* Alton Ochsner ( 1896-1981 ), American surgeon and medical researcher

* Dr. Alton Ochsner, Sr .;

With his mentor, Alton Ochsner, he postulated in 1939 a strong link between smoking and carcinoma of the lung.

* Alton Ochsner, Surgeon, Co-founder of Ochsner Clinic ( now Ochsner Health System )

Alton Ochsner ( May 4, 1896-September 24, 1981 ) was a surgeon and medical researcher who worked at Tulane University and other New Orleans hospitals before he established his own world-renowned The Ochsner Clinic, now known as Ochsner Foundation Hospital.

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After his term as governor, he returned to the medical field as founder and CEO of Alton Heathcare.

Alton Augustus Adams, Sr., the founder of the Juvenile Band and the bandmaster of the Navy ensemble, also wrote the Virgin Islands March ( 1919 ), now the official territorial anthem of the Virgin Islands, as well as The Governor's Own, the official march of the Virgin Islands Governor.

It was named for Register-Guard founder Alton F. Baker, Sr.

In 1989, Chris Wilson was hired as VP of A & R and the label began their association with Studio One label founder Clement Dodd and released Best of Studio One, a compilation of Dodd-produced music by artists including Dennis Brown, Alton Ellis, The Gladiators, Marcia Griffiths, The Heptones, Slim Smith, Sugar Minott, and Johnny Osbourne, among others.

Harrison was a hopeful for the 1904 Democratic nomination for President, but was unable to negotiate his way through a tangle of conflicting loyalies to different Party bosses ; the nomination went to Alton B. Parker, who was soundly defeated by Theodore Roosevelt.

* Alton B. Parker, Democratic candidate for President in 1904.

William Alton " Billy " Carter III ( March 29, 1937 – September 25, 1988 ) was an American businessman who promoted Billy Beer, was a candidate for Mayor of Plains, Georgia, and was the younger brother of United States President Jimmy Carter.

Among the dead are John Dieckman, an international champion flyfisher and caster ; retired Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly, USN, the president of Long Island University and a two-time Deputy Chief of Naval Operations ; W. Alton Jones, a multi-millionaire former president and chairman of Cities Service Company and close personal friend of former General of the Army and President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower ; Arnold Kirkeby, a millionaire realtor and former head of the Kirkeby chain of luxury hotels ; Louise Lindner Eastman, whose daughter Linda Eastman would later marry Paul McCartney of The Beatles ; Irving Rubine, producer of the film The Guns of Navarone ; Emelyn Whiton, a 1952 Olympic sailing gold medalist ; and the Broadway stage manager Bob Paschall.

In 1904, Davis became the Democratic nominee for Vice President on a ticket with Alton B. Parker.

He received 42 votes for President of the United States at the 1904 Democratic National Convention, but was defeated by Alton B. Parker.

The Alton named the train after Ann Rutledge, a woman from New Salem, Illinois, who may have been the first love of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln.

Mayor Laird J. Troyer, Chamber of Commerce President Alton J. Hager, and airport committee chairman Clyde B. Smith, among others, were present to witness the plane's arrival.

Alton Brown Jr. is the Executive Vice President / General Manager.

Notable American restaurant chefs include Thomas Keller, Charlie Trotter, Grant Achatz, Alfred Portale, Paul Prudhomme, Paul Bertolli, Frank Stitt, Alice Waters, and celebrity chefs like Mario Batali, Alton Brown, Emeril Lagasse, Cat Cora, Michael Symon, Bobby Flay, Ina Garten, Todd English, Sandra Lee, and Paula Deen.

* 1962 – Alton Brown, American chef, author, and producer

Miles Dewey Davis was born on May 26, 1926, to an affluent African American family in Alton, Illinois.

* 1955 – Alton Coleman, American serial killer ( d. 2002 )

** Robert Alton, American dancer and choreographer ( b. 1906 )

** John Alton, American cinematographer ( b. 1901 )

* July 30 – Alton Brown, American television host and chef

*** W. Alton Jones, American industrialist and philanthropist ( b. 1891 )

* W. Alton Jones, American industrialist and philanthropist ( d. 1962 )

* November 7 – American abolitionist and newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy is killed by a pro-slavery mob, at his warehouse in Alton, Illinois.

Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1, 1904 – missing in action December 15, 1944 ) was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era.

The largest town in the county is Alton, Illinois known for its abolitionist and American Civil War-era history.

One of the highest recorded temperatures in American history ( and the highest in Kansas ' recorded history ) was recorded near Alton on July 24, 1936.

Other historical figures and famous people who have lived in Esopus include naturalist John Burroughs, abolitionist Sojourner Truth, Major Gen. Daniel Butterfield, who founded the American Express Company and wrote “ Taps ” in 1862, and 1904 Democratic nominee for president Alton Brooks Parker, a lawyer and judge, who lost to incumbent Theodore Roosevelt.

* Alton Brown ( born 1962 ), American cinematographer, author, actor, and television personality

* Alton Byrd ( born 1957 ), American basketball player

* Alton Lister ( born 1958 ), American former National Basketball Association player

* Alton B. Parker ( 1852-1926 ), American lawyer, judge, and Democratic nominee for U. S. president in 1904

* Alton Tobey ( 1914-2005 ), American artist and teacher of art

* Alton R. Waldon, Jr. ( born 1936 ), American politician

* John Alton ( 1901-1996 ), American Academy Award-winning cinematographer

* Joseph W. Alton ( born 1919 ), American politician and state senator

* Robert Alton ( 1906-1957 ), American dancer and choreographer

Robert Harold Schuller ( born September 16, 1926, in Alton, Iowa ) is an American televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author.