American Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a female water polo player from Canada. She was a member of the Canada women's national water pol

Is a female water polo player from Canada. She was a member of the Canada women's national water polo team, that claimed the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she won the Canadian National Women's ch

Is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she won the Canadian National Women's champion in 2005 and 2009. She has competed internationally at various levels since 1999. In the 2007 World Championships in Quebec City, MacLennan earned a Women's Trampoline place for Canada in the 2008 Olympic Games and came in third in the Individual trampoline event.

Rosanne Cash was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States in 1955, around the time when her father'

Rosanne Cash was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States in 1955, around the time when her father's career was beginning. After her parents separated in the 1960s, Cash was rasied by her mother, Vivian in Southern, California. She was greatly influenced by her father's music from an early age, and after graduating high school, she joined her father's road show for three years. On her father's road show, Cash would serve as a background vocalist and a soloist.

Is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her roles in the films Sin City, Clerks II

Is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her roles in the films Sin City, Clerks II, He Got Game, Kids, Rent and most recently as a lead character in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof.Although showing no interest in acting as a child, Rosario was discovered on her front porch step by photographer Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, where Harmony lauded her with praise as being perfect for a part he had written in his screenplay that would become the 1995 controversial film Kids. Since then Dawson's films have varied; ranging from independent films

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1920 Summ

Was an American Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

(b. December 2, 1876, Greenville, Indiana - d. April 18, 1913, Corydon, Indiana) [1] was a right-han

(b. December 2, 1876, Greenville, Indiana - d. April 18, 1913, Corydon, Indiana) [1] was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played

Was an American silent film comedian, director, and screenwriter.Arbuckle is noted as one of the mos

Was an American silent film comedian, director, and screenwriter.Arbuckle is noted as one of the most popular actors of his era, but he is best remembered for a heavily publicized criminal prosecution that ended his career.

Was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri.He was prosecuting attorney of Greene C

Was a United States Representative and Senator from Missouri.He was prosecuting attorney of Greene County from 1903 to 1907, and was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1921 to March 4, 1923. He was an unsuccessful

Is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 6th district

Is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 6th district of Maryland since 1993.Afterwards, Bartlett was encouraged to attend graduate school at the University of Maryland, College Park. He studied anatomy, physiology, and zoology, earning a Master's degree in physiology in 1948. Bartlett was then hired as a faculty member at Maryland and taught anatomy, physiology and zoology while working towards his Ph.D. in physiology, which he earned in 1952. His academic career included lecturing at Loma Linda School of Medicine, also affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Loma Linda, California (1952–1954), and serving as an assistant professor at Howard University Medical School in Washington, D.C. (1954–1956). He also pursued careers as a research scientist, inventor, business owner, and farmer.[citation needed]

Is a former professional American male tennis player and World No. 4 in 1979.Leonard Roscoe Tanner w

Is a former professional American male tennis player and World No. 4 in 1979.Leonard Roscoe Tanner was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, graduated from Baylor School, and with Sandy Mayer helped to lead Stanford University's rise to the number 1 spot in collegiate tennis in 1973. Tanner played number one singles, with Mayer playing number two. The team also featured Rick Fisher, Stanley Pasarell, Jim Delaney, James "Chico" Hagey, Gery Groslimond, Pat DuPre, and Paul Sidone.

Was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who was one of the inaugural class of inductees

Was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who was one of the inaugural class of inductees in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame.Roscoe Goose won a number of races, the most important of which came in 1913 when he captured the Kentucky Derby with

Was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing who began riding in his early teen

Was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing who began riding in his early teens and by age fifteen was making an impression competing at the Crescent City Jockey Club's Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. He was born in Nashvill

Was an American opera singer.She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Laura in La Gioconda in Novemb

Was an American opera singer.She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Laura in La Gioconda in November 1932. She sang the role of the Wood Dove in Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder in the first American performances by Leopold Stokowski the same year, and

Served for 10 years as the 25th Chief Justice (and first female Justice & only female Chief Justice)

Served for 10 years as the 25th Chief Justice (and first female Justice & only female Chief Justice) of the California Supreme Court until removed from that office by the voters. Bird was targeted by well-funded conservative and pro death penalty groups whose withering attacks painted her as a soft-on-crime liberal. After being outspent two to one, she lost her reconfirmation bid and left office in 1987.

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the silver medal with the USA

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the silver medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California under the guidance of coach Arie Selinger.

Was a marathon swimmer from Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1911 she swam between Manhattan and Steepl

Was a marathon swimmer from Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1911 she swam between Manhattan and Steeplechase Pier on Coney Island.

An independent folk musician. She was raised in the Chicago area and attended Knox College before le

An independent folk musician. She was raised in the Chicago area and attended Knox College before leaving to pursue a singing career. She is currently living in Boston, Massachusetts. Her singing style is distinctive and emotionally charged. At least one

An African-American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly & th

An African-American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly & the Family Stone, a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and Freddie Stone. She often wore a grey wig while in performance w

Is an Emmy Award-winning American comedienne, actress and writer. On the opening credits of one fina

Is an Emmy Award-winning American comedienne, actress and writer. On the opening credits of one final-season episode of her TV show, she was credited as "Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas." By 2005, she had resumed referring to herself by her maiden na

An Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actress and writer. On the opening credits of one final-sea

An Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actress and writer. On the opening credits of one final-season episode of her TV show, she was credited as "Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas." By 2005, she had resumed referring to herself by her maiden name, "Roseanne Barr."Roseanne became famous in the early 1980s with her stand-up comedy routine, receiving critical acclaim for her unglamorized portrayal of the typical American working-class housewife. In her routine she popularized the now well-known phrase, "domestic goddess," to refer to a homemaker or housewife. The success of her act led to her own series on ABC, called Roseanne. The show ran from 1988 to 1997,

Served as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from April 18, 1953 to October 3, 1954,

Served as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from April 18, 1953 to October 3, 1954, and again from May 1, 1966 to October 31, 1969.

Is a Canadian diver. She competes in the 10 m synchronized event with Meaghan Benfeito. She was bor

Is a Canadian diver. She competes in the 10 m synchronized event with Meaghan Benfeito. She was born in Laval, Quebec.

Plays as an import in the Philippine Basketball Association and the Australian National Basketball L

Plays as an import in the Philippine Basketball Association and the Australian National Basketball League. He is currently playing in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Alaska Aces. He played two years for McNeese State in the NCAA Division I.

Was an American singer and actress. She was most popular singing traditional pop music in the 1940s

Was an American singer and actress. She was most popular singing traditional pop music in the 1940s and 1950s with songs like "Come On-a My House". She was the mother of actor Miguel Ferrer, aunt of actor George Clooney, and the sister to former television personality Nick Clooney.

Is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Her mother and father were both Jockeys at one ti

Is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Her mother and father were both Jockeys at one time. Her father James Homeister won over 500 races in the late 40's and 50's. Her mother rode races in the mid 70's when woman were just breaking into the r