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Randwick Racecourse

Randwick Racecourse (Royal Randwick), Sydney thoroughbred racing venue since 1833, ATC headquarters, home of The Championships and the $20 million TAB Everest, with 20 Group 1 races yearly.

Randwijk

Randwijk is a village in Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands, on the Rhine's south bank, also known as Rinwick, site of a hypothetical Roman limes fort never confirmed by excavation.

Randy

Randy, known as Nota Loca, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer who forms one half of the duo Jowell & Randy, active since the early 2000s.

Randy Arozarena

Randy Arozarena (born 1995, Cuba) is an MLB outfielder for the Seattle Mariners who set 2020 postseason records (29 hits, 10 home runs), won 2021 AL Rookie of the Year, and represents Mexico internationally.

Randy Babbitt

Randy Babbitt, born Jerome Randolph Babbitt in 1946, is an American aviation official who led the Air Line Pilots Association and served as FAA Administrator from 2009 to 2011.

Randy Bachman

Randy Bachman (Randolph Charles Bachman, born 1943, Winnipeg), Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter who founded The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive, wrote "American Woman" and "Takin' Care of Business", and hosted CBC's Vinyl Tap.

Randy Blythe

Randy Blythe (David Randall Blythe) is an American singer and lyricist, best known as frontman of the Richmond, Virginia groove metal band Lamb of God, which he joined in 1995.

Randy Brooks (actor)

Randy Brooks (Frederick Randolph Brooks), American actor born 1950 in New York City; played Holdaway in Reservoir Dogs, Ron Delaney in Colors, and Nathan Hastings on The Young and the Restless; not the bandleader or Rand Brooks.

Randy Brown (fighter)

Randy "Rudeboy" Brown (Randall Joseph Brown, born 1990) is a Jamaican UFC welterweight from Queens, New York, 20-8 pro, 14-8 in the UFC, signed via Dana White: Lookin' For A Fight.

Randy California

Randy California (Randy Craig Wolfe, 1951-1997), American guitarist who founded and led psychedelic rock band Spirit; nicknamed by Jimi Hendrix in 1966; wrote "Taurus" and "Nature's Way"; died saving his son off Molokai.

Randy Castillo

Randy Castillo (Randolph Frank Castillo, 1950–2002), Albuquerque-born rock drummer, longest-serving drummer for Ozzy Osbourne and Mötley Crüe drummer on New Tattoo; died of squamous cell carcinoma in 2002.

Randy Chin

Vincent "Randy" Chin (1937–2003) was a Jamaican record producer who founded Randy's Records and Studio 17 in Kingston, later cofounding VP Records in New York.

Randy Couture

Randy Couture, "The Natural" and "Captain America", American retired MMA fighter, Army sergeant, and Greco-Roman wrestler; six-time UFC champion in heavyweight and light heavyweight, UFC Hall of Fame 2006, Expendables actor.

Randy Crane

Randy Crane, born 1965, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas since 2002, appointed by George W. Bush.

Randy Crawford

Randy Crawford (Veronica Crawford, born 1952, Macon, Georgia) is an American jazz and soul singer, voice of the Crusaders' 1979 hit "Street Life" and "One Day I'll Fly Away", Brit Award winner 1982, two Grammy nominations, retired 2018.

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Disney XD animated series by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas (2012–2015, 100 episodes), about a freshman ninja protecting Norrisville from an 800-year-old Sorcerer, voiced by Ben Schwartz; produced by Titmouse and Boulder Media, now on Disney+.

Randy D. Blakely

Randy D. Blakely, also known as Randy Blakely, is an American molecular neuroscientist at Florida Atlantic University who cloned the serotonin and norepinephrine transporters targeted by antidepressants.

Randy D. Gascoyne

Randy D. Gascoyne is a lymphoma pathologist and clinician scientist at the BC Cancer Agency in British Columbia, known for research on lymphoma diagnosis, prognosis, and genomics.

Randy Dobnak

Randy Travis William Dobnak (born 1995) is an MLB right-handed pitcher, Kansas City Royals, formerly Twins; undrafted D-II Alderson Broaddus, ex-Utica Unicorns independent leaguer and 4.99-rated Uber driver, 2019 ALDS starter.

Randy Edelman

Randy Edelman (born 1947, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American film composer and songwriter known for The Last of the Mohicans, Gettysburg, Dragonheart, MacGyver, "Weekend in New England," an Emmy for NBC Olympics music, and BMI's 2003 Richard Kirk Award.

Randy Ewoldt

Randy H. Ewoldt is an American rheologist and Alexander Rankin Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, known for measures of nonlinear viscoelasticity and a 2014 PECASE award.

Randy Feenstra

Randy Feenstra is an American Republican politician who has represented Iowa's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House since 2021, serving on the Ways and Means and Agriculture committees.

Randy Feltface

Randy Feltface is a purple felt puppet stand-up comedian created in 2003 by Australian puppeteer Heath McIvor, formerly of the Sammy J and Randy duo (Barry Award 2010), known for solo specials like Randy Writes a Novel and NBC's Bring The Funny.

Randy Fenoli

Randy Fenoli, American bridal designer and star of TLC's Say Yes to the Dress (host since 2007), former Kleinfeld fashion director, FIT graduate, founder of Randy Fenoli Bridal (debuted 2017), two-time DEBI award winner, author of It's All About the Dress (2011).

Randy Fine

Randy Fine, born in 1974, is an American Republican politician representing Florida's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House since 2025, after serving in the Florida legislature.

Randy Gardner sleep deprivation experiment

The Randy Gardner sleep deprivation experiment kept 17-year-old Randy Gardner of San Diego awake for a record 264 hours in 1963–1964, as a school science fair project.

Randy Glein

Randy Glein is an American venture capitalist, cofounder and managing partner of DFJ Growth, an eight-time Forbes Midas List member known for investments in SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter.

Randy Gregory

Randy Gregory, NFL edge rusher drafted 60th overall by Dallas in 2015 out of Nebraska; four substance-abuse suspensions, later Broncos ($70M deal), 49ers, and Buccaneers; 72 games, 22 sacks.

Randy Harrison

Randy Harrison (Randolph Clarke Harrison), American actor born 1977 in Nashua, New Hampshire; Justin Taylor in Showtime's Queer as Folk (2000–2005); BFA from Cincinnati CCM; Broadway Wicked Boq, Cabaret Emcee, Berkshire Theatre Festival.

Randy Havens

Randy Havens (also credited Randall P. Havens), American character actor born 1977, best known as Mr. Scott Clarke on Netflix's Stranger Things; Atlanta-based, with credits in Halt and Catch Fire, Stargirl, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.