Rigby
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- Amy RigbyAmy RigbyAmy Rigby is an American singer-songwriter. After playing with several New York bands she began a solo career, recording several albums which had only modest sales despite enthusiastic reviews. She settled into a career of touring small venues and private parties while raising a daughter, then...
, American singer-songwriter - Bob RigbyBob RigbyBob Rigby is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper. Among the most talented soccer goalkeepers born in the United States, Rigby played twelve seasons in the North American Soccer League, three in the Major Indoor Soccer League, one in the Western Soccer Alliance and earned six caps with the United...
, American soccer goalkeeper - Cam RigbyCam RigbyCam Rigby is an Australian professional basketball player in the Australian National Basketball League. He currently plays for the Knox Raiders in the SEABL.-Career highlights:*Helped the Wollongong Hawks to the 2005 NBL Grand Final series...
, Australian basketball player - Cathy RigbyCathy RigbyCathleen Roxanne Rigby , best known as Cathy Rigby, is a former gymnast, actress and speaker.-Early life:Rigby was born in Los Alamitos, California in 1952....
, American gymnast and actress - Elizabeth Rigby, later Lady Elizabeth EastlakeElizabeth EastlakeElizabeth, Lady Eastlake , born Elizabeth Rigby, was a British author, art critic and art historian who was the first woman to write regularly for the Quarterly Review...
, British art historian - Emma RigbyEmma RigbyEmma Catherine Rigby , is an English actress, best known for her role in Hollyoaks as Hannah Ashworth.-Career:In February 2010 Emma Completed, with International Fashion Photographer Rory Lewis.-Television:...
, English actress - Jean RigbyJean RigbyJean Rigby , is an English opera and concert singer. A mezzo-soprano, she is a long-time principal with the English National Opera....
(1954–), English opera and concert singer - John Rigby (artist)John Rigby (artist)John Rigby is an Australian artist born in Brisbane who is particularly known for his tropical and bush landscapes, genre and portraits....
, Australian artist - John Rigby (martyr), English Catholic martyr
- John Rigby (rower)John Rigby (rower)John Brian Rigby is a former New Zealand rower.At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four.-References:...
, New Zealand rower - Sir John Rigby (politician)John Rigby (politician)Sir John Rigby PC , was a British judge and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1894.-Background and education:...
, British lawyer and politician - Jonathan RigbyJonathan RigbyJonathan Rigby is an English film critic and actor who has written the following books - English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema , Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History , Roxy Music: Both Ends Burning , American Gothic: Sixty Years of Horror Cinema and Studies in Terror: Landmarks of...
, English film critic and actor - Nicholas RigbyNicholas RigbyNicholas Rigby , was an English Catholic priest.He was born in Walton-le-Dale near Preston, Lancashire. At the age of twelve he went to Ushaw College, where he was for a time professor of elocution. Ordained priest in September, 1826, he was sent to St. Mary's, Wycliffe, for six months, and was...
(1800–1886), English catholic priest - Paul RigbyPaul RigbyPaul Crispin Rigby AM , usually working under the name Rigby, was an award-winning Australian cartoonist who worked for newspapers in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States....
, Australian cartoonist - Sir Peter RigbyPeter RigbySir Peter Rigby is a British Entrepreneur, owner of IT company SCC and one of Britain's richest people.-Specialist Computer Centres:...
, British entrepreneur and chairman of SCC - Richard RigbyRichard RigbyRichard Rigby , was an English civil servant and politician. He served as Secretary of Ireland and Paymaster of the Forces...
, British/Irish politician and businessman - Terence RigbyTerence RigbyTerence Christopher Rigby was an English actor with a number of film and television credits to his name. In the 1970s he was well-known as police dog-handler PC Snow in the long-running series Softly, Softly: Taskforce...
, English actor - Tim RigbyTim RigbyTimothy H. Rigby is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Mayor of St. Catharines from 1997 to 2006, and is currently a Niagara Regional Councillor....
, Canadian politician
Other
- Rigby, one of the two main characters of Regular ShowRegular ShowRegular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel...
- "Eleanor RigbyEleanor Rigby"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney...
", a song by The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (novel)Eleanor Rigby (novel)Eleanor Rigby is a 2004 novel by Douglas Coupland, about a lonely woman at ages 36 and 42. The novel is written as a first-person narrative by the main character, Liz Dunn....
, by Douglas Coupland - John Rigby & CompanyJohn Rigby & CompanyJohn Rigby & Company, gun and rifle makers, is a firm specialising in the building of high-quality sporting rifles and shotguns.-History:The company was founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1775, and is known to have traded as W. & J. Rigby during the period 1820 - 1865 during the flintlock and percussion...
, a manufacturer of firearms - .416 Rigby.416 RigbyThe .416 Rigby or 10.6x74mm was designed in 1911 by John Rigby & Company of London, England as a dangerous game cartridge and is the first one to use a bullet with a diameter of .416"...
, a type of rifle - Rigby, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt