Famous People with Name Raymond

Raymond Liotta            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Liotta: Liotta (pronounced lee-OH-ta) was born in Newark, New Jersey and was adopted at the age of six months by Mary, an appointed township clerk, and Alfred Liotta, an auto parts store owner, personnel director, and the president of a local Democratic club. Both of his adoptive parents unsuccessfully ran for local office. Liotta believed his biological parents were of Scottish and Italian descent, but eventually reunited with his biological mother and discovered he is not Italian. In 1973, he graduated from Union High School in Union, New Jersey. In 1992, he was inducted into their Hall of Fame.

Raymond Davis, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Davis, Jr.: was an American chemist, physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.Davis was born in Washington, D.C., where his father was a photographer for the National Bureau of Standards. He spent several years as a choir boy to please his mother, although he could not carry a tune. He enjoyed attending the concerts at the Watergate before air traffic was loud enough to drown out the music. His brother Warren, 14 months younger than he, was his constant companion in boyhood. He graduated in chemistry from the University of Maryland in 1938. He also received a masters degree from that school and a Ph.D. from Yale University in physical chemistry in 1942.

Raymond Neil "Ray" Combs, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Neil "Ray" Combs, Jr.: The Hamilton, Ohio-born Combs ascended into the world of comedy after moving to Los Angeles in 1983 and doing audience warmups for sitcoms. Johnny Carson noticed this and invited him to perform on The Tonight Show in October 1986; the audience gave him a standing ovation his first time on stage, the first time in the show's history a comedian was given such an honor on his or her first appearance. He was soon given warm-up duties for the audience of the sitcom Amen.

Raymond Bernard Evans            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Bernard Evans: was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs.

Raymond Emmett Berry            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Emmett Berry: was an American football wide receiver. He played for the Baltimore Colts during their two NFL championship wins. He later had a career in coaching, highlighted by his trip to Super Bowl XX as head coach of the New England Patriots. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Alphonse Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Alphonse Raymond: was a Quebec businessman, financier and public official. Raymond was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec representing the division of Lorimier in 1936 by Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis and sat on the body for the rest of his life as a supporter of the Union Nationale. He served as Speaker of the council from 1936 to 1940 and again from 1944 to 1950.

Rémi Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rémi Raymond: was a businessman, farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented St. Hyacinthe in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1863 to 1866.He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in an 1863 by-election held after Louis-Victor Sicotte was named a judge. Raymond ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1867.

Jean-Moïse Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jean-Moïse Raymond: was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.In 1841, he was elected to represent Leinster County in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Raymond resigned his seat in 1842 to become registrar for the county.

Joseph-Antoine Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Antoine Raymond: was a Canadian politician and a four-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Raymond served as Mayor of Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! from 1947 to 1964. He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1952 election in the provincial district of Témiscouata and won. He was re-elected in the 1956, 1960 and 1962 elections, but he did not run for re-election in the 1966 election.

Léon-Joseph Raymond            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Léon-Joseph Raymond: was a Canadian politician, serving as mayor of Maniwaki, Quebec in 1941 and 1942 and as a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1945 to 1949. He was first elected to Parliament at the Wright riding in the 1945 general election. With riding boundary changes, Raymond entered the 1949 federal election at the new Gatineau riding and won the seat. He was appointed Clerk of the House of Commons on 5 August 1949 and resigned his seat in Parliament.