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William II was King of England from 26 September 1087 until his death in 1100,with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending control into Wales. The third son of William the Conqueror,he is commonly referred to as William Rufus,perhaps because of his ruddy appearance or,more likely,due to having red hair.
Rufus King was an American Founding Father,lawyer,politician,and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and was one of the signers of the United States Constitution in 1787. After formation of the new Congress,he represented New York in the United States Senate. He emerged as a leading member of the Federalist Party and was the party's last presidential nominee during the 1816 presidential election.
Rufus Daniel Isaacs,1st Marquess of Reading,,known as The Earl of Reading from 1917 to 1926,was a British Liberal politician and judge,who served as Lord Chief Justice of England,Viceroy of India,and Foreign Secretary,the last Liberal to hold that post. The second practising Jew to be a member of the British cabinet,Isaacs was the first Jew to be Lord Chief Justice,and the first,and as yet,only British Jew to be raised to a marquessate.
Yvette Marie Stevens,better known by her stage name Chaka Khan,is an American singer. Known as the "Queen of Funk",her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. With the band she recorded the notable hits "Tell Me Something Good","Sweet Thing","Do You Love What You Feel" and the platinum-certified "Ain't Nobody". Her debut solo album featured the number-one R&B hit "I'm Every Woman". Khan scored another R&B charts hit with "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" before becoming the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper,with her 1984 cover of Prince's "I Feel for You". More of Khan's hits include "Through the Fire" and a 1986 collaboration with Steve Winwood that produced a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100,"Higher Love".
Rufus Choate was an American lawyer,orator,and Senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party. He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century,arguing over a thousand cases in a lifetime practice extending to virtually every branch of the law then recognized. Notably,he was one of the pioneers of the legal technique of arousing jury sympathy in tort cases. In one instance,he successfully won a record judgement of $22,500 for a badly injured widow,the most ever awarded to a plaintiff at the time. Along with his colleague and close associate Daniel Webster,he is also regarded as one of the greatest orators of his age. Among his most famous orations are his Address on TheColonial Age of New England delivered at the centennial celebration of the settlement of Ipswich,Massachusetts in 1831 and his Address on The Age of the Pilgrims as the Heroic Period of Our History before the New England Society of New York in 1843. Through these addresses,Choate became one of the most prominent advocates of promoting the Puritan settlers as the first founders of the American republic. A staunch nationalist and unionist,Choate was among several former Whigs to oppose the Republican Party over concerns that it was a "sectional party" whose platform threatened to separate the Union. In turn,he publicly voiced his support for Democratic candidate James Buchanan over Republican John C. Frémont in the 1856 Presidential election.
Rufus C. Thomas,Jr. was an American rhythm-and-blues,funk,soul and blues singer,songwriter,dancer,DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis,Tennessee. He recorded for several labels,including Chess Records and Sun Records in the 1950s,before becoming established in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax Records. His dance records,including "Walking the Dog" (1963),"Do the Funky Chicken" (1969),and "(Do the) Push and Pull" (1970),were some of his most successful songs. According to the Mississippi Blues Commission,"Rufus Thomas embodied the spirit of Memphis music perhaps more than any other artist,and from the early 1940s until his death . . . occupied many important roles in the local scene."
Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian,probably of the 1st century,author of his only known and only surviving work,Historiae Alexandri Magni,"Histories of Alexander the Great",or more fully Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt,"All the Books That Survive of the Histories of Alexander the Great of Macedon." Much of it is missing. Apart from his name on the manuscripts,nothing else certain is known of him. This fact alone has led philologists to believe that he had another historical identity,to which,due to the accidents of time,the link has been broken. A few theories exist. They are treated with varying degrees of credibility by various authors. Meanwhile,the identity of Quintus Curtius Rufus,historian,is maintained separately.
Gerard was Archbishop of York between 1100 and 1108 and Lord Chancellor of England from 1085 until 1092. A Norman,he was a member of the cathedral clergy at Rouen before becoming a royal clerk under King William I of England and subsequently his son King William II Rufus. Gerard was appointed Lord Chancellor by William I,and he continued in that office under Rufus,who rewarded him with the Bishopric of Hereford in 1096. Gerard may have been with the king's hunting party when William II was killed,as he is known to have witnessed the first charter issued by the new king,Henry I of England,within days of William's death.
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Canadian-American singer,songwriter,and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.
Rufus Putnam was an American military officer who fought during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. As an organizer of the Ohio Company of Associates,he was instrumental in the initial colonization by the United States of former Native American,English,and French lands in the Northwest Territory in present-day Ohio following the war.
Rufus W. Peckham was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909,and is the most recent Democratic nominee approved by a Republican-majority Senate. He was known for his strong use of substantive due process to invalidate regulations of business and property. Peckham's namesake father was also a lawyer and judge,and a U.S. Representative. His older brother,Wheeler Hazard Peckham (1833–1905),was one of the lawyers who prosecuted William M. Tweed and a failed nominee to the Supreme Court.
Rufus is an American funk band from Chicago,Illinois,best known for launching the career of lead singer Chaka Khan. They had several hits throughout their career,including "Tell Me Something Good","Sweet Thing","Do You Love What You Feel" and "Ain't Nobody". Rufus and Chaka Khan were one of the most popular and influential funk bands of the 1970s,with four consecutive number one R&B albums,ten top 40 pop hits and five number one R&B singles,among other accolades.
Rufus Frederik Sewell is an English actor. In film,he has appeared in Carrington (1995),Hamlet (1996),Dangerous Beauty (1998),Dark City (1998),A Knight's Tale (2001),The Legend of Zorro (2005),The Illusionist (2006),Amazing Grace (2006),The Holiday (2006),The Tourist (2010),Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter (2012),Judy (2019),The Father (2020),and Old (2021).
Rufus King Polk was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1902.
Richard Raymond Rufus is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back,spending his entire career with one club,Charlton Athletic. He was also capped six times by England U21.
Rufus Hawkins Yerxa is an American lawyer and former U.S. government and international official. He is currently a Senior Advisor with the global consulting firm McClarty Associates. He served as Deputy United States Trade Representative during the George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations,and served for 11 years as Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). From 2016 to 2021 he was President of the National Foreign Trade Council.
Rufus is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter series of fighting games. Designed by Daigo Ikeno for Capcom's development team,he first appeared in the arcade version of Street Fighter IV and later in related promotions and media for the title.
Azar Lawrence is an American jazz saxophonist,known for his contributions as sideman to McCoy Tyner,Miles Davis,Freddie Hubbard,and Woody Shaw.
Linewatch is a 2008 American thriller film starring Cuba Gooding Jr.,and directed by Kevin Bray. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on October 21,2008. Critic reviews were generally negative.
Rufus the Bobcat is the mascot for the Ohio Bobcats. Ohio University revealed the new mascot during a ceremony before the Bobcats' victory over Tennessee-Martin on September 2,2006. At the suggestion of a university alumnus,Michael Massa,Class of 1982,a university-wide contest to name the bobcat took place in 2006. The unveiling ceremony began with a video of the mascot interacting with the football team and head coach Frank Solich,culminating with Rufus roaring into Peden Stadium on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. In 2018,after an international space conference had been held on campus,Rufus the Bobcat was the first college mascot's name to venture into deep outer space aboard an unmanned NASA spacecraft,carrying a CD library of names. In 2020,Ohio University launched its first actual space satellite "Bobcat-1" aboard NASA's Antares rocket,to the International Space Station.
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- ↑ "Rufus Straughter". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
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