Famous People with Name Rivers

Rivers Cuomo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rivers Cuomo: He has also worked as a solo artist; he released his debut album, Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, in December 2007, which featured home demos that Cuomo has recorded from 1992-2007. Cuomo mainly plays electric and acoustic guitar, but he can a

Joan Rivers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joan Rivers: is an American comedian, actress, talk show host, businesswoman and celebrity. She is known for her brash manner and loud, raspy voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. Rivers is the National Chairwoman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is a board member of God's Love We Deliver. Like the ground-breaking Phyllis Diller, Rivers' act relied heavily on poking fun at herself. A typical Rivers joke about her appearance was "I used to stand by the side of the road with a sign: 'Last girl before freeway.'"

Larry Rivers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Larry Rivers: was a Jewish American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, New York on (Long Island) and Zihuatanejo, Mexico.Rivers is considered by many scholars a "Godfather" of Pop art, because he was one of the first artists to really merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction.Rivers took up painting in 1945 and studied at the Hans Hofmann School from 1947-48, and then at New York University. He was a pop artist of the New York School, reproducing everyday objects of American popular culture as art.

Dick Rivers            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Dick Rivers: is a French singer and actor who has been performing since the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock'n'roll music in France. He is known for being an avid admirer of Elvis Presley, who highly influenced both his singing and looks.His name comes from the character that Elvis Presley played in his second movie in 1957 "Loving You" Jimmy Tompkins (Deke Rivers) .He started in 1961 as the lead singer of the band Les Chats Sauvages but shortly left to pursue a solo career in 1962. His latest album, called Dick Rivers, was released in 2006.

Philip Rivers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Rivers: is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for the North York Astros in the Canadian Soccer League. In 2008, Rivers began his professional career by signing with the Italia Shooters, where he played a total of 17 matches.

Billy Two Rivers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Billy Two Rivers: is a retired Canadian professional wrestler. He began wrestling professionally in 1953 and competed until 1977. During his career, he wrestled in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada. After retiring from wrestling, he became a leader of th