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Alan Root Alan Root (12 May 1937, London – 26 August 2017) was a British-born filmmaker who worked on nature documentary series such as ''Survival''. Until 1990 he was married to Joan Root, who was a Kenyan-born conservationist, murdered at Lake Naivash ...

(1937–2017), Anglo-Kenyan wildlife filmmaker * Amanda Root (born 1963), British actress *

Amos Root Amos Ives Root (1839–1923) was an Ohio entrepreneur who developed innovative techniques for beekeeping during the latter 19th century, a period when the practice played an important role in the economy of many communities in the U.S. He foun ...

(1839–1923), American beekeeper * Antony Root (born 1954), British scriptwriter and drama producer * Bill Root (ice hockey) (born 1959), Canadian ice-hockey player *

Bill Root (bridge) William S. Root (December 12, 1923 – March 18, 2002) was an American professional bridge player, teacher, and writer. He was from Boca Raton, Florida. Root was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1997. The American Contract Bridge League obse ...

(1923–2002), American bridge player *

Billy Root (cricketer) William Thomas Root (born 5 August 1992) is an English cricketer who plays for Glamorgan. Primarily a left-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm off break. He is the brother of former England Test Captain Joe Root. Early life Root is the yo ...

(born 1992), English cricketer * Budd Root (born 1958), American comic book artist *

Charles W. Root Charles W. Root (October 5, 1899 – January 2, 1968) was an American lawyer and politician. Root was raised in Centralia, Illinois. He received his bachelor's degree from University of Michigan and his law degree from the University of Minn ...

(1899-1968), American lawyer and politician * Charlie Root (1899–1970), American baseball player *

Edmund Root Edmund Spence Root (December 27, 1881 – February 27, 1961) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 34th Naval Governor of Guam. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1905, serving on many ships as an ensign. He ser ...

(1881–1961), American naval officer *

Edward Root Eddie Root (1902–1986) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. A New South Wales state and Australia national representative forward, his club career was played in Sydney with South Sydney, Newtown an ...

(1902–1986), Australian rugby league footballer * Eleazer Root (1802–1887), American educator and Episcopalian priest *

Elias Root Elias Root (November 30, 1806 – September 10, 1880) was an American businessman and politician from New York (state), New York. Life He was born on November 30, 1806, in Fort Ann, New York, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York. He attended th ...

(1806–1880), New York businessman and politician *

Elihu Root Elihu Root (; February 15, 1845February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as Secretary of State and Secretary of War in the early twentieth century. He also served as United States Senator from N ...

(1845–1937), American statesman and 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize * Elisha K. Root (1808–1865), American inventor *

Erastus Root Erastus Root (March 16, 1773 – December 24, 1846) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He is most notable for serving four separate non-consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 19th Century. E ...

(1773–1846), US congressman from, and lieutenant governor of, New York * Fred Root (1890–1954), English cricketer *

George Frederick Root George Frederick Root (August 30, 1820August 6, 1895) was an American songwriter, who found particular fame during the American Civil War, with songs such as " Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" and "The Battle Cry of Freedom". He is regarded as the first ...

(1820–1895), American songwriter * Gladys Root (1905–1982), American criminal defense attorney *

Gloria Root Gloria Root (May 28, 1948 – January 8, 2006) was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. Biography Education Root started her higher education at the Univer ...

(1948–2006), American model *

Howard Root Howard Eugene Root (13 April 1926 – 19 November 2007) was an American-born British Anglican priest, theologian, and academic. He was Professor of Theology at the University of Southampton from 1966 to 1981, and Director of the Anglican Centre in ...

(1926–2007), American-born British Anglican priest and theologian * Jack Root (1873-1963), professional name of American light heavyweight boxing champion Janos Ruthuly *

Jane Root Jane Fairbairn Root (born 18 May 1957) is a creative executive in the media industry, who has run major television networks on both sides of the Atlantic. As Controller of BBC Two (1999 to 2004), she was the first woman to be a channel controller f ...

(born 1957), British television executive *

Jesse Root Jesse Root (December 28, 1736 – March 29, 1822) was an American minister and lawyer from Coventry, Connecticut. During the American Revolution he served on the Connecticut Council of Safety and in the Connecticut militia. Originally appointed ...

(1736–1822), Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court * Jesse L. Root (1860–1947), Associate Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court * Jim Root (born 1971), American guitarist *

Jim Root (gridiron football) James Frederic Root (August 17, 1931 – May 26, 2003) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He played professionally as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons with the Chicago Cardinals (1953, 1956) and ...

(1931–2003), American football player and coach * Joan Root (1936–2006), British (Kenyan-born) ecological activist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker * Joe Root (born 1990), English cricketer * Joe Root (Pennsylvania hermit) (1860–1912) American hermit from Erie, Pennsylvania * Joel Root (1770–1847), American author of a journal of his voyage around the world (1802–1806) on a sealing ship *

John B. Root Jean Guilloré, known professionally as John B. Root, is a French director and producer of pornographic films, born on November 28, 1958. Education and early career Jean Guilloré was born in Chambéry. Both his parents were teachers. He spent p ...

(born 1958), French pornographic filmmaker * Joseph Pomeroy Root (1826–1885), American doctor, politician, and diplomat * John Wellborn Root (1850–1891), American architect *

John Wellborn Root Jr. John Wellborn Root Jr. (July 14, 1887 – October 24, 1963) was a significant United States architect based in Chicago. He was the son of architect John Wellborn Root. As a young man, he graduated from Cornell University and studied archit ...

(1887–1963), American architect *

Jon Root Jonathan Edward "Jon" Root (born July 10, 1964) is an American former volleyball player. He was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Root also ...

(born 1964), American volleyball player *

Leon Root Leon Root (June 15, 1929 – September 21, 2015) was the former Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He was President (corporate title), President of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Human development (bi ...

(1929–2015), American physician * Martha Root (1872–1939), American teacher of the Bahá'í Faith * Olga von Root (1901 – unknown), Russian stage actress and singer *

Richard B. Root Richard Bruce "Dick" Root (7 September 1936 – 22 January 2013) was a professor of evolutionary biology, ecology and entomology.Cornell UniversityRichard B. Root Ithaca, NY: The University Faculty; ited 2016, Feb 18/ref> He was an important co ...

(1936–2013), American ecologist, entomologist and evolutionary biologist * Richard K. Root (1938–2006), American epidemiologist * Robert Root-Bernstein (born 1953), MacArthur fellow and professor of life sciences at Michigan State University *

Sidney Root Sidney Root (March 11, 1824 – February 13, 1897) an American businessman. Root was born in Montague in western Massachusetts, but early in his life his family moved to Vermont, where his boyhood days were spent in the shadow of the Green Mo ...

(1824–1897), American engineer and businessman * Stephen Root (born 1951), American actor *

Tina Root Tina Root (born Bettina Root), also now known as Tina Minero, is an American classically trained female vocalist and songwriter from Los Angeles, California, perhaps most famous for her work performing as the lead singer of Switchblade Symphony d ...

(fl. 1980s-2010s), American singer * Tom Root (born 1973), American Emmy-winning TV writer and producer * Waverley Root (1903–1982), American journalist *

Wilbur M. Root Wilbur Marsellus Root (December 27, 1842 – March 3, 1916) was an American businessman, newspaper editor, and politician. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Root settled in Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, in 1849. Root served in the 4th Wiscon ...

(1842–1916), American politician * William Lucas Root (1919–2007), American information theorist *

William Pitt Root William Pitt Root (born 1941 Austin, Minnesota) is an American poet. He was raised in Fort Myers, Florida. He studied at the University of Washington, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was Tucson Poet Laureate from 1997 to 20 ...

(born 1941), American poet

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Enoch Root ''The Baroque Cycle'' is a series of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson. It was published in three volumes containing eight books in 2003 and 2004. The story follows the adventures of a sizable cast of characters living amidst some of t ...

, fictional character in ''The Baroque Cycle'' novels by Neal Stephenson * Hugo Root, fictional character in the comic book series ''Preacher''

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