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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: Rabelais, François to Reagan, Nancy Davis.
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Rabelais, François (French writer & physician)
Rabi, Isidor Isaac (American physicist)
Rabin, Yitzhak (Soldier/Politician)
Rachel (Bible)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilievich (Russian musician & composer)
Racine, Jean Baptiste (French dramatist)
Rackham, Arthur (English artist & painter)
Radcliffe, Ann Ward (English novelist)
Radisson, Pierre Esprit (French-Canadian-American explorer & businessman/businesswoman)
Rae, John (Scottish explorer)
Raeburn, Henry, Sir (Scottish painter)
Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir (Political Leader / Zoologist)
Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi (Iranian politician & religious leader)
Rainey, Gertrude Pridgett (Blues Artist, '10s-'30s)
Rainier III (Ruler of Monaco)
Raleigh, Walter, Sir (Explorer / Scalawag)
Rama VII (Thai king)
Rameau, Jean Philippe (French composer)
Ramée, Marie Louise de la (English novelist)
Rameses II (Ancient Egyptian king)
Ramón y Cajal, Santiago (Spanish physician)
Ramos-Horta, José (politician)
Ramsay, Allan (Scottish poet)
Ramsay, James Andrew Brown (British colonial administrator in India)
Ramsay, William, Sir (Scottish chemist)
Rand, Ayn (Writer/Philosopher)
Randolph, A(sa) Philip (American labor leader)
Randolph, Edmund Jennings (American statesman/stateswoman)
Randolph, John (American statesman/stateswoman)
Ranjit Singh (Indian statesman/stateswoman)
Ranke, Leopold von (German historian)
Rankin, Jeannette (American politician & statesman/stateswoman)
Ransom, John Crowe (American poet & critic)
Raphael (Artist)
Rask, Rasmus Christian (Danish linguist)
Rasmussen, Knud Johan Victor (Danish explorer & anthropologist)
Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich (Political Figure)
Rauschenberg, Robert (American artist)
Ravel, (Joseph) Maurice (French composer)
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan (American writer)
Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, Sir (English orientalist & statesman/stateswoman)
Rawls, John (American philosopher & political scientist)
Ray, John (English biologist)
Ray, Man (Rock Band, '90s)
Ray, Satyajit (Indian filmmaker)
Rayburn, Samuel Taliaferro (American statesman/stateswoman)
Rayleigh, Third Baron (British physicist)
Read, George (American jurist & politician)
Reagan, Nancy Davis (U.S. First Lady)