1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
Quintilian
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing.
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Roman historian
Quintus Curtius Rufus
Quintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian, likely active in the 1st century AD.
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American marine biologist and conservationist (1907–1964)
Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy and book Silent Spring are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
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Serbian writer (1873–1908)
Radoje Domanović
Radoje Domanović was a Serbian journalist, writer and teacher, most famous for his satirical short stories.
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Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)
Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was an Austrian poet.
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Indian statesman, lawyer and writer (1884–1963); first President of India
Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962 for two terms.
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American philosopher (1803–1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
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Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)
Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi was an Indian Hindu sage widely regarded by his followers and by "most advocates of Advaita" as a jivanmukta.
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Majorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)
Ramon Llull
Ramon Llull, sometimes anglicized as Raymond Lully, was a Catholic philosopher, theologian, poet, missionary, apologist and former knight, born in Palma de Mallorca.
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