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- R2-D2, fictional character
- R.E.M., rock band
- Francisco Rabal, film and stage actor
- Maurice F. Rabb, Jr., Ophthalmologist
- Jessica Rabbit, animated character
- Yitzhak Rabin, soldier, political figure
- Dorothy Rabinowitz, editor, commentator
- Daniel Radcliffe, actor
- Radiohead, rock band
- Gilda Radner, comedian, actor
- Ben Raeburn, publisher
- Raël, religious figure
- Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, political Leader, zoologist
- Rage Against the Machine, politically active rock group
- Sam Raimi, filmmaker
- Joseph Rainey , First African American Congressman
- Ma Rainey, blues musician
- Prince Rainier III, royalty
- Claude Rains, actor
- The California Raisins, animated characters
- Bonnie Raitt, blues-rock singer
- Harold Ramis, screenwriter, actor, director, producer
- Joey Ramone, rock musician
- Phil Ramone, music producer
- The Ramones, rock band
- Gordon Ramsay, chef, TV personality
- Cristiano Ronaldo, soccer player
- Tony Randall, actor
- Virginia Randolph, educator
- Noomi Rapace, actor
- Michael Rapaport, actor
- Basil Rathbone, actor
- Dan Rather, TV newscaster
- Simon Raven, writer
- Raven-Symoné, actor, singer
- James Earl Ray, assassin
- Amy Ray, singer
- Nicholas Ray, filmmaker
- Gene Rayburn, TV personality
- Nancy Reagan, political figure
- Stephen Rea, actor
- Harry Reasoner, media journalist, author
- Theresa Rebeck, writer, TV Producer
- Max Records, actor
- Otis Redding, singer, songwriter
- Helen Reddy, singer
- Orville Redenbacher, business personality, corporate icon
- Robert Redford, actor, filmmaker
- Lynn Redgrave, actress
- Sir Michael Redgrave, actor
- Vanessa Redgrave, actress
- Eddie Redmayne, actor
- Gabrielle Reece, volleyball player, model
- Lou Reed, rock musician
- Nikki Reed, actor, writer
- Ralph Reed, political figure
- Christopher Reeve, actor
- George Reeves, actor
- Keanu Reeves, actor
- Bar Refaeli, model
- Judith Regan, publisher
- William H. Rehnquist, jurist
- Kelly Reichard, filmmaker
- Tara Reid, actor
- Benjamin Reifel, Sioux activist and U.S. representative from South Dakota
- Charles Nelson Reilly, actor, theater director
- John C. Reilly, actor
- Carl Reiner, writer, filmmaker
- Rob Reiner, actor, writer, director, producer
- Django Reinhardt, guitarist, jazz musician
- Judge Reinhold, actor
- Ann Reinking, dancer, choreographer, actor
- Paul Reiser, actor, comedian, writer
- Jason Reitman, filmmaker
- Ivan Reitman, director, producer
- Erich Maria Remarque, writer
- Rembrandt, artist
- Lee Remick, actress
- Eliphalet Remington, gun manufacturer
- Philo Remington, manufacturer
- Brad Renfro, actor
- Jeremey Renner, actor
- Janet Reno, government official
- Mary Lou Retton, gymnast
- Gloria Reuben, actor
- Paul Reubens, actor, comedian
- Hiram Revels, Senator from Mississippi; first African American senator
- Paul Revere, Revolutionary War figure
- Charles Revson, cosmetics industry executive
- Margret Rey, children's writer
- Burt Reynolds, actor
- Debbie Reynolds, singer, dancer, actress
- Joseph Jones Reynolds, Union general
- Marjorie Reynolds, actress
- William Reynolds, film editor
- Trent Reznor, musician, singer, songwriter
- Ving Rhames, actor
- Manon Rheaume, hockey player
- Cecil Rhodes, businessman, political figure
- Busta Rhymes, rapper
- Matthew Rhys, actor
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, actor
- Christina Ricci, actor
- Anne Rice, writer
- Condoleezza Rice, political figure, government official
- Jerry Rice, football player
- Linda Johnson Rice, magazine publisher, executive
- Ray Rice, football player
- Adrienne Rich, poet, activist
- Marc Rich, business personality, fugitive
- Little Richard, pop musician
- Ariana Richards, actress
- Denise Richards, model, actor
- Keith Richards, rock musician, guitarist
- Michael Richards, actor
- Bill Richardson, politician, diplomat
- Elliot Richardson, former cabinet member
- Joely Richardson, actress
- Kevin Richardson, keyboards
- Miranda Richardson, actress
- Natasha Richardson, actress
- Tony Richardson, director
- Lionel Richie, pop musician
- Nicole Richie, TV personality
- Charles Richter, physicist /seismologist
- Manfred von Richthofen, soldier, aviator
- Alan Rickman, actor
- Pretty Ricky, singers
- Sally Ride, astronaut
- Gary Ridgway, murderer
- Daisy Ridley, actor
- Leni Riefenstahl, filmmaker, world war II figure
- Diana Rigg, actor
- Norbert Rillieux, inventor
- LeAnn Rimes, country singer
- Molly Ringwald, actor
- Cal Ripken, baseball player
- Robert L. Ripley, cartoonist, adventurer
- John Ritter, actor
- Emmanuelle Riva, actor
- Diego Rivera, artist
- Geraldo Rivera, TV newscaster, talk show Host
- Jenni Rivera, singer, actor
- Maria Ines Rivero, model
- Joan Rivers, comedian, TV personality
- Max Roach, jazz musician
- Jason Robards, actor
- Alain Robbe-Grillet, writer, filmmaker
- Margot Robbie, actor
- Harold Robbins, writer
- Jerome Robbins, choreographer, dancer
- Tim Robbins, actor, filmmaker
- Doris Roberts, actor
- Eric Roberts, actor
- J. Catherine Roberts, science teacher
- John G. Roberts, Jr., jurist
- Julia Roberts, actor
- Nora Roberts, writer
- Richard Roberts, inventor
- Cliff Robertson, actor
- Pat Robertson, evangelist, TV personality
- Robbie Robertson, songwriter, guitarist
- Paul Robeson, actor, singer, activist
- Edward G. Robinson, actor
- Jackie Robinson, baseball player
- V. Gene Robinson, clergyman
- William
Smokey
Robinson, singer, songwriter - Chris Rock, comedian
- Kid Rock, pop musician, rock musician
- The Rock, pro wrestler, actor
- John Davison Rockefeller, industrialist, philanthropist
- John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., philanthropist
- Laurance Spelman Rockefeller, business executive, conservationist
- Charles Rocket, actor
- Norman Rockwell, artist
- Rick Rockwell, TV personality
- Sam Rockwell, actor
- Gene Roddenberry, TV producer
- Andy Roddick, tennis player
- Richard Rodgers, composer
- Auguste Rodin, sculptor, artist
- Dennis Rodman, basketball player
- Caesar Rodney, revolutionary war figure
- Alex Rodriguez, baseball player
- Maggie Rodriguez, TV newscaster
- Cleto L. Rodriguez, soldier, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
- Theodore Roethke, poet
- Seth Rogen, actor
- Edith Nourse Rogers, U.S. congresswoman
- Fred Rogers, TV personality, clergyman
- Ginger Rogers, actress, dancer
- Mimi Rogers, actor
- Ralph Burton Rogers, businessman and philanthropist
- Roy Rogers, actor, country singer
- Will Rogers, humorist, radio personality, actor
- The Rolling Stones, rock band
- Howard E. Rollins, Jr., actor
- Ray Romano, comedian, actor
- Jim Rome, radio/TV personality
- Lil' Romeo, rapper, actor
- George Romero, filmmaker
- Pilar Miró Romero , director
- Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, model
- Tony Romo, football player
- Ronaldo, soccer player
- Saoirse Ronan, actor
- Linda Ronstadt, singer
- Andy Rooney, TV personality, journalist
- Mickey Rooney, actor
- Edith Roosevelt, U.S. First Lady
- Pete Rose, baseball player
- Ruby Rose, actor
- Roseanne, actress
- Paul Rosenberg, art dealer, collector
- Julius Rosenwald, merchant, retail executive, philanthropist
- Diana Ross, singer, actor
- Gavin Rossdale, singer, songwriter
- Isabella Rossellini, actor, model
- Valentino Rossi, motorcycle racer
- Katharine Ross, actress
- Emmy Rossum, actor
- David Lee Roth, singer
- Eli Roth, director
- Philip Roth, writer
- Tim Roth, actor
- Johnny Rotten, musician, singer, songwriter
- Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
- Mickey Rourke, actor
- James Rouse, real estate developer
- Ronda Rousey, martial artist
- Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
- Karl Rove, presidential advisor
- Debbie Rowe, celebrity relative
- F. Sherwood (Sherry) Rowland, chemist, Nobel laureate
- Gena Rowlands, actress
- J.K. Rowling, writer
- Arundhati Roy, writer
- Mike Royko, newspaper columnist
- Erno Rubik, inventor
- Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics executive
- Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator
- Jack Ruby, assassin
- Darius Rucker, lead vocalist
- Paul Rudd, actor
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, animated character, fictional reindeer
- Maya Rudolph, actor
- Wilma Rudolph, runner
- Mercedes Ruehl, actress
- Warren de la Rue, astronomer, physicist
- Mark Ruffalo, actor
- Charles Ruff, lawyer
- Rosie Ruiz, fraud, runner
- Ja Rule, rapper
- Donald Rumsfeld, government official
- Anthony Edward Rupert, financier, arts patron, conservationist
- Rurik, ruler
- Rush, rock group
- Geoffrey Rush, actor
- Salman Rushdie, writer
- Bob Russell, entertainer
- Charles M. Russell, artist
- Charles T. Russell, religious figure
- David O. Russell, director
- Sir Gordon Russell, furniture designer
- Harold Russell, soldier, actor, world war II figure
- Jane Russell, actress
- Keri Russell, actor
- Kurt Russell, actor
- Lynne Russell, TV news anchor
- Theresa Russell, actress
- Tim Russert, TV Personality, journalist
- Rene Russo, actor
- John Brown Russwurm, newspaper publisher
- Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist
- Dame Margaret Rutherford, actress
- Amy Ryan, actor
- Debby Ryan, actor
- Irene Ryan, actor
- Jeri Ryan, actress
- Kay Ryan, poet
- Meg Ryan, actor
- Paul Ryan, U. S. Representative
- Winona Ryder, actor
- Martin Antoine Ryerson, businessman, collector
