People

Caroline Rhea

Comedian and actress Born April 13, 1964, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; daughter of David (an obstetrician–gynecologist) and Margery (an antiques dealer) Rhea. Educ...

Cecil Rhodes

Born: July 5, 1853 Bishop's Stortford, England Died: March 26, 1902 Muizenberg, South Africa English businessman and imperialist ...

Condoleezza Rice

Born: November 14, 1954 Birmingham, Alabama African American national security advisor and educator Condoleezza Rice is a leading expert on the politic...

Condoleezza Rice

November 14, 1954 • Birmingham, Alabama National security adviser Condoleezza Rice became one of the most influential women in the world of ...

Peter Rice

President of Fox Searchlight and Fox Atomic Born c. 1967 in United Kingdom. Education: Earned degree from the University of Nottingham, 1989. ...

Lloyd Richards

Born Lloyd George Richards, June 29, 1919, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; died of heart failure, June 29, 2006, in New York, NY. Theater director. Though an unfamiliar name to many, Lloyd Ri...

Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu

Born: September 9, 1585 Paris, France Died: December 4, 1642 Paris, France French cardinal and statesman Cardinal Ric...

Sally Ride

Born: May 26, 1951 Los Angeles, California American astronaut and physicist Sally Ride is best known as the first American woman sent into outer ...

Leni Riefenstahl

Born: August 22, 1902 Berlin, Germany German film director The German film director Leni Riefenstahl achieved fame and notoriety for her film ...

Rightmove

The property

Rightmove plc is a UK-based company that runs rightmove.co.uk, the UK's largest online real estate portal and property website. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange&

Kiley Rilo

Rock band The Los Angeles-based alternative-rock band Rilo Kiley cemented their reputation as a favorite among rock critics with the release of their 2004 album ...

Dennis Ritchie

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (born 1941) is best known for his work on computer languages and operating systems ALTRAN, B, BCPL, C, Multics, and especially Unix. For a man who did no...

Diego Rivera

Born: December 8, 1886 Guanajuato, Mexico Died: November 25, 1957 Mexico City, Mexico Mexican painter Diego Rivera wa...

Joan Rivers

Comedian, writer, actress, and television show host Born Joan Alexandra Molinsky, June 8, 1933, in Brooklyn, NY; daughter of Meyer C. (a physician) and Beatrice Molinsky; married ...

Paola Rizzoli

Scientist Born Paola Malanotte Rizzoli, c. 1943, in Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy. Education: University of Padua, Ph.D. (theoretical physics), 1968; University o...

Paul Robeson

Born: April 9, 1898 Princeton, New Jersey Died: January 23, 1976 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania African American singer, actor, and poli...

Maximilien de Robespierre

Born: May 6, 1758 Arras, France Died: July 28, 1794 Paris, France French political leader and lawyer Maximilien de Ro...

Smokey Robinson

Born: February 19, 1940 Detroit, Michigan African American singer, songwriter, and producer Hailed by some as the greatest living American songwriter, ...

V. Gene Robinson

Episcopal bishop Born May 29, 1947, in Lexington, KY; son of Charles (a sharecropper) and Imogene (a sharecropper); married Isabella "Boo" Martin, 1972 (divorced, 1987); chi...

Peter Robinson

Author Born March 17, 1950, in Castleford, Yorkshire, England; son of Clifford Robinson (a photographer) and Miriam Jarvis (a homemaker); married Sheila Halladay (an attorne...