American Famous Names Starting with Letter R

(born on May 7, 1955 in Arlington, Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'6", 22

(born on May 7, 1955 in Arlington, Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'6", 225 lb. right-hander was drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft, and he played for the Angels in 1979 and 1980.

Was an American physicist dedicated to learning, research, and education.Marshak received his PhD fr

Was an American physicist dedicated to learning, research, and education.Marshak received his PhD from Cornell University in 1939. Along with his thesis advisor, Hans Bethe, he discovered many of the fusion aspects involved in star formation. This helped him on his work for the Manhattan Project, in Los Alamos, during World War II.In 1957, he and George Sudarshan proposed a V-A ("vector" minus "axial vector") Lagrangian for weak interactions, which was later independently discovered by Richard Feynman and Murray Gell-Mann. His biography below, is explicit about it "Perhaps Marshak's most significant scientific contribution was the proposal of the V-A Theory of Weak Interactions (the fourth force in nature) in collaboration with his student George Sudarshan. Unfortunately, the pair published the theory only in a conference proceedings for a meeting in Italy. Six months later, a different derivation of the same concept was published by Feynman and Gell-Mann in a mainstream scientific journal

Was an infielder for the Major League Baseball Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He was drafted in the eleventh

Was an infielder for the Major League Baseball Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1992 amateur draft by the Atlanta Braves, and was subsequently selected 12th by the Devil Rays in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft.

Was an American entomologist and artist who made important contributions to the fields of arthropod

Was an American entomologist and artist who made important contributions to the fields of arthropod morphology, anatomy, evolution, and metamorphosis.

Was a Texas politician, a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, the mayor of El

Was a Texas politician, a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, the mayor of El Paso, a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, and a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Is an Academy Award-winning American art director and production designer.Boyle trained as an archit

Is an Academy Award-winning American art director and production designer.Boyle trained as an architect, graduating from the University of Southern California (USC). When he lost his job in that field during the Great Depression, Boyle found work in films as an extra. In 1933 he was hired as a draftsman in the Paramount Pictures art department, headed by supervising art director Hans Dreier. He went on to work on a variety of pictures as a sketch artist, draftsman and assistant art director before becoming an art director at Universal Studios in the early 1940s.

Is an independent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 25th Assembly District si

Is an independent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 25th Assembly District since his election in 1992. Born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Ziegelbauer graduated from Roncalli High School. He was elected County Executive of Manitowoc Count

Is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where h

Is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is one half of the tag team Beer Money, Inc., with his partner James Storm.In May 2004, Roode was brought into Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by Sc

Is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 101st District sin

Is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 101st District since 2003.

Was the 13th Chief Justice of California. Before his election to the Supreme Court of California, he

Was the 13th Chief Justice of California. Before his election to the Supreme Court of California, he had been Judge of the Fourth Judicial District in California.

Is a Canadian snowboarder.He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's snowboar

Is a Canadian snowboarder.He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the men's snowboard cross competition on 15 February 2010 where he finished in fifth place.Although he hasn't celebrated a major win yet, never placed first on the World Cup

Was an American politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York from 1927 to 1949.He was

Was an American politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York from 1927 to 1949.He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1905 to 1908, and of the New York State Senate from 1909 to 1918. He was President pro tempore of the New York

F a Methodist Minister[1] is an emeritus professor of chemistry at Rice University. He was awarded t

F a Methodist Minister[1] is an emeritus professor of chemistry at Rice University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerene (with the late Richard Smalley, also of Rice University, and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex).

The son of a Methodist Minister[1] is an emeritus professor of chemistry at Rice University.Born in

The son of a Methodist Minister[1] is an emeritus professor of chemistry at Rice University.Born in Alice, Texas, United States, Curl received a B.A. from Rice University in 1954 and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1957. Professor Curl's current research interests involve physical chemistry, developing DNA genotyping and sequencing instrumentation, and creating quantum cascade laser-based mid-infrared trace gas monitoring instrumentation. Dr. Curl often attended the German table at Hanszen College at Rice University. Dr. Curl graduated from William Adams High School in Alice, Texas.

(August 25, 1926 - January 4, 2007) was a reliever and spot starter in Major League Baseball who pla

(August 25, 1926 - January 4, 2007) was a reliever and spot starter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1953-54). Milliken batted and threw right handed. He was born in Majorsville, West Virginia.

(August 29, 1915 - June 6, 2001) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. A native of Greenville, Sou

(August 29, 1915 - June 6, 2001) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, he played for the Boston Red Sox (1943-1944) and Philadelphia Athletics (1944-1946).

Was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Swede Hanson. He spent much of his

Was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Swede Hanson. He spent much of his career wrestling as part of a tag team with Rip Hawk. Together, they held championships in four different promotions.Hanson and Hawk were heel (villain) w

Was an American poet who lived much of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. He lived in a small house

Was an American poet who lived much of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. He lived in a small house he built himself which he called Fort Juniper. Francis won the Shelley Memorial Award in 1939. One of his poetic mentors was Robert Frost, and indeed Fran

Also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a US Senator from New

Also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a US Senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968. He was one of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's younger brothers, and also one of his most trusted advisers and worked closely with the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He also made a significant contribution to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

Is a former basketball player and coach. A 6'0" guard, he played collegiately at Seton Hall Universi

Is a former basketball player and coach. A 6'0" guard, he played collegiately at Seton Hall University, and was selected by the Rochester Royals with the 10th pick in the 1948 BAA Draft. He played his entire nine-year career with the Royals, retiring from play after the end of the 1957 season. Wanzer was a five-time All-Star with the Royals, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Wanzer was the first player to ever shoot over 90% from the free throw line in a season.

(August 5, 1914 - August 22, 1988) was a Major League Baseball player. Listed at 6' 2", 185 lb., Dau

(August 5, 1914 - August 22, 1988) was a Major League Baseball player. Listed at 6' 2", 185 lb., Daughters batted and threw right-handed.

A Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist.

A Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist.

Bobby Keefe in baseball, was born near Folsom, California in June of 1882. He graduated from Santa C

Bobby Keefe in baseball, was born near Folsom, California in June of 1882. He graduated from Santa Clara College in 1902, where he was the star baseball pitcher. He then pitched for the Sacramento Solons in 1903, the first year of the Pacific Coast League.

Kennedy graduated from Harvard College in 1976 with a B.A. in American history and literature (inter

Kennedy graduated from Harvard College in 1976 with a B.A. in American history and literature (interrupting his stay at Harvard for a year of study at the London School of Economics) and obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia Law School, following a tradition started by his father and his uncle Edward M. Kennedy. He also obtained an LL.M. from the Pace University School of Law.

Was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskin

Was an American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football and college lacrosse as a defenseman for the Maryland Terrapins at the University of Maryland and was drafted in the eighth r