Famous People with Name Rayburn

Rayburn Donald Doucett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rayburn Donald Doucett: is a former merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Restigouche County and then Restigouche East in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1970 to 1995 as a Liberal member. Doucett was chairman for the New Brunswicck Electric Power Commission from 1987 to 1990 and later as Minister of Commerce and Technology and then Minister to the New Brunswick Regional Development Corporation. He went on to serve on the board of directors for Export Development Canada .

Gene Rayburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gene Rayburn: was an American radio and television personality. Born Eugene Rubessa (pronounced [ru'be??]) and an only child of Croatian immigrants, he graduated from Knox College.reaking into television as the original announcer on Steve Allen's Tonight, Gene Rayburn began a long association with game-show producers Mark Goodson and Bill Todman in 1953. He first appeared on Robert Q. Lewis's The Name's the Same; Rayburn frequently sat in for regular panelist Carl Reiner. lending a comic touch to the panel. In 1955, he took over as host of the summer-replacement game show, Make the Connection, from original host, Jim McKay. From there he hosted shows such as Choose Up Sides, Dough Re Mi, and the daytime version of Tic Tac Dough (which, unlike the rigged nighttime version hosted by Jay Jackson, was "clean" and unaffected by the quiz show scandals). On radio, Rayburn became one of the many hosts of the popular NBC program Monitor in 1961 and remained with the show until 1973.

Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn: was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S. history. He attended the University of Texas School of Law while teaching school, and was admitted

Benjamin Burras Rayburn, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Burras Rayburn, Jr.: was the Democratic sheriff of Washington Parish, the easternmost of the Florida Parishes of southeastern Louisiana, who served from 1981-1992. He was the only son of legendary Louisiana State Senator B.B. "Sixty" Rayburn, Sr. (1916–2008). Rayburn, who res

Benjamin Burras Rayburn, Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Benjamin Burras Rayburn, Sr.: was a veteran politician from Bogalusa, an incorporated city in Washington Parish in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. He was a firm supporter of the region's public hospitals, highways, and its indigenous Southeastern Louisiana University. He