Minor (surname)
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Minor is a surname shared by several notable people:
- Benjamin Blake MinorBenjamin Blake MinorBenjamin Blake Minor was an American writer, educator, legal scholar, and fourth President of the University of Missouri, from 1860-1862. Today, he is most known as the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. He also compiled the second edition of the reports of the decisions of George Wythe,...
(1818-1905), American educator and writer - Charles Landon Carter Minor (1835-1903), American educator
- Claudie MinorClaudie MinorClaudie Minor is a former tackle in the National Football League who played nine seasons for the Denver Broncos....
(born 1951), American professional football player - Edward S. MinorEdward S. MinorEdward Sloman Minor was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born at Point Peninsula, New York, Minor moved to Wisconsin in 1845 with his parents, who settled in Greenfield, Milwaukee County, and subsequently in the city of Milwaukee.He attended the common schools.He went with his parents to a...
(1840-1924), American politician - Ethel MinorEthel MinorEthel Minor is a political figure and civil rights activist.Minor was reared in Columbus, Texas and returned to San Antonio in 1944 to work at Kelly Air Force Base. During her time as a civilian working on the base, she was a fighter for equal treatment of employees.Along with local civil rights...
(born 1922), American civil rights activist - George MinorGeorge MinorGeorge Minor was an American composer. Minor attended a military academy in Richmond, and served during the American Civil War as Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography of the Confederate States Navy. After the war, he went into the music field, teaching at singing schools and conducting at musical...
(1845-1904), American composer - John B. MinorJohn B. MinorJohn Barbee Minor was an American academic. He taught law at the University of Virginia for fifty years. His students achieved eminence in professional or public lives...
(1813-1895), American law professor - Robert MinorRobert MinorRobert Berkeley "Bob" Minor was political cartoonist, a radical journalist, and a leading member of the American Communist Party.-Early life:...
(1882-1952), American cartoonist and radical - Robert Crannell MinorRobert Crannell MinorRobert Crannell Minor , American artist, was born in New York City on 30 April 1839, and received his art training in Paris under Diaz, and in Antwerp under Joseph Van Luppen...
(1839-1904), American artist - Robert Lee MinorRobert Lee MinorRobert Lee Minor or Bob Lee Minor is an American stunt performer, television and film actor, best known for doubling many celebrities such as: Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Bernie Mac, Danny Glover, Carl Weathers and John Amos...
(born 1944), American actor and stuntman - Shane MinorShane MinorShane Allen Minor is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 1999, Minor released his self-titled album that year, and it produced three hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
(born 1968), American country music singer-songwriter - Virginia MinorVirginia MinorVirginia Louisa Minor was an American women's suffrage activist. She is best remembered as the plaintiff in Minor v...
(1824-1894), American women's suffrage activist - William Chester MinorWilliam Chester MinorWilliam Chester Minor, also known as W. C. Minor was an American army surgeon who, later, was one of the largest contributors of quotations to the Oxford English Dictionary...
(1834–1920), American surgeon; contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary