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Ronnie Van Zant
Ronald Wayne Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was an American lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of two other rock vocalists: current Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant, and Donnie Van Zant, the founder and vocalist of 38 Special. He was the father of Tammy Van Zant and Melody Van Zant.
Robert Jordan
James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for the "Wheel of Time" series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of several writers to have written original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are highly acclaimed to this day. Rigney also wrote historical fiction under his pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang Lung. Additionally, he ghostwrote an "international thriller" that is still believed to have been written by someone else.
Ronnie Bright
Ronald David "Ronnie" Bright (October 18, 1938 – November 26, 2015) was an American R&B and doo wop singer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was born in New York City.
Ronnie Mitchell
The character is introduced during the episode first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2007. Womack left the role in 2011, with the character departing in the episode shown on 7 July 2011. In May 2013, show bosses announced that Womack would return to "EastEnders" as Ronnie for six months. Womack returned on screen for two three-month-long stints, from 9 September 2013 to 1 January 2014 and from 3 March to 23 June 2014. She then returned full-time to screens on 25 September 2014. Womack's second stint on the show saw Ronnie involved in storylines such as killing Carl White (Daniel Coonan) in self-defence, marrying Charlie Cotton (Declan Bennett) and having a child with him, having an affair with Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood), attempting to poison Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), being stalked by Andy Flynn (Jack Derges), and remarrying Jack before drowning along with Roxy in a swimming pool.
John LaZar
John LaZar (born May 22, 1946) is an American actor of both stage and screen, best remembered for his lead role as Ronnie 'Z-man' Barzell in the Russ Meyer film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (1970), co-written by Meyer and Roger Ebert.
Ronny Coutteure
Ronny Louis Edmond Coutteure (2 July 1951 – 21 June 2000) was a Belgian actor, director, author, TV presenter and restaurateur and worked in cinema, radio, television, opera and theatre. He was a celebrity in his home country of Belgium and in France but is most famous internationally for his supporting role of Remy Baudouin, comrade-in-arms of Indiana Jones in "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles".
Ronnie Matias
Matias was born on November 29, 1983 in Tondo, Manila. He also spent most of his childhood there. He is married to his wife Jheda, and they have two children, both of whom are boys, named Rhon-j and Timothy. He is a devotee of Black Nazarene.
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish recording artist, singer/songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. He debuted in 1994 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish group Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999 and has recorded nine albums. He gained worldwide attention when his single "When You Say Nothing at All" was featured in the film "Notting Hill" and peaked at number one in several countries. As a solo artist, he has sold over 20 million records worldwide alongside the 25 million records with Boyzone, and in Australia, he is best known as a judge on "All together now" & "The X Factor" from 2010 until 2014 and a coach on "The Voice" in 2016. Keating is active in charity work and has been a charity campaigner for the Marie Keating Foundation, which raises awareness for breast cancer and is named after his mother who died from the disease in 1998.
Ronnie Bunting
Ronnie Bunting (1947/1948 – 15 October 1980) was a Protestant Irish republican and socialist activist in Ireland. He became a member of the Official IRA in the early 1970s and was a founder-member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in 1974. He became leader of the INLA in 1978 and was assassinated in 1980 at age 32.
Ronnie Johns (Louisiana politician)
Ronald Steven Johns, known as Ronnie Johns (born July 1949), is a State Farm Insurance agency owner in Sulphur, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 27 in Calcasieu Parish. He ran without opposition in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, to choose a successor to the term-limited Democratic Senator Willie Landry Mount. A former mayor of Lake Charles and an unsuccessful candidate in 2004 for the United States House of Representatives, Mount failed in her 2011 bid to be elected as the assessor of Calcasieu Parish.
Ronnie Harris (American football)
Ronnie Harris (born June 4, 1970) is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for seven seasons for the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, and Atlanta Falcons. Although he was best known for his play on special teams, Harris made a key 29 yard catch in the Falcons upset victory in the 1999 NFC Championship over the Minnesota Vikings. Since retiring from football, Ronnie has worked for Pfizer pharmaceuticals in primary care, Cardiovascular Specialty and Pain Management. Additionally Ronnie has earned a Masters of Arts in Ministry and Leadership from Western Seminary in Portland Oregon and worked in various churches as a youth pastor, associate pastor and campus pastor.
Ron Howard
In 2003, Howard was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Asteroid 12561 Howard is named after him. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries.
Howard was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, in 1954, the elder son of Jean Speegle Howard (1927–2000), an actress, and Rance Howard (1928–2017), a director, writer, and actor. He has German, English, Scottish, Irish, and Dutch ancestry. His father was born with the surname "Beckenholdt", and had taken the stage name "Howard" by 1948, for his acting career. Rance Howard was serving three years in the United States Air Force at the time of Ron's birth. The family moved to Hollywood in 1958, the year before the birth of his younger brother, Clint Howard. They rented a house on the block south of the Desilu Studios, where "The Andy Griffith Show" was later filmed. They lived in Hollywood for at least three years, before moving to Burbank.
Ronnie Bond
He was born in Andover, Hampshire, England. Bond was the original drummer with the 1960s band The Troggs, whose hits included "Wild Thing", (UK no. 2; US no. 1); "With a Girl Like You", (UK no. 1; US no. 29) and "I Can't Control Myself", (UK no. 2; US top 50), all in 1966, and "Love Is All Around" (UK no. 5; US no. 7) in 1967 (1968 in the US). The Troggs also had several smaller hits, including "Any Way That You Want Me", a UK no. 8 in January 1967, and "Night of the Long Grass" and "Give It to Me", both UK top 20 hits during 1967.
Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott OBE (born Ronald Schatt, 28 January 1927 – 23 December 1996) was an English jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner.
Ronny Johnson
Ronald "Ronny" Johnson (born November 8, 1962 in San Jose, California), is an American-Australian baseball player. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Ron van Clief
On December 16, 1994, Ron Van Clief returned to the ring to fight in the 4th Ultimate Fighting Championship, as the oldest competitor to date to fight in the UFC at the age of 51. Van Clief's sole fight in the tournament was against Brazilian jiu-jitsu exponent Royce Gracie. Gracie won the match by submission with a rear naked choke near the four-minute mark. Ron went on to serve as the commissioner of the UFC. Ron Van Clief retired from competition in 2002 after winning the All American Karate Championship at 60 years old. Ron competed in over 900 tournaments in over 40 years on the tournament circuit. Ron Van Clief retired as a 5 time world karate/kungfu champion and 15 time all American champion.
Ron Van Clief has been competing in BJJ tournaments since 2015 and still competes today. 
Van Clief is also the author and creator of a number of instructional books and video recordings. He was a member of the Screen Actors Guild for over 3 decades.Ron Van Clief's first acting job came when he was selected to star in the 1974 Hong Kong film "The Black Dragon" (aka "Super Dragon") opposite Jason Pai Piao. Some of his film roles during the 1970s were Blaxploitation films which capitalized on the then-novelty of an African-American martial artist, following in the tradition of Jim Kelly's role in "Enter the Dragon". He starred alongside Leo Fong in a Filipino action film called "Bamboo Trap" in 1975. Van Clief's film roles earned him the nickname "The Black Dragon", and the name inspired the titles of his films "The Black Dragon's Revenge" (aka "The Black Dragon Revenges the Death of Bruce Lee") (1975) and "Way of the Black Dragon" (1979). He appeared in the 1977 Italian crime film "The Squeeze" opposite Lee Van Cleef and Karen Black, and was also the fight choreographer for the 1985 film "The Last Dragon."
Ronnie Kerr
Ronnie Kerr (born Ronald George Smith III, 30 March 1974) is an American actor, best known for playing the role of Romeo in "The Army Show" and the movie "Shut up and Kiss Me" in 2010. He has also starred in many other films and been as a personal trainer to several celebrity clients. His first TV role was in "NYPD Blue" in 2001 which led to other film and TV roles.
Ronny J
Ronald Oneil Spence, Jr. (born September 14, 1992), professionally known as Ronny J (stylized as RONNY J; formerly stylized as RONNYJLI$TENUP), is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. He is best known for his production work with rappers Denzel Curry, XXXTentacion, Ski Mask the Slump God, Smokepurpp, Bhad Bhabie, Lil Pump. He has also worked with 6ix9ine, Eminem, Machine Gun Kelly, Iggy Azalea, and Kanye West.
Ronnie Dürrenmatt
Ronnie Dürrenmatt (born 30 May 1979 in Grenchen) is a Swiss slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s, specializing in the C1 class. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he finished 11th in the C1 event.
Ronnie Laws
Ronald Wayne Laws (born October 3, 1950) is an American jazz, jazz fusion, smooth jazz saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws, jazz vocalist Eloise Laws and the older brother of Debra Laws.
Ronnie Van Zant
According to former bandmate Artimus Pyle and family members, Van Zant frequently discussed his mortality. Pyle recalls a moment when Lynyrd Skynyrd was in Japan: "Ronnie and I were in Tokyo, Japan, and Ronnie told me that he would never live to see thirty and that he would go out with his boots on, in other words, on the road. I said, 'Ronnie, don't talk like that,' but the man knew his destiny." Van Zant's father, Lacy, said, "He said to me many times, 'Daddy, I'll never be 30 years old.' I said, 'Why are you talking this junk?' and he said, 'Daddy, that's my limit.'" Van Zant's father later noted that, "God was a jealous god. Taking him for reasons I don't know." Ex-bandmate Ed King also reported hearing Van Zant saying he would never live to be 30 years old, saying Van Zant said it so often that he "had gotten sick of hearing it". Lynyrd Skynyrd backup singer JoJo Billingsley recalled that Van Zant had begun referring to himself as "The Mississippi Kid" in the months before his death despite being born and raised in Florida. She noted that, eerily, Van Zant's only connection to Mississippi was the fact that he would ultimately die there.
Ronnie White (golfer)
Ronald James White (9 April 1921 – 17 December 2005) was an English amateur golfer. He was one of the leading amateur golfers of the post-World War II period. He played in five consecutive Walker Cup matches from 1947 to 1955. In the four matches from 1947 to 1953 Great Britain and Ireland won 12 and halved 3 of the 48 individual matches of which White contributed 6 wins and a half in his 8 matches, winning all his four singles matches."Note: White only played in the Amateur Championship and the Open Championship."
Ronni Kahn
Born in South Africa, Kahn moved to Israel where she lived on a kibbutz for many years before emigrating to Australia in 1998 and starting an events management business. On a vacation to South Africa, she was galvanised into action by a friend when visiting Soweto who told her that "she was responsible for electricity in Soweto". Kahn recalls that was the moment her life of purpose began. I knew I had to come back and do something meaningful for other people..." Building on her experience in corporate hospitality, she was shocked by the amount of food waste and founded OzHarvest in 2004, initially with the support of people in the restaurant and catering industries in Sydney.
Ronny Cates
Ronny Cates (born September 25, 1965) is a Christian musician, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the bassist of legendary Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.
Ron Jeremy
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953), better known by the stage name Ron Jeremy, is an American pornographic actor, filmmaker, actor, and stand-up comedian.
Granville Van Dusen
Granville Van Dusen (born March 16, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is an American stage, screen, and voice actor who portrayed Race Bannon in the 1986 television series "The New Adventures of Jonny Quest", "Jonny's Golden Quest", "Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects", and two episodes of "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest".
Jimmie Van Zant
He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of E. C. Van Zant who was the cousin of musicians Donnie, Johnny, and Ronnie Van Zant. He took the surname Kelsay from his mother, later adopting his father's name, Van Zant. He began playing guitar and piano as a child, mentored by his cousin Ronnie Van Zant, but largely gave up music until the 1977 plane crash in which Ronnie, the founder and lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, was killed. Jimmie Van Zant then took up a career playing Southern rock music, and performed at festivals and Harley Davidson shows before recording the albums "The Jimmie Van Zant Band" (1996) and "Southern Comfort" (2000). He toured widely with his band, performing over 200 shows each year, and released a third album, "Feels Like Freedom", in 2012.
Ron Slenzak
Ron Slenzak (January 29, 1948–) is an American photographer, best known for photographing record album covers. Some of the album covers that he has photographed include "Spitfire" (Jefferson Starship), "Huey Lewis and the News" (their self-titled debut album), "It Must Be Magic" (Teena Marie), "Dreams" (Grace Slick), "Throwin' Down" (Rick James) and "Beat Street" (Prism).
Ronnie van Hout
Major solo shows
Jani Lane
Lane was born John Kennedy Oswald (later changed to John Patrick Oswald), on February 1, 1964 in Akron, Ohio. The youngest of Eileen and Robert Oswald's five children, John grew up just east of Akron in Brimfield, along with his older brother (Eric) and 3 older sisters (Marcine, Michelle and Victoria). Eric was an accomplished guitarist and Lane himself learned to play drums, guitar and piano by ear at age 6 with his guidance from his brother Eric teaching, and participating with him. Lane grew up listening to Cleveland rock station WMMS (100.7 FM, "The Buzzard"), and was introduced to all types of bands and music by his brother, Eric. With his brother's connections in the music scene along with his parents Bob and Eileen's aid, he quickly made a name for himself at a very young age. Lane played drums under the name "Mitch Dynamite" in clubs by age 11, again with the prompting of his brother and parents a local band "Pokerface", he " sat in playing the drums and that started his climb to bigger and better things known as ("Mitch Dynamite" ) ! He is listed as the drummer in the credits for Warrant's "Latest and Greatest" CD). Throughout the years, Lane would sometimes jump behind the kit to play with his band, and he had played the drums in various formats and gigs, always enjoying "jam sessions" at home and in public with his brother and sisters as back-ups.
Arnie Zane
The second son of an Italian-Jewish family, Zane was born in the Bronx, New York on September 26, 1948. Zane graduated from Binghamton University (SUNY) with a degree in theater and art history. Not long afterward, Zane began pursuing an interest in photography. Though he is best known for being a dancer and choreographer, Zane began his career as a photographer. Zane was immensely interested in the human body, particularly its gestures, its movement, and its essence. Critic Jeffrey Green has characterized Zane’s portraits as “breaking down boundaries of race and age”. Zane's exploration of these themes is evidenced in his famous pictorials of a dancing Bill T. Jones. He met Jones, the man who would later become his lifelong partner, while visiting his Alma mater. The story goes that the 22-year-old Zane was immediately enamored of Bill T. Jones (a freshman studying dance and theater at SUNY) when he spied him across campus in 1971. During that spring semester, Zane convinced Jones to travel to Amsterdam with him and explore their burgeoning romantic relationship. After living and working together in Amsterdam, Zane and Jones eventually returned to New York City.
Dennis Van Zant
He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the seventh round (120th overall) of the 1974 NBA Draft. 
He played for the Swiss Alpines of the European Professional Basketball League during the league's only season in early 1975.
He was signed by the ABA's San Antonio Spurs in July 1975 after impressing coach Bob Bass with his ball-handling ability during the rookie camp. He was released by the Spurs in November, having played only two minutes in one game, scoring as many points.
Donnie Van Zant
Donald Newton "Donnie" Van Zant (born June 11, 1952, in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American rock vocalist/guitarist. He is best known for being a member of the band 38 Special, from its formation in 1974 until 2013. He is the middle of three sons of a truck driver. Older brother Ronnie was the original lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd; who died in a plane crash in Mississippi. Younger brother Johnny has been the lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1987; the two also perform together from time to time as the group Van Zant.
Ronnie Wells
Wells was born Veronica Burke on February 28, 1943. She came from a musical family. Among her fond recollections were the annual family gatherings at Thanksgiving and Christmas when, after dinner, the family would gather together to play the piano and sing. She was introduced to jazz when she was permitted by her parents at age 11 to attend the Howard Theater every Saturday. There she had to opportunity to see some of Jazz greats perform. She attended Howard University during 1960-1962, majoring in liberal arts. She was largely self-taught as a singer.
Ronnie Ricketts
Television
Ronnie Mann
Mann grew up in Cheltenham, England. Mann also idolised Marco Ruas and Royce Gracie as a youngster after being introduced to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mann began taking Muay Thai lessons at the age of 11 and participated in jiu-jitsu and kickboxing tournaments at the age of 13. Mann competed in his first amateur fight at the age of 16 and turned professional a year later.
In Japan, he fought under the name of Ronnie Ushiwaka, his mother's maiden name.( His Mothers Maiden Name was Promlert (THAI)
Mann's professional mixed martial arts career began in November 2003 with a win over Andy Dicks. A few months later, Mann made his Shooto debut, at "Shooto Holland" where he won via triangle choke after 56 seconds. Staying in Holland, Mann won a further fight, knocking his opponent out in under two minutes. Mann then recorded five successive submission victories.
Ronnie Davis
Born in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, Davis started his singing career by entering local talent contests in the early 1960s. He formed a group called The Westmorlites, but his big break came in 1969 when he was asked to join The Tennors by the group's director Clive Murphy, to replace the recently deceased Maurice Johnson. Davis recorded a string of singles with the group during the late 1960s and early 1970s, but always yearned for a solo career, and had first chart-topping tune, "Won't You Come Home", for producer Lloyd Campbell in 1975. Davis also recorded a lot of material with Bunny Lee (much of which was included on the misleadingly-titled "Sing Hits From Studio 1 And More" in 1998), who produced his 1977 solo album "Hard Times". Davis also worked with other producers such as Phil Pratt, Lloydie Slim, and Lee "Scratch" Perry, and enjoyed several hits during the mid-1970s, such as "Jah Jah Jehovah", "Forget Me Now", "On and On", "Babylon Falling", "Fancy Make Up", and one of his best-known solo tracks, "It's Raining". Davis also cut a few singles under the pseudonym Romey Pickett. A single titled "In a Dis Ya Time" featuring the "Won't You Come Home" rhythm with vocals re-cut by Keith Porter with vocal harmonies by Davis, was initially credited to Keith and Ronnie, but recognizing the popularity of vocal trios, with the addition of a third vocalist, Lloyd Ricketts, the song was re-released, credited to The Itals, and proved to be one of the year's best-selling singles in Jamaica.
Tim Vanni
Timothy ("Tim") Mark Vanni (born February 2, 1961 in Van Nuys, California) is a two-time U.S. Olympic wrestler. He finished fourth in the '88 Games in Seoul and fifth in the '92 Games in Barcelona. Vanni also has six world championships placings and five U.S. national titles.
Ronnie Leitch
Ronnie Luke Leitch (19 October 1953 – 1 October 2018), better known as Ronni Leitch and Thattaya, was a Sri Lankan actor, comedian, singer, presenter and a social activist. Largely popularized as a comedian, Leitch was a singer, having gained fame for singing over 350 songs. His most notable songs include ""Thattaya"" and ""Kauda Bole Alice"".
Van Zant
Van Zant is an American musical duo composed of brothers Donnie Van Zant and Johnny Van Zant. Both are brothers of the late Ronnie Van Zant, former lead singer for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Johnny became the lead vocalist for the reunited Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987, and Donnie was also the leader and vocalist of .38 Special.
Ronnie de Mel
Ronald Joseph Godfrey de Mel, CCS (Sinhala: රොනි ද මැල්) (known as "Ronnie de Mel") is a Sri Lankan politician, Born: 11 April 1925. civil servant and Senior Adviser to President. He was Cabinet Minister of Finance from 1977 to 1988 United National Party governmrnt and was instrumental in the establishment of the free market economy in Sri Lanka. He was a Member of Parliament from the Matara District in the Parliament of Sri Lanka until 2004.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The band re-formed in 1987 for a reunion tour with Ronnie's brother, Johnny Van Zant, as its lead vocalist. Lynyrd Skynyrd continues to tour and record with co-founder Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, and Rickey Medlocke, who first wrote and recorded with the band from 1971 to 1972 before his return in 1996. Artimus Pyle remains active in music, but no longer tours or records with the band. Michael Cartellone has recorded and toured with the band since 1999.
Ronnie Thomas
Ronald Darrell "Ronnie" Thomas (born March 8, 1955) is a retired NASCAR driver who drove in the Winston Cup series from 1977 to 1989 and the Busch Series in 1982 and 1985. He was the 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year, edging out Roger Hamby in a race that went down to the wire at the Los Angeles Times 500. Thomas's father, Jabe Thomas was also a NASCAR driver. In 1980, his best season he finished 14th in the points in the No. 25 Stone's Cafeteria car. He led a career total of four laps in Winston Cup competition.
Ronnie Bedford
Ronnie Bedford (June 2, 1931 – December 20, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and professor. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bedford was one of the founders of the Yellowstone Jazz Festival held annually in Cody, Wyoming, and was the recipient of the 1993 Wyoming Governor's Award for the Arts. In 1993 he released a self-published CD, "Tour de West". He later produced three more albums for Progressive Records. Bedford lived in Powell, Wyoming and taught percussion at Northwest College.With Arnett Cobb
With Chris Connor
With Buddy DeFranco
With Don Friedman
With Hank Jones
With Rod Levitt
With Pee Wee Russell
With Derek Smith
With Chuck Wayne
Ronnie Woo
Ronnie Woo (born March 1, 1985) is an American chef, television personality, and former model, best known for his cooking reality show, "Food to Get You Laid", and his appearances on other television shows. In "Food to Get You Laid", Woo coaches people in their homes on how to cook meals in their kitchen using ingredients they already have.
Ronnie Van Zant
"The All-Night Bus Ride", the 8th episode of Season 1 of the Showtime series "Roadies", was made in honor of Van Zant and the band.
Ron Yary
Anthony Ronald Yary was born in Chicago and attended Cerritos College in the fall semester of 1964. He then in the spring semester of (1965) transferred to the University of Southern California, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. As a sophomore in 1965, Yary was voted the Pac-8 defensive lineman of the year and All-West Coast for his play at defensive tackle. As a junior, he was moved to the offensive line where he was a consensus All-American as a junior in 1966 and a unanimous All-American choice in 1967, his senior year. He was the 1967 winner of both the Outland Trophy and the Knute Rockne Award, awards that annually go to the nation's top collegiate lineman. Yary was the first USC Trojan to win the Outland. In Yary's senior year of 1967 the Trojans won the NCAA football national championship under Coach John McKay. During Yary's three seasons, the Trojans compiled a 24-7-1 record. In 1987 Yary was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on December 30, 2012 representing USC.
John Rennie (cricketer)
John Alexander Rennie (born July 29, 1970, Masvingo) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 44 ODIs from 1993 to 2000. He used to wear prescription spectacles. 
As a fast-medium swing bowler, selected mainly for one-day matches, he always played with the utmost heart and enthusiasm, and often took early wickets for Zimbabwe. He was also a useful batsman and good fielder. He was never selected for any of the national age-group teams, and it took him some years to become a regular in his school first team, but he progressed steadily through club cricket to the national side. Born in Masvingo, he grew up in Harare but later moved to Matabeleland for business reasons. Business and family pressures, as well as disillusionment with the situation in Zimbabwe cricket, eventually caused him to fade out of the game in about 2002.
Arnie Zane
Arnie Zane (September 26, 1948 – March 30, 1988) was an American photographer, choreographer, and dancer. He is best known as the co-founder and co-artistic director of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
Ron Johnson (businessman)
Ron Johnson (born October 15, 1959) is the former chief executive officer of J. C. Penney. He was responsible for an expensive and ill-conceived rebrand of J. C. Penney, which led to company shares declining 51% and his firing in 2013. Previously, he was the senior vice president of retail operations at Apple Inc., where he pioneered the concept of the Apple Retail Stores and the Genius Bar, and the vice president of merchandising for Target Corporation, where he was credited for making the store "hip." He is currently the head of Enjoy, a startup company and he serves on the Board of Directors for Globality Inc.,a start-up company based in Menlo Park, CA.
Ronnie Murphy
Ronald T. "Ronnie" Murphy (born July 29, 1964) is a retired American basketball player who was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round (17th overall) of the 1987 NBA Draft. A 6'5" and 225 lb small forward born in Dover, Delaware, Murphy played in only one NBA season with the Blazers, appearing in 18 games and averaging 2.0 points and 0.6 rebounds per game. He played collegiately at Jacksonville University.
Ronnie Von
Ronaldo Nogueira (born July 17, 1944), better known as Ronnie Von, is a Brazilian singer, businessman and TV show host.
Ronnie Scott
Scott began playing in small jazz clubs at the age of 16, his claim to fame then being that he was taught to play by "Vera Lynn's father-in-law!". Scott toured with trumpeter Johnny Claes from 1944 to 1945, and with Ted Heath in 1946. He also worked with Ambrose, Cab Kaye and Tito Burns. Scott was involved in the short-lived musicians' co-operative Club Eleven band and club (1948–50), with Johnny Dankworth and others. He was a member of the generation of British musicians who worked on the Cunard liner "Queen Mary" (intermittently from 1946 to around 1950) in order to visit New York City and hear the new jazz music that was emerging directly. Scott was among the earliest British musicians to be influenced in his playing style by Charlie Parker and other bebop musicians.
Ronnie Leahy
Ronald 'Ronnie' Leahy (born 4 October 1947, in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland) is a keyboard player best known for his work with Jack Bruce, Jon Anderson, Steve Howe on his second solo album and Nazareth (1998–2002, when Leahy retired from touring). He first gained recognition as keyboardist in the second line-up of Scottish band Stone the Crows. He also played in White Trash with whom he published 4 singles in 1969. This band was formed by Fraser Watson on guitar, Ian McMillan on bass and voals, Ronnie Leahy on keyboards and drummer Timi Donald.
Ronnie McNeir
McNeir was born in Camden, Alabama. As a solo artist, he recorded for the De-to, RCA, Prodigal, Motown, Capitol, Expansion and Motor City labels, recording his first song when he was seventeen. His friendship with Kim Weston, for whom he was musical director, led to his recording for RCA, then for moonlighting Motown Vice-President Barney Ales, the owner of the Prodigal label. When Ales went back to Motown, McNair became a Motown artist, recording the 1976 album "Love's Comin' Down". He would later duet with Teena Marie on the song "We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This" from her 1984 Epic album, "Starchild" and serve as the musical director for The Four Tops for several years. He became an official member of the Tops in 1999 when lead singer Levi Stubbs was too ill to continue singing with the group.
He has been with the group ever since. He also was nominated for a Grammy in the Gospel Music category in 1981 for his collaboration with Rance Allen and in 2007, he released "Ronnie Mac & Company," which features collaborations with Kirk Whalum, Kathy Lamar and fellow Four Top Theo Peoples. Throughout his career, Ronnie has also worked with Bobby Womack, David Ruffin, Smokey Robinson, Angela Winbush, the Whispers, Carrie Lucas and Eddie Kendricks.
Ronnie Hilton
Ronnie Hilton (26 January 1926 – 21 February 2001) was an English singer and radio presenter. According to his obituary in "The Guardian" newspaper, "For a time Hilton was a star – strictly for home consumption – with nine Top 20 hits between 1954 and 1957, that transitional era between 78 and 45rpm records. A quarter of a century later he became the voice of BBC Radio 2's "Sounds of the Fifties" series".
Ronald Harkai
Ronald Harkai (born May 26, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio), often known by the nickname Ronnie, is a musician best known as the drummer on the top-five single “Time Won’t Let Me,” by Cleveland-based rock band The Outsiders.
Ronnie Singer
Ronnie Singer (June 9, 1928 – September 12, 1953) was an American jazz guitarist from Chicago. Singer was influential on other jazz musicians, and was considered “just as good as Jimmy Raney", according to Jimmy Gourley who played with both guitarists in Chicago. He was heavily addicted to heroin. At the age of 25, he and his wife committed suicide together in a New York City hotel room. According to Lou Levy, Singer "was one of the great losses... He would have been one of the all-time greats."
Rowin van Zaanen
Rowin van Zaanen (born September 18, 1984 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch footballer, who currently plays for the Cincinnati Dutch Lions in the USL PDL. He formerly played for FC Volendam, Willem II, Kozakken Boys, Fortuna Sittard and Almere City. In 2015, he played for Achilles Veen.
Manny Roth
In the early 1960s, Cafe Wha? provided a stage for amateur acts such as Bob Dylan and Bill Cosby. David Lee Roth, best known as the lead vocalist for the band Van Halen, is his nephew. Some biographical information, as well as several of Manny's stories, are chronicled in "Crazy From The Heat", an autobiography written by David. Manny was David's first guest on "The David Lee Roth Show", a morning drive CBS Radio program which premiered January 3, 2006. He told first person accounts of meeting Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, Bob Dylan, and Bill Cosby, among others. Roth was born on November 25, 1919, in New Castle, Indiana.
Ronnie Burkett
Ronnie Burkett was born June 10, 1957, in Lethbridge, Alberta and spent his formative years in Medicine Hat. At age seven, he became fascinated with puppets after reading an article in the World Book Encyclopedia. After seeing Bil Baird's puppets in "The Lonely Goatherd" scene in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, Burkett was determined to become a puppeteer. He claims his first "real" show was a hand puppet musical titled "The Patchwork Girl of Oz," which he wrote and began touring at age 14. He attended Medicine Hat College for a year and was awarded a theatre scholarship to Brigham Young University in Utah but left after a semester to pursue his career.
Ronnie Van Zant Memorial Park
The Ronnie Van Zant Memorial Park is a public memorial park located in Lake Asbury, Clay County, Florida. The park was built in memory of Ronnie Van Zant, vocalist of Southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, who died along with numerous other band members and crew in a 1977 plane crash. The park was funded by fans and family of the band, and features a number of facilities including tennis courts, fishing ponds, a disc golf course and picnic areas, among other amenities.
List of Big Brother 11 (U.S. season) houseguests
Ronnie Talbott (b. January 15, 1979) is a married man from Belpre, Ohio. He is obsessed with video games and plays for more than six hours a day. He is also described as an extreme "Big Brother" fanatic who can recite the eviction order of every HouseGuest in the history of the show. Ronnie lied several times, playing both sides of the house which led to the entire house singling him out. He was evicted on the eviction show on August 6, 2009 (Day 33 in the Big Brother house) with a vote of 4-3. He's best known for dressing up as Princess Leia during one of the competitions, and saying that Michele was the worst person he had ever met and that he saw no good in her, though he later apologized for saying this in the finale. Today, Ronnie is a regular contributor to RTVZone.com.
Bernie West
Born on May 30, 1918, in the Bronx as Bernard Wessler, to Russian-Jewish immigrants; he earned his undergraduate degree from Baruch College, earning a Bachelor of Business Science in advertising. West worked as a nightclub comedian, and performed on tour with the U.S.O. in the Pacific Theatre after being rejected from the military based on medical issues. As part of the comedy duo Ross & West, he toured the hotel circuit in the Catskills and Poconos with Ross Martin, quipping, "Everything we did may not have been original, but what we stole was good!" After Martin left, he was replaced by Mickey Ross, a college friend of West's who changed his name from Isadore Rovinsky so that the comedy duo could retain the Ross & West name.
Ronnie Free
Ronnie Free (born Ronald Guy Free on January 15, 1936, in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American jazz drummer. His recording credits date back to the 1950s and he has collaborated with many notable jazz musicians including pianists Mose Allison, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Clark, and bandleader Woody Herman.
DJ Zany
Raoul van Grinsven (known more commonly as DJ Zany or Zany; born 11 May 1974) is a disc jockey and former member of "Shadowlands Terrorists", now specialising in hardstyle. He is currently the owner of Fusion Records.
Robert Ozn
Robert Ozn (born Robert M. Rosen, New York City), records under the name DaDa NaDa; Broadway credits as Robert Rosen; personal nickname OZN, (pronounced "OH-zen") is a recording artist, screenwriter, producer and Broadway actor, being the vocal half of '80s synthpop duo EBN-OZN; his solo act, Dada Nada; and for his later work as co-producer and co-writer with Colin Greene of the award-winning, human rights-themed feature film "I Witness" starring Jeff Daniels, James Spader and Portia de Rossi.
Ronnie Verrell
Ronnie Verrell was born on 21 February 1926 in Rochester, Kent in England. Initially he showed little interest in music until he saw The Benny Goodman Quartet perform in a film, "Hollywood Hotel" in 1938. Verrell was so impressed by what he saw, he stayed to watch the film a second time. He wanted to be a drummer and taught himself how to play after only one lesson. In 1940, after the outbreak of World War II, the 14-year-old Verrel was evacuated to Porthcawl in South Wales, where he made his first public appearances drumming with local bands in the area. He returned to Kent in 1943 and worked professionally for a while with the Claude Giddins band, before being conscripted to work as a Bevin Boy in the coal mines for the remainder of the war.
Ronnie Dunn
Ronnie Gene Dunn (born June 1, 1953) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record executive. In 2011, Dunn began working as a solo artist following the breakup of Brooks & Dunn. He released his self-titled debut album for Arista Nashville on June 7, 2011, reaching the Top 10 with its lead-off single "Bleed Red". In 2013, after leaving Arista Nashville in 2012, Dunn founded Little Will-E Records. On April 8, 2014, Ronnie Dunn released his second solo album, "Peace, Love, and Country Music" through his own Little Will-E Records. On November 11, 2016, he released his third album "Tattooed Heart" on NASH Icon label.
Robert Van Horne
Robert Van Horne (born April 23, 1948) is an American composer and concert pianist. One of the most influential jazz pianist teachers during his musical training was George Shearing.
Ronnie Lang
Ronnie Lang (sometimes spelled Ronny; born July 24, 1929) is an American jazz alto saxophonist. His professional début was with Hoagy Carmichael's Teenagers. He also played with Earle Spencer (1946), Ike Carpenter, and Skinnay Ennis (1947). Lang gained attention during his two tenures with Les Brown's Orchestra (1949–50 and 1953–56). He recorded with the Dave Pell Octet in the mid-1950s. During this time he attended Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences studying music and woodwinds. In 1958 he became a prolific studio musician in Los Angeles, often employed by Henry Mancini. Lang also recorded with Pete Rugolo (1956), Bob Thiele (1975), and Peggy Lee (1975).
Ronnie Boon
Ronald Winston "Ronnie" Boon (11 June 1909 – 3 August 1998) was an international rugby union wing for Wales who played club rugby for Cardiff. Boon possessed a tremendous self-confidence in his own ability and this was reflected in his nickname "Cocky". Boon was a quick runner, representing Wales at the 220-yard sprint, and was an excellent drop kicker. He is best known in Welsh rugby as the man who scored all seven points in 1933 against England to end the 'Twickenham bogey', and along with Jack Morley is seen as one of the greatest Welsh wings since the country's first Golden Era of rugby.
Ronnie Weiser
In Milan, Ronny discovered American rock'n'roll and rockabilly watching an Elvis Presley film, "Loving You". Upon immigrating to the United States in the 1960s, he published a rockabilly fanzine called Rollin' Rock, which evolved into full-fledged record label Rollin' Rock. In 1970, Rollin' Rock started reissuing 1950s recordings, and eventually recorded and released new recordings by 1950s artists such as Ray Campi, Mac Curtis, Gene Vincent, Alvis Wayne, Charlie Feathers, Johnny Carroll, Bill Haley's Comets, Narvel Felts and contemporary rockabilly artists such as The Blasters during the 1970s and 1980s.
Ron Watts
Ronny Watts (born May 21, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player.
Ronnie Van Zant
Alt country band Drive-By Truckers also paid tribute to Ronnie and members of the original band on their "Southern Rock Opera" album.
Ron McCartney
Ronnie L. McCartney (born July 20, 1954 in Charleston, West Virginia) is a former American football linebacker. After playing college football as a defensive end at the University of Tennessee, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams with the 53rd pick of the 2nd round of the 1976 NFL Draft. He spent the entire 1976 season with the Rams on the injured reserve list. After the Rams waived him before the 1977 season, he was picked up by the Falcons. He spent three seasons as a linebacker for the Falcons, playing in 45 games from 1977 through 1979. He recovered four fumbles during his career. The Falcons cut him before the 1980 season. His son is American Ninja Warrior competitor Grant McCartney. His son completed the course in Venice in March 24, 2017.
Ronnie Davis (drag racer)
Ronnie Davis (born March 27, 1950 in Moundville, Alabama, died April 10, 2016), nicknamed "Ronnie the King", was an American drag racer from Suwanee, Georgia, who was a five-time American Hot-Rod Association world champion and Professional Drag Racing champion.
Ronnie Grandison
Ron Calvin "Ronnie" Grandison (born July 6, 1964) is a former basketball player, who attended University of California, Irvine and University of New Orleans. He was selected in the 5th round of the 1987 NBA draft, 100th pick overall, by the Denver Nuggets.
Ronnie Lane
Ronald Frederick "Ronnie" Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician, songwriter, and producer who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands: Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73). With Small Faces he was nicknamed "Plonk". After their breakup, reorganisation and Lane's losing the band's frontman slot to Rod Stewart, he earned the nickname "Three-Piece".
Rittz
Jonathan McCollum (born August 16, 1980), better known by his stage name Rittz, is an American rapper. He was previously signed to Tech N9ne's Strange Music label. His debut album "The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant" was released on April 30, 2013.
Ronnie Duane
Ronald Duane (birth registered second ¼ 1963), also known by the nicknames of "Ronnie", and "Rhino", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 817), Oldham and Rochdale Hornets as a , or , i.e. number 3 or 4, or, 11 or 12.
Ronnie Aldrich
Ronald Frank "Ronnie" Aldrich (15 February 1916 - 30 September 1993) was a British easy listening and jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer. The only son of a store manager, he was three years old when he started playing the piano. He was educated at the Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, and taught violin at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before the Second World War, Aldrich went to India to play jazz and first gained fame in the 1940s as leader of the Squadronaires, up until their disbanding in 1964.
Ronnie Scott
Scott is perhaps best remembered for co-founding, with former tenor sax player Pete King, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, which opened on 30 October 1959 in a basement at 39 Gerrard Street in London's Soho district, with the debut of a young alto sax player named Peter King (no relation), before later moving to a larger venue nearby at 47 Frith Street in 1965. The original venue continued in operation as the "Old Place" until the lease ran out in 1967, and was used for performances by the up-and-coming generation of domestic musicians.
Renger van der Zande
Renger van der Zande (born 16 February 1986 in Dodewaard, Gelderland) is a Dutch race-car driver. He is the son of the 1978 National Dutch Rallycross Champion with VW Golf Mk1 1600, the Psychologist Ronald van der Zande. In 2016, van der Zande won his first major sports car championship with co-driver Alex Popow and Starworks Motorsport in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC Class. Renger resides in Amsterdam with his partner Carlijn and their daughter.
Ronnie Cord
Ronnie Cord, born Ronald Cordovil, (Manhuaçu, January 22, 1943 - São Paulo, January 6, 1986) was a Brazilian singer. Son of conductor and composer Hervé Cordovil, he already played guitar at age six. In 1959 he auditioned for Copacabana Records, in Rio de Janeiro. In 1960, the following year, he made his first recording, released on long-playing records that brought together several other singers. His biggest hit was the song "Rua Augusta", released by RCA Victor in 1963. In 1965, he was very successful with a version of "Hopscotch Polka Dot Bikini" recorded at RCA Victor in 1964. He died in 1986, leaving three children.
Janus van der Zande
Janus van der Zande (16 September 1924 – 7 August 2016) was a Dutch marathon runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Halsteren.
Jaan Uhelszki
She traveled with Lynyrd Skynyrd for a feature article about their second-to-last tour, and was captivated by the late Ronnie Van Zant's spirit, although he told her that he didn’t expect to live to see thirty. He would die in a tragic plane crash a year and a half later.
Van Zant
Initially a Southern rock band, Van Zant first recorded in the 1980s on Geffen Records before disbanding. Johnny and Donnie re-established Van Zant in 1998 to record two albums for CMC International, switching their focus to country music in 2005, with two more albums on Columbia Records as a duo. The duo's first Columbia album, "Get Right with the Man", produced a Top Ten country hit in "Help Somebody."
Ron Fawcett
Ron Fawcett (born 6 May 1955) is an English rock climber. He is noted for being amongst the outstanding rock climbers of the 1970s and 1980s, and for being one of the first professional rock climbers.
Bob Zany
Bob Zany (born Robert Earl Tetreault; September 11, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian. He is known for performing with his trademark cigar on stage. According to an article found on his web page, he "stuff[s] a cigar into a plastic bag with a couple of Bob Zany original postcards and charge[s] five bucks for the package. [He] call[s] it the Bob Zany Fun Kit."
Zanies Comedy Club
Rick Uchwat was born in Austria in 1947. At 4 years old he came to Chicago through refugee camps and Ellis Island. His father was imprisoned by the Nazies during World War II and was held in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. He attended DePaul University for a short time until eventually joining the US Marines. In 1968, Uchwat was sent to Vietnam and was badly injured during the Tet Offensive. Uchwat married Barbara Monahan in 1977. At the age of 64, May 12, 2011, Uchwat died after a battle with lung cancer.
Roni Size
Roni Size (born Ryan Owen Granville Williams, 29 October 1969 in Bristol) is a British record producer and DJ, who came to prominence in 1997 as the founder and leader of Reprazent, a drum and bass collective. That year they won the Mercury Prize for their album "New Forms".
Ronny Naftaniel
Ronny Naftaniel is the son of a German Jew who had survived the Holocaust in the Netherlands after already having fled Nazi Germany in the aftermath of Kristallnacht in 1938. Naftaniel's father was immediately interned in Westerbork - in 1938 a refugee camp where Jews from Germany who had fled Nazi Germany were brought to - after crossing the border with the Netherlands. During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, he succeeded in preventing his own deportation to the death camps in occupied Poland. He was liberated by Canadian forces in 1945 while still being held in Westerbork, which had been transformed into a transit camp for more than 100,000 Dutch Jews to Auschwitz, Sobibor, Bergen-Belsen and Theresienstadt by the Nazis.
Ronnie Weiser
Ronny Weiser (born 1946 in Milan, Italy), also known as Rockin' Ronny Weiser, is an American record producer and founder of rockabilly record label Rollin' Rock.
Ronnie Ghent
Ronnie Jerome Ghent (born January 5, 1980) is a former American football fullback and former head coach of the Central Florida Jaguars of American Indoor Football (AIF). He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Louisville.
Ronnie Von
Ronnie became known in the 1960s associated with Brazilian rock, and since 2004 presents currently between Mondays and Fridays the TV night show "Todo Seu" (Portuguese for ""All Yours"") on TV Gazeta.
Ron Fortier
Ron Fortier (born November 5, 1946) is an American author, primarily known for his Green Hornet and The Terminator comic books and his revival of the pulp hero, Captain Hazzard. Early in his career he also wrote short stories and co-authored two novels for TSR.
Niels van der Zwan
Cornelis Pieter "Niels" van der Zwan (born 25 June 1967 in Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland) is a former rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the gold medal with the "Holland Acht" (Holland Eights). He also competed at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
Ronnie Earl
1979-1988
Ronnie Bond
Ronnie Bond (born Ronald James Bullis, 4 May 1940 – 13 November 1992) was an English drummer, who had a solo hit single called "It's Written on Your Body", released on Mercury Records. It entered the UK Singles Chart on May 31, 1980. It remained in the charts for five weeks, reaching no. 52.
Ronnie Van Zant
Van Zant had several run-ins with the law, most notably in 1975, when he was arrested for hurling a table out of a second-story hotel room window.