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Rodrigo Rato Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo (born March 18, 1949) was Spain's Economy Minister and Vice President serving with the People's Party (PP) between 1996 and 2004. He was appointed to become director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on May 4, 2004.
Rodrigo Riera Rodrigo Riera (1923 - 1999), was a Venezuelan guitarist and composer. He wrote a vital and important body of works for the guitar, inspired by and dedicated to the rich music legacy of his region in the Lara state (Capital city: Barquisimeto) in Western Venezuela, displaying a loving nationalism that led him to be associated with the work of Antonio Lauro but with a technique that is more accessible to beginners and intermediate guitar players.
Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri Rodrigo Andrés Rojas De Negri (March 7, 1967 - July 6, 1986) was a young photographer who was burned alive by an army patrol during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
Rodrigo Ruiz Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri (born May 10, 1972 in Santiago, Chile), also known as El Pony Ruiz because of his thighs looking like a ponies thigh, is a Chilean football player, who played for Santos Laguna of the Primera DivisiĂłn de MĂ©xico. He wears the number 11 jersey and is one of the most popular and loved players by the club's fans.
Rodrigo Tapia Rodrigo Eduardo Tapia Contreras (born March 13, 1988) is a chilean footballer, who currently plays foward for the chilean club Colo-Colo. Tapia made his debut with Colo-Colo in 2006 appearing in 3 games and scoring one goal.
Rodrigo Valdez Rodrigo Valdez (born December 22, 1946) is a former boxer from Colombia who was a two time world middleweight champion and whose rivalry with Carlos Monzon has long been considered among the most legendary boxing rivalries. Valdez was trained by International Boxing Hall of Fame coach Gyl Clancy.
Rodrigo Vargas Rodrigo "Roddy" Vargas (born 20 October, 1978 in Santiago, Chile) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central defender for the Australian A-League club Melbourne Victory.
Rodrigo Vila Rodrigo Nicolas Vila (born October 23, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey striker from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1998, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. His brothers Matias and Lucas are also a field hockey internationals for Argentina.
Rodrigues Grey Pigeon The Rodrigues Grey Pigeon is an extinct species of pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It is known from a subfossil sternum and some other bones, and the descriptions of Leguat (1708) and Julien Tafforet (1726).
Rodrigues Ottolengui Rodrigues Ottolengui (March 15, 1861 - July 11, 1937) was an American writer and dentist of Sephardic descent. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he moved to New York, where he would spend most of his adult life, in 1877.
Rodrigues Owl The Rodrigues Owl (Mascarenotus murivorus), also known as Leguat's Owl or (somewhat misleadingly) Rodrigues Little Owl, was a small owl. It lived on the Mascarene island of Rodrigues, but it is nowadays extinct.
Rodrigues Parrot The Rodrigues Parrot (Necropsittacus rodericanus) is an extinct species of parrot which once lived on the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It is known from subfossil bones and the 1708 description of Leguat as well as the 1726 report of Julien Tafforet.
Rodrigues Rail The Rodrigues Rail or Leguat's Gelinote (Aphanapteryx leguati) is an extinct bird named after the learned traveller François Leguat, who came with a band of Huguenot religious refugees to Rodrigues in 1691 and stayed there for three years. It was also mentioned by Julien Tafforet in 1726.
Rodrigues Starling The Rodrigues Starling (Necropsar rodericanus), also known as White Mascarene Starling, is a hypothetical species whose existence is based on an old travel report, a few subfossil bones, and a museum skin from Liverpool which was later identified by paleontologist Storrs Olson as albinistic specimen of the Martinique Trembler.
Rodryg Dunin Rodryg Dunin (June 26, 1870 - October 26, 1928) was a Polish noble (szlachta), a Hrabia (Count), and a prominent industrialist and agriculturalist. According to the Polish Biographical Dictionary (Polski Slownik Biograficzny), he was one of the most remarkable pioneers of progress in farming techniques and industry in Greater Poland.
Rods and Cones (song) "Rods and Cones" is a live digital single by Blue Man Group, released on the iTunes Store on July 11, 2006. The song was originally released on the group's debut album, Audio, however the single is from Blue Man Group's album Live at the Venetian, Las Vegas, and is one of the group's most popular live pieces.
Rods of ancient Egypt The rods of ancient Egypt are short cylindrical objects clutched within the fists of various leaders and individuals who have been portrayed in ancient sculpture. Commonly popularized as the "Wands of Horus" they are usually found clutched in the fists of statues of ancient Egyptian kings, or pharaohs, but also appear in other ancient sculptures.
Rodzina zastępcza Rodzina zastępcza (eng. Foster Family) is a populare Polish comedy series released between 1999 and 2004, when it was changed into Rodzina zastępcza plus (Foster Family and Others) with longer episodes, larger number of regular characters and places of action.
Roe Deer The European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is a deer species of Europe, Asia Minor, and Caspian coastal regions. There is a separate species known as the Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus) that is found from the Ural Mountains to as far east as China and Siberia.
Roe effect The Roe effect is a hypothesis about the long-term effect of abortion on the political balance of the United States, which suggests that since supporters of abortion rights cause the erosion of their own political base, the practice of abortion will eventually lead to the restriction or illegalization of abortion. It is named after Roe v.
Roe Green estate A munitions estate constructed to support the development of military aircraft during World War I with design guidance from the Ministry of Works. Many of the homes are now protected by means of a designated conservation area.
Roe River The Roe River, which runs between Giant Springs and the Missouri River near Great Falls, Montana, is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest river in the world. Officially it is only 201 feet (61 meters) long.
Roe v Minister of Health In the English law of tort, Roe v Minister of Health [1954] 2 AER 131 is a decision of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales which has had a significant influence on the common law throughout the common law world.
Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States; it runs 535 feet (175 meters) from Minisink Ford, New York to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. It is also known as the Delaware Aqueduct, or Roebling Bridge.
Roeboides The genus Roeboides is used to group several species of tetras, including the headstanders, scale-eaters, and crystal tetra. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, are typically transluscent, and have a rhomboid shape.
Roedy Green Roedy Green (born Munroe Frederic Compton Green on February 4 1948) is a Canadian programmer, independent computer consultant, and activist. He is well-known on the Internet for his Java & Internet Glossary, and his popular essay How to Write Unmaintainable Code.
Roehampton parish hall Roehampton Parish Hall is located in Alton Road, Roehampton in South London. Erected in memory of The 11th Earl of Leven & Melville by his widow, The Right Homourable Emma Selina Countess of Leven & Melville, and left in trust to the parishioners of Roehampton and the surrounding areas.
Roel Kuiper Roel Kuiper is professor Reformational Philosophy at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in the name of the Association for Reformational Philosophy, lector Society Issues at the Christelijke Hogeschool Ede and Gereformeerde Hogeschool Zwolle and teacher Political and social philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). He is historian, political theoretist and philosopher.
Roelf Vos Roelf Vos (died 1992) was a wealthy Tasmanian businessman who, amongst other achievements, established a supermarket chain carrying his name initially in Launceston, but later expanded throughout the whole of northern Tasmania. The equivalent in the south of the state was Purity Supermarkets.
Roelstra's Line Roelstra's Line are characters in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novels of the Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies. The characters of Roelstra's Line include the High Prince Roelstra, his daughters, grandsons, and great-granddaughters.
Roemer Model of Political Competition The Roemer Model of Political Competition is a game between political parties in which each party announces a multidimensional policy vector. Since Nash Equilibria do not normally exist when the policy space is multidimensional, John Roemer introduced the concept of Political Unanimity Nash Equilibrium (PUNE), which can be considered a generalization of the concept of Nash Equilibrium in models of political competition.
Roemer-und-Pelizaeus-Museum The Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, in Hildesheim, Germany, is one of the most important museums in Europe with regard to Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Peruvian art. The museum also includes the second largest collection of Chinese porcelain in Europe.
Roentgen (album) Released March 27, 2002, Roentgen was the first solo album of popular Japanese vocalist, Hyde, produced by his own label, Haunted Records, a division of Sony's Ki/oon Records. The album leans towards the softer side of rock music, with crisp, wintery White Song and the beautiful imagery of A Drop of Colour.
Roentgenium Roentgenium (IPA: , formerly Unununium) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Rg and atomic number 111 making it one of the super-heavy atoms. It is a synthetic element whose longest-lived isotope has a mass of 280 and a half-life of 3.
Roeper School (Michigan) The Roeper School is a private coeducational day school, with campuses in Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, serving students at all levels from preschool through the 12th grade. It was formerly known as Roeper City and Country School.
Roepie Kruize Jan Hendrik ("Roepie") Kruize (January 18, 1925 – February 14, 1992) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was one of the Netherlands's most famous players in the years following World War II. He won the bronze medal with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, followed by the silver medal, four years later in Helsinki.
Roero Roero is a geographical area in the north-east corner of the province of Cuneo in Piedmont, north-west Italy. This hilly region is known for its wines and for its fruit production: particularly the peaches of Canale (CN) and the local variety of pear known as Madernassa which originated in the late eighteenth century in Guarene.
Roesbrugge Roesbrugge is a small rural village in de Belgian provincie of West-Flanders. Roesbrugge is the largest of two villages that make up the "deelgemeente" Roesbrugge-Haringe in the municipality of Poperinge.
Roewe Roewe (in Chinese: 荣威; in Pinyin: Rongwei) is an automobile marque created by the Chinese firm Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), to use on the cars it plans to build based on the MG Rover technology it has bought.
Roff roff was the first Unix text-formatting computer program, also the most important application run on the first machine specifically purchased to run UNIX, and a predecessor of the nroff and troff document processing systems on Unix.
Rog Phillips Roger Phillips Graham (1909-1965) was an American science fiction writer who most often wrote under the name Rog Phillips, but also used other names. Although of his other pseudonyms only "Craig Browning" is notable in the genre.
Rogacevo Rogacevo is a small village located in the north-western part of the Republic of Macedonia, 26 km away from the city of Tetovo and 2 km away from the village of Jazince, the border crossing point with Serbia (in the part with Kosovo).
Rogaine (drug) Rogaine (also branded as Regaine outside the US) is the brand name for Minoxidil, when used as a topical drug to treat male pattern baldness. The solution is applied to the scalp daily to stimulate hair growth and help prevent hair loss.
Rogallo wing [wing used by NASA for spacecraft landing research] On 1948, Francis Rogallo -a NASA engineer- and his wife Gertrude Rogallo, invented a self-inflating flexible wing or 'Rogallo wing'.NASA considered Rogallo's flexible wing as an alternative recovery system for the Gemini space capsule] and on the [[Paresev for possible use in other spacecraft landings, but the idea was dropped in 1964.
Rogate Rogate is a parish in West Sussex situated in the Western Rother valley. It comprises the villages of Rogate and Rake and the hamlets of Habin, Fyning, Hill Brow, Langley, Durford, Wenham, Durleighmarsh and Terwick Common.
Rogatchover Gaon The Rogatchover Gaon, Yosef Rosen (1858 - 3 March 1936) (Hebrew: יוסף רוזין), also known by the name of his main work Tzafnath Paneach, was a Hasidic rabbi and one of the prominent Talmudic scholars of the early 20th century, known as a "Gaon" (genius) because of his photographic memory and razor-sharp mind.
Rogatica Rogatica (Cyrillic]: Рогатица) is a municipality and town in eastern [[Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located 60 kilometres east of Sarajevo; midway on the road from Goražde towards Sokolac. The village of Žepa is located in the Rogatica municipality.
Rogatien Vachon Rogatien "Rogie" Vachon (b. September 8, 1945 in Palmarolle, Quebec) was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League.
Rogation days Rogation days are the three days (Rogation Monday, Rogation Tuesday and Rogation Wednesday) immediately before Ascension Thursday in the Christian liturgical calendar. The term, most frequently encountered in Roman Catholic and Anglican circles, is rarely used today.
Rogatywka Rogatywka (sometimes translated as peaked cap) is the Polish generic name for a peaked, four-pointed cap used by various Polish military formations throughout the ages. It is a distant relative of its 19th century predecessor, often called czapka in English.
Rogério Ceni Rogério Ceni (born January 22, 1973 in Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil) is a Brazilian goalkeeper. He has been a member of the Brazilian Série A club São Paulo since September 7, 1990, playing more than 700 matches and winning 2 Copa Libertadores trophies and 2 World Club Championship with them.
Rogério Romero Rogério Aoki Romero (born November 22, 1969 in London, United Kingdom) is a former backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. A resident of Rio de Janeiro, he won the gold medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.
Rogelia Cruz MartĂ­nez Rogelia Cruz MartĂ­nez (1940 - 1968) was the 1958 Miss Guatemala Universe and a contestant in the 1959 Miss Universe pageant. She was the a member of the Juventud Patriotica del Trabajo (JPT) and the girlfriend of PGT commander Leonardo Castillo Johnson.
Rogelio de la Rosa Rogelio de la Rosa (November 12, 1916 - November 10, 1986) was one of the most popular Filipino matinee idols of the 20th century. Elected to the Philippine Senate in 1957, he also was the first Filipino film actor who was able to parlay his fame into a substantial political career, paving the way for other Filipino entertainers-turned-politicians such as Senator Eddie Ilarde, Senator Ramon Revilla, and President Joseph Estrada.
Rogelio Marcelo Rogelio Marcelo (born June 11, 1965) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight (– 48kg) division during the early 1990s. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he won the gold medal.
Rogelio Ramírez de la O Rogelio Ramírez de la O is a Mexican economist. Since 11 October 2005 he is the chief economic advisor to Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a leading Mexican presidential candidate representing the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).
Rogene Worley Middle School Rogene Worley Middle School is a junior high school located on 500 Pleasant Ridge Drive in Mansfield, Texas (a south suburb between Dallas and Fort Worth). The school is a part of the Mansfield Independent School District.
Roger Roger is primarily a proper name of English, French and Catalan usage, derived from the German name RĂĽdiger which means "famous with the spear" from the Germanic elements hrod (fame) and ger (spear). The Latin form of the name is Rogerius, as used by a few medieval figures.
Roger & Me Roger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film directed and reported by independent filmmaker/journalist Michael Moore. With black humor, Moore illustrates the negative economic impact of General Motors CEO Roger Smith's summary action of closing several auto plants in Flint, Michigan, costing 40,000 people their jobs and economically devastating the city.
Roger (American Dad!) Roger (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is one of the main characters in the animated comedy American Dad!. He is a space alien (whose appearance resembles that of the greys) living with the Smith family, Roger is sarcastic, surly, and speaks in swish; this and other traits have led some to speculate as to Roger's sexuality, but the discussion might be moot, as he is, after all, an alien.
Roger (Hellboy) Roger the Homunculus was a fictional character featured in the Hellboy and Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. He was a homunculus, a humanoid being said to be created by means of alchemy.
Roger and the Rottentrolls Roger and the Rottentrolls (sometimes, but not in the title sequence or on DVD covers, called just The Rottentrolls) was a children's comedy television series made for ITV by The Children's Company, which combined puppets with live action human actors. It was first broadcast on January 1st 1996.
Roger Aaron Brown Roger Aaron Brown (born on June 12 in Washington, DC) is an African-American character actor. He is well-known for his role as Deputy Chief Joe Noland on the hit CBS drama series The District from 2000 to 2004, as well as for his role in the 1988 science fiction film Alien Nation as Det.
Roger Adams Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist. He is best-known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, but also greatly influenced graduate education in America, taught over 250 Ph.
Roger Ailes Roger Eugene Ailes (born May 15, 1940) is the president of Fox News Channel and chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group, and the only head of a major news-gathering organization in the United States with a background as a paid political consultant.
Roger Aldag Roger Aldag (born 1953 in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan) was a Canadian football offensive lineman who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1976 through 1992. He was part of the Grey Cup championship-winning Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1989.
Roger Allen LaPorte Roger Allen LaPorte (1943 – November 9, 1965) is best known as a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in New York City on November 9, 1965 to protest the United States involvement in the war. At the time, he was a 22-year old Catholic Worker Movement member.
Roger Andrewes Doctor Roger Andrewes (sometimes Andrews) was a one-time archdeacon and Chancellor at Chichester Cathedral in the English Church. He was also a scholar, a Fellow of Pembroke Hall and was, in 1618, made Master of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Roger Angell Roger Angell (born September 19, 1920), is an important figure in the world of American letters, having spent the vast majority of his career as a fiction editor and regular contributor at The New Yorker. He has written many memorable essays on baseball as well as numerous fiction and non-fiction pieces, criticism, etc.
Roger Angleton Roger Nicholas Angleton (1942 – February 7, 1998) was the man who confessed to murdering his sister-in law Doris Angleton in her River Oaks home in Houston, Texas. On April 16, 1997, the very day Doris died, Roger missed a court date on drug-related charges.
Roger Apéry Roger Apéry (November 14 1916 – December 18 1994) was a Greek-French mathematician most remembered for Apéry's theorem, to the effect that ζ(3) is an irrational number where ζ denotes the Riemann zeta function.
Roger Arnebergh Roger Arnebergh (1910-January 25, 2004) served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 1953 to 1973. Although he dropped out of high school at the age of fifteen, he received a law degree through extension learning.
Roger Award The Roger Award For The Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in New Zealand is an annual media campaign run since 1997 by two left-wing activist organisations, Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa and GATT Watchdog. The "winners" are chosen by a group of academics, activists and trade unionists.
Roger B. Taney Roger Brooke Taney (March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864, name pronounced like Tawney) was the twelfth United States Attorney General and the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, from 1836 until his death in 1864, and the first Roman Catholic to hold that office.
Roger Babson Roger Ward Babson (July 6, 1875 – March 5, 1967), remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts, was an entrepreneur and business theorist in the first half of the 20th Century. He also founded Webber College, now Webber International University, in Babson Park, Florida, and the defunct Utopia College, in Eureka, Kansas.
Roger Bannister Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CBE (born March 23, 1929) is a British former athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford retiring in 2001.
Roger Barker Roger Garlock Barker (1903, Macksburg, Iowa - 1990) was a social scientist, a founder of environmental psychology and a leading figure in the field for decades, perhaps best known for his development of the concept of behavior settings.
Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk Roger Bigod (c. 1144/1150-1221) was the son of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and succeeded to the earldom of Norfolk in 1189, was confirmed in his earldom and other honours by Richard I, for his claim had been disputed by his step-mother in the reign of Henry II.
Roger Binny Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (born 19 July 1955, Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian former cricket all-rounder who is best known for his impressive bowling performance in the 1983 Cricket World Cup where he was the highest wicket-taker (18 wickets), and in the 1985 World Series Cricket Championship in Australia where he repeated this feat (17 wickets).
Roger Blackwell Roger Blackwell is a nationally recognized marketing expert and public speaker. He has written several books on marketing including Consumer Behavior (ISBN 0-03-021108-5), From Mind to Market : Reinventing the Retail Supply Chain (ISBN 0-88730-833-3) and Customers Rule!
Roger Bonham Smith Roger Bonham Smith (born July 12, 1925) was the Chairman and CEO of General Motors from 1981 to 1990. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Smith earned his MBA at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business after serving in the United States Navy.
Roger Bowling Roger Bowling was a Nashville songwriter in the 1970s who specialized in Country music. His best known songs included "Lucille", and "Coward of the County", both recorded by Kenny Rogers, and "Blanket On The Ground", "What I've Got In Mind", and "57 Chevrolet", recorded by Billie Jo Spears.
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery (April 25, 1621 – October 26, 1679), British soldier, statesman and dramatist He was the third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and Richard's second wife, Catherine Fenton. He was created Baron of Broghill on February 28, 1627.
Roger Bresnahan Roger Philip Bresnahan (June 11, 1879 - December 4, 1944), nicknamed "The Duke of Tralee", was an American player in Major League Baseball who starred primarily as a catcher, and a player/manager for two teams. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.
Roger Brown Roger William Brown (born May 22, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York – March 4 1997) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'5" forward/guard, Brown signed to play for the University of Dayton in 1960, but he became involved in a point shaving scandal and was banned from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).
Roger Brown (artist) Roger Brown (1941-1997) was an American artist who was an important member of the Chicago Imagists, a group in the 1960s and 1970s who turned to representational art. His paintings are owned by many of the most important art museums in the US.
Roger Bruns Roger Bruns is an author and the former deputy director for the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States. His books have included Almost History, an anthology of historical American documents which were notable for being wrong or intentionally misleading about the subsequent course of American history, as well as biographies of Billy Graham, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Roger Bushell Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell (August 30, 1910 - March 29, 1944) was a South African born Auxiliary Air Force pilot in Britain who organized and led the famous escape from the Nazi prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft III. The escape was later used as the basis for the film The Great Escape.
Roger Caillois Roger Caillois (March 3, 1913 – December 21, 1978), was a French intellectual whose idiosyncratic work brought together literary criticism, sociology, and philosophy by focusing on subjects as diverse as gems and the sacred. He was also instrumental in introducing Latin American authors to the French public.
Roger Carel Roger Blancharel, (born August 14, 1927 in Paris, France) better known by his stage name, Roger Carel, is a French actor and voice talent, best known for his recurring film roles as Asterix and Z-6PO, or the French voice of Star Wars' C3PO.
Roger Casement Sir Roger David Casement CMG (Irish: Ruairí Mac EasmainnNa Ceannairí a cuireadh chun báis tar éis Éirí Amach 1916 — Irish government website, retrieved 12 December 2006.) (1 September, 1864 – 3 August, 1916) was an Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary and nationalist by inclination.
Roger Claessen Roger Claessen (°September 26, 1941 - +1982) was a Belgian football player who finished as the top scorer of the Belgian League with 20 goals (along with Paul Van Himst) in 1968 while playing for Standard Liège. He played 17 times with the Belgian national team between 1961 and 1968.
Roger Clapp Greenhouses The Roger Clapp Greenhouses (15,000 square feet) are greenhouses with botanical gardens on the campus of the University of Maine, Orono, Maine. The Greenhouses are open to the public without charge during business hours.
Roger Clemens William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962 in Dayton, Ohio), nicknamed "The Rocket", is one of the preeminent Major League baseball pitchers of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest pitchers of all timeGammons, Peter, "Ample living proof of Clemens' greatness", ESPN.com, May 1, 2006.
Roger Clifton Jennison Roger Clifton Jennison (18 December 1922 – 29 December 2006) worked as a radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank under the guidance of Robert Hanbury Brown. In the 1950s he developed a new observable for obtaining information about visibility phases in an interferometer when delay errors are present called the closure phase.
Roger Climpson Roger Climpson is an Australian journalist, who was the presenter of the Seven Network's Sydney news bulletin in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was also the host of Australia's Most Wanted in the early-to-mid 1990's.
Roger Clyne Roger Meade Clyne (born 1968, Tucson, Arizona) is currently the lead singer/songwriter for Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. His previous bands include The Mortals and The Refreshments, the latter of which gained national popularity in the mid 1990s.
Roger Comstock Roger Comstock is a fictional character in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle of novels. He is one of the "Golden Comstocks", a member of the Royal Society, and a key player in the events leading to the Hanoverian Succession.
Roger Conant (herpetologist) Roger Conant (May 6, 1909–December 19, 2003) was an American herpetologist, author, educator and conservationist. He was Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Zoo and Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico.
Roger Cook (songwriter) Roger Frederick Cook (born 19 August 1940, in Fishponds, Bristol, England) is a well-known songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.

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