Ricketts
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Place names

In the United States:
  • Ricketts, Iowa
    Ricketts, Iowa
    Ricketts is a city in Crawford County, Iowa, United States, along the Middle Soldier River. The population was 144 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ricketts is located at ....

  • Ricketts Glen State Park
    Ricketts Glen State Park
    Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny...

     in Pennsylvania

People

  • Anthony Ricketts
    Anthony Ricketts
    Anthony Ricketts is a former professional squash player from Australia.Ricketts won the British Open in 2005, beating James Willstrop in the final 11-7, 11-9, 11-7...

     (b.1979), former professional squash player
  • Arthur Ricketts
    Arthur Ricketts
    Arthur James Ricketts played first-class cricket for Somerset in one match in 1936. He was born at Farmborough, Somerset and died in Somerset too, though the exact date and place of his death is not known....

    , (1913–2000), English cricketer
  • Bertha Louise Ricketts, original name of Cid Ricketts Sumner
    Cid Ricketts Sumner
    Cid Ricketts Sumner was a novelist from the United States. She also taught English at a Jackson, Mississippi high school and French at Millsaps College....

     (1890–1970), American novelist
  • Charles Ricketts
    Charles Ricketts
    Charles de Sousy Ricketts was a versatile English artist, illustrator, author and printer, and is best known for his work as book designer and typographer from 1896 to 1904 with the Vale Press, and his work in the theatre as a set and costume designer.-Life and career:Ricketts was born in Geneva...

     (1876–1931), artist/illustrator
  • Claude V. Ricketts
    Claude V. Ricketts
    Admiral Claude Vernon Ricketts served in the United States Navy as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations.Originally enlisted in the Navy, Ricketts attended the United States Naval Academy and became an officer upon his graduation in 1929. As a lieutenant, he was the gunnery officer on board the ...

     (1906–1964), United States naval admiral
  • Donovan Ricketts
    Donovan Ricketts
    Donovan Ricketts is a Jamaican footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. He is also the vice captain of the Jamaica national football team.-High School and College:...

     (b.1977), Jamaican footballer, goalkeeper with Los Angeles Galaxy
  • Ed Ricketts
    Ed Ricketts
    Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts commonly known as Ed Ricketts, was an American marine biologist, ecologist, and philosopher...

     (–), literary figure and marine biologist
  • Howard Taylor Ricketts
    Howard Taylor Ricketts
    Howard Taylor Ricketts was an American pathologist after whom the Rickettsiaceae family and the Rickettsiales are named....

     (1871–1910), American pathologist
  • J. Joseph Ricketts
    J. Joseph Ricketts
    J. Joseph Ricketts is the founder, former CEO and former chairman of TD Ameritrade, one of the largest online discount brokerages in the world, based in Omaha, Nebraska...

    , brokerage founder, billionaire
  • James B. Ricketts
    James B. Ricketts
    James Brewerton Ricketts was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as a Union Army general in the Eastern Theater during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

     (1817–1887), American Civil War general
  • Juan Landázuri Ricketts
    Juan Landázuri Ricketts
    Juan Landázuri Ricketts was one of the most prominent Roman Catholic Churchmen during the 1960s and 1970s in Latin America. This was a period in which the Church was compelled to take a strong stand on human rights abuses by numerous military juntas and also concerning problems of extreme poverty...

     (1913–1997), cardinal from Peru
  • L. D. Ricketts
    L. D. Ricketts
    Louis Davidson Ricketts was an American economic geologist, mining engineer and banker who pioneered development of copper mines in the U.S. state of Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora. Ricketts was educated at Princeton University, earning both a B.Sc and D.Sc. in economic geology...

     (1859–1940), geologist, mining engineer and banker, namesake of Caltech's Ricketts House
  • Mark Scott Ricketts
    Mark Scott Ricketts
    Mark Ricketts is an American comic book writer, illustrator and cartoonist. He has worked for a variety of publishers including McGraw Hill, Caliber Comics, Chaos Comics, Mojo Press, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Moonstone and Image Comics...

     (b.1957), Comics Writer and Artist
  • Dr. Matthew Ricketts
    Matthew Ricketts
    Matthew Oliver Ricketts was an American politician and physician. He was the first African-American state senator in the Nebraska Legislature, where he served for two terms...

     (–), first African American to be elected to the Nebraska legislature, 1892
  • Michael Ricketts
    Michael Ricketts
    Michael Barrington Ricketts is an English football player who was released by Tranmere Rovers in February 2010. He played as a striker and he has been capped once by England in a friendly against the Netherlands in 2002.-Early career:...

     (b.1978), English footballer
  • Milton Ernest Ricketts
    Milton Ernest Ricketts
    Milton Ernest Ricketts was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II....

     (1913–1942), United States Navy
    United States Navy
    The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

     Lieutenant
    Lieutenant
    A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...

     and Medal of Honor
    Medal of Honor
    The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...

     recipient.
  • Palmer C. Ricketts
    Palmer C. Ricketts
    Palmer Chamberlain Ricketts was the ninth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He served as president for 33 years and oversaw a period of major expansion and development of the university....

     (1856–1934), mechanical engineer, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1901 – 1934
  • Pete Ricketts
    Pete Ricketts
    John Peter "Pete" Ricketts is the former Chief Operating Officer of Ameritrade. He was the Republican nominee for the 2006 U.S. Senate race in Nebraska which he lost to incumbent Ben Nelson.-Biography:...

     (b.1964), U.S. politician
  • R. Bruce Ricketts
    R. Bruce Ricketts
    Robert Bruce Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War. He is best known for his battery’s defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

     (1839-1918), artillery officer in the American Civil War
    American Civil War
    The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

  • Rohan Ricketts
    Rohan Ricketts
    Rohan Anthony Ricketts is an English footballer, who currently plays for League of Ireland club Shamrock Rovers. Ricketts has played for clubs in countries including England, Canada, Hungary, Moldova, and Germany...

     (b.1982), English soccer player
  • Sam Ricketts
    Sam Ricketts
    Samuel Derek "Sam" Ricketts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. His favoured position is full-back...

     (b.1981), Welsh footballer
  • Thomas Ricketts
    Thomas Ricketts
    Thomas "Tommy" Ricketts VC was a Newfoundlander and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...

     (1901–1967), youngest recipient of the Victoria Cross
    Victoria Cross
    The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

  • Thomas S. Ricketts
    Thomas S. Ricketts
    Thomas S. "Tom" Ricketts is chairman of the Chicago Cubs, and the chief executive officer of Incapital LLC, a Chicago investment bank that packages corporate bonds for retail investors. He is also a director of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation as well as the son of Ameritrade founder J. Joseph...

    , investment bank CEO
  • William Reynolds Ricketts
    William Reynolds Ricketts
    William Reynolds Ricketts , of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, was a philatelist who created the largest index of philatelic literature available during his lifetime. He was considered as the “greatest philatelic indexer of all time.” Ricketts was the son of R...

     (1869–1956), philatelist, of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania
    Forty Fort, Pennsylvania
    Forty Fort is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,579 at the 2000 census. It neighbors the boroughs of Kingston, Wyoming, and Swoyersville...

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