2002) is an American professional American football, football defensive end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football, Minnesota Golden Gophers and Kansas Jayhawks football, Kansas Jayhawks. Early life Booker attended Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana. As a junior, he had 67 tackles and eight sacks. He committed to the University of Minnesota to play college football. College career Booker played at Minnesota from 2021 to 2022. After redshirting his first year, he played in six games in 2022 and had two tackles. After the season, he entered the transfer portal and transferred to the University of Kansas. In his lone season at Kansas, he played in 12 games and had 56 tackles and eight sacks. After the season, he entered the 2024 NFL draft. He sat out the 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl in order to prepare for the draft. Professional career Booker was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Booker
George William Booker (December 5, 1821 – June 4, 1883) was a nineteenth-century American politician, farmer and lawyer from Henry County, Virginia who was a Unionist during the American Civil War, then served in various local offices during and after the conflict before winning election to the Virginia House of Delegates before and after his service in the U.S. House of Representatives, all while associating at different times with various political parties. Early life Born near Stuart in Patrick County, Virginia to the former Elizabeth Anglin and her husband Edward Booker, Booker received a private education locally before farming and teaching school. He studied law. While ancestors had served in the House of Burgesses, as well as fought in the American Revolutionary War and lived in various Southside Virginia counties, his father was not wealthy, nor would be the son. Early career Admitted to the bar in Henry County in 1847, he began his legal career which encompa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Booker
Earl Thomas Booker IV (born November 11, 1999) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal. College career Booker was a four-star recruit coming out of Gilman School, having grown up in Ellicott City, Maryland. He was then a three-year starter for Stanford, playing in 43 games. In his final season he had 59 tackles and 1.5 sacks, totalling 159 tackles and 10 sacks for his career, along with 20.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, and one interception. He was named to All-Pac-12 teams in each of his last 3 seasons and was a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy. Professional career Pre-draft In the run-up to the 2022 NFL draft Booker was seen as a high level developmental prospect, expected to play as a rotational defensive lineman. Houston Texans Booker was selected in the fifth round (150th overall) by the Houston Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squire Booker
Squire Booker is an American biochemist at The Pennsylvania State University. Booker directs an interdisciplinary chemistry research program related to fields of biochemistry, enzymology, protein chemistry, natural product biosynthesis, and mechanisms of radical dependent enzymes. He is an associate editor for the American Chemical Society Biochemistry Journal, is a Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and an Eberly Distinguished Chair in Science at Penn State University. Early life Booker was born September 9, 1965. He grew up in the segregated community of Beaumont, Texas. He was raised by his grandmother with the help of three uncles. Squire Booker's career was particularly influenced by two of his uncles. One worked at NASA and sparked his interest in astronomy, while the other was a math teacher who inspired his curiosity for solving complex problems. This led him to choose chemistry as his major in college, which combined his interests in math and science. Education Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Booker
Roderick Stewart Booker (born September 4, 1958) is an American former professional baseball utility player, who played shortstop, second base, and third base. He attended Pasadena High School before spending five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (–) and Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ... (–). References External links 1958 births Living people Major League Baseball second basemen Major League Baseball third basemen Major League Baseball shortstops St. Louis Cardinals players Philadelphia Phillies players Baseball players from Pasadena, California California Golden Bears baseball players Pasadena High School (California) alumni Arkansas Travelers players Louisville Redbirds players Orla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Booker (politician)
Robert "Bob" J. Booker (April 14, 1935 – February 22, 2024) was an American historian, politician, and writer. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Life and career Robert J. Booker was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 14, 1935. He grew up in the East Knoxville neighborhood known as "The Bottom," and went to Austin-East High School. He served three years in the United States Army and was impressed by the freedoms and absence of segregation he experienced while stationed in France and England. Following his return to the United States in 1957, he graduated from Knoxville College on a G.I. Bill The G.I. Bill, formally the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law that provided a range of benefits for some of the returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I. (military), G.I.s). The original G.I. Bill expired in ... scholarship. During his time in college he participated in the Civil Rights movement. He organize sit-ins in lunch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert D
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jeffrey Booker
Peter Jeffrey Booker (19 August 1924 – 16 April 2011) was a British engineer and technological drawing historian, known for his 1963 ''A history of engineering drawing,'' a seminal work on the history of technical drawing.D. Chilton. "A History of Engineering Drawing by P. J. Booker." in: ''Technology and Culture.'' Vol. 6, No. 1, Museums of Technology (Winter, 1965), pp. 128–130. Life and work Booker was born in Cambridge in August 1924. He received his secondary education at the Sandown Secondary School at the Isle of Wight, and sequentially attended the Royal Naval Artificers Training Establishment, Torpoint at Cornwall. From 1940 to 1954 he served at the Royal Navy, where he worked in the Ordnance department. He started on gun mountings, and later worked in gunnery fire control equipment on ships, in workshops and in the drawing office. In 1954 he became Assistant Secretary at the Institution of Engineering Designers, and was representative of the Institute on the Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Booker
Marty Montez Booker (born July 31, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver who played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks, he was selected by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1999 NFL draft. During his first tenure with the Bears, he earned a Pro Bowl selection in 2002. He also played for the Miami Dolphins from 2004 to 2007, Bears in 2008, and Atlanta Falcons in 2009. Early life Marty Montez Booker was born July 31, 1976, to Vera and Calvin Booker of Marrero, La. Booker attended Jonesboro-Hodge High School in Jonesboro, Louisiana. He was a two-sport standout in both football and track. In football, he was a quarterback and passed for and 48 combined touchdowns as a senior, at a college meet, he was told that he was super athletic, and quarterback wasn't the right spot for him, he chose WR. Following his senior season, he finished as the runner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Booker
Madison Booker (born April 29, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the Texas Longhorns of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). High school career Booker played basketball for Germantown High School in Gluckstadt, Mississippi. As a senior, she led her team to its first state championship at the Class 6A state tournament. Booker was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Girls Game and was named Mississippi Miss Basketball for Class 6A and Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year. Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to playing college basketball for Texas over offers from Duke and Tennessee. College career Booker entered her freshman season at Texas as the team's starting small forward. She moved to point guard and a leading role following a season-ending injury to Rori Harmon. National team career Booker helped the United States win a gold medal at the 2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship in Mexico, where she averaged 6.2 points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Booker
Lorenzo Adarryll Booker (born June 14, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles. Booker was also a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, Hartford Colonials, Minnesota Vikings, and Chicago Bears. Early life Booker was born in Oxnard, California. He attended St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura, California, where he was a letterman in football and track. In football, he played as a running back. As a senior, Booker ran for 2878 yards and 50 touchdowns, and also had 16 receptions for 300 yards along with three more touchdowns. He was widely regarded as the nation's top running back prospect and was named a ''Parade'' All-American and to the ''PrepStar'' Dream Team. He also earned ''USA Today'' All-USA first-team honors and was ranked by Rivals.com as the number 3 ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Booker
Kenneth Arnold Booker (born November 20, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins from 1969 to 1971, winning a national championship in each of his two seasons of play. He played two seasons professionally in Europe. After helping his high school team win two championships, Booker went to junior college at Long Beach City College. He was an all-conference player for the Vikings, and was later inducted into their Hall of Champions. He transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was a defensive specialist. Booker was a key reserve player in his first year of play. He moved to the guard position and became a starter as a senior, when he won his second national title with the Bruins, part of a run of seven consecutive championships by UCLA coach John Wooden. After college, Booker had a brief stint playing professionally, and also coached for a year in high school. He later became a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
