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- R. C. MajumdarIndian historian and academician (1888–1980)
- R. D. BanerjiIndian archaeologist (1885–1930)
- R. H. TawneyEnglish philosopher (1880–1962)
- R. M. HareBritish moral philosopher (1919–2002)
- R. Palme DuttBritish communist and journalist (1896–1974)
- R. VenkataramaniIndian lawyer and Attourney-General (born 1950)
- RAD750Radiation-hardened computer (2001)
- Radburn, New JerseyRadburn is an unincorporated community located within the borough of Fair Lawn in Bergen C
- Rafael Farga i PellicerSpanish anarchist (1844–1890)
- Raffaella PetriniItalian Vatican official (born 1969)
- Raghad HusseinDaughter of Saddam Hussein (born 1968)
- Raghavendra TirthaHindu philosopher and theologian (c.1595–1671)
- Ragini DeviAmerican performer of Indian dance (1893–1982)
- Rai dynastyDynasty of Sindh (489–632)
- Raid on Chignecto (1696)The Raid on Chignecto occurred during King William's War when New England forces from Bost
- Raid on DoverThe Raid on Dover (also known as the Cochecho Massacre) took place in Dover, New Hampshire
- Raif BadawiSaudi Arabian writer and activist (born 1984)
- Raja Ravi VarmaIndian painter (1848–1906)
- Rajaditya CholaChola prince (died c. 949 CE)
- Rajendra SinghIndian environmentalist (born 1959)
- Rajmohan GandhiIndian historian, biographer and academic (born 1935)
- RajpramukhAdministrative title in India (1947–56)
- Rakesh SharmaFirst Indian to travel to space (born 1949)
- Ralpachen7th Tibetan Emperor and 40th King of Tibet (802–838)
- Ralph AlpherAmerican cosmologist (1921–2007)
- Ralph GreenbergRalph Greenberg (born 1944) is an American mathematician who has made contributions to num
- Ralph Johnson (philosopher)Ralph Henry Johnson (born 1940) is a Canadian American philosopher, born in Detroit, Michi
- Ralph MilibandBelgian born Polish Marxist theorist (1924–1994)
- Ralph NaderAmerican lawyer and activist (born 1934)
- Ralph RaicoAmerican historian (1936–2016)
- Ram Manohar LohiaIndian socialist (1910–1967)
- Rama TirthaIndian teacher (1873–1906)
- Ramachandra GuhaIndian historian and writer (born 1958)
- Ramaswamy S. VaidyanathaswamyRamaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy (1894–1960) was an Indian mathematician who wrote the first
- RambhadracharyaIndian Hindu religious leader since 1988 (born 1950)
- Ramchandra GandhiRamchandra Gandhi (9 June 1937 – 13 June 2007) was an Indian philosopher. He was a grandso
- Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (physicist)Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (1904-1995) was an Indian physicist who made contributions in seve
- Ramiro Ledesma RamosSpanish author (1905–1936)
- RammenauRammenau (German name; Upper Sorbian name: Ramnow, pronounced ) is a municipality in the d
- RamoniaRamonia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Gyalectaceae. It contains 24 species.
- Ramsay MacDonaldPrime Minister of the United Kingdom (1924; 1929–1935)
- RamtekRamtek is a city and municipal council in Nagpur district of Maharashtra, India.
- Ranajit GuhaIndian historian (1923–2023)
- Rani DurgavatiQueen Regent of Gondwana (1524:-1564)
- Rani GaidinliuIndian freedom fighter (1915 – 1993)
- Rani RashmoniIndian Zamindar and philanthropist (1793-1900)
- Ranulf de GlanvillRanulf de Glanvill (alias Glanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died 1190) was Chief Justic
- Raphael LemkinPolish Jewish lawyer (1900–1959)
- Raquette RiverThe Raquette River, sometimes spelled Racquette, originates at Raquette Lake in the Adiron
- Rash Behari BoseIndian independence leader (1886–1945)
- Rashid Ali al-GaylaniFormer prime minister of Iraq (1892–1965)
- Rashid RidaSalafi reformist scholar and theologian (1865–1935)
- Rashid SunyaevRussian astronomer (born 1943)
- Ratan TataIndian Business Executive and philanthropist (1937–2024)
- Ratan ThiyamIndian theatre director (1948–2025)
- Raúl PrebischArgentine economist (1901–1986)
- Ravi ZachariasCanadian-American Christian apologist (1946–2020)
- Ray JohnsonAmerican artist (1927–1995)
- Ray KurzweilAmerican computer scientist, author and futurist (born 1948)
- Raymond AronFrench philosopher, sociologist, journalist and political scientist (1905–1983)
- Raymond CrottyIrish economist and writer (1925–1994)
- Raymond E. BrownAmerican biblical scholar (1928–1998)
- Raymond J. SaulnierRaymond Joseph Saulnier (September 20, 1908 – April 30, 2009) was an American economist wh
- Raymond WilliamsWelsh scholar, critic and Marxist (1921–1988)
- Real Audiencia of CharcasSpanish American appellate court (1559–1776)
- Red Pine (author)American author, poet, and translator (born 1943)
- Red TerrorBolshevik campaign of political repression and executions (1918–1922)
- Reddi KingdomSouth Indian kingdom (1325–1448)
- Reed and StemReed and Stem (present-day WASA Studio) is an American architectural and engineering firm.
- Reflections on the Motive Power of FireThermodynamics book by Sadi Carnot (1824)
- Reform era in IndonesiaContemporary period of Indonesian history (1998–present)
- Reginald DyerBritish Indian Army officer (1864–1927)
- Réginald Garrigou-LagrangeFrench Catholic friar and philosopher (1877–1964)
- Reginald Innes PocockBritish zoologist (1863–1947)
- Reich Security Main OfficeNazi German police and intelligence organization (1939–1945)
- Reichstag (German Empire)Former legislative body (1871–1918)
- Reid CommissionThe Reid Commission was an independent commission responsible for drafting the Constitutio
- Reiji OkazakiReiji Okazaki (岡崎 令治, Okazaki Reiji, October 8, 1930 – August 1, 1975) was a pioneer Japan
- Reiner SchürmannPhilosopher (1941–1993)
- Reinhard HeydrichGerman high-ranking Nazi official (1904–1942)
- Reinhart KoselleckGerman historian (1923–2006)
- Reinhold NiebuhrAmerican Reformed theologian (1892–1971)
- Reiwa eraEra of Japanese history (2019–present)
- Relief of NewarkThe Relief of Newark (21 March 1644) was a Royalist victory during the First English Civil
- René GuénonFrench intellectual (1886–1951)
- René LessonFrench surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist (1794–1849)
- René ThomFrench mathematician (1923–2002)
- Reorganisation loan affairThe Reorganisation loan affair (Chinese: 善後大借款; pinyin: Shànhòu dà jièkuǎn) was a series o
- Republic of AraratKurdish state (1927–1931)
- Republic of ArtsakhBreakaway state in the South Caucasus (1991–2023)
- Republic of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBalkan country (1992–1995)
- Republic of China Military PoliceThe Republic of China Military Police (ROC MP; historically as the Chinese Military Police
- Resacralization of natureResacralization of nature is a term used in environmental philosophy to describe the proce
- Rest in peaceEpitaph or idiomatic expression to someone who has died
- Revival Lê dynastyVietnamese dynasty (1533–1789)
- Revivalist (person)A revivalist or evangelist is a person who holds or presides over religious revivals. Revi
- Revolutionary Insurgent Army of UkraineAnarchist army of Ukrainian peasants and workers (1918–21)
- Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–1920)Post-WWI period in Hungary (1918–20)
- Ricardian economicsRicardian economics are the economic theories of David Ricardo, an English political econo
- Ricardo Flores MagónMexican anarchist, social reform activist, and revolutionary (1874–1922)
- Ricardo MellaSpanish anarchist writer (1861–1925)
- Riccardo GiovanelliRiccardo Giovanelli (August 30, 1946 – December 14, 2022) was an Italian-born American ast
- Richard Aldrich McCurdyRichard Aldrich McCurdy (January 29, 1835, New York City – March 6, 1916, Morristown, New
- Richard Bowdler SharpeBritish ornithologist (1847–1909)
- Richard C. TolmanAmerican physicist (1881–1948)
- Richard CourantGerman-American mathematician (1888–1972)
- Richard D. WolffAmerican Marxian economist (born 1942)
- Richard E. ByrdAmerican naval officer (1888–1957)
- Richard EhrenborgRichard Ehrenborg is a Swedish mathematician working in algebraic combinatorics. He is kno
- Richard FitzJamesRichard FitzJames (died 1522) was an English academic and administrator who became success
- Richard GlazarRichard Glazar (November 29, 1920 – December 20, 1997) was a Czech-Jewish inmate of the Tr
- Richard GlücksGerman SS officer (1889–1945)
- Richard HartshorneAmerican geographer (1899–1992)
- Richard HeinbergAmerican journalist and educator (1950–2026)
- Richard Hope SimpsonRichard "Dick" Hope Simpson (1930–2016) was a British Classical archaeologist, known for h
- Richard K. YamamotoRichard K. Yamamoto (1935–2009) was an elementary particle physicist and professor of phys
- Richard Lawrence (failed assassin)Failed assassin of Andrew Jackson (c. 1800–1861)
- Richard LydekkerBritish naturalist and geologist (1849–1915)
- Richard M. WeaverAmerican scholar (1910–1963)
- Richard Miles (historian)Richard Miles (born 1969) is a British historian and archaeologist, best known for present
- Richard Musgrave (economist)German-American economist (1910–2007)
- Richard RadoRichard Rado FRS (28 April 1906 – 23 December 1989) was a German-born British mathematicia
- Richard SwinburneEnglish philosopher and Christian apologist (born 1934)
- Richard T. ElyRichard Theodore Ely (April 13, 1854 – October 4, 1943) was an American economist, author,
- Richard ThomallaRichard Thomalla (German: ; 23 October 1903 – 12 May 1945) was a German war criminal and S
- Richard TuckRichard Francis Tuck FBA (born 9 January 1949) is a British academic, political theorist a
- Ridhima PandeyIndian climate activist (born 2007)
- Ridley ScottEnglish filmmaker (born 1937)
- Ridolfo GhirlandaioRidolfo di Domenico Bigordi, better known as Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (14 February 1483 – 6 Jun
- Riiser-Larsen Ice ShelfRiiser-Larsen Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 250 miles (400 km) long on the coast of Quee
- Ritwik GhatakIndian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)
- Robby SoaveRobert Emil Soave Jr. (, SWAH-vay) is a libertarian American journalist. Soave is a senior
- Robert Ayres (scientist)American physicist and economist (1932–2023)
- Robert BarronAmerican Catholic prelate, scholar and evangelist (born 1959)
- Robert BellarmineItalian Jesuit cardinal and saint (1542–1621)
- Robert Brady (writer)Robert Brady MD (1627–1700) was an English academic and historical writer supporting the r
- Robert BrasillachFrench author, journalist, and convicted traitor (1909–1945)
- Robert Chambers (English judge)Sir Robert Chambers (14 January 1737 – 9 May 1803) was an English jurist, Vinerian Profess
- Robert ConquestBritish-American historian and poet (1917–2015)
- Robert DahlAmerican political scientist (1915–2014)
- Robert DurrerRobert Durrer (1890–1978) was a Swiss engineer who invented the basic oxygen steelmaking p
- Robert E. LaneRobert E. Lane (August 19, 1917 in Philadelphia – December 2017) was an American political
- Robert E. LeeConfederate States Army general (1807–1870)
- Robert FilmerEnglish political theorist (c. 1588–1653)
- Robert FluddEnglish mathematician and astrologer (1574–1637)
- Robert FreitasAmerican nanotechnologist (born 1952)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of SalisburyBritish statesman (1830–1903)
- Robert Kane (philosopher)Robert Hilary Kane (November 25, 1938 – April 20, 2024) was an American philosopher. He wa
- Robert Kerr (writer)Scottish surgeon and writer (1757–1813)
- Robert L. CarneiroAmerican anthropologist (1927–2020)
- Robert M. Young (academic)Robert Maxwell Young (September 26, 1935 – July 5, 2019) was an American-born historian of
- Robert Manning (engineer)Robert Manning (22 October 1816 – 9 December 1897) was an Irish hydraulic engineer best kn
- Robert Merrihew AdamsAmerican philosopher (1937–2024)
- Robert MichelsGerman-Italian sociologist (1876–1936)
- Robert Mills (physicist)American physicist (1927–1999)
- Robert MosesAmerican urban planner (1888–1981)
- Robert NisbetAmerican sociologist (1913–1996)
- Robert NozickAmerican political philosopher (1938–2002)
- Robert OwenWelsh social reformer (1771–1858)
- Robert PearyAmerican explorer (1856–1920)
- Robert PinskyRobert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and
- Robert RedfieldAmerican anthropologist (1897–1958)
- Robert Reed, Baron Reed of AllermuirScottish judge (born 1956)
- Robert RemakRobert Remak (26 July 1815 – 29 August 1865) was an embryologist, physiologist and neurolo
- Robert René KuczynskiRobert René ('René') Kuczynski (1876–1947) was a left-wing German economist and demographe
- Robert RidgwayAmerican ornithologist (1850–1929)
- Robert ShimerRobert Shimer (born August 21, 1968) is an American macroeconomist and labor economist who
- Robert SobukweFounding president of the Pan Africanist Congress (1924–1978)
- Robert Sommer (psychiatrist)Karl Robert Sommer (19 December 1864, in Grottkau – 2 February 1937, in Giessen) was a ger
- Robert StoutPremier of New Zealand (1884, 1884–1887)
- Robert TjianRobert Tjian (Chinese: 錢澤南; pinyin: Qián Zénán; born 1949) is a Hong Kong-born American bi
- Robert Vincent DanielsRobert Vincent "Bill" Daniels (1926–2010) was an American historian and educator specializ
- Robert Wayne ThomasonRobert Wayne Thomason (5 November 1952 – 5 November 1995) was an American mathematician wh
- Robert WhyttRobert Whytt (1714–1766) was a Scottish physician. His work, on unconscious reflexes, tube
- Roberto Freire (psychiatrist)Anarchist author and psychiatrist (1927–2008)
- Robin D. G. KelleyAmerican historian and academic (born 1962)
- Robin HansonAmerican economist and author (born 1959)
- Robin W. G. HortonEnglish social anthropologist and philosopher (1932–2019)
- Robin WarrenAustralian pathologist (1937–2024)
- Rockhampton RegionThe Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia,
- Rod DreherAmerican journalist (born 1967)
- Rodolfo LlinásColombian neuroscientist (born 1934)
- Rodrigo Pinto Guedes, Baron of Rio da PrataRodrigo Pinto Guedes, Baron of Rio da Prata (27 July 1762 – 13 June 1845) was a Portuguese
- Roger DucosPierre Roger Ducos (25 July 1747 – 16 March 1816), better known as Roger Ducos, was a Fren
- Roger GuesnerieRoger Guesnerie is an economist born in France in 1943. He is currently the Chaired Profes
- Roger ScrutonEnglish philosopher (1944–2020)
- Roger W. SchvaneveldtRoger W. Schvaneveldt (born April 11, 1941 in Logan, Utah) is an American experimental psy
- Roget's ThesaurusRoget's Thesaurus is a widely used English-language thesaurus, created in 1805 by Peter Ma
- Roland BaintonRoland Herbert Bainton (March 30, 1894 – February 13, 1984) was a British-born American Pr
- Rolf NevanlinnaRolf Herman Nevanlinna (né Neovius; 22 October 1895 – 28 May 1980) was a Finnish mathemati
- Rolf Peter SieferleRolf Peter Sieferle (1949–2016) was a German historian known for applying the methodology
- Romain RollandFrench author (1866–1944)
- Roman ArmeniaRoman province (114 – 118)
- Roman armyArmy of Roman civilisation (753 BC – 1453 AD)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of MeauxThe Diocese of Meaux (Latin: Dioecesis Meldensis; French: Diocèse de Meaux) is a Latin dio
- Roman DaciaRoman province (106–271/275)
- Roman Frederick StarzlRoman Frederick Starzl (1899–1976) was an American writer. He, and earlier, his father (Jo
- Roman JuszkiewiczRoman Juszkiewicz (9 August 1952 – 28 January 2012) was a Polish astrophysicist whose work
- Romano GuardiniItalian-born German Catholic priest, philosopher and theologian (1885–1968)
- Romanovski polynomialsIn mathematics, the Romanovski polynomials are one of three finite subsets of real orthogo
- Ronald de SousaRonald Bon de Sousa Pernes ( də SOO-zə; born 1940) is a Swiss-born Canadian philosopher an
- Ronald EkersRonald David Ekers AO (born 18 September 1941) FRS FAA is an Australian radio astronomer.
- Rosalie DuthéCatherine-Rosalie Gerard Duthé (1748–1830), alternately Duthe or Du The, was a celebrated
- Rose NaderRose Nader (Arabic: روز نادر) (February 7, 1906 – January 20, 2006; born Rose Bouziane (Ar
- Rosetta (spacecraft)European mission to study Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (2004–2016)
- Rottach-EgernRottach-Egern (German pronunciation: ) is a municipality (Gemeinde Rottach-Egern am Tegern
- RottofrenoRottofreno (Piacentino: Altufrèi, Artufrèi, Ltufrèi or Rtufrèi) is a comune (municipality)
- Roy ChildsAmerican libertarian essayist and critic (1949–1992)
- Roy CohnAmerican lawyer and prosecutor (1927–1986)
- Roy HarrodEnglish economist (1900–1978)
- Royal bastardChild of a reigning monarch born out of wedlock
- Royal Indian Air Force(1932–1947) military force
- Royal Indian Navy(1612–1947) military force
- Royal PrussiaAutonomous province of the Kingdom of Poland (1466–1772)
- Rozvi EmpireEmpire (c. 1683–1866) in present-day Zimbabwe
- Rudolf BultmannGerman theologian (1884–1976)
- Rudolf HössNazi commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)
- Rudolf JaenischGerman biologist (born 1942)
- Rudolf JungGerman Bohemian Nazi and SS-Gruppenführer (1882–1945)
- Rudolf LipschitzGerman mathematician (1832–1903)
- Rudolf OttoGerman theologian, philosopher and comparative religionist (1869–1937)
- Rudolf RockerGerman anarchist (1873–1958)
- Rudolf SteinerAustrian esotericist (1861–1925)
- Rudolf von SebottendorfGerman occultist (1875–1945)
- Rudolf VrbaSlovak-Jewish Auschwitz escapee, Canadian biochemist (1924–2006)
- RudradevaRudra-deva (r. c. 1158-1195) was a Kakatiya king, who ruled parts of the present-day Telan
- Rukmini Devi ArundaleIndian dancer and choreographer (1904–1986)
- Rule of the Major-GeneralsThe Rule of the Major-Generals, was a period of direct military government from August 165
- Rumyantsev MuseumThe Rumyantsev Museum evolved from the personal library and historical collection of Count
- Rupert ReadBritish philosopher (born 1966)
- Rupert's LandTerritory in British North America (1670–1870)
- Ruskin BondIndian novelist and short story writer (born 1934)
- Russ TiceAmerican intelligence analyst (born 1961)
- Russell KirkAmerican political theorist and writer (1918–1994)
- Ruth FirstSouth African journalist, scholar and anti-apartheid activist (1925–1982)
- Ruy Mauro MariniBrazilian economist and sociologist (1932–1997)