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Wilkerson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Wilkerson (born 1989), American baseball player * Brad Wilkerson (born 1977), American baseball player * Brandie Wilkerson (born 1992), Canadian beach volleyball player * Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson (born 1945), American radical and member of the Weather Underground * David Wilkerson (1931–2011), American evangelist * David Wilkerson (politician) (born 1969), American politician * Doug Wilkerson (1947–2021), American football player * Eric Wilkerson (born 1966), American football player * Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (born 1939), Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles * Herbert L. Wilkerson (1919-2021), U.S. Marine Corps Major general * Isabel Wilkerson (born 1961), American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner * Isaiah Wilkerson (born 1990), American basketball player * James Herbert Wilkerson (1869–1948), US federal judge * Jerry Wilkerson (1943–2007), American painter * Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Wilkerson
Aaron Daniel Wilkerson (born May 24, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers. After breaking two pitching records in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Cumberland University, Wilkerson overcame Tommy John surgery,Salem Red Sox pitcher Wilkerson the ultimate survivor ''The Roanoke Times''. Retrieved on April 23, 2016. and four independent league trades in a single season, to join the organization. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Wilkerson
Kristian Wilkerson (born January 10, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football, Southeast Missouri State. College career Wilkerson was a member of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football, Southeast Missouri State Redhawks for five seasons, redshirt (college sports), redshirting as a true freshman. As a redshirt senior, he caught 71 passes for 1,350 yards and 10 touchdowns and was named first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference and a second-team All-American by HERO Sports. Wilkerson finished his collegiate career with 219 receptions for 3,540 yards and 33 touchdowns, all of which were school records. Professional career Tennessee Titans Wilkerson was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2020. He was waived on September 5, 2020, during final roster cuts. New England Patriots Wilkerson was signed to the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Wilkerson
Wallace Wilkerson ( – May 16, 1879) was an People of the United States, American cowman (profession), stockman who was capital punishment, sentenced to death by the Utah Territory, Territory of Utah for the murder of William Baxter. Wilkerson professed his innocence, but chose to die by execution by firing squad, firing squad over hanging or decapitation. The execution was botched; Wilkerson took up to 27 minutes to die because the execution by firing squad, firing squad missed his heart. His case, ''Wilkerson v. Utah'', was heard by the Supreme Court of the United States and continues to be cited in present-day case law involving cruel and unusual punishment. Background Wallace Wilkerson was born in Quincy, Illinois, to a Mormon family. At the age of eight, he moved with his parents to the Utah Territory, Territory of Utah. At the age of seventeen, Wilkerson was working as a cowman (profession), stockman and horse training, horse breaker. He enlisted several times in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Wilkerson
Tyler Wilkerson (born July 25, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Al Sharjah of the UAE National Basketball League. He played college basketball at Marshall University. Professional career In 2010, he signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of Israel. In March 2011, he moved to Maccabi Haifa B.C. for the rest of the 2010–11 season. He later re-signed with Maccabi for the 2011–12 season. Wilkerson joined the San Antonio Spurs for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On September 20, 2012, he signed with the Spurs. However, he was waived on October 11. In November 2012, he was acquired by the Austin Toros. On August 29, 2013, Wilkerson's rights were acquired by the Delaware 87ers in the 2013 NBA Development League Expansion Draft. He later joined Jeonju KCC Egis of South Korea for the 2013–14 season. In 2014, he signed with the Guizhou White Tigers of the NBL. On January 24, 2015, he signed with Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Wilkerson
Tim Wilkerson (born December 29, 1960, in Springfield, Illinois) is a NHRA drag racer. He graduated from Southeast High School in Springfield, Illinois and earned an Associate's in Science in civil engineering from Lincoln Land Community College. He is married to Krista and has three children, Daniel (2007 NHRA Division 3 Top Alcohol Funny Car Champion), Kevin, and Rachel. He owns Wilkerson's Service Center and Capital City Machine Shop in Springfield. Early career Tim Wilkerson raced an alcohol funny car from 1990 to 1995. He won back to back NHRA Division 3 Top Alcohol Funny Car Championships in 1994 and 1995. Nitro Funny Car He began his national Nitro Funny Car career in 1996. He was the first funny car rookie to run over 300 mph and the first funny car rookie in the 4s. He went to his first Nitro Funny Car final at the NHRA US Nationals in 1997. He finished 7th in points in 1998. Wilkerson won his first race in Joliet, Illinois in 1999. On September 7, 2003, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tichi Wilkerson Kassel
Tichi Wilkerson Kassel (May 10, 1926 – March 8, 2004) was an American film personality and the publisher of The Hollywood Reporter. She established the Women in Film organization, the Key Art and Marketing Concepts awards, and several scholarships for film students. Biography Kassel was born Beatrice Ruby Noble in Los Angeles on May 11, 1926. She was raised in Mexico City and returned to Los Angeles as a teenager. Tichi's mother was a maid for William "Billy" Wilkerson, founder, publisher and editor of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' newspaper. Wilkerson courted Tichi and they were married on February 23, 1951 in Phoenix, Arizona; he was in his 60s and she was 25. Soon after their marriage, she started to work at the trade paper. When Wilkerson died in 1962, she took over as the paper's second editor and publisher. After Wilkerson's death, she married realtor William Miles. The couple divorced in 1982, and in 1983 she married Arthur Kassel. In 1971, Wilkerson Kassel started the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevie Wilkerson
Stephen Beaty Wilkerson (born January 11, 1992) is an American professional baseball utility player on loan to the Chicago Dogs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles. On July 25, 2019, he became the first MLB position player to ever record a save. Career Amateur Wilkerson graduated from Alan C. Pope High School in Marietta, Georgia, in 2010, where he had been a member of both the baseball and football teams. He was drafted in the 15th round of the 2010 MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign and instead enrolled at Clemson University where he played college baseball for the Clemson Tigers and completed a degree in communication studies. He played for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summers of both 2012 and 2013. As a senior, he batted .317 with six home runs and 42 runs batted in (RBIs) in 56 games. After his senior year, he was drafted by the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert King Wilkerson
Robert Hillary King (born May 30, 1942), also known as Robert King Wilkerson, is an American known as one of the Angola Three, former prisoners who were held at Louisiana State Penitentiary in solitary confinement for decades after being convicted in 1973 of prison murders. Initially held at Angola after being convicted of armed robbery, King served a total of 32 years there, 29 of them in solitary. His conviction was overturned on appeal in 2001, and a new trial was ordered. The state indicted him again and he accepted a plea deal for lower charges, in exchange for time served, rather than go through another trial. He was released in 2001. King has consistently maintained his innocence in the prison murder. He was among the co-founders of the Angola chapter of the Black Panther Party. With Albert Woodfox and the late Herman Wallace, also former Black Panthers, he is known as one of the Angola 3, men who were held for decades in solitary confinement at Angola. With the death o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponchai Wilkerson
Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson (15 July 1971 – 14 March 2000) (also Ponchai Kamau, Kamau Wilkerson, Ponchai "Kamau" Wilkerson) was a convicted murderer executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Texas. He was convicted for the 28 November 1990 murder of jeweler Chung Myong Yi. He was convicted by a jury on 16 July 1991 and ten days later sentenced to death by the same jury. Early life Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson (โพนชัย กาเมา วิลเกอร์สัน), of African-American and Thai descent, was born in Houston, Texas. Not much is known about Wilkerson's early childhood; he later grew up in the Fort Bend-Houston area east of Missouri City, Texas, attending public schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District. Ponchai graduated from Willowridge High School in 1990. Criminal activities On 28 November 1990, Wilkerson and Wilton Bethony entered Yi Chung Myong's jewellery shop Royal Gold Jewellery Store in Houston, Texas. They had been on a crime sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Lawton Wilkerson
Oscar Lawton Wilkerson (February 9, 1926 – February 8, 2023) was an American pilot and radio personality. He was one of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American aviators and support personnel who served during World War II. Early life Wilkerson was born February 9, 1926, in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He graduated from Bloom Township High School in 1944 and joined the United States Air Force. Military career Wilkerson moved to Tuskegee, Alabama, for training and was assigned to the 617th Bombardment Squadron. He became 2nd Lieutenant and earned his "wings" in 1946. Wilkerson completed his training after the end of the war, so he did not have the chance to fly in combat. Wilkerson faced significant racial discrimination while serving in the Air Force because of the segregation of the military at the time. “The military had no intention of using black pilots. The real mission, the underlying mission, was for us to fail and prove their point,” Wilkerson said in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel P
, nickname = {{Plainlist, * Nat * Nate , footnotes = Nathaniel is an English variant of the biblical Greek name Nathanael. People with the name Nathaniel * Nathaniel Archibald (1952–2018), American basketball player * Nate Archibald (born 1948), American basketball player * Nathaniel Ayers (born 1951), American musician who is the subject of the 2009 film ''The Soloist'' * Nathaniel Bacon (1647–1676), Virginia colonist who instigated Bacon's Rebellion * Nathaniel Prentice Banks (1816–1894), American politician and American Civil War General * Nat Bates (born 1931), two-term mayor of Richmond, California * Nathaniel Berhow (2003–2019), perpetrator of the Saugus High School shooting in 2019 * Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), American mathematician, father of modern maritime navigation * Nathaniel Buzolic (born 1983), Australian actor * Nathaniel Chalobah (born 1994), English footballer * Nathaniel Clayton (1833–1895), British politician * Nat King Cole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Wilkerson
Muhammad Hassan "Mo" Wilkerson (born October 22, 1989) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Temple Owls, and was selected by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Early years Wilkerson attended Linden High School in his hometown of Linden, New Jersey. He recorded 78 tackles, five sacks, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery in his senior season. He was named to the All-Watchung Conference first-team in his junior season. He was selected to the ''Home News Tribune'' all-area first-team and ''Newark Star Ledger'' all-Union County second-team. He also helped lead Linden to state titles during his junior and senior years in basketball. College career After high school, Wilkerson spent a year at Hargrave Military Academy. He subsequently enrolled at Temple University, where he played for the Temple Owls football team. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
