Randall

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Randall may refer to the following:

Contents 1 Places 2 People with Surname 3 People with Given Name 4 Other Uses 5 Origins 6 Fictional Characters

[edit] Places

• Randall, Indiana
• Randall, Iowa
• Randall, Kansas
• Randall, Minnesota
• Randall's Island, part of New York City
• Randall, Wisconsin
• Also: Randall County, Texas
• Also: Randall Road (major roadway in Illinois)

[edit] People with Surname

• Adam Randall, Actor from the Rhondda Valley, South Wales
• Addison Randall, American film actor
• Alexander Randall, American (Wisconsin) politician
• Alice Randall, African American author and sogwriter
• Anne Randall, American model
• Benjamin Randall, Baptist preacher
• Chad Randall, Australian Rugby League player and model
• Charles Hiram Randall, American (California) politician
• Dana Randall, Professor of theoretical computer science
• Derek Randall, England Cricketer
• Don Randall, Australian politician
• Dudley Randall, African-American poet and publisher
• Elizabeth Randall, American (New Jersey) politician
• Elliott Randall, American guitarist
• Frankie Randall, boxer
• Herbert Randall, American photographer
• Holly Randall, American erotic photographer
• Jack Randall (boxer)
• James Ryder Randall, American journalist and poet
• Jeff Randall (journalist)
• John Randall:
  • Sir John Randall (physicist) (1905–1984), British physicist, developer of the cavity magnetron
  • John Randall (UK politician) (born 1955), British Conservative Party politician, MP for Uxbridge
  • John Randall (nanotechnologist) of Zyvex
  • John W. Randall, American doctor and carcinologist
• Josh Randall, American television actor
• John Turton Randall, British physicist
• Julia Randall, American poet
• Keith Randall, American Musician
• Ken Randall, Canadian Ice Hockey player
• Kikkan Randall, American cross-country skier
• Lisa Randall (1962 - ), American particle physicist
• Marcus Randall, American football player
• Mark Randall (links to further disambiguation page)
• Marta Randall, Science Fiction writer
• Meg Randall, American film actress
• Merle Randall, American physical chemist
• Mike Randall, American actor / Mark Twain impersonator
• Nancy Randall, Brazilian-American model
• Paulette Randall, British theatre director
• Samuel J. Randall, US Congressman from Pennsylvania and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1876 to 1881
• Semeka Randall, American basketball player
• Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux
• Suze Randall, American model, photographer, and pornographer originally from England
• Tony Randall, American comic actor
• Walter Randall, British television actor

[edit] People with Given Name

• Randall Bal, an American backstroke swimmer
• Randall Cunningham, one of the greatest running quarterbacks of all time in the NFL
• Randall Jarrell, American poet
• Randall Garrett, American science fiction author
• Randall Keith Orton, professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment
• Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman, famed singer/songwriter
• Randall Munroe, Creator of xkcd
• Randall William "Randy" Rhoads American Guitarist
• Randal L. Schwartz, Writer on computer technologies
• Randall Shughart, a sniper killed in action during the Battle of Mogadishu and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
• Randall Wallace, an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He was Oscar nominated for the Best Original Screenplay with his script for Braveheart.

As a given name Randal and Randall peaked in popularity in 1955 with 1800 babies per million. Both names combined currently rank at under 100 babies per million.

[edit] Other Uses

• Lord Randall, A well-known Scottish folk song. Sir Walter Scott associated the ballad with the death of Thomas Randolph (Randal), Earl of Murray - (or Moray), Robert the Bruce's nephew.

[edit] Origins

• "Randall"' or '"Randolph"' are both derived from the Germanic name, Randwulf, meaning alternately "Shield and Wolf", "Wolf with a Shield", "Shielded by the Wolf" or simply "Wolf Shield".

[edit] Fictional Characters

• Randal Graves is a character in Kevin Smith's Clerks and Clerks II.
• Randall Boggs is a character and the main antagonist from the Pixar movie Monsters Inc. (2001) and is voiced by Steve Buscemi.
• Lt. Randall Disher is a recurring character on the comedy/detective television show Monk.
• Randall Flagg is a recurring "supervillain" in a multitude of novels by Stephen King.
• Felix Randal, was the subject of a well-known poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
• Hester Randall, fictional character from the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs
• Jeff Randall is the fictional detective played by Mike Pratt in the original private detective series, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
• Lucas Randall, fictional character from Strange Days at Blake Holsey High
• Rex Randall, fictional character from the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs

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• See also Randy