American Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an American pianist.Lewenthal was born in San Antonio, Texas to Russian-French parents. His birt

Was an American pianist.Lewenthal was born in San Antonio, Texas to Russian-French parents. His birth date is often given as 1926, but he was actually born three years earlier in 1923 (an examination of his birth certificate has confirmed this). The false birth year was probably an attempt to assist his career as a child actor. After spending several years as a child movie actor in Hollywood, he studied the piano there with Lydia Cherkassky, mother and teacher of the renowned pianist Shura Cherkassky. In 1945 he won all three of the major competitions then being held in California: The Young Artist Competition at UCLA (judged by Bruno Walter), the Young Artist Contest of Occidental College, and the Gainsborough Award in San Francisco. He continued his studies at Juilliard as a full scholarship student of Olga Samaroff-Stokowski. Later Lewenthal worked in Europe with Alfred Cortot and with Guido Agosti.

A basketball and streetball player.

A basketball and streetball player.

Was a college and professional American football player. A defensive back, he played college footbal

Was a college and professional American football player. A defensive back, he played college football at the University of Alabama, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills from 1962 through 1964, when the Bills won the AFL Championship game, 20-7, over the defending AFL Champion San Diego Chargers.

(born June 5, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball w

(born June 5, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres from 1990 to 2004.

Liotta (pronounced lee-OH-ta) was born in Newark, New Jersey and was adopted at the age of six month

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.

Is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champio

Is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.He attended the University of North Carolina. He turned professional in 1961, and quickly established himself on the PGA Tour, with his first victo

Is a former American football player in the NFL. He played the defensive back position. He graduated

Is a former American football player in the NFL. He played the defensive back position. He graduated from the University of Louisville. He was drafted in 1993 by the Indianapolis Colts in the 3rd round (65th overall). He has also played for the Atlanta Falcons and the Oakland Raiders.

Is a former American professional wrestling manager and color commentator, best known for his time w

Is a former American professional wrestling manager and color commentator, best known for his time with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He was known for his skill in dr

Is a former professional American football running back in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints. He pl

Is a former professional American football running back in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame.

Is an American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, philosopher, and magician.Born in Far Rocka

Is an American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, philosopher, and magician.Born in Far Rockaway, New York, his first career (like Persi Diaconis a generation later) was stage magic. He then earned a BSc from the University of Chicago in 1955 and h

He was born in Youngstown, Ohio. Boxing played a prominent role in the Mancini family history. Manci

He was born in Youngstown, Ohio. Boxing played a prominent role in the Mancini family history. Mancini's father, Lenny Mancini (the original "Boom Boom"), was a top-ranked contender during the 1940s who was widely predicted to be a future world champion.

Is a psychologist and medical doctor. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death

Is a psychologist and medical doctor. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death and near-death experiences (NDE), a term which he coined in 1975. His best selling title is Life After Life.

The Hamilton, Ohio-born Combs ascended into the world of comedy after moving to Los Angeles in 1983

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.

(July 27, 1923 - October 17, 2004) was an American Major League Baseball player.

(July 27, 1923 - October 17, 2004) was an American Major League Baseball player.

He was known as an Abstract expressionist, painter who also is associated with Color Field painting

He was known as an Abstract expressionist, painter who also is associated with Color Field painting and Lyrical Abstraction. Ray Parker was an influential art teacher and an important Color Field painter[1] and an instrumental figure in the movement coined by Clement Greenberg called Post-Painterly Abstraction.[2] Originally from South Dakota, Ray Parker entered the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1940; he earned his MFA in 1948. From 1948 to 1951 he taught painting at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. During the 1940s his paintings were heavily influenced by cubism. In the early 1950s, however, Parker became associated with the leading abstract expressionists of the day, including Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning. Parker soon began to simplify and refine his works realizing that through abstraction, and color his paintings could convey and express emotion.

Was an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology. He spent most of his c

Was an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology. He spent most of his career at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.His scientific interests (including his love of statistics) suggest that had he lived, he would have been at the forefront of population genetics which was emerging at the time, with the work of J. B. S. Haldane, Sewall Wright and Ronald FisherPearl is regarded as one of founders of biogerontology. In 1908 Max Rubner observed that mammals of different size and longevity had equal mass specific metabolic output[1]. Partly based on the observation that the longevity of fruit flies varies inversely with ambient temperature[2], Pearl (like Rubner) also asserted that maximum life span is inversely proportional to basal metabolic rate

Is an American artist and sometime musician and lyricist.Known for his comic-like drawings with dist

Is an American artist and sometime musician and lyricist.Known for his comic-like drawings with disturbing, ironic or ambiguous captions, Pettibon's subject matter is sometimes violent and anti-authoritarian. From the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, he was closely associated with the punk rock band Black Flag and the record label SST Records, both founded by his older brother Greg Ginn. Beginning in the 1990s, he became a well-known figure in his own right in the contemporary art scene.

Was a French Canadian lawyer and politician.A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957,

Was a French Canadian lawyer and politician.A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, and 1963. He stepped down for the 1965 election to allow Gérard Pelletier to run. He was summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1968 representing the senatorial division of De Lorimier, Quebec.

Is an American professional wrestler, better known as Rick Michaels. Rick Michaels began his profess

Is an American professional wrestler, better known as Rick Michaels. Rick Michaels began his professional wrestling career on November 10, 1991. He was a mainstay of the NWA Wildside promotion. He won the promotion's Wilside Heavyweight Championship 2 tim

Is a retired American basketball player. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.From 1948 to 1953,

Is a retired American basketball player. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.From 1948 to 1953, Lumpp played professionally for the NBA's New York Knicks, Indianapolis Jets, and Baltimore Bullets.

Was an American connoisseur of art and antiques, world traveler, socialite, philanthropist and the c

Was an American connoisseur of art and antiques, world traveler, socialite, philanthropist and the chairman of the Philadelphia Art Museum.

Was an American athlete and American football player, winner of two gold medals at the 1928 Summer O

Was an American athlete and American football player, winner of two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics.Ray Barbuti was born in Nassau County, New York and attended Syracuse University where he won the IC4A championship at 400 m in 1928 in a time of 48.8 seconds, and once scored eight touchdowns in one game. In the same year, he won the AAU Championship in the 400 m dash with a time of 51.4.

Is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the

Is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 1st round (18th overall) of the 1981 NBA Draft. A 6'9" power forward from the Indiana University, Tolbert played in five NBA seasons for six different teams. He played for the Nets, Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta Hawks.

Was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1969-1973 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cl

Was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1969-1973 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians. He is the only Los Angeles Dodger to wear #42 after Jackie Robinson before it was retired in 1972.

Was the 24th Governor of New Mexico.In 1965, he was elected to the New Mexico Senate, serving four t

Was the 24th Governor of New Mexico.In 1965, he was elected to the New Mexico Senate, serving four terms from 1966 to 1974. Apodaca was elected governor of New Mexico as a Democrat in 1974, becoming the first Hispanic governor in the U.S. since 1918, alon