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Ross Valory
Ross Valory is an American bassist and songwriter, known for being a founding member of the rock band Journey and his solo album, All of the Above, in 2024.
Ross William Boulanger
Ross William Boulanger is an American geotechnical earthquake engineer and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Davis, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017.
Ross Wilson (football executive)
Ross Wilson, Scottish football executive; sporting director of Newcastle United (October 2025); formerly Chief Football Officer at Nottingham Forest, Sporting Director at Rangers, and Director of Football Operations at Southampton and Huddersfield Town.
Ross Worthington
Ross Worthington is an American Republican political aide serving since 2025 as Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting, after running Trump's speechwriting operation.
Ross Zafonte
Ross Zafonte is an American rehabilitation physician-scientist known for traumatic brain injury research, the textbook Brain Injury Medicine, and as principal investigator of Harvard's Football Players Health Study on former NFL players.
Ross, Islas
Ross, Islas, also searched as the Ross islands group or James Ross Island, is an archipelago in the Weddell Sea northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Ross, Tasmania
Ross, Tasmania: heritage village in the Northern Midlands on the Macquarie River, 120 km from Hobart. Founded as a garrison, named by Macquarie in 1821; known for the 1836 carved Ross Bridge, the Female Factory, and Georgian streetscape.
Rossak Planitia
Rossak Planitia, a 512-km-wide low plain (planitia) on Titan at 71°S 355°W, IAU-named in 2015 after a Dune-series planet; a SAR-dark basin interpreted as a possible former hydrocarbon sea.
Rossano
Rossano (Rossano di Vaglio), Lucanian sanctuary in Vaglio Basilicata, Italy, founded mid-4th century BC for the Oscan goddess Mefitis; federal sanctuary of the Lucanians, monumentalized in the 2nd century BC. Distinct from Rossano, the Byzantine town in Calabria.
Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi (1916–1994), Italian actor from Bologna; star of Italian 1940s cinema (Aquila nera) and Hollywood Latin lover roles in South Pacific, Summertime, The Barefoot Contessa.
Rossano Galtarossa
Rossano Galtarossa (born 1972, Padua) is an Italian rower, Olympic gold medalist in the quadruple sculls at Sydney 2000, four-time Olympic medalist, four-time world champion in the Golden Quad, and president of the Italian Rowing Federation since 2026.
Rossano Gospels
The Rossano Gospels, also known as the Codex Purpureus Rossanensis, is a sixth-century Greek illuminated Gospel book on purple vellum, kept in Rossano, Calabria, and listed by UNESCO in 2015.
Rossby (Martian crater)
Rossby is an impact crater on Mars, 82.50 km in diameter and centered at 47.56° south latitude, named in 1973 for Swedish-American meteorologist Carl-Gustaf Rossby.
Rossby number
The Rossby number, named for meteorologist Carl-Gustaf Rossby, is a dimensionless ratio of inertial to Coriolis forces in a rotating fluid, fundamental to geophysical fluid dynamics.
Rossby wave
A Rossby wave, also called a planetary wave, is a large-scale westward-propagating oscillation in rotating fluids like Earth's ocean and atmosphere, predicted by meteorologist Carl-Gustaf Rossby in the 1930s.
Rossby waves
Rossby waves, also called planetary waves, are large-scale wave disturbances in Earth's atmosphere and ocean, identified by Carl-Gustaf Rossby in 1940, that shape the jet stream and drive persistent weather patterns.
Rossella Fiamingo
Rossella Fiamingo, Italian épée fencer born 1991 in Catania; two-time individual world champion (2014, 2015); Olympic silver Rio 2016, bronze Tokyo 2020, team gold Paris 2024; flagbearer at Paris 2024 closing.
Rossella Giordano
Rossella Giordano (born 1972, Asti) is an Italian race walker, fifth in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic 10 km walk, eleventh at Athens 2004, three-time Universiade silver medallist, and former Italian 20,000 m track record holder.
Rosseti
Rosseti (ПАО «Россети») is a Russian state-controlled electric grid holding, created in 2002, that manages 2.5 million kilometers of lines and transmits about 80% of Russia's electricity.
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) was a NASA satellite launched in 1995 to study rapid time variability in cosmic X-ray sources; it operated for over 16 years until 2012.
Rossie D. Alston, Jr.
Rossie D. Alston, Jr., born 1957, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia since 2019, nominated by President Trump.
Rossif Sutherland
Rossif Sutherland (born 1978, Vancouver) is a Canadian actor, son of Donald Sutherland and Francine Racette, half-brother of Kiefer. Known for Timeline, High Life (Genie nomination), Possessor, Hyena Road, and starring as Karl Alberg in Fox's Murder in a Small Town.
Rossignol (company)
Rossignol is a French winter sports equipment manufacturer founded in 1907, best known for alpine and Nordic skis and, through group brands like Dynastar and Lange, boots, bindings, and apparel.
Rossini
Rossini (full title Rossini – oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief) is a 1997 German satire comedy by Helmut Dietl and Patrick Süskind set in a Munich restaurant, drawing 3.2 million admissions and winning the 1997 German Film Prize for Best Film; distinct from Monicelli's 1991 Rossini! Rossini! and the composer Rossini.
Rossiter–McLaughlin effect
The Rossiter–McLaughlin effect is a distortion of a rotating star's spectral lines as a planet or star transits, revealing spin-orbit alignment; predicted by Holt in 1893 and demonstrated in 1924.
Rossiya Airlines
Rossiya Airlines (Авиакомпания «Россия») is a Russian full-service airline based in Saint Petersburg and owned by the Aeroflot Group, carrying 12 million passengers in 2025.
Rossiya Hotel
The Rossiya Hotel, also known as Hotel Russia, was a Soviet-era hotel in central Moscow, built in 1964–1967 and once the largest hotel in the world.
Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel, formally the Collegiate Church of St Matthew, is a late 15th-century chapel in Roslin, Midlothian, founded in 1446 and famous for its dense stone carvings.
Rossman Irwin III
Rossman Philip Irwin III is an American planetary geologist at the Smithsonian's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies who studies Mars's ancient river valleys and crater lakes, chairing the center since 2019.
Rossmann
Rossmann is a German drugstore chain headquartered in Burgwedel near Hannover, founded by Dirk Rossmann, who opened Germany's first self-service drugstore in 1972; it remains family-controlled and operates 5,209 stores.