Famous People with Name Randolph

Randolph Charles Bachman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Randolph Charles Bachman: was lead guitarist and songwriter of the 1960s rock band, The Guess Who, and the 70s rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Bachman was also a member of the band Brave Belt with Chad Allan and a band called Ironhorse, and has recorded numerous solo albums.In

Randolph Hume Dean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Randolph Hume Dean: is an American former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part of the American team which finished tenth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored 24 goals.

Randolph Ruhland Veres            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Randolph Ruhland Veres: is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was 6'3" tall, weighed 210 pounds and was right-handed. He attended Cordova High School.Originally drafted in the 32nd round (740th overall) of the 1984 draft by the New York Mets, he did not sign at that time. After spending a season at Sacramento City College, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers second overall in the 1985 January draft, and he did decided to sign.

Randolph Fitzgerald (Randy) Samuel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Randolph Fitzgerald (Randy) Samuel: is a Canadian former soccer player who, with 82 caps, played a record number of times for the Canadian national team. Samuel, born in Trinidad, grew up in Richmond, British Columbia, graduating from McNair High School. After playing for Richmond South Warriors he was drafted by the Vancouver 86ers in the 1981 North American Soccer League draft, though he never signed with the club. Samuel earned his first cap for Canada in a 3-1 away loss to Honduras on 11 November 1983 and played his country's three matches in their only World Cup finals appearance, the 1986 World Cup finals.

Randolph L. "Randy" Smyth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Randolph L. "Randy" Smyth: is a former American competitive sailor and two-time Olympic silver medalist.

Ronald Shavlik Randolph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ronald Shavlik Randolph: is an American National Basketball Association player. On August 5, 2005, the 6'10" (2.08 m) Randolph was signed to a free-agent contract by the Philadelphia 76ers. Randolph played for Duke University from the 2003 season through 2005.

Zachary Zach Randolph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Zachary Zach Randolph: is an American professional basketball player currently with the New York Knicks of the NBA.Randolph grew up in Marion, Indiana and attended Marion High School, where his coach was Moe Smedley. Zach was mentored by Craig Moore, a teacher at Marion, since he was 12, they are still great friends today. As a sophomore, he helped lead the Marion Giants to the class 4A championship game. As a senior, he again led his team to the state championship game in which Marion High School won its seventh state basketball championship. He finished second in Indiana's 'Mr. Basketball' voting that year, closely behind Jared Jeffries, who coincidentally played for the team that the Giants beat in the state championship game that year.

John Randolph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Randolph: Randolph was born Emanuel Hirsch Cohen in New York City, the son of Jewish immigrants Dorothy (née Shore), an insurance agent, and Louis Cohen, a hat manufacturer. His stepfather was Joseph Lippman, and as a result Randolph was briefly known as Mortimer Lippman during his childhood. In the 1930s he was active in politics as well as acting. He made his Broadway debut in 1938 in Coriolanus. Randolph joined the United States Army Air Force in World War II. He wound up blacklisted by the Hollywood studio bosses in 1955 after he refused to answer questions and claimed the Fifth Amendment before the HUAC relating to the Cold War Communist infiltration of our State Department. In 1988 he was elected president of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, which succeeded the National Council on Soviet Relations, founded in 1941. The NCSR grew out of the more overtly radical American-Soviet friendship movement of the 1930s, whose organizational center was the Friends of the Soviet Union founded in 1929. The Council, composed largely of professionals who were sympathetic to Socialism, believed that the USSR and the United States should join together in their common fight against fascism. In 1946, the House Un-American Activities Committee began a formal investigation of NCASF, and in 1947, it was indicted for failure to register with the Subversive Activities Control Board. Throughout its operation, the NCASF issued numerous pamphlets and bibliographies about life in the Soviet Union, as well as information on American-Soviet relations.

Lillian Randolph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lillian Randolph: was an American actress and singer, a veteran of radio, film, and television.A native of Louisville, Kentucky, she was the younger sister of actress Amanda Randolph. An African American, she worked in entertainment from the 1930s well into the 1970s, appe

Leo Randolph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leo Randolph: was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Randolph had an outstanding amateur career. Randolph was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur program, along with fellow Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales, and