Rawlings is an English-language surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Angela Rawlings
Angela Rawlings (known as a rawlings) is a Canadian poet, editor, and interdisciplinary artist who uses many spectacular languages for her material.
Career
In 2001, rawlings received the bpNichol Award for Distinction in Writing when she gra ...
, Canadian author and poet (also known as "a.rawlings")
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David Rawlings
David Todd Rawlings (born December 31, 1969) is an American guitarist, singer, and record producer. He is known for his partnership with singer and songwriter Gillian Welch. He and Welch were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Son ...
, American guitar player
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Donnell Rawlings
Donnell M. Rawlings (born December 6, 1968) is an American comedian, actor, and radio host. He is best known as a cast member on the Comedy Central sketch comedy TV series ''Chappelle's Show'' and the HBO drama ''The Wire''.
Early life
Donnell R ...
Hunter R. Rawlings III
Hunter Ripley Rawlings III (born December 14, 1944) is an American classics scholar and academic administrator. He is best known for serving as the 17th President of the University of Iowa from 1987 until 1995 and as the 10th President of Cornell ...
, American classics scholar
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Ian Rawlings
Ian Rawlings (born 9 March 1959) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his long-running roles in soap operas '' Sons and Daughters'' and ''Neighbours''. He also appeared in the short-lived serial ''The Power, the Passion''.
Career ''Sons ...
, Australian actor - in cast of ''Neighbours''
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Jade Rawlings
Jade Rawlings (born 9 October 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne Football Clubs. He served as the caretaker coach of the Richmond Football Club for 11 game ...
, Australian rules footballer
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Jerry Rawlings
Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the de ...
, Ghanaian politician and military leader
* John Joseph Rawlings, British engineer and inventor
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Johnny Rawlings
John William Rawlings '' ed' (August 17, 1892 – October 16, 1972) was a second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between the and seasons. Listed at , 158 lb., he batted and threw right-han ...
, American baseball player
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Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (born 17 November 1948) is a Ghanaian politician who was the First Lady of Ghana from 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 and from 31 December 1981 to 7 January 2001. Both times under President of Ghana, President Jerry ...
, Former First Lady of Ghana
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (August 8, 1896 – December 14, 1953) accessed December 8, 2014. was an , American author of short-stories and novels
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Menna Rawlings
Dame Menna Frances Rawlings (''née'' Hornung; born ) is a British diplomat serving as British Ambassador to France since 2021. Previously British High Commissioner to Australia from 2015 to 2019, she then served as Director General of Economi ...
, British diplomat
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Moses Rawlings
Moses Rawlings (1740–1809) served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, most notably at the Battle of Fort Washington. He attained the rank of lieutenant colonel before leaving the military in 1779. He later served as t ...
, colonel in the American Revolution who fought for the American army
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Richard Rawlings
Richard Rawlings (born March 30, 1969) is an American entrepreneur and media personality. He is the star of the reality television show ''Fast N' Loud'' on Discovery Channel. He is also a proprietor of the Gas Monkey Garage as well as both the ...
, star of American television show ''Fast N' Loud'', owner of Gas Monkey garage, Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and Gas Monkey Live
* Ross Rawlings, American pianist, composer, conductor, and music director
* Steven Rawlings, British astrophysicist; one of the lead scientists in the Square Kilometre Array project
* William Reginald Rawlings, Aboriginal Australian who received the Military Medal during World War 1