American spiritual writer (born 1936)
Richard Bach
Richard David Bach is an American writer.
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American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist.
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British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)
Richard Francis Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar.
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Guatemalan human rights activist
Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.
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British writer and poet (1916–1990)
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace.
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American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer.
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Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.
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