Names beginning with R

• R. D. BurmanIndian musician (1939–1994)

  June 27, 1939 – January 4, 1994
• R. J. ReynoldsAmerican businessman, founder R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (1850–1918)

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• R. K. NarayanIndian English-language writer (1906–2001)

  October 10, 1906 – May 13, 2001
• RMSouth Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and leader of the boy band BTS

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• Rabbi AkivaJewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)

  50 CE – September 28, 135 CE
• Rabia BalkhiPersian poet, first woman poet of Islamic period

  b. c. 1000
• Rabia al-AdawiyyaIraqi sufi and poet

  c. 710 CE – 801 CE
• Rabindranath TagoreBengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

  May 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941
• Rachel CarsonAmerican marine biologist and conservationist (1907–1964)

  May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964
• RadegundFrankish queen consort

  518 CE – August 13, 587 CE
• Raden SalehPainter from Indonesia (1811-1880)

  1811 – April 23, 1880
• Radhanath SikdarIndian mathematician

  1813 – May 17, 1870
• Raedwald of East Anglia7th-century Anglo-Saxon king

  c. 550 CE – 624 CE
• Raees AmrohviHistorical figure
• Rafael CorreaPresident of Ecuador (2007 - 2017) y Prófugo de la Justicia

  b. April 6, 1963
• Rafael NadalSpanish tennis player (born 1986)

  b. June 3, 1986
• Rafi Ahmed KidwaiIndian freedom fighter (1894–1954)

  February 18, 1894 – October 24, 1954
• Raghuram RajanIndian economist and former governor of Reserve Bank of India

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• Ragnar LothbrokVikingo
• Rahat Fateh Ali KhanPakistani sufi singer

  b. December 9, 1974
• Rahat IndoriIndian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet (1950–2020)

  January 1, 1950 – August 11, 2020
• Raheem SterlingEnglish association football player (born 1994)

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• Rahman BabaPashtun Sufi Saint

  1632 – 1706
• Rahmon NabiyevTajikistani politician (1930-1993)

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• Rahul GandhiIndian politician (1970-present)

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• Rai Ahmad Khan KharalMuslim Hero & Freedom Fighter

  February 2, 1777 – September 21, 1857
• Raimonds VējonisNinth president of Latvia

  b. June 15, 1966
• Raimundo PereiraPresident unterine of Guinea-Bissau

  b. August 28, 1956
• Rainer Maria RilkeAustrian poet and writer (1875–1926)

  December 4, 1875 – December 29, 1926
• Rainer WeissAmerican physicist (1932–2025)

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• Rainier III, Prince of MonacoPrince of Monaco from 1949 to 2005 (1923-2005)

  May 31, 1923 – April 6, 2005
• Raj GokalHistorical figure
• Raj KapoorIndian actor and filmmaker (1924–1988)

  December 14, 1924 – June 2, 1988
• Raja DahirRuler of Sindh (663–712)

  663 CE – 712 CE
• Raja Pervez AshrafPakistani politician

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• Raja Ram Mohan RoyIndian religious, social, and educational reformer, and humanitarian

  May 22, 1772 – September 27, 1833
• Raja Ravi VarmaIndian painter from Kerala (1848–1906)

  April 29, 1848 – October 2, 1906
• Raja Sahib of MahmudabadHistorical figure
• Rajendra PrasadIndian statesman, lawyer and writer (1884–1963); first President of India

  December 3, 1884 – February 28, 1963
• Rajesh KhannaIndian actor and film producer (1942–2012)

  December 29, 1942 – July 18, 2012
• Rajinder Singh BediIndian author, director and screenwriter

  September 1, 1915 – November 11, 1984
• RajinikanthIndian actor (born 1950)

  b. December 12, 1950
• Rajkumari Amrit KaurIndian politician (1889–1964)

  February 2, 1889 – February 6, 1964
• Rakesh SharmaFirst Indian astronaut

  b. January 13, 1949
• Ralph EllisonAmerican novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)

  March 1, 1914 – April 16, 1994
• Ralph LaurenAmerican fashion designer (born 1939)

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• Ralph MerkleAmerican cryptographer and cryonicist (born 1952)

  b. February 2, 1952
• Ralph Vaughan WilliamsEnglish composer (1872-1958)

  October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958
• Ralph Waldo EmersonAmerican philosopher (1803–1882)

  May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882
• Ram Baran YadavFormer President of Nepal

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• Ram Chandra PoudelPresident of Nepal since 2023

  b. October 15, 1944
• Ram CharanIndian actor (born 1985)

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• Ram Kinker BaijIndian sculptor and painter, 1906-1980

  May 25, 1906 – August 2, 1980
• Ram Manohar LohiaIndian politician (1910–1967)

  March 23, 1910 – October 12, 1967
• Ram Nath KovindPresident of India from 2017 to 2022

  b. October 1, 1945
• Ram Prasad BismilRevolutionary, poet & writer (1897–1927)

  June 11, 1897 – December 19, 1927
• Ramabai RanadeIndian active social worker and one of the first women's rights activists in the 19th century

  January 25, 1862 – 1924
• RamakrishnaIndian mystic and religious preacher (1836–1886)

  February 18, 1836 – August 16, 1886
• Raman HalowchankaBelarusian diplomat, politician & banker

  b. August 10, 1973
• Ramana MaharshiIndian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)

  December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950
• Ramanathan KrishnanIndian tennis player

  b. April 11, 1932
• Ramdhari Singh DinkarIndian Hindi poet, essayist (1908-1974)

  September 23, 1908 – April 24, 1974
• Ramesses IIEgypt's greatest pharaoh, builder of Abu Simbel

  1303 BCE – 1213 BCE
• Ramesses IIIEgyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty

  1217 BCE – 1155 BCE
• Rami HamdallahPalestinian politician (born 1958)

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• Ramiz RajaFormer Pakistani cricketer and former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

  b. August 14, 1962
• Ramnath GoenkaIndian newspaper publisher (1904–1991)

  April 3, 1904 – October 5, 1991
• Ramon Emeterio BetancesPuerto Rican nationalist (1827–1898)

  April 8, 1827 – September 16, 1898
• Ramon Iglesias i NavarriSpanish of Urgell (1889-1972)

  January 28, 1889 – March 31, 1972
• Ramon LlullMajorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)

  1232 – 1316
• Ramon MagsaysayPresident of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957

  August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957
• Ramon Malla CallCatholic bishop (1922-2014)

  September 4, 1922 – April 18, 2014
• Ramon MuntanerCatalan singer-songwriter and composer

  September 29, 1950 – December 9, 2021
• Ramsey NouahNigerian actor

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• Ramush HaradinajKosovar soldier and Prime Minister of Kosovo

  b. July 3, 1968
• Rana BhagwandasPakistani judge

  December 20, 1942 – February 23, 2015
• Ranbir KapoorIndian actor (born 1982)

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• Randy MossMayor

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• Rangeela (comedian)Pakistani actor

  January 1, 1937 – May 24, 2005
• Rani AbbakkaQueen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century

  b. 1525
• Rani GaidinliuIndian independence activist (1915–1993)

  January 26, 1915 – February 17, 1993
• Rani LakshmibaiQueen of a princely state in India

  November 19, 1828 – June 17, 1858
• Rani MukerjiIndian actress (born 1978)

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• Rani Rashmoni19th century Indian philanthropist

  September 28, 1793 – February 19, 1861
• Ranil Wickremesinghe9th President of Sri Lanka from July 2022 to September 2024

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• Ranjit SinghIndian athlete
• Ransom E. OldsAmerican businessman (1864–1950)

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• Ranveer SinghIndian actor

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• Rao Tula RamIndian revolutionist (1825–1863)

  December 9, 1825 – September 23, 1863
• Raoul PalFinnish writer (1912-1995)

  January 12, 1912 – March 10, 1995
• Raoul WallenbergSwedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian (1912-1947)

  August 4, 1912 – January 1, 1947
• RaphaelSpanish recording artist; singer and actor

  b. May 5, 1943
• Rash Behari BoseIndian independence activist (1886–1945)

  May 25, 1886 – January 21, 1945
• Rashad al-AlimiChairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen since 2022

  b. January 15, 1954
• RashiFrench rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)

  1040 – July 13, 1105
• Rashid Ahmad GangohiThe Great Islamic Scholar (1829-1905)

  May 9, 1829 – August 11, 1905
• Rashid KhanAfghan cricketer

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• Rashid MinhasResearcher
• Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum2nd Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Sheikh of Dubai (1912-1990)

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• Rasool Bux PalijoPakistani revolutionary (1930–2018)

  February 21, 1930 – June 7, 2018
• Rasul MirKashmiri poet

  d. 1870
• Ratan Nath SarsharIndian writer and magazine editor (1846–1903)

  1846 – January 21, 1903
• Ratan TataIndian industrialist (1937–2024)

  December 28, 1937 – October 9, 2024
• Rauw AlejandroPuerto Rican singer and songwriter y bochinchoso

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• Rav AshiBabylonian rabbi

  352 CE – 427 CE
• Ravi ShankarIndian sitar player (1920–2012)

  April 7, 1920 – December 11, 2012
• Ravichandran AshwinIndian cricket player

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• RavidasBuddhism

  c. 1450 – c. 1520
• Ravindra JadejaIndian cricketer (born 1988)

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• Ravishankar MaharajIndian independence activist and social activist

  February 25, 1884 – July 1, 1984
• Ray BradburyAmerican author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

  August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012
• Ray CharlesAmerican singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)

  September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004
• Ray DalioAmerican billionaire hedge fund manager

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• Ray KrocAmerican businessman

  October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984
• Ray YoussefHistorical figure
• RayeBritish singer-songwriter

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• Raymond IV of ToulouseCount of Toulouse (1094-1105) and Count of Tripoli (1102-1105)

  c. 1041 – June 22, 1105
• Raymond Ndong SimaGabonese politician

  b. January 23, 1955
• Raynald of ChatillonFrench crusader

  1120 – July 4, 1187
• Razia BhattiPakistani journalist

  1943 – March 12, 1996
• Razia ButtWriter (1924-2012)

  May 19, 1924 – October 4, 2012
• Raúl CastroFormer First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba

  b. June 3, 1931
• Recep Tayyip ErdoğanPresident of Turkey since 2014

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• Reed HastingsAmerican entrepreneur and education philanthropist

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• Reema KhanPakistani actress and director

  b. October 27, 1971
• Reeve CollinsHistorical figure
• RegiomontanusHistorical figure
• Rei KawakuboJapanese fashion designer, business woman (1942-)

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• Reid HoffmanAmerican co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and author

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• Reinhard GenzelGerman astronomer

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• Reinhold MessnerItalian mountaineer, adventurer and explorer (born 1944)

  b. September 17, 1944
• RekhaIndian actress

  b. October 10, 1954
• RemaNigerian singer-songwriter and rapper (2000–)

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• RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

  July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669
• Ren ZhengfeiChinese businessman

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• Rene MagritteBelgian surrealist (1898–1967)

  November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967
• Rene of AnjouKing of Naples (1409-1480)

  January 16, 1409 – July 10, 1480
• René DescartesFrench philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)

  March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• René PrévalEx-President of Haiti (1943-2017)

  January 17, 1943 – March 3, 2017
• René RedzepiDanish chef

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• ReshmaFolk singer from Pakistan

  1947 – November 3, 2013
• Reuven Rivlin10th President of Israel (2014–2021)

  b. September 9, 1939
• Rexhep MeidaniAlbanian politician

  b. August 17, 1944
• RiazuddinPakistani nuclear physicist (1930–2013)

  November 10, 1930 – September 9, 2013
• Ricard Fornesa i PuigdemasaPolitician

  1883 – 1943
• Ricardo LagosChilean politician, president of Chile from 2000 to 2006

  b. March 2, 1938
• Ricardo Mangue Obama NfubeaEquatoguinean politician

  b. 1961
• Ricardo Martinelli36th president of Panama from 2009 to 2014

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• Riccardo SpagniHistorical figure
• Richard BransonBritish business magnate

  b. July 18, 1950
• Richard BurtonWelsh actor (1925–1984)

  November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984
• Richard DawkinsEnglish ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)

  b. March 26, 1941
• Richard FeynmanAmerican theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

  May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988
• Richard Francis BurtonBritish explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)

  March 19, 1821 – October 20, 1890
• Richard HeartTech-entrepreneur

  b. October 9, 1979
• Richard II of EnglandKing of England from 1377 to 1399

  January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400
• Richard III of EnglandKing of England from 1483 to 1485

  October 2, 1452 – August 22, 1485
• Richard Neville, Earl of WarwickJure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick and suo jure 6th Earl of Salisbury (1428-1471)

  November 22, 1428 – April 14, 1471
• Richard NixonPresident of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)

  January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994
• Richard PryorAmerican comedian and actor (1940–2005)

  December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005
• Richard TengEstonian ship captain resided in Canada (1906-1990)

  December 29, 1906 – May 5, 1990
• Richard ThalerAmerican economist

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• Richard WagnerGerman composer (1813–1883)

  May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883
• Richard Warren SearsAmerican businessman (1863–1914)

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• Richard WhittingtonHistorical figure

  1825 – 1900
• Richard WrightEnglish keyboardist, co-founder of Pink Floyd (1943–2008)

  July 28, 1943 – September 15, 2008
• Richard de Clare, StrongbowHistorical figure
• Richard the LionheartKing of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)

  September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
• Rick HouSolomon Island politician

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• Ricky PontingAustralian cricketer

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• Ridley ScottEnglish filmmaker (born 1937)

  b. November 30, 1937
• Rifat RastoderMontenegrin Bosniak politician

  July 11, 1950 – May 4, 2023
• Rigoberta MenchuGuatemalan human rights activist

  b. January 9, 1959
• RihannaBarbadian singer (born 1988)

  b. February 20, 1988
• Rimantas ŠadžiusLithuanian politician

  b. October 8, 1960
• Ringo StarrBritish musician, drummer for the Beatles (born 1940)

  b. July 7, 1940
• Rishabh PantIndian cricketer

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• Rishi KapoorPh.D. University of California, San Diego 2015
• Rishi SunakPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024

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• Rita HayworthAmerican actress (1918–1987)

  October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987
• Rita Levi-MontalciniItalian neurologist (1909–2012)

  April 22, 1909 – December 30, 2012
• Rita of CasciaHistorical figure
• Ritchie ValensAmerican musician (1941–1959)

  May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959
• Ritwik GhatakIndian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)

  November 4, 1925 – February 6, 1976
• River PhoenixAmerican actor and musician (1970–2026

  August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993
• Rivo RakotovaoMalagasy politician

  b. May 12, 1960
• Riyad MahrezAlgerian-French footballer (born 1991)

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• Riz AhmedBritish actor and rapper (born 1982)

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• Roald AmundsenNorwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)

  July 16, 1872 – June 18, 1928
• Roald DahlBritish writer and poet (1916–1990)

  September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990
• Rob JettenPrime minister of the Netherlands

  b. March 25, 1987
• Robert AbelaMaltese politician

  b. December 7, 1977
• Robert Beugré MambéIvorian politician

  b. January 1, 1952
• Robert BoschRobert Bosch's son (born 1891)

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• Robert BoyleAnglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

  January 25, 1627 – December 31, 1691
• Robert BrowningEnglish poet and playwright (1812–1889)

  May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889
• Robert BunsenGerman chemist (1811-1899)

  March 30, 1811 – August 16, 1899
• Robert BurnsScottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

  January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796
• Robert CapaAmerican photographer (1913–1954)

  October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954
• Robert CurthoseDuke of Normandy

  1054 – 1134