People

Comic Relief

Other

Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to the famine in Ethiopia. Th

Erich Maria Remarque

Born: July 22, 1898 Osnabrück, Germany Died: September 25, 1970 Locarno, Switzerland German-born American author The ...

Rembrandt

Born: July 15, 1606 Leiden, Netherlands Died: October 4, 1669 Netherlands Dutch artist Rembrandt was one of the most ...

Ruth Rendell

Author Born Ruth Barbara Grasemann, February 17, 1930, in London, England; daughter of Arthur (a teacher) and Ebba Elise (a teacher; maiden name, Kruse) Grasemann; married D...

Janet Reno

Born: July 21, 1938 Miami, Florida American attorney general Janet Reno was the seventy-fifth attorney general of the United States and the first...

Pierre Auguste Renoir

Born: February 25, 1841 Limoges, France Died: December 3, 1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France French painter The French paint...

Oscar de la Renta

Fashion designer Born in 1932, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; married Françoise de Langlade (a fashion editor), 1967 (died, 1983); married Annette Engelhard Reed (a p...

The United States House of Representatives

Politics and Administration

The United States House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress; the Senate is the upper house. Together they compose the national&n

Opinium Research

Science and education

Opinium is a market research and insight agency established on 7 September 2007. It is headquartered in New York and London. Its Chief Executive is James Endersby. The agency works across five pr

Reuters

Advertising and media

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the la

Paul Revere

Born: January 1, 1735 Boston, Massachusetts Died: May 10, 1818 Boston, Massachusetts American patriot, silversmith, and engraver ...

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

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

Condoleezza Rice

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

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 ...