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  • Alfred Waterson
    Alfred Waterson
    Alfred Edward Waterson was a Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He was the first Co-operative Party MP.Born in Derby, Waterson was a railwayman and activist in his trade union...

     (1880 – 1964), Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom.
  • Colin Waterson
    Colin Waterson
    Waterson is a Scottish electronic musician.-Dance career:Waterson performed all over the world as a dancer, most famously as a member of Matthew Bourne's theatre company New Adventures, where he created roles in productions of Swan Lake as well Cinderella Waterson (born Colin Ross Waterson, 5...

     (born 1974), Scottish musician.
  • Edward Waterson
    Edward Waterson
    Edward Waterson was an English Catholic priest and martyr. He served the hidden Catholics in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Edward was arrested in 1593 and executed at Newcastle upon Tyne. He was beatified in 1929....

     (died 1594), English Catholic priest and martyr.
  • Lal Waterson
    Lal Waterson
    Lal Waterson was an English folksinger and songwriter. She sang with, among others, The Watersons, The Waterdaughters and Blue Murder. She was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and died suddenly in Robin Hood's Bay, of cancer diagnosed only ten days before...

     (1943 – 1998), English folksinger and songwriter.
  • Mike Waterson
    Mike Waterson
    Michael Waterson was an English writer, songwriter and folk singer.Waterson was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He is best known as a member of The Watersons, with his sisters Lal Waterson and Norma Waterson and his brother-in-law Martin Carthy...

    , singer and songwriter.
  • Nigel Waterson
    Nigel Waterson
    Nigel Christopher Waterson is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Conservative Party member of Parliament for Eastbourne until the 2010 election. He was first elected in 1992...

     (born 1950), Member of Parliament for Eastbourne.
  • John Waterson
    John Waterson
    John Waterson was a London publisher and bookseller of the Jacobean and Caroline eras; he published significant works in English Renaissance drama, including plays by William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, John Webster, and Philip Massinger.-Beginning:Waterson was the scion of a family of publishers:...

     (died 1656), London publisher.
  • John Waterson (physicist) (1811-1883?), Scottish physicist.
  • Norma Waterson
    Norma Waterson
    Norma Christine Waterson is an English musician, best known as one of the original members of The Watersons, a premier English traditional group. Other members of the group included her brother Mike Waterson and sister Lal Waterson, and in later incarnations of the group her husband Martin...

     (born 1939), English musician.
  • Tim Waterson
    Tim Waterson
    Tim Waterson is a Canadian drummer who formerly held the world record for the fastest number of strokes on a bass drum, with a record of 1,057 single and 1,407 double strokes per minute....

    , drummer.
  • The Watersons
    The Watersons
    The Watersons were an English folk group from Hull, Yorkshire. They performed mainly traditional songs with little or no accompaniment. Their distinctive sound came from their closely woven harmonies.-Career:...

    , English folk group.
  • Waterson:Carthy
    Waterson:Carthy
    Waterson:Carthy are an English folk group originally comprising Norma Waterson on vocals, her husband Martin Carthy on guitar and vocals and their daughter Eliza Carthy on fiddle and vocals....

    , English folk group.
  • Gerald (Gerry) Waterson (born 1940) Founder, former CEO and Chairman of Barger Corporation
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