List of Famous people named Branch

Similar names: Branko, Branka. Here are some famous Branchs:

Branch Rickey

First Name Branch

Last Name Rickey

Born on December 20, 1881

Died on December 9, 1965 (aged 83)

Born in United States of America, Ohio

Baseball Player

Sportsperson

Wesley Branch Rickey was an American baseball player and sports executive. Rickey was instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson. He also created the framework for the modern minor league farm system, encouraged the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and introduced the batting helmet. He was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

index: 1x 0.027058839797974s fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.021687030792236s t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.021651983261108s t_/common/header: 1x 0.0069448947906494s t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0049488544464111s t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0049009323120117s router_page: 1x 0.0047950744628906s headline: 4x 0.0042588710784912s list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0042150020599365s people-list-rectangle: 2x 0.0038688182830811s qids: 4x 0.0021088123321533s t_/common/footer: 1x 0.0003058910369873s t_/common/head: 1x 0.00029206275939941s related: 1x 0.00027704238891602s head-facts: 1x 0.00026798248291016s t_/blocks/people-list-rectangle: 2x 3.9100646972656E-5s t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.9073486328125E-5s using-qids-cache: 1x 2.1457672119141E-6s ----- END OF DUMP (2026-04-16 00:40:04) -----