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Randy Santel
Randy Santel, stage name Atlas, is an American professional competitive eater from Missouri who began in 2010, has won over a thousand restaurant food challenges worldwide, and owns FoodChallenges.com.
Randy Savage
Randy Savage (Randall Mario Poffo, 1952–2011), the "Macho Man", was a WWE Hall of Fame wrestler with two WWE and four WCW world championships, famous for Miss Elizabeth, WrestleMania III, and Slim Jim ads.
Randy Schekman
Randy Schekman is an American cell biologist at UC Berkeley who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how vesicles transport proteins in cells.
Randy Scott
Randy Scott is an American healthcare venture capitalist, co-founder and Partner of HealthQuest Capital since 2013, known for founding NovaMin Technology, sold to GlaxoSmithKline, and investments including Avizia and Thirty Madison.
Randy Seiler
Randy Seiler (Randolph J. Seiler), 41st U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota (2015-2017), career federal prosecutor in Indian country, 2018 Democratic AG nominee, and South Dakota Democratic Party chair until his 2023 death.
Randy Shughart
Randy Shughart (Randall David Shughart, 1958–1993), Delta Force sniper and Medal of Honor recipient, died defending the Super Six Four crash site with MSG Gary Gordon at the Battle of Mogadishu, saving pilot Michael Durant.
Randy Smith (West Virginia politician)
Randy E. Smith is an American Republican politician serving since 2025 as the 51st President of the West Virginia Senate and as Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia.
Randy Spears
Randy Spears (Gregory Allan Deuschle, born 1961) is an American retired pornographic actor and director, AVN and XRCO Hall of Famer, Wicked Pictures contract star, and later ordained minister in Texas.
Randy Thornhill
Randy Thornhill is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of New Mexico, known for scorpionfly sexual selection experiments and the contested parasite-stress theory of values.
Randy Travis
Randy Travis (Randy Bruce Traywick, born 1959) is an American country singer whose 1986 album Storms of Life led the new traditionalist movement; seven Grammys, Hall of Fame 2016, 2013 stroke, 2024 AI-assisted comeback single.
Randy VanWarmer
Randy VanWarmer (Randall Edwin Van Warmer, 1955-2004), American singer-songwriter of "Just When I Needed You Most" (US No. 4, 1979), later a Nashville country songwriter with No. 1 hits for the Oak Ridge Boys and Alabama.
Randy Villegas
Randy Villegas is an American political science professor and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in California's 22nd district, facing Rep. David Valadao in 2026.
Randy Wagstaff
Randy Wagstaff, played by Maestro Harrell, is a fictional middle-school student in The Wire seasons 4-5, whose foster-care arc ends in a group home; David Simon confirmed Cheese Wagstaff is his father.
Randy Weaver
Randy Weaver, white separatist and central figure of the 1992 Ruby Ridge, Idaho standoff, in which his wife Vicki and son Samuel and a deputy U.S. marshal were killed; he was later acquitted of serious charges and the government paid a $3.1 million settlement.
Randy Weber
Randy Weber, born in 1953, is a Republican U.S. Representative for Texas's 14th congressional district since 2013, after serving in the Texas House from 2009 to 2013.
Randy White (American football)
Randy White, "The Manster" (born 1953), Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle 1975-1988, second overall pick in 1975, Super Bowl XII co-MVP with Harvey Martin, 1994 first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer.
Randy Williams
Randy Williams (Randel Lavelle Williams, born 1953) is an American long jumper, 1972 Munich Olympic champion at 8.24 m and world junior record holder at 8.34 m, and 1976 Montreal silver medalist.
Randy Zisk
Randy Zisk (Randall Zisk), American TV director, producer, and writer born 1959 in Dallas; known for Monk (35 episodes, Emmy-nominated 2005), Lois & Clark, Bones, and Mr. Monk's Last Case (2023).
Randy's Donuts
Randy's Donuts is a donut shop and roadside landmark in Inglewood, California, built in 1953 and famous for its giant rooftop doughnut, which has appeared in numerous films and TV shows.
Ranelagh
Ranelagh, Dublin 6, affluent southside Dublin village at the Triangle junction, on the Luas Green Line; 18th-century Ranelagh Gardens origin, active travel scheme, MetroLink terminus dispute.
Ranelic acid
Ranelic acid (C12H10N2O8S) is a thiophene tetracarboxylic acid whose divalent strontium salt, strontium ranelate (Protelos, Osseor), treated postmenopausal osteoporosis in the EU before 2020 withdrawal over cardiovascular risks.
Raner C. Collins
Raner C. Collins, born 1952 in Malvern, Arkansas, is a senior United States district judge of the District of Arizona, appointed by President Clinton in 1998.
Ranetki
Ranetki (Ранетки) was an all-female Russian teen pop-rock band formed in Moscow in 2005, best known for its own СТС television series and stadium-scale concerts before dissolving in 2012 or 2013.
Raney nickel
Raney nickel is a porous, hydrogen-loaded nickel catalyst made by leaching aluminum from a nickel-aluminum alloy, developed by Murray Raney in 1926 and widely used in hydrogenation.
Ranfurly Shield
Ranfurly Shield, the Log o' Wood: New Zealand provincial rugby challenge trophy donated by the Earl of Ranfurly in 1902, first held by Auckland, defended at home; current holder Counties Manukau.
Rang De (రంగ్ దే)
Rang De (రంగ్ దే), also known as Mr & Mrs. Arjun, is a 2021 Telugu romantic comedy-drama directed by Venky Atluri, starring Nithiin and Keerthy Suresh as feuding neighbors who marry, released 26 March 2021 by Sithara Entertainments.
Rang De Basanti (रंग दे बसंती)
Rang De Basanti (रंग दे बसंती), also Paint It Yellow, is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2006 Hindi drama starring Aamir Khan, in which Delhi students cast as 1930s revolutionaries turn to real activism after a friend's MiG crash; it won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film and was India's 2006 Oscar entry.
Rang Ni Song Waimai, Ni Zhaixia Gaoling Zhihua
Rang Ni Song Waimai, Ni Zhaixia Gaoling Zhihua (让你送外卖，你摘下高岭之花) is a 2025 Chinese 91-episode short drama directed by Chen Yuezhen, starring Li Yuan and Tang Yanli, about a deliveryman in a contract marriage with a CEO; streamed on Hongguo and iQiyi.
Rang Rasiya (रंग रसिया)
Rang Rasiya (रंग रसिया), also Colours of Passion, is Ketan Mehta's 2014 Hindi biopic of painter Raja Ravi Varma, starring Randeep Hooda and Nandana Sen; delayed from 2008, it flopped with ₹4.8 crore nett and has no TV serial connection.
Ranga Myneni
Ranga B. Myneni is a remote-sensing scientist who studies vegetation from satellites and has been a professor at Boston University since 1997, known for satellite evidence of high-latitude greening.