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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 names include - Raymond - Richard - Robert - Roger - Ronald - Roy.

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Here is a random selection of famous first names beginning with R.

Robert Traill Spence Lowell

(1917 - 77), American poet. He wrote "Lord Weary's Castle", "Life Studies" and "For the Union Dead".

Robert Southey

(1774 - 1843), English poet. He wrote the children's classic, "The Story of the Three Bears". Also, he wrote the poems "Thalaba the Destroyer", "Madoc" and "Roderick the Last of the Goths". In 1813 he was made poet laureate.

Richard Milhous Nixon

(1913 - 94), American Republican politician. In 1969 he became the 37th president of the USA. He became the first president to resign from office, in 1974, following the 'Watergate' scandal.

Robert Sanderson Mulliken

(1896-1986), American chemist and physicist. For his work on molecular structure and on chemical bonding he was awarded the 1986 Nobel prize for chemistry.

Robert Peel

[Sir], (1788 - 1850), British statesman. While he was Home Secretary he founded the Metropolitan police. He was prime minister from 1834 to 1835, and 1841 to 1846.