Celebrities Starting with R.

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114 celebrities starting with R, including Raquel Welch, Robert De Niro and Ryan Reynolds. Browse profiles by profession, country and birth year.

114 celebrities on Famousy have a name that starts with R. Ranked by popularity, the best known are Raquel Welch, Robert De Niro, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Downey Jr., Reese Witherspoon and Ron Howard. The most common professions are actors (74), screenwriters (49), writers (46) and producers (43). The best-represented countries are United States (63), United Kingdom (23) and Germany (5). Birth years run from 1813 to 1990, and the most common birth decade is the 1920s (19 people). The earliest-born is Richard Wagner (1813) and the most recently born is Rita Ora (1990). 29 of them are living, and 85 have passed away. Among those still living, Robert De Niro is the best known. The group includes 20 women and 94 men. Browse every profile below, or jump to another letter from the A to Z index.

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Rutger Hauer

Netherlands

Rutger Hauer portrayed replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner 1982 and worked for more than five decades. Born in Breukelen, Netherlands, he gained fame in Dutch films before moving to Hollywood. He won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the TV film Escape from Sobibor 1987. Hauer died of cancer in 2019 at 75.

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