Researching Jack Otterson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 29 people with the Otterson surname? In that year Otterson was ranked number 3550 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Otterson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Otterson and the Otterson Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 112 people with the Otterson surname in the UK? Otterson is now ranked number 3937 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Otterson surname in the USA? Otterson is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jack Otterson
Jack Otterson
John Edward (Jack) Otterson (August 25, 1905 – December 22, 1991) was an American art director. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 300 films between the years of 1934 and 1953.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Yale, where he was an editor of a campus humor magazine The Yale Record with writer Geoffrey T. Hellman, writer and film critic Dwight Macdonald and Hollywood photographer Jerome Zerbe. He died in Los Angeles, California.
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