| Rabal; Francisco (1926- ); Aguilas; Spain; actor (Holy Innocents; Camorra) |
| Rabbitt; Eddie (1944- ); Brooklyn; country singer (I Love a Rainy Night) |
| Rabemananjara; Jacques (1913- ); Madagascar; Poet |
| Rabi; Isidor Isaac (1898- ); Poland; physicist (explored atom; Nobel 1944) |
| Rabinowitz; Solomon (1859- ); [Sholem Aleichem]; author (Fiddler on the Roof) |
| Rachmaninoff; Sergei (1863- ); Novgorod Russia; composer (Prelude in C# Minor) |
| Rachmaninov; Sergei V (1873- ); Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) |
| Racine; Jean (1639- ); dramatist; La Ferte-Milon; France (Mithridate; Britannicus) |
| Rackham; Arthur (1864- ); England; artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales) |
| Radicevic; Branko (1824- ); Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising) |
| Radner; Gilda (1946- ); Detroit Mich; actress; writer (SNL; Haunted Honeymoon) |
| Radnoti; Miklós (1909- ); Budapest; Hungary; poet |
| Radnóti; Miklós (1909- ); Budapest; Hungary; poet |
| Rado; Sándor (1890- ); Hungarian/US; psycho-analyst |
| Radó; Sándor (1890- ); Hungarian/US; psycho-analyst |
| Radonesh; Sergius of (1314- ); Russian saint |
| Radvanyi-Reiling; Netty (1900- ); [Anna Seghers]; author; Mainz; Germany (The Seventh Cross) |
| Rahal; Bobby (1953- ); Indy-car racer (over 15 wins) |
| Raimi; Ted (1965- ); Detroit; Michigan; USA.; actor |
| Rainaldi; Carlo (1611- ); Rome; Italian architect |
| Rainer; Luise (1910- ); Düsseldorf; Germany; actress (Escapade; Good Earth; Big City) |
| Raitio; Väinö (1891- ); Sortavala; Finnish composer |
| Raitt; Bonnie (1949- ); Burbank; CA; country singer; (Green Light; The Glow) |
| Rajna; Thomas (1928- ); Budapest; Hungary; South-african composer; pianist |
| Rakosi; Mátyás (1892- ); Ada; Hungarian a general secretary of Hungarian Communist Party/premier |
| Rákosi; Mátyás (1892- ); Ada; Hungarian a general secretary of Hungarian Communist Party/premier |
| Ralph; Sheryl Lee (1956- ); actress (Moesia; Designing Women) |
| Ramakrishna; (1836- ); Hooghly Bengal; Hindu saint (preached unity of religions) |
| Raman; Sir Chandrasekhara (1888- ); India; physicist (Nobel; 1930) |
| Ramazotti; Eros (1963- ); Italian pop musician/songwriter; (Adesso Te) |
| Rameau; Jean-Philippe (1683- ); Dijon; France; composer (Traite) (baptized) |
| Ramey; Samuel (1942- ); Colby Kansas; bass (La Scala) |
| Ramis; Harold (1944- ); Chicago; IL.; actor/director (SCTV; Stripes) |
| Ramistella; (1942- ); [Johnny Rivers]; NYC; singer (Secret Agent Man) |
| Ramone; Tommy (1949- ); [Thomas Erdelyi]; Budapest rock drummer; (Ramones) |
| Ramos; Graciliano (1892- ); Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira |
| Rampal; Jean-Pierre [Louis] (1922- ); Marseille; France; flautist |
| Rampling; Charlotte (1945- ); Sturmer; England; actress (Night Porter; Verdict) |
| Ramsay; William (1852- ); English; chemist |
| Ramsey; JonBenét (1990- ); little beauty queen (murdered in 1996) |
| Rand; Sally (1904- ); Hickory County; MO.; USA.; stripper (fan dance) |
| Randi; Amazing [James] (1928- ); Toronto; Ontario; Canadian skeptic magician (Nova) |
| Ransom; John Crowe (1888- ); Pulaski; Tenn.; US poet/critic (God Without Thunder) |
| Rao; Nandamuri Taraka Rama (1923- ); India; film star (Patala Bhairavi) |
| Raoux; Guillaume (1970- ); France; tennis star |
| Raphael; (1483- ); (Raffaello Sanzio)Urbino Italy; painter (School of Athens) |
| Raposo; Joe (1937- ); Fall River; Massachusetts; USA; composer |
| Rashad; Phylicia (1948- ); Houston; actress (Clair-Bill Cosby) |
| Raskin; Judith (1928- ); NYC; New York; USA.; soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro) |
| Raskin; David (1912- ); Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; composer |
| Rasmussen; Halfdan (1915- ); Danish poet/WWII resistance fighter (Skoven) |
| Rasputin; (1871- ); the mad Russian monk |
| Ratti; Ambrogio Damiano Achille (1857- ); [Pope Pius XI]; 259th pope of the Roman Catholic Church; (1922-1939) |
| Raubal; Angela Maria "Geli" (1908- ); Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover |
| Rauch; Christian D (1777- ); Arolsen; German sculptor |
| Raumer; Friedrich von (1787- ); German historian/parliamentarian |
| Rautavaara; Einojuhani (1928- ); Helsinki; Finland; composer (Kaivos) |
| Ravel; Maurice Joseph (1875- ); Cibourne; France; composer (boléro) |
| Raven; Eddy (1944- ); Lafayette La; country singer (Right Hand Man) |
| Raven; Simon (1927- ); English playwright/critic (Alms for Oblivion) |
| Rawls; Lou (1935- ); Chicago; Ill.; vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers; Natural Man) |
| Ray; Johnnie (1927- ); Dallas; pop singer (Cry) |
| Ray; James Earl (1928- ); assassin (Martin Luther King Jr) |
| Ray; Carlos (1940- ); [Chuck Norris]; Ryan; OK; USA; artial arts actor (Missing in Action) |
| Ray; Satyajit (1921- ); Calcutta India; director; (Goddess; Adversary) |
| Ray; Nicholas (1911- ); Galesville; Wisconsin; USA.; director (Rebel Without a Cause) |
| Ray; Man (1890- ); US statues artist/photographer/movie (dada) |
| Rayburn; Samuel (1882- ); Speaker of the House (1940 - 1957) |
| Rayleigh; John W (1841- ); England; physicist (Nobel 1904)/Cambridge (1908-14) |
| Raymond; "Usher" (1979- ); singer; songwriter; actor |
| Razin; Stenka/Stepan (1671- ); Russian cossack/boer leader |
| Reagan; Ronald (1911- ); 40. President (1981 - 1988) |
| Redenbacher; Orville (1907- ); popcorn King (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet) |
| Redford; Robert (1936- ); actor; Santa Monica; Calif; USA (The Chase; The Sting) |
| Redgrave; Vanessa (1937- ); actress; London; England; UK; (Isadora; Blowup) |
| Redgrave; Lynn (1943- ); actress; London; England; UK; (Sunday Lovers; Strike!) |
| Redgrave; Corin (1939- ); London; actor (Excalibur; Man For All Seasons) |
| Redon; Odilon (1840- ); French painter/author (La nuit;) |
| Reed; Lou (1942- ); Freeport; New York; USA.; rocker |
| Reed; Les (1935- ); songwriter (Heroin) |
| Reed; Walter (1851- ); who proved mosquitos transmit yellow fever |
| Reed; John (1887- ); journalist who reported on Mexican; Russian revolutions |
| Reed; Carol (1906- ); London; England; UK.; motion picture director (3rd Man) |
| Reeve; Christopher (1952- ); NYC; New York; USA.; actor (Superman; Somewhere in Time) |
| Reeves; Jim (1924- ); US country singer/actor (Gun Fury; Kimberley Jim) |
| Reeves; Keanu (1964- ); Beirut; actor; (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; Matrix) |
| Reger; Max (1873- ); Brand; Bavaria; German composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ) |
| Regiomontanus; (1436- ); (Johannes Muller); prepares astronomical tables |
| Regnard; Jean-François (1655- ); French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) |
| Regnault; Henri V (1810- ); Aachen; French physicist/chemist |
| Regnault; Henri (1843- ); French water colors painter |
| Reicha; Antoine (1770- ); Prague; Czech composer |
| Reichardt; Johann Friedrich (1752- ); Königsberg; German composer |
| Reid; Keith (1946- ); rocker (Procol Harum) |
| Reimann; Aribert (1936- ); Berlin; German composer |
| Reincken; Johann Adam (1623- ); German composer |
| Reiner; Fritz (1888- ); Budapest; Hungary; US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch.) |
| Reinhardt; Django (1910- ); Belgium; jazz guitarist |
| Reinhardt; Max (1873- ); Austria; theatrical director (Oedipus Rex) |
| Reinhold; Erasmus (1511- ); Germany; mathematician; (calculated planetary table) |
| Reisz; Karel (1926- ); director; Ostrava; Czechoslovakia; (Everybody Wins; Isadora; Who'll Stop the Rain) |
| Reitano; Mino (1947- ); Fiumara; Reggio; Calabria; Italian entertainer |
| Reitman; Ivan (1946- ); Komárno; Czechoslovakia; american director |
| Rejto; Jenő (1905- ); Budapest; Hungary; writer |
| Rejtő; Jenő (1905- ); Budapest; Hungary; writer |
| Remarque; Erich Maria (1898- ); novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front) |
| Rembrandt; (1606- ); [Harmerszoon van Rijn]; Leiden; Dutch painter |
| Remington; Frederic (1861- ); USA; artist/sculptor of American West |
| Remington; Eliphalet (1793- ); US gun maker |
| Renaud; Madeleine (1900- ); Paris; French actress/theater director (Stormy Waters; Children of Montmartre; The Sky Is Yours ) |
| Renfro; Brad (1982- ); Knoxville; Tennessee; USA; actor |
| Renier; Jérémie (1981- ); Brussels; Belgium; actor; (Brotherhood of the Wolf) |
| Rénier; Jérémie (1981- ); Brussels; Belgium; actor; (Brotherhood of the Wolf) |
| Rennie; Michael (1909- ); actor; Bradford; Yorkshire; England; UK; (Robe; Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still) |
| Renoir; Pierre Auguste (1841- ); Limoges; France; Impressionist painter/sculptor |
| Renoir; Jean (1894- ); French director; (Madame Bovary; Nana; Grand Illusion) |
| Renotiere; Philipp la von Ferrary (1850- ); famous philatelist |
| Renouvier; Charles (1815- ); French philosopher (neocriticism) |
| Renta; Oscar de la (1932- ); fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973) |
| Rentaro; Taki (1879- ); Japanese composer |
| Reser; Harry (1896- ); Ohio; orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show) |
| Resnais; Alain (1922- ); Vannes; Morbihan; Bretagne; France; director (Providence; |
| Resnik; Regina (1922- ); NYC; mezzo-soprano; (Sieglinde-Bayreuth) |
| Respighi; Ottorino (1879- ); Bologna; Italy; composer (Pines of Rome) |
| Reuben; Gloria (1964- ); Toronto; actress (Jeanie Boulet-ER) |
| Reuben; David (1933- ); author (Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex) |
| Reubke; Julius (1834- ); Hausneindorf; German composer/pianist |
| Reusner; Esaias (1636- ); Löwenberg (Silezië); composer |
| Reuter; Paul Julius Baron von (1816- ); Kassel; Germany; founded Reuters News service |
| Reverdy; Pierre (1889- ); French author/poet |
| Revere; Paul (1735- ); silversmith/US patriot - midnight rider (British are coming) |
| Revere; Paul (1942- ); rock keyoardist (Good Thing) |
| Revill; Clive (1930- ); Wellington NZ; actor (Legend of Hell House) |
| Revueltas; Silvestre (1899- ); Santiago Papasquiaro; Mexico; composer (Sensemaya) |
| Rey; Fernando (1917- ); [Arambillet]; La Coruna Spain; actor (Matter of Time) |
| Rey; Cemal Resit (1904- ); Turkish composer; conductor |
| Reyes; Alfonso (1889- ); Mexican poet/historian/diplomat (Higenia Cruel) |
| Reymont; Wladyslaw Stanislaw (1868- ); Poland; novelist (Chiopi; Nobel-1924) |
| Reynolds; Burt (1936- ); actor; Waycross; Georgia; USA (Navajo Joe; Lucky Lady; Snapshots) |
| Reynolds; Debbie (1932- ); El Paso; Texas; actress; dancer (Singin' in the Rain) |
| Reynolds; Joshua (1723- ); England; portrait painter (Simplicity) |
| Reynolds; Ryan (1976- ); Vancouver British Columbia Canada; actor |
| Reynolds; Mark (1955- ); San Diego Calif; star yachter (Olymp-8th-1988; 92; 96) |
| Reynolds; Vera (1899- ); Richmond; VA.; USA.; silent screen actress (Lawless Woman) |
| Reys; Rita (1924- ); [Maria Reijs]; Dutch jazz singer |
| Reznicek; Emil Nikolaus Von (1860- ); Vienna; Austria; composer (Donna Diana) |
| Rhazes; (0865- ); [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi]; Persian physician |
| Rheaume; Manon (1972- ); Lac Beauport; Quebec; Canada; hockey player |
| Rheinberger; Josef (1839- ); Vaduz; Liechtenstein; opera composer (Munich Conser) |
| Rheticus; (1514- ); Austrian astronomer/mathematician |
| Rhys; Jean (1894- ); [Ella Williams]; West Indies; Dominican writer (Voyage in the Dark) |
| Rhys-Davies; John (1944- ); Salisbury; England; actor (Sir Edward-Quest; Sliders; The Living Daylights - Bond; Firewalker) |
| Riada; Seán Ó (1931- ); Cork; England; composer |
| Ribbentrop; Joachim von (1893- ); German SS führer/foreign minister |
| Ribera; Jusepe de (1591- ); called Lo Spagnoletto (Jativa; 1591 - Naples; 1652); painter |
| Ribisi; Giovanni (1974- ); Los Angeles; CA.; USA.; actor (Cory-My 2 Dads; New Leave it To Beaver) |
| Ribot; Theodule Augustin (1823- ); painter |
| Ricardo; David (1772- ); economist |
| Ricci; Christina (1980- ); Santa Monica; California; USA.; actress; (Wednesday; Addams Family; Mermaids Casper) |
| Ricci; Matteo (1552- ); Macerata; Italian missionary (China) |
| Rice; Jerry (1962- ); Starksville; Mississippi; professional footballist |
| Richard; (1913- ); [Red Skelton]; Vincennes Ind; comedian (Red Skelton Show) |
| Richard; the Lionheart (1157- ); [Richard I]; King of England; (1189-99) |
| Richard; Cliff (1940- ); [Harry Webb]; Lucknow; India; rock voclist; (Suddenly) |
| Richard I; (1157- ); [Richard the Lionheart]; King of England; (1189-99) |
| Richard II; (1367- ); Bordeaux; France; king of England (1377-99) |
| Richards; Theodore William (1868- ); Germantown; Pennsylvania; USA chemist (atomic weights; Nobel-1914) |
| Richards; Denise (1971- ); Downers Grove; Illinois; USA; actress |
| Richards; Michael (1949- ); Van Nuys; California; USA; actor; comedian |
| Richards; Ariana (1979- ); Healdsburg; CA; actress; (Spaced Invaders; Prancer) |
| Richards; Ellen Henrietta (1842- ); US; chemist (Amer Home Eco Assn-1st Pres) |
| Richards; Keith (1943- ); London; musician (Rolling Stones) |
| Richardson; Henry Handel (1870- ); Australia; novelist (Richard Mahoney) |
| Richardson; Joely (1965- ); London; England; actress (Body Contact; Wetherby) |
| Richardson; Miranda (1958- ); Southport; Lancashire; England; UK; actress |
| Richardson; Owen Williams (1879- ); England; physicist (Nobel 1928) |
| Richardson; Natasha (1963- ); actress; London; England; UK |
| Richardson; Tony (1928- ); England; director (Delicate Balance; Hotel NH) |
| Richelieu; Armand-Jean du Plessicide de (1585- ); premier of France; (1624-42) |
| Richepin; Jean (1849- ); French poet/writer; (Les Chansons de Gueux) |
| Richet; Charles (1850- ); French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913) |
| Richie; Lionel (1950- ); Alabama; singer (Commodores; Hello; Penny Lover) |
| Richter; Sviatoslav (1914- ); Zhitomir Ukraine; pianist (Stalin Prize-1945) |
| Richter; Charles (1900- ); he tells us how bad the quakes are |
| Richter; Conrad (1890- ); american writer (Light in the Forest) |
| Richter; Hans Werner (1908- ); German author (Socially Responsible Cinema) |
| Richterova; Ludmila (1977- ); Kosice Slovakia; tennis star |
| Richthofen; Manfred Freiherr von (1892- ); [Red Baron]; Breslau; Germany; German WW I ace |
| Rickenbacker; Eddie (1890- ); aviator (Ace of Aces; WW I.) |
| Ridder; Alfons J de (1882- ); [Willem Elsschot]; Flemish writer (Mend) |
| Ridley; Arnold (1896- ); Bath; England; actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train) |
| Riegert; Peter (1947- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; actor (Animal House; Crossing Delancey; Mask) |
| Riesman; David (1909- ); US sociologist (Lonely Crowd) |
| Rietveld; Gerrit T (1888- ); Dutch architect (Juliana Hall; Sonsbeek Pavillion) |
| Rigby; Cathy (1952- ); Long Beach; California; USA; actress/gymnast |
| Rijn; Harmerszoon van (1606- ); [Rembrandt]; Leiden; Dutch painter |
| Riley; Bridget (1931- ); British painter (op-art) |
| Riley; James Whitcomb (1849- ); US; poet (Raggedy Man) |
| Rilke; Rainer Maria (1875- ); Austria; poet (Duino Elegies) |
| Rimbaud; Arthur (1854- ); France poet/adventurer (Illuminations) |
| Rimes; Leann (1982- ); singer |
| Rimsky-Korsakov; Nikolai Andreyevich (1844- ); russian composer |
| Rinna; Lisa (1963- ); Medford; Oregon; USA.; actress (Billie-Days of Our Life) |
| Rio; Dolores del (1905- ); Durango; Mexico; actress |
| Rios; Marcelo (1975- ); Santiago; Chile; tennis star; (1995; Amsterdam) |
| Ripken Jr.; Cal Jr. (1960- ); Baseball player |
| Ripoll; Isabel Mebarak (1977- ); [Shakira]; Columbia; singer |
| Ripperton; Minnie (1947- ); Chicago; singer; (Loving You) |
| Rippner; Aubrie (1980- ); Los Angeles; Calif; USA; tennis player |
| Ripstein; Arturo (1943- ); Mexico City; Mexico; director |
| Ritchard; Cyril (1898- ); Sydney; New South Wales; Australia; actor; director (Captain Hook) |
| Ritchie; Kate (1978- ); actress; Goulburn; New South Wales; Australia; (Home and Away- TV) |
| Ritsos; Yannis (1909- ); Monemvassia; Greece; Greek poet |
| Ritter; Tex (1906- ); Texas; country singer (5 Star Jubilee; Wayward Wind) |
| Ritter; Carl (1779- ); cofounder of modern science of geography |
| Rivera; Chita (1933- ); Washington; District of Columbia; USA.; actress/singer/dancer |
| Rivera; José Eustasio (1888- ); Colombia; poet/novelist (Vortex) |
| Rivera; Jerry (1973- ); Puerto Rico; Spanish singer |
| Rivera; Diego (1886- ); painter/husband of Frida Kahlo (Lenin of Mexico) |
| Rivers; Joan (1937- ); TV host (Can we talk?) |
| Rivers; Johnny (1942- ); [Ramistella]; NYC; singer (Secret Agent Man) |
| Robards Jr,; Jason (1922- ); Chicago; actor (A Thousand Clowns; Any Wednesday) |
| Robbia; Giovanni della (1469- ); Italian sculptor; Florentine school (b. 1469; Firenze; d. 1529; Firenze) |
| Robbia; Andrea Della (1435- ); Florence; sculptor; nephew of Luca |
| Robbia; Luca della (1400- ); Italy; sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) |
| Robbins; Marty (1925- ); Glendale; Az; singer; (Devil Woman; I Walk Alone) |
| Robbins; Jerome (1918- ); american director and choreographer |
| Robbins; Tim (1958- ); West Covina; CA; actor (Bull Durham; High Fidelity) |
| Robert II; (1316- ); the Steward; Dundonald; Kyle; Ayrshire; King of Scotland (1371-90) |
| Roberts; Oral (1918- ); evangelist |
| Roberts; Julia (1967- ); actress (Pretty Woman) |
| Robertson; Kathleen (1973- ); actress (Beverly Hills 90210) |
| Robeson; Paul (1898- ); Princeton; New Jersey; USA; actor; singer; fotballer |
| Robespierre; Maximilien (1758- ); French revolutionist |
| Robinson; Jackie (1919- ); first black major league baseball player |
| Robinson; Smokey (1940- ); rocker (& Miracles-Tears of Clown) |
| Robinson; Sugar Ray (1920- ); [Walter Smith]; middle/welterweight boxer (champ) |
| Robinson; William Heath (1872- ); England; illustrator/cartoonist (Don Quixote) |
| Robinson; Dawn (1968- ); singer; (En Vogue) |
| Rochon; Lela (1966- ); Los Angeles; California; USA.; actress (Waiting to Exhale) |
| Rock; Chris (1965- ); actor; Georgetown; South Carolina; USA |
| Rockefeller; John D. (1839- ); billionaire |
| Rod; Edouard (1857- ); Nyon; Switzerland; French writer (Mishel' Tes'e) |
| Roda; Alexander (Sándor Friedrich Rosenfeld) (1872- ); Puszta Zdenci; Austrien writer |
| Rodenberg; Julius (1831- ); [Levy]; German writer (Kriegs-Songs of War & Peace) |
| Rodgers; Richard (1902- ); Hammels Station NY; composer (Rodgers & Hammerstein) |
| Rodgers; Jimmie (1933- ); WA; singer/guitarist; (Jimmie Rodgers Show; Honey Comb) |
| Rodin; Auguste (1840- ); France sculptor; (Kiss; Thinker) |
| Rodman; Dennis (1961- ); NBA forward (Chicago Bulls) |
| Rodrigez; Alex (1975- ); baseball player |
| Rodrigo; Joaquin (1901- ); Spain; composer |
| Rodriguez; Robert (1968- ); director; Texas; USA; (El Mariachi; Desperado) |
| Rodzinski; Artur (1892- ); Spalato; Dalmatia; Yugoslavia; conductor/composer |
| Roe; Tommy (1943- ); rocker |
| Roelants; Maurice (1895- ); Gent; Belgian author (Jazz Player) |
| Roelofs; Willem (1822- ); Dutch painter/lithographer |
| Rogers; Mimi (1956- ); actress; Coral Gables; Florida; USA |
| Rogers; Ginger (1911- ); [Virginia McMath]; Independence; Missouri; USA.; Fred Aistaire's dancing partner |
| Rogers; Richard (1933- ); Florence; Italy; English architect (Pompidou Centre in Paris) |
| Rogers; Kenny (1938- ); singer; Houston; Texas; USA; (Through the Years)/actor (Coward of the County) |
| Rogers; Roy (1912- ); Happy Trails to you Roy & Trigger. And Dale too |
| Roggeveen; Jacob (1659- ); Dutch/Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) |
| Rohm; Ernst (1887- ); Chief of Staff of the SA in the Hitler Regime |
| Röhm; Ernst (1887- ); Chief of Staff of the SA in the Hitler Regime |
| Rohrer; Heinrich (1933- ); Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)- 1/2 of the prize Ernst Ruska; 1/4 of the price Gerd Binnig |
| Rolen; Scott (1975- ); baseball star |
| Rolland; Romain [Jean-Christophe] (1866- ); France; writer; (Nobel; 1915) |
| Rollins; Sonny (1930- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; jazz saxophonist (Blue Room) |
| Romains; Jules (1885- ); France; novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) |
| Romano; Ray (1957- ); actor; comedian |
| Romberg; Zsigmond (Sigmund) (1887- ); Nagykanizsa; Hungary; operetta composer (Blossom Time) |
| Rome; Sydne (1946- ); Akron Ohio; actress (What?; Candy) |
| Romijn; Rebecca (Romijn-Stamos) Berkeley (1972- ); California; USA; actress |
| Rommel; Erwin (1891- ); German fieldmarshal; (WW II-African campaign) |
| Ronet; Maurice (1927- ); Nice; France; actor (Frantic; Sphinz; Circle of Love) |
| Rontgen; Wilhelm Konrad (1845- ); Germany; discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901) |
| Röntgen; Wilhelm Konrad (1845- ); Germany; discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901) |
| Roocroft; Amanda (1966- ); opera singer |
| Roosenburg; Dirk (1887- ); Dutch architect |
| Roosevelt; Franklin D. (1882- ); 32. President; (1933 - 1945) |
| Roosevelt; Eleanor [Anna} (1884- ); 1st lady (1933-1945)/crusader (Nobel; 1931) |
| Roosevelt; Theodore (1858- ); NYC; 26. Pres (1901-09; Nobel; 1906) |
| Rosa; Carl (1842- ); Hamburg; Germany; founder (Rosa opera company) |
| Rosas; Juventino (1868- ); Santa Cruz de Galeana; Guanajuato; Mexican composer |
| Rosbaud; Hans (1895- ); Graz; Austria; conductor; (Tonhalle Orch; Zurich) |
| Rose; Pete (1941- ); baseball player |
| Rose; Tokyo (1916- ); [Iva Toguri D'Aquino]; propagandist (WW II) |
| Rose; Michael (1957- ); Kingston Jamaica; rocker (Black Uhuru-Brutal; Positive) |
| Rosen; Nathaniel (1948- ); Altadena Ca; cellist (Tchaikovsky-gold-1978) |
| Rosenfeld; Samuel (1896- ); [Tristan Tzara]; French poet (Approximate Man) |
| Rosi; Francesco (1922- ); Naples; Italy; director; (Lucky Luciano) |
| Rosidi; Ajip (1938- ); Indonesian poet/writer (Madjalah Sunda; Pesta) |
| Rosman; Mackenzie (1989- ); Charleston; South Carolina; USA.; actress |
| Rosmini-Serbati; Antonio (1797- ); Italian priest/philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) |
| Ross; Diana (1944- ); singer |
| Ross; James Clark (1800- ); British polar explorer and rear admiral(British Antarctic) |
| Ross; Ronald (1857- ); England; pathologist (Nobel 1902) |
| Ross; Caleb (1981- ); Whangarei; New Zealand; actor/musician |
| Rossdale; Gavin (1967- ); singer/song writer |
| Rossellini; Roberto (1906- ); Rome Italy; director (Open City) |
| Rossellini; Isabella (1952- ); Rome Italy; actress (Roger Dodger; Napoleon; Matter of Time) |
| Rossen; Robert (1908- ); director/writer (Hustler; All the King's Men; Mambo) |
| Rossetti; Gabriel Dante (1828- ); England; poet/painter; Pre-Raphaelite |
| Rossetti; Christina (1830- ); London; poet (Winter Rain; Passing Away) |
| Rossi; Tino (1907- ); Ajaccio; French singer (Deux Amours; Marlene) |
| Rossi; Francis (1949- ); England; guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down) |
| Rossini; Gioacchino (1792- ); Pesaro; Italy; composer; (Barber of Seville) |
| Rosso; Medardo (1858- ); Italian sculptor (portraits) |
| Rossum; Emmy (1986- ); New York; USA; actress; (Nola; Mystic River; Grace and Glorie) |
| Rostand; Edmond (1868- ); Marseille; France; poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac) |
| Rostropovich; Mstislav (1927- ); Baku Russia; cellist (Cello Concerto) |
| Rota; Nino (1911- ); Milan; Italy; composer (Torquemada) |
| Roth; Philip (1933- ); Newark; New Jersey; USA.; novelist (Goodbye Columbus; Portnoy's Complaint) |
| Roth; Joseph (1894- ); Brody near Lemberg; Galicia; Austria-Hungary [now Ukraine]; German writer/journalist (Radetzkymarsch; Hotel Savoy) |
| Roth; David Lee (1955- ); singer; songwriter |
| Rothko; Mark [Marcus Rothkovich] (1903- ); Dvinsk; Russia; US painter (Green on Blue) |
| Rothschild; Evelyn de (1931- ); English banker/multi-millionaire |
| Rotten; Johnny [John Lydon] (1956- ); rocker (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen) |
| Rottluff; (1884- ); [Karl Schmidt]; German painter/sculptor |
| Rouault; Georges-Henri (1871- ); Fr. expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre) |
| Roundtree; Richard (1942- ); New Rochelle; New York; NY.; USA.; actor (Earthquake; Escape to Athena; One Down; Two to Go) |
| Rourke; Mickey (1950- ); Schenectady; NY; actor (Wild Orhids; Francesco; Homeboy) |
| Rousseau; Pierre-Etienne-Theodore (1812- ); Paris; French painter |
| Rousseau; Henri Julien Felix (1844- ); French ambassador/painter (Dream) |
| Rousseau; Jean Jacques (1712- ); France; composer/social contractor (Confession) |
| Rousseau; Victor (1865- ); Belgian sculptor |
| Rowe; Brad (1970- ); Milwaukee; Wisconsin; USA; actor |
| Rowe; Nicholas (1674- ); England; poet laureate (Jane Shore; Tamerlane) |
| Rowland; Roy (1910- ); New YorK; NY.; USA.; film director (Arrivederci Roma) |
| Rowlandson; Thomas (1756- ); English painter/cartoonist/etcher |
| Rowohlt; Ernst (1887- ); German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag) |
| Roy; Gabrielle (1909- ); French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute) |
| Royce; Sir Henry (1863- ); one of the founders of Rolls-Royce |
| Royer; Ray (1945- ); rock guitarist (Procol Harum) |
| Rozhdestvensky; Gennady (1931- ); composer/conductor |
| Rozsa; Norbert (1972- ); Hungarian swimmer; (100 m freestyle world-record) |
| Rózsa; Norbert (1972- ); Hungarian swimmer; (100 m freestyle world-record) |
| Rozsa; Miklós (1907- ); Budapest Hungary; movie composer (Atomic Cafe; Fedora) |
| Rózsa; Miklós (1907- ); Budapest Hungary; movie composer (Atomic Cafe; Fedora) |
| Ruark; Robert (1915- ); US writer (Something of Value) |
| Rubens; Peter Paul (1577- ); flemish baroque painter |
| Rubik; Ernő (1944- ); Hungarian teacher/inventor(The Cube Man) |
| Rubin; Chanda (1976- ); Lafayette LA; tennis star (1996 Australian Open doubles) |
| Rubinstein; Artur (1886- ); Lodz; Poland pianist |
| Rubinstein; Anton (1829- ); Vykhvatinetz Podolia; composer (Omitri Doskoy) |
| Rubinstein; Helena (1870- ); cosmetics executive; Kraków; Poland |
| Rucellai; Giovanni (1475- ); Italian poet (Le Api - The Bees) |
| Rudge; Olga (1895- ); Youngstown; Ohio; violinist |
| Rudhyar; Dane (1895- ); Paris; US composer/astrologer |
| Ruehmann; Heinz (1902- ); German actor/director |
| Ruiz; Raul (1941- ); Puerto Mott; Chile; Director/actor (Lexot; Capitolo 66; Ce jour-lŕ ) |
| Rumpler; Edmund (1872- ); Austria; auto/airplane builder |
| Runeberg; Johan Ludvig (1804- ); Finland; poet |
| Runius; Johan (1679- ); Swedish poet (Dudaim) |
| Rusedski; Greg (1973- ); Montreal Quebec; tennis star (1995 Seoul) |
| Rush; Geoffrey (1951- ); Toowoomba; Queensland; Australia; actor |
| Ruskin; John (1819- ); London; British writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite) |
| Russell; Kurt (1951- ); Springfeild; Mass.; actor (Thing; Overboard; Mean Seasons) |
| Russell; Keri (1976- ); Fountain Valley; California; USA .; actress |
| Russell; Bertrand (1872- ); England; mathematician/philosopher (Nobel 1950) |
| Russell; Ken (1927- ); England; director (Tommy; Altered States; Gothic) |
| Russell; Mark (1932- ); Buffalo; NY.; USA.; political satirist/pianist (Real People) |
| Russell; Willy (1947- ); author/playwright; Whiston; Lancashire; England; UK; (Shirley Valentine; Educating Rita) |
| Russell; Lillian (1861- ); [Helen Leonard]; US; singer/actress (Great Mogul) |
| Russo; Rene (1954- ); actress; Burbank; Calif; USA; (Buddy; Show Time) |
| Russo; James (1953- ); NYC.; NY.; USA.; actor (My Own Private Idaho; China Girl) |
| Ruth; George Herman (1885- ); [The Babe] |
| Rutherford; Lord Ernest (1871- ); Nelson; New Zealand; physicist (atomic nucleus; Nobel; 1908) |
| Rutherford; Michael (1950- ); English pop bassist (Genesis-Silent Sun; All I Need Is A Miracle ~ Mike and the Mechanics) |
| Ruud; Christian (1972- ); Oslo Norway; tennis star (1989 Norwegian) |
| Ruysch; Frederik (1638- ); Hague; Dutch anatomist |
| Ryan; Cornelius (1920- ); US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation) |
| Ryan; Meg (1961- ); [Margaret Hyra]; Bethel; Ct; actress (When Harry Met Sally; As the World Turns) |
| Rydell; Mark (1934- ); NYC; NY.; USA.; director/ actor (Havana; Punchline; The River; I Spy) |
| Ryder; Winona (1971- ); [Horowitz]; Mn; actress |
| Rysanek; Leonie (1928- ); dramatic soprano; (Vienna; Munich State Opera; 1952-54) |
| Rysselberghe; Theo van (1862- ); Belgian painter (pointillism)
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