Famous People with Name Raymond

Raymond Frederick Harryhausen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Frederick Harryhausen: an American film producer and, most notably, a special effects creator most famous for his brand of stop-motion model animation. Some of his most notable works have included his animation on Mighty Joe Young (with pioneer Willis O'Brien, which won the Academy Award for special effects) (1949), The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (his first color film) and Jason and the Argonauts, featuring a famous sword fight against seven skeleton warriors.

Raymond Parker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Parker: He was known as an Abstract expressionist, painter who also is associated with Color Field painting and Lyrical Abstraction. Ray Parker was an influential art teacher and an important Color Field painter[1] and an instrumental figure in the movement coined by Clement Greenberg called Post-Painterly Abstraction.[2] Originally from South Dakota, Ray Parker entered the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1940; he earned his MFA in 1948. From 1948 to 1951 he taught painting at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. During the 1940s his paintings were heavily influenced by cubism. In the early 1950s, however, Parker became associated with the leading abstract expressionists of the day, including Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning. Parker soon began to simplify and refine his works realizing that through abstraction, and color his paintings could convey and express emotion.

Raymond Herbert Stetson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Herbert Stetson: was an American speech scientist at Oberlin College. In 1928 he published an influential book called Motor Phonetics: A Study of Speech Movements in Action.

Raymond Weeks,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Weeks,: was an American philologist and phonetician, born at Tabor, Iowa. He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1887 and from Harvard in 1890. In 1897 he took his Ph.D. at Harvard. In 1910 he founded, in collaboration with H. A. Todd and other scholars, the Romanic Review, and he became general editor of the "Oxford French Series."He wrote numerous articles in Old French Literature, and was assistant editor on the New Standard Dictionary (1913). His works include:

Raymond Thayer Birge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Thayer Birge: was a physicist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, into an academic scientific family, Birge obtained his Doctor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1913. In the same year he married Irene A. Walsh. The Birges had two children, Carolyn Elizabeth (Mrs. E.D. Yocky) and Robert Walsh, Associate Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 1973-1981. After five years as an instructor at Syracuse University, he became a member of the physics department at University of California, Berkeley where he remained until he retired, as chairman, in 1955.

Gene Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Raymond: was a popular American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a composer, writer, director, producer, and decorated military pilot.

Craig Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Craig Raymond: is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'11" center from Brigham Young University, Raymond was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the twelfth pick of the 1967 NBA Draft. Raymond spent one year with the 76ers, then jumped to the rival American Basketball Association and played four seasons with the Pittsburgh Pipers, the Los Angeles Stars, the Memphis Pros, The Floridians, the San Diego Conquistadors, and the Indiana Pacers. In his professional career, Raymond averaged 6.9 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game.[1]

Lisa Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lisa Raymond: is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the #1 spot in the world in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was #15 in October 1997.

Tamika Maria Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tamika Maria Raymond: is an Assistant Coach at Kansas University. She was a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. She was known as Tamika Williams before marrying former University of Minnesota Duluth basketball player Ben Raymond in April 2007. R

Josh Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josh Raymond: is an American professional wrestler. He is currently wrestling for Ring Of Honor under the ring name Josh Raymond. He is also known for his tenures in Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, and the short-lived Wrestl