An electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines and related equipment. This is a list of notable people who have been electricians.
Australia edit
- Laurie Brereton, politician
- Colin Brooks, politician
- Harry Jensen, unionist and politician
- Gil Langley, cricketer
- Ian Maxfield, unionist and politician
- Josh McCrone, Rugby League player
- William Laird Smith, unionist and politician, Minister for the Navy
- Mike Symon, politician
- Peter Turnbull, World War II fighter ace
Bermuda edit
- Johnny Barnes, noted as a national institution for greeting commuters
Brazil edit
- Roberto Azevêdo, diplomat
- Delcídio do Amaral, politician
- Silas Rondeau, politician
Canada edit
- John Babcock, First World War veteran
- David Bjornson, Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament 1988-1993 for Selkirk-Red River
- Navraj Singh Goraya, rapper, producer and audio engineer[1]
- David Price, politician
- Fred Rose, politician and Soviet spy
France edit
- Pierre Le Guennec, former possessor of many works by Picasso
Germany edit
- Hermann Einstein, father of Albert Einstein. Hermann and his brother Jakob founded an electrical engineering company called Einstein & Cie.[2]
Iceland edit
- Guðmundur Gunnarsson, union leader
Ireland edit
- Conor Cusack, hurler
- Karl Shiels, actor[3]
Israel edit
- Dror Adani, convicted for conspiracy to murder
- Haim Corfu, politician
- Moshe Flimann, politician
- Alex Goldfarb, politician
- Yeruham Zeisel, politician
New Zealand edit
- Alfred Ngaro, politician
Poland edit
- Stanisław Jaros, executed for assassination attempts
- Lech Wałęsa, 2nd president of Poland
Russia edit
- Yevgeny Nikonov, Soviet naval war hero from Estonia
United Kingdom edit
- Frank Chapple, union leader
- Alan Charles, Police Commissioner[4]
- Liam Cunningham, actor
- Ivor Linton, footballer
- Stuart Pearce, footballer
United States edit
- Elmer Baumann, union leader and politician
- Thomas Bell, novelist
- Clipper Darrell, superfan
- Adam DeBus, baseball player
- Lex Green, politician
- Micky Hammon, politician
- Bobby Henon, politician
- Edwin D. Hill, union leader
- William J. Lindsay, politician
- Francis Mahoney, basketball player
- Richard Christy, musician and radio personality[5]
- Mike Maronna, actor
- Brian McMahan, guitarist
- Donald Norcross, politician
- Joseph C. Palczynski, spree killer
- Thomas Harrison Provenzano, convicted murderer
- Jesse Sullivan, amputee who was given a robotic arm
- Donald Turnupseed, the other driver in James Dean's fatal accident[6]
- Frank Weddig, politician
See also edit
References edit
- ^ NAV used to be an electrician😱, retrieved 2023-11-16 Interview with Nav by Our Generation Music
- ^ Schwartz, Joseph (2005). Introducing Einstein. Icon Books. ISBN 1-84046-667-7.
- ^ "Fair City actor Karl Shiels has died, aged 47". RTE News. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
He began his career as an electrician but changed direction in the early nineties when he trained with the Gaiety School of Acting.
- ^ "About Your Commissioner". PCC for Derbyshire. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "RICHARD CHRISTY: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW". MetalSucks. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ Craig, Olga. "Revealed: the truth behind the crash that killed James Dean". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-13.