American Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Born June 20, 1976 in Oak Lawn, Illinois). He is of jewish decent. He is a utility player in Major L

Born June 20, 1976 in Oak Lawn, Illinois). He is of jewish decent. He is a utility player in Major League Baseball who plays for the Washington Nationals.

(July 19, 1896

(July 19, 1896

Was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the Bard of the Yukon". He is best-known for his wr

Was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the Bard of the Yukon". He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North, including the poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Law of the Yukon", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". His writing was s

Is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the NBA.He was most recently

Is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the NBA.He was most recently the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named to the position on July 18, 2005, after 26 seasons as a coach in the league. After a 13-17 start to the 2005-06 season, his three-year deal was terminated on January 3, 2006.

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners (1995-1997), Arizona Diamondbacks

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners (1995-1997), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998), and Boston Red Sox (1999). He also played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in Japan in (2000).Wolcott was a key member of the 1995 "Refuse to Lose" Seattle Mariner team, the first Mariner team to reach the playoffs. He was the team's late season call-up from the minor leagues in August, where he was most impressive in his first major league start against the Boston Red Sox, the team with which he would pitch his final game in 1999.

Prolific American landscape artist born in Sandgate, England. Immigrated to the U.S following servic

Prolific American landscape artist born in Sandgate, England. Immigrated to the U.S following service in the British Royal Army. Fell in love with the rural American landscape and was to become one of its most prolific painters. Robert Wood’s paintings have been widely reproduced in the form of lithographs and other print media. His most reproduced painting "October Morn" 1956 sold over 1 million copies in 2 years. He spent many years in Texas, was part of the Laguna, CA art scene, and also spent time in Woodstock, NY painting American outdoors scenes. He was a household name in the 1950's and 1960's due to the many reproductions of his art. He was also a life member of the Laguna Beach Art Association. He lived the last portion of his life in Bishop, CA.

Is a well-known controversial painter and founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine.Williams began

Is a well-known controversial painter and founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine.Williams began as part of the trail-blazing Zap Collective, along with other underground cartoonist visionaries such as Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton. His mix of Calif

Was an American physicist. He was a careful experimenter known for his many contributions to optics

Was an American physicist. He was a careful experimenter known for his many contributions to optics including infrared and ultraviolet photography, and the liquid mirror telescope. He discredited the purported phenomenon of N rays.[1] He was also a writer of science fiction and nonsense verse.His fields of interest included Raman spectroscopy, field emission, optics, and the manufacture of diffraction gratings. The optical effect belonging to diffraction grating known as Wood's anomaly is named after him.[3]He discovered that the darkest area of the Moon in ultraviolet light is the Aristarchus Plateau.[citation needed] In 1909, Wood constructed the first practical liquid mirror astronomical telescope, formed by spinning mercury so that it forms a paraboloidal shape, and investigated its benefits and limitations.[4

Is an American professional poker player from Dallas, Texas. Williamson grew up with three sisters a

Is an American professional poker player from Dallas, Texas. Williamson grew up with three sisters and his best friend, Chris Caywood in Granbury, Texas and received B.B.A. degrees in finance and real estate from Angelo State University in San Angelo. Williamson is known as an Omaha specialist, with numerous notable finishes in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Omaha tournaments, including: # 2002 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Winner ($201,160)

Better known as Bob Simmons, was an early surfing pioneer, and considered to be the father of the mo

Better known as Bob Simmons, was an early surfing pioneer, and considered to be the father of the modern surfboard. Simmons was born in Los Angeles, California. During his early teens, he developed a tumor on his left ankle which nearly caused his leg to

Was an American sound effects editor, film editor, and Academy Award-winning American film producer

Was an American sound effects editor, film editor, and Academy Award-winning American film producer and director. Among his many famous films are The Sand Pebbles, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The Hindenburg, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Day the Earth Stood Still; Run Silent, Run Deep; The Andromeda Strain, The Set-Up, The Haunting, and The Body Snatcher. Wise's working period spanned the 1930s to the 1990s.

American astronomer, Nobel laureate in physics, who with Arno Allan Penzias discovered in 1964 the c

American astronomer, Nobel laureate in physics, who with Arno Allan Penzias discovered in 1964 the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). The award purse was also shared with Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa for unrelated work.

Was an American planter, lawyer, and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both th

Was an American planter, lawyer, and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of America.Robert Woodward's political career began in 1826 when he served in the South Carolina

Is an American comedian turned actor/writer.After several years of stand-up comedy, Wuhl had roles i

Is an American comedian turned actor/writer.After several years of stand-up comedy, Wuhl had roles in movies including Batman with Jack Nicholson, Bull Durham with Kevin Costner, Cobb with Tommy Lee Jones, Mistress with Robert DeNiro and Good Morning, Vie

Was one of the most successful trainers in thoroughbred horse racing during the last quarter of the

Was one of the most successful trainers in thoroughbred horse racing during the last quarter of the 19th century. Known by his middle name, Wyndham, in 1872 Walden and his wife Caroline moved from New York to Middleburg in Carroll County, Maryland where t

Was an American football player.He played right safety, a position which gradually became free safet

Was an American football player.He played right safety, a position which gradually became free safety, for the Lions from 1952 to 1964. He had 50 career interceptions, an outstanding figure for that era. He was a Pro Bowl selection for nine years

Is a former professional American football safety in the NFL. He played for the San Francisco 49ers

Is a former professional American football safety in the NFL. He played for the San Francisco 49ers his entire NFL career from 1997 to 2003, but suffered a neck injury that hampered his performance and eventually led to his retirement. He attended McNeese State University.

Was an American football offensive lineman in the NFL for the New York Giants. He was drafted in the

Was an American football offensive lineman in the NFL for the New York Giants. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL Draft out of the University of Nebraska. In college, he won both the Draddy Trophy and a Walter Byers Scholarship

Is a former American football defensive back who played six seasons in the American Football League

Is a former American football defensive back who played six seasons in the American Football League from 1960 to 1966.

Is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zem

Is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future films as well as the live-action/animated f

An American singer-songwriter, author, poet, and painter, who has been a major figure in popular mus

An American singer-songwriter, author, poet, and painter, who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of American unrest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'",[2] became anthems of the civil rights movements. His most recent studio album, Modern Times, released on August 29, 2006, entered the U.S. album chart at number one, and that same year was named Album of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.[3]

Is an American aerospace engineer and author, best known for his advocacy of manned Mars exploration

Is an American aerospace engineer and author, best known for his advocacy of manned Mars exploration. He was the driving force behind Mars Direct—a proposal intended to produce significant reductions in the cost and complexity of such a mission. The key i

Is a Canadian politician. Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Kilger is the former Liberal member of Parliame

Is a Canadian politician. Born in Cornwall, Ontario, Kilger is the former Liberal member of Parliament for the Cornwall region, representing the riding Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry from 2000 to 2004, and Stormont—Dundas from 1988 to 2000. He was Chief Government Whip, and Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons. He lost his seat in the 2004 election to Conservative candidate Guy Lauzon. Prior to his political life, he was a businessman and coached the Cornwall Royals to a Memorial Cup victory in 1981. He also was a referee in the NHL. His son is retired Toronto Maple Leafs forward Chad Kilger. Kilger was elected Mayor of the City of Cornwall on November 13, 2006 with 49.4% of the popular vote.

Was a pioneering figure in women's tennis.She paved the way for women's varsity athletics when she j

Was a pioneering figure in women's tennis.She paved the way for women's varsity athletics when she joined the men's tennis team at the University of Alabama in 1963 at the age of 19. Jason Morton, tennis coach at Alabama at the time, found Alison training on grass courts in Tuscaloosa in preparation for the U.S. National Championship (now known as the U.S. Open). He convinced her to attend Alabama and play on the men's tennis team.

Is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is notable in the areas of jazz, soul, and folk. F

Is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is notable in the areas of jazz, soul, and folk. Flack is best known for singles such as "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Where Is the Love?" (one of her many duets with Donny Hathaway), and "Feel Like Makin' Love