Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Wayne Rooney
English professional football manager
Wayne Mark Rooneyis an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Major League Soccer club D.C. United in the United States. He spent much of his playing career ...

Coleen Rooney
English former television personality
Coleen Mary Rooneyis an English former television personality. She is married to English football manager and former player Wayne Rooney. Career Rooney wrote a column for celebrity magazine Closer ent...

Joseph Root
English international cricketer
Joseph Edward Rootis an English international cricketer, who plays for the English cricket team and formerly captained the Test team. He is regarded as one of the best batsmen of the modern era. He al...

Brian Rose
Podcaster
Brian Roseis an American-born podcaster based in London. He is the host of London Real, a podcast and former YouTube channel he founded in 2011. Career In 2011, Rose founded the podcast and YouTube ch...

Alison Rose
Chief executive of NatWest Group
Alison Rose(born 1969) is a British banker, and chief executive (CEO) of NatWest Group since November 2019; she is the first woman to lead a major UK lender. Early life Rose was born in 1969. She grew...

Alison Rose-slade
British banker
Dame Alison Marie Rose-Sladeis a British banker, who was chief executive (CEO) of NatWest Group from November 2019 to July 2023, when she was required to resign for what she admitted was a "serious er...

Daniel Roseberry
American fashion designer
Daniel Roseberryis an American fashion designer. He is the creative director of the Italian (french owned) haute couture house Schiaparelli. Schiaparelli Schiaparelli is a Parisian couture house found...

Michael Rosenbaum
American actor and podcaster
Michael Rosenbaumis an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Vil...

Mark Rosenberg
American film producer
Mark Rosenbergwas an American film producer whose works included Major League and Presumed Innocent. He was the President of Worldwide Theatrical Production at Warner Bros. in the 1980s. Career He mov...

Liam Rosenior
English football manager
Liam James Rosenioris an English football manager and former player who is head coach of EFL Championship club Hull City. As a player, he played either as a full-back or winger. He played for Bristol ...

Jane Rosenthal
American film producer and co-founder of Tribeca Productions
Jane Rosenthalis an American film producer. She is co-founder, CEO, and executive chair of Tribeca Enterprises, a media company that encompasses Tribeca Productions, the Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca...

Gaby Roslin
English television and radio presenter
Gaby Roslinis an English television and radio presenter who rose to fame co-presenting The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 between 1992 and 1996. Roslin also presented the Children in Need charity telethon...

Jonathan Ross
English broadcaster
Jonathan Stephen Rossis an English broadcaster, film critic, comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He presented the BBC One chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross during the 2000s and early 2010s,...

Douglas Ross
Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party
Douglas Gordon Rossis a Scottish politician who has served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party since 2020 and Leader of the Opposition in Scotland since 2021. He has served as Member of Parli...

Diana Ross
American singer and actress
Diana Rossis an American singer and actress. She was the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl ...

Jeffrey Ross
American stand-up comedian and actor
Jeffrey Ross Lifschultzis an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known as the "Roastmaster General" for his insult comedy, his multiple appearances at celebrity roasts held by the New Yor...

Ryan III Ross
American musician
George Ryan Ross IIIis an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work as the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the band Panic! at the Disco before his departure in 2009. R...

Diana Ross
American singer and actress
Diana Rossis an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s a...

Gavin Rossdale
English musician
Gavin McGregor Rossdaleis an English musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush. He helped form Bush in 1992; on the band's separation in 2002, he became the le...

Alan Rothwell
English actor
Alan Rothwellwas an English actor. He played David Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as a regular from 1960 to 1961, and again from 1963 to 1968, and Nicholas Black in Brookside between 1...