the name game!! can you do it??

ok..here's the game..11 names...you figure out who theses 11 people are...using NO search engines...not yahoo google or wikipedia..jus 11 guesses..all are famous across the nation or some the world..so...if you need any hints let me know and i will give you 2 hints max per person..so...try and beat em....
1 carlos ray norris
2 jeffrey phillip wiedlandt
3 laurence tureaud
4 mark sinclair vincent
5 chaim witz from haifa isreal
6 cassius marcellus clay jr
7 samual longhorn clemens
8 eilleen regina edwards
9 daniel lawrence whitney
10 marion michael morrison
11 gordon shumway