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Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais
2-Time Emmy Award Winner and 3-Time Golden Globe Award Winner

Television

Ricky Gervais is perhaps best known for creating, writing, and acting in the British television series "The Office" (2001 - 2003). He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

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Ricky Bell
Ricky Bell
Member, New Edition and Lead Singer, Bell Biv DeVoe

Music

Ricky Bell, also known as Slick, is an American singer. He is best known as one of the founding members of R&B/pop group New Edition, and as the lead singer of Bell Biv DeVoe.

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Rickey Minor
Rickey Minor
Musical Director ajnd Bandleader

Music

Rickey Minor is best known as the musical director and bandleader on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In addition to his work as musical director for "American Idol", he served as bandleader on Fox's "Don't Forget the Lyrics!".

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Rickey "Slikk Muzik" Offord
Multi-Platinum Music Producer

Music

Rickey "Slikk Muzik" Offord is multi-platinum producer, who has worked with recording artists, such as Babyface, Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, Kirk Franklin, Jaime Foxx, Master P, Tank, and Ludacris.

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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
United States Senator (R-Penn.) (1995 - 2007)

Politics

Rick Santorum is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's third-ranking Republican from 2001 to 2007.

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Rick Ross
Rick Ross
Recording Artist

Music

Rick Ross is a rapper and entrepreneur. He founded the record label Maybach Music Group, on which he released his studio albums "Deeper Than Rap" (2009), "Teflon Don" (2010), "God Forgives, I Don't" (2012), and others.

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Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis
Actor

Film

Rick Moranis is a Canadian actor, comedian, filmmaker, and musician. He appeared in the sketch comedy series "Second City Television" (SCTV) in the 1980s and several Hollywood films, including "Ghostbusters" (1984) and "Ghostbusters II" (1989).

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Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Recording Artist

Music

Richie Havens was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He was the opening act at Woodstock.

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Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor
Emmy Award Winner and 5-Time Grammy Award Winner

Comedy

Richard Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and social critic. He was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, as well as racial epithets. He won an Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards.

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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
36th President of the United States (1953 - 1961)

Politics

Richard Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. He had previously served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Richard Marx
Richard Marx
Recording Artist

Music

Richard Marx has sold over 30 million records. He placed himself in the record books by being the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4).

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Richard Madden
Richard Madden
Golden Globe Award Winner

Television

Richard Madden is a television and film actor. In 2018, he starred in the lead role of David Budd in "Bodyguard", the United Kingdom's most-watched TV drama since 2002, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama.

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Richard Crews
Office Manager, YWCA Yonkers

Activism

Richard Crews is the Office Manager at YWCA Yonkers, located in Yonkers, New York. The members and supporters of YWCA Yonkers include women from many different faiths, ages, backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures.

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Richard Branson
Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin Group

Business

Richard Branson is an English business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. He founded the Virgin Group in the 1970s, which controls more than 400 companies in various fields.

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Rex Linn
Rex Linn
Actor

Television

Rex Linn is an American film and television actor. He played the role of Frank Tripp in the television series "CSI: Miami".

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Founder and President, Rainbow/PUSH

Politics

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia (1991 - 1997).

Collections: Black History Month

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René Moore
René Moore
Member, René & Angela

Music

René Moore is an American singer-songwriter and producer, and is more memorable musically for hits he produced with his soul co-singer Angela Winbush as part of René & Angela, including "I'll Be Good", "Save Your Love (For #1)", and "Your Smile".

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René & Angela
René & Angela
Recording Group

Music

René & Angela were an American R&B duo consisting of musical artists and producers René Moore and Angela Winbush. They formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1986. They are most remembered for their 1985 hit "I'll Be Good".

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Remy Ma
Remy Ma
Recording Artist

Music

Remy Ma is an American rapper. She was initially discovered by Big Pun, and came to prominence for her work as a member of Fat Joe's group, Terror Squad. In 2006, she released her debut studio album "There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story".

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Reina
Reina
Recording Artist

Music

Reina is an American female dance-pop singer-songwriter.

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Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin
Television Personality

Television

Regis Philbin was an American television personality and actor, known for hosting talk and game shows. Having been called "the hardest working man in show business", he holds the Guinness World Record for the most hours on United States television.

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Regina Belle
Regina Belle
Recording Artist

Music

Regina Belle is most notable for two hit duets, both with Peabo Bryson — "Without You", the love theme from the comedy film "Leonard Part 6"; and "A Whole New World", the main theme of Disney's "Aladdin", with which Belle and Bryson won a Grammy Award.

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Reggie Watts
Reggie Watts
House Band Leader, "The Late Late Show with James Corden"

Television

Reggie Watts is an American comedian, actor, beatboxer, and musician. He appeared on the IFC series "Comedy Bang! Bang!" and currently leads the house band for "The Late Late Show with James Corden".

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Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
Basketball Player

Sports

Reggie Miller is an American retired professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Indiana Pacers. Miller is widely considered the Pacers' greatest player of all-time.

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Reggie Lucas
Reggie Lucas
Member, Mtume

Music

Reggie Lucas is best known for having produced the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album, his production work with percussionist Mtume, and for playing with the Miles Davis electric band of the first half of the 1970s.

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