| Lola Ridge | 1873–1941 | 2 |
| W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge | 1859–1930 | 2 |
| William Ridley | 1819–1878 | 1 |
| John Clark Ridpath | 1840–1900 | 2 |
| Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl | 1823–1897 | 2 |
| J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg | 1855–1926 | 2 |
| Stephen Return Riggs | 1812–1883 | 1 |
| Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis | 1849–1914 | 4 |
| Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley | 1816–1878 | 5 |
| Isaac Riley | 1835–1878 | 1 |
| James Garfield Riley | born 1881 | 1 |
| James Whitcomb Riley | 1849–1916 | 15 |
| Rainer Maria Rilke | 1875–1926 | 3 |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | 1876–1958 | 24 |
| William L. Riordon | 1861–1909 | 1 |
| Edouard Riou | 1833–1900 | 3 |
| Georges Ripart | born 1871 | 1 |
| Rita | 1860–1938 | 1 |
| Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie | 1819–1870 | 1 |
| Anne Thackeray Ritchie | 1837–1919 | 1 |
| Max Rittenberg | 1880–1965 | 1 |
| Jessie Belle Rittenhouse | 1869–1948 | 2 |
| Thomas Jefferson Ritter | born 1855 | 1 |
| Antoine Rivarol | 1753–1801 | 2 |
| Jose Maria Rivera | born 1882 | 3 |
| José Rizal | 1861–1896 | 12 |
| Leonard H. (Leonard Harman) Robbins | 1877–1947 | — |
| Clémence Robert | 1797–1872 | — |
| Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Robert | 1837–1923 | 1 |
| Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin | 1805–1871 | 1 |
| Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir | 1860–1943 | 6 |
| Elizabeth Madox Roberts | 1881–1941 | 1 |
| Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl | 1832–1914 | 1 |
| Lloyd Roberts | 1884–1966 | 1 |
| Morley Roberts | 1857–1942 | 2 |
| Samuel Roberts | 1800–1885 | 1 |
| Theodore Goodridge Roberts | 1877–1953 | 1 |
| W. (William) Roberts | 1862–1940 | 2 |
| J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott | 1866–1962 | 1 |
| Frederick William Robertson | 1816–1853 | 1 |
| J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson | 1856–1933 | 1 |
| James Alexander Robertson | 1873–1939 | 28 |
| Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson | 1821–1897 | 5 |
| Morgan Robertson | 1861–1915 | 2 |
| W. Graham (Walford Graham) Robertson | 1866–1948 | 1 |
| E. de (Eugène) Roberty | 1843–1915 | 1 |
| Albert Robida | 1848–1926 | 1 |
| Edward Robins | 1862–1943 | 1 |
| Elizabeth Robins | 1862–1952 | 1 |
| A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson | 1857–1944 | 2 |
| Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson | 1855–1932 | 1 |
| Charles Robinson | 1870–1937 | 1 |
| Charles H. (Charles Henry) Robinson | 1861–1925 | 1 |
| Charles Henry Robinson | born 1841 | 1 |
| Charles S. (Charles Seymour) Robinson | 1829–1899 | 1 |
| Doane Robinson | 1856–1946 | 1 |
| Edward Robinson | 1794–1863 | 1 |
| Edwin Arlington Robinson | 1869–1935 | 3 |
| Eliot H. (Eliot Harlow) Robinson | born 1884 | 1 |
| F. W. (Frederick William) Robinson | 1830–1901 | — |
| Forbes Robinson | 1867–1904 | 1 |
| Frederic Cayley Robinson | 1862–1927 | 1 |
| James Harvey Robinson | 1863–1936 | 2 |
| Lydia Gillingham Robinson | born 1875 | 3 |
| Mary Robinson | 1758–1800 | 1 |
| Solon Robinson | 1803–1880 | 1 |
| T. H. (Thomas Heath) Robinson | 1869–1954 | 2 |
| William J. (William Josephus) Robinson | 1867–1936 | 1 |
| John Roby | 1793–1850 | 2 |
| Charles E. (Charles Emile) Roche | 1847–1935 | 1 |
| Ernst Ludwig Rochholz | 1809–1892 | 1 |
| Charles Rock | 1866–1919 | 1 |
| John D. (John Davison) Rockefeller | 1839–1937 | 1 |
| F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell | 1884–1976 | 2 |
| Norman Rockwell | 1894–1978 | 1 |
| Paul Ayres Rockwell | born 1889 | 1 |
| Georges Rodenbach | 1855–1898 | 2 |
| Theophilus F. (Theophilus Francis) Rodenbough | 1838–1912 | 1 |
| J. M. (John Medows) Rodwell | 1808–1900 | 2 |
| José Enrique Rodó | 1871–1917 | 1 |