Famous People with Name Ryan

Ryan Hadison Cooley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ryan Hadison Cooley: a Canadian television actor from Ontario, best known for his role as J.T. Yorke on Degrassi: The Next Generation. He's from Orangeville, Ontario and graduated from Orangeville District Secondary School in 2006. He is currently a student at the University of Toronto.Prior to joining the Degrassi cast, he had a two-year run as Pleskit, the alien lead in the television series I Was A Sixth Grade Alien. Cooley's other television credits include the series, Are You Afraid Of The Dark?, Queer as Folk, Lexx: The Series" and Life with Derek. He has also appeared in the features Sachsenhausen 1944, Toy Men Disney Channel movie The Color of Friendship, the Animal Planet movie Cybermutt and CBC TV movie Happy Christmas Miss King alongside his Degrassi co-star Lauren Collins. In 2006, Cooley was nominated for a Young Artist Award (LA) the category of Best Performance In a TV Comedy Series.

Ryan Allen Sheckler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ryan Allen Sheckler: an American professional skateboarder as well as star and namesake of the MTV reality show, Life of Ryan. [1] He was also featured on MTV`s show "Cribs" when he was 14.Sheckler's career took shape during the summer of 1995, when Sheckler's dad built him and his friends a new quarter pipe along with a few other additions making it a small skate park. A few years later, he joined the CASL (California Amateur Skateboarding League) and entered one of their contests and won. He idolized Tony Hawk and wanted to invite him to his seventh birthday party. Hawk attended the party and took some time to practice with Sheckler. During 1997-2001 Sheckler was winning the CASL state championships, where he picked up his first eye wear sponsor, Arnette, the same company sponsoring Tony Hawk. In 2004 he was named the World Cup of Skateboarding’s National Street Champion. In 2005, he was named the World Cup of Skateboarding’s National Street Champion and the AST Dew Tour Athlete of the Year. For 2006, he won the Global Assault in Australia and finished fifth at the Tampa Pro in Florida.

Ryan Timothy Malgarini,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ryan Timothy Malgarini,: Ryan Malgarini became interested in acting as a result of watching his grandmother, Gloria Malgarini's, involvement in commercials. At the age of five, Malgarini was delighted to spot her in a commercial for "Senior Dimensions", a Nevada-based healthcare provider, he pointed at the television and said, "I want to do that!"[citation needed],From that point on Malgarini would appear as an extra for some of his grandmother's commercials. Malgarini was soon appearing in commercials for, McDonald's and Washington Mutual. He also took acting classes at the famed Young Actors Space in Los Angeles which earned him an agent and a manager.[citation needed]

Ryan Newman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ryan Newman: an American child actress.Ryan is perhaps best known for her role in the 2006 action comedy Zoom. In it she played Cindy Collins, the 6 year old girl with super strength and in 2007 she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her role.[1] Ryan has the distinction of being the youngest actor ever to be motion captured for the Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg film Monster House. She was seen in two Hannah Montana episodes as a young Miley Stewart. Her latest movie is a comedy scheduled for release in 2008 called Lower Learning with Jason Biggs. Newman is currently working on a pilot for a Disney series called Mongoose & Luther. In it she plays Ginger, a series regular. She resides in southern California with her mom, dad, and older sister Jessica. Her hobbies include,

Ryan Mehl            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ryan Mehl: is a complete track hurdling animal.He played 8 seasons for the New York Jets of the National Football League from 1980-1987. He was an All-American at Penn State University.

Frank Beall Ryan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank Beall Ryan: is a retired American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Los Angeles Rams (1958-1961), Cleveland Browns (1962-1968) and Washington Redskins (1969-1970). Although he led the Browns to their last National Football League title in 1964, Ryan is best remembered for being perhaps the only Ph.D. in mathematics to play in the league, graduation from Rice University (1965)

Buddy Ryan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Buddy Ryan: is a former American football coach.Ryan was elevated to head coach at Gainesville. After one season (7-3) was relieved of his duties. He returned to being an assistant coach at Marshall High School. Gaineville was his only head coach position until he was hired by the Philidelphia Eagles 25 years later.

James David Ryan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James David Ryan: a former professional American football player who was selected by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft. A 6'2", 235-lb. running back from Arizona State University, Russell played in 6 NFL seasons from 1991 to 1996 for the Patriots, the Denver Broncos, the St. Louis Rams, and the San Diego Chargers.In 1991, Russell was selected as the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year after rushing for 959 yards and 4 touchdowns for the Patriots. In 2007, Russell joined Adrenaline Athletic Training in Riverside, California as an athletic trainer.

George Homer Ryan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Homer Ryan: was the Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. Although Ryan became nationally known when he "raised the national debate on capital punishment" by issuing a moratorium on executions in 2000[1], his 35-year political career was tarnished by scandal. Investigations into widespread corruption during his administration led to his retirement from politics in 2003 and federal corruption convictions in 2006. Ryan entered federal prison on November 7, 2007 to begin serving a sentence of six years and six months. As of June 13, 2008, he is housed at the satellite prison camp adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Terre Haute, Indiana.

Lynsay Ryan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lynsay Ryan: a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. She is the daughter of two-time world champion curling skip Pat Ryan, a graduate of McMaster University and now attending University of Toronto. In 2005, Ryan posed nude in a calendar to promote wo