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Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter was the daughter of Sigurd Hart of the Dagling clan and Aslaug, the daughter of Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok, or so Halfdan the Black's saga and Ragnarssona þáttr tell us.
Ragnhildur Steinunn JĂłnsdĂłttir Ragnhildur Steinunn JĂłnsdĂłttir (born April 29, 1981) is an Icelandic television personality, actress, and former Miss Iceland. Ragnhildur is the co-host of SjĂłnvarpiĂ°'s top-rated primetime news/talk show KastljĂłs.
Ragnvald Eysteinsson Ragnvald "the Wise" Eysteinsson (830–890) (Old Norse: Rögnvaldr Mœrajarl Norwegian: Ragnvald Mørejarl), was jarl (earl) in the northwest coast of Norway, called More, approximately of the Norwegian county today known as Møre og Romsdal. He died at the Orkney Islands.
Ragol Al Mostaheel Ragol Al Mostaheel (Arabic:رجل المستحيل) (The Man of the Impossible) is an action series of books written by Egyptian author Nabil Farouk and published by Modern Arab Association as a part of Rewayat. As of January, 2007 154 titles were published.
Rags to Riches (computer game) Rags to Riches is a side-scrolling game action adventure game released in 1985 for the Commodore 64, developed by Bob Keener and published by Melody Hall Publishing Corp. The game was well received and was considered highly original for its time.
Rags To Riches Rags To Riches was a TV show broadcast on NBC (1987-1988) starring Joseph Bologna as Nick Foley, a businessman with a playboy lifestyle who wants to develop a family man image, so he adopts a group of six orphaned girls and moves them into his mansion. The six girls are Tisha Campbell as Marva; Briget Michele as Diane; Bianca De Garr as Patti; Heather McAdam as Nina; Kimiko Gelman as Rose, and Heidi Zeigler as Mickey.
Ragunda Court District Ragunda Court District, or Ragunda tingslag, was a district of Jämtland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Ragusian libertine Libertine, is the name of a type of silver coin forged and used in the Republic of Ragusa that had its capital city in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The Republic existed from 1294 to 1803 but the coin was not minted for all of that period.
Rah Digga Rah Digga (born Rashia Fisher in Newark, New Jersey on December 18, 1972) is an American rapper. A member of the Flipmode Squad, a hip hop crew led by Busta Rhymes, she is one of modern hip hop's most respected female artists.
Rah-rah skirt The rah-rah (or ra-ra) skirt was a short flounced skirt that became popular in about 1982 and remained fashionable, mostly among teenage girls, for several years. It was derived from the skirts worn by cheer-leaders at American sporting and other events and, as the Oxford Dictionary noted, was the first successful attempt to revive the mini-skirt that had been introduced in the mid 1960s New Words, 1991.
Rahab (demon) In Jewish folklore, Rahab is the name of a sea-demon, a dragon of the waters, the "ruler of the sea". Rahab is or was the angel of insolence and pride, responsible for shaking the waters and producing big waves; he is also responsible for the roaring of the sea.
Rahab (Kushiel's Legacy) In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Rahab is the angel of Pride and Insolence, called the Lord of the Deep by D'Angeline sailors and the Prince of the Deep by Yeshuites. He is conceptually related to the demon of Jewish folklore.
Rahal Letterman Racing Rahal Letterman Racing (RLR) is an auto racing team that currently races in the Indy Racing League. It is co-owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal and television talk show host and comedian David Letterman.
Rahan Rahan is the name of a French comic book series about a very intelligent prehistoric man, moving from land to land and tribe to tribe while spreading goodwill among those-who-walk-on-two-feet and a powerful ethic of cooperation. With his open altruism often at odds with his powerful will to survive, Rahan's ethic is encompassed by the qualities represented by the bear-claw necklace he received from his dying adoptive father: courage, loyalty, generosity, tenacity, wisdom.
Rahanweyn The Rahanweyn (Somali: Raxanweyn or Rahanwein) is a Somali clan, composed of two major sub-clans, the Digil and the Mirifle. It comprises about 20% of the population of Somalia, and is one of the four major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa.
Rahanweyn Resistance Army The Rahamweyn Resistance Army (RRA), also known as the Reewin Resistance Army, is an autonomist militant group operating in the two southwestern regions of Somalia, Bay and Bakool. It was the first Reewin armed faction to emerge during the Somali civil war.
Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is a singer in the Qawwali style native to Pakistan and India. Son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan and nephew of the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat took over Nusrat's Qawwali party after his death in 1997, as Nusrat had no sons of his own.
Rahavard Quarterly Rahavard (in Persian: ره اورد), is a Los Angeles-based Persian language quarterly publication in 300 pages , established by Hassan Shahbaz in 1982. The quarterly publishes scholarly articles in the field of Persian (Iranian) studies.
Raheem Brock Raheem Brock (born June 10, 1978 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American football player who currently plays defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts. He was a four-year letterman at Temple University who started 33 career games and finished career with 160 tackles, 11 sacks, 30 stops for losses and 35 QB pressures.
Raheem DeVaughn Raheem DeVaughn the New Jersey-born, Maryland-raised singer had an epiphany early in his college career at Coppin State University, when he saw a group of street corner singers and began harmonizing with them. It turned his life focus to that of becoming a professional singer, and he attained relatively quick success, winning local awards and successfully releasing some independent work in the D.
Raheen (estate) Raheen is a mansion on Studley Park Road in the Melbourne suburb of Kew. Meaning "little fort" in Gaelic it was once the residence of Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne, bequeathed to the Catholic Church by John Wren.
Raheens GAA Raheens is a GAA club in Kildare, winner of the Leinster senior club championship in 1981, 10 county senior football championships first winners of the Kildare club of the year in 1973 and winners again in 1976. The separate hurling club, formerly known as Éire Óg, has now amalgamated to become Éire Óg/Corrachoill.
Rahel Varnhagen Rahel Varnhagen née Levin (born June 19, 1771 in Berlin; died March 7, 1833 in Berlin) was a German writer of Jewish descent who hosted one of the most prominent salons in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She is the subject of a celebrated biography, Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewess (1958) written by Hannah Arendt.
Rahi (Bionicle) Rahi is the name given to the different and unique species of biomechanical animals in Lego's Bionicle franchise. Most Rahi live in the wild, however some Rahi have been tamed by more intelligent species (the most prominent of which are the Matoran) and are used to help them in everyday life.
Rahija Rahija (Urdu: رہیجا) is a clan of Baloch tribe Bugti (Urdu: بگتی) and is settled in Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The Legendary hero of baloch history Late Sardar Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti also belong to Rahija clan.
Rahim Bakhsh Rahim Bakhsh (Persian: رحيم بخش) commonly known as Ustad Rahim Bakhsh (Persian: استاد رحيم بخش) was a maestro of Afghan folkloric music popular in Afghanistan and a few neighboring countries as well. He, together with Mohammad Hussain Sarahang were counted as leading authorities of Afghan music.
Rahim Bux Soomro Rahim Bux Soomro (died January 24, 2005) was a politician in Sindh, Pakistan. Rahim Bux Soomro was leader of the Soomro tribe for the people of Shikarpur and as the last surviving member of the 1946 Sindh assembly, the son of Allah Bux Soomro who was the first premier of Sindh after provincial autonomy was attained in 1935.
Rahim Jaffer [Jaffer () (born December 15], [[1971) is the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the Edmonton—Strathcona district of Alberta. Born in Kampala, Uganda and of Pakistani origin, he originally won his seat as a member of the Reform Party of Canada (later the Canadian Alliance and then merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the Conservative Party).
Rahimabad Rahimabad is a small town in Pakistan, about 24 kilometers west of Sadiqabad in District Rahimyar Khan. The town was founded by Leghari Sardars; sons of Sardar Mohammad Rahim Khan Leghari (I) Leghari Sardar and Tumandar, around 1860 AD.
Rahimah Rahim Rahimah Rahim is the youngest Top 12 contestant in the 2nd season of Singapore Idol,having participated in the competition at the age of 16 . Her star sign is Germini and was a student when she joined the competition.
Rahimuddin Khan General Rahimuddin Khan (Urdu: رحیم الدین خان) (born 21 July, 1926) was the Governor of Balochistan, the largest province of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, for an unprecedented seven years (1978-1984), while simultaneously holding the military posts of Armoured Corps Commander as well as Martial Law Administrator of Balochistan, the latter which he held from July 1977 to May 1984. He was also the Governor of Sindh from May 1988 to October 1988.
Rahimyar Khan Rahimyar Khan or Rahim Yar Khan (Urdu: رحیم یار خان) is a city in the south of Punjab province in Pakistan. Formerly Rahimyar Khan was also one of the names of the three districts of the former princely State of Bahawalpur until 1955.
Rahm Emanuel Rahm Emanuel (born November 29 1959) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 5th Congressional District of Illinois, which covers much of the North Side of Chicago and parts of Cook County.
Rahman (name) Rahman is the transliteration of a Arabic given name رحمن that comes from the triconsonantal root R-Ḥ-M, meaning "benevolent". In Islam, the name الرحمن is considered one of the 99 Names of God.
Rahman Baba Rahman Baba (Persian: رحمان بابا ) nown as the Nightingale of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Rahman Baba is a legendary Pashto Sufi poet. His poetry places him alongside Khushal Khan Khattak for his contribution to Pashto poetry and literature.
Rahman Dadman Rahman Dadman () was an Iranian (Persian) politician. He was the Minister of Roads and Transportation, under President Mohammad Khatami until May 18, 2001 when he died in an air accident with about 30 other passengers in the crash of an Iranian YAK-40 plane, 13 miles from the city of Sari, Iran in northern Iran.
Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir Raḥmatu'lláh Muhájir (1923-1979) () was a prominent fourth generation Bahá'í, born on 4 April 1923 in the town of 'Abdu'l-'Azím, Iran. In 1954, Dr Muhájir married Írán Furútan, the daughter of `Alí-Akbar Furútan, and together they pioneered to the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia.
Rahmatullah Raufi Major General Rahmatullah Raufi is a senior military commander of the Afghan National Army presently commanding the 205th Corp, which is responsible for Afghanistan's restive southern provinces. He is the main Afghan commander of government forces in Operation Mountain Thrust].
Rahmizâde Bâhâeddin Bediz Rahmizâde Bahaeddin (or Bahaeddin Bediz after the 1934 Law on Family Names in Turkey) was a Cretan Turk who is generally agreed by historians to be the first Turkish photographer by profession. He started his career in Hanya, Crete in 1895, and went on to open photography studios in İzmir in 1910, in İstanbul in 1915 where he acquired his fame, and in Ankara after 1935 where, aside from his private business, he worked as the Chief of Photography Department in Turkish Historical Society.
Rahmon Nabiev Rakhmon Nabiyev (Раҳмон Набиев; alternative spelling Rahmon Nabiev; 1930–1993) served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and twice as the President of Tajikistan. He partly instigated the Tajikistan Civil War.
Rahotep Rahotep (or more properly Rahotep Sekhenrewahkhaw) was an Egyptian king of the Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, and ruled during the Second Intermediate Period, when Egypt was ruled by multiple kings. Kim Ryholt, in his book on the Political Situation in Egypt, suggests that Rahotep was the first king of the 17th Dynasty.
Rahova Rahova is a neighbourhood of southwest Bucharest, Romania, situated in Sector 5, west of Dâmboviţa River. It is named after the Bulgarian town Rahovo (today Oryahovo), site of a battle in the Romanian War of Independence.
Rahul Bhandari Rahul Bhandari is the Founding Managing Director of Paras Ventures LLC, an investment and consulting group for high-tech companies. He leverages over fifteen years of experience in venture development, M&A integration, and leading large-scale complex change programs to help companies succeed on a strategic and tactical basis.
Rahul Bose Rahul Bose (Bengali: রাহূল বোস; Hindi: रहुल बोस; Urdu: رہُل بوس), an Indian actor and rugby player, was born on July 27 1967 to Rupen and Kumud Bose. His elder sister Anuradha is married to Tarique Ansari, owner and director of "Mid-Day Multimedia", a multiple media conglomerate in Mumbai, India.
Rahul Dev Burman Rahul Dev Burman, also known as Pancham or Pancham da (June 27, 1939 - January 4, 1994) was a music composer for Bollywood films. He was the son of singer and music composer Sachin Dev Burman and the second husband of playback singer Asha Bhosle.
Rahul Dravid Rahul Sharad Dravid (Kannada:ರಾಹುಲ್‌ ಶರದ್‌ ದ್ರಾವಿಡ್‌) (born 11 January, 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer, and the current captain of the Indian cricket team. He grew up in Bangalore, Karnataka.
Rahul Khanna Rahul Khanna (born 20 June, 1972) is an Indian actor. He first appeared in Canadian director Deepa Mehta's 1947:Earth, for which he won a Filmfare Award as Best Newcomer, and has since also appeared in Mehta's Bollywood/Hollywood.
Rahul Sanghvi Rahul Sanghvi (born September 3, 1974 in Gujarat) is an Indian cricketer, specialising in left arm orthodox spin. He played one Test Match, which was the First Test between Australia and India in 2001, but was dropped after Australia claimed a 10 wicket victory.
Rahway (NJT station) Rahway is a New Jersey Transit train station located in Rahway, New Jersey, providing service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines. It is located in the downtown part of the city on an embankment and a viaduct over Irving and Cherry streets.
Rahway River The Rahway River is a river, approximately 24 mi (48 km) long, in northeastern New Jersey in the United StatesNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Watershed Management Area 7, accessed December 1, 2006. The river drains part of the suburban and urbanized area of New Jersey west of New York City.
Rahway Valley Railroad The Rahway Valley Railroad (RVRR) was a shortline railroad that formerly operated over a span of 97 years (ending in 1992) in Union County, New Jersey between Roselle Park and Summit, with a number of branch lines that served local industries. The Rahway Valley Railroad connected the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Roselle Park and the Central Railroad of New Jersey in Cranford and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western in Summit.
Racha Racha (Ratcha is a more correct spelling) (Georgian: რაჭა, Rača) is a historic province in Georgia, in the mountainous northwestern part of the country. Comprising the present-day districts of Oni and Ambrolauri, it is included in the region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti.
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (Georgian: რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი) is a region in northwestern Georgia which includes the historical provinces of Racha, Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti (i.e.
Rachael Bella Rachael Bella (born March 13, 1984 in Vermillion, South Dakota) is an American actress probably best known for her role as Becca Kotler in the movie The Ring. She has also appeared in other various movies and television shows, such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Rachael Harris Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12 1968 in Worthington, Ohio) is an American actress and comedian. She graduated from Worthington High School and went on to graduate from Otterbein College, majoring in theater.
Rachael Henley Rachael Henley is a British actress, who was born in England in 1988 to Mike and Helen Henley. Rachael was brought up in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, and is the older sister of Laura and Georgie Henley (who plays the younger Lucy Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia film series).
Rachael Ray Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York) is an Emmy-winning television personality and author, who currently hosts the syndicated series Rachael Ray. In addition, she currently hosts (either in first-run or reruns) four different programs on cable television's Food Network (30 Minute Meals, $40 a Day, Inside Dish, and Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels), and has authored a series of cookbooks based on the 30 Minute Meals concept.
Rachael Ray (TV series) Rachael Ray, also known as The Rachael Ray Show, is a talk show starring Rachael Ray (from 30 Minute Meals and $40 a Day on Food Network) that debuted in syndication in the United States and Canada on September 18, 2006. The hour-long daytime program is co-produced by Ray and Oprah Winfrey through her Harpo Productions and distributed domestically by King World Productions and globally by CBS Paramount International Television.
Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels is a television show based on cook Rachael Ray (30 Minute Meals) and her travels around the world (somewhat similar to her 2002 Food Network show, $40 a Day). She tries different types of food from each place she visits, and gives has a "Hot List of Values", which includes some of her favorite places visited from $40 a Day.
Rachael Scdoris Rachael Scdoris (born February 1, 1985 in Bend, Oregon) is an American dog musher and cross country runner who became the first legally blind person to compete in the 1,049+ mile (1,600 km) Iditarod dog sled race across the U.S.
Rachaf Rachaf is a village in southern Lebanon 10 miles from the Israel-Lebanon border . Several homes in the village were struck by Israeli missiles on 12 August 2006 during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis resulting over 15 estimated casualties.
Rachel Rachel (, , also spelled Rachael) "Ewe," also "innocence and gentility of a rose" and may mean "lovely". Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew , ) is the second and favorite wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin, first mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible.
Rachel (Animorphs) Rachel is a fictional character from the sci-fi book series Animorphs. Her full name is never explicitly mentioned in the books, but her relation to her cousin Jake Berenson through their fathers makes it most likely to be Rachel Berenson, if it was never changed or hyphenated.
Rachel and the Stranger Rachel and the Stranger was a black-and-white 1948 western film starring Loretta Young, William Holden, and Robert Mitchum. The Norman Foster-helmed film was one of the few to address the role of women in the pioneer west, as well as portray early America's indentured servant trade.
Rachel Adler Dr. Rachel Adler is Associate Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Judaism and Gender at the School of Religion, University of Southern California and the Hebrew Union College Rabbinical School at the Los Angeles campus.
Rachel Ames Rachel Ames (born November 2, 1929 in Portland, Oregon) is an American actress. As of summer 2006, she has the distinction of being the longest-running performer on American Broadcasting Company's longest-running daytime serial, General Hospital.
Rachel Axler Rachel Axler is an Emmy-winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She has the distinction of being the only female writer on the writing staff, and won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Musical or Comedy Program on August 27, 2006.
Rachel B. Noel Rachel Bassette Noel (born January 15, 1918 in Hampton, Virginia) was an African American politician known for several notable achievements. Besides her many contributions to the city of Denver and the state of Colorado, she is best known for the "Noel Resolution.
Rachel Barton Rachel Barton Pine (born October 11, 1974) is a violinist from Chicago. Considered a child prodigy at the violin, she started playing at 3 and a half, and played at many renowned venues through her child and teen years.
Rachel Blake "Rachel Blake" is a fictional character featured in the ABC web-based alternate reality game Lost Experience, also known by the hacker alias "Persephone". She is portrayed by actress Jamie Silberhartz.
Rachel Blakely Rachel Blakely is an Australian actress best known for her portrayal of Gaby Willis on the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1991 to 1994. She also had a recurring role in the New Zealand soap opera City Life in 1996.
Rachel Blanchard Rachel Elise Blanchard (born March 19, 1976 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian actress. Her career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show The Kids of Degrassi Street.
Rachel Blumberg Rachel Blumberg is a Portland, Oregon native, and luminary of many locally based indie bands, including Sissyface, Boycrazy, Norfolk & Western, The Minders (briefly), M Ward and The Decemberists, as well as making many contributions to Portland's independent music scene - for example, she created the first post on Portland's indie pop mailing list.
Rachel Bluwstein Rachel Bluwstein Sela (alternatively: Rahel Blubstein) (September 20, 1890 - April 16, 1931) was a Hebrew lyric poet of the Zionist settlement years, generally referred to by her pseudonym, Rachel (Hebrew: רחל) or Rachel the poet (Hebrew: רחל המשוררת).
Rachel Brice Rachel Brice is a contemporary innovator in Tribal Fusion Style Belly Dance based in San Francisco. She is the artistic director and choreographer for The Indigo Belly Dance Company and frequent performer with the Bellydance Superstars.
Rachel Carruthers Rachel Carruthers (c. 1970-1989) is a fictional character featured in the films Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), both of which are sequels to what is probably the most influential slasher film, John Carpenter's Halloween (1978).
Rachel Carson Rachel Louise Carson (27 May 1907 – 14 April 1964) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born zoologist and marine biologist whose landmark book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global environmental movement. Silent Spring had an immense effect in the United States, where it spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy.
Rachel Corrie Rachel Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled as an activist to the Gaza Strip during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. She was killed when she tried to obstruct an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Caterpillar D9 bulldozer operating in a Palestinian residential area of Rafah, next to the border with Egypt - an area the IDF had designated a security zone and which contains a network of smuggling tunnels connecting Egypt to the Palestinian side of Rafah.
Rachel Dixon Rachel Dixon ((née Jordache, previously Wright) was a fictional character in the television series Brookside played by Tiffany Chapman from 1993 until near the end of the series in 2003. Her most notable storylines were being sexually abused by her father at 14 and finding out her mother and sister were responsible for his death.
Rachel Elnaugh Rachel Elnaugh (born 12 December 1964) is a British entrepreneur, who came to prominence as an investor on the BBC Two TV series Dragons' Den in which hers was the sole female perspective alongside three male Dragons.
Rachel Entwistle Rachel Elizabeth Entwistle (née Souza) (December 14, 1979 – January 20, 2006) was the wife of Neil Entwistle, an unemployed British computer programmer. Rachel, along with her infant daughter, Lillian, were found in bed, shot to death in the master bedroom of their rented home in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
Rachel Field Rachel Lyman Field Pederson (September 19, 1894 – March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. She is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, published in 1929.
Rachel Garrett In the Star Trek fictional universe, Captain Rachel Garrett (played by Tricia O'Neil in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise"), is a Starfleet officer and the commanding officer of the USS Enterprise-C. Garrett is the only woman shown as a captain of a starship EnterpriseThe same series of novels that detail Garrett’s background—The Lost Era—also detail Demora Sulu’s captaincy of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B), and hers is the franchise’s third canon appearance of a female starship commander.
Rachel Gatina Rachel Gatina (whose name has been spelled on the show as Gatina four times since the final episode of season three) is a fictional character on the CW television series One Tree Hill, played by Danneel Harris.
Rachel Goswell Rachel Goswell (born May 16 1971 in Fareham, England) is a singer-songwriter who was a vocalist with shoegazing pioneers Slowdive. Following Slowdive's dissolution, Goswell joined Slowdive alumni Neil Halstead and Ian McCutcheon to form Mojave 3, an indie pop/dream pop outfit.
Rachel Grant Rachel Louise Grant De Longueuil, more commonly known as Rachel Grant, (born 1977 on the island of Luzon north of the Philippines) is an actress and model of French and Filipino ancestry. She is most famous for her role as a minor Bond girl in the film Die Another Day and as Nina, the hostess of horror show Sci-fright.
Rachel Grate Rachel Grate (b. May 3, 1986) is a American television and film actress, originally from Camarillo, California, who is probably best known for her role on the short-lived US TV series First Monday as main character Joseph Novelli's daughter Beth.
Rachel Gurney Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress who is best known for playing Lady Marjorie Bellamy on the LWT classic Upstairs, Downstairs. She also starred on other TV shows such as Fall of Eagles (1974) and Lost Empires (1986).
Rachel Harris Rachel Harris (born March 15, 1979 in Perth, Western Australia) is a former freestyle and medley swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in fifth position in the 800m Freestyle, and in fifth spot as well in the 400m Individual Medley.
Rachel Herkowitz Rachel Herkowitz is a renowned American showjumper and show hunter. She has won numerous national championships with the famous Lucky Too and Addison, including midwest regional awards and championships at nationals and finals.
Rachel Hudson Rachel Manger Hudson (born 1984; died 17 March, 2004)"Family starved and beat Rachel", Catehrine Cashmore, BBC News, 21 December, 2005 was a British murder victim, a mother of two, murdered by her in-laws. The court tried and convicted five members of the family (dubbed "the family from hell" by the Queen's Counsel)"Mother 'killed by her in-laws'", by Rhiannon Edward, The Scotsman, 13 October, 2005"Murder Court Told of 'Family From Hell'", by Steve Mccomish, The Daily Mirror, 13 October, 2005 in December 2005.
Rachel Jackson Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson (June 15 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson. Prior to her marriage to Jackson, when she was 17 years old, she had married Captain Lewis Robards of a prominent Mercer County, Kentucky family.
Rachel Joynt Rachel Joynt (Born 1966 in County Kerry) is an Irish sculptor who has created some prominent Irish public art. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 1989 with a degree in sculpture.
Rachel Kramer Bussel Rachel Kramer Bussel is an author, columnist, editor, and sex educator. She previously studied at the New York University School of Law and earned her bachelor's degree in Political Science and Women's Studies from the University of California at Berkeley.
Rachel Legrain-Trapani Rachel Legrain-Trapani (born on August 31, 1988, Saint-Saulve, Nord, France) was elected Miss France in 2007. Living in Saint-Quentin, she was elected Miss Aisne, and chosen to represent the region of Picardie.
Rachel Levy Rachel Levy was killed at age 17 on March 29, 2002 when a teenage Palestinian female suicide bomber, wearing a belt of explosives around her waist, blew herself up at the entrance to a supermarket in Jerusalem's Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood on March 29, 2002. The killings gained widespread international attention due to the suicide bomber's age and gender and the fact that one of the two Israeli dead was a girl of nearly identical age as the bomber.
Rachel Lowe Rachel Lowe born in 1977, attended the University of Portsmouth in order to earn a law degree. As a student she had a part time job as a taxi driver which is when she came up with the idea of the game "Destination Portsmouth" that lead onto "Destination London" which is now one of the top selling games at Hamleys beating Monopoly and Twister.
Rachel Luttrell Rachel Luttrell is an actress who was born in Tanzania, Africa to a French father and Tanzanian mother, and raised in Canada. She played Veronica Beck in the CBC series Street Legal and later appeared in guest roles on ER, Charmed, Forever Knight and other television series.
Rachel Marsden Rachel Marsden is a Canadian political columnist.is the Canadian correspondent for The O'Reilly Factor] on [[Fox News, and has written for a number of periodicals, including the Toronto Sun in which she currently writes a weekly column.
Rachel McTavish Rachel McTavish is a journalist and occasional presenter on ITV London's regional news programme, London Tonight, and regularly anchors the national ITV Morning News. She was a regular presenter on the ITV News Channel until it closed in 2005, and most notably was on air when the twin towers were attacked on 9/11/01.

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