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- Rabih az-ZubayrSudanese warlord and empire-builder
- Radomir PutnikSerbian field marshal (1847–1917)
- Raimondo MontecuccoliItalian soldier and military theorist (1609–1680)
- Ralph AbernathyAmerican activist and minister (1926–1990)
- Raoni MetuktireIndigenous Brazilian leader and environmentalist (born 1932)
- Raoul SalanFrench general, founder of OAS (1899–1984)
- Raoul WallenbergSwedish diplomat and humanitarian (1912–1945)
- Ratko MladićBosnian Serb general and war criminal (1942–2026)
- RavacholFrench anarchist (1859–1892)
- Raymond A. SpruanceUnited States admiral (1886–1969)
- Red CloudLeader of the Oglala Lakota (1822–1909)
- ReddersburgReddersburg is a small sheep and cattle farming town in the Free State province of South A
- Reformed fundamentalismReformed fundamentalism (also known as fundamentalist Calvinism) arose in some conservativ
- Republican Defence ArmyThe Republican Defence Army (RDA) was a splinter group from the Provisional Irish Republic
- Republican Socialist CollectiveThe Republican Socialist Collective was a fringe Irish republican political group in North
- Returnees from AlbaniaThe case of the Returnees from Albania was a massive criminal trial in an Egyptian militar
- Richard MulcahyIrish politician and army general (1886–1971)
- Richard Neville, 16th Earl of WarwickEnglish nobleman, politician and military commander (1428–1471)
- Richard von Coudenhove-KalergiPolitician and philosopher (1894–1972)
- Rigas FeraiosGreek writer, political thinker and revolutionary (1757–1798)
- Rigoberta MenchúK'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist (born 1959)
- Rivas, NicaraguaRivas (Spanish pronunciation: ) is a city and municipality in southwestern Nicaragua on th
- Robert Blake (admiral)English naval officer (1598–1657)
- Robert Ritter von GreimGerman field marshal (1892–1945)
- Robert T. HerresRobert Tralles Herres (December 1, 1932 – July 24, 2008) was a United States Air Force gen
- Robert, 1st Earl of GloucesterIllegitimate son of Henry I of England (c.1090–1147)
- Roger CasementIrish diplomat, activist, nationalist and poet (1864–1916)
- Roger de FlorItalian military adventurer and condottiere
- Roger of LauriaItalian admiral (1245–1305)
- RolandFrankish military leader under Charlemagne
- Roland (Lully)Roland is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault.
- Roland Garros (aviator)20th-century early French pilot
- Rote HilfeThe Rote Hilfe ("Red Aid") was the German affiliate of the International Red Aid. The Rote
- RovasendaRovasenda is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region of
- Rovno–Lutsk offensiveThe Rovno-Lutsk operation (Russian: Ровно-Луцкая операция), was an offensive operation in
- Rudi DutschkeGerman student activist (1940–1979)
- Russell MeansNative American activist (1939–2012)