Famous People with Name Rankin

Ranking Roger            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Ranking Roger: Roger is an English musician. He was a vocalist in the 1980s two-tone band, The Beat (known in the U.S. as The English Beat) and one of its successor bands, General Public. He currently leads a re-formed Beat line-up with Everett Morton.

Jeannette Pickering Rankin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jeannette Pickering Rankin: was the first woman in the US Congress. A Republican, she was elected statewide in Montana in 1916 and again in 1940. A lifelong pacifist, she voted against the entry of the United States into both World War I and World War II, the only member of Congress

Luke A. Rankin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Luke A. Rankin: is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 33rd District since 1992.

John Elliott Rankin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Elliott Rankin: was a Democratic congressman from the U.S. State of Mississippi who supported racial segregation and, on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, voiced racist views on African Americans and Jews and even accused Albert Einstein of being a

Joseph Rankin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Rankin: was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.He served as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1860. During the Civil War Rankin enlisted in the Union Army in 1862 and was chosen captain of Company D, Twenty-sixth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

Darrell T. Rankin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Darrell T. Rankin: is a Canadian peace activist and communist politician. He was briefly the leader of the Communist Party of Canada - Ontario (CPC-O) in 1995, and has led the Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba (CPC-M) since 1996. His partner, Cheryl-Anne Carr, is also active with the Communist Party. Rankin moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1995, after the Ontario election. The Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba had been without effective leadership for several years, and Rankin was chosen as the party's provincial organizer before the year was over. He coordinated the CPC-M's 75th anniversary banquet in early 1996, and was elected party leader later in the year. He has led the party in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 provincial elections.