Harmon (name)
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Harmon is the English cognate of the Germanic
name Hermann
. It may be a surname or given name.
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.Originating about 1800 BCE from the Corded Ware Culture on the North...
name Hermann
Hermann
Hermann or Herrmann is a German given name , and might refer to:-People:* Herrmann or Hermann der Cherusker, "Arminius", Germanic leader opposed to Roman conquest and victor of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest...
. It may be a surname or given name.
People with the surname Harmon
- Angie HarmonAngie HarmonAngela Michelle "Angie" Harmon is an American fashion model and television/film actress. She became a well-known model before gaining international fame for her roles in Baywatch Nights and Law & Order....
(born 1972), model/actress - Butch HarmonButch HarmonClaude "Butch" Harmon, Jr. is an American golf instructor and former professional player. He is the son of 1948 Masters Tournament champion Claude Harmon, Sr. and has been in the golf industry since 1965.-Early life:...
(born 1943), golfer - Chuck HarmonChuck HarmonCharles Byron Harmon is retired American professional baseball player, a former utility player in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Redlegs , St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies...
(born 1924), baseball player - Claude HarmonClaude HarmonEugene Claude Harmon, Sr. was an American golfer.Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia, and spent much of his boyhood in the Orlando area. A youthful prodigy, Harmon qualified for the U.S. Amateur at age 15 in 1931...
(1916–1989), golfer - Clifford B. HarmonClifford B. HarmonClifford B. Harmon born July 1, 1866, Urbana, Ohio, died June 25, 1945, Cannes, France, was a wealthy real estate developer and aviator. He founded the International League of Aviators and was the sponsor of the Harmon Trophy.Harmon's real estate success came from developing suburban New York,...
(1866–1945), sportsman and aviator - Daniel Williams HarmonDaniel Williams HarmonDaniel Williams Harmon was a fur trader and diarist.Harmon was born in Bennington, Vermont on February 19, 1778, son of Daniel and Lucretia Harmon and died April 23, 1843, in Sault-au-Récollet , Lower Canada. He took as a common-law wife Elizabeth Laval or Duval Daniel Williams Harmon (February...
(1778–1843), fur trader and diarist. - Dick HarmonDick HarmonDick Harmon was one of America's top golf instructors with clients including Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington and 2009 U.S. Open winner Lucas Glover....
(1947–2006), golfer - Ernest N. HarmonErnest N. HarmonErnest Nason Harmon was a United States Army general. He is best known for his actions in reorganizing U.S. II Corps after the debacle at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass in North Africa during World War II....
(1894–1979), World War II United States Army general - Leon HarmonLeon HarmonLeon D. Harmon was a cyberneticist who worked at Bell Labs.Harmon started his career as a radio serviceman and electronics hobbyist. In 1950, he went to work as a wireman on the IAS machine at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he worked for Julian Bigelow and encountered John von Neumann...
(1922–1982), cyberneticist - Mark HarmonMark HarmonMark Harmon is an American actor who has been starring in American television programs and films since the mid-1970s, after a career as a collegiate football player with the UCLA Bruins. Since 2003, Harmon has starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the CBS series NCIS.-Early life:Harmon was born Thomas...
(born 1951), actor - Montice Harmon (born 1985), author/poet http://www.monticeharmonbooks.8m.com
- Millard HarmonMillard HarmonMillard Fillmore Harmon Jr. was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaign in World War II....
(1888–1945), United States Army Air Force general - Raymond Salvatore HarmonRaymond Salvatore HarmonRaymond Salvatore Harmon is an American media artist, painter, and filmmaker. As a graffiti artist Harmon has used the tags BETA and RSH...
(born 1974), media artist - Terry HarmonTerry HarmonTerry Walter Harmon was a second baseman and shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies . He was a 5th round pick of the Phillies in the 1965 draft....
(born 1944), baseball player - Tom HarmonTom HarmonThomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors...
(1919–1990), football player - William HarmonWilliam HarmonWilliam Harmon is James Gordon Hanes Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of five books of poetry and editor of A Handbook to Literature. His most recent poetry has appeared in Blink and Light.- Life :William Harmon was born in Concord,...
(born 1938), poet - William E. Harmon, Harlem RenaissanceHarlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke...
patron (Harmon FoundationHarmon FoundationThe Harmon Foundation was established in 1922 by William E. Harmon. It served as a large scale patron of African American art and helped gain recognition for African American artists who otherwise would have remained largely unknown. Mary B. Brady was the director of the foundation from 1922 until...
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