American Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Canadian former soccer player who, with 82 caps, played a record number of times for the Canadi

Is a Canadian former soccer player who, with 82 caps, played a record number of times for the Canadian national team. Samuel, born in Trinidad, grew up in Richmond, British Columbia, graduating from McNair High School. After playing for Richmond South Warriors he was drafted by the Vancouver 86ers in the 1981 North American Soccer League draft, though he never signed with the club. Samuel earned his first cap for Canada in a 3-1 away loss to Honduras on 11 November 1983 and played his country's three matches in their only World Cup finals appearance, the 1986 World Cup finals.

Is an American former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part o

Is an American former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he was part of the American team which finished tenth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored 24 goals.

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in

Is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Keys played in 5 NBA seasons in his career for the Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks. His best year as a pro came during the 1989-90 season when he split time between the Cavaliers and Hornets, appearing in 80 games and averaging 8.8 ppg. Keys played collegiately at The University of Southern Mississippi.

Is a former American competitive sailor and two-time Olympic silver medalist.

Is a former American competitive sailor and two-time Olympic silver medalist.

An American evolutionary biologist. He is notable for his research on evolutionary psychology and Da

An American evolutionary biologist. He is notable for his research on evolutionary psychology and Darwinian medicine, as well as the evolutionary origins of emotions and how natural selection shapes the capacity for mood.Nesse is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School. He is also the Director of the Evolution & Human Adaptation Program at University of Michigan.

An American evolutionary biologist. He is notable for his research on evolutionary psychology and Da

An American evolutionary biologist. He is notable for his research on evolutionary psychology and Darwinian medicine, as well as the evolutionary origins of emotions and how natural selection shapes the capacity for mood.Nesse is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School. He is also the Director of the Evolution & Human Adaptation Program at University of Michigan.

Is an American former profesisonal basketball player.A 6'7" forward, Mahaffey played college basketb

Is an American former profesisonal basketball player.A 6'7" forward, Mahaffey played college basketball at Clemson University. The Los Angeles Lakers selected him with the fourth pick of the second round of the 1967 NBA Draft (16th overall pick) and the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association also drafted him. Mahaffey signed with the American Basketball Association's Colonels.

Is an American character actor, best known for his work in the 1970s medical drama Emergency!, as pa

Is an American character actor, best known for his work in the 1970s medical drama Emergency!, as paramedic John Gage, alongside Robert Fuller and Kevin Tighe. He is also known for his work on soap operas starting in the 1980s.

Is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's New York Knicks.Morris averag

Is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's New York Knicks.Morris averaged 23.0 ppg, 16.0 rpg and 8.0 bpg as a senior for Atlanta’s Landmark Christian High School, earning him McDonald's All-American Team status. Randolph Morris was the #2 rated center and #10 overall prospect by Rivals.com in a year when a record eight high schoolers went directly to the NBA draft.[citation needed] Morris strongly considered a jump straight to the NBA as well, but decided to spend at least a year in school. Kentucky won a late recruiting battle, after drawing Morris away from early favorite Georgia Tech. Morris stated he chose Kentucky partly because of lower academics.[1] Morris, along with All-Americans Joe Crawford and Rajon Rondo, gave Kentucky the top-rated recruiting class in the nation.[2]

Was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district

Was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1936.He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1905 to 1911, serving as speake

Is a retired American professional basketball player who set the NBA record for consecutive games pl

Is a retired American professional basketball player who set the NBA record for consecutive games played. From 1972-1982, Smith played in every regular season game, en route to the record of 906 straight games (since broken by A.C. Green).Smith was an outstanding all-around athlete at Buffalo State College, earning All-American honors in three sports: basketball, soccer and track. (In high school on Long Island, Smith set a state high jump record of 6-foot-6.) However, it was on the basketball court that Smith shown brightest, teaming with Durie Burns to lead the Bengals to three straight conference championships, including a trip to the Final Four of the NCAA Division III Tournament in 1970. He has two sons, Brandon and Dominique, and a daughter named Terran.

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was 6'3" tall, weighed 210 pounds and was right-handed

Is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was 6'3" tall, weighed 210 pounds and was right-handed. He attended Cordova High School.Originally drafted in the 32nd round (740th overall) of the 1984 draft by the New York Mets, he did not sign at that time. After spending a season at Sacramento City College, he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers second overall in the 1985 January draft, and he did decided to sign.

(September 11, 1918 - August 17, 1999) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1945 t

(September 11, 1918 - August 17, 1999) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1945 through 1946 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6' 0", 185 lb., Heflin batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Is a Republican member of the Nevada Senate, representing Washoe County District 4 (map) since 1982.

Is a Republican member of the Nevada Senate, representing Washoe County District 4 (map) since 1982.

Was best known as Ozzy Osbourne's drummer in the 1980s and early 1990s.Aged 18, Randy played in a ba

Was best known as Ozzy Osbourne's drummer in the 1980s and early 1990s.Aged 18, Randy played in a band called The Tabbs, who wore mustard coloured Nehru jackets on stage. On 18 June 1970, exactly three months before Jimi Hendrix died, he sneaked into one

Was a professional wrestling referee who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Croc

Was a professional wrestling referee who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling.Anderson started working as a referee upon his graduation in 1980 in Mid-South Wrestling. He also refereed

(born on July 31, 1975 in Bellflower, California), is a Major League Baseball pitcher.

(born on July 31, 1975 in Bellflower, California), is a Major League Baseball pitcher.

Is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd r

Is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2nd round (57th pick) of the 2002 NBA Draft. His draft rights were traded to the Philadelphia 76ers with Mark Bryant and John Salmons in exchange for Speedy Claxton on June 26 2002. He signed a 10-day contract with the Chicago Bulls on January 5 2006 and appeared in four games during the 2005-06 season. Holocomb currently plays for the San Germán Athletics in Puerto Rico.

American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) forward from Florida State

American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) forward from Florida State University, Allen was never drafted by an NBA team but did manage to play two years in the NBA form 1988 to 1990 for the Sacramento Kings.

Is an American professional wrestler, better known as, "The Double "R" Supertar" Randy Royal. He is

Is an American professional wrestler, better known as, "The Double "R" Supertar" Randy Royal. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including the Heartland Wrestling Association, Ohio Valley Wrestling, Classic Championship Wrestling,

Is a chess master and a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation.He was f

Is a chess master and a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation.He was first elected to the board for a one-year term in 2004. During his one year term, the board voted on and completed the move of the headquarters of the Unite

Is widely acknowledged as having started the multibillion dollar online poker industry with the laun

Is widely acknowledged as having started the multibillion dollar online poker industry with the launch of Planet Poker, the world's first real money online poker room on January 1, 1998. Randy Blumer was the younger of two boys. In 1970, the family moved to Europe when Randy’s father, Carl, got the opportunity to work as a school counselor on a 2 year exchange in Germany. Randy started playing poker in Germany in Grade 6 while traveling on road trips with the peewee all-star hockey team frequently returning from trips with additional pocket money gained from playing poker. Randy started Planet Poker in the summer of 1997. It became the first online real money cardroom when it converted from a free play site to a real money site on 1 Jan 1998.

Was a guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, for

Was a guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967.Randy was born into a musical family in Los Angeles, and spent his early years studying varied styles at the family's Los Angeles folk club, th

Is an American politician and the former mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is a member of the Democ

Is an American politician and the former mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). Kelly served in the Minnesota Senate from 1991 to 2002, representing District 67 (covering most of Saint Paul's East Side),

(Born: May 28, 1956 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who atten

(Born: May 28, 1956 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who attended the University of South Carolina. He played for both Chicago teams in his career, the Cubs and White Sox.