List of Famous people named Avery
Avery Bradley
Avery Antonio Bradley Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns before being drafted 19th overall by the Boston Celtics in the 2010 NBA draft. With the Celtics, he was twice recognized as an NBA All-Defensive Team member. Bradley has also played for the Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers.
Avery Johnson
Avery DeWitt Johnson is an American basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team.
Avery Williamson
Avery Milton Williamson is an American football linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kentucky.
Avery Brundage
Avery Brundage was the fifth President of the International Olympic Committee, from 1952 to 1972. The only American to attain that position, Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his involvement with the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, both held in Germany.
Avery Wilson
Avery Wilson is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Wilson gained notice in 2012 as a contestant on season 3 of The Voice. Since then, he has been making duets with his fans on Smule Sing! as @AveryWilson. Prior to The Voice, Wilson had regional hit songs played in rotation in the Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts markets. In 2015 he released "If I Have To", the first single from his debut album which he also performed as a non-competitor on season 8 of The Voice.
Avery Brooks
Avery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, director, singer, and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the Academy Award-nominated film American History X.
Avery Ng
Avery Ng Man-yuen is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He is the chairman of the League of Social Democrats (LSD), a pro-democracy radical social democratic party in Hong Kong.
Avery Buxton
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Avery Schreiber
Avery Lawrence Schreiber was an American actor and comedian. He was a veteran of stage, television, and movies who came to prominence in the 1960s in a comedy duo with Jack Burns. He acted in an array of acting roles mostly on television sitcoms and a series of popular advertisements for Doritos tortilla chips.