Celebrities Starting with the Letter R

Browse celebrities whose name starts with the letter R.

Rachael Leigh Cook

American actress and model

Born:October 4, 1979

Rachael Ray

American television host, businesswoman, celebrity cook, and author

Born:August 25, 1968

Rachel Bilson

American actress

Born:August 25, 1981

Rachel Maddow

American television news host and political commentator

Born:April 1, 1973

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

Born:November 17, 1978

Rachel Weisz

British actress

Born:March 7, 1970

Rafa Benítez

Spanish association football manager and former player

Born:April 16, 1960

Rafael

Italian painter and architect

Born:April 6, 1483

Died:April 6, 1520

Rafael Nadal

Spanish tennis player

Born:June 3, 1986

Ralph Fiennes

English actor, director and producer

Born:December 22, 1962

Ralph Lauren

American fashion designer

Born:October 14, 1939

Ralph Macchio

American actor

Born:November 4, 1961

Ralph McTell

English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player

Born:December 3, 1944

Rami Malek

American actor

Born:May 12, 1981

Ramsay MacDonald

British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935

Born:October 12, 1866

Died:November 9, 1937

Randy Couture

American mixed martial artist

Born:June 22, 1963

Randy Jackson

American bassist, singer, record producer, entrepreneur and television personality

Born:June 23, 1956

Randy Newman

American singer-songwriter and pianist

Born:November 28, 1943

Randy Orton

American professional wrestler

Born:April 1, 1980

Randy Rhoads

American guitarist

Born:December 6, 1956

Died:March 19, 1982

Randy Savage

American professional wrestler

Born:November 15, 1952

Died:May 20, 2011

Raquel Welch

American actress

Born:September 5, 1940

Died:February 15, 2023

Rashida Jones

American actress, writer, and producer

Born:February 25, 1976

Raven

American professional wrestler, actor and podcaster

Born:September 8, 1964

Ray Allen

American basketball player

Born:July 20, 1975

Ray Charles

American singer, pianist and songwriter

Born:September 23, 1930

Died:June 10, 2004

Ray Davies

British singer and musician

Born:June 21, 1944

Ray Romano

American stand-up comedian

Born:December 21, 1957

Ray Winstone

English actor

Born:February 19, 1957

Reba McEntire

American country singer and actress

Born:March 28, 1955

Rebecca Ferguson

Swedish actress

Born:October 19, 1983

Rebecca Hall

English actress and filmmaker

Born:May 3, 1982

Rebecca Romijn

American actress and model

Born:November 6, 1972

Reese Witherspoon

American actress

Born:March 22, 1976

Reggie Miller

American basketball player

Born:August 24, 1965

Rey de España Carlos III

King of Spain from 1759 to 1788

Born:January 20, 1716

Died:December 14, 1788

Rey Mysterio

American professional wrestler

Born:December 11, 1974

Rhys Ifans

Welsh actor

Born:July 22, 1967

Ric Flair

American professional wrestler

Born:February 25, 1949

Richard Branson

British business magnate

Born:July 18, 1950

Richard Burton

Welsh actor

Born:November 10, 1925

Died:August 5, 1984

Richard Dreyfuss

American actor

Born:October 29, 1947

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist

Born:May 11, 1918

Died:February 15, 1988

Richard Gere

American actor

Born:August 31, 1949

Richard Hammond

English motoring journalist and broadcaster

Born:December 19, 1969

Richard Harris

Irish actor and singer

Born:October 1, 1930

Died:October 25, 2002

Richard I of England

King of England from 1189 to 1199

Born:September 8, 1157

Died:April 6, 1199

Richard II of England

King of England from 1377 to 1399

Born:January 6, 1367

Died:February 14, 1400

Richard III of England

king of England from 1483 to 1485

Born:October 2, 1452

Died:August 22, 1485

Richard Kiel

American actor

Born:September 13, 1939

Died:September 10, 2014

Richard Mentor Johnson

vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841

Born:October 17, 1780

Died:November 19, 1850

Richard Nixon

president of the United States from 1969 to 1974

Born:January 9, 1913

Died:April 22, 1994

Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor

Born:December 1, 1940

Died:December 10, 2005

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor and video producer

Born:July 12, 1948

Died:July 13, 2024

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

Born:March 16, 1953

Richard Strauss

German composer and orchestra director

Born:June 11, 1864

Died:September 8, 1949

Richard Thompson

British recording artist; singer, songwriter, guitarist

Born:April 3, 1949

Richard Wagner

German composer

Born:May 22, 1813

Died:February 13, 1883

Richie Hawtin

English-Canadian electronic musician and record producer

Born:June 4, 1970

Richie Sambora

American rock musician

Born:July 11, 1959

Rick Astley

British singer

Born:February 6, 1966

Rick Riordan

American author

Born:June 5, 1964

Rick Ross

American rapper and record executive

Born:January 28, 1976

Rick Rubin

American music producer

Born:March 10, 1963

Ricki Lake

American television host and actress

Born:September 21, 1968

Ricky Gervais

British comedian

Born:June 25, 1961

Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican singer

Born:December 24, 1971

Ricky Nelson

American musician and actor

Born:May 8, 1940

Died:December 31, 1985

Ridley Scott

English filmmaker

Born:November 30, 1937

Rihanna

Barbadian singer

Born:February 20, 1988

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

Born:July 7, 1940

Rita

Israeli pop singer and actress

Born:March 24, 1962

Rita Hayworth

American actress

Born:October 17, 1918

Died:May 14, 1987

Rita Ora

English-Albanian singer and actress

Born:November 26, 1990

Ritchie Valens

American musician

Born:May 13, 1941

Died:February 3, 1959

River Phoenix

American actor and musician (1970–2026

Born:August 23, 1970

Died:October 31, 1993

Rob Dyrdek

American skateboarder

Born:June 28, 1974

Rob Lowe

American actor

Born:March 17, 1964

Rob Reiner

American filmmaker and actor

Born:March 6, 1947

Died:December 14, 2025

Rob Schneider

American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

Born:October 31, 1963

Rob Van Dam

American professional wrestler and actor

Born:December 18, 1970

Rob Zombie

American rock singer and filmmaker

Born:January 12, 1965

Robbie Coltrane

Scottish actor

Born:March 30, 1950

Died:October 14, 2022

Robbie Keane

Irish association football player and manager

Born:July 8, 1980

Robbie Robertson

Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist

Born:July 5, 1943

Died:August 9, 2023

Robbie Williams

British singer

Born:February 13, 1974

Robert Altman

American filmmaker

Born:February 20, 1925

Died:November 20, 2006

Robert Bloch

American fiction writer

Born:April 5, 1917

Died:September 23, 1994

Robert Browning

English poet and playwright

Born:May 7, 1812

Died:December 12, 1889

Robert Carlyle

Scottish actor

Born:April 14, 1961

Robert De Niro

American actor

Born:August 17, 1943

Robert Downey Jr.

American actor

Born:April 4, 1965

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

Born:January 5, 1931

Died:February 15, 2026

Robert E. Howard

American author

Born:January 22, 1906

Died:June 11, 1936

Robert F. Kennedy

American politician and lawyer

Born:November 20, 1925

Died:June 6, 1968

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services since 2025

Born:January 17, 1954

Robert Gates

CIA director, U.S. Secretary of Defense, and university president

Born:September 25, 1943

Robert I of Scotland

King of Scotland

Born:July 11, 1274

Died:June 7, 1329

Robert II of Scotland

King of Scots from 1371 to his death as the first monarch of the House of Stewart

Born:March 2, 1316

Died:April 19, 1390

Robert Louis Stevenson

Scottish novelist and poet

Born:November 13, 1850

Died:December 3, 1894

Robert Mitchum

American actor

Born:August 6, 1917

Died:July 1, 1997

Robert Palmer

English musician

Born:January 19, 1949

Died:September 26, 2003

Robert Pattinson

English actor and film producer

Born:May 13, 1986

Robert Plant

English musician and lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin

Born:August 20, 1948

Robert Redford

American actor and director

Born:August 18, 1936

Died:September 16, 2025

Robert Rodriguez

American filmmaker

Born:June 20, 1968

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic

Born:June 8, 1810

Died:July 29, 1856

Robert Smith

English singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter

Born:April 21, 1959

Robert Todd Lincoln

Union Army officer, U.S. ambassador, and Secretary of War

Born:August 1, 1843

Died:July 26, 1926

Robert Wadlow

American who was the tallest recorded person in history

Born:February 22, 1918

Died:July 15, 1940

Roberto Carlos

Brazilian footballer

Born:April 10, 1973

Roberto Mancini

Italian association football player and manager

Born:November 27, 1964

Robin Söderling

Swedish tennis player

Born:August 14, 1984

Robin Thicke

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

Born:March 10, 1977

Robin Tunneyio

American actress

Born:June 19, 1972

Robin van Persie

Dutch association football player and manager

Born:August 6, 1983

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian

Born:July 21, 1951

Died:August 11, 2014

Robin Wright

American actress

Born:April 8, 1966

Robyn

Swedish singer

Born:June 12, 1979

Rock Hudson

American actor

Born:November 17, 1925

Died:October 2, 1985

Rod Stewart

English singer and songwriter

Born:January 10, 1945

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler

Born:April 17, 1954

Died:July 31, 2015

Rodri

Spanish association football player

Born:June 22, 1996

Roger Daltrey

English musician and lead vocalist of The Who

Born:March 1, 1944

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

Born:August 8, 1981

Roger Moore

English actor

Born:October 14, 1927

Died:May 23, 2017

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd

Born:September 6, 1943

Roman Abramovich

Russian-Israeli-Portuguese oligarch and former politician

Born:October 24, 1966

Roman Polanski

French-Polish filmmaker

Born:August 18, 1933

Romy Schneider

German-French actress

Born:September 23, 1938

Died:May 29, 1982

Ron Howard

American film director, producer, and actor

Born:March 1, 1954

Ron Perlman

American actor

Born:April 13, 1950

Ron Reagan

American liberal political commentator

Born:May 20, 1958

Ron White

American comedian

Born:December 18, 1956

Ronald Perelman

American businessman and investor

Born:January 1, 1943

Ronald Reagan

president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor

Born:February 6, 1911

Died:June 5, 2004

Ronaldinho

Brazilian associaton fooball player

Born:March 21, 1980

Ronaldo

Brazilian association football player

Born:September 18, 1976

Ronnie Barker

English actor, comedian and writer

Born:September 25, 1929

Died:October 3, 2005

Ronnie Coleman

American IFBB professional bodybuilder

Born:May 13, 1964

Ronnie James Dio

American heavy metal singer

Born:July 10, 1942

Died:May 16, 2010

Ronnie Wood

British rock guitarist, member of The Rolling Stones

Born:June 1, 1947

Rory Delap

Irish association football player

Born:July 6, 1976

Rory McCann

Scottish actor

Born:April 24, 1969

Rosalind Franklin

British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer

Born:July 25, 1920

Died:April 16, 1958

Rosamund Pike

British actress

Born:January 27, 1979

Rose Leslie

Scottish actress

Born:February 9, 1987

Rose McGowan

American actress, director and activist

Born:September 5, 1973

Roseanne Barr

American actress and comedian

Born:November 3, 1952

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

British model

Born:June 13, 1981

Rosie O'Donnell

American comedian, producer, actress, and television personality

Born:March 21, 1962

Rowan Atkinson

English actor, comedian, and screenwriter

Born:January 6, 1955

Roy Orbison

American musician

Born:April 23, 1936

Died:December 6, 1988

Roy Rogers

American actor and singer

Born:November 5, 1911

Died:July 6, 1998

Ruby Lin

Taiwanese actress, singer and producer

Born:January 27, 1976

Rudolph Valentino

Italian actor

Born:May 6, 1895

Died:August 23, 1926

Rudy Giuliani

American attorney and politician

Born:May 28, 1944

Rudyard Kipling

English writer and poet

Born:December 30, 1865

Died:January 18, 1936

Rufus Wainwright

American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer

Born:July 22, 1973

Rupert Grint

English actor

Born:August 24, 1988

Rupert Murdoch

American businessman

Born:March 11, 1931

Russell Brand

English comedian, actor, and podcaster

Born:June 4, 1975

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

Born:April 7, 1964

Russell Peters

Canadian comedian, actor

Born:September 29, 1970

Russell Westbrook

American basketball player

Born:November 12, 1988

Ryan Adams

American musician

Born:November 5, 1974

Ryan Cabrera

American musician

Born:July 18, 1982

Ryan Dunn

American television personality and stunt performer

Born:June 11, 1977

Died:June 20, 2011

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach

Born:November 29, 1973

Ryan Gosling

Canadian actor

Born:November 12, 1980

Ryan Lochte

American swimmer

Born:August 3, 1984

Ryan O'Neal

American actor

Born:April 20, 1941

Died:December 8, 2023

Ryan Phillippe

American actor

Born:September 10, 1974

Ryan Reynolds

Canadian-American actor

Born:October 23, 1976

Ryan Seacrest

American television and radio presenter

Born:December 24, 1974