American Famous Names Starting with Letter R

An American painter. He is known for satirical genre and crowd subjects, often conveying his exubera

An American painter. He is known for satirical genre and crowd subjects, often conveying his exuberant, comical, or bitter reflections on being African-American. He studied with Fernand Léger in Paris. According to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Colescott was "the first African-American artist to represent the United States in a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 1997." [1] According to Askart.com and Artcyclopedia.com, his work is in many major public collections, including (in addition to the Albright-Knox) those of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Was a newspaperman, attorney, and, from 1967 to 1978, a Democratic state senator from Rock Springs,

Was a newspaperman, attorney, and, from 1967 to 1978, a Democratic state senator from Rock Springs, Wyoming. He also chaired a special committee to rewrite the Wyoming education code. He was the Senate floor leader for House Bill 208, which expanded the t

Was an American mechanical engineer and the former Dean of Engineering Science at Johns Hopkins Univ

Was an American mechanical engineer and the former Dean of Engineering Science at Johns Hopkins University. He was a defender on the U.S. national lacrosse team that competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, where lacrosse was a demonstration spo

Was a Democratic politician from St. Joseph, the parish seat of Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisi

Was a Democratic politician from St. Joseph, the parish seat of Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana. From 1896-1900, Snyder was lieutenant governor under Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr. Snyder was succeeded as lieutenant governor by future U.S. Represe

Is a Canadian bobsledder who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s who later became a busin

Is a Canadian bobsledder who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s who later became a businessman and chairman to two communication companies in Canada. Since 1994, Storey has been the fourth president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleig

Known as 'Bully Waterman' or 'Bully Bob Waterman', was an American merchant sea captain. He set thre

Known as 'Bully Waterman' or 'Bully Bob Waterman', was an American merchant sea captain. He set three sailing speed records; his time of 74 days from Hong Kong to New York City has never been bettered in a sail-powered vessel. He was reputed as a martinet

Was a Canadian geneticist and biophysicist. He was the Distinguished Research Professor in the Depar

Was a Canadian geneticist and biophysicist. He was the Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Biology at York University. Haynes was best known for his contributions to the study of DNA repair and mutagenesis, and for helping promote the concept of terraforming through his invention of the term, ecopoiesis.

Was a politician, barrister and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member

Was a politician, barrister and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Unionist in the 1917 election to represent the riding of Cape Breton South and Richmond. He was defeated in the 1923 election for the riding of North Cape Breton and Victoria. Butts was also a Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1911-1917 & 1928-1933) representing the electoral district of Cape Breton County in two terms as a Member of the Nova Scotia Conservative Party. He also served in the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia (1927–1928).

Was a U.S. Representative from Florida.He served as member of the State house of representatives 185

Was a U.S. Representative from Florida.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1856-1859. He served in the State senate 1860-1862. He retired from the State senate in 1862 and served during the Civil War in the Confederate States Army as

Was an American vegetation ecologist, active in the 1950s to the 1970s.He held teaching and research

Was an American vegetation ecologist, active in the 1950s to the 1970s.He held teaching and research positions at Washington State College in Hanford, Washington, the Hanford National Laboratories (where he pioneered use of radioactive tracers in ecosystem studies), Brooklyn College, University of California-Irvine, and, finally Cornell University.Extremely productive, Whittaker was a leading proponent and developer of gradient analysis to address questions in plant community ecology. He provided strong empirical evidence against some ideas of vegetation development advocated by Frederic Clements. Whittaker was most active in the areas of plant community analysis, succession, and productivity.

Was a prominent Alabama politician. He was born in Camden County, North Carolina and later moved to

Was a prominent Alabama politician. He was born in Camden County, North Carolina and later moved to Alabama, where he served in the state House of Representatives in 1849 and the state Senate in 1851. He was elected to represent the state in the Provision

Better known by his ring name "Bulldog" Bob Brown, was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was born

Better known by his ring name "Bulldog" Bob Brown, was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was born in Shoal Lake, Manitoba and died in Kansas City, Missouri.From 1969-1974 Brown wrestled for NWA All Star Wrestling in Vancouver and formed tag teams with

(June 4, 1908 - August 19, 1977) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher o

(June 4, 1908 - August 19, 1977) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eight seasons (1938-1943, 1946-1947) with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox.

Is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues primarily as a relief pitc

Is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues primarily as a relief pitcher from 1978-1987. James was the first round draft pick in 1976 by the Montreal Expos, and joined the major league team in 1978 when he was just twenty years old.[1] On December 7, 1984, James was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Vance Law. The following season, he saved 32 games for the White Sox, second in the American League behind only Dan Quisenberry[1]. James pitched two more years for the White Sox before being released.

Is a journeyman heavyweight boxer who fought many contenders and champions in the 1990s and 2000s. O

Is a journeyman heavyweight boxer who fought many contenders and champions in the 1990s and 2000s. On ESPN's Friday Night Fights telecast on Dec 28, 2007 it was revealed that Hawkins began boxing in a Pennsylvania prison while serving six years for aggrav

Was an American poet, essayist, and educator.

Was an American poet, essayist, and educator.

Was a quarterback in the NFL. For most of his career, he played for the Chicago Bears before finishi

Was a quarterback in the NFL. For most of his career, he played for the Chicago Bears before finishing with the New York Jets.As a rookie with the Bears in 1975, Avellini started four games on a team that finished 4-10. He threw for 942 yards with 6 TD passes along with 11 interceptions

Was an American author, anthropologist and historian of early Mexico, and expert in the Nahuatl lang

Was an American author, anthropologist and historian of early Mexico, and expert in the Nahuatl language.Barlow spent much of his youth at Fort Benning, Georgia, where his father, Colonel E. D. Barlow, was stationed; around 1932 Col. Barlow received a medical discharge and settled his family in the small town of DeLand, in central Florida. Family difficulties later forced Barlow to move to Washington, D.C., and Kansas.Barlow had been a friend of writers H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard since he was 13. He collaborated with Lovecraft on several stories, and Lovecraft made Barlow his literary executor. Barlow came to Providence shortly after Lovecraft's death and donated most of the manuscripts and some printed matter to the John Hay Library of Brown University.

Was an American economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some twenty books, Heilbr

Was an American economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some twenty books, Heilbroner was best known for The Worldly Philosophers (1953), a survey of the lives and contributions of famous economists, notably Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes.

Was an American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology.

Was an American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology.MacArthur received his Bachelor's degree from Marlboro College, a Master's degree in mathematics from Brown University (1953). A student of G. Evelyn Hutchinson, MacArthur earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1958; his thesis was on the division of ecological niches among five warbler species in the conifer forests of New York. He was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, 1958-65, and professor of biology at Princeton University, 1965-72. He played an important role in the development of niche partitioning, and with E.O. Wilson he co-authored The Theory of Island Biogeography,

Was an American painter notable for his teaching abilities, and for leadership of the Ashcan School

Was an American painter notable for his teaching abilities, and for leadership of the Ashcan School movement in art.Robert Henri was born Robert Henry Cozad in Cincinnati, Ohio to Theresa Gatewood Cozad of Malden, Virginia and John Jackson Cozad, a gamble

Was a Scottish-born grocer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Brant South in th

Was a Scottish-born grocer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Brant South in the Canadian House of Commons in 1896 as a Conservative. Henry was also mayor of Brantford in 1878, 1879 and 1887. Henry was first elected to Brantford city council in 1876. He married Caroline Philip in 1879. His election to the House of Commons in 1896 was overturned and he was defeated by Charles Bernhard Heyd in the 1897 by-election which followed and in the 1900 general election. Henry moved to Detroit in 1902 and then later moved to Windsor. He returned to Brantford shortly before his death there at the age of 72.

Was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is best known for his role as sideman in Art Blakey's

Was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is best known for his role as sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (1958 - 1961) and the composition of "Moanin'", "Dat Dere", and "This Here", each of which are typical of his distinctive gospel soul-jazz style. He also played with Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker, Kenny Dorham (with whom he made his recording debut in a live set from May 1956)

December 14, 1921 - February 13, 1997) was a third baseman/second baseman in Major League Baseball.

December 14, 1921 - February 13, 1997) was a third baseman/second baseman in Major League Baseball.

Was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.In 1922, Clancy was elected as a Democrat from Mich

Was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.In 1922, Clancy was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the 68th Congress, serving from March 4, 1923 to March 3, 1925. He was defeated by Republican John B. Sosnowski in the