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R 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 Raí«l, 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 top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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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
  • Raí«l, 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

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  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales