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Famous First Names Beginning with the Letter - R
This category is for famous people who have first names which begin with the letter R. The sub-categories include - Raymond - Richard - Robert - Roger - Ronald - Roy.
Here is a random selection of famous first name beginning with R.
Robert Andrews Millikan
(1868 - 1953), American physicist. in 1923 he was awarded the Nobel prize for physics for his determination of the charge on the electron.
Richard Burton
[real name Richard Jenkins], (1925 - 84), Welsh actor. He played many roles in the theatre and in films. His films include 'Cleopatra', 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and 'The Medussa Touch'.
Roy Lichtenstein
(1923 - 1997), American painter and sculptor. He became the leading Pop Art painter of the 1960s with his highly coloured reproductions of sections of advertisements and cartoon strips.
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
(1850 - 94), Scottish novelist, poet and essayist. He wrote "Treasure Island", "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and "Kidnapped".
Robert Alexander Schumann
(1810 - 56), German composer and music critic. He wrote piano, vocal, choral and orchestral works. These include "The Piano Quintet in E flat" and "The Piano Quartet".