Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Seth Rogen
Canadian actor
Seth Aaron Rogenis a Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker. Originally a stand-up comedian in Vancouver, he moved to Los Angeles for a part in Judd Apatow's series Freaks and Geeks in 1999, and got a...
Dimitri (Rich the Kid) Roger
American rapper
Dimitri Leslie Roger, known professionally asRich the Kid, is an American rapper from College Park, Georgia. After a number of independent mixtapes, he signed with Interscope Records in 2017 to releas...
RogerEbert.com
Communication and Internet
RogerEbert.com is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times and also shares other critics' r
Margaret Rogers
American singer-songwriter
Margaret Debay Rogersis an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Easton, Maryland. Her big break came when her song "Alaska" was played to Pharrell Williams during a master class at New ...
Kenneth Rogoff
American economist
Kenneth Saul Rogoffis an American economist and chess Grandmaster. He is the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and professor of economics at Harvard University. During the Great Recession, Ro...
Roku
Industry and Production
Roku, Inc. is an American publicly traded company based in San Jose, California, that manufactures a variety of digital media players for video streaming. Roku has an ad
Rolex
Consumer goods
Rolex is a Swiss luxury watchmaker and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis by German businessman Hans Wilsdorf and his eventual brother-in-law Alfred Davis
Louisa Rolfe
Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations in the Metropolitan Police
Louisa Rolfeis a senior British police officer. She currently serves as Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations in the Metropolitan Police, having been Deputy Chief Constable of West Midlands Police...
Fabrizio Romano
Italian sports journalist
Fabrizio Romanois an Italian sports journalist. Specializing in news about football transfers, he is known for his use of the tagline "Here we go!", used when announcing a transfer deal. Career Romano...
Tony Rombola
American musician
Tony Rombolais an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the Boston-based rock band Godsmack since the mid-1990s. Rombola has been cited as "an extraodinaire" in th...
Rolando Romero
American professional boxer
Rolando Florencio Romero Moreno, known asRolly Romero, is an American professional boxer. Romero first gained championship recognition in August 2020, when he captured the World Boxing Association (WB...
Saoirse Ronan
American-born Irish actress
Saoirse Una Ronanis an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas since adolescence, she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, in addition to ...
Mark Ronson
British-American songwriter and record producer
Mark Daniel Ronsonis a British-American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. He is best known for his collaborations with artists such as Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga...
Coleen Rooney
English former television personality
Coleen Mary Rooneyis an English former television personality. She is married to English football manager and former player Wayne Rooney. Career Rooney wrote a column for celebrity magazine Closer ent...
Wayne Rooney
English professional football manager
Wayne Mark Rooneyis an English professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Major League Soccer club D.C. United in the United States. He spent much of his playing career ...
Joseph Root
English international cricketer
Joseph Edward Rootis an English international cricketer, who plays for the English cricket team and formerly captained the Test team. He is regarded as one of the best batsmen of the modern era. He al...
Roots4Life
Healthcare
Roots4Life is an innovative charity set up to address the physical and mental health challenges that come with malnutrition and social isolation.
Alison Rose
Chief executive of NatWest Group
Alison Rose(born 1969) is a British banker, and chief executive (CEO) of NatWest Group since November 2019; she is the first woman to lead a major UK lender. Early life Rose was born in 1969. She grew...
Brian Rose
Podcaster
Brian Roseis an American-born podcaster based in London. He is the host of London Real, a podcast and former YouTube channel he founded in 2011. Career In 2011, Rose founded the podcast and YouTube ch...
Alison Rose-slade
British banker
Dame Alison Marie Rose-Sladeis a British banker, who was chief executive (CEO) of NatWest Group from November 2019 to July 2023, when she was required to resign for what she admitted was a "serious er...