Famous People with Name Rainey

Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey: was one of the earliest known American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record.[2] She was billed as The Mother of the Blues. She did much to develop and popularize the form and was an important influence on yo

Charles (Chuck) Rainey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles (Chuck) Rainey: is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1979-1984.Rainey won a career high 14 games for the Cubs in 1983. On August 24 of that year, against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field, he had a no-hitter broken up with two out in the ninth by an Eddie Milner single, the only hit Rainey would allow in a 3-0 Cub victory. The no-hitter would have been the first by a Cub (and, in fact, the first one the Cubs had been involved in) since Milt Pappas in 1972.

Henry Thomas Rainey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry Thomas Rainey: was a prominent U.S. politician during the first third of the 20th century. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death as a Democrat from Illinois, and was its Speaker during the famous Hundred day

Homer Price Rainey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Homer Price Rainey: was a U.S. college president and professor. He was born in Eliasville in Young County, Texas, and served as the president of the University of Texas at Austin from 1939 to 1944, when he was fired after a lengthy battle over academic freedom with the unive

Lilius Bratton Rainey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lilius Bratton Rainey: was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Rainey was elected a captain in the Alabama National Guard in 1903. He was reelected and commissioned in 1906, but resigned the command in 1907. City solicitor of Gadsden 1911-1917. Rainey was elected as a Democrat