List of people by name: 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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- Roach, Hal, (1892-1992), US director, producer
- Robards, Jason, (1922-2000), actor
- Robarts, John, (1917-1982), premier of Ontario
- Robbia, Luca della, (1400-1482), Italian sculptor
- Robbins, Harold, (1916-1997), US novelist
- Robbins, Jerome, (1918-1998), film director
- Robbins, Marty, (1925-1982), musician
- Robbins, Tim, (born 1958), US actor, director, writer
- Robbins, Tom, (born 1936), US novelist
- Robbins, Tony, (born 1960), motivational speaker
- Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène, (1805-1871), magician, namesake of "Harry Houdini"
- Robert II of France, (died 1031), king of France
- Robert I of France, (865-923), Frankish king
- Robert I of Scotland, (1274-1329), King of Scotland
- Roberts, Cokie, (born 1943), journalist
- Roberts, Doris, (born 1929), actress
- Roberts, Julia, (born 1967), actor
- Roberts, Kate, (1891-1985), novelist
- Roberts, Oral, (born 1918), US pioneer television preacher
- Roberts, Oran M, (1879-1883), governor of Texas
- Roberts, Pernell, (born 1928), actor
- Roberts, Rachel, (1927-1980), actor
- Robertson, Cliff, (born 1925), actor
- Robertson, Oscar, (born 1938), basketball star
- Robertson, Pat, (born 1930), US conservative Protestant
- Robertson, Robbie, (born 1944), musician in "The Band"
- Robeson, Paul, (1898-1976), actor, singer, social activist
- Robespierre, Maximilien, (1758-1794), dictator of French Revolution
- Robinett, Warren, video game designer
- Robinson, Brooks, (born 1937), baseball Hall of Famer
- Robinson, David, (born 1965), US basketball player
- Robinson, Edward G, (1893-1973), actor
- Robinson, Edwin Arlington, (1869-1935), poet
- Robinson, Elizabeth B, (1832-1897), US painter
- Robinson, Frank, (born 1935), baseball player
- Robinson, Frederick John, 1st Earl of Ripon
- Robinson, Heath, (1872-1944), illustrator
- Robinson, Holly, (born 1964), actress
- Robinson, Jackie, (1919-1972), African-American baseball great
- Robinson,John Edward, man convicted for murders
- Robinson, John Thomas Romney, (1792-1882), Irish astronomer and physicist
- Robinson, J. Russell, (1892-1963), pianist & songwriter
- Robinson, Kim Stanley, (born 1952), US science fiction author
- Robinson, Mary, (1990-1997), Irish poet
- Robinson, Smokey, (born 1940), singer-songwriter, musician
- Robinson, Sugar Ray, (1920-1989), world champion boxer
- Robinson, Svend, Canadian politician
- Robinson, Tony, (born 1946), as Baldrick
- Robson, Bryan, (born 1947), football player
- Rocard, Michel, (born 1930), Prime Minister of France
- Rochefoucauld, La, (1613-1680), writer
- Roche, Kevin, (born 1922), Irish architect
- Rock, Chris, (born 1967), US comedian
- Rockefeller, David, (born 1915), US millionaire
- Rockefeller, John D, (1839-1937), US business person
- Rockefeller, John D., Jr, (born 1874), entrepreneur
- Rockefeller, Nelson, (1908-1979), US millionaire
- Rockefeller, Winthrop, (1912-1973), philanthropist, Governor of Arkansas
- Rockne, Knute Kenneth, (1888-1931), US football player and coach
- Rockwell, George Lincoln, (died 1967), American Nazi Party leader
- Rockwell, Llewelyn, economist
- Rockwell, Norman, (1894-1978), US illustrator, painter
- Rockwell, Porter, (1813-1878), US gunfighter
- Roda Roda, Alexander, (1872-1945), writer
- Rodchenko, Alexandr, (1891-1956), Russian painter, photographer
- Roddenberry, Gene, (1921-1991), Star Trek creator
- Roddy, Rod, (1937-2003), television announcer
- Rodenstock, Rolf, (1917-1977), industrialist
- Rodger, George, (1908-1995), photographer
- Rodgers, James Frederick ("Jimmie"), (1897-1933), US pop singer
- Rodgers, Nile, (born 1952), musician, composer
- Rodgers, Richard, (1902-1979), and Lorenz Hart
- Rodin, Auguste, (1840-1917), French sculptor
- Rød-Larsen, Terje, (born 1947), Norwegian diplomat
- Rodman, Dennis, (born 1961), US basketball player, actor
- Rodney, Winston, (born 1948), musician and singer
- Rodoreda, Mercè, (1909-1983), author of La plaça del diamant
- Rodrigo, Joaquin, (1901-1999), composer
- Rodrigues, Amalia, (1920-1999), fado singer
- Rodriguez, Alex, baseball player
- Rodriguez, Gladys, actress
- Rodriguez, Jose Luis, singer, actor
- Rodriguez, Lizi, (born 1965), psychologist and media psychotherapist
- Rodriguez, Michelle (born 1978), actress
- Rodriguez, Ralphy, singer, former member of Menudo
- Rodriguez, Rebecca, amateur boxer
- Rodriguez, Robert, (born 1946), film director
- Rodriguez, Ruben, BSN basketball player
- Roebling, John August, (1806-1869), civil engineer
- Roebling, John Augustus, (1806-1869)
- Roeg, Nicolas, (born 1928), film director
- Roehm, Ernst, (1887-1934), German NSDAP party member, organized Adolf Hitler's "Brownshirts"
- Roemer, Olaus, (1644-1710), Danish physicist and astronomer
- Roentgen—see Röntgen infra
- Roethke, Theodore, (1908-1963), poet
- Roettiers, John (17th C), die/puncheon engraver
- Rogers, Carl, (1902-1987), psychologist
- Rogers, Charles 'Buddy', (died 1999), US actor, musician
- Rogers, Fred, (1928-2003), Presbyterian minister known for "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" children's television show
- Rogers, Ginger, (1911-1995), US actor
- Rogers, Jimmy, (born 1924), musician
- Rogers, John, (c. 1500-1555), US Governor of Washington
- Rogers, Kenny, (born 1938), musician
- Rogers, Mimi, (born 1956), US actress
- Rogers, Roy, (1911-1998), US cowboy actor, singer
- Rogers, Stan, (died 1983), folk musician
- Rogers, Will, (1879-1935), humorist, actor
- Roget, Peter, (1779-1869), lexicographer
- Rogge, Bernhard, (1899-1982), German
- Rogge, Jacques, (born 1942), IOC president
- Rohlfs, Christian, (1849-1938), painter and graphic artist
- Rohlfs, Gerhard, (1831-1896), scientist
- Rohmer, Sax, (1883-1959), British pulp writer
- Roh Moo-hyun, Korean president
- Rohrabacher, Dana, US Republican congressman
- Rohrer, Heinrich, (born 1933), 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Rohrl, Walter, (born 1947), car racer
- Roh Tae-woo, (born 1942), president of South Korea
- Rohwedder, Otto Frederick, sliced bread
- Røkke, Kjell Inge, (born 1958), investor
- Roland, (died 778), Frankish commander
- Roland, Gilbert, (1905-1994), actor
- Roldan, Juan, (born 1957), boxer
- Rolfe, Lilian, (1914-1945), SOE agent, WW II heroine
- Rolland, Romain, (1866-1944), dramatist, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature
- Rolle, Esther, (1920-1998), actress
- Rolle, Michel, (1652-1719), mathematician
- Rollins, Henry, (born 1961), comedian, musician
- Rollins, Howard, (1950-1996), actor
- Rollins, Howard, Jr, (died 1996), actor
- Rollins, Sonny, (born 1930), (tenor)
- Rollo of Normandy, first Viking duke of Normandy
- Rolls, Charles, (1877-1910), motor manufacturer and aviator
- Rolt, Lionel Thomas Caswell (1910-1974), author
- Roman, Jose King, boxer
- Romano, Christy, (born 1984), actress
- Romano, Ray, (born 1957), comedian, actor
- Romanov, Alexei Nikolaevich, (1904-1918), Tsarevich, heir to the throne of Russia
- Roman, Ruth, (1922-1999), actress
- Romanus I, Byzantine Emperor
- Romanus II, Byzantine Emperor
- Romanus III, Byzantine Emperor
- Romanus IV, Byzantine Emperor
- Romanus, Pope
- Romberg, Osvaldo, (born 1938), painter, architect
- Romberg, Sigmund, (1887-1951), songwriter
- Rome, Jim, sports talk show host
- Romero Barcelo, Carlos, former governor of Puerto Rico
- Romero, Cesar, (1907-1994), actor
- Romero, George, (born 1940), film director
- Romero, John, (born 1967), US computer game designer
- Romer, Ole, (1644-1710), Danish astronomer
- Romijn-Stamos, Rebecca, (born 1972), actor
- Rommel, Erwin, (1891-1944), German field marshal
- Romulus Augustus, (died 511), Roman Emperor
- Ronaldo, (born 1976), football player
- Rone, Brad (1968-2003) boxer
- Ronsard, Pierre de, (1524-1585), poet
- Ronson, Mick, (1946-1993), guitarist
- Ronstadt, Linda, (born 1946), US musician
- Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad, (1845-1923), German discoverer of X-rays
- Rooney, Andy, (born 1919), US TV newscaster
- Rooney, Mickey, (born 1920), actor
- Roosenburg, Henriette, (1916-1972), journalist
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, (1884-1962), US human rights activist, First Lady
- Roosevelt, Elliott, (died 1990), author
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, (1882-1943), US president
- Roosevelt, Theodore, (1858-1919), US president
- Rooskens, Anton, (1906-1976), painter
- Roppolo, Leon "Rap, (1902-1943), jazz musician
- Rorschach, Hermann, (1884-1922), German psychologist
- Rorty, Richard, (born 1930), philosopher
- Rosa, Don, US Donald Duck cartoonist
- Rosalia, Santa, (died 1166)
- Rosaly, Johanna (born 1948), Puerto Rican actress
- Rosario, Edwin, (1961-1997), world champion boxer
- Rosa, Robby, singer, musician, former member of Menudo
- Rosberg, Keke, Finnish racing driver
- Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, (died 1933), US actor
- Rose, Amber, Tex-Mex singing star
- Rose, Axl, (born 1962), US singer-songwriter
- Rose, Billy, (1899-1966), composer
- Rose, Charlie, (born 1942), talk show host
- Rose, David, (1909-1990), composer
- Rose, Paul, FLQ terrorist
- Rose, Pete, (born 1941), US baseball player
- Rosegger, Peter, (died 1918), poet
- Rosei, Peter, (born 1946), writer
- Rose, Jacques, FLQ terrorist
- Rose, Jamie, (born 1959), actress
- Rose, Lionel (born 1948), first aborigene world boxing champion
- Rose, Michael, (born 1957), musician (Black Uhuru)
- Rosemont, Franklin, (born 1943), poet
- Rosen, Al, (born 1924), baseball player
- Rosenberg, Alfred, (1893-1946), German nazi ideologist
- Rosenberg, Ethel, (1915-1953), convicted spy
- Rosenberg, Isaac, (1890-1918), poet
- Rosenberg, Joel, (born 1954), author
- Rosenbloom, Max, (1904-1976), boxer, actor
- Rosenkrantz, Marcus Gjøe, (1814-1814), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Rosenstock, Fred, (born 1895)
- Rosenthal, Hans, (1925-1987), showmaster
- Rosenthal, Joe, (born 1911), American photographer
- Roslin, Alexander, (1718-1798), painter
- Ross, Barney, (1906-1967), world champion boxer
- Ross, Betsy, (1752-1836), seamstress
- Rossdale, Gavin, (born 1965), lead singer of the band Bush
- Ross, Diana, (born 1944), US musician
- Ross, George, US Declaration of Independence signer
- Ross, Harold, (born 1892), editor of The New Yorker
- Ross, Herbert, (1927-2001), director
- Rossi, Aldo, (1932-1997), architect
- Rossi, Bruno, (1905-1993), astronomer
- Rossi, Salamone (c1570-c1630), composer
- Rossini, Gioacchino, (1792-1868), Italian composer, opera composer
- Ross, James Clark, (1800-1862), Explorer
- Ross, John, (1777-1856), naval officer and explorer
- Ross, John (1790-1866), Cherokee chief
- Ross, Jonathan, (born 1960), (They Think It's All Over)
- Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, (1887-1891), American Governor of Texas
- Ross, Marion, (born 1928), actress
- Ross, Nellie Tayloe, (1876-1977), politician
- Ross, Tawl, (born 1948), musician (P Funk)
- Rosselli, Amelia, (died 1996), poet
- Rossellini, Isabella, US actor
- Rossellini, Roberto, (1906-1977), Italian film director
- Rosselló, Dr. Pedro, former governor of Puerto Rico
- Rosselló, Roy, singer, former member of Menudo
- Rossetti, Christina, (1830-1894), English poet
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, (1828-1882), English poet
- Rossman, Mike, boxer
- Rossum, Guido van, programmer, inventor of Python
- Rostand, Edmond, (1868-1918), neo-romantic playwright
- Rosten, Leo, (1908-1997), humorist, author
- Rostropovich, Mstislav, (born 1927), cellist and conductor
- Rota, Gian-Carlo, (USA, 1932-1999), Italian mathematician
- Rota, Nino, (1911-1979), composer
- Rotar, France, (born 1933), sculptor
- Rothbard, Murray, (1926-1995), economist
- Rothenberger, Anneliese, (born 1924), soprano
- Roth, Eugen, (1895-1976), lyricist and narrator
- Roth, John, Canadian businessman, Nortel CEO
- Rothko, Mark, (1903-1970), painter
- Roth, Philip, (born 1933), author, Portnoy's Complaint
- Rothschild, Lionel , 2nd Lord Rothschild, (1868-1937), British zoologist, businessman, and politician
- Rothschild, Mayer Amschel, (1743-1812), German banker
- Rothstein, Arnold, (died 1928), gambler
- Roth, Tim, (born 1961), US actor
- Rotten, Johnny, (born 1956), musician (The "Sex Pistols")
- Rouault, Georges, (1871-1958), painter, graphic artist
- Rouell, H.M, (1718-1779)
- Roufus, Rick (born 1967), kick-boxer, six time world champion
- Roundtree, Richard, (born 1942), actor
- Rourke, Mickey, (born 1950), US actor
- Rousseau, Henri, (1844-1910), painter
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, (1712-1778), French Philosopher
- Routier, Darlie, US former mother, Texas death row inmate
- Routledge, Patricia, (born 1929), British Actress
- Rouvroy, Claude Henri de, Comte de Saint-Simon, (died 1825), founder of French socialism
- Rowan, Carl, (born 1925), journalist
- Rowan, Dan, (died 1987), actor, comedian
- Rowden, Diana, (1915-1944), SOE agent, WW II heroine
- Rowe, Henry, (1810-1870), Gothic architect
- Rowell, Galen, (1940-2002), photographer
- Rowland, Kevin, of Dexy's Midnight Runners
- Rowlands, Gena, (born 1930), actress
- Rowlands, Richard, (1565-1630), poet
- Rowling, J K, (born 1965), British author of Harry Potter series
- Rowohlt, Ernst, (born 1887)
- Rowse, A L, (1903-1997), historian
- Royer-Collard, Pierre Paul, (1763-1845), philosopher
- Roy, Gabrielle, (1909-1983), The Tin Flute
- Royko, Mike, (1932-1997), columnist
- Roy, Patrick, (born 1965), ice hockey player
- Roy, Ram Mohan, (1772-1833), Hindu religious and social reformer
- Roza, Andrej Rozman, (born 1955), poet
- Rozelle, Pete, (1926-1996), US NFL commissioner
- Rozman, Lojze, (1930-1997), actor