Sun Ra: Herman 'Sonny' Blount (jazz pianist/keyboardist/composer/bandleader, b1914 d1993)
Raab Himself: Chris Raab (entertainer on MTV's Jackass>/i> show)
I.I. Rabi: Isidor Isaac Rabi (Austrian physicist/Nobel Prize winner (1944), b1898 d1988)
Solomon Rabinowitz: Shalom Aleichem [aka Sholem Aleichim] (Russian-born U.S. author, b1859 d1916)
Rachmaninov: Sergei Wassilievitch Rachmaninov (Russian pianist/conductor, which was a prelude to his becoming a composer)
Radio Man: Craig A. Castaldo {Schwartz?} (NYC film actor, b@1951)
Princess Lee Radziwill: Caroline Lee Bouvier (socialite)
Charlotte Rae: Charlotte Lubotsky (actress/comedienne)
Raffi: Raffi Cavoukian (Canadian children's folk singer/songwriter, 1948)
George Raft: George Ranft (movie actor, b1895 d1980)
The Lady of Rage: Robin Yvette Allen (movie & tv actress)
C.E. Raimond: Elizabeth Robins (author/stage actress/suffragist, b1862? d1952)
Ella Raines: Ella Wallace Raubes (stage & movie actress, b1921 d1988)
Ma Rainey: Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey [nn: Mother of the Blues] (dancer/blues singer/theatre-owner, b1886 d1939)
Pa Rainey: William Rainey (vaudeville singer & dancer)
Claude Rains: Williams Claude Rains (British movie, stage & tv actor, b1889 d1967)
Marvin Rainwater: Marvin Karlton Perry (country singer/songwriter with the Ozark Jubilee, b1925)
Buck Ram: Samuel Ram (pop singer/manager/writer of 'The Platters')
Rama V: Phra Paramindr Maha Chulalongkorn (King of Siam (1868-1910)/model for the film The King & I, b1853 d19??)
Walter Ramal: Walter de la Mare (British novelist, b1873 d1956)
Dame Marie Rambert: Cyvia Rambam (Polish ballet dancer/teacher)
Rambo: John Rambo (fictional movie combat veteran)
Ramesses I: Menpehtyre (1st pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, 1295-1294BC)
Ramesses II: Usermaatresetepenre [aka 'Ramesses the Great'] (3rd pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, 1279-1213BC)
Ramesses III: Usermaatremeryamun (2nd pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1184-1153BC)
Ramesses IV: Hekamaatresetepenamun (3rd pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1153-1147BC)
Ramesses V: Usermaatresekheperenre (4th pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1147-1143BC)
Ramesses VI: Nebmaatremeryamun (5th pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1143-1136BC)
Ramesses VII: Usermaatresetepenre (6th pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1136-1129BC)
Ramesses VIII: Usermaatreakhenamun (7th pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1129-1126BC)
Ramesses IX: Neferkaresetepenre (8th pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1126-1108BC)
Ramesses X: Khepermaatresetepenre (9th pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1108-1099BC)
Ramesses XI: Menmaatresetepenptah (10th pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty of Egypt, 1099-1069BC)
CJ Ramone: Christopher Ward (punk rocker with The Ramones)
Dee Dee Ramone: Douglas Colvin (punk rocker with The Ramones)
Joey Ramone: Jeffrey Hyman (punk rocker with The Ramones)
Johnny Ramone: John Cummings (punk rocker with The Ramones)
Marky Ramone: Marc Bell (punk rocker with The Ramones)
Paul Ramone: Paul McCartney (singer/musician/Beatle)
Richie Ramone: Richard Reinhardt (punk rocker with The Ramones)
Tommy Ramone: Tommy Erdelyi (punk rocker with The Ramones)
Tuesday Lobsang Rampa: Cyril Henry Hoskin (British-born Tibetan monk)
Anne Rampling: Anne Rice (writer)
Edogawa Rampo: Hirai Taryo [aka Komatsu Ryonosuke] (Japanese mystery writer, b1894 d1965) {Edogawa Rampo is a play on the Japanese spelling of American gothic author Edgar Allen Poe - "Edoga Waran Pou"}
Ayn Rand: Alisa Rosenbaum [aka Ayn Rand O'Connor) (novelist, b1905 d1982) {'Ayn' was from a Finnish writer she had never read; 'Rand' was part of the name on her typewriter}
Sally Rand: Helen Gould Beck (dancer/stripper/actress)
Tony Randall: Leonard Rosenberg (movie, stage & tv actor/singer, b1920)
Amazing Randi: Randall James Hamilton Zwinge [aka James Randi] (magician/talk-radio host/debunker)
Boots Randolph: Homer Louis Randolph, III (saxophonist/composer, b1927)
George Ranft: George Raft (movie actor, b1895 b1980)
Billy Rankin: Brinsley Schwarz (singer/songwriter/guitarist with Nazareth)
Ranking Roger: Roger Charlery (rock musician with The (English) Beat and General Public, b1961)
Shabba Ranks: Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon (Jamaican dancehall reggae singer, b1966)
Dana Ransom: Nancy Gideon (author)
Raphael: Raffaello Santi (16th-century Italian painter/humanist)
Ahmad Rashad: Bobby Morrow (sportscaster)
Phylicia Rashad: Phylicia Ayers-Allen (stage & tv actress/singer, b1948)
Rasputin: Grigory Yefimovich Novykh (Russian courtier & religious figure)
Ras Tafari I: Haile Selassie (Emperor of Ethiopia)
Ratcatcher: Otis Flanagan (Batman adversary)
Basil Rathbone: Philip St. John Basil Rathbone (South African-born "elementary" movie & stage actor, b1892 d1967)
Ratinho: Carlos Massa (Brazil's billy-club toting "King of Shock Television," who hosts a show of the same name) {Ratinho means "Little Rat"}
Rattlesnake Annie: Rosan Gallimore (blues guitarist/vocalist)
Raven: Scott Levy [aka Scotty the Body, Scotty Flamingo, Scott Anthony, Johnny Polo] (professional wrestler)
Betsy Rawls: Elizabeth Earle Rawls (professional golfer)
Aldo Ray: Aldo DeRe (American movie actor, b1926 d1991)
Johnny Ray: John Alvin Ray [nn: the Prince of Wails] (rhythm & blues singer/songwriter/pianist/actor, b1927 d1990)
Man Ray: Emmanuel Rudnitsky (painter/photographer/Dadaist)
Nicholas Ray: Raymond N. Kienzle (movie actor/director, b1911 d1979)
Martha Raye: Margaret O'Reed [aka Margie Yvonne Reed] (comedienne, b1916 d1994)
Gene Raymond: Raymond Guion (movie & stage actor, b1909 d1998)
Constant Reader: Dorothy Parker (writer)
Nancy Reagan: Anne Frances Nancy Robbins Davis (movie actress/First Lady, b1921)
Pauline Reage: Dominique Aury (author, best known for "The Story of O", b1908 d1998)
Red Baron: Manfred von Ricthoven (German WWII aviator)
Red Jacket: Sa-Go-Ye Wat-Ha (Seneca Indian chief, b1750 d1830)
Rex Reason: Bart Roberts (actor, b1928)
Abdul Rebop: Thomas Craig Wiley [aka Billy Rey, Daddy Billy, The Bop] (Fort Worth TX musician/songwriter/entrepreneur, b1950 d1998)
Red Baron: Manfred Von Ricthoven (notorious German WWI fighter pilot)
Donald Redding: Donald E. Payne (movie, stage & tv actor, b1948)
Robert Redford: Charles Robert Redford, Jr. (movie & tv actor/writer/director, b1937)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tony Flow & The Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem (rock band)
Eivets Rednow: Stevie Wonder (famous harmonica player) {mirror image of his name!}
Dizzy Reed: Darren Reed (heavy metal keyboardist with Guns 'N Roses, b1963)
Donna Reed: Donna Belle Mullenger (movie & tv actress, b1921 d1986)
Jimmy Reed: Mathias James Reed (blues guitarist/vocalist)
Kit Reed: Lillian Craig (writer)
Jerry Reed: Jerry Hubbard (country western singer/songwriter/guitarist/comedian/movie & tv actor, b1937)
Lou Reed: Lewis Allen Reed (singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1942)
Lou Reed: Louis 'Butch' Firbank (singer with Velvet Underground)
Robert Reed: John Robert Rietz (movie, stage & tv actor, b1932 d1992)
Della Reese: Deloreese Patricia Early Taliaferro (singer/tv actress/Angel, b1931)
Pee Wee Reese: Harold Henry Reese [aka "The Little Colonel"] (professional baseball shortstop, b1919)
George Reeves: George Lescher Bessolo [adopted; George Keefer Brewer at birth] (actor/Superman, b1914 d1959)
Mickey Zucker Reichert: Miriam Zucker (writer)
Django Reinhardt: Jean Batist Reinhardt (Belgian-born swing jazz guitarist, b1910 d1953)
Max Reinhardt: Max Goldmann (theatre producer)
Judge Reinhold: Edward Ernest Reinhold, Jr. (movie & tv actor, b1957)
Rembrandt: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (Dutch painter, b1606 d1669)
Ren: Ren Hoek (popular animated caffeinated Chihuahua from the Ren & Stimpy show, b1991)
M.C. Ren: Lorenzo Patterson (rap singer, b@1966)
Duncan Renaldo: Renaldo Duncan (Spanish movie & tv Kid actor/director, b1904 d1980)
Mary Renault: Mary Challans (British historical novelist, b1905 d1983)
Reno: Deborah Mary Vinus [aka Karen Reno] (comedian, b1956)
Paul Reubens: Paul Rubenfeld [aka Pee Wee Herman] (actor/noted masturbator, b1952)
Fernando Rey: Fernando Casado Arambillet (Spanish actor)
Burt Reynolds: Burton Leon Reynolds, Jr. (movie, stage & tv actor/director, b1932)
Debbie Reynolds: Marie Frances Reynolds (tv & movie actress/singer/exerciser, b1932)
Marjorie Reynolds: Marjorie Goodspeed (movie actress, b1921 d1997)
Ron Reynolds: Ray Bradbury (sci-fi author, b1920) {used this NdG in Futuria Fantasia in the Summer of 1939 and the Fall of 1940}
Trent Reznor: Michael Trent Reznor (rock singer lead with Nine Inch Nails)
Ving Rhames: Irving Rhames (movie & tv actor, b1961) {'Ving' was originally a college nickname given him by fellow actor Stanley Tucci}
Dusty Rhodes: James Jamar Rhodes (professional baseball player, b1927)
Nick Rhodes: Nicholas Bates (British rock & roll musician/songwriter with Duran Duran, b1962)
Slim Rhodes: Ethmer Cletus Rhodes (rockabilly band leader/tv host, b1913 d1966)
Busta Rhymes: Trevor Smith (rapper/felon, b1975)
Jean Rhys: Ella Gwendoline Rhys Williams (author)
Nina Ricci: Maria Nielli (European fashion designer)
Anne Rice: Howard Allen O'Brien (writer, b1941) {she renamed herself Anne in kindergarten; Rice is her married name}
Elmer Rice: Elmer Reizenstein (U.S. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright/director, b1892)
Buddy Rich: Bernard Rich (jazz drummer/bandleader/singer, b1917 d1987)
King Richard I: Richard the Lion-Hearted (King of England, 1189-1199)
Cliff Richard: Harry Webb (rock & roll singer, b1940)
Little Richard: Richard Penniman (rock 'n roll singer)
Keith Richards: Keith Richard (British guitarist/songwriter/survivor, b1943) {manager Andrew Loog Oldham had him drop the 's'}
Sarah Richardson: Sarah Richardson Douglas (actress)
Slick Rick: Ricky Walters [aka MC Ricky D] (English-born, Bronx-raised rap singer, b1964)
Nelson Riddle: Lisbon Antigua (trombonist/bandleader/conductor/composer/arranger, b1921 d1985)
Riddler: Edward Nigma (Batman adversary)
Laura Riding: Laura Reichenthal (U.S.poet/critic, b1901)
Kathy Rinaldi: Kathy Stunkel (professional tennis player)
Minnie Riperton: Minnie Riperton Rudolph (R&B 5-octive-range singer/songwriter/Chess player, b1947 d1979)
Ripley: Leroy Ripley [aka Robert Leroy Ripley] (American cartoonist who founded and designed the 'Believe It Or Not' columns)
Tex Ritter: Woodward Maurice Ritter [nn: The Voice of the Western] (country singer/actor, b1905 d1974)
Tex Ritter's horse: White Flash (tv and movie equine)
Chita Rivera: Dolores Conchita Figuero del Rivero (dancer/actress)
Geraldo Rivera: Jerry Miguel Rivers (talk-show host/novelist/attorney/tv reporter with 20/20 eyesight, b1943)
Joan Rivers: Joan Alexandra Sandra Molinsky (comedienne/talk-show host/actress/director, b1933)
Johnny Rivers: John Ramistella (rock singer)
Larry Rivers: Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg (jazz saxaphonist/painter, b1923)
Melissa Rivers: Melissa Warburg Rosenburg (journalist/movie & tv actress/Joan's daughter)
Harold Robbins: Harold Rubin [aka Francis Kane] (novelist, b1916 d1997)
Jerome Robbins: Jerome Rabinowitz (choreographer)
Robert I: Robert Bruce (King of Scotland, 1306-1329, and national hero)
Dr. Robert: Robert Howard (British singer/songwriter/guitarist of Blow Monkeys)
Julia Roberts: Julie Roberts (movie actress/very Pretty Woman, b1967)
Oral Roberts: Granville Oral Roberts (evangelist/publisher, b1918)
Dale Robertson: Dayle Robertson (movie & tv actor, especially westerns, b1923)
Kenneth Robeson: Lester Dent (U.S. science fiction novelist who created Doc Savage character, b1905 d1959)
Robey: Louise Ann Robey [aka Countess of Burford] (Curious Canadian tv actress/singer, b1960)
Robin: Richard Grayson (fictional sidekick of Batman)
Bojangles Robinson: Luther Robinson [aka Bill Robinson; the King of Tapology] (tap dancer/vaudvillian/movie actor, b1878 d1949)
Edward G. Robinson: Emmanuel Goldenberg (movie, stage & tv actor, b1893 d1973)
Sugar Ray Robinson: Walker Smith, Jr. (professional boxer, Middleweight & Welterweight Champ)
Smokey Robinson: William Robinson, Jr. (singer/songwriter)
Rochester: Eddie Anderson (comedian Jack Benny's sidekick, b1905 d1977)
Blossom Rock: Edith Blossom MacDonald [aka Marie Blake] (stage & tv actress - Grandmama on Addams Family, b1896 d1978)
The Rock: Dwayne Johnson (professional wrestler/movie & tv actor/author, b1974)
Happy Rockefeller: Margaretta Fitler Murphy Rockefeller (wife of former NY governor Nelson Rockefeller, b1926?)
John D. Rockefeller: John Davison Rockefeller (industrialist/philanthropist, b1839 d1937)
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: John David Rockefeller, Jr. (financier/philanthropist, b1874 d1960)
Rockin' Granny: Cordell Jackson [nn: "Grandmother of Rock 'n Roll"] (75-year-young rockabilly guitarist/harmonica player/piantist/upright bass player, NOT!)
Knute Rockne: Kenneth Rockne (former Notre Dame football coach)
Gene Roddenberry: Eugene Wesley Roddenberry (writer/tv producer/visionary, b1921 d1991)
Majel B. Roddenberry: Majel Lee Hudec (actress/Enterprising computer voice)
Jane Roe: Norma L. McCorvey (plaintiff in the Roe v. Wade case)
Tommy Roe: Thomas David (singer/songwriter/guitarist, b1942)
Buddy Rogers: Herman Rhode (professional wrestler)
Doug Rogers: Ray Bradbury (sci-fi author, b1920)
Ginger Rogers: Virginia Katherine McMath (singer/dancer/movie & tv actress, b1911 d1995)
Mister Rogers: Fred McFeely Rogers (can you say "children's tv host?", b1928)
Roy Rogers: Leonard Franklin Slye [nn: King of the Cowboys] (movie & tv actor/singing cowboy/entrepreneur that triggered a restaurant chain, b1911 d1998)
Shorty Rogers: Milton M. Rajonsky (jazz trumpeter/composer/arranger/bandleader)
Sax Rohmer: Arthur Sarsfield Wade [aka Arthur Ward] (wBritish crime novelist, b1883? d1959)
Cookie Rojas: Octavio Victor Rivas Rojas (professional baseball player, b1939)
Gilbert Roland: Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso (Mexican movie actor/bullfighter, b1905 d1994)
Rolanda: Rolanda Watts (former tv talk show host)
Henry Rollins: Henry Garfield (punk rock singer/movie & tv commercial actor, b1961)
Sonny Rollins: Theodore Walter Rollins (jazz tenor saxophonist)
Jules Romains: Louis Henri Jean Farigoule (French author, b1885 d1972)
Ruth Roman: Norma Roman (movie actress/Andrea Doria survivor, b1923 d1999)
Lina Romay: Rosa Maria Almirall (Spanish actress/director, b1954)
Mickey Rooney: Joe Yule, Jr. [aka Mickey McGuire] (movie, stage & tv actor, b1920)
Eleanor Roosevelt: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (former U.S. First Lady)
A.N. Roquelaure: Anne Rice (writer)
Axl Rose: William Rose Bailey (rock singer/lead of Guns 'N Roses, b1962)
Billy Rose: William Samuel Rosenberg (composer/songwriter/lyricist/Broadway stage producer)
Dr. Rose: Isaiah Ross (blues singer/drummer/guitarist/harmonica player)
Tokyo Rose: Iva Ikuko Toguri d'Aquino (convicted as a WWII radio propagandist for the Japanese, although she never actually used that generic name - see 'Orphan Ann', b1916
Roseanne: Roseanne Barr (actress/comedienne/producer, b1952)
Roshumba: Roshumba Williams (medical technician/fashion model)
Rosie the Riveter: Rose Will Monroe (poster gal for women joining work force during WWII)
A.H. Ross: Arthur Howie Ross (Canadian hockey player/coach/manager)
Betsy Ross: Elizabeth Griscom (Revolutionary seamstress/inventor/munitions dealer/flag-waver, b1752 d1836)
Diana Ross: Diane Ross Earle (rhythm & blues singer/movie actress, b1944)
Katherine Ross: Dorothy Blake Walter [aka Kay Blake, Katherine Blake] (writer, b1908)
Lillian Roth: Lillian Rutstein (stage actress/singer, b1910 d1980)
Tim Roth: Timothy Simon Smith (movie & tv actor/director, b1961)
Mark Rothko: Marcus Rothkovich (Russian painter, b1903 d1970)
Johnny Rotten: John Lydon (punk rock singer with The Sex Pistols, b1956? b1965?)
Mickey Rourke: Philip Andre Rourke, Jr. (movie actor/writer/boxer/poet, b1956)
Rover: Blair (Collie canine star of the 1904 film Rescued By Rover)
Gena Rowlands: Virginia Rowlands (actress, b1930)
Rozalla: Rozalla Miller (Zambian rave singer)
Pete Rozelle: Alvin Ray Rozelle (National Football League commissioner, 1960-89, b1926 d1996)
Betty Rubble: Betty Jean McBricker (maiden name of this animated cavewoman on The Flintstones)
Rubik: Dr. Erno Rubic (Hungarian educator/mathematician/inventor/puzzling cubist, b1944)
Rick Rubin: Fredrick Jay Rubin (record producer/co-founder of Def-Jam Records, b1963)
Jack Ruby: Jacob Rubenstein (assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald)
David Ruffin: Eli David Ruffin (rhythm & blues baritone with The Temptations, b1941 d1991)
Red Ruffing: Charles Herbert Ruffing (professional baseball pitcher)
Ja Rule: Jeff Atkins (gravel-stoned voiced rhyming rapper, b1980?)
Run: Joseph Simmons [of 'Run-DMC'] (rap singer)
Damon Runyon: Alfred Runyon (journalist/writer)
RuPaul: RuPaul Andre Charles (6'4" female impersonator/movie actor(ess), b1960)
Philip Rush: Ring Larder, Jr. & Ian McLellan Hunter (Hollywood-blacklisted screenwriters)
Dean Rusk: David Rusk (U.S. statesman)
Baldy Russell: Bill Mitchell [aka Bill Russell] (U.S. frontier outlaw/murderer)
Lord Bertrand Russell: Arthur William Russell (English philosopher/author/scientist/mathematician/founder of modern logic, b1872 d1970)
Jane Russell: Ernestine Russell (movie actress/brassiere spokesperson, b1921)
Ken Russell: Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (flamboyant & florid British movie & tv director/writer/producer, b1927)
Leon Russell: Claude Russell Bridges [aka Hank Wilson] (jazz musician/bandleader/composer/songwriter, b1942)
Lillian Russell: Helen Louise Leonard (opera soprano/stage actress/vaudvillian, b1861 d1922)
Pee Wee Russell: Charles Ellsworth Russell (jazz clarinetist)
Theresa Russell: Theresa Paup (movie & stage actress)
Babe Russin: Irving Russin (musician/movie actor, b1911)
Renato Russo: Renato Manfredini Junior (Brazilian singer/musician with Legiao Urbana, b1960 d1996)
Babe Ruth: George Herman Ruth [nn: The Sultan of Swat] (professional baseball player, b1895 d1948)
Baby Ruth: Ruth Cleveland (oldest daughter of Grover/1st child born in the Whte House/candybar namesake)
Baby Ruth: Kandy Kake (original name of the candy confection prior to its being renamed after the President's daughter)
Chico Ryan: Dave Ryan (singer with 'Sha Na Na')
Meg Ryan: Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (movie actress, b1961)
Nolan Ryan: Lynn Ryan (baseball pitcher)
Bobby Rydel: Robert Lugi Ridarelli (singer)
Mitch Ryder: William S. Levise, Jr. (rock & roll singer/songwriter/bandleader of the Detroit Wheels)
Winona Ryder: Winona Laura Horowitz [nn: "Wanna Ride Her"] (rock star groupie/movie actress, b1971)
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