Raab, Esther (Tikvan-born Hebrew poet, writer) |
1894-1981 |
Raab, Julius (Austrian politician) |
1891-1964 |
Raabe, Wilhelm (pseudonym Jakob Corvinus; German poet, writer) |
1831-1910 |
Rabanus Maurus (Frankish theologian, scholar, teacher) |
c.780-856 |
Rabassa, Gregory (American translator) |
b.1922 |
Rabaud, Henri-Benjamin (French conductor, composer) |
1873-1949 |
Rabaut, Paul (French Huguenot leader) |
1718-1794 |
Rabbula (Syrian bishop) |
c.350-c.435 |
Rabe, David William (American playwright) |
b.1940 |
Rabearivelo, Jean-Joseph (Malagasy poet, proofreader) |
1901-1937 |
Rabelais, Francois (pseudonym Alcofribas Nasier; French writer) |
c.1483-1553 |
Rabemananjara, Jacques (Malagasy politician, playwright, poet) |
1913-2005 |
Rabener, Gottlieb Wilhelm (German satirist) |
1714-1771 |
Rabi'ah al'Adawiyah (Rabi'ah of Basra; Arab mystic, poet) |
713?-801 |
Rabih az-Zubayr (Muslim military leader in central Africa) |
d.1900 |
Rabi, Isidor Isaac (Galician-born American physicist) |
1898-1988 |
Rabikovitch, Dalia (Israeli poet, writer) |
b.1936 |
Rabin, Matthew Joel (American economist) |
b.1963 |
Rabin, Michael Oser (German-born Israeli computer scientist) |
b.1931 |
Rabin, Yitzhak (Israeli general, prime min. 1974-77, 1992-95) |
1922-1995 |
Rabinowitch, Eugene (Russian-born Am. biophysicist, botanist) |
1901-1973 |
Rabinowitz, Sholem Yakov (Shalom Aleichem; Russian humorist) |
1859-1916 |
Rabutin, Roger de (French soldier, libertine, writer) |
1618-1693 |
Racan, Honorat de Bueil, Seigneur de (French poet) |
1589-1670 |
Rachel, Mlle (born Elisa Felix; French actor) |
1820-1858 |
Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vasilyevich (Russian composer, pianist) |
1873-1943 |
Racine, Jean Baptiste (French dramatist, poet) |
1639-1699 |
Racine, Louis (French religious poet; son of Jean) |
1692-1763 |
Rackham, Arthur (English illustrator) |
1867-1939 |
Racquet, Charles (French organist, teacher) |
1598-1664 |
Racusin, Norman (American businessman; RCA, dev. 8-track tape) |
1920-2002 |
Raczkiewicz, Wladyslaw (Polish politician) |
1885-1947 |
Radagaisus (or Radagais; Germanic chieftain) |
d.406 |
Radcliffe, Ann née Ward (English writer) |
1764-1823 |
Radcliffe, Charles (Eng. cultural critic, political activist) |
b.1941 |
Radcliffe (or Radclyffe), Sir James (English Jacobite nobleman) |
1689-1716 |
Radcliffe, John (English physician) |
1650-1714 |
Radcliffe (or Radclyffe), Sir Thomas (English governor) |
1526?-1583 |
Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (Brit. social anthropologist) |
1881-1955 |
Raddall, Thomas Head (English-born Canadian writer) |
1903-1994 |
Radegunda, Saint (Frankish queen, nun) |
d.587 |
Radek, Karl Bernhardovich (Russian Communist politician) |
1885-1939? |
Radescu, Nicolae (Romanian army officer, politician) |
1874-1953 |
Radetzky, Joseph (Austrian field marshal) |
1766-1858 |
Radewyns, Florentius (Dutch religious leader) |
c.1350-1400 |
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (Indian educator, politician) |
1888-1975 |
Radic, Stjepan (Croatian politician) |
1871-1928 |
Radich, Stephen John (American art dealer) |
1922-2007 |
Radiguet, Raymond (French poet, writer) |
1903-1923 |
Radin, Paul (Polish-born American anthropologist) |
1883-1959 |
Radishchev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich (Rus. writer. civil servant) |
1749-1802 |
Radisson, Pierre Esprit (French fur trader, explorer) |
c.1636-c.1710 |
Radlov, Vasily Vasilyevich (German-born Russian philologist) |
1837-1918 |
Radner, Gilda Susan (American actor, comedian) |
1946-1989 |
Radoslavov, Vasil (Bulgarian politician; premier 1913-1918) |
1854-1929 |
Radowitz, Joseph Maria von (Prussian general, statesman) |
1797-1853 |
Radulescu, Horatiu (Romanian-born French composer) |
1942-2008 |
Radulescu, Ioan Heliade (Romanian writer) |
1802-1872 |
Rae, John (Scottish arctic explorer) |
1813-1893 |
Raeburn, Sir Henry (Scottish painter) |
1756-1823 |
Raeder, Erich (German admiral) |
1876-1960 |
Raedwald (or Redwald; King of East Anglia) |
d.624/25 |
Raegnald (King of York 919-920) |
10th cent. |
Raemaekers, Louis (Dutch political cartoonist, artist) |
1869-1956 |
Raff, Joseph Joachim (Swiss-born German composer, teacher) |
1822-1882 |
Raffaelli, Jean-Francois (French painter) |
1850-1924 |
Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford (English colonial administrator) |
1781-1826 |
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel (American naturalist) |
1783-1840 |
Rafn, Carl Christian (Danish philologist, antiquary) |
1795-1864 |
Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Hashemi (Iranian president 1989-1997) |
b.1934 |
Raghunatha Siromani (Indian philosopher) |
c.1475-c.1550 |
Raghunath Rao (Maratha leader) |
d.1783 |
Ragland, John Lee Morgan Beauregard "Rags" (American comedian) |
1905-1946 |
Rahbek, Knud Lyne (Danish poet, writer, literary critic) |
1760-1830 |
Rahel (born Rahel Bluwstein; Russian-born Hebrew poet) |
1890-1931 |
Rahman, Mujibur (Sheikh Mujib; Bengali politician) |
1920-1975 |
Rahman, Shamsur (Bangladeshi poet) |
1929-2006 |
Rahv, Philip (Ukrainian-born American literary critic) |
1908-1973 |
Raibolini, Francesco di Marco di Giacomo (Italian painter) |
1450-1517/18 |
Raiffeisen, Friedrich Wilhelm (German economist) |
1818-1888 |
Raikes, Robert (English publisher, founder of Sunday schools) |
1736-1811 |
Raimondi, Marcantonio (Italian engraver) |
c.1480-c.1534 |
Raimondi, Pietro (Italian composer) |
1786-1853 |
Raimund, Ferdinand née Raimann (Austrian actor, playwright) |
1790-1836 |
Raimundo (aka Raymond; Don Raimundo; French prelate in Spain) |
d.1152 |
Rainald of Dassel (German prelate, politician) |
c.1118-1167 |
Rainaldi, Carlo (Italian Baroque architect; son of Girolamo) |
1611-1691 |
Rainaldi, Girolamo (or Hieronimo; Italian architect) |
1570-1655 |
Rainborrow (or Rainsborough), Thomas (English soldier) |
d.1648 |
Raine, Kathleen Jessie (English poet, scholar, critic) |
1908-2003 |
Rainer, Yvonne (American dancer, choreographer, filmmaker) |
b.1934 |
Rainey, Gertrude née Pridgett "Ma Rainey" (American singer) |
1886-1939 |
Rainey, Henry Thomas (American politician) |
1860-1934 |
Rainey, Joseph Hayne (American politician) |
1832-1887 |
Rainier III (born Rainier Grimaldi; prince of Monaco 1949-2005) |
1923-2005 |
Rainulf of Aversa (aka Ranulph Drengo; Norman leader) |
d.1045 |
Rainwater, Leo James (American physicist) |
1917-1986 |
Rainy, Robert (Scottish religious leader) |
1826-1906 |
Rais (or Rays, Retz), Gilles de (French soldier) |
1404-1440 |
Raison, Andre (French composer, organist) |
c.1640-1719 |
Rai Srivastana, Dhanpat (pseudonym Prem Chand; Indian writer) |
1880-1936 |
Raisuli, Ahmad ibn Muhammad (Moroccan brigand) |
1875?-1925 |
Rajagopalachari, Chakravarti (Indian nationalist leader) |
1879-1972 |
Raja Haji (Buginese soldier, politician) |
d.1784 |
Rajaraja I (Indian king 985-1014) |
d.1014 |
Raja Rao (born without surname; Indian writer) |
1908-2006 |
Rajendra (Indian king 1014-1044; son of Rajaraja I) |
d.1044 |
Rakosi, Carl (American poet, social worker, psychotherapist) |
1903-2004 |
Rakosi, Matyas (Hungarian politician) |
1892-1971 |
Rakovski, Georgi Sava (Bulgarian revolutionary leader, writer) |
1821-1867 |
Rakovsky, Khristian Georgiyevich (Bulg.-born Rus. polit., dip.) |
1873-1938? |
Raleigh, Sir Walter (English courtier, navigator, hist., poet) |
1554-1618 |
Raleigh, Sir Walter Alexander (English critic, essayist) |
1861-1922 |
Rallis, George (Greek politician; prime minister 1980-1981) |
1918-2006 |
Ralph of Coggeshall (English chronicler) |
d.c.1227 |
Ralph, James (American writer) |
1695?-1762 |
Rama I (King of Siam 1782-1809) |
1737-1809 |
Rama VI (born Chao Fa MahaVajiravudh; King of Siam 1910-1925) |
1881-1925 |
Rama VII (born Prajadhipok; King of Siam 1925-1935) |
1893-1941 |
Ramadan, Tariq Said (Swiss-born Muslim scholar) |
b.1962 |
Ramakrishna (aka Gadadhar Chatterji; Hindu religious) |
1836-1886 |
Raman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata (Indian physicist) |
1888-1970 |
Ramana Maharishi "Sri" (Indian Hindu philosopher, yogi) |
1879-1950 |
Ramanand (or Ramananda, Ramadatta; North Indian Brahmin) |
c.1400-c.1470 |
Ramanatha (Ruler of Hoysala kingdom in southern India) |
d.1295 |
Ramanuja (aka Ramanujacarya; Indian religious teacher) |
c.1017-1137 |
Ramanujan, Attipat Krishnaswami (Indian poet, literary scholar) |
1929-1993 |
Ramanujan, Srinivasa Aaiyangar (Indian mathematician) |
1887-1920 |
Ramathibodi I (Thai warrior chief, ruler) |
1312-1369 |
Ramatirtha (born Tirath Rama; Indian Hindu religious) |
1873-1906 |
Ramazzini, Bernardino (Italian physician) |
1633-1714 |
Rambert, Dame Marie (Polish-born British ballet producer, dir.) |
1888-1982 |
Rambouillet, Catherine de Vivonne (Italian-born French hostess) |
1588-1665 |
Ram Das (aka Bhai Jetha; Sikh leader) |
1534-1581 |
Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert; American psychologist) |
b.1931 |
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (French composer, music theorist) |
1683-1764 |
Ramee, Marie Louise de la (pseudonym Ouida; English writer) |
1839-1908 |
Ramenghi, Bartolommeo "Il Bagnacavallo" (Italian painter) |
1484-1542 |
Ramirez, Pedro Pablo (Argentinean cavalry officer, politician) |
1884-1962 |
Ramiro I (King of Aragon 1035-1063) |
d.1063 |
Ramiro II (el Monje, "the Monk"; King of Aragon 1134-1137) |
d.1154 |
Ramis, Harold Allen (American film actor, director, producer) |
b.1944 |
Ramkhamhaeng (Rama the Strong; King of Sukhothai) |
fl.c.1279-c.1317 |
Ramler, Karl Wilhelm (German poet) |
1725-1798 |
Ramon, Gaston-Leon (French bacteriologist) |
1886-1963 |
Ramone, Dee Dee (Douglas Glenn Colvin; American musician) |
1952-2002 |
Ramon Jimenez, Juan (Spanish poet, writer, translator) |
1881-1958 |
Ramon y Cajal, Santiago (Spanish histologist, physician) |
1852-1934 |
Ramos, Fidel Valdez (Filipino general, president 1992-1998) |
b.1928 |
Ramos, Graciliano (Brazilian writer) |
1892-1953 |
Ramos-Horta, Jose Manuel (East Timorese politician) |
b.1949 |
Rampal, Jean-Pierre (French flutist, conductor, teacher) |
1922-2000 |
Rampersad, Arnold (Trinidadian biographer, literary critic) |
b.1941 |
Rampolla, Marciano (Marchese del Tindaro; Italian prelate) |
1843-1913 |
Ramsay, Allan (Scottish poet, literary antiquary, wigmaker) |
1686-1758 |
Ramsay, Allan (Scottish painter; son of Allan) |
1713-1784 |
Ramsay, James Andrew Broun (British colonial administrator) |
1812-1860 |
Ramsay, Sir John (Scottish conspirator, court favorite) |
1580?-1626 |
Ramsay, Sir William (Scottish chemist) |
1852-1916 |
Ramsden, Jesse (English astronomical instrument maker) |
1735-1800 |
Ramses I (Egyptian king 1320-1318 BC) |
14th cent. BC |
Ramses II (Egyptian king 1304-1237 BC) |
14-13th cent. BC |
Ramses III (Egyptian king 1198-1166 BC) |
12th cent. BC |
Ramsey, Arthur Michael (Brit. archbishop of Canterbury 1961-74) |
1904-1988 |
Ramsey, Frank Plumpton (British mathematical logician) |
1903-1930 |
Ramsey, Norman Foster Jr. (American physicist, academic) |
1915-2011 |
Ram Singh (Indian Sikh leader) |
1816-1885 |
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista (Italian geographer) |
1485-1557 |
Ramuz, Charles-Ferdinand (Swiss writer) |
1878-1947 |
Ranade, Mahadev Govind (Indian Brahman lawyer, reformer) |
1842-1901 |
Ranaivo, Flavien (Malagasy poet) |
1914-1999 |
Rana Sanga (King of Mewar) |
16th cent. |
Ranaldo, Lee (American musician, songwriter) |
b.1956 |
Rance, Armand-Jean Le Bouthillier de (French Trappist monk) |
1626-1700 |
Rand, Ayn (Alissa Franzevna Rosenbaum; Russian-born Am. writer) |
1905-1982 |
Rand, Sally (born Harriet Helen Gould Beck; Am. dancer, actor) |
1904-1979 |
Randall, James Ryder (American journalist, song writer) |
1839-1908 |
Randall, Samuel Jackson (American politician) |
1828-1890 |
Randall-MacIver, David (British archaeologist, anthropologist) |
1873-1945 |
Randi, James (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; Am. magician) |
b.1928 |
Randolph, Asa Phillip (American labor leader) |
1889-1979 |
Randolph, Edmund Jennings (American lawyer, politician) |
1753-1813 |
Randolph, Edward (British agent in America) |
1632-1703 |
Randolph, Homer Louis III "Boots" (American musician) |
1927-2007 |
Randolph, John (John Randolph of Roanoke; American politician) |
1773-1833 |
Randolph, Peyton (American lawyer, politician) |
1721?-1775 |
Randolph, Sir Thomas (1st Earl of Moray; Scottish statesman) |
d.1332 |
Randolph, Thomas (English poet, dramatist) |
1605-1635 |
Randolph, William (English-born Am. planter, administrator) |
1651?-1711 |
Rangstrom, Anders Johan Ture (Swedish composer) |
1884-1947 |
Ranjit Singh (Lion of the Punjab; Indian fdr. of Sikh kingdom) |
1780-1839 |
Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (Rajput nobleman) |
1872-1933 |
Rank, Joseph Arthur (British industrialist, film magnate) |
1888-1972 |
Rank, Otto (Austrian psychoanalyst) |
1884-1939 |
Ranke, Leopold von (German historian) |
1795-1886 |
Rankin, Jeannette (American reformer) |
1880-1973 |
Rankine, William John Macquorn (Scottish civil eng., physicist) |
1820-1872 |
Ransom, John Crowe (American critic, poet, teacher) |
1888-1974 |
Ransome, Arthur Mitchell (English writer) |
1884-1967 |
Rantzau, Johan (German soldier) |
1492-1565 |
Ranulf (or Randulph) de Blundeville (English feudal leader) |
c.1172-1232 |
Ranulf de Gernons (Anglo-Norman military leader) |
c.1100-1153 |
Ranvier, Louis-Antoine (French histologist) |
1835-1922 |
Rao, Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha (Indian prime min. 1991-96) |
1921-2004 |
Rao, Raja (Indian writer, educator) |
1908-2006 |
Raoul de Houdenc (or Houdan; French trouvere poet-musician) |
fl. c.1200-1230 |
Raoult, Francois-Marie (French physicist, chemist) |
1830-1901 |
Rapacki, Adam (Polish economist, politician) |
1909-1970 |
Raphael (surnamed Sanzio; Italian painter) |
1483-1520 |
Rapisardi, Mario (Italian poet) |
1844-1912 |
Rapp, George (born Johann George; German-born Am. rel. leader) |
1757-1847 |
Rapp, Jean (French general) |
1772-1821 |
Rasch, Albertina (Austrian-born American dancer, choreographer) |
1896-1967 |
Rashid ad-Din (Persian physician, politician, historian) |
1247-1318 |
Rashid Rida, Muhammad (Syrian Muslim theologian) |
1865-1935 |
Rasin, Alois (Czech politician) |
1867-1923 |
Rask, Rasmus Kristian (Danish philologist, Orientalist) |
1787-1832 |
Rasmussen, Halfdan (Danish poet) |
1915-2002 |
Rasmussen, Knud Johan Victor (Danish explorer, ethnologist) |
1879-1933 |
Rasmussen, Steen Eiler (Danish architect, educator, writer) |
1898-1990 |
Raspe, Rudolph Erich (German scholar, adventurer) |
1737-1794 |
Rasputin, Grigory Yefimovich (Russian mystic, court favorite) |
1872-1916 |
Rassam, Hormuzd (Turkish Assyriologist) |
1826-1910 |
Rastell, John (English printer, dramatist) |
c.1475-1536 |
Rastell, William (English printer; son of John) |
1508-1565 |
Rastelli, Enrico (Russian-born Italian juggler, acrobat) |
1896-1931 |
Ratana, Tahupotiki Wiremu (Maori political & religious leader) |
1870-1939 |
Rather, Dan (American journalist) |
b.1931 |
Ratdolt, Erhard (German printer, type cutter) |
1447-1528 |
Rateau, Camille-Edmond-Auguste (French engineer) |
1863-1930 |
Rathenau, Emil (German industrialist) |
1838-1915 |
Rathenau, Walther (German industrialist; son of Emil) |
1867-1922 |
Rathke, Martin Heinrich (German anatomist) |
1793-1860 |
Ratia, Armi (Finnish textile designer) |
1912-1979 |
Ratke (or Ratich), Wolfgang (German educational reformer) |
1571-1635 |
Ratramnus (French theologian) |
d.c.868 |
Ratsch, Christian (German-born anthropologist, scholar) |
b.1957 |
Rattazzi, Urbano (Italian Piedmontese politician) |
1808-1873 |
Rattigan, Sir Terence Mervyn (English dramatist) |
1911-1977 |
Ratushinskaya, Irina Georgiyevna (Rus. poet, polit. dissident) |
b.1954 |
Ratzel, Friedrich (German geographer, ethnographer) |
1844-1904 |
Ratzenhofer, Gustav (Austrian general, philosopher, sociol.) |
1842-1904 |
Rau, Sir Benegal Narsing (Indian jurist) |
1887-1953 |
Raunkaier, Christen (Danish botanist) |
1860-1938 |
Raupach, Ernst Benjamin Salomon (German dramatist) |
1784-1852 |
Rauschenberg, Robert (b.Milton Ernest Rauschenberg; Am. artist) |
1925-2008 |
Rauschenbusch, Walter (American clergyman) |
1861-1918 |
Rauscher, Joseph Othmar von (Austrian prelate) |
1797-1875 |
Rautavaara, Einojuhani (Finnish composer, teacher) |
b.1928 |
Ravaillac, Francois (French schoolmaster, assassin) |
1578-1610 |
Ravaisson-Mollien, Jean-Gaspard-Felix Lacher (Fr. philosopher) |
1813-1900 |
Ravel, Joseph-Maurice (French composer, pianist) |
1875-1937 |
Raven, Peter Hamilton (American botanist, environmentalist) |
b.1936 |
Raven, Simon Arthur Noel (Eng. writer, playwright, journalist) |
b.1927 |
Ravenscroft, George (English glassmaker) |
1618-1681 |
Ravenscroft, Thomas (English composer) |
c.1583-c.1633 |
Ravenscroft, Thurl Arthur (American voice actor) |
1914-2005 |
Rawdon-Hastings, Francis (British soldier, colonial admin.) |
1754-1826 |
Rawls, John Bordley (American philosopher, teacher) |
1921-2002 |
Rawlings, Marjorie née Kinnan (American writer) |
1896-1953 |
Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswicke (Eng. army officer, Orientalist) |
1810-1895 |
Rawson, Arturo (Argentinean cavalry officer) |
1884-1952 |
Rawsthorne, Alan (English composer) |
1905-1971 |
Ray, John (aka John Wray; English naturalist, zoologist) |
1627-1705 |
Ray, Man (born Emmanuel Rudnitsky; Am. painter, photographer) |
1890-1976 |
Ray, Nicholas (b. Raymond Nicholas Kienzle; Am. film director) |
1911-1979 |
Ray, Rammohan (Indian religious, social reformer) |
1772-1833 |
Ray, Satyajit (Indian film director, writer, producer) |
1921-1992 |
Rayburn, Samuel Taliaferro (American politician) |
1882-1961 |
Rayet, Georges-Antoine-Pons (French astronomer) |
1839-1906 |
Raymond of Penafort, Saint (Spanish Dominican monk, theologian) |
c.1185-1275 |
Raymond of Poitiers (French prince of Antioch) |
1099-1149 |
Raymond of Sabunde (Spanish theologian) |
d.1436 |
Raymond, Alexander Gillespie (American cartoonist) |
1909-1956 |
Raymond, Antonin (Bohemian-born American architect) |
1888-1976 |
Raymond, Henry Jarvis (American journalist, politician) |
1820-1869 |
Raymond, Percy Edward (American paleontologist, stratigrapher) |
1879-1952 |
Raymond, Walter John (Polish-born American political scientist) |
1930-2007 |
Raynal, Guillaume-Thomas-Francois de (Fr. hist., philosopher) |
1713-1796 |
Raynal, Paul (French playwright) |
1885-1971 |
Raynouard, Francois-Juste-Marie (French scholar, playwright) |
1761-1836 |
Raymov (or Rainov), Nikolay Ivanov (Bulg. poet, painter, hist.) |
1889-1954 |
Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar- (Persian physician) |
c.865-923/35 |
Razin, Stepan Timofeyevich (Stenka Razin; Rus. Cossack rebel) |
d.1671 |
Raziya (or Raziyyat-ud-din; Queen of Delhi 1236-1240) |
d.1240 |
Read, Albert Cushing (American naval officer) |
1887-1967 |
Read, George (American lawyer, Revolutionary leader) |
1733-1798 |
Read, Sir Herbert (English poet, art critic, literary critic) |
1893-1968 |
Read, Herbert Harold (British geologist) |
1889-1970 |
Read, Opie Percival (American journalist, humorist, writer) |
1852-1939 |
Reade, Charles (English writer, dramatist) |
1814-1884 |
Reading, 1st Marquis of (Rufus Daniel Isaacs; British polit.) |
1860-1935 |
Reading, John (English composer; composed "Adeste Fideles") |
1677-1764 |
Reagan, Maureen Elizabeth (American activist) |
b.1941 |
Reagan, Anne Frances Robbins "Nancy" née Davis (Am. first lady) |
b.1923 |
Reagan, Ronald Wilson (Am. actor, 40th U.S. president, 1981-89) |
1911-2004 |
Reagon, Bernice née Johnson (American composer, singer) |
b.1942 |
Reaney, James Crerar (Canadian poet, playwright) |
b.1926 |
Reaumur, Rene-Antoine Ferchault de (Fr. naturalist, physicist) |
1683-1757 |
Rebel, Jean-Fery (French composer, violinist) |
1666-1747 |
Rebelo, Jorge (Mozambican poet, lawyer, journalist) |
b.1940 |
Reber, Grote (American radio engineer) |
1911-2002 |
Reber, Napoleon-Henri (French composer) |
1807-1880 |
Rebikov, Vladimir Ivanovich (Russian composer) |
1866-1920 |
Rebmann, Johannes (German missionary, traveler, explorer) |
1820-1876 |
Rebreanu, Liviu (Romanian writer) |
1885-1944 |
Recamier, Jeanne-Francoise-Julie-Adelaide née Bernard (Fr. wit) |
1777-1849 |
Rechberg und Rothenlowen, Johann Bernhard von (Austrian polit.) |
1806-1899 |
Rechtin, Eberhardt (American engineer) |
1926-2006 |
Rechy, John Francisco (American writer, teacher) |
b.1934 |
Recklinghausen, Friedrich Daniel von (German pathologist) |
1833-1910 |
Reclus, Jean-Jacques-Elisee (French geographer, anarchist) |
1830-1905 |
Recorde, Robert (English mathematician; introduced equals sign) |
c.1510-1558 |
Recto, Claro Mayo (Filipino politician) |
1890-1960 |
Red Cloud (Mahpiua Luta; American Indian chief) |
1822-1909 |
Redding, Noel (born David Redding; English musician) |
1945-2003 |
Reddy, Dabbala Rajagopal "Raj" (Indian computer scientist) |
b.1937 |
Red Eagle (aka William Weatherford; American Indian leader) |
1780?-1825 |
Redfield, Robert (American cultural anthropologist) |
1897-1958 |
Redi, Francesco (Italian physician, naturalist, poet) |
1626-1697 |
Reding, Aloys (Swiss politician) |
1765-1818 |
Reding, Ital (Swiss politician) |
d.1447 |
Red Jacket (born Otetiani; Sagoyewatha; American Seneca chief) |
1756?-1830 |
Redlich, Joseph (Austrian jurist, politician) |
1869-1936 |
Redman, Joshua (American saxophonist) |
b.1962 |
Redman, Walter "Dewey" (American musician) |
1931-2006 |
Redmond, John Edward (Irish politician) |
1856-1918 |
Redon, Odilon (French painter, lithographer, engraver) |
1840-1916 |
Redpath, James (Scottish-born American journalist) |
1833-1891 |
Reed, Sir Carol (English film director, producer) |
1906-1976 |
Reed, Ishmael Scott (American writer, poet, essayist) |
b.1938 |
Reed, Isaac (English editor) |
1742-1807 |
Reed, John (American journalist, poet, radical leader) |
1887-1920 |
Reed, Joseph (American Revolutionary commander, politician) |
1741-1785 |
Reed, Louis Allan "Lou" (American musician) |
1942-2013 |
Reed, Stanley Forman (American Supreme Court justice 1938-1957) |
1884-1980 |
Reed, Thomas Brackett (American politician) |
1839-1902 |
Reed, Walter (American army surgeon, bacteriologist) |
1851-1902 |
Reese, Charley (American journalist, essayist) |
1937-2013 |
Reese, Lizette Woodworth (American poet) |
1856-1935 |
Reeve, Clara (English writer) |
1729-1807 |
Reeve, Tapping (American lawyer, educator) |
1744-1823 |
Reeves, William Pember (New Zealand journalist, polit., econ.) |
1857-1932 |
Regener, Erich Rudolph Alexander (German physicist) |
1881-1955 |
Reger, Johann Joseph Maximillian "Max" (German composer) |
1873-1916 |
Reginald (or Raynald) of Chatillon (French crusader) |
d.1187 |
Regino von Prum (aka Reginon; German monk, chronicler) |
d.c.915 |
Regiomontanus (aka Johann Muller; German math., astronomer) |
1436-1476 |
Regnard, Jean-Francois (French playwright) |
1655-1709 |
Regnault, Henri-Victor (French chemist, physicist) |
1810-1878 |
Regnault de Saint-Jean d'Angely, Michel-Louis-Etienne (Fr. pol) |
1761-1819 |
Regnier, Claude-Ambroise (Duc de Massa; French politician) |
1746-1814 |
Regnier, Henri-Francois-Joseph de (French poet, critic, writer) |
1864-1936 |
Regnier, Mathurin (French poet; nephew of Philippe Desportes) |
1573-1613 |
Regulus, Marcus Atilius (Roman hero) |
d.c.250 |
Rehan, Ada (orig. surname Crehan; Irish-born American actor) |
1857-1916 |
Rehnquist, William Hubbs (Am. Sup. Ct. Chief Justice 1986-2005) |
1924-2005 |
Rehoboam (King of Judah c.934-917 BC) |
10th cent. BC |
Reich, Robert Bernard (American Secy. of Labor 1993-1997) |
b.1946 |
Reich, Stephen Michael "Steve" (American composer, writer) |
b.1936 |
Reich, Wilhelm (Austrian psychoanalyst) |
1897-1957 |
Reicha, Anton (Czech-born French composer, music theorist) |
1770-1836 |
Reichardt, Johann Friedrich (Ger. composer, conductor, writer) |
1752-1814 |
Reichel, Hans (German composer, inventor, luthier, designer) |
1949-2011 |
Reichenau, Walther von (German field marshal) |
1884-1942 |
Reichenbach, Georg von (German scientific instrument maker) |
1772-1826 |
Reichenbach, Hans (German philosopher, educator) |
1891-1953 |
Reichenbach, Karl Ludwig (German natural philosopher, indust.) |
1788-1869 |
Reichstein, Tadeusz (Polish-born Swiss biochemist) |
1897-1996 |
Reid, Forrest (Irish writer, critic) |
1875-1947 |
Reid, Sir George Houston (Scottish-born Australian politician) |
1845-1918 |
Reid, Harry Fielding (American geologist) |
1859-1944 |
Reid, Samuel Chester (American naval officer) |
1783-1861 |
Reid, Thomas (Scottish philosopher) |
1710-1796 |
Reid, Thomas Mayne (Irish writer) |
1818-1883 |
Reid, Sir Thomas Wemyss (English journalist, biographer) |
1842-1905 |
Reid, Whitelaw (American journalist, diplomat) |
1837-1912 |
Reid, Sir William (British meteorologist, soldier, col. admin.) |
1791-1858 |
Reidy, Affonso Eduardo (Brazilian architect) |
1909-1964 |
Reik, Dr. Theodor (American psychoanalyst) |
1888-1969 |
Reil, Johann Christian (German physician) |
1759-1813 |
Reille, Honore-Charles-Michel-Joseph (French soldier) |
1775-1860 |
Reimann, Aribert (German composer, pianist, accompanist) |
b.1936 |
Reimarus, Hermann Samuel (German theologian, nat. philosopher) |
1694-1768 |
Reimertz, Stephan (German writer, art historian) |
b.1962 |
Reina Barrios, Jose Maria (Guatemalan politician) |
1853-1898 |
Reincken, Johann Adam (aka Jan Adams Reinken; German organist) |
1623-1722 |
Reinecke, Carl Heinrich Carsten (German pianist, comp., cond.) |
1824-1910 |
Reiner, Fritz (Hungarian-born American conductor) |
1888-1963 |
Reines, Frederick (American physicist, Eagle Scout) |
1918-1998 |
Reinhard, Hans (Swiss politician) |
1755-1835 |
Reinhardt, Adolf Frederick "Ad" (American painter) |
1913-1967 |
Reinhardt, Django (born Jean-Baptiste; Belg.-b. Fr. guitarist) |
1910-1953 |
Reinhardt, Max (born Max Goldmann; Austrian theatrical dir.) |
1873-1943 |
Reinhold, Erasmus (German astronomer) |
1511-1553 |
Reiniger, Charlotte "Lotte" (German animator, film director) |
1899-1981 |
Reinken, Johann Adam (German organist, composer) |
1623-1722 |
Reinkens, Joseph Hubert (German theologian, bishop) |
1821-1896 |
Reinmar von Hagenau (German minnesinger, knight of Alsace) |
d.c.1205 |
Reinmuth, Karl Wilhelm (German astronomer; asteroid) |
1892-1979 |
Reis, Johann Philipp (German physicist) |
1834-1874 |
Reiske, Johann Jakob (German philologist) |
1716-1774 |
Reisner, George Andrew (American archaeologist) |
1867-1942 |
Reis Pereira, Jose Maris dos (aka Jose Regio; Port. writer) |
1901-1969 |
Reissiger, Karl Gottlieb (German composer) |
1798-1859 |
Reith, Sir John Charles Walsham (British government official) |
1889-1971 |
Reitherman, Wolfgang (German/Am. animator: Disney Nine Old Men) |
1909-1985 |
Rej, Mikolaj (Polish writer) |
1505-1569 |
Rejlander, Oscar Gustav (Swedish photographer) |
19th cent. |
Relander, Lauri Kristian (Finnish politician; pres. 1925-1931) |
1883-1942 |
Relly, James (British religious leader) |
1722?-1778 |
Remak, Robert (German physician, physiologist) |
1815-1865 |
Remarque, Erich Maria (German-born American writer, journalist) |
1898-1970 |
Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn; Dutch painter, etcher) |
1606-1669 |
Remi (or Remy), Saint (aka Remigius; Frankish prelate) |
437?-533? |
Remington, Eliphalet (American firearms manufacturer) |
1793-1861 |
Remington, Frederic Cackrider (American painter, sculptor) |
1861-1909 |
Remington, Frederic (American painter, illustrator. sculptor) |
1861-1909 |
Remington, Philo (American manufacturer; son of Eliphalet) |
1816-1889 |
Remizov, Aleksey Mikhaylovich (Russian writer) |
1877-1957 |
Remsen, Ira (American chemist, educator) |
1846-1927 |
Renan, Joseph-Ernest (French philosopher, philologist, hist.) |
1823-1892 |
Renard, Alphonse Francoise (Belgian geologist) |
1842-1903 |
Renard, Charles (French military engineer) |
1847-1905 |
Renard, Jules (French writer) |
1864-1910 |
Renart, Jean (French poet, writer) |
fl. 1200-1222 |
Renaudot, Theophraste (French physician, journalist) |
1586?-1653 |
Renault, Louis (French jurist, pacifist) |
1843-1918 |
Renault, Louis (French industrialist; fd. Renault Freres 1899) |
1877-1944 |
Renault, Mary (pseudonym of Mary Challans; English writer) |
1905-1983 |
Rendell, Ruth Barbara née Grasemann (British writer) |
b.1930 |
Renger-Patzsch, Albert (German photographer) |
1897-1966 |
Reni, Guido (Italian painter) |
1575-1642 |
Renn, Ludwig (Arnold Friedrich Vieth von Golssenau; Ger. wtr.) |
1889-1979 |
Rennell, James (English geographer) |
1742-1830 |
Rennenkampf, Pavel Karlovich (Russian general of cavalry) |
1854-1918 |
Renner, Karl (Austrian politician; president 1945-1950) |
1870-1950 |
Rennie, George (Scottish civil engineer; son of John) |
1791-1866 |
Rennie, John (Scottish civil engineer) |
1761-1821 |
Rennie, Sir John (Scottish civil engineer; son of John) |
1794-1874 |
Rennyo (Japanese Buddhist leader) |
1415-1499 |
Reno, Janet (American lawyer; U.S. Attorney General 1993-2001) |
b.1938 |
Reno, Jesse Lee (American army officer) |
1823-1862 |
Renoir, Jean (French film director, writer; son of Pierre) |
1894-1979 |
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (French painter) |
1841-1919 |
Renouvier, Charles-Bernard (French idealistic philosopher) |
1815-1903 |
Renshaw, Ernest (English tennis player; twin of William) |
1861-1899 |
Renshaw, William (English tennis player) |
1861-1904 |
Rensselaer, Kiliaen (or Killian) van (Dutch merchant) |
1595-1644 |
Renwick, James (Scottish Covenanter) |
1662-1688 |
Renwick, James (American architect) |
1818-1895 |
Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (Russian painter) |
1844-1930 |
Repnin, Anikita Ivanovich (Russian general, prince) |
1668-1726 |
Repnin, Nikolay Vasilyevich (Rus. general; grandson of Anikita) |
1734-1801 |
Repplier, Agnes (American writer) |
1855-1950 |
Repton, Humphrey (English landscape designer) |
1752-1818 |
Requesens y Zuniga, Luis de (Spanish soldier) |
1528-1576 |
Resende, Garcia de (Portuguese poet, chronicler, editor) |
c.1470-1536 |
Reshetovskaya, Natalya Alekseyevna (Russian chemist) |
1919-2003 |
Resid Pasa (or Reshid Pasha), Mustafa (Turkish statesman) |
1800-1858 |
Resnais, Alain (French film director) |
b.1922 |
Respighi, Ottorino (Italian composer, musicologist, conductor) |
1879-1936 |
Ressel, Josef Ludwig Franz (Austrian inventor) |
1793-1857 |
Restif, Nicolas-Edme (Restif de La Bretonne; French writer) |
1734-1806 |
Reston, James Barrett "Scotty" (American journalist) |
1909-1995 |
Restrepo, Carlos E. (Colombian politician; pres. 1910-1914) |
1867-1937 |
Restrepo, Jose Manuel (Colombian historian) |
1781-1863 |
Rethel, Alfred (German historical painter) |
1816-1859 |
Reti, Richard (Hungarian chess master) |
1889-1929 |
Reti, Rudolph (Serbian music critic, composer) |
1885-1957 |
Retief, Pieter "Piet" (South African Boer leader) |
1780-1838 |
Retz, Cardinal de (Jean de Gondi; French prelate, politician) |
1613-1679 |
Retzius, Anders Adolf (Swedish anatomist, anthropologist) |
1796-1860 |
Retzius, Gustaf Magnus (Swedish anthropologist, anatomist) |
1842-1919 |
Reubeni, David (Arabian Jewish adventurer, false messiah) |
1490-1535/41? |
Reuchlin, Johannes (Grecized form: Capnio; German Humanist) |
1455-1522 |
Reuter, Christian (German dramatist, writer) |
1665-1712? |
Reuter, Ernst (German politician) |
1889-1953 |
Reuter, Fritz (German writer) |
1810-1874 |
Reuter, Paul Julius von (German-born British journalist) |
1816-1899 |
Reuther, Walter Philip (American labor leader) |
1907-1970 |
Reve, Gerard Kornelis van het (Dutch writer, journalist) |
b.1923 |
Revel, Jean-Francois née Ricard (French philosopher, writer) |
1924-2006 |
Revell, Viljo (Finnish architect) |
1910-1964 |
Revels, Hiram Rhoades (American clergyman, educator, polit.) |
1822-1901 |
Reventlow, Christian Ditlev Frederick (Danish state official) |
1748-1827 |
Reverdy, Pierre (French poet, essayist) |
1889-1960 |
Revere, Paul (American patriot, silversmith, engraver) |
1735-1818 |
Revius, Jacobus (Jacob van Reefsen; Dutch poet, theologian) |
1586-1658 |
Revueltas, Jose (Mexican poet, writer, essayist, journalist) |
1914-1975 |
Revueltas, Silvestre (Mexican composer, violinist, conductor) |
1899-1940 |
Rexroth, Kenneth Charles Marion (American essayist, poet) |
1905-1982 |
Rey, Hans Augusto "H.A." (German-born artist, writer) |
1898-1977 |
Rey, Margaret Elisabeth (German-born artist, news reporter) |
1906-1996 |
Reyes, Alfonso (Mexican poet, critic, diplomat) |
1889-1959 |
Reyes Prieto, Rafael (Colombian explorer, soldier, writer) |
1850-1921 |
Reyles, Carlos (Uruguayan writer) |
1868-1938 |
Reymont, Wladyslaw Stanislaw née Rejment (Polish writer) |
1867-1925 |
Reynaud, Charles-Emile (French teacher, animator, inventor) |
1844-1918 |
Reynaud, Paul (French politician; prime minister 1940) |
1878-1966 |
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (English portrait painter) |
1723-1792 |
Reynolds, Osborne (British engineer, physicist) |
1842-1912 |
Reynolds, Roger (American composer, teacher) |
b.1934 |
Reynolds, Walter (English prelate; archbishop of Canterbury) |
d.1327 |
Reza 'Abbasi (Persian painter) |
1575?-1635? |
Rezanov, Nikolay Petrovich (Russian entrepreneur in Alaska) |
1764-1807 |
Reza Shah Pahlavi (Shah of Iran 1925-41; father of M. Pahlavi) |
1878-1944 |
Reznicek, Emil Nikolaus von (Austrian composer) |
1860-1945 |
Reznikoff, Charles (American poet, writer) |
1894-1976 |
Rhaticus (born Georg Joachim Iserin; German astronomer, math.) |
1514-1576 |
Rhee, Syngman (Korean politician; president 1948-1960) |
1875-1965 |
Rheinberger, Joseph Gabriel (German composer, organist, cond.) |
1839-1901 |
Rhett, Robert Barnwell née Smith (American politician) |
1800-1876 |
Rhianus (Greek scholar, poet of Crete) |
b.c.275 BC |
Rhine, Joseph Banks (American psychologist) |
1895-1980 |
Rhinthon (Greek playwright) |
fl. c.300 BC |
Rhodes, Alexandre de (French Jesuit missionary) |
1591-1660 |
Rhodes, Carla (American ventriloquist, comedian, musician) |
b.1982 |
Rhodes, Cecil John (British colonial administrator, financier) |
1853-1902 |
Rhodes, James Ford (American historian) |
1848-1927 |
Rhondda, 1st Viscount (Welsh colliery owner, gov. official) |
1856-1918 |
Rhys, Ernest Percival (English editor, writer) |
1859-1946 |
Rhys, Jean (West Indian-born British writer) |
1894-1979 |
Rhys, Sir John (Welsh scholar) |
1840-1915 |
Rhys, Sion Dafydd (or John David; Welsh physician, grammarian) |
1534-c.1609 |
Ribadeneyra, Pedro de (Spanish hagiologist) |
1527-1611 |
Ribalta, Francisco (Spanish painter) |
1565-1628 |
Ribas, Oscar Bento (Angolan folklorist, writer) |
1909-2004 |
Ribault, Jean (French naval officer, colonizer in America) |
1520?-1565 |
Ribbentrop, Joachim von (German diplomat) |
1893-1946 |
Ribeiro, Aquilino Gomes (Portuguese writer, activist) |
1885-1963 |
Ribeiro, Bernardim (Portuguese writer) |
1482-1552 |
Ribeiro Couto, Rui (Brazilian poet, writer) |
1898-1963 |
Ribera, Jose de (Lo Spagnoletto; Spanish painter, etcher) |
1588-1652 |
Ribeyro, Julio Ramon(Peruvian writer, playwright) |
1929-1994 |
Ribot, Marc (American musician, composer) |
b.1954 |
Ribot, Theodule-Armand (French psychologist) |
1839-1916 |
Ricardo, David (English economist) |
1772-1823 |
Ricardo Leite, Cassiano (Brazilian poet, essayist, lit. critic) |
1895-1974 |
Ricasoli, Bettino (Baron of Brolio; Italian politician) |
1809-1880 |
Ricaurte, George Augusto (Ecuador-born American neurologist) |
b.1953? |
Riccati, Jacopo Francesco (Italian nobleman, mathematician) |
1676-1754 |
Ricci, Cesarina (Italian composer) |
fl.1597 |
Ricci, Matteo (Li Matou; Italian missionary in India, China) |
1552-1610 |
Ricci-Curbastro, Gregorio (Italian mathematician) |
1853-1925 |
Riccio, Andrea (orig. surname Briosco; It. sculptor, goldsmith) |
1470?-1532 |
Riccio, Domenico "Il Brusasorci" (Italian painter) |
c.1516-1567 |
Riccioli, Giambattista (Italian Jesuit astronomer) |
1598-1671 |
Rice, Alice Caldwell née Hegan (American writer) |
1870-1942 |
Rice, Boyd Blake (American sound artist, actor, photographer) |
b.1956 |
Rice, Dan (born Daniel McLaren; American entertainer, clown) |
1823-1900 |
Rice, Edmund Ignatius (Irish philanthropist) |
1762-1844 |
Rice, Elmer Leopold (born Reizenstein; American playwright) |
1892-1967 |
Rice, Henry Grantland (American sportswriter) |
1880-1954 |
Rice, James (English writer; lit. partner of Walter Besant) |
1843-1882 |
Rice, Ron (American filmmaker) |
1935-1964 |
Rice, Thomas Dartmouth (American minstrel; introd. "Jim Crow") |
1808-1860 |
Rice, William Marsh (American merchant, philanthropist) |
1816-1900 |
Rich, Adrienne Cecile (American poet, critic, scholar) |
b.1929 |
Rich, Barnabe (English soldier, writer) |
1542-1617 |
Rich, Claudius James (English administrator, archaeologist) |
1787-1820 |
Rich, Sir Henry (English courtier; son of Robert) |
1590-1649 |
Rich, John (stage name Lun; English theater manager, actor) |
1692-1761 |
Rich, Lady Penelope née Devereux (English noblewoman; "Stella") |
1562?-1607 |
Rich, Sir Richard (1st Baron Rich; English chancery officer) |
c.1496-1567 |
Rich, Richard (English soldier, adventurer) |
fl. 1610 |
Rich, Robert (English admiral, colonial administrator) |
1587-1658 |
Richard of Aversa (Norman leader) |
d.1078 |
Richard of Chichester, Saint (English prelate) |
c.1198-1253 |
Richard of Devizes (English chronicler) |
fl. 1189-1192 |
Richard of Saint-Victor (Scottish theologian) |
d.1173 |
Richard le Grant (aka Richard Grant; English prelate) |
d.1231 |
Richards, Ann (born Dorothy Ann Willis; American politician) |
b.1933 |
Richards, Dickinson Woodruff Jr. (American physician, surgeon) |
1895-1973 |
Richards, Ellen Henrietta née Swallow (American chemist) |
1842-1911 |
Richards, Henry Brinley (Welsh pianist, composer) |
1817-1885 |
Richards, Ivor Armstrong (English literary critic, poet) |
1893-1979 |
Richards, Jesse (America painter, filmmaker, photographer) |
b.1975 |
Richards, Laura Elizabeth née Howe (American writer) |
1850-1943 |
Richards, Renee (born Richard Raskind; American opthomologist) |
b.1934 |
Richards, Theodore William (American chemist) |
1868-1928 |
Richards, Thomas Addison (Eng.-born Am. painter, illustrator) |
1820-1900 |
Richards, William (American clergyman) |
1793-1847 |
Richards, Sir William Buell (Canadian jurist) |
1815-1889 |
Richardson, Sir Benjamin Ward (English physician) |
1828-1896 |
Richardson, Charles (English lexicographer) |
1775-1865 |
Richardson, Dorothy Miller (married name Odle; English writer) |
1873-1957 |
Richardson, Ethel Florence Lindesay (Australian writer) |
1870-1946 |
Richardson, Henry Handel (Ethel Robertson; Austalian writer) |
1870-1946 |
Richardson, Henry Hobson (American architect) |
1838-1886 |
Richardson, James (English explorer in Africa) |
1806-1851 |
Richardson, Jane née Shelby (American biochemist) |
b.1941 |
Richardson, Sir John (Scottish naturalist, explorer) |
1787-1865 |
Richardson, John (Canadian writer) |
1796-1852 |
Richardson, Lewis Fry (English physicist, psychologist) |
1881-1953 |
Richardson, Sir Owen Willans (English physicist) |
1879-1959 |
Richardson, Sir Ralph David (British actor) |
1902-1983 |
Richardson, Robert Coleman (American physicist, Eagle Scout) |
1937-2013 |
Richardson, Samuel (English writer, printer) |
1689-1761 |
Riche, Gaspard-Clair-Francois-Marie (French math., engineer) |
1755-1839 |
Richelieu, Duc Armand-Jean du Plessis de (French cardinal) |
1585-1642 |
Richepin, Jean (Algerian-born French poet, dramatist, writer) |
1849-1926 |
Richer of Saint-Remy (French chronicler, monk) |
10th cent. |
Richer, Edmond (French theologian) |
1559-1631 |
Richer, Jean (French astronomer) |
1630-1696 |
Richet, Charles-Robert (French physiologist) |
1850-1935 |
Richie, David Arthur (Am. National Park admin.; A-Trail dev.) |
1932-2002 |
Richier, Ligier (French sculptor) |
1500?-1567 |
Richler, Mordecai (Canadian writer, essayist) |
b.1931 |
Richmond, John B. Jr. "Fritz" (American musician) |
1939-2005 |
Richmond, Mary Ellen (American social worker) |
1861-1928 |
Richter, Burton (American physicist) |
b.1931 |
Richter, Charles Francis (American seismologist) |
1900-1985 |
Richter, Conrad Michael (American writer) |
1890-1968 |
Richter, Ernst Friedrich Eduard (Ger. music theorist, composer) |
1808-1879 |
Richter, Franz Xavier (German composer) |
1709-1789 |
Richter, Gerhard (German painter, teacher, educator) |
b.1932 |
Richter, Hans (aka Janos; Hungarian-born German conductor) |
1843-1916 |
Richter, Hans (German-born American painter, filmmaker) |
1888-1976 |
Richter, Hieronymous Theodore (German chemist) |
1824-1898 |
Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich (pseudonym Jean Paul; Ger. writer) |
1763-1825 |
Richter, Jeremias Benjamin (German chemist) |
1762-1807 |
Richthofen, Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm von (Ger. geographer, geol.) |
1833-1905 |
Richthofen, Manfred von "The Red Baron" (German aviator) |
1892-1918 |
Richtmyer, Floyd Karker (American physicist) |
1881-1939 |
Ricimer, Flavius (Roman general, of Suevian birth) |
d.472 |
Rickard, George Lewis "Tex" (American boxing promoter) |
1871-1929 |
Rickenbacher, Adolph (Swiss guitar maker) |
1886-1976 |
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon (American aviator, industrialist) |
1890-1973 |
Rickert, Martha Edith (American educator) |
1871-1938 |
Rickert, Heinrich (German philosopher) |
1863-1936 |
Ricketts, Edward Flanders Robb (Am. biologist, philosopher) |
1897-1948 |
Ricketts, Howard Taylor (American pathologist; "Rickettsia") |
1871-1910 |
Ricketts, John Bill (English circus owner) |
d.1799 |
Rickey, Branch Wesley "the Mahatma" (American baseball exec.) |
1881-1965 |
Rickman, Thomas (English architect) |
1776-1841 |
Rickover, Hyman George (Polish-born American admiral) |
1900-1986 |
Ricoeur, Jean Paul Gustave "Paul" (French philosopher) |
1913-2005 |
Ricordi, Giovanni (Italian music publisher) |
1785-1853 |
Ricordi, Giulio (pseud. J. Burgmein; It. composer; son of Tito) |
1840-1912 |
Ricordi, Tito (Italian music publisher; son of Giovanni) |
1811-1888 |
Ricordi, Tito (Italian pianist, music publisher; son of Giulio) |
1865-1933 |
Riddell, Walter Alexander (Canadian clergyman, diplomat) |
1881-1963 |
Ridder, Alfons De (pseudonym Willem Elsschot; Dutch writer) |
1882-1960 |
Riddle, Nelson Smock Jr. (Am. bandleader,arranger,orchestrator) |
1921-1985 |
Rider, Arthur Fremont (American editor, publisher) |
1885-1962 |
Ridge, Thomas Joseph (American politician, bureaucrat) |
b.1945 |
Ridgway, Robert (American ornithologist) |
1850-1929 |
Riding Jackson, Laura née Reichenthal (American poet, critic) |
1901-1991 |
Ridler, Anne Barbara née Bradby (English poet, dramatist) |
1912-2001 |
Ridley, Henry Nicholas (English botanist) |
1855-1956 |
Ridley, Nicholas (English reformer, Protestant martyr) |
c.1503-1555 |
Ridolfi, Roberto di (Florentine conspirator in England) |
1531-1612 |
Riebeeck, Jan van (Dutch surgeon, pioneer) |
1619-1677 |
Riecke, Carl Viktor Eduard (German physicist) |
1845-1915 |
Riefenstahl, Bertha Helene Leni Amalie (German filmmaker) |
1902-2003 |
Rieff, Philip (American sociologist, teacher) |
1922-2006 |
Rieger, Frantisek Ladislav (Czech politician) |
1818-1903 |
Riegger, Wallingford Constantine (American composer, teacher) |
1885-1961 |
Riego y Nunez, Rafael del (Spanish soldier) |
1785-1823 |
Riehl, Alois (German philosopher) |
1844-1924 |
Riehl, Wilhelm Heinrich von (German historian) |
1823-1897 |
Riel, Louis (Canadian insurgent leader) |
1844-1885 |
Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard (German mathematician) |
1826-1866 |
Riemann, Karl Wilhelm Julius Hugo (German music hist., critic) |
1849-1919 |
Riemenschneider, Tilman (German sculptor, woodcarver) |
c.1460-1531 |
Rienzo, Cola di (full prename Niccolo; Italian leader) |
1313-1354 |
Ries, Ferdinand (German pianist, composer; pupil of Beethoven) |
1784-1838 |
Ries, Franz (Ger. violinist, comp., music pub.; son of Hubert) |
1846-1932 |
Ries, Pieter Hubert (Ger. violinist, comp.; bro. of Ferdinand) |
1802-1886 |
Riese (or Ries), Adam (German arithmetician) |
1492-1559 |
Riesener, Jean-Henri (Prussian-born French cabinetmaker) |
1734-1806 |
Riesman, David (American social scientist) |
1909-2002 |
Riesz, Frigyes (Hungarian mathematician) |
1880-1956 |
Rietveld, Gerrit Thomas (Dutch architect, furniture designer) |
1888-1964 |
Rietz, August Wilhelm Julius (German composer, conductor) |
1812-1877 |
Rifbjerg, Klaus Thorvald (Danish writer, editor, poet) |
b.1931 |
Riffaterre, Michael (French-born American literary critic) |
b.1924 |
Rigaud, Andre (Haitian general) |
1761-1811 |
Rigaud, Hyacinthe (French painter) |
1659-1743 |
Rigault de Genouilly, Charles (French admiral) |
1807-1873 |
Rigby, Paul C. (Australian cartoonist) |
1924-2006 |
Rigdon, Sidney (American Mormon leader, heretic) |
1793-1876 |
Righi, Augusto (Italian physicist) |
1850-1920 |
Rigord (French chronicler) |
c.1150-1207 |
Riis, Jacob August (Danish-born American journalist, reformer) |
1849-1914 |
Riley, James Whitcomb (American poet, lecturer, newspaperman) |
1849-1916 |
Riley, Richard Wilson (American politician) |
b.1933 |
Riley, Terry (American composer, musician, teacher) |
b.1935 |
Rilke, Rainer Maria (Czechoslovakian-born German poet) |
1875-1926 |
Rimbaud, Jean-Nicolas-Arthur (French poet, adventurer) |
1854-1891 |
Rimitti, Cheikha (b. Saadia Bediaf; Algerian-born Fr. musician) |
1923-2006 |
Rimmer, William (English-born American painter, sculptor) |
1816-1879 |
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreievich (Russian composer) |
1844-1908 |
Rincon, Emanuele Gioacchino Cesare (Italian composer) |
1680-1757? |
Rinehart, Mary née Roberts (American writer, playwright) |
1876-1958 |
Rinehart, Stanley Marshall Jr. (Am. publisher; son of Mary) |
1897-1969 |
Ringer, Sydney (English physician) |
1835-1910 |
Ringling, Albert C. née Rungeling (American circus owner) |
1852-1916 |
Ringling, Alfred T. (American circus owner; brother of Albert) |
1861-1919 |
Ringling, Charles (American circus owner; brother of Albert) |
1863-1926 |
Ringling, Otto (American circus owner; brother of Albert) |
1858-1911 |
Ringling, John (American circus owner; brother of Albert) |
1866-1936 |
Rintelen, Anton (Austrian jurist, politician) |
1876-1946 |
Rinuccini, Giovambattista (Italian prelate) |
1592-1653 |
Rinuccini, Ottavio (Italian poet) |
1562-1621 |
Rioja, Francisco de (Spanish poet) |
1583-1659 |
Rios, Juan Antonio (Chilean politician; president 1942-1946) |
1888-1946 |
Rios, Julian (Spanish essayist, writer) |
b.1941 |
Ripley, George (American literary critic, reformer) |
1802-1880 |
Ripley, Robert LeRoy (American cartoonist, Believe It or Not!) |
1893-1949 |
Ripley, William Zebina (American anthropologist, economist) |
1867-1941 |
Ripperda, Jan Willem (Osman Pasha; Dutch adventurer) |
1680-1737 |
Rippl-Ronai, Jozsef (Hungarian painter, graphic artist) |
1861-1927 |
Riquet de Bonrepos, Pierre-Paul de (French engineer) |
1604-1680 |
Riqueti, Honore-Gabriel (French politician, orator) |
1749-1791 |
Riqueti, Victor (French soldier, political economist) |
1715-1789 |
Riqueti de Mirabeau, Sibylle-Gabrielle-Marie de (French writer) |
1850-1932 |
Ri Sampei (Korean ceramist) |
d.1653 |
Risenburgh, Bernard van (French furniture maker) |
c.1700-c.1765 |
Rising, Johan Classon (Swedish colonial governor in America) |
1617-1672 |
Risley, Sir Herbert Hope (Eng. civil servant, anthropologist) |
1851-1911 |
Risso, Giovanni Antonio (Italian naturalist) |
1777-1845 |
Rist, Johann (German poet) |
1607-1667 |
Ristic, Jovan (Serbian politician) |
1831-1899 |
Ristori, Adelaide (Italian actor) |
1822-1906 |
Ritchey, George Willis (American astronomer) |
1864-1945 |
Ritchie, Dennis MacAlistair (American computer scientist) |
1941-2011 |
Ritchie, Thomas (American journalist) |
1778-1854 |
Ritchie, Sir William Johnstone (Canadian jurist) |
1813-1892 |
Ritschl, Albrecht (German theologian) |
1822-1889 |
Ritschl, Friedrich Wilhelm (German classical philologist) |
1806-1876 |
Ritson, Joseph (English antiquary) |
1752-1803 |
Ritsos, Yannis (Greek poet, translator) |
1909-1990 |
Rittenhouse, David (Am. astronomer; great-grandson of William) |
1732-1796 |
Rittenhouse, William (Prussian-born Am. clergyman, indust.) |
1644-1708 |
Ritter, Alexander (German composer) |
1833-1896 |
Ritter, Carl (German geographer; co-fnd. modern geog. science) |
1779-1859 |
Ritter, Johann Wilhelm (German physicist) |
1776-1810 |
Rittner, Tadeusz "Tomasz Czaszka" (Polish playwright, writer) |
1873-1921 |
Ritz, Cesar (Swiss hotelkeeper) |
1850-1918 |
Ritze, Heinrich (aka Euricius Cordus; Ger. physician, Humanist) |
1484-1535 |
Riva Aguero, Jose Mariano de la (Peruvian soldier, politician) |
1783-1858 |
Rivadavia, Bernardino (Argentinean politician) |
1780-1845 |
Rivarola, Cirilo Antonio (Paraguayan politician) |
d.1871 |
Rivaroli, Antoine (Comte de Rivarol; French journalist) |
1753-1801 |
Rivas, Angel Saavedra y Ramirez de Baguedano (Spanish poet) |
1791-1865 |
Rive, Richard Moore (South African writer, literary critic) |
1931-1989 |
Rivera, Diego Maria (Mexican painter) |
1886-1957 |
Rivera, Geraldo Miguel (American TV talk show host) |
b.1943 |
Rivera, Jose Eustacio (Colombian writer, poet) |
1889-1928 |
Rivera, Jose Fructuoso (Uruguayan general, politician) |
c.1788-1854 |
Rivera, Miguel Primo de (Spanish general) |
1870-1930 |
Rivers, Joan (Joan Alexandria Molinsky; American comedian) |
b.1933 |
Rivers, Larry (b. Larry Grossberg; Am. painter, sculptor, poet) |
b.1923 |
Rivers, Samuel Carthorne (American musician, composer) |
b.1923 |
Rivers, Thomas Milton (American virologist) |
1888-1962 |
Rivers, William Halse Rivers (English physiologist, anthropol.) |
1864-1922 |
Rivest, Ronald Linn (Am. cryptographer; co-inv. RSA algorithm) |
b.1947 |
Rivet, Paul (French ethnologist) |
1876-1958 |
Rivette, Jacques (French film director, critic) |
b.1928 |
Riviere, Jacques (French writer, critic, editor) |
1886-1925 |
Rivington, James (English-born American publisher) |
1724-1803 |
Rivinus, Augustus Quirinus née Bachmann (German botanist) |
1652-1723 |
Rivlin, Alice née Mitchell (American economist, policy analyst) |
b.1931 |
Rizal, Jose Protasio (Filipino patriot, writer) |
1861-1896 |
Rizzio (or Riccio), David (Italian musician) |
c.1533-1566 |
Rizzio, Antonio (Italian sculptor) |
1430?-1499? |
Roa Bastos, Augusto (Paraguayan writer, journalist, poet) |
1917-2005 |
Roach, Harold Eugene "Hal" Sr. (Am. film & television producer) |
1892-1992 |
Roach, John (Irish-born American ironmaster, shipbuilder) |
1813-1887 |
Roach, Maxwell Lemuel "Max" (American musician, composer) |
1924-2007 |
Roazen, Paul (American political scientist, historian) |
1936-2005 |
Robbe-Grillet, Alain (French writer, critic, screenwriter) |
b.1922 |
Robbins, Frederick Chapman (American physician, microbiologist) |
1916-2003 |
Robbins, Irvine (Can.-born Am. entrepreneur: Baskin-Robbins) |
1917-2008 |
Robbins, Jerome (American dancer, choreographer) |
1918-1998 |
Robbins, Thomas Eugene "Tom" (American writer) |
b.1936 |
Robecchi-Bricchetti, Luigi (Italian explorer) |
1855-1926 |
Roberday, Francois (French organist, composer) |
1624-1680 |
Robert, Anne-Jean (French inventor; brother of Nicholas-Louis) |
1758-1820 |
Robert, Henry Martyn (Am. soldier; "Robert's Rules of Order") |
1837-1923 |
Robert, Hubert (French painter) |
1733-1808 |
Robert, Nicholas-Louis (French inventor) |
1761-1828 |
Robert, Shaaban (Swahili writer, poet, essayist) |
1909-1962 |
Robert de Boron (or Borron; French poet) |
fl. c.1200 |
Robert de Torigni (French chronicler) |
c.1110-1186 |
Robert of Belesme (or Belleme; Norman soldier) |
c.1052-1130? |
Robert of Courtenay (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 1221-1228) |
d.1228 |
Robert of Gloucester (English chronicler) |
fl. 1260-1300 |
Robert of Jumieges (Norman prelate) |
d.c.1055 |
Robert of Molesmes, Saint (French Benedictine ecclesiastic) |
c.1027-1110 |
Robert the Strong (French warrior) |
d.866 |
Robert Guiscard (Robert de Hauteville; Norman military leader) |
c.1015-1085 |
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene (French magician) |
1805-1871 |
Roberts, Barbie Millicent (American fashion model; 36-18-33) |
b.1959 |
Roberts, Sir Charles George Douglas (Canadian writer, poet) |
1860-1943 |
Roberts, Elizabeth Madox (American poet, writer) |
1886-1941 |
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh (Indian-born British soldier) |
1832-1914 |
Roberts, Sir Gilbert (English civil engineer) |
1889-1978 |
Roberts, Glenn "Fireball" (American stock-car racer) |
1927-1964 |
Roberts, Granville Oral (American clergyman) |
1918-2009 |
Roberts, Isaac (Welsh-born British astronomer) |
1829-1904 |
Roberts, John Glover Jr. (Am. Supreme Court chief justice) |
b.1955 |
Roberts, John Storm (Eng.-born Am. writer, producer, scholar) |
1936-2009 |
Roberts, Kate (Welsh writer, playwright, teacher) |
1891-1985 |
Roberts, Kenneth Lewis (American journalist, writer) |
1885-1957 |
Roberts, Lawrence G. "Larry" (American electrical engineer) |
b.1937 |
Roberts, Owen Josephus (Am. Supreme Court Justice 1930-1945) |
1875-1955 |
Roberts, Richard John (English biochemist, molecular biologist) |
b.1943 |
Roberts, Thomas William "Tom" (English-born Australian painter) |
1856-1931 |
Roberts-Austen, Sir William Chandler (English metallurgist) |
1843-1902 |
Robertson, Frederick William (English Anglican clergyman) |
1816-1853 |
Robertson, James (American pioneer; founded Nashville) |
1742-1814 |
Robertson, Marion Gordon "Pat" (American clergyman) |
b.1930 |
Robertson, Thomas William (English dramatist) |
1829-1871 |
Robertson, William (Scottish historian) |
1721-1793 |
Robertson, Sir William Robert (British soldier) |
1860-1933 |
Roberval, Gilles Personne de (French mathematician) |
1602-1675 |
Roberval, Jean-Francois de La Rocque (French soldier) |
1500-1561 |
Robeson, Paul LeRoy Bustill (American actor, singer, activist) |
1898-1976 |
Robespierre, Maximilien-Francois-Marie-Isidore de (French rev.) |
1758-1794 |
Robey, Sir George (born George Edward Wade; English comedian) |
1869-1954 |
Robins, Benjamin (English mathematician, military engineer) |
1707-1751 |
Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn (American artist) |
b.1940 |
Robinson, Bill (born Luther) "Bojangles" (American tap dancer) |
1878-1949 |
Robinson, Boardman (Canadian-born Am. painter, illustrator) |
1876-1952 |
Robinson, Charles (American pioneer, politician) |
1818-1894 |
Robinson, Edward (Am. scholar; father of biblical geography) |
1794-1863 |
Robinson, Edward Goldenburg (b. Emanuel Goldenburg; Am. actor) |
1893-1973 |
Robinson, Edwin Arlington (American poet) |
1869-1935 |
Robinson, Esme Stuart Lennox (Irish playwright, theater mgr.) |
1886-1958 |
Robinson, Frederick John (Eng. politician; prime min, 1827-28) |
1782-1859 |
Robinson, George Frederick Samuel (English politician) |
1827-1909 |
Robinson, Henry Crabb (English journalist, diarist) |
1775-1867 |
Robinson, Henry Peach (English photographer) |
1830-1901 |
Robinson, Henry Wheeler (English Baptist theologian, scholar) |
1872-1945 |
Robinson, Sir Hercules George Robert (British colonial admin.) |
1824-1897 |
Robinson, James Harvey (American historian, educator) |
1863-1936 |
Robinson, Joan Violet née Maurice (English economist) |
1903-1983 |
Robinson, John Roosevelt "Jackie" (American baseball player) |
1919-1972 |
Robinson, John (English clergyman) |
c.1575-1625 |
Robinson, Joseph Taylor (American politician) |
1872-1937 |
Robinson, Julia Hall née Bowman (American mathematician) |
1919-1985 |
Robinson, Martin P. "Marty" (American actor, puppeteer) |
b.1954 |
Robinson, Mary Therese Winifred née Bourke (Irish pres.1990-97) |
b.1944 |
Robinson, Patricia Ann née Goedicke nee McKenna (American poet) |
1931-2006 |
Robinson, Perry Morris (American musician) |
b.1938 |
Robinson, Reginald R. (American musician, composer) |
b.1972 |
Robinson, Sir Robert (English chemist) |
1886-1975 |
Robinson, William (British landscape designer) |
1838-1935 |
Robinson, William Heath (English cartoonist, illustrator) |
1872-1944 |
Robiquet, Pierre-Jean (French chemist) |
1780-1840 |
Robles, Emmanuel (Algerian-born French writer, dramatist) |
1914-1995 |
Robson, May (Mary Jeanette Robison; Austral.-born Am. actor) |
1858-1942 |
Robusti, Domenico (Tintoretto the Younger; Italian painter) |
1565-1637 |
Robusti, Jacopo "Tintoretto" (Italian painter) |
c.1518-1594 |
Robusti, Marietta "La Tintoretta" (It. painter; dau. of Jacopo) |
1560-1590 |
Roca, Julio Argentino (Argentinean general, politician) |
1843-1914 |
Rocafuerte, Vicente (Ecuadorian politician; president 1835-39) |
1783-1847 |
Rocard, Yves-Andre (French mathematician, physicist) |
1903-1992 |
Roch, Saint (aka Rochus; French healer) |
c.1350-c.1379 |
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur de (Fr. general) |
1725-1807 |
Rochberg, George (American composer, teacher, essayist) |
1918-2005 |
Roche, James Jeffrey (Irish-born American journalist, writer) |
1847-1908 |
Rochechouart de Mortemart, Francoise-Athenais (French courtier) |
1641-1707 |
Rochefort Victor-Henri (French journalist) |
1830-1913 |
Rochester, Nathaniel (American pioneer; founded Rochester NY) |
1752-1831 |
Rockefeller, John Davison (Am. oil magnate, philanthropist) |
1839-1937 |
Rockefeller, John Davison II (Am. oil magnate, philanthropist) |
1874-1960 |
Rockefeller, John Davison III (American philanthropist) |
1906-1978 |
Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich (Am. polit.; vice-pres. 1974-77) |
1908-1979 |
Rocker, Johann Rudolf (German anarchist writer, activist) |
1873-1958 |
Rockhill, William Woodville (American diplomat) |
1854-1914 |
Rockingham, 2nd Marquis of (English politician) |
1730-1782 |
Rockne, Knute Kenneth (Norwegian-born American football coach) |
1888-1931 |
Rockwell, Norman (American painter, illustrator) |
1894-1978 |
Rod, Edouard (Swiss writer, critic) |
1857-1910 |
Rodbell, Martin (American biochemist, endocrinologist) |
1925-1998 |
Rodbertus, Johann Karl (German economist, politician) |
1805-1875 |
Roddick, Anita Lucia née Perelli (English entrepreneur) |
1942-2007 |
Rode, Helge (Danish poet, dramatist, writer, literary critic) |
1870-1937 |
Rode, Jacques-Pierre-Joseph (French violinist) |
1774-1830 |
Rodenbach, Albrecht (Flemish writer; leader of Blauwvoeterie) |
1856-1880 |
Rodenbach, Georges-Raymond-Constantin (Belgian poet, writer) |
1855-1898 |
Roder, Klaus (German musician, music teacher) |
b.1948 |
Roderick (Rodrigo; King of Visigoths in Spain 710-711) |
d.711 |
Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry (Am. naval off.; son of G.) |
1819-1892 |
Rodgers, George Washington (Am. naval officer; brother of John) |
1787-1832 |
Rodgers, George Washington (Am. naval officer; son of George) |
1822-1863 |
Rodgers, James Charles "Jimmie" (American singer, composer) |
1897-1933 |
Rodgers, James W. (American criminal) |
c.1911-1960 |
Rodgers, John (American naval officer) |
1773-1838 |
Rodgers, John (American naval officer; son of John) |
1812-1882 |
Rodgers, John (American naval officer; son of John) |
1881-1926 |
Rodgers, Richard (Am. composer; collab. with Hammerstein, Hart) |
1902-1979 |
Rodgers, William Ledyard (American naval officer; son of John) |
1860-1944 |
Rodin, Francois-Auguste-Rene (French sculptor) |
1840-1917 |
Rodman, Thomas Jackson (American army officer) |
1815-1871 |
Rodney, Caesar (American Revolutionary patriot) |
1728-1784 |
Rodney, Caesar Augustus (American politician; son of Caesar) |
1772-1824 |
Rodney, George Brydges (1st Baron Rodney; English admiral) |
1718-1792 |
Rodney, Thomas (American soldier, jurist; son of Caesar) |
1744-1811 |
Rodo, Jose Enrique (Uruguayan philosopher, essayist) |
1872-1917 |
Rodrigo Vidre, Joaquin (Spanish composer, pianist) |
1901-1999 |
Rodrigues, Ernesto (Portuguese composer, violinist, violist) |
b.1959 |
Rodrigues Alves, Francisco de Paula (Brazilian politician) |
1848-1919 |
Rodrigues Coelho, Manuel (Portuguese organist, composer) |
c.1555-c.1635 |
Rodrigues Lobo, Francisco "Portuguese Theocritus" (Port. poet) |
1580-1621 |
Rodriguez, Abelardo Luis (Mexican general, politician) |
1889-1967 |
Rodriguez, Lorenzo (Spanish architect) |
c.1704-1774 |
Rodriguez, Robert Xavier (American composer, educator) |
b.1946 |
Rodriguez, Ventura (Spanish architect) |
1717-1785 |
Rodriguez Campomanes y Perez, Pedro (Spanish polit., economist) |
1723-1802 |
Rodriguez de Fonseca, Juan (Spanish prelate) |
1451-1524 |
Rodriguez de Montalvo, Garci (Spanish writer) |
16th cent. |
Rodriguez Galvan, Ignacio (Mexican poet) |
1816-1842 |
Rodriguez Julia, Edgardo (Puerto Rican writer, essayist) |
b.1946 |
Rodriguez Marin, Francisco (Spanish scholar) |
1855-1943 |
Rodriguez Pedotti, Andres (Paraguayan president 1989-1993) |
b.1923 |
Rodriguez Sanchez, Manuel Laureano (Spanish bullfighter) |
1917-1947 |
Roe, Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon (English aircraft manufacturer) |
1877-1958 |
Roe, Humphrey Verdon (English aircraft manu.; brother of Edwin) |
1878-1949 |
Roe, Sir Thomas (English diplomat) |
1581?-1644 |
Roebling, John Augustus (German-born Am. engineer, indust.) |
1806-1869 |
Roebling, Washington Augustus (Am. civil engineer; son of John) |
1837-1926 |
Roebuck, John (English physician, inventor) |
1718-1794 |
Roedelius, Hans-Joachim (German musician, producer, poet) |
b.1934 |
Roemer, Ferdinand (German geologist; brother of Friedrich) |
1818-1891 |
Roemer, Friedrich Adolf (German geologist) |
1809-1869 |
Roemer, Ole Christensen (Danish mathematician, astronomer) |
1644-1710 |
Roentgen, Abraham (German cabinetmaker) |
1711-1793 |
Roentgen, David (German cabinetmaker; son of Abraham) |
1743-1807 |
Roerich, Nikolay Konstantinovich (Russian painter) |
1874-1947 |
Roethke, Theodore Huebner (American poet, teacher) |
1908-1963 |
Roger of Hoveden (or Howden; English chronicler) |
d.c.1201 |
Roger of Pont l'Eveque (Norman-born prelate in England) |
d.1181 |
Roger of Salisbury (English prelate, politician) |
d.1139 |
Roger of Wendover (English chronicler, monk) |
d.1236 |
Roger de Bully, Edouard (pseud. Roger de Beauvoir; Fr. writer) |
1809-1866 |
Roger-Ducasse, Jean-Jules-Aimable (French composer) |
1873-1954 |
Rogers, Bruce (American printer, book designer) |
1870-1957 |
Rogers, Carl Ransom (American psychologist) |
1902-1987 |
Rogers, Edith née Nourse (American politician) |
1881-1960 |
Rogers, Fred McFeely (American educator, children's TV host) |
1928-2003 |
Rogers, Henry Darwin (American geologist) |
1808-1866 |
Rogers, Henry Huttleston (American financier) |
1840-1909 |
Rogers, James Blythe (American chemist, educator; bro. of H.D.) |
1802-1852 |
Rogers, John (English Protestant reformer) |
c.1500-1555 |
Rogers, John (American religious leader) |
1648-1721 |
Rogers, John (American sculptor) |
1829-1904 |
Rogers, Mary Joseph (born Mary Josephine; American religious) |
1882-1955 |
Rogers, Moses (American mariner) |
1779-1821 |
Rogers, Robert (American frontier soldier, dramatist) |
1731-1795 |
Rogers, Robert Empie (American chemist, educator; bro. of H.D.) |
1813-1884 |
Rogers, Roy (born Leonard Franklin Slye; Am. actor, singer) |
1912-1998 |
Rogers, Samuel (English poet, patron) |
1763-1855 |
Rogers, Terri (b.Ivan Southgate; transsexual Eng.ventriloquist) |
1937-1999 |
Rogers, William (Hang-Theology Rogers; English edu. reformer) |
1819-1896 |
Rogers, William Penn Adair "Will" (American actor, humorist) |
1879-1935 |
Rogers, William Barton (American geologist; brother of H.D.) |
1804-1882 |
Rogers, Woodes (English seaman, colonial governor) |
1679?-1732 |
Roget, Peter Mark (Eng. physician, scholar; Thesaurus author) |
1779-1869 |
Rogier, Charles Latour (Belgian politician) |
1800-1885 |
Rogowski, Cheryl (American farmer) |
b.1961? |
Rohde, Ruth née Bryan (American diplomat; dau. of W.J. Bryan) |
1885-1954 |
Roheim, Geza (Hungarian psychoanalyst) |
1891-1953 |
Rohlfs, Charles (American designer) |
1853-1936 |
Rohlfs, Christian (German painter, printmaker) |
1849-1938 |
Rohlfs, Friedrich Gerhard (German explorer) |
1831-1896 |
Rohm, Ernst (German soldier) |
1887-1934 |
Rohmer, Eric (b. Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer; French filmmaker) |
1920-2010 |
Rohmer, Sax (pseud. of Arthur Sarsfield Ward; English writer) |
1886-1959 |
Rohrer, Heinrich (Swiss physicist) |
b.1933 |
Roh Tae Woo (South Korean politician; president 1988-1993) |
b.1932 |
Rojas, Carlos (Spanish writer) |
b.1928 |
Rojas, Fernando de (Spanish writer) |
c.1465-1541 |
Rojas Pinilla, Gustavo (Colombian soldier, politician) |
1900-1975 |
Rojas Pizarro, Gonzalo (Chilean poet, diplomat, teacher) |
b.1917 |
Rojas Sepulveda, Manuel (Chilean writer, poet) |
1896-1973 |
Rojas Villandrando, Augustin de (Spanish dramatist, actor) |
1572-1618 |
Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de (Spanish dramatist) |
1607-1648 |
Rokitansky, Karl von (Austrian pathologist) |
1804-1878 |
Rokkaku Shisui (born Chutaro; Japanese artist, art critic) |
1867-1950 |
Rokossovsky, Konstantin Konstantinovich (Russian army officer) |
1896-1968 |
Roland de La Platiere, Jean-Marie (French revolutionary) |
1734-1793 |
Roland de La Platiere, Jeanne-Marie (French revolutionary) |
1754-1793 |
Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Henriette (Dutch Socialist, poet) |
1869-1952 |
Roldan, Luisa "La Roldana" (Spanish sculptor; dau. of Pedro) |
1656-1704 |
Roldan, Pedro (Spanish sculptor, painter, architect) |
c.1624-c.1700 |
Rolfe, Frederick William (pseud. Baron Corvo; English writer) |
1860-1913 |
Rolfe, John (English colonist in Am.; husband of Pocahontas) |
1585-1622 |
Rolland, Romain (French writer, dramatist, biographer) |
1866-1944 |
Rolle, Michel (French mathematician) |
1652-1719 |
Rolle de Hampole, Richard (English hermit, mystic, writer) |
c.1300-1349 |
Rolleston, Thomas William (Irish journalist, writer) |
1857-1920 |
Rolli, Paolo Antonio (Italian poet, librettist, translator) |
1687-1765 |
Rollins, Hyder Edward (American educator) |
1889-1958 |
Rollins, Theodore Walter "Sonny" (American saxophonist) |
b.1930 |
Rolls, Charles Stewart (English auto. manufacturer, aviator) |
1877-1910 |
Rolvaag, Ole Edvart (Norwegian-born American educator, writer) |
1876-1931 |
Romains, Jules (born Louis-Henri-Jean Farigoule; French writer) |
1885-1972 |
Roman, Johan Helmich (Swedish violinist, composer) |
1694-1758 |
Roman, Walter Guy (Am. electrical engineer, nuclear engineer) |
1905-1992 |
Romanes, George John (Canadian-born British biologist) |
1848-1894 |
Romano, Giulio (Italian painter, architect) |
c.1499-1546 |
Romano, Luis (Luis Romano Madeira de Melo; Cape Verdean poet) |
b.1922 |
Romanoff, Michael (Lithuanian-born Am. impostor, restaurateur) |
1892?-1971 |
Romanov, Michael (first czar of Russian Romanov dynasty) |
1596-1645 |
Romanov, Panteleymon Sergeyevich (Russian writer) |
1884-1936 |
Romansky, Monroe J. (Am. physician; dev.penicillin formulation) |
1911-2006 |
Romanus I Lecapenus (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 920-944) |
c.870-948 |
Romanus II (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 959-963) |
939-963 |
Romanus III (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 1028-1034) |
968?-1034 |
Romanus IV Diogenes (Emperor of Eastern Roman Empire 1068-1071) |
d.1071 |
Romberg, Andreas Jakob (German violinist, conductor, composer) |
1767-1821 |
Romberg, Bernhard Heinrich (German cellist, composer) |
1767-1841 |
Romberg, Sigmund (Hungarian-born American composer) |
1887-1951 |
Romer, Alfred Sherwood (American paleontologist) |
1894-1973 |
Romer, Ole (or Olaus; Danish astronomer) |
1644-1710 |
Romero, Francisco (Span. matador; introduced estoque, muleta) |
1698-1763 |
Romero, George Andrew (Am. director, writer, editor, actor) |
b.1940 |
Romero, Jose Ruben (Mexican diplomat, writer) |
1890-1952 |
Romero, Matheo (b.Mathieu Rosmarin; Belgian-born Span.composer) |
c.1575-1647 |
Romero, Matias (Mexican economist, diplomat) |
1837-1899 |
Romilly, Sir Samuel (English lawyer, law reformer) |
1757-1818 |
Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen "The Desert Fox" (German general) |
1891-1944 |
Romney, George (English portrait painter) |
1734-1802 |
Romuald, Saint (Italian religious) |
c.950-1027 |
Romulus Augustulus (Roman emperor of the West 475-476) |
5th cent. |
Rondelet, Guillaume (French naturalist, physician) |
1507-1566 |
Ronet, Maurice née Robinet (French actor, director, writer) |
1927-1983 |
Ronk, Harold Wilson (American circus ringleader) |
1921-2006 |
Ronne, Finn (Norwegian-born American explorer) |
1899-1980 |
Ronsard, Pierre de (French poet; leader of Les Pleiades) |
1524-1585 |
Rontgen (or Roentgen), Wilhelm Conrad (German physicist) |
1845-1923 |
Rood, Johannes Joseph "Jon" van (Dutch immunologist) |
b.1926 |
Rood, Ogden Nicholas (American physicist) |
1831-1902 |
Rooke, Sir George (English admiral) |
1650-1709 |
Roon, Albrecht Theodor Emil von (Prussian soldier, politician) |
1803-1879 |
Roos, Sjoerd Hendrik de (Dutch book & type designer) |
1877-1926 |
Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor (Am. writer, diplomat, humanitarian) |
1884-1962 |
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (32nd U.S. president, 1933-1945) |
1882-1945 |
Roosevelt, Theodore (26th U.S. president, 1901-1909) |
1858-1919 |
Roosevelt, Theodore Jr. (Am. writer, soldier, explorer, polit.) |
1887-1944 |
Root, Elihu (American lawyer, diplomat) |
1845-1937 |
Root, George Frederick (American composer, teacher) |
1820-1895 |
Root, John Wellborn (American architect) |
1850-1891 |
Root-Bernstein, Robert (biologist, science historian, artist) |
b.1953 |
Roozeboom, Hendrik Willem Bakhuis (Dutch physical chemist) |
1854-1907 |
Ropartz, Joseph-Guy-Marie (French composer, conductor) |
1864-1955 |
Roper, William (English biographer) |
1496-1578 |
Rops, Felicien (Belgian painter, engraver, lithographer) |
1833-1898 |
Rordam, Valdemar (Danish poet) |
1872-1946 |
Rore, Cipriano de (Flemish composer in Italy) |
1516-1565 |
Rorem, Ned (American composer, teacher, diarist) |
b.1923 |
Rorschach, Hermann (Swiss psychiatrist) |
1884-1922 |
Rorty, Richard McKay (American philosopher) |
1931-2007 |
Rosa, Salvator (Italian painter, poet) |
1615-1673 |
Rosales Camacho, Luis (Spanish poet, literary critic) |
1910-1992 |
Rosalia, Saint (Italian religious; patron saint of Palermo) |
d.1160 |
Rosas, Juan Manuel de (Argentinean dictator) |
1793-1877 |
Roscelin de Compiegne (French Scholastic philosopher) |
c.1050-c.1125 |
Roscius (Quintus Roscius Gallus; Roman actor) |
126?-62? BC |
Roscoe, Sir Henry Enfield (Eng. chemist; grandson of William) |
1833-1915 |
Roscoe, William (English historian, attorney, banker) |
1753-1831 |
Rose of Lima, Saint (Isabel de Flores; Peruvian religious) |
1586-1617 |
Rose, Billy (American theatrical impresario, composer) |
1899-1966 |
Rose, Hugh Henry (Baron Strathnairn; British soldier) |
1801-1885 |
Rose, Gustav (German mineralogist, explorer; bro. of Heinrich) |
1798-1873 |
Rose, Heinrich (German apothecary, chemist; son of Valentin II) |
1795-1864 |
Rose, Irwin A. "Ernie" (American biologist) |
b.1926 |
Rose, Jon (Austalian musician) |
b.1951 |
Rose, Valentin (German apothecary) |
1736-1771 |
Rose, Valentin (German apothecary; son of Valentin) |
1762-1807 |
Rosecrans, William Starke (American general) |
1819-1898 |
Rosegger, Peter (Petri Kettenfeier; Austrian poet, writer) |
1843-1918 |
Rosemont, Franklin (Am. poet; co-fd. Chicago Surrealist Group) |
b.1943 |
Rosen, Louis (American physicist) |
1918-2009 |
Rosen, Winifred (American writer) |
b.1943 |
Rosenbach, Abraham Simon Wolf (American bibliophile) |
1876-1952 |
Rosenberg, Alfred (German Nazi leader, writer) |
1893-1946 |
Rosenberg, Ethel née Greenglass (American spy) |
1915-1953 |
Rosenberg, Harold (American art critic, writer) |
1906-1978 |
Rosenberg, Isaac (English poet, painter) |
1890-1918 |
Rosenberg, Julius (American engineer, spy) |
1918-1953 |
Rosenberg, Tina (American journalist, writer) |
b.1960 |
Rosenboom, David (American composer: neurofeedback) |
b.1947 |
Rosenbusch, Karl Heinrich Ferdinand "Harry" (German geologist) |
1836-1914 |
Rosenius, Karl Olaf (Swedish religious leader) |
1816-1868 |
Rosenmuller, Johann (German organist, composer) |
c.1619-1684 |
Rosenquist, James (American painter, printmaker, collagist) |
b.1933 |
Rosensten, Erna (Polish artist) |
1913-2004 |
Rosenthal, Abraham Michael (Can.-born Am. journalist, editor) |
1922-2006 |
Rosenwald, Julius (American merchant, philanthropist) |
1862-1932 |
Rosenzweig, Franz (German theologian) |
1886-1929 |
Rosenzweig, Roy Alan (American social and cultural historian) |
1950-2007 |
Roset, Michel (Genevese politician) |
1534-1613 |
Rosetti, Antonio (born Franz Anton Rossler; Bohemian composer) |
c.1750-1792 |
Rosi, Francesco (Italian film director) |
b.1922 |
Roslavets, Mykola Andriyovitch (Ukrainian composer) |
1881-1944 |
Roslin, Alexander (Swedish painter) |
1718-1793 |
Rosmini-Serbati, Antonio (Italian priest, philosopher) |
1797-1855 |
Ross, Edward Alsworth (American sociologist) |
1866-1951 |
Ross, Elizabeth née Griscom "Betsy" (American patriot) |
1752-1836 |
Ross, George (Am. jurist; member Continental Congress 1774-77) |
1730-1779 |
Ross, Harold Wallace (American editor: New Yorker 1925-1951) |
1892-1951 |
Ross, Sir James Clark (Scottish explorer; nephew of Sir John) |
1800-1862 |
Ross, James Sinclair (Canadian banker, writer) |
1908-1996 |
Ross, Sir John (Scottish explorer; uncle of Sir James Ross) |
1777-1856 |
Ross, John Coowescoowe (American Cherokee Indian chief) |
1790-1866 |
Ross, Nellie née Tayloe (American politician) |
1876-1977 |
Ross, Robert (English soldier) |
1766-1814 |
Ross, Sir Ronald (Indian-born British physician) |
1857-1932 |
Ross, Sir William David (Scottish philosopher) |
1877-1971 |
Rossby, Carl-Gustaf Arvid (Swedish-born American meteorologist) |
1898-1957 |
Rossellini, Roberto (Italian film director, producer) |
1906-1977 |
Rossellino, Antonio (Florentine sculptor; brother of Bernardo) |
1427-1479 |
Rossellino, Bernardo (Florentine sculptor, architect) |
1409-1464 |
Rosseter, Philip (Eng. composer, musician, theatrical manager) |
1567/1568-1623 |
Rossetti, Christina Georgina (English poet; sister of Dante) |
1830-1894 |
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (English painter, poet) |
1828-1882 |
Rossetti, Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe (It. poet; father of D.G.) |
1783-1854 |
Rossetti, William Michael (English art critic; bro. of Dante) |
1829-1919 |
Rossi, Bruno Benedetto (Italian-born American physicist) |
1905-1993 |
Rossi, Giovanni Battista de' (Italian archaeologist) |
1822-1894 |
Rossi, Luigi (Italian composer) |
c.1597-1653 |
Rossi, Salomone (Italian composer, instrumentalist) |
1570?-1630? |
Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio (Italian composer) |
1792-1868 |
Rossney, Robert (American engineer, writer) |
b.1960 |
Rosso, Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (Florentine painter) |
1494-1540 |
Rosso, Medardo (It. sculptor; orig. Impressionist sculpture) |
1858-1928 |
Rostand, Edmond-Eugene-Alexis (French playwright, poet) |
1868-1918 |
Rostand, Jean (French biologist, writer) |
1894-1977 |
Rosten, Leo Calvin (Polish-born Am. writer, political sci.) |
1908-1997 |
Roster, Fred H. (American sculptor) |
b.1944 |
Rostopchin, Fyodor Vasilyevich (Russian soldier, politician) |
1763-1826 |
Rostovtzeff, Michael Ivanovitch (Rus.-born Am. archaeologist) |
1870-1852 |
Rostropovich, Mstislav Leopoldovich "Slava" (Russian composer) |
1927-2007 |
Roswitha (German poet, dramatist, historian) |
c.935-c.1002 |
Roszak, Theodore (Polish-born American sculptor) |
1907-1981 |
Roszak, Theodore (American historian, writer) |
b.1933 |
Rota, Nino (Italian composer) |
1911-1979 |
Rotblat, Sir Joseph (Polish-born British physicist, activist) |
1908-2005 |
Roth, Dieter (German-born Swiss printmaker, mixed-media artist) |
1930-1998 |
Roth, Henry (Austro-Hungarian-born American writer) |
1906-1995 |
Roth, Jerome (American musician, transcriber) |
1918-2005 |
Roth, Joseph (Ukrainian journalist, writer) |
1894-1939 |
Roth, Klaus Friedrich (German-born British mathematician) |
b.1925 |
Roth, Philip Milton (American writer) |
b.1933 |
Rothari (Lombard king of Italy 636-652) |
d.652 |
Rothbard, Murray Newton (Am. historian, natural law theorist) |
1926-1995 |
Rothe, Richard (German theologian) |
1799-1867 |
Rothenberg, Ned (American musician, composer) |
b.1956 |
Rothenstein, Sir William (English painter) |
1872-1945 |
Rother, Michael (German musician, composer) |
b.1950 |
Rothko, Mark (born Marcus Rothkovich; Russian-born Am. painter) |
1903-1970 |
Rothschild, Amschel Mayer (German financier; son of Mayer) |
1773-1855 |
Rothschild, James or Jakob (German financier; son of Mayer) |
1792-1868 |
Rothschild, Karl Mayer (German financier; son of Mayer) |
1788-1855 |
Rothschild, Lionel Nathan (British financier; son of Nathan) |
1808-1879 |
Rothschild, Lionel Walter (British politician; son of N.M.) |
1868-1937 |
Rothschild, Mayer Amschel (German financier; father of N.M.) |
1744-1812 |
Rothschild, Nathan Mayer (German financier; son of Mayer) |
1777-1836 |
Rothschild, Sir Nathan Mayer (British financier; son of L.N.) |
1840-1915 |
Rothschild, Salomon Mayer (German financier; son of Mayer) |
1774-1855 |
Rotimi, Emmanuel Gladstone Olawale "Ola" (Nigerian scholar) |
b.1938 |
Rotrou, Jean de (French playwright) |
1609-1650 |
Rouault, Georges-Henri (French painter, printmaker, ceramist) |
1871-1958 |
Roubillac (or Roubiliac), Louis-Francois (French sculptor) |
c.1695/1705-1762 |
Rouget de Lisle, Claude-Joseph (French army officer, composer) |
1760-1836 |
Rouher, Eugene (French politician) |
1814-1884 |
Roumain, Jacques (Haitian writer, anthropolgist, politician) |
1907-1944 |
Roumanille, Joseph (French Provencal poet, writer, teacher) |
1818-1891 |
Rourke, Constance Mayfield (American historian) |
1885-1941 |
Rous, Francis (English Puritan, hymnologist) |
1579-1659 |
Rous, Francis Peyton (American pathologist) |
1879-1970 |
Rouse, Norine (American diving instructor) |
1925-2005 |
Rousseau, Henri-Julien-Felix (aka Le Douanier; French painter) |
1844-1910 |
Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste (French poet, dramatist) |
1671-1741 |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (Swiss-born French philosopher, writer) |
1712-1778 |
Rousseau, Pierre-Etienne-Theodore (French painter) |
1812-1867 |
Roussel, Albert-Charles-Paul-Marie (French composer) |
1869-1937 |
Rousselot, Jean-Pierre (French phonetician) |
1846-1924 |
Roussin, Andre (French dramatist) |
1911-1987 |
Routh, Edward John (Canadian-born British mathematician) |
1831-1907 |
Rouvier, Pierre-Maurice (French politician) |
1842-1911 |
Rouvroy, Claude-Henri de (Comte de Saint-Simon; Fr. reformer) |
1760-1825 |
Rouvroy, Louis de (Duc de Saint-Simon; French soldier, writer) |
1675-1755 |
Roux, Jacques (French priest, revolutionary) |
d.1794 |
Roux, Pierre-Paul-Emile (French physician, bacteriologist) |
1853-1933 |
Roux, Wilhelm (German zoologist, experimental embryologist) |
1850-1924 |
Rovetta, Gerolamo (Italian writer, dramatist) |
1851-1910 |
Rowe, Keith (English musician, painter) |
b.1940 |
Rowe, Nicholas (English poet, dramatist, poet laureate 1715) |
1674-1718 |
Rowell, Newton Wesley (Canadian lawyer, politician) |
1867-1941 |
Rowland, Frank Sherwood (American chemist) |
b.1927 |
Rowland, Henry Augustus (American physicist) |
1848-1901 |
Rowlandson, Mary (American pioneer, writer) |
1635?-1678 |
Rowlandson, Thomas (English caricaturist) |
1756-1827 |
Rowley, Samuel (English dramatist, actor) |
fl. 1597-c.1633 |
Rowley, William (English actor, dramatist) |
1585?-1642? |
Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm (Eng. sociologist, philanthropist) |
1871-1954 |
Rowse, Alfred Leslie (English literary historian, critic, poet) |
1903-1997 |
Rowson, Susanna née Haswell (English-born Am. writer, actor) |
1762-1824 |
Roxas y Acuna, Manuel (Filipino politician; pres. 1946-1948) |
1892-1948 |
Roy, Gabrielle (French-Canadian writer, teacher) |
1909-1983 |
Roy, Joseph Camille (Canadian literary critic) |
1870-1943 |
Roy, Manabendra Nath (Indian Communist leader) |
1887-1954 |
Royall, Anne née Newport (American writer, journalist) |
1769-1854 |
Royall, Kenneth Claiborne (American general, statesman) |
1894-1971 |
Royce, Sir Frederick Henry (English engineer, auto. manu.) |
1863-1933 |
Royce, Josiah (American philosopher, teacher, essayist) |
1855-1916 |
Royer-Collard, Pierre-Paul (French philosopher, politician) |
1763-1845 |
Royko, Mike (American columnist, journalist, writer) |
1932-1997 |
Rozanov, Vasily Vasilyevich (Russian essayist, critic) |
1856-1919 |
Rozdilsky, Andrew Jr. "Andy the Clown" (American clown) |
1917-1995 |
Rozewicz, Tadeusz (Polish poet, playwright) |
b.1921 |
Rozsa, Miklos (Hungarian composer, violinist, violist, pianist) |
1907-1995 |
Rubbia, Carlo (Italian physicist) |
b.1934 |
Rubbra, Edmund (English composer) |
1901-1986 |
Rubens, Paul (Pee Wee Herman; American comedian, actor) |
b.1952 |
Rubens, Peter Paul (German-born Flemish painter) |
1577-1640 |
Rubey, William Walden (American geologist) |
1898-1974 |
Rubik, Erno (Hungarian professor of Design, puzzle-maker) |
b.1944 |
Rubin, Jerry (American Yippie, Yuppie) |
1938-1994 |
Rubinstein, Anton Grigoryevich (Russian pianist, composer) |
1829-1894 |
Rubinstein, Arthur (Polish-born American pianist) |
1887-1982 |
Rublyov, Andrey (Russian painter) |
1360/70-c.1430 |
Rubner, Max (German physiologist) |
1854-1932 |
Ruby, Jack Leon (Jacob Leon Rubinstein; American businessman) |
1911-1967 |
Rucellai, Giovanni (Italian poet, dramatist) |
1475-1525 |
Ruck, Carl Anton Paul (American Classical scholar) |
b.1935 |
Ruckers, Hans the Elder (Flemish harpsichord & virginal maker) |
c.1540/50-1598 |
Ruckers, Hans the Younger (Flemish harpsichord, virginal maker) |
1578-1643 |
Ruckert, Friedrich (pseudonym Freimund Raimar; German poet) |
1788-1866 |
Rudaki (born Abu 'Abdollah Ja'far ebn Mohammad; Persian poet) |
c.859-940/41 |
Rudbeck, Olof (Swedish anatomist, botanist) |
1630-1702 |
Rudd, Roswell Hopkins (American musician, composer, educator) |
b.1935 |
Ruddiman, Thomas (Scottish classical scholar) |
1674-1757 |
Rude, Francois (French sculptor) |
1784-1855 |
Rudkin, David (English playwright) |
b.1936 |
Rudnicki, Adolf (Polish writer, essayist) |
1912-1990 |
Rudolf (Austrian archduke, crown prince) |
1858-1889 |
Rudolf I (Holy Roman emperor 1273-1291) |
1218-1291 |
Rudolf II (Holy Roman emperor 1576-1612) |
1552-1612 |
Rudolf von Ems (Middle High German epic poet) |
c.1200-c.1254 |
Rudovsky, David (American civil rights lawyer) |
b.1943 |
Rudsten, Daniel (American educator, politician, playwright) |
1914?-2004 |
Rueda, Lope de (Spanish dramatist) |
1510?-1565 |
Ruffin, Edmund (American agriculturist) |
1794-1865 |
Ruffini, Giovanni (Italian writer) |
1807-1881 |
Ruffini, Paolo (Italian mathematician, physician) |
1765-1822 |
Ruffo, Fabrizio (Italian prelate, soldier) |
1744-1827 |
Rufinus, Flavius (Roman politician) |
d.395 |
Rufinus (aka Tyrannius Rufinus; Italian theologian, presbyter) |
345-410 |
Rufus 0f Ephesus (Greek anatomist, physician) |
fl. 1st cent. |
Ruge, Arnold (German writer) |
1803-1880 |
Rugg, Harold Ordway (American educator) |
1886-1960 |
Ruggles, Charles Sprague "Carl" (American composer) |
1876-1971 |
Ruggles-Brise, Sir Evelyn John (English penologist) |
1857-1935 |
Ruisdael (or Ruysdael), Jacob van (Dutch painter, etcher) |
1628/29-1682 |
Ruiz, Juan "Archpriest of Hita" (Spanish poet, cleric) |
1283?-1351? |
Ruiz Aguilera, Ventura (Spanish poet) |
1820-1881 |
Ruiz Camino, Carlos (aka Carlos Arruza; Mexican bullfighter) |
1920-1966 |
Ruiz de Alarcon y Mendoza, Juan (Mexican-born Span. dramatist) |
c.1581-1639 |
Rukeyser, Muriel (American poet, biographer, writer, activist) |
1913-1980 |
Rukl, Antonin (Czech astronomer, cartographer, writer) |
b.1932 |
Rule, Jane (American writer, essayist) |
b.1931 |
Rulfo, Juan (Mexican writer) |
1918-1986 |
Rulhiere, Claude-Carloman de (French historian, poet) |
1734-1791 |
Rumaker, Michael (American writer) |
b.1932 |
Rumelhart, David Everett (Am.cognitive scientist, psychologist) |
b.1942 |
Rumney, Ralph (English artist) |
1934-2002 |
Rumpf (or Rumph), Georg Eberhard (German naturalist) |
1627-1702 |
Rumsey, James (American inventor; developed steamboat) |
1743-1792 |
Rumsfeld, Donald Henry (American politician, bureaucrat) |
b.1932 |
Rumyantsev, Nikolay Petrovich (Russian politician) |
1754-1826 |
Rumyantsev, Pyotr Aleksandrovich (Russian general) |
1725-1796 |
Runcie, Robert Alexander Kennedy (English prelate) |
b.1921 |
Rundgren, Todd (American musician, producer) |
b.1948 |
Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von (German field marshal) |
1875-1953 |
Runeberg, Johan Ludvig (Finnish poet writing in Swedish) |
1804-1877 |
Runge, Carle David Tolme (German mathematician, physicist) |
1856-1927 |
Runge, Friedlieb Ferdinand (German chemist) |
1795-1867 |
Runyon, Alfred Damon (American journalist, writer) |
1884-1946 |
Rupert, Saint (Frankish missionary; patron saint of Bavaria) |
d.718? |
Rupert, Prince (German-born English Royalist general, admiral) |
1619-1682 |
Rupp, Adolph Frederick "the Baron" (American basketball coach) |
1901-1977 |
Ruppell, Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon (Ger. naturalist, explorer) |
1794-1884 |
Ruppert, Jacob (American brewer) |
1867-1939 |
Rusca, Claudia (Italian composer, singer, organist) |
1593-1676 |
Ruscha, Ed (Am. painter, printmaker, photographer, filmmaker) |
b.1937 |
Rush, Benjamin (American physician, educator, patriot) |
1745-1813 |
Rush, Richard (Am. public official, diplomat; son of Benjamin) |
1780-1859 |
Rush, William (American sculptor, woodcarver) |
1756-1833 |
Rushdie, Ahmed Salman (Indian-born British writer) |
b.1947 |
Rushworth, John (English historian) |
1612?-1690 |
Rusinol, Santiago (Spanish painter, writer; wrote in Catalan) |
1861-1931 |
Rusk, David Dean (American Secretary of State 1961-1969) |
1909-1994 |
Rusk, Thomas Jefferson (American jurist, legislator) |
1803-1857 |
Ruska, Ernst August Friedrich (German physicist) |
1906-1988 |
Ruskin, John (English art critic, writer, reformer) |
1819-1900 |
Russ, Joanna (American writer) |
1937-2011 |
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William (English math., philosopher) |
1872-1970 |
Russell, Charles (Irish-born British judge) |
1832-1900 |
Russell, Charles Marion (American artist) |
1865-1926 |
Russell, Charles Taze (Am. religious leader; Jehovah's Witness) |
1852-1916 |
Russell, George Allen (American composer, music theorist) |
1923-2009 |
Russell, George William (pseudonym AE; Irish man of letters) |
1867-1935 |
Russell, Henry Kenneth Alfred (English film director) |
1927-2011 |
Russell, Henry Norris (American astronomer) |
1877-1957 |
Russell, John (English painter, amateur astronomer) |
1745-1806 |
Russell, John (British prime minister 1846-52, 1865-66) |
1792-1878 |
Russell, Lillian (Helen Louise Leonard; American singer, actor) |
1861-1922 |
Russell, Morgan (American painter) |
1886-1953 |
Russell, Richard Joel (American geologist) |
1895-1971 |
Russell, Thomas (English poet) |
1762-1788 |
Russell, Thomas (Irish revolutionist) |
1767-1803 |
Russell, Thomas Frederick "Fred" (English ventriloquist) |
1862-1957 |
Russell, William Hepburn (American freighter) |
1812-1872 |
Russell, Sir William Howard (British war correspondent) |
1820-1907 |
Russo, Ethan B. (American neurologist) |
b.1952 |
Russolo, Luigi (Italian painter, composer, writer) |
1885-1947 |
Russwurm, John Brown (Jamaican-born American journalist) |
1799-1851 |
Rustaveli, Shota (Georgian poet) |
c.1172-c.1216 |
Rustin, Bayard (American civil rights leader) |
1910-1987 |
Rutebeuf (aka Rutebuef, Rustebeuf; French trouvere) |
fl. 1245-1285 |
Rutgers, Henry (American philanthropist) |
1745-1830 |
Ruth, George Herman "Babe" (American baseball player) |
1895-1948 |
Rutherford, Ernest (New Zealand-born British physicist) |
1871-1937 |
Rutherford, Joseph Franklin (Am. leader of Jehovah's Witnesses) |
1869-1942 |
Rutherford, Dame Margaret (English actor) |
1892-1972 |
Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris (American astrophysicist) |
1816-1892 |
Ruthven, Patrick (Scottish soldier in English Royalist army) |
1573?-1651 |
Rutilius Namatianus, Claudius (Roman poet) |
fl. c.417 |
Rutilius Rufus, Publius (Roman jurist, general) |
b.c.150 BC |
Rutledge, Edward (American lawyer; brother of John) |
1749-1800 |
Rutledge, John (American politician, Supreme Court justice) |
1739-1800 |
Rutledge, Wiley Blount Jr. (American jurist, educator) |
1894-1949 |
Rutter, John Milford (English composer, conductor, editor) |
b.1945 |
Ruysbroeck (or Ruusbroec), Jan van (Flem. mystical theologian) |
1293-1381 |
Ruysch, Rachel (Dutch painter) |
1664-1750 |
Ruysdael (or Ruisdael), Salomon van (Dutch painter) |
c.1602-1670 |
Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon de (Dutch admiral) |
1607-1676 |
Ruzicka, Leopold Stephen (Croatian-born Swiss biochemist) |
1887-1976 |
Ryan, Abram Joseph (American clergyman, poet) |
1838-1886 |
Ryan, Anne (American poet, printmaker, painter) |
1889-1954 |
Ryan, Elizabeth (American tennis player) |
1892-1979 |
Ryan, Thomas Fortune (American financier) |
1851-1928 |
Rybakov, Anatoly Naumovich (Russian writer) |
1911-1998 |
Rydberg, Abraham Viktor (Swedish writer, translator, poet) |
1828-1895 |
Rydberg, Johannes Robert (Swedish physicist) |
1854-1919 |
Ryden, Mark (American artist) |
b.1963 |
Ryder, Albert Pinkham (American painter) |
1847-1917 |
Rydz-Smigly, Edward (Polish general) |
1886-1941 |
Ryga, George (Canadian playwright, writer) |
1932-1987 |
Rygg, Kristoffer "Garn" (Norwegian singer, musician) |
b.1976 |
Rykov, Aleksey Ivanovich (Russian politician) |
1881-1938 |
Ryle, Gilbert (English philosopher) |
1900-1976 |
Ryle, Sir Martin (English radio astronomer) |
1918-1984 |
Ryleyev, Kondraty Fyodorovich (Russian poet, revolutionary) |
1795-1826 |
Rymer, Thomas (English literary critic, historiographer) |
1643?-1713 |
Ryokan (born Yamamoto Eizo; Japanese zen Buddhist priest, poet) |
1758-1831 |
Ryonin (Japanese Buddhist priest) |
1072-1132 |
Rysbrack, John Michael (Belgian sculptor in England) |
c.1693/94-1770 |
Ryti, Risto Heikki (Finnish politician; president 1940-1944) |
1889-1956 |
Rytkheu, Yuri Sergeyevich (Russian Chukchi writer) |
1930-2008 |
Rzewski, Frederic Anthony (Am. composer, pianist, educator) |
b.1938 |
Rzewuski, Henryk (Polish writer) |
1791-1866 |