American Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1941-1945.In 1942, Bush

Was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1941-1945.In 1942, Bushnell tried to have socialist leader Edward Holton James committed to a psychiatric state hospital after he was indicted on charges of criminal libel. In 19

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, was one of the greatest golfers to compete on a national and international

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, was one of the greatest golfers to compete on a national and international level. He participated only as an amateur, primarily on a part-time basis, and chose to retire from competition at age 28.Jones is most famous for his unique "Grand Slam," consisting of his victory in all four major golf tournaments of his era (the open and amateur championships in both the U.S. & Britain) in a single calendar year (1930).

Was an actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television series Spenser: For Hir

Was an actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985

(born April 7, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who pla

(born April 7, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1980-1983 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins.

Is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States.As a professional pla

Is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States.As a professional player, Van't Hof won his first top-level singles title in 1981 at Taipei. He won his second in 1989 in Seoul. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came in 1983 at Wimbledon, where he reached the fourth round.

Was a Nebraska Republican politician.He resumed practice of law in Fairbury becoming Jefferson Count

Was a Nebraska Republican politician.He resumed practice of law in Fairbury becoming Jefferson County attorney and Fairbury city attorney. He was chairman of the Jefferson County Republican, and then chairman Nebraska Republican Party. He was elected to t

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "The Whirly Bird," Walk spent his career pitchi

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "The Whirly Bird," Walk spent his career pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies (1980), Atlanta Braves (1981-83), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1984-1993).During his rookie season in Philadelphia, he recorded 11 regular season wins and a victory in Game One of the 1980 World Series, his Phillies defeating the Kansas City Royals in six games. Traded to the Braves, he bounced between the main club and AAA until being released in March 1984. He was signed to a minor league contract by the Pirates and led the Pacific Coast League in ERA and wins in 1985, earning a trip back to the majors. He was named to the All-Star team in 1988 when he won 12 games and posted a 2.71 ERA.

A student of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a graduate of UCLA, where he has also served

A student of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a graduate of UCLA, where he has also served as Visiting Professor of German, Dassanowsky is a widely published academican, award-winning playwright and has written for television.

Was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.A life-long re

Was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.A life-long resident of Portland, Oregon, Duden compiled a remarkable record in sectional golf competition. He won over 50 tournaments in a 40 year career that included

Was an American professional football player.Skoglund was born in Chicago, Illinois. He starred at L

Was an American professional football player.Skoglund was born in Chicago, Illinois. He starred at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois before attending the University of Notre Dame. A 6'1" end, he participated in the 1945 and 1946 East-West Shrine Games and earned three letters with the Fighting Irish

Was an American horse trainer and owner/breeder in Thoroughbred racing. He was murdered in 2001. For

Was an American horse trainer and owner/breeder in Thoroughbred racing. He was murdered in 2001. For a number of years Bob Camac trained horses for stable owner Arthur I. Appleton, earning a Grade I win in the 1992 Philip H. Iselin Handicap with Jolie's H

Is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 15th District since 2000. Prev

Is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 15th District since 2000. Previously was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1985 through 1991.

An American geographer and independent scholar in Trenton, Maine, and University Professor (Emeritus

An American geographer and independent scholar in Trenton, Maine, and University Professor (Emeritus) at Brown University.He never took an undergraduate degree, but while working in Illinois, he sought study advice from Gilbert F. White at the University of Chicago. White recognized his abilities and steered him through an MA and eventually a PhD in Geography. Kates taught at the Graduate School of Geography, Clark University from 1962 until the mid 1980s. From 1986 to 1992 he was Professor and Director of the World Hunger Program at Brown University.

Is a North Dakota public servant and politician with the Republican Party who served as the North Da

Is a North Dakota public servant and politician with the Republican Party who served as the North Dakota State Auditor from 1973 to 1996. Prior to his tenure as Auditor, he served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972.He served in

Is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 70th district sinc

Is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 70th district since 2003. He represents the residents of DeKalb County and portions of Ogle and LaSalle counties. Pritchard has been serving in the Illinois House since 2003

Is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate sinc

Is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1993, where he represents the 30th Legislative District. He was the Mayor of Lakewood Township, New Jersey in 2009. He is the fourth-most senior senator

Was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century.

Was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century.

Professor emeritus of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico, was an American linguist known fo

Professor emeritus of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico, was an American linguist known for his work on the Navajo language. With Navajo scholar William Morgan, Young compiled the monumental The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, a dictionary accompanied by a 400-page grammar "sketch". Young, Morgan and Sally Midgette also produced the Analytical Lexicon of Navajo, which organizes the lexicon by root.A native of Chicago, Young became interested in native American languages when he discovered that a group of Mexican farmworkers whom he encountered spoke, in addition to Spanish, Nahuatl. After earning a liberal arts degree from the University of Illinois in 1935, he moved to New Mexico where he enrolled in graduate school in Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and began his study of Navajo.

Robert Wade "Robby" Hammock is a player for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization in Major League Ba

Robert Wade "Robby" Hammock is a player for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization in Major League Baseball. He was born on May 13, 1977, in Macon, GA. He made his major league debut on April 11, 2003.

Was a nationally syndicated American political and sports cartoonist, reporter, editor and Olympic a

Was a nationally syndicated American political and sports cartoonist, reporter, editor and Olympic athlete.He was dispatched to Cuba to cover the Spanish-American War in 1898. Reporting from the scenes of intense fighting, Edgren became famous for his "Sk

Is a former top Canadian soccer player from the 1920s. Harley earned his 7 Canadian national soccer

Is a former top Canadian soccer player from the 1920s. Harley earned his 7 Canadian national soccer team caps in captaining the side to a 2 wins, 3 loses, and 2 draws record in their 1924 tour of Australia and New Zealand in games against those countries' national sides. Raised in Scotland, and in Rangers F.C.'s youth program for a time, Harley immigrated to Canada in 1911, settling to Winnipeg. He captained amateur club soccer for United Weston, although he was not with the club when they won the Canadian Club Championships in 1924 and '26.

(born March 4, 1936 in Omaha, Nebraska) was a utility infielder for the Kansas City Athletics/Oaklan

(born March 4, 1936 in Omaha, Nebraska) was a utility infielder for the Kansas City Athletics/Oakland Athletics (1960 and 1969–70), Washington Senators (1961–62), Baltimore Orioles (1963–67), New York Mets (1967), Cincinnati Reds (1968), Atlanta Braves (1968) and St. Louis Cardinals (1969).

(December 2, 1889 – August 30, 1964), nicknamed "Ducky," [1] was a Major League Baseball third bas

(December 2, 1889 – August 30, 1964), nicknamed "Ducky," [1] was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played nine seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 1917-25.

Was the 67th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973. He was born in Haw River, No

Was the 67th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973. He was born in Haw River, North Carolina.The son of North Carolina Governor W. Kerr Scott, and grandson and nephew of state legislators, Scott was a dairy farmer before being elected

Was an American cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 72nd in the 18 km event a

Was an American cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 72nd in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. "Robert Pidacks was the second Olympic skier from Maine; he skied in the 1952 Oslo Games, despite an eye injury from hi