Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Robert I to Roosevelt, (Anna) Eleanor.

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Robert I (king of Scotland)
Robert, Henry Martyn (American military leader & engineer)
Roberts, Kenneth (American writer)
Roberts, Oral (Evangelist)
Roberts, Richard John (British-born chemist)
Robertson, Oscar Palmer (American basketball player)
Robeson, Paul Bustill (American actor & musician)
Robinson, Brooks Calbert, Jr. (American baseball player)
Robinson, Frank (American baseball player)
Robinson, Jack Roosevelt (Baseball Player)
Robinson, James Harvey (Blues Artist)
Robinson, Mary (Irish lawyer and politician)
Robinson, Ray (American boxer)
Rochambeau, Comte de (French military leader)
Rockefeller (American family)
Rockingham, Second Marquis of (English statesman)
Rockne, Knute Kenneth (American football player)
Rockwell, Norman (American artist & painter)
Rodgers, Richard (Composer)
Roebling, John Augustus (German-American engineer)
Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad (German physicist)
Roethke, Theodore (American poet)
Rogers, Carl (American psychologist)
Rogers, Ginger (Vocal Music Artist)
Rogers, John (American sculptor)
Rogers, Robert (American pioneer)
Rogers, Roy (Actor / Country Singer)
Rogers, William Penn Adair (Humorist / Radio Personality / Actor)
Roget, Peter Mark (Physician / Philologist)
Rohrer, Heinrich (Swiss physicist)
Rolfe, John (English statesman)
Rolland, Romain (French novelist, non-fiction writer, dramatist & musician)
Rollo (Norman royalty)
Rölvaag, Ole Edvart (Norwegian-American novelist)
Romanov (Russian ruling dynasty)
Rombauer, Irma von Starkloff (American cookery expert)
Romberg, Sigmund (Hungarian-American composer)
Rommel, Erwin (Military Leader / World War II Figure)
Romney, George (English painter)
Romulo, Carlos Pena (Philippine statesman & writer)
Ronsard, Pierre de (French poet)
Roosevelt, (Anna) Eleanor (First Lady/Humanitarian)