| Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Rand | 1837–1903 | 1 |
| Edward Kennard Rand | 1871–1945 | 2 |
| John Randall | 1810–1910 | 1 |
| B. W. (Berkeley William) Randolph | 1858–1925 | 1 |
| Francis Randolph | 1752–1831 | 1 |
| Mary Randolph | 1762–1828 | 1 |
| Thomas Jefferson Randolph | 1792–1875 | 4 |
| K. Rangachari | 1868–1934 | 1 |
| Otto Rank | 1884–1939 | 1 |
| Dave Ranney | born 1863 | 1 |
| Dora Knowlton Ranous | 1859–1916 | 4 |
| Arthur Ransom | 1831–1912 | 1 |
| Fletcher C. (Fletcher Charles) Ransom | 1870–1943 | 1 |
| Arthur Ransome | 1884–1967 | 3 |
| John N. (John Nathan) Raphael | 1868–1917 | 1 |
| Rick Raphael | 1919–1994 | 3 |
| René Rapin | 1621–1687 | 1 |
| Mario Rapisardi | 1844–1912 | 1 |
| A. S. (Angelo Solomon) Rappoport | 1871–1950 | 3 |
| Raschid, Omar, bey | 1839–1911 | 1 |
| Burton Rascoe | 1892–1957 | 1 |
| Hastings Rashdall | 1858–1924 | 1 |
| Rudolf Erich Raspe | 1737–1794 | 1 |
| S. K. (Samuel Kerkham) Ratcliffe | 1868–1958 | 1 |
| St. George Rathborne | 1854–1938 | 4 |
| Walther Rathenau | 1867–1922 | 5 |
| A. E. J. (Alfred Edward John) Rawlinson | 1884–1960 | 1 |
| George Rawlinson | 1812–1902 | 9 |
| Graham Rawson | born 1890 | 1 |
| Anna Chapin Ray | 1865–1945 | 6 |
| George Whitfield Ray | born 1868 | 1 |
| T. B. (T. Bronson) Ray | 1868–1934 | 1 |
| Eric S. Raymond | born 1957 | 3 |
| Ernest Raymond | 1888–1974 | 1 |
| Evelyn Raymond | 1843–1910 | 1 |
| Carveth Read | 1848–1931 | 1 |
| F. W. (Frederick William) Read | born 1863 | 1 |
| Opie Percival Read | 1852–1939 | 4 |
| A. Arthur (Alfred Arthur) Reade | born 1851 | 1 |
| Charles Reade | 1814–1884 | 14 |
| Ronald Reagan | 1911–2004 | 1 |
| Antonio Pereira Rebouças | 1798–1880 | 1 |
| Charles Recht | 1887–1965 | 1 |
| Elisée Reclus | 1830–1905 | 2 |
| Samuel J. (Samuel James) Record | 1881–1945 | 1 |
| Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron | 1837–1916 | 1 |
| H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley) Redgrove | 1887–1943 | 1 |
| John Edward Redmond | 1856–1918 | 1 |
| Redmond-Howard, L. G., (Louis George) | born 1884 | 1 |
| Lewis Redner | 1830–1908 | 1 |
| Manuel Ferreira Garcia Redondo | 1854–1916 | 1 |
| Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway | 1849–1942 | 1 |
| Ivy Kellerman Reed | 1877–1968 | 1 |
| John Reed | 1887–1920 | 1 |
| Myrtle Reed | 1874–1911 | 6 |
| Talbot Baines Reed | 1852–1893 | 15 |
| Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett) Reed | 1839–1902 | 2 |
| Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees | 1872–1942 | 4 |
| Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees | 1877–1920 | 2 |
| A. M. (Albert Moore) Reese | 1872–1965 | 1 |
| Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve | 1880–1936 | 15 |
| Clara Reeve | 1729–1807 | 1 |
| Henry Reeve | 1813–1895 | 5 |
| Ira L. (Ira Louis) Reeves | 1872–1939 | 1 |
| William Pember Reeves | 1857–1932 | 1 |
| J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester | 1892–1914 | 1 |
| Isaac Samuel Reggio | 1784–1855 | 1 |
| Jean-François Regnard | 1655–1709 | 3 |
| George Reid | 1841–1913 | 1 |
| James Reid | 1907–1989 | 1 |
| James S. (James Smith) Reid | 1846–1926 | 2 |
| Mayne Reid | 1818–1883 | 25 |
| Stephen Reid | 1873–1948 | 1 |
| Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson) Reid | 1848–1927 | 1 |
| T. Wemyss (Thomas Wemyss) Reid | 1842–1905 | 1 |
| Whitelaw Reid | 1837–1912 | 1 |
| Juho Heikki Reijonen | 1855–1924 | 2 |
| Salomon Reinach | 1858–1932 | 1 |
| Karl Reinhardt | 1818–1877 | 1 |
| Louise Reinhardt | born 1866 | 1 |