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    Ramsey Muir Withers

    Ramsey Muir Withers, soldier, public servant (b at Toronto, Ont 28 July 1930). An engineering graduate of the Royal Military College and Queen's University, Withers was commissioned in the Signal Corps in 1952 and served with the Royal 22nd Regiment in Korea in 1952-53.

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    Rana Sarkar

    ​Rana Sarkar, strategy consultant, business pundit, entrepreneur (born January 1971 in Calcutta, India). Formerly the president and CEO of the Canada-India Business Council, Sarkar is currently the national director for high growth markets at KPMG Canada, and co-chairman of the advisory board and a senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. In 2011, he ran an unsuccessful campaign as the Liberal candidate in the federal riding of Scarborough-Rouge River.

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    Ranald Shean

    Ranald Shean. Violinist, teacher, conductor, b Edmonton 6 May 1914; d 12 Apr 1997. Ranald Shean took violin lessons in Edmonton with Percy Humphrey, followed by study in Vancouver in the 1930s with Gregori Garbovitsky.

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    Randolph Hewton

    Randolph Stanley Hewton, painter (b at Maple-Grove, Qué 12 June 1888; d at Belleville, Ont 17 Mar 1960). He studied under William BRYMNER in Montréal (1903) and at the Académie Julian in Paris (1908-13). In Paris he met A.Y. JACKSON (1912), whose influence on his style would be considerable.

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    Randolph Peters

    Randolph Peters, composer (b at Winnipeg 28 Dec 1959).

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    Randolph Peters

    Randolph Peters. Composer, pianist, b Winnipeg 28 Dec 1959; B Sc (Winnipeg) 1980, BA (Winnipeg) 1981, M Mus (Indiana) 1987. Randolph Peters began piano studies at age five and completed the Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 10.

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    Randy Bachman

    Randy (b Randolph Charles Bachmann) Bachman. Songwriter, guitarist, producer, b Winnipeg 27 Sep 1943; honorary D MUS (Brandon), 2001. The eldest child of four, Bachman was the driving force behind the formation of two leading Canadian rock bands, and an influential rock songwriter.

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    Randy Ferbey

    Randy Ferbey, curler (born at Edmonton, 30 May 1959). Randy Ferbey has a long history in professional curling and has played for Alberta for over 20 years. He has amassed 6 career Canadian championships and 4 world championships.

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    Ranger, Claude

    Claude Ranger. Drummer, composer, arranger, teacher, born Montreal 3 Feb 1941. He studied drums briefly with several teachers and arranging with Frank Mella. Beginning his career with Montréal show bands, he was a leading figure among the city's jazz musicians by the mid-1960s.

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    The Rankins

    The Rankins (known as The Rankin Family until 1998) was a musical group from Mabou, NS. The Rankins grew up in a musical home and performed locally at Cape Breton ceilidhs for many years with their parents.

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    Raoul Blanchard

    Raoul Blanchard, geographer (b at Orléans, France, 1877; d at Paris 1965). He was considered the father of modern geography in Québec, and exercised a profound influence on the future founders of geography departments at universities in Montréal and Québec.

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    Raöul Duguay

    Raöul or Raôul Duguay, pseudonym Luoar Yaugud. Poet, singer-songwriter, b Val-d'Or, Que, 13 Feb 1939; L PH (Montreal) 1963.

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    Raoul Duquette

    Raoul Duquette. Cellist, teacher, b Montreal 1879, d there 9 May 1962. He received basic musical training from his father, Jean A. DUQUETTE, and studied cello with Gustave Labelle. He continued his cello studies 1901-4 under Édouard Jacobs at the Ghent Conservatory.

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    Raoul Jobin

    Raoul Jobin, teacher, tenor, administrator, civil servant (b Joseph Roméo Jobin at Québec City 8 Apr 1906; d there 13 Jan 1974). He was the greatest francophone tenor of his age. His studies, begun at Université Laval, were continued in Paris.

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    Raoul Jobin

    Raoul (b Joseph Roméo) Jobin. Tenor, teacher, administrator, senior civil servant, b Quebec City 8 Apr 1906, d there 13 Jan 1974; honorary D MUS (Laval) 1952.

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