Caskets On Parade ... Cumulative Database ... Still Alive: "R"

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playwright  David Rabe born on 3-10-1940

1976 A.M. Turing Award winner  Michael Oser Rabin   shared prize for work done on non-deterministic machines born on 9-1-1931 in Breslau Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland)

Yale astronomical researcher  David Lincoln Rabinowitz   co-discoverer of the Kuiper Belt object 2003 UB313 (July 29, 2003), larger than Pluto, that got astronomers trying to come up for a formal definition of a "planet" born on ??-??-1960

kid actor  Daniel Radcliffe   played Harry Potter in several mediocre movies (2001-2005) born on 7-23-1989

former Park City, KS municipal code enforcement supervisor  Dennis Lynn Rader   confessed psychopathic Wichita serial killer; in a letter he described how he likes to "Bind them, Torture them, Kill them" (in reference to his victims); was active since 1974; his known victims: Joseph, Julie, Joseph II & Josephine Otero (1-15-1974), Kathryn Bright (4-4-1974), Shirley Vian (3-17-1977), Nancy Fox (12-8-1977), Marine Hedge (1985) & Vicki Wegerle (9-16-86); the May 2, 2005 National Enquirer has him dying of colon cancer (his lawyer sez "no"); he plead guilt to all counts (6-27-2005) ¤ better known as the "BTK Strangler" aka: "Bill Thomas Killman"  born on 3-9-1945 in Wichita, Kansas

Playboy June 1957 Playmate of Month  Carrie Radison born on 11-30-1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

actor  Joshua Michael Radnor   plays Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother tv sitcom born on 7-29-1974 in Columbus, Ohio

Hair co-author/lyricist  James Rado ¤ real name: James Radomski aka: "James Radomicki"  born on 1-23-1932 in Venice, California

Caroline Lee Bouvier Radziwill   sister of Jackie O; wife of Stanislas; mother of Anthony born on 3-3-1933 in New York, New York

character actress  Charlotte Rae ¤ born: Charlotte Rae Lubotsky  born on 4-22-1926 in Milwaukee, WIsconsin    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6% 2006 GHG 3.3% 2007 ABRA 3.2% 2008 OED 3.1% 2009 OED 3.3%

Playboy November 2003 Playmate of Month  Divini Rae   one of December 2000's "Girls of Australia" ¤ real name: Divini Rae Sorenson Mrs. Winston Fong  born on 7-31-1977 in Tanana, Alaska

Coptic church leader  Nazeer Gayed Rafail   the 117th Pope of Alexandria, Patriarch of All Africa ¤ Pope Shenouda III  born on 8-3-1923 in Asyut, Egypt    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1% 2009 WEP 3.3%

movie director  Robert "Bob" Rafelson   directed Five Easy Pieces (1970), Stay Hungry (1976) and Black Widow (1986); was a co-creator of The Monkees tv music group born on 2-21-1933 in New York, New York

Cornell HRI graduate  Forrest Raffel   co-founded Arbys roast beef chain (1964); the name came from the initials R.B.'s (Raffel Brother's) born on ??-??-19?? in New Castle, Pennsylvania

Wharton Business School graduate  Leroy Raffel   co-founded Arbys roast beef chain (July 23, 1964 in Boardman, Ohio) born on ??-??-19?? in New Castle, Pennsylvania

musician  Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty born on 4-16-1947 in Paisley, Scotland    Contest Selectors 2009 TBC 3.3%

actress  Deborah Raffin born on 3-13-1953

Miss America 1988  Kaye Lani Rae Rafko-Wilson born on 8-26-1963 in Monroe, Michigan

actor  William Ragsdale born on 1-19-1961 in El Dorado, Arkansas

president of Bangladesh  Mohammad Zillur Rahman born on 3-4-1929 in Bhairab, British India    Contest Selectors 2010 TTM 3.7%

Oakland, California litigant  Angel McClary Raich   suffers from scoliosis, a brain tumor, nausea, chronic nausea, etc. — the U.S. Federal Government won't let her toke a joint to relieve the symptoms born on ??-??-1965

intense actor  Steve Railsback   played Charles Manson in Helter Skelter born on 11-16-1945 in Dallas, Texas

movie producer/director  Samuel M. Raimi   made the Evil Dead movies, Army of Darkness (1993) & Dark Man born on 10-23-1959 in Franklin, Michigan

actor  Douglas Rain   provided the voice of Hal 9000 in 2001 (1968) and 2010 as well as the evil computer in Sleeper (1973) born on ??-??-1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Dow Corning chemist & amateur marathon runner  Dennis Rainear   on November 10, 1978 completed the Grand Valley Marathon after being shot in the head with a 22 caliber bullet at the 10 mile marker (he only thought he had a headache & nausea from the run) born on ??-??-1950

actress  Luise Rainer   won Best Actress oscars for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and The Good Earth (1937) born on 1-12-1910 in Düsseldorf, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany    Contest Selectors 2004 DTM, RIE 11.1% 2005 DTM, PCD, QKU, RIE, SPIT 21.7% 2006 DTM, PCD, QKU, RIE, SPIT, WEP 20.0% 2007 ADWC, DGW, DTM, PCD, PUD, QKU, RIE, RPRM, SPIT, WEP 32.3% 2008 ADWC, DGW, DTM, PCD, QKU, RIE, RPRM, SPIT, WEP 28.1% 2009 ADWC, DGW, DTM, GOHI, PCD, QKU, RIE, RPRM, WEP 30.0% 2010 ADWC, DGW, DTM, PCD, QKU, RIE, RPRM, WEP 29.6% 2012 ADWC, {{DGW}} 8.33% AKS: Louise Reiner

bimbette "actress"  Natalie Raitano   flounced around on V.I.P. syndicated tv series for several seasons born on 10-3-1966 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania

folk singer  Bonnie Raitt   John's daughter born on 11-8-1949

mega-spammer  Alan Murray Ralsky   in 1992 served 50 days for selling unregistered securities; in 1995 plead guilty to felony bank fraud in Ohio; in 1996 had his Michigan & Illinois insurance licenses revoked; in 1999 plead guilty to misprison of felony in Michigan; in January, 2008 slammed with a 41-count indictment for all manner of stuff (something about a "pump-and-dump" stock scam); and oh by the way, lives at 6747 Minnow Pond Dr, West Bloomfield, MI 48322-2663 (in case you've got court papers that need to be served) born on 5-29-1945

1960s cult guru baba  Ram Dass   his father founded Brandeis University; was a Harvard professor before he got heavily into LSD usage ¤ real name: Richard Alpert  born on 4-6-1931 in Boston, Massachusetts

Cambridge MCR Laboratory of Molecular Biology chemist/pyhsicist  Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan   shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his studies of the structure & function of the ribosome born on ??-??-1952 in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India

Playboy October 1971 Playmate of Month  Claire Rambeau born on 5-8-1951 in Santa Barbara, California

pistol-packin' Miss America 1944  Venus Ramey   currently living in Kentucky; shot out the tires on an intruder's truck born on 9-26-1924 in Ashland, Kentucky

serial killer  Richard Ramierz ¤ born: Ricardo Leyva Ramirez  born on 2-29-1960 in El Paso, Texas

poet  Sergio Ramirez Mercado   former Vice President in the Sandinista government (1984-1990) born on 8-5-1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua

writer/actor/director  Harold Allen Ramis   co-wrote Animal House, Caddyshack & a bunch more silliness born on 11-21-1944

engineer/business executive  Simon Ramo   co-founded Ramo-Wooldridge Corp. (1953); merged with Thompson Products to become TRW (1958); also a co-founder of Bunker-Ramo Corp. (1964) born on 5-13-1913 in Salt Lake City, Utah

rock musician  C. J. Ramone ¤ real name: Christopher John Ward  born on 10-8-1965

former Ramones drummer  Tommy Ramone ¤ real name: Tom Erdelyi  born on 1-29-1959 in Budapest, Hungary    Contest Selectors 2005 GHG 4.3% 2006 GHG 3.3%

Philippine president (1992-present)  Fidel V. Ramos born on 3-18-1928 in Lingayen, Philippines    Contest Selectors 2003 MB 5.6%

convicted child molester  Juan Antonio Ramos   suspected of having abducted & murdered Etan Patz born on ??-??-1945

Playboy January 2003 Playmate of Month  Rebecca Anne Ramos   grand-daughter of former rep. Henry Gonzalez; oldest centerfold in Playboy history born on 8-26-1967

East Timor politician  José Ramos-Horta   shared the 1996 Nobel Peace prize born on 12-26-1949 in Dili, Portugese Timor    Contest Selectors 2009 TBC 3.3%

actress  Charlotte Rampling   daughter of Olympian Godfrey Rampling born on 2-5-1946

ESPN basketball analyst Dr.  Jack Ramsay born on 2-21-1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania    Contest Selectors 2002 JEDS 9.1% AKS: Ramsey

tyranical cook  Gordon James Ramsay   thundered-about the Hell's Kitchen born on 11-18-1966 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland

John Bennett Ramsey   father of murdered child (JonBenét) born on 12-7-1943 in Lincoln, Nebraska

infotainment host  Guiliana Maria Rancic   co-hosts the E! Entertainment News show; facing a double mastectomy after a failed double lumpectomy ¤ né3: DePandi  born on 8-17-1974 in Naples, Province of Naples, Campania region, Italy

Playboy May 1967 Playmate of Month  Anne Randall ¤ born: Barbara Burrus Mrs. Dick Stewart  born on 9-23-1944 in Alameda, California

"The Amazing"  James Randi   stage magician & fraud debunker; recipient of a 1986 MacArthur Fellowship ¤ born: Randall James Hamilton Zwinge  born on 8-7-1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada    Contest Selectors 2010 ADWC, TTM 7.4% 2012 ADWC 4.17%

former Rock Springs, Wyoming teen  Dana Randolph   in July of 1937, while listening to the short wave radio, picked up what is thought to be Amelia Earhart's next-to-last distress call claiming that she had landed on a reef born on ??-??-1921

character actress  Joyce Randolph   played Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners ¤ born: Joyce Sirola Mrs. Richard Charles  born on 10-21-1925 in Detroit, Michigan    Contest Selectors 2006 GHG 3.3% 2010 NFG 3.7%

composer  Bernard Rands   winner of the Pulitzer prize in music born on 3-2-1934 in Sheffield, England    Contest Selectors 2005 GHG 4.3% 2006 GHG 3.3%

New York Rep.  Charles Bernard Rangel   replaced Adam Clayton Powell in congress born on 6-11-1930 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2009 MoFa 3.3%

retired service station owner  William "Uncle Billy" Ranieri   Hooters co-founder born on ??-??-19??

former talk show host  Sally Jessy Raphael   a low-rent version of Oprah born on 2-25-1943    Contest Selectors 2005 HH 4.3%

Sledge Hammer actor  David Rasche born on 8-7-1944

sportscaster  Ahmad Rashad born on 11-19-1949

actress  Phylicia Rashad   played Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show born on 6-19-1948 in Houston, Texas

writer  David Raskin born on ??-??-19??

freelance photographer  Charles Rathbun   raped & strangled Linda Sobek born on ??-??-1957

former CBS news anchor/reporter  Dan Irvin Rather Jr.   infamous for the phrase "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" (shouted at him during October 1986 attack) born on 10-31-1931 in Wharton, Texas    Contest Selectors 2006 BONY 3.3% 2008 XXX 3.1% 2009 MoFa, SBAP, XXX 10.0% 2010 XXX 3.7%

Stephen Wade Rathke   a co-founder of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN; 1970) — was it's chief organizer (1970-2008); also was founder of the SEIU Local 100 in New Orleans born on 8-5-1948

former Madagascar president (1975-93; 1997-2002)  Didier Ratsiraka born on 11-4-1936

actor  John Ratzenberg   Cliff Clavin on Cheers tv series born on 4-6-1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6%

priest & church musician  Georg Ratzinger   brother of Benedict XVI born on 1-15-1924 in Pleiskirchen, Bavaria, Germany    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 WEP 3.2% 2008 WEP 3.1% 2009 WEP 3.3% 2010 WEP 3.7%

Catholic Church leader (2005-present)  Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger   elected 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 19, 2005 ¤ Pope Benedict XVI  born on 4-16-1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany    Contest Selectors 2006 BONY, CSI, RAVN, SSH, WEP 16.7% 2007 ABRA, KLS, RAVN 7.9% 2008 KLS 3.1% 2009 CSI, KLS 6.7% 2010 CSI, KLS 7.4% 2012 BOD, BYE, CSI 12.5%

composer  Einojuhani Rautavaara born on 10-9-1928 in Helsinki, Finland    Contest Selectors 2006 TBC 3.3%

president of Madagascar (2001-present)  Marc Ravalomanana born on 12-12-1949 in Imerinkasinina, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

Indigo Girls singer  Amy Ray born on 4-12-1964

floozie/congressional "staffer"  Elizabeth L. Ray   was Rep. Wayne Hays' "secretary"; "penned" The Washington Fringe Benefit (June 1976); appeared in September 1976 Playboy magazine born on 5-14-1943 in Marshall, North Carolina

actress/model  Lisa Ray   a stem cell transplant has "cured" her of multiple myeloma (as of April 2010) born on 4-4-1972 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada    Contest Selectors 2010 LMLD, RAVN, RR 11.1%

Playboy June 1980 Playmate of Month  Ola Ray born on 8-26-1960 in Saint Louis, Missouri

hemophiliac AIDS victim  Randy Ray born on ??-??-1979    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD 14% 2001 BOD, KLS 25% 2002 BOD, JAC 18.2% 2003 KLS, PCD 11.1% 2004 BOD, KLS, PCD 16.7% 2005 KLS, PCD 8.7%

Playboy December 1974 Playmate of Month  Janice Raymond born on 3-25-1951 in England

character actor  Martin Rayner   played Dr. Chaotica in Star Trek: Voyager "Captain Proton" parodies born on ??-??-19?? in Isle of Wight

Playboy May 1966 Playmate of Month  Dolly Read   played Kelly McNamara in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; widow of Dick Martin ¤ first name: Margaret  born on 9-13-1944 in Bristol, Avon, England

actor  James Read born on 7-31-1953

career criminal  Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read   now an ex-con, he made his bones doing armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion, bed-wetting, ... born on 11-17-1954 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia    Contest Selectors 2010 LMLD 3.7%

Shuttle STS-42, 51 & 79 astronaut  William Francis "Bill" Readdy born on 1-24-1952 in Quonset Point, Rhode Island AKS: Ready Reddy

original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer  Lynn Ready   appeared on series as Lynn in its second season (1956-57) born on 12-3-1944 in Dallas, Texas

former first lady (1981-89)  Nancy Davis Reagan   hospitalized after a fall (Feb 17, 2008) ¤ aka: "Mommy" born: Anne Frances Robbins  born on 7-6-1921 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2000 IVY 14% 2003 KOHD, MB, MJ, OGGI 22.2% 2004 LMLD, MJ 11.1% 2005 BYE, GHG, HH, RIE 13.0% 2006 ADWC, BYE, DTH, GHG, MOT, OIE, RIE, SSH, TFM 30.0% 2007 ABRA, ADWC, BONY, BYE, GREB, JCM, LMLD, MOT, PUD, RIE, RPRM, SBAP 38.7% 2008 ADWC, BYE, GAS, GOHI, GREB, JCM, KLS, LMLD, MORB, OED, RIE, RPRM, SBAP 40.6% 2009 ADWC, DFFC, DGW, GAS, GOHI, GREB, JCM, KLS, LMLD, MORB, OED, RIE, RPRM, SBAP, TBC, TFM 53.3% 2010 ADWC, ANG, DFFC, DGW, GAS, GREB, JCM, KLS, MORB, REPR, RIE, RPRM 44.4% 2012 ADWC, ANG, DFFC, {{DGW}} 16.7%

Ronald Prescott Reagan   annoying offspring of the Gipper ¤ aka: "Ron"  born on 5-20-1958 in Los Angeles, California    Contest Selectors 2005 SPIT 4.3%

Jay Redack   created Hollywood Squares game show born on ??-??-19??

musician  Leon Redbone ¤ real name: Dickran Gobalian  born on 8-26-1949 in Cyprus

Dabblal Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy   his work in expert systems & artificial intelligence earned him a share of the 1994 A.M. Turing Award born on 6-13-1937 in Katoor, India

singer  Helen Reddy   known for the song I Am Woman born on 10-25-1941    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6%

actor/director  Robert Redford   directed Ordinary People (1980; Best Director oscar); recipient of special honorary oscar (2001) born on 8-18-1937    Contest Selectors 2006 GGG, HH 6.7%

PLO proponent  Vanessa Redgrave   daughter of Sir Michael and Rachel Kempson; mother of Natasha Richardson born on 1-30-1937 in London, England    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6%

former Duke University basketball player  Jonathan Clay "J.J." Redick   winner of the 2005 Sullivan Award born on 6-24-1984 in Cookeville, Tennessee

National Amusements chairman  Sumner Murray Redstone   seems to be getting erratic in his old age; too much debt has his "empire" tottering ¤ born: Sumner Murray Rothstein  born on 5-27-1923 in Boston, Massachusetts    Contest Selectors 2000 IVY 14% 2009 GOHI 3.3%

professional volleyball player & model  Gabrielle Reece   did January 2001 Playboy pictorial & cover born on 1-6-1970 in La Jolla, California

composer & music educator  Herbert Owen Reed   taught at Michigan State University (1939-76) born on 6-17-1910 in Odessa, Missouri

Velvet Underground singer  Lou Reed born on 3-2-1942 in Freeport, Long Island, New York    Contest Selectors 1979 YJ 7.7%

author  Paul Reed   author of "Kontum Diary" born on 8-18-1948

movie critic  Rex Reed   played one of Myra Breckinridge's alter-egos in movie of same name (1970) born on 10-2-1938    Contest Selectors 1979 JH 7.7% 2006 GGG 3.3%

former pro basketball player  Willis Reed born on 6-25-1942

actress  Alaina Reed-Hall born on 11-10-1946

retired porn star  Harry Reems   played Dr. Young, on the receiving end of Linda Lovelace's epiglotal ministrations in Deep Throat (1972); currently a real estate broker in Park City, Utah ¤ real name: Herbert Streicher  born on 8-27-1947 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2006 TWOS 3.3% 2008 TWOS 3.1% 2009 TWOS 3.3% 2010 TWOS 3.7%

Kentucky Corrections Commissioner  John D. Rees   by the luck of the draw he gets to be the defendant of record in the Baze et al v. Rees Supreme Court Case over the cruelty of lethal injections born on ??-??-19??

actor  Roger Rees   played Robin Colcord on Cheers born on 5-5-1944

singer/actress  Della Reese   stared on Touched by an Angel tv series ¤ born: Delloreese Patricia Early  born on 7-31-1932 in Detroit, Michigan    Contest Selectors 2003 MJ 5.6% 2004 MJ, SS 11.1% 2006 GGG, HH 6.7% 2010 ANG 3.7%

chubby 1970s kid huckster  Mason Reese   best known for pushing Underwood Deviled Ham born on 4-11-1966 in Los Angeles, California

football coach  Daniel Edward Reeves born on 1-19-1944 in Rome, Georgia    Contest Selectors 2009 GOHI 3.3%

actor  Keanu Charles Reeves   star of Speed & The Matrix born on 9-2-1964 in Beirut, Lebanon

Motown singer  Martha Reeves   backed by the Vandellas (not the Vendelas) born on 7-18-1941

draft dodging model  Bar Refaeli   managed to avoid doing her compulsory service in the Israeli Defense Force; has canoodled with David Charvet & Leonardo DiCaprio; was on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue born on 6-4-1985 in Hod HaSharon, Israel

Nubile prize-winning raconteur, spermologer and decorated World War II Zeppelin ace  Refram Refrignuq   love child of Evelyn Nesbit & William Howard Taft; abducted from hospital maternity ward by Nesbit's jealous ex-lover (Assistant Secretary of State R. Refrignuqvist) and spirited to Howland Island where he was abandoned with two Dingos and a soft-shelled crab named Maurice; years later he was accidentally discovered & subsequently returned to Washington, D.C. by Frank Buck during the worldwide search for Amelia Earhart's flight data recorder after her hydrogen-powered dirigible exploded during re-entry from her pioneering sub-orbital transit through the Van Allen radiation belt; upon taking up his manhood in the national spotlight he ran for president as a third-party candidate under the banner (Bull Moose) of his father's old rival in the 1940 election, losing narrowly to Hitler in the Electoral College despite a clear plurality amongst deceased Chicago voters; enlisting in the French Domestic Legion following the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald at Pearl Harbor, his exploits in the brothels of Paris are unmatched to this day; after the war and subsequent to commanding NATO's classified "Bay of Pigs" Laotian incursion, he spent several years with the Tennessee Valley Authority under the pseudonym "Red" E. Kilowatt coordinating their M.K.Ultra "Power to the People" rural electrification campaign - it was during this time that he is alleged to have sired one or more offspring, including a recent president and a former Speaker of the House; his virality, rigor and impudence were credited by Timothy Leary & Pat Buchanan as having inspired the Free Love movement, Watergate breakin and Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse; now in semi-retirement, he co-directs the G. Gordon Liddy Institute for Advanced Onanism at Ma·to Tepee, Wyoming ¤ born: Stanford Thaw Taft rechristened: Refram Refrignuqvist Jr.  born on 2-29-1919 in Anak Krakatau, Sunda Strait, Dutch East Indies    Contest Selectors 2000 SPAM 14% 2005 SPAM 4.3% 2008 SPAM 3.1% AKS: Krakatoa

actor  Joe Regalbuto   played Frank Fontana on Murphy Brown (1988-98) born on 8-24-1949 in New York, New York

Hell, Michigan ice cream scooper  Erik John Reichenbach   appeared on Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites reality tv show (2008); made it to the final five but pulled a major bone-headed move (gave away immunity & got voted off); also an Eastern Michigan University student born on 11-27-1985 in Pinckney, Michigan

literary critic  Marcel Reich-Ranicki   founder of the Literary Quartet ¤ born: Marceli Reich  born on 6-2-1920 in Wocawek, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland    Contest Selectors 2007 WEP 3.2%

Statler Brothers singer  Harold Reid born on 8-21-1939

Nevada senator  Harry Mason Reid born on 2-17-1930 in Searchlight, Nevada    Contest Selectors 2005 FA 4.3% 2009 MoFa 3.3%

country singer  Mike Reid born on 5-24-1947

serial killer  Paul Dennis Reid Jr.   on the Tennessee death row ¤ number 303893  born on 11-12-1957    Contest Selectors 2006 OIE, PCD, SPIT 10.0% 2007 SPIT 3.2% 2008 DFFC 3.1%

lame-ass terrorist  Richard Colvin Reid   tried to detonate his sneakers aboard a trans-Atlantic flight 12/22/2001 (the shoes had plastique explosives in them); doing time in a Federal pen ¤ aka: "The Shoe-nabomber", "Abdul Raheem" & "Tariq Raja"  born on 8-12-1973 in Bromley, London, England

party girl/"actress"  Tara Reid   played ex-porn star Bunny Lebowski, trophy wife of The Big Lebowski (1998); has had lots of "bad" plastic surgery (until she had a "lift" her boobs were banging against her knees); did pictorial in the January/February 2010 issue of Playboy magazine born on 11-8-1975 in Wycoff, New Jersey    Contest Selectors 2005 SPIT 4.3% 2008 JCM 3.1% 2009 GAS 3.3%

actor  Tim Reid   played overnight dj Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati; also starred in Frank's Place born on 12-19-1944 in Norfolk, Virginia

Playboy June 1977 Playmate of Month  Virve Reid born on 11-24-1956 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Shuttle STS-48 & 60 astronaut  Kenneth Stanley "Ken" Reightler Jr. born on 3-24-1951 in Patuxent, Rhode Island

Shuttle STS-89, 104 & 117 astronaut  James Francis Reilly II born on 3-18-1954 in Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho

writer, actor, director  Carl Reiner   father of Meathead born on 3-20-1922 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2002 MORB 9.1% 2004 RIE, SS 11.1% 2005 RIE 4.3% 2006 RIE, 4GUE 6.7% 2007 4GUE 3.2% 2008 KLS, 4GUE 6.3% 2009 GOHI, KLS 6.7% 2012 BOD 4.17% AKS: Karl

actor & director  Rob Reiner   played Michael Stivic (Meathead) on All in the Family; directed This Is Spinal Tap (1984) born on 3-6-1947 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2003 ABRA 5.6%

actor  Edward Ernest "Judge" Reinhold Jr.   had memorable fantasy by the pool in Fast Times at Ridgemont High born on 5-21-1957 in Wilmington, Delaware

dancer/actress  Ann Reinking born on 11-10-1949

actor  Paul Reiser   co-starred on Mad About You born on 3-30-1957

European Space Agency Shuttle STS-121 astronaut  Thomas Arthur Reiter born on 5-21-1958 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

movie director  Ivan Reitman   directed Stripes (1981) & Ghostbusters (1984) born on 10-26-1946 in Komarno, Czechoslovakia

King of Queens actress  Leah Remini born on 6-15-1970 in New York, New York

urban terrorist  Joseph Michael Remiro   member of the SLA ¤ SLA name: "Bo"  born on ??-??-1947

mystery writer  Ruth Barbera Rendell born on 2-17-1930 in London, England    Contest Selectors 2005 FA 4.3% AKS: Barbara

former dancer & Playboy bunny  Marli Renfro   Janet Leigh's body double for the Psycho shower scene (1960); was a Bunny at the Chicago hutch in the early 1960s; appeared in Tonight for Sure; appeared on the December 26, 1986 episode of the Wheel of Fortune game show; was the title subject of the true crime book "The Girl In Alfred Hitchcock's Shower" ¤ born: Marlys Annelle Renfro ex-Mrs. Ed Hilliard (1960-69) & Bob Phillips (1972-80) current Mrs. Mike Peterson (1987-present)  born on 4-3-1938 in Los Angeles, California

character actress  Deborah Rennard   played J.R. Ewing's secretary Sylvia 'Sly" Lovegren on Dallas; wife of Paul Haggis born on 11-4-1959

Playboy April 1968 Playmate of Month  Gaye Rennie born on 9-21-1949 in Los Angeles, California

dunderheaded mediocrity & Clinton Attorney General (1993-2001)  Janet Wood Reno   has Parkinson's disease born on 7-21-1938 in Miami, Florida    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD, GHG 11.1% 2005 GHG, HH 8.7% 2006 GHG 3.3% 2007 RPRM 3.2% 2009 GAS, RPRM 6.7% 2010 GAS, RPRM 7.4%

actor  Jean Reno   NOT the inept Clinton attorney general ¤ born: Juan Moreno  born on 7-30-1948 in Casablanca, Morocco

film editor  Marguerite Renoir   edited a number of Jean Renoir's films (including Le Rèfle du Jeu;1939); she was his lover & took his surname ¤ born: Marguerite Houllé  born on ??-??-19?? in France AKS: Houlet

author/interviewer  David Rensin   co-author Bernie Brillstein's memoir "Where Did I Go Right: You're Nobody in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants You Dead"; has conducted numerous interviews for Playboy magazine born on 1-28-1956

Joseph Kallet Rensin   responsible for the Blue Hippo installment computer purchase scam born on 7-2-1965 in Baltimore, Maryland

former Nicole Simpson "friend"  Faye Resnick   O.J.'s dream team suggests that drug dealers really wanted to kill Faye & got Nicole by mistake; did March 1997 Playboy pictorial born on 7-3-1957 in Chicago, Illinois

opera soprano  Regina Resnik born on 8-30-1922

retired FBI profiler  Robert K. Ressler   coined term "serial killer" (1970s) born on 2-15-1937 in Chicago, Illinois

former Olympic gymnast  Mary Lou Retton   played Tiny Tim in Scrooged (1988) born on 1-24-1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia

actress  Gloria Reuben born on 6-9-1965

former Pee-Wee Herman actor  Paul Reubens   got caught "spankin' the monkey" in a porno movie theater (1991); then got caught with kiddie porn (2002) — plead to a lesser charge (2004) ¤ born: Paul Rubenfeld  born on 8-27-1952 in Peekskill, New York

ABBA singer  Anni-Frid Reuss-Lyngstad ¤ aka: "Frida"  born on 11-15-1945 in Ballanger, Norway

Raiders singer  Paul Revere born on 1-7-1938

character actor  Clive Selsby Revill   played Emperor Palpatine in The Empire Strikes Back (1990) born on 4-18-1930 in Wellington, New Zealand

actor  Ramon Revilla Sr.   got elected to the Philippine senate; had stroke in October 2008 ¤ born: Jose Acuna Bautista  born on 3-8-1937 in Imus, Cavite, The Philippines    Contest Selectors 2009 TBC 3.3%

Playboy November 1988 Playmate of Month  Pía Reyes born on 7-3-1964 in Manila, Philippines AKS: Pia

movie actor  Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. born on 2-11-1936 in Waycross, Georgia    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6% 2005 FA 4.3% 2006 DTH, GGG 6.7%

actress  Debbie Reynolds   dumped by Eddie Fisher for Liz Taylor born on 4-1-1932    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6% 2008 SPIT 3.1%

Playboy October 1959 Playmate of Month  Elaine Reynolds born on 9-7-1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey

actor & producer/director  Gene Reynolds   has worked on M*A*S*H, Hogan's Heroes & numerous other tv shows ¤ real name: Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal  born on 4-4-1925 in Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio death row inmate  Lawrence Raymond Reynolds Jr.   his sentence is stayed until at least March 10, 2010 ¤ number A296121  born on 6-2-1966    Contest Selectors 2010 ADWC, DFFC, RAVN 11.1%

Playboy September 1965 Playmate of Month  Patti Reynolds born on 5-28-1948 in Chicago, Illinois

crooked real estate developer  Antoin S. Rezko   was a Chicago-area political fixer for a bunch of corrupt Illinois & Chicago-area politicians (kinda redundant, isn't it) born on 7-??-1955 in Aleppo, Syria

Nine Inch Nails musician  Trent Reznor born on 5-17-1965 in Mercer, Pennsylvania

actor  Irving Rhames   played nightclub bouncer "George Bush" in Striptease born on 5-12-1959 in New York, New York

former actress  Alicia Rhett   played India Wilkes in Gone With The Wind (1939); now a portrait painter born on 2-1-1915 in Savannah, Georgia

R&B vocalist  Rhianna ¤ ral name: Robin Hannah Louise Kenny  born on 1-7-1983 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

NFL coach  Raymond Earl Rhodes   formerly head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles & Green Bay Packers; suffered a stroke (September 2005) born on 10-20-1950 in Mexia, Texas    Contest Selectors 2006 TBC 3.3%

actor  Jonathan "John" Rhys-Davies   has played Macro in I, Claudius, Sallah in Indiana Jones movie series, Gimili in the Lord of the Rings trilogy & Manray on Spongebob Squarepants; also appeared in Sliders tv series and Star Trek: Voyager (as Leonardo da Vinci) born on 5-5-1944 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

William Theodore "Willy" Ribbs born on 1-3-1955 in San Jose, California AKS: Willie

martial arts fighter  Will Ribeiro   got in a motorcycle accident and bonked his noggin (as if all those shots to the head didn't matter); slowly recovering from injuries & coma born on 2-17-1983 in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil    Contest Selectors 2009 WEP 3.3%

actress  Christina Ricci born on 2-12-1980 in Santa Monica, California

author  Anne Rice ¤ christened: Howard Allen Frances O'Brien (don't ask)  born on 10-4-1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana    Contest Selectors 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2003 RAVN 5.6% 2004 RAVN 5.6% 2005 RAVN 4.3% 2006 RAVN 3.3% 2007 RAVN 3.2% 2008 RAVN 3.1% 2009 RAVN 3.3% 2010 RAVN 3.7%

Tennessee death row inmate  Charles Rice   execution stayed ¤ number 144182  born on 2-2-1965    Contest Selectors 2007 ADWC, DFFC, DTH, JCM, OIE, PCD, SPIT 22.6%

former Bush National Security advisor  Condoleezza Rice   was his (second term) Secretary of State born on 11-14-1954 in Birmingham, Alabama AKS: Condoleza Condolisa

bimbette  Donna Rice Hughes   in 1987 got caught boinking Gary Hart aboard the Monkey Business in Bimini born on 1-7-1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Hall of Fame baseball player  James Edward "Jim" Rice born on 3-8-1953 in Anderson, South Carolina

Hawaiian Tropic founder  Ron Rice   fritters his days away with a bevy of bikini models & pageant titelists born on ??-??-1935 in Asheville, North Carolina

lyricist  Tim Rice   wrote Evita born on 11-10-1944 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

former Israeli restauranteur  Marilyn "Mandy" Rice-Davies   teen prostitute & "friend" of Christine Keeler involved in 1963 Profumo scandal; now supposedly living in the U.S. born on 10-1-1944 in Pontyates, Wales    Contest Selectors 2009 XXX 3.3% AKS: Mandie

former child actor  Adam Rich born on 10-12-1968 in New York, New York

former New York Times Op_ed columnist  Frank Rich born on 6-2-1949    Contest Selectors 2009 MoFa 3.3%

pre-Beatles pop singer  Cliff Richard ¤ real name: Harry Roger Webb  born on 10-14-1940 in Luckow, India    Contest Selectors 2005 WORM 4.3%

Playboy May 1957 Playmate of Month  Dawn Richard ¤ born: Margaret Dawn Richard ex-Mrs. David Wolper (1958-69) current surname: Joannides  born on 3-5-1936 in Los Angeles, California

March 2007 Playboy Playmate of Month  Tyran Richard born on 10-1-1982 in Zachary, Louisiana

1952/56 Olympic gold medal pole vaulter  Bob Richards   won 1951 Sullivan Award born on 2-20-1926 in Champaign, Illinois

Playboy December 1999 Playmate of Month  Brooke Richards   first appeared in July 1999 Girls of Hawaiian Tropic pictorial ¤ born: Debra Brooke Kraut  born on 10-17-1976 in York, Pennsylvania

actress  Denise Lee Richards   has appeared in Starship Troopers, Wild Things (1998), Drop Dead Gorgeous and The World is Not Enough; appeared on cover/in pictorial in the December 2004 Playboy ¤ ex-Mrs. Charlie Sheen  born on 2-17-1972 in Downers Grove, Illinois

Rolling Stone guitarist  Keith Richards   he's gotta stay off of the cocoanut trees & stick to the drugs he knows; in an interview claimed to have ground up his father's cremated ashes and snorted them along with cocaine — his horrified publicist then claimed that it was all a "joke" born on 12-18-1943 in Dartford, England    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, VM, YJ 23.1% 1980 BD, DH, DW 18.8% 2002 CMH 9.1% 2003 GHG, KOHD 11.1% 2004 ABRA 5.6% 2005 HH 4.3% 2006 DTH, HH 6.7% 2007 ABRA, GOHI, SBAP, 4GUE 12.9% 2008 GOHI, SBAP 6.3% 2009 MoFa, SBAP 6.7% 2010 REPR 3.7%

Leah-Beth Richards   British cancer patient — has Wilm's tumor (kidney cancer) — forced to endure debilitating treatments born on 8-4-1998    Contest Selectors 2007 RIE 3.2%

actor  Michael Anthony Richards   played Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld; his 2006 epithet-laden meltdown onstage at an L.A. comedy club & lame-ass Letterman show interview/"apology" has pretty much hosed his career ... maybe he can get a gig in a Mel Gibson movie? born on 7-24-1949 in Culver City, California

Shuttle STS-102 astronaut  Paul William Richards born on 5-20-1964 in Scranton, Pennsylvania

trans-sexual tennis player  Renee Richards   had sex change operation ¤ born: Richard Raskin  born on 8-19-1934 AKS: Rene

Shuttle STS-28, 41, 50 & 64 astronaut  Richard Noel "Dick" Richards born on 8-24-1946 in Key West, Florida

Jerry Richardson   owner of the Carolina Panthers pro football team born on 7-11-1936 in Spring Hope, North Carolina    Contest Selectors 2009 DFFC 3.3%

actress  Joely Richardson born on 1-9-1965

actress  Miranda Richardson born on 3-3-1958

actress  Patricia Richardson   played Tim's wife Jill Taylor on Home Improvement tv sitcom born on 2-23-1951

Robert Coleman Richards   shared the 1996 Nobel prize in physics for discoveries about the superfluidic nature of He-3 born on 6-26-1937 in Georgetown, Maryland

politician  William Blaine "Bill" Richardson   was Bill Clinton's Energy Secretary (1996-2001); subsequently served as governor of New Mexico (2003-present) born on 11-15-1947 in Pasadena, California

R&B singer  Lionel Richie born on 6-20-1949 in Tuskegee, Alabama AKS: Ritchie

appetite-challenged celebrity ditz  Nicole Camille Richie   step-daughter of Lionel ¤ born: Nicole Camille Escovedo  born on 9-21-1981 in Beverly Hills, California    Contest Selectors 2007 DGW, JCM, MOT, 4GUE 12.9% AKS: Ritchie

pop singer  Robert James "Bob" Richie ¤ aka: "Kid Rock"  born on 1-17-1971 in Romeo, Michigan

Miss American 1956  Sharon Kay Richie   her son Stephen (by first husband Don) was killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 ¤ Mrs. Terry Mullin  born on 1-12-1937 in Grand Island, Nebraska AKS: Ritchie

Playboy September 1988 Playmate of Month  Laura Richmond born on 8-23-1966 in Fort Dix, New Jersey

country musician  Walt Richmond born on 4-18-1947

Stanford high-energy physicist  Burton Richter   shared the 1976 Nobel prize in physics for the discovery of the J particle born on 3-22-1931 in New York, New York

former Conan O'Brien foil  Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter   now a doofus character actor born on 10-28-1966 in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Westminster Colorado mega-spammer  Scott Richter   president of Media Breakaway (formerly OptInRealBig.com); settled with Microsoft for $7,000,000 after facing a $40,000,000 judgement; in January 2007 sued by MySpace.com for spamming their subscribers born on 1-10-1967    Contest Selectors 2008 TWOS 3.1% 2009 TWOS 3.3% 2010 TWOS 3.7%

movie director  W. D. Richter   directed The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) born on 12-7-1945 in New Britain, Connecticut

Playboy May 1986 Playmate of Month  Christine Richters born on 8-3-1966 in Fullerton, California

actor & insult comedian  Donald Jay Rickles   1948 graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts; appeared in Run Silent, Run Deep born on 5-8-1926 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2002 JEDS, MORB 18.2% 2004 SS 5.6% 2006 DFFC, GHG 6.7% 2007 ABRA, BONY, DFFC, RIE 12.9% 2008 DFFC, GAS, RIE, SPIT 12.5% 2009 GAS, KLS, RIE 10.0% 2010 GAS, RIE 7.4% AKS: Don

actor  Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman born on 2-21-1946 in London, England

Playboy October 1995 Playmate of Month  Alicia Rickter   played "lifeguard" Carrie Sharp on Baywatch (2000-01) ¤ Mrs. Mike Piazza  born on 9-21-1972 in Long Beach, California AKS: Rikter Richter

Shuttle STS-7 & 41-G astronaut Dr.  Sally Kristen Ride   first American woman in space born on 5-26-1951 in Encino, California

Public Enemy rapper  Carlton Ridenhour ¤ aka: "Chuck D."  born on 8-1-1960 in Roosevelt, New York

The Current U.S. Alert Status former Pennsylvania rep. (1983-94) & governor (1995-2001)  Thomas Joseph Ridge   Dubya's secretary of Homeland Security (2001-2004) born on 8-26-1945 in Munhall, Pennsylvania

former trucking company painter/serial killer  Gary Leon Ridgway   plead guilty to having committed the Green River killings (48+ victims; 1984-98) born on 2-18-1949 in Utah AKS: Ridgeway

Marilyn Monroe impersonator  Rhonda Ridley-Scott   did July 1990 Playboy pictorial born on ??-??-1967

actor  Peter Riegert   Boone in Animal House born on 4-11-1947 in The Bronx, New York, New York

corrupt former Michigan senator (1977-95)  Donald Wayne Riegle Jr.   one of the Keating Five born on 2-4-1938 in Flint, Michigan    Contest Selectors 2006 TWOS 3.3% 2008 TWOS 3.1% 2009 TWOS 3.3% 2010 TWOS 3.7% AKS: Reigle Riegel Reigel Regal Reagle

Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist  Adam Guy Riess   shared the 2011 Nobel physics prize for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observation of distant supernovae (aka: the discovery of "dark matter") born on 12-16-1969 in Washington, District of COlumbia

actor  Ron Rifkin ¤ born: Saul M. Rifkin  born on 10-31-1939 in New York, New York

crooked corporate executive  John James Rigas   treated Adelphia Communications as his own private piggy bank; gonna do some serious time in the federal pen (with his son) for the fraud born on 11-14-1924 in Wellsville, New York    Contest Selectors 2007 DGW 3.2% 2008 DGW 3.1% 2009 DGW, SBAP 6.7% 2010 DGW 3.7% 2012 {{DGW}} 4.17%

former gymnast  Cathleen Roxanne "Cathy" Rigby ¤ ex-Mrs. Tommy Mason current Mrs. Tom McCoy  born on 12-12-1952 in Los Alamitos, California

actress  Diana Rigg   Mrs. Peel on The Avengers born on 7-20-1938

vocalist  Rihanna ¤ real name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty  born on 2-20-1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados

businessman  Meshulam Riklis   once married to Pia Zadora born on 12-2-1923 in Istanbul, Türkiye

one-shot singer  Jeannie C. Riley   had hit record with Harper Valley PTA (1968) ¤ born: Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson  born on 10-19-1945 in Anson, Texas

actress  Jeannine Riley   originated role of Willimena Josephine "Billie Jo" Bradley on Petticoat Junction (1963-65), succeeded by Gunilla Hutton; did time as a Hee-Haw Honey born on 10-1-1940 in Madera, California

basketball coach  Pat Riley born on 3-20-1945

The Coup rapper  Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley   co-winner of the 2001 Andrew "Dice" Clay Bad Taste Award for the August 2001 cover art of their upcoming November release ... OOOPS! Never mind. born on ??-??-1971 in Nutley, New Jersey

"minimalist" composer  Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley   wrote "In C" born on 6-24-1935 in Colfax, California    Contest Selectors 2007 GREB 3.2% 2008 GREB 3.1% 2009 GREB 3.3% 2010 GREB 3.7%

country singer  LeAnn Rimes born on 8-28-1982

former Brat-Pack actress  Molly Kathleen Ringwald born on 2-18-1968 in Roseville, California

soap opera actress  Lisa Deanna Rinna   was 6 months pregnant when she did a September 1998 Playboy pictorial; also did a May 2009 pictorial (but not knocked up) born on 7-11-1965 in Medford, Oregon AKS: Rina

soap opera actress  Kelly Maria Ripa   also schmoozes with Regis on morning tv gabfest ¤ Mrs. Mark Consuelos  born on 10-2-1970 in Stratford, New Jersey

Hall-of-Fame former Baltimore Orioles player  Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr.   broke Lou Gehrig's major league record of consecutive games played (with 2,632) born on 8-24-1960 in Havre de Grace, Maryland

former kid pitchman  Rodney Allen Rippy   promoted Jack-in-the-Box burger palaces born on 7-29-1968 AKS: Rippie

nutty former NFL receiver  Andre Previn Rison ¤ aka: "Bad Moon Rison"  born on 3-18-1967 in Flint, Michigan

movie director  Guy Ritchie   another ex-Mr. Madonna born on 9-10-1968

recaptured Texas prison escapee  George Rivas   leader of the gang of seven homicidal thugs (Garcia, Halprin, Harper, Murphy, Newbury & Rodriguez); got his wish - he's now on Texas' death row with a scheduled execution date of February 29th, 2012 ¤ number 999394  born on 5-6-1970    Contest Selectors 2001 TEX 12.5% 2006 TWOS 3.3% 2012 ADWC, BOD, DFFC 12.5%

actress  Chita Rivera born on 1-23-1933

sleazy tv talk show host  Geraldo Rivera   live on tv found cooties in Al Capone's "vault"; while "embedded" blabbed position of his troops on tv during Iraq war born on 7-4-1943 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 1979 HP 7.7% 2005 HH 4.3% 2010 REPR 3.7%

Mexican Cardinal  Norberto Rivera Carrera born on 6-6-1942 in La Purisima, Mexico

comedienne  Joan Rivers   widow of Edgar Rosenberg ¤ born: Joan Alexandra Molinsky  born on 6-8-1933 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2003 ABRA 5.6% 2004 GHG 5.6% 2006 GHG 3.3% 2007 JCM 3.2% 2008 JCM 3.1% 2010 JCM 3.7%

singer  Johnny Rivers   had hit with Secret Agent Man born on 11-7-1942    Contest Selectors 2003 OGGI 5.6%

tv personality  Melissa Rivers   daughter of Joan Rivers & Edgar Rosenberg born on 1-20-1968

cryptographer  Ronald Linn Rivest   has done extensive work in public key encryption (he's the R in RSA encryption); shared the 2002 A.M. Turing Award born on ??-??-1947 in Schenectady, New York

religious broadcaster  Rita Antoinette Rizzo   founder of the Eternal World Television Network ¤ aka: "Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation"  born on 4-20-1923 in Canton, Ohio    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3% 2006 RAVN 3.3% 2007 AUDC, RAVN 6.5% 2008 RAVN 3.1% 2009 RAVN 3.3% 2010 RAVN 3.7%

Federal death row inmate  James H. Roane Jr. ¤ number 32923-083  born on 10-27-1965    Contest Selectors 2006 OIE, PCD 6.7% AKS: Roano

actor  Sam Robards born on 12-16-1961

football player  Barrett Robbins   busted for marijuana possession born on 8-26-1973 in Houston, Texas    Contest Selectors 2006 DFFC 3.3%

actress  Cindy Robbins   played Gloria on a couple of McHale's Navy episodes; mother of Kemberly Beck born on 1-5-1937 in Hammond, Louisiana    Contest Selectors 2008 GAS 3.1%

actor/director  Timothy Francis Robbins   won Best Actor oscar for portraying David Boyle in Mystic River (2003); Susan Sarandon's "significant other" born on 10-16-1958 in West Covina, California AKS: Tim

South Dakota death row inmate  Eric Robert   wants the state to "do him"; the state is in agreement born on 5-31-1962    Contest Selectors 2012 DFFC 4.17%

actor  David Anthony "Tony" Roberts   appeared in Annie Hall born on 10-22-1939 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2010 RIE 3.7%

actress  Doris Roberts   appeared on Remington Steele and Everyone Loves Raymond born on 11-4-1930 in Saint Louis, Missouri    Contest Selectors 2006 HH 3.3%

Playboy January 1958 Playmate of Month  Elizabeth Ann Roberts   purported to be the youngest Playmate in Playboy history born on 8-4-1941 in Chicago, Illinois

actor  Eric Anthony Roberts   brother of Julia born on 4-18-1956 in Biloxi, Mississippi

erratic pro wrassler  Jake "the Snake" Roberts   has turned into a drunk/druggie; fired by the WWE ¤ real name: Aurelian Jake Smith Jr.  born on 5-30-1955 in Gainesville, Texas    Contest Selectors 2006 TFM 3.3% 2007 TFM 3.2% 2008 TFM 3.1%

Playboy August 1962 Playmate of Month  Jan Roberts born on 4-11-1939 in New York, New York

Supreme Court justice  John Glover Roberts Jr.   once a clerk for William Rehnquist — replaced him as chief justice (2005-present) born on 1-27-1955 in Buffalo, New York

Pretty Woman actress  Julia Fiona Roberts   sister of Eric born on 10-28-1967

Arkansas death row inmate  Karl Douglas Roberts   execution stayed born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2004 BOD, PCD 11.1% 2005 BOD 4.3%

Playboy October 1997 Playmate of Month  Layla Harvest Roberts   played Molly Mounds in Armageddon (1998) ¤ Mrs. John Hilinsk  born on 10-22-1974 in Kealakekua Kona, Hawaii

former NPR reporter  Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Clairborne "Cokie" Roberts   daughter of Hale & Lindy Boggs; now a talking head on ABC born on 12-27-1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana    Contest Selectors 2003 MB 5.6% 2004 LMLD 5.6%

biologist  Richard John Roberts   shared the 1993 Nobel prize in medicine born on 9-6-1943 in Derby, Derbyshire, England

bouncy actress  Tanya Roberts   played Julie Rogers for one season (1980-81) on original Charlie's Angels; played Sheena, topless Queen of the Jungle (1984); did October 1982 Playboy pictorial; played Donna's mother on That 70's Show ¤ born: Tanya Boum  born on 10-15-1955 in New York, New York

Antioch University psychology professor  Terrence Roberts   as a high school student was a member of the Little Rock Nine; now living in Sweden born on ??-??-1941 in Little Rock, Arkansas

actor  Dale Robertson born on 7-14-1923

structural engineer  Leslie Earl Robertson   built the World Trade Center towers born on ??-??-1928 in Los Angeles, California

dipstick tv evangelist  Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson   gets nuttier every day: wants the U.S. government to wack the president of Venezuela (8/22/05); wants God to wack Ariel Sharon born on 3-22-1930 in Lexington, Virginia

retired NBA guard  Oscar Palmer Robertson ¤ nickname: "Big O"  born on 11-24-1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee    Contest Selectors 2003 MJ 5.6% 2004 MJ 5.6%

singer/musician  Robbie Robertson born on 7-5-1944

civil rights activist  Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson   now associated with Lyndon LaRouche's Shiller Institute (1984-present) born on 8-18-1911 in Georgia

actor  Andrew Jordt Robinson   played the psycho serial killer in Dirty Harry & Cardassian taylor/spy/enigma Elim Garek (son of Tain) on Star Trek; Deep Space Nine born on 2-14-1942 in New York, New York

Hall of Fame baseball player  Brooks Calbert Robinson born on 5-18-1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas    Contest Selectors 2012 DFFC 4.17%

former Night Court actor  Charlie Robinson born on 11-9-1945

cowboy poet  Chris Henry Robinson born on ??-??-19??

pro basketball player  David Robinson born on 8-6-1965

Dixie Chick banjo player  Emily Burns Robinson   sister of Marti Maguire ¤ née: Erwin  born on 8-16-1972 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Hall of Fame baseball player  Frank Robinson born on 8-31-1935 in Beaumont, Texas

author  Frank Malcolm Robinson   co-wrote The Glass Inferno (co-inspiration for 1974 movie); edited the Playboy Advisor column 1969-73 born on 8-9-1926

character actor  Jay Robinson   played Caligula in The Robe (1953) & Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) and Ambassador Petri on the original Star Trek series episode Elaan of Troyius (1968) born on 4-14-1930 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2008 CSI 3.1% 2009 CSI 3.3% 2010 CSI 3.7% 2012 CSI 4.17%

North Carolina death row inmate  Marcus Raymond Robinson   execution stayed until the issue of physician involement in executions is hased-out ¤ number 0348505  born on 4-2-1973    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC, DTH, JCM, OIE, PCD, SPIT 19.4%

movie director  Phil Alden Robinson   directed Field of Dreams (1989) & Sneakers born on 3-1-1950 in Long Beach, Long Island, New York

former bodybuilder  Robbie Robinson   now a writer born on 5-24-1945

Shuttle STS-85, 95 & 114 astronaut  Stephen Kern Robinson born on 10-26-1955 in Sacramento, California

Motown singer  William "Smokey" Robinson   backed by the Miracles born on 2-19-1940 in Detroit, Michigan    Contest Selectors 2001 ROTS 12½% 2004 SS 5.6%

Dixie Chick singer  Emily Robison born on 8-16-1972

The Roches singer  Maggie Roche born on 10-26-1951

actor  Jean Rochefort   (briefly) portrayed Don Quixote in the doomed production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2000) born on 4-29-1930 in Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord, France AKS: Rocheford Roachfort Roachford

actress  Lela Rochon born on 4-17-1964

former SNL comic  Chris Rock   way too much profanity in his act born on 2-7-1966 in South Carolina

banker  David Rockefeller Sr. born on 6-12-1915 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2005 QKU 4.3% 2006 DTH, OIE, QKU 10.0% 2007 OIE, QKU 6.5% 2008 QKU, SPIT 6.3% 2009 QKU, TFM 6.7% 2010 PCD, QKU 7.4%

West Virginia senator (1985-97)  John Davison Rockefeller IV   great-grandson of billionaire; husband of Sharon Percy Rockefeller born on 6-18-1937 in New York, New York

Margaretta Fitler Murphy "Happy" Rockefeller   Nelson's second wife born on 6-9-1926    Contest Selectors 1980 DO 6.3%

former CPB board chair  Sharon Percy Rockefeller   daughter of Charles H. Percy; twin sister of Valerie; wife of John D. Rockefeller IV; has colorectal cancer born on 12-10-1944 in Oakland, California    Contest Selectors 2008 LMLD 3.1% 2009 LMLD 3.3%

professional tennis player  Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick   married to Brooklyn Decker born on 8-30-1982 in Omaha, Nebraska

Playboy April 2000 Playmate of Month & 2001 Playmate of the Year  Brande Nicole Roderick   "lifeguard" Leigh Dyer on Baywatch final season (2000-01); her June 2001 cover mimics Cynthia Maddox's July 1964 cover pose ¤ Mrs. Glenn Cadrez  born on 6-13-1974 in Novato, California

singer  Jimmie Rodgers born on 9-18-1933

former Nebraska running back  Johnny Steven Rodgers   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1972) born on 7-5-1951 in Omaha, Nebraska

musician, arranger, guitarist, producer  Nile Gregory Rodgers born on 9-19-1952 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2012 DFFC 4.17%

flaky ex-NBA player with Technicolor hair  Dennis Keith Rodman   briefly married to Carmen Electra born on 5-13-1961 in Trenton, New Jersey    Contest Selectors 2002 CMH 9.1% 2003 GHG 5.6% 2004 BOD 5.6% 2005 BYE 4.3%

over-priced/under performing 3rd baseman  Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez   despite being juiced-up on steroids hasn't won it all with the Mariners, Rangers or Yankees; "close personal friend" of Madonna born on 7-27-1975 in New York, New York

family matriarch  Etterlene Abney DeBarge "mama" Rodriguez   bore the brood that became the singing group DeBarge: Carol, Darryl, Eldra, Etterlene, James, Jonathan, Mark , Robert Jr. & William; was married to their father from 1953 to 1971 ¤ Mrs. George Rodriguez  born on 10-13-1915 in Royal Oak, Michigan

rock band keyboardist  Frankie Rodriguez   member of ? and the Mysterians band born on 9-9-1951

Dizzy rocker  Tommy Roe born on 5-9-1942

movie director  Nicolas Jack Roeg   directed The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976); husband of Theresa Russell born on 8-15-1928 in London, England

tv personality  Joe Rogan   played electrician Joe Garelli on News Radio tv series; currently hosting Fear Factor tv game show born on 8-11-1967 in Newark, New Jersey

actor  Seth Rogan   co-star of Knocked-Up born on 4-15-1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

former South Carolina halfback  George Washington Rogers Jr.   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1980) born on 12-8-1958 in Duluth, Minnesota

singer  Kenny Rogers born on 8-21-1938    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD 5.6%

Playboy June 2002 Playmate of Month  Michele Rogers born on 5-14-1976 in Honolulu, Hawaii

actress  Mimi Rogers   did March 1993 Playboy pictorial ¤ born: Miriam Spickler  born on 1-27-1956 in Coral Gables, Florida

Playboy January 1964 Playmate of Month  Sharon Rogers   10th Anniversary Playmate; her centerfold was first to fold outwards to the left born on 11-19-1942 in Seattle, Washington

actor  Wayne Rogers   played Trapper John on M*A*S*H tv series born on 4-7-1933

Tennessee death row inmate  William Glenn Rogers   execution stayed ¤ number 234973  born on 3-24-1962    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC, DTH, JCM, OIE, PCD, SPIT 22.6%

Chevalier Dr.  Jacques Rogge   eighth head of the International Olympic Committee (2001-present) born on 5-2-1942 in Ghent, Belgium

IBM researcher  Heinrich Rohrer   shared the 1986 Nobel prize in physics for his work on the design of the scanning tunneling electron microscope born on 6-6-1933 in Buchs, Saint Gallen, Switzerland

former South Korean president (1988-93)  Roh Tae Woo born on 12-4-1932 in Taegu, Korea

formerly-overinflated Today Show weather man  Al Roker born on 8-25-1954

former tv journalist  Betty Rollin born on 1-3-1936 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 1980 DO 6.3% 2008 SPIT 3.1%

punk rock musician  Henry Rollins ¤ born: Henry Lawrence Garfield  born on 2-13-1961 in Washington, District of Columbia    Contest Selectors 2006 DTH 3.3%

agent/producer  Jack Rollins   with Charles Joffe produced Annie Hall & Hannah and her Sisters; used to manage David Letterman born on 3-23-1915 in Brooklyn, New York, New York

Tennessee death row inmate  Steven James Rollins   execution stayed ¤ number 264379  born on 8-14-1964    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC, DTH, JCM, OIE, PCD, SPIT 19.4%

jazz saxophonist  Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins born on 9-7-1930 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2004 BOD 5.6% 2005 BOD 4.3% 2006 BOD 3.3% 2007 BOD 3.2% 2008 BOD 3.1% 2009 BOD 3.3% 2010 BOD 3.7% 2012 BOD 4.17%

author/playwright  Lawrence "Larry" Roman   wrote Under the Yum Yum Tree (1960) born on 5-30-1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey    Contest Selectors 2008 SPIT 3.1%

gospel singer  Lulu Roman   former Dallas go-go dancer & was a Hee-Haw comedienne (1969-92) born on 5-6-1947 in Dallas, Texas    Contest Selectors 2001 ROTS 12½%

comedian  Ray Romano   according to his sitcom Everyone Loves him born on 12-21-1957 in New York, New York

pretender to the Russian throne  Nicholas Romanovich Romanov ¤ title: Prince of Russia  born on 9-26-1922    Contest Selectors 2008 KLS 3.1% 2009 KLS 3.3% 2010 KLS 3.7%

actress  Sydne Rome   did December 1982 Playboy pictorial born on 3-17-1951 in Akron, Ohio

Playboy February 2002 Playmate of Month  Anka Romensky born on 9-16-1980 in Kiev, Ukraine, USSR

former Colorado governor (1987-99)  Roy R. Romer born on 10-31-1928 in Garden City, Kansas

movie director  George Romero born on 2-4-1940

bikini model/actress  Rebecca Romijn   two-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model: 1999 & 2006 (shared with Veronica Varekova, Elle Macpherson, Rachel Hunter, Daniela Pestova, Elsa Benitez, Carolyn Murphy & Yamila Diaz-Rahi); played Mystique in the X-Men movie (2000); John Stamos' ex-wife; she rates a "70" on the J-Lo Scale born on 11-6-1972 in Berkeley, California

Shuttle STS-73, 80, 85, 96 & 100 astronaut  Kent Vernon Rominger born on 8-7-1956 in Del Norte, Colorado

comics artist  John Salvatore Romita Sr. born on 1-24-1930

comics artist  John Salvatore Romita Jr. born on 8-17-1956 in New York, New York

former Massachusetts governor  Willard Mitt Romney   son of the former Michigan governor; spent perhaps $50 million of his own money in a run for president in 2008 — dropped out of race after the voters decided not to buy his promise of more pro-business B.S. born on 3-12-1947 in Detroit, Michigan

singer  Linda Maria Ronstadt   banged a Different Drum while riding a Stone Pony born on 7-15-1946 in Tucson, Arizona    Contest Selectors 1979 RR 7.7% 2004 SS 5.6% 2007 DGW 3.2%

Pittsburgh Steelers owner  Daniel M. Rooney   a former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland born on 7-20-1932    Contest Selectors 2010 QKU 3.7%

country performer  Joe Don Rooney   with the group Rascal Flats; husband of Tiffany Fallon born on ??-??-19??

Playboy December 1972 Playmate of Month  Mercy Rooney   one-time wife of Mickey Rooney Jr. ¤ born: Merci Montello  born on 6-21-1950 in New Jersey

oft-married actor  Mickey Rooney Sr.   played Andy Hardy in the movies; once married to Ava Gardner ¤ born: Joe Yule Jr.  born on 9-23-1920 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 1979 MS 7.7% 1980 HP, VA 12.5% 2000 TEX 14% 2001 DTM, NFG 25% 2002 MORB, TMTX 18.2% 2003 GHG, TAP, TMTX 16.7% 2004 ADWC, EOD, NFG, RAVN, TAP 27.8% 2005 ADWC, BOD, HH, MOT, NFG, RIE 26.1% 2006 ADWC, BOD, BONY, GGG, NFG, RIE, TFM, WEP, 4GUE 30.0% 2007 ABRA, ADWC, BOD, BONY, GOHI, MOT, NFG, RIE, RPRM, SBAP, TFM, 4GUE 38.7% 2008 ADWC, BOD, GAS, GOHI, JCM, MORB, NFG, OED, RIE, RPRM, SBAP, TFM, 4GUE 40.6% 2009 ANG, BOD, GAS, JCM, MORB, NFG, OED, RIE, RPRM, SBAP, TFM 36.7% 2010 BOD, GAS, JCM, MORB, NFG, RIE, RPRM 25.9% 2012 ADWC, ANG, BOD 12.5%

original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer  Mickey Rooney Jr.   brother of Tim; son of Mickey Sr.; never actually appeared on series; got canned for vandalism in Disney paint department before series began filming; once married to a Playboy Playmate of the Month ¤ born: Joseph Yule III  born on 7-3-1945    Contest Selectors 2004 ADWC 5.6%

Teddy great-grandson  Tweed Roosevelt   spokesman for Steiff Company teddy bears born on ??-??-1942 in Berkeley, California

Salt-n-Pepa singer  Deidre Roper ¤ nickname: "Spinderella"  born on 8-3-1971 in New York, New York

musician & bandleader  Edmundo William Ros born on 12-7-1910 in Port of Spain, Trinidad

retired PGA golfer  Robert Reginald "Rossie" Rosburg   now living in LaQuinta, California born on 10-21-1926 in San Francisco, California    Contest Selectors 2009 TBC 3.3%

former model  Sheila Roscoe   1972 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model born on ??-??-19??

former tv newsman  Charles Pete "Charlie" Rose Jr.   now has a PBS interview show born on 1-5-1942 in Henderson, North Carolina    Contest Selectors 2008 GOHI 3.1%

Brigham Young University basketball coach  Dave Rose   has pancreatic cancer born on 12-19-1957 in Houston, Texas    Contest Selectors 2010 LMLD 3.7%

original Village People "Indian"  Felipe Rose born on 1-12-1954 in New York, New York

UC Irvine Dr.  Irwin Allan Rose   shared the 2004 Nobel Chemistry Prize for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation born on 7-16-1926 in Brooklyn, New York, New York

former baseball player  Peter Edward Rose   will he get into the Hall of Fame? Maybe, maybe not ... wanna bet on it? born on 4-14-1941    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6% AKS: Pete

Philip Rose   co-producer of A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway (1959) ¤ born: Philip Rosenberg  born on 7-4-1921 in New York, New York

Guns N' Roses loudmouth  William Bruce "Axl" Rose Jr. born on 2-6-1962 in Lafayette, Indiana    Contest Selectors 2002 JEDS 9.1% 2007 GOHI 3.2%

trailer trash ex-talk show hostess  Roseanne   won't her 15 minutes of "fame" ever be over?; rates a "250" on the J-Lo Scale ¤ former surnames: Barr, Arnold middle name: Cherrie  born on 11-3-1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah    Contest Selectors 2006 XXX 3.3% 2008 XXX 3.1% 2010 XXX 3.7%

actor  James Rosin   played Planet 10 Red Lectroid henchman John Yaya in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) born on 10-??-1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

singer  Diana Ross born on 3-26-1944

movie director  Gary Ross   made Seabiscuit (2003) born on 11-3-1956 in Los Angeles, California

Shuttle STS-61-B, 27 37, 55, 74 & 88 astronaut  Jerry Lynn Ross born on 1-20-1948 in Crown Point, Indiana

actress  Katherine Ross   appeared in The Graduate (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) playing Etta Place and The Stepford Wives (1975); Mrs. Sam Elliott born on 1-29-1940 in Hollywood, California

Happy Days actress  Marion Ross born on 10-25-1928 in Albert Lea, Minnesota

Playboy June 1973 Playmate of Month  Ruthy Ross   Playboy Bunny of the Year for 1972 born on 3-22-1948 in Bourbon, Missouri AKS: Ruthey Ruthie

actress  Isabella Rossellini   daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini born on 6-18-1952 in Rome, Italy

Lynyrd Skynyrd lead guitarist  Gary Rossington born on 12-4-1951 in Jacksonville, Florida    Contest Selectors 2004 RAVN 5.6%

tv writer/producer  Eugenie Ross-Leming   did a stint as an interviewer for Playboy born on ??-??-19??

historian  María Rostworowski Tovar de Diez Canseco   wrote "The History of the Inca Realm" born on 8-15-1915 in Barranco, Lima, Peru AKS: Maria

former professional soccer player  William Kyle Rote Jr. born on 12-25-1950 in Dallas, Texas

freelance cartoonist  Arnold Roth   has been published in Playboy, Esquire, Punch, Sports Illustrated, etc.; was the 1983 Reuben Award recipient born on 2-25-1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

rock singer  David Lee Roth born on 10-10-1954 in Bloomington, Indiana

author  Philip Roth born on 3-19-1933    Contest Selectors 2003 MJ 5.6% 2004 MJ 5.6%

actor  Tim Roth born on 5-14-1961

Shaft actor  Richard Roundtree born on 7-9-1942

marginal actor/pugilist  Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. born on 9-16-1956 in Schenectady, New York

Athina Roussel   daughter of Christina Onassis; grand-daughter of Aristotle Onassis born on 1-29-1985

political strategist  Karl Christian Rove ¤ aka: "Bush's Brain"  born on 12-25-1950 in Denver, Colorado

Playboy July 1999 Playmate of Month  Jennifer Rovero born on 12-12-1978 in Austin, Texas

Playboy Advisor columnist (1994-present)  "Chip" Rowe born on ??-??-19??

former Hee-Haw Honey  Misty Rowe   did November 1976 Playboy pictorial born on 6-1-1952

Playboy August 1971 Playmate of Month  Cathleen Lynn "Cathy" Rowland born on 3-11-1950 in Los Angeles, California

Frank Sherwood Rowland   shared the 1995 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 6-28-1927 in Delaware, Ohio

actress  Gena Catherine Rowlands   widow of John Cassavetes & mother of Nick Cassavetes born on 6-19-1936 in Cambria, Wisconsin

para-amateur lithologist & kids writer  Joanne K. Rowling   author of such scintillating tomes as: Harry Potter and the Stone Pony, Harry Potter and the Stone Phillips Screwdriver, Harry Potter and the Stone Soul Picnic & Harry Potter vs. the Smog Monster ¤ Mrs. Neil Murray  born on 7-31-1966 in Bristol, Avon, England AKS: J K JK

diminutive character actor  Gordeep "Deep" Roy   plays all of the Ooompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) ¤ born: Mohinder Purba  born on ??-??-1957 in Nairobi, Kenya

retired college football coach  Darrell K. Royal   was head coach at Mississippi State (1954-55), University of Washington (1955) & University of Texas at Austin (1957-76) born on 7-6-1924 in Hollis, Oklahoma

orchestra conductor  Gennadi Nikolaevich Rozhdestvensky born on 5-4-1931 in Moscow, Russia, USSR    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3% AKS: Gennady

former Nebraska tailback  Micahel M. "Mike" Rozier   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1983) born on 3-1-1961 in Camden, New Jersey

C.E.R.N. physicist  Carlo Rubbia   shared the 1984 Nobel prize in physics born on 3-31-1934 in Gorizia, Italy AKS: CERN Rubia

movie director  Joseph Ruben   made The Pom Pom Girls (1976) & Dreamscape (1984) born on ??-??-1951 in Briarcliff, New York

former model  Tannia Rubiano   1971 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model born on ??-??-19?? AKS: Tania

puzzle cube inventor  Ernö Rubik born on 7-13-1944 in Budapest, Hungary AKS: Erno

character actor  Saul Rubinek   played crooked "collector" Kivas Fajio on Star Trek: The Next Generation born on 7-2-1948

actor & composer  John Arthur Rubinstein born on 12-8-1946 in Los Angeles, California

Spin City actor  Alan Ruck   also played Enterprise-B captain Harriman in Star Trek: Generations movie (1994) born on 7-1-1956 in Cleveland, Ohio    Contest Selectors 2003 GHG 5.6% 2004 GHG 5.6% 2006 GHG 3.3%

former EPA Aministrator (1970-73)  William Doyle Ruckelshaus   refused to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; resigned as Assistant Attorney General 10/20/1973 during "Saturday Night Massacre" born on 7-24-1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana    Contest Selectors 2001 ROTS 12½%

rock singer  Darius Rucker   puts the Hootie in the Blow Fish born on 5-13-1966

actor  Paul Stephen Rudd born on 4-6-1969 in Passaic, New Jersey

movie producer  Albert E. Ruddy   produced Million Dollar Baby (2004; oscar) born on 3-28-1930 in Canada

comedienne  Rita Rudner born on 9-17-1956

former fugitive  Eric Robert Rudolph   in April of 2005 plead guilty to the 1996 Olympic Park bombings in Atlanta & 1998 Alabama abortion mill bombing; serving four consecutive life terms + 120 years born on 9-19-1966 in Merritt Island, Florida

actress  Mercedes Ruehl born on 2-28-1948

singer  Jimmy Ruffin born on 5-7-1939

composer/arranger  Pete Rugolo born on 12-25-1915 in San Piero Patti, Sicily, Italy

disqualified "winner" of 1980 Boston Marathon  Rosie M. Ruiz   got caught taking the subway to the finish line ¤ current surname: Vivas  born on ??-??-1953 in Havana, Cuba

Dubya's former Defense secretary (2001-2006)  Donald Henry Rumsfeld   resigned the day after the Republicans got whomped at the polls, losing both houses of congress born on 7-9-1932 in Evanston, Illinois    Contest Selectors 2005 HH 4.3% 2006 BONY, DTH 6.7%

Shuttle STS-44, 54 & 77 astronaut  Mario Runco Jr. born on 1-26-1952 in New York, New York

rock singer  Todd Rundgren born on 6-22-1948

1980s eye-candy actress  Jennifer Runyon   4 ¤ daughter of Jim Runyon and Jane Roberts; did a few forgetable flix (like Up the Creek) & appeared in Ghostbusters  born on 1-1960-Chicago, Illinois

transvestite  RuPaul ¤ born: RuPaul Andre Charles  born on 11-17-1960 in New Orleans, Louisiana

actres  Barbara Rush born on 1-4-1927

blues singer  Bobby Rush born on 11-10-1934

actor  Geoffrey Rush   portrayed David Helfgott in Shine (1996) born on 7-6-1951

blues singer/guitarist  Otis Rush born on 4-29-1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania    Contest Selectors 2009 GOHI 3.3%

"controversial" author Sir  Ahmed Salman Rushdie   wrote The Satanic Verses (1989), for which he received the Ayatollah Khomeini Death-to-all-Infidels Prize (the state of Iran issued a world wide "hit" on him); knighted in 2007, prompting another round of "kill-the-infidel" threats born on 6-19-1947 in Bombay, India    Contest Selectors 2005 WORM 4.3%

character actor  Joseph Ruskin   has played six different characters over the course of the Star Trek franchise: Galt (TOS Ganesters of Triskelion), Gul Rusol (DS9 Improbable Cause & House of Quark), Tumek (DS9 Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places), Vulcan Master (Voyager Gravity), a Son'a Officer (Insurrection) & a Suliban Doctor (Enterprise Broken Bow) born on 4-14-1924 in Haverhill, Massachusetts

actor  Timothy Darrell Russ   played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager born on 6-22-1956 in Washington, District of Columbia

model  Anita Russell   did May 1978 Playboy pictorial born on ??-??-19??

actress  Elizabeth "Betsy" Russell   played Jill Tuck in the Saw horror film series ¤ ex-Mrs. Vincent Van Patten (1989-2001)  born on 9-6-1963 in San Diego, California

optical technology expert  James T. Russell   invented the technology that led to the Laser Video Disc & Compact Disc (1965) — holds 26 patents in that area born on ??-??-1931 in Bremerton, Washington

former Felicity actress  Keri Russell born on 3-23-1976

actor  Kurt Russell   played Snake Pliskin in several Escape from .... movies born on 3-17-1951

country/rock/folk/R&B pianist & songwriter  Leon Russell   inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011 ¤ real name: Claude Russell Bridges  born on 4-2-1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma

political satirist  Mark Russell born on 8-23-1932

actress  Theresa Russell   played title role in Black Widow (1986) & Sandra van Ryan in Wild Things (1998); wife of Nicolas Roeg ¤ born: Theresa Paup  born on 3-20-1957 in San Diego, California

former basketball player  William Felton "Bill" Russell   former Boston Celtics player (1956-69) & coach (1966-69) and Seattle coach (1973-77); also a Star Trek fan born on 2-12-1934 in Monroe, Louisiana    Contest Selectors 2002 JEDS 9.1%

Playboy November 1965 Playmate of Month  Pat Russo born on 10-5-1941 in Morristown, New Jersey

former model  Rene Russo   now an actress in Lethal Weapon movies born on 2-17-1954

aeronautical engineer  Elbert L. "Burt" Rutan   Scaled Composites owner; designer of Voyager aircraft & SpaceShipOne spacecraft born on 6-17-1943 in Dinuba, California

test pilot  Richard G. "Dick" Rutan   brother of Burt; with Jeana Yeager went round-the-world without refueling in the Voyager aircraft (1986) born on 7-1-1938 in Loma Linda, California

actress  Kelly Rutherford born on 11-6-1968

actress  Therese Ann Rutherford   played Carreen O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939) born on 11-2-1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada    Contest Selectors 2001 NFG 12½% 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 NFG 4.3% 2006 NFG 3.3% 2007 KLS, NFG, TFM 9.7% 2008 KLS, NFG, TFM 9.4% 2009 KLS, NFG, TFM 10.0% 2010 KLS, NFG 7.4%

Jeopardy! champion  Bradford Rutter   beat Ken Jennings in the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions — won $2,000,000 for his efforts (cumulatively $3,255,102 over all appearances); came in third in a February 2011 match between himself, Jennings & a computer born on 1-31-1978 AKS: Ruter

disgraced priest  Barry E. Ryan   plead guilty to repeatedly molesting a child born on ??-??-1949    Contest Selectors 2006 RAVN 3.3% 2008 RAVN 3.1%

crooked former Illinois secretary of state and governor (1999-2004)  George Homer Ryan Sr.   now doing time in a Federal pen (guess pardoning all of those death row inmates didn't pay off like he'd hoped) born on 2-24-1934 in Maquoketa, Iowa    Contest Selectors 2007 JCM 3.2%

Playboy July 1967 Playmate of Month  Heather Ryan   now a wildlife biologist ¤ aka: Pat Dahl  born on 3-18-1947 in Newport, Kentucky

actress  Jeri Lynn Ryan   1989 Miss Illinois; 3rd runnerup in 1990 Miss America pageant; played Borg babe Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager; rates a "75" (of "100") on the J-Lo Scale ¤ maiden name: Zimmermann  born on 2-22-1968 in München, Bavaria, Germany AKS: Zimmerman

actress  Meg Ryan   during Y2K hysteria dumped hubby for a Gladiator ¤ born: Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra  born on 11-19-1961 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Hall of Fame pitcher  Nolan Lynn Ryan Jr. born on 1-31-1947 in Refugio, Texas

bimbette  Shayna Ryan   appeared in the February 1996 Playboy; showed up on a May 2005 Howard Stern radio/tv show touting her "enhancements" born on 4-23-1972 in Pennsylvania

model & aspiring actress  Sheila Ryan   an ex-Mrs. James Caan born on ??-??-1952 in Franklin Park, Illinois

Playboy December 1954 Playmate of Month & cover model  Terry Ryan born on 12-1-1933    Contest Selectors 2012 BYE 4.17% AKS: Terri

singer  Bobby Rydell born on 4-26-1942    Contest Selectors 2003 OGGI 5.6%

movie director  Mark Rydell   directed On Golden Pond (1981) born on 3-23-1934 in New York, New York

Detroit Wheels singer/musician  Mitch Ryder   Good Golly, Miss Molly you're a Devil With A Blue Dress On born on 2-26-1945 AKS: Rider

actress  Winona Ryder   played Spock's mother in the recent Star Trek movie prequel (2009) ¤ born: Winona Horowitz  born on 10-29-1971 in Winona, Minnesota    Contest Selectors 2002 TMTX 9.1%

movie special effects specialist  James Reginald "Jim" Rygiel   won oscars (2001, 2002 & 2003) for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2002) born on ??-??-19?? in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Shuttle STS-91 astronaut  Valeri Viktorovitch Ryumin born on 8-19-1939 in Komsomolsk-na-Amure, USSR

Kansas representative (1996-present)  Jim Ryun   as a college track star won 1966 Sullivan Award born on 4-29-1947 in Wichita, Kansas

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