People

Chiltern Railways

Auto and Transport

Chiltern Railways is a British train operating company that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996. Since 2009, it has been a subsidiary of Arriva U

John Raitt

Born John Emmet Raitt, January 20, 1917, in Santa Ana, CA; died of complications from pneumonia, February 20, 2005, in Pacific Palisades, CA. Actor. Broadway star John Raitt was one of the...

Walter Raleigh

Born: c. 1552 Devonshire, England Died: October 29, 1618 London, England English explorer, statesman, and courtier Th...

Sri Ramakrishna

Born: February 18, 1833 Kamapukur, India Died: August 16, 1886 Calcutta, India Indian religious leader and mystic Sri...

Estelle R. Ramey

Born Stella Rosemary Rubin, August 23, 1917, in Detroit, MI; died of complications from Alzheimer's disease, September 8, 2006, in Bethesda, MD. Endocrinologist. Estelle R. Ramey, an endoc...

Manny Ramirez

Professional baseball player Born Manuel Aristides Ramirez, May 30, 1972, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; son of Aristides (a cab driver) and Onelcidad (a seamstress) ...

Tony Randall

Born Leonard Rosenberg, February 26, 1920, in Tulsa, OK; died from complications of pneumonia, May 17, 2004, in Manhattan, NY. Actor. Best known for portraying Felix Unger, the neat-freak ...

A. Philip Randolph

Born: April 15, 1889 Crescent City, Florida Died: May 16, 1979 New York, New York African American civil rights leader and trade uni...

The Range

Consumer goods

The Range is a multi-channel retailer selling products in the home, garden, and leisure categories, with over 210 stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland. History In 1980, Chris Dawson&nbsp

Shloyme Zanul Rappoport

The Russian Jewish writer S. Ansky (1863–1920) is renowned as the creator of The Dybbuk , a beloved Yiddish-language play that has been translate...

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Danish politician Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953) served as his country's prime minister during the early and middle 2000s. He found himself confronted after his election in 2001...

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Prime Minister of Denmark Born on January 26, 1953, in Ginnerup, Nørre Djurs, Denmark; son of Knud (a farmer) and Martha Rasmussen; married to Anne-Mette; children: three. ...

Dan Rather

October 31, 1931 • Wharton, Texas Television journalist Veteran Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) news anchor Dan Rather retired in 2005 after twenty-four years at the...

Raven

December 10, 1985 • Atlanta, Georgia Actress Teen actress Raven stars in the hit Disney Channel series That's So Raven. ...

Raven

Actress and singer Born Raven-Symone Christina Pearman, December 10, 1985, in Atlanta, GA; daughter of Christoper (a manager) and Lydia (Gaulden) Pearman. Addresses...

Lou Rawls

Born Louis Allen Rawls, December 1, 1933, in Chicago, IL; died of lung and brain cancer, January 6, 2006, in Los Angeles, CA. Singer. Grammy Award-winning singer Lou Rawls had a smooth sin...

James Earl Ray

American criminal James Earl Ray (1928–1998) pled guilty to assassinating civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. and was sentenced to 99 years in prison on March 10, 1969. Th...

Rachael Ray

Chef and television personality Born Rachael Domenica Ray, August 25, 1968, in Cape Cod, MA; daughter of Jim Ray (a publisher) and Elsa Scuderi (a restaurateur); married John ...

Raya

Communication and Internet

Raya is a membership-based social network application for iOS, founded by Daniel Gendelman in 2014. Originally a dating app, Raya has since added features to promote professional networking and social

University of Reading

Science and education

The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford e