American Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.Bu

Is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.Burris was appointed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to replace President-Elect Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illinois. The appointment was co

Is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 40th District since 20

Is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 40th District since 2009.Representative Winburn was appointed as a Harrison Township Trustee in 2001 and elected to two full, four-year terms in 2002 and 2006. A businessman, Wi

Is an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He was an All-Star who spent most of his career with the Dallas Mavericks. He is now the Director of

He was an All-Star who spent most of his career with the Dallas Mavericks. He is now the Director of Basketball Development for the Mavericks.After being raised in Brooklyn, New York, Blackman attended Kansas State University where he played basketball un

Is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. He was an All-Star who spent most of his career

Is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. He was an All-Star who spent most of his career with the Dallas Mavericks. He is now the Director of Basketball Development for the Mavericks.

Is a Costa Rican socialist politician.Rolando Araya went to school in Palmares, the place he was bor

Is a Costa Rican socialist politician.Rolando Araya went to school in Palmares, the place he was born, and at the Lincoln Park High School, Michigan. In 1970 after his university career at the University of Costa Rica, he graduated as an engineer. Just four years later he was elected as congressman in Alajuela. Another year passing by, he became President of the Juventud Liberacionista, the youth organization of the PLN, one of the major parties in Costa Rica.

Is a Costa Rican footballer.

Is a Costa Rican footballer.

Is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player who was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers

Is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player who was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2nd round (26th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. A 7'1" center, Ferreira played in only one NBA season as a member of the 1988-89 Blazers. In his NBA career, he played in 12 games and scored a total of 9 points. He owns the distinction of being the first Brazilian to play in the NBA.

Is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan Na

Is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League. He is regarded as one of the country's most talented players of all time.

Is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers

Is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers from 1978 to 1987.

Also called "Rollo", was an American politician. He served two terms as Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri

Also called "Rollo", was an American politician. He served two terms as Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, was named an officer of the Democratic National Committee in the 1912 Wilson campaign, and served as Governor of the St. Louis branch of the Federal Rese

Is the mayor of Saint-Raymond, Quebec. He is a former Liberal party member of the Canadian House of

Is the mayor of Saint-Raymond, Quebec. He is a former Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman by career.He won the riding of Portneuf in the 1979 federal election and was re-elected there in 1980. Dion was defeated by Marc Ferland of the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments.

Was a minister and evangelist who actively promoted the temperance movement. He was Executive Secret

Was a minister and evangelist who actively promoted the temperance movement. He was Executive Secretary of the Kansas Prohibition Party in 1948-1950, was State Chairman of the party in 1962-1968, was Vice-Chairman of the Prohibition National Committee in 1963-1967, and was the Prohibition Party candidate for Vice-President of the Untted States in 1968.

Was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns fr

Was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from 1930 to 1933. Born in Ratcliff, Arkansas, he batted and threw right-handed, and was 9-14 with an earned run average of 5.92 in his three seasons. Rollie attended Southeastern State Teachers College. His first game in the major leagues was on June 19, 1930, and his last game was October 1, 1933. Stiles' nicknames when playing baseball were "Leapin' Lena", "Lena", and "Rollie", all typical of how he signed autographs for baseball fans.

Is a former U.S. Representative from North Dakota, who served between 1965 and 1967. He also served

Is a former U.S. Representative from North Dakota, who served between 1965 and 1967. He also served in the North Dakota Senate from 1959 to 1963 and later returned to serve again from 1973 until his retirement in 2000, as Senate President Pro Tempore 1987

Was an American geneticist who rediscovered the laws of inheritance established by Gregor Mendel.He

Was an American geneticist who rediscovered the laws of inheritance established by Gregor Mendel.He graduated in 1897 and began work for the Department of Agriculture as an editor, and soon afterwards married Harriet Hardin, with whom he had four children. He accepted a position at the University of Nebraska, as an assistant lecturer. Emerson's interests while he was at Nebraska included a wide range of projects including culture methods for different fruit and vegetables and the possibility of domesticating wild plants. Using bean breeding techniques he set up an experiment to establish the same results as Mendel, of whom he had not heard at the time.

Was an American ornithologist, bird collector and explorer. Beck's Petrel is named after him.was a g

Was an American ornithologist, bird collector and explorer. Beck's Petrel is named after him.was a good friend of the ornithologist T. S. Palmer. Palmer also introduced Beck to Charles A. Keeler, who studied birdlife of the San Francisco Bay area, and Beck learned about upland birds hunting quail with Holmes. Beck’s interest and knowledge of birds grew, and he soon learned how to make ornithological specimens and mount birds for museum collections. He joined the American Ornithologists' Union in 1894, and was among the first members of the newly-formed Cooper Ornithological Society which formed in San Jose, California. He participated in early ornithological expeditions to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe with Holmes and W. H. Osgood, and collected and helped describe the first eggs and nests of the Western Evening Grosbeak and Hermit Warbler.

American existential psychologist. He authored the influential book Love and Will in 1969.

American existential psychologist. He authored the influential book Love and Will in 1969.

Was a Canadian photographer who spent the better part of his life in Rome and on his photographic tr

Was a Canadian photographer who spent the better part of his life in Rome and on his photographic travels throughout the world. Born Wilfred Roy Beny in Medicine Hat, Alberta, he later took as his first name Roloff, his mother's maiden name.

Was an American painter who specialized in portraiture and used a subdued palette dominated by the c

Was an American painter who specialized in portraiture and used a subdued palette dominated by the color gray. Brooks ignored contemporary artistic trends such as Cubism and Fauvism, drawing instead on the Symbolist and Aesthetic movements of the 19th century, especially the works of James McNeill Whistler. Her subjects ranged from anonymous models to titled aristocrats, but she is best known for her images of women in androgynous or masculine dress, including her self-portrait of 1923, which is her most widely reproduced work.[1]

Was the Iowa State Representative from the 29th District. He was in the Iowa House of Representative

Was the Iowa State Representative from the 29th District. He was in the Iowa House of Representatives 1996–2008. He received his BA from Wartburg College and his MSW from the University of Iowa.He was chairman of the Health and Human Services Appropriatio

Was an American boxer, who won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1998 Olympics.

Was an American boxer, who won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1998 Olympics.

Is a former NFL player from 1991-2000. He played center, guard, offensive tackle, tackle, and tight

Is a former NFL player from 1991-2000. He played center, guard, offensive tackle, tackle, and tight end through the course of his career. He was the quarterback for his high school team at Ventura High School.

Told by his art teachers that he would never make it as an artist due to his crude style, he quit ar

Told by his art teachers that he would never make it as an artist due to his crude style, he quit art and became a full-time magician. After a few years, his passion for art overtook him and he created the comic about Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl for

Is a chess Grandmaster (GM). Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he earned the International Master title

Is a chess Grandmaster (GM). Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he earned the International Master title in 1970.He left the U.S.S.R. in 1976 for Israel, and earned the GM title in 1977. In 1979 Dzindzichashvili settled in the United States, and he won the Lo