Paul Swanson (born 1932) is an American bridge player from Morgantown, West Virginia. He is also the founder of Swanson Industries. [1]
Samuel M. Stayman was an American bridge player, writer, and administrator. He is best known for Stayman, one of the world's most popular bidding conventions; indeed, a day after writing his obituary Alan Truscott called him "the player best known in the world".
David L. Berkowitz is an American professional contract bridge player. He is from Old Tappan, New Jersey.
Ira Rubin was an American professional contract bridge player. Rubin attended the Bronx High School of Science and later New York University. Rubin lived in Fair Lawn and resided in nearby Paramus for 35 years.
Baron Waldemar Konrad von Zedtwitz was a German-born American bridge player and administrator.
Sidney Silodor was an American bridge player. Silodor was a World Champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl in 1950. Silodor is currently 6th on the all-time list of North American Bridge Championships wins with 34. Silodor was a lawyer from Havertown, Pennsylvania.
Peter M. Weichsel is an American professional bridge player from Encinitas, California.
Edward M. "Eddie" Wold is an American professional bridge player from Houston, Texas. Wold is a graduate of Rice University. Wold is an accomplished teacher and plays regularly at Houston's Westside Bridge Academy, particularly in that club's Saturday afternoon "common game," where over a thousand pairs from all over the country play identical boards.
Michael Passell is a professional American bridge player from Dallas, Texas.
Curtis Scott Cheek is an American bridge player. Cheek is from Huntsville, Alabama and is an aerospace engineer.
Harry J. Fishbein was an American bridge player and club owner. He used to be a professional basketball player. In teams-of-four competition, Fishbein was a runner-up for the world championship in the 1959 Bermuda Bowl, playing on the United States team in a three-way round-robin among Europe, North America, and South America representatives. Fishbein was "the presiding genius" of the famous Mayfair club [or Mayfair Bridge Club] for more than 20 years" – proprietor of the training ground of experts from 1943 to 1966. As of 1960 he was also ACBL Treasurer.
Charles Julius Solomon was an American bridge player, administrator, writer, and sponsor. He was Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2000.
Eric Alan Greco is an American bridge player. He is from Annandale, Virginia.
Bart Bramley is an American bridge player and a member of the ACBL Hall of Fame. Bramley is from Connecticut originally, and moved back there in 2024. Bramley has lived in Boston, Seattle, Chicago, and Dallas. Bramley's late wife Judy Bramley was also a Bridge player.
Lewis Lawrence Mathe was an American world champion bridge player and administrator from Canoga Park, California.
Tobias Stone was an American bridge player and writer from New York City.
Philip Efraim Feldesman was an American bridge player.
Paul Herbert Hodge was an American bridge player.
Thomas Koonce Sanders, Sr. was an American bridge player from Nashville, Tennessee. He was married to Carol Sanders, a women's teams world champion player.
Björn Fallenius (1957-2023) was a Swedish bridge player, for many years a resident of New York City. He and his late wife Kathy Fallenius operated the Cavendish Bridge Club.
Fredrick M. "Fred" Stewart is an American bridge player from Bloomington, New York. Stewart has won the Cavendish Invitational Pairs three times and has won 8 North American Bridge Championships.