Does anyone know anyone famous with these surnames?

Question

Bennett ,Boyd ,wild ,and Farr

and contries of origin

Answer 1

obviously, for Bennett you have Tony Bennett.  Here are some famous deceased Bennetts on Find a grave.

http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php...

Here are some famous Boyd's

http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php...

here are some famous Wild's

Jack Wild just passed away a couple of years ago.

http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php...

And of course as mentioned Jamie Farr is a famous Farr. Here is a link to a couple of other deceased Farr's

http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php...

Answer 2

Thomas George Farr or Tommy Farr 1913 - 1986 is a famous Welsh heavy-weight boxer.

http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page...

and  

http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page...

Jimmy Wilde 1892 - 1969 is also a very famous Welsh fly-weight boxer and world champion.

http://coxscorner.tripod.com/wilde.html

James Felton Boyd born November 30 1930 of  Rocky Mount, North Carolina, light-heavy-weight boxer 1956 Olympics gold

http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1930...

Michael Bennett (born March 26, 1971 in Chicago) is a former US-American boxer who won the amateur world championships in 1999 and represented the United States at the 2000 Olympic Games in the heavyweight division

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ben...

Karen Bennett was the Women's World Boxing, bantamweight Champion WWBA in the 80's.  She lived and trained in Las Vegas, Nevada

http://www.womenboxing.com/Bennett.htm

(Bruce 076 This unusual surname, Farr, is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and originated either as a nickname for a powerfully built or strong man, or a lusty man, or as a metonymic occupational name for an oxherd, from the Olde English pre 7th Century "fearr", Middle English "farre", meaning bull.  It is not a Lebanese name)

Answer 3

Tony Bennett,singer born Aug 3 1920 New York City.

Answer 4

Tony bennett , jamie farr the actor from MASH. bennett is probally italian but shortened from bennetto, I know jamie farr's name is lebanese , its a muslim name also shortened from farrah or somthing like that..

Many americans shorten thier names or changed the spelling when they immigrate. so when doing a search just be liberal with the spelling . you will find the origins easily on the net .Cant help you with Boyd , probally english. It should not be hard for you to search on the net. I have a not so common italian surname and i can find it easily on the net.

Answer 5

Billy Boyd is an actor from Scotland. He is most famous for playing Peregrin Took (or "Pippin" to his friends) in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

The late Jack Wild was an English actor, who as a young man played "The Artful Dodger" in the 1968 film of the musical "Oliver".

Answer 6

Depending upon what you're looking for all these names link to English playwrights ,art directors and actors, mainly Shakespearean.