Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Dominic Rennie Raab
Foreign Secretary
Dominic Rennie Raab(born 25 February 1974) is a British politician, serving as First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since July 2019. A memb...
Daniel Radcliffe
English actor
Daniel Jacob Radcliffeis an English actor. He rose to fame at age twelve, when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. Over his career, Radcliffe has received various awa...
Johannes Radebe
Dancer and choreographer
Johannes Radebeis a South African-born British dancer and choreographer. He is best known for being a professional dancer on the BBC One dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing. Career Radebe began ...
Emma Raducanu
British professional tennis player
Emma Raducanuis a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on 11 July 2022, and is a former British No. 1. Raducanu is th...
Mohammad Lutfur Rahman
Leader of Tower Hamlets First
Mohammad Lutfur Rahman(born 12 September 1965), known as Lutfur Rahman, is a Bangladesh-born British former solicitor and politician, who was the first directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, a Borou...
Ma Gertrude Rainey
American blues singer
Gertrude "Ma" Raineywas an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist. Dubbed the "Mother of the Blues", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of southern...
Molly Rainford
English actress
Molly Anne Rainfordis an English actress, singer and television presenter. She was a finalist on the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2012 and was one of the presenters on Friday Download betwe...
Amol Rajan
British journalist
Amol Rajanis an Indian-born British journalist, broadcaster and writer. He was the media editor of BBC News from December 2016 to January 2023, and has been a presenter on the Today programme on BBC R...
Jesurun Rak-sakyi
English professional footballer
Jesurun Rak-Sakyiis an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for League One club Charlton Athletic on loan from Crystal Palace. Career Crystal Palace Rak-Sakyi was originall...
Tamara Ralph
Australian fashion designer
Tamara Ralphis an Australian fashion designer who is the former Creative Director and co-founder of Ralph & Russo. She is the founder of her eponymous label, Tamara Ralph. Career In 2010, she founded ...
Vivek Ramaswamy
Co-founder of Strive Asset Management
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamyis an American entrepreneur and politician. He is a candidate in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. Ramaswamy founded the biopharmaceutical company Roivant Scie...
Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Prime minister of Mauritius
Navinchandra Ramgoolamis a Mauritian politician and doctor serving as prime minister of Mauritius for the third time following the 2024 general election, after the landslide victory of his coalition A...
Jose Ramirez
American professional boxer
José Carlos Ramírezis an American professional boxer. He is a former unified champion at light welterweight, having held the World Boxing Council (WBC) title from 2018 to 2021 and the World Boxing Org...
Catherine Rampell
Journalist
Catherine Chelsea Rampellis an American opinion journalist and nationally syndicated opinion columnist. Career Rampell is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post and a member of The Washington Po...
Adrian Ramsay
Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
Adrian Philip Ramsayis a British politician and co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Carla Denyer. He was previously the deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales fr...
Matilda Ramsay
English television presenter
Matilda Elizabeth Ramsayis an English television presenter, cook and social media influencer best known for presenting the BBC cooking show Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch on CBBC alongside her family. R...
Tana Ramsay
English TV broadcaster
Cayetana Elizabeth "Tana" Ramsayis an English TV broadcaster and author of several cookery books. Career Ramsay trained as a Montessori teacher. In 2010, Ramsay appeared on the ITV show Dancing on Ice...
Gordon Ramsay
British celebrity chef
Gordon James Ramsayis a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin st...
Aaron Ramsdale
English professional footballer
Aaron Christopher Ramsdaleis an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. Ramsdale began his senior club career playing f...
Isabella Ramsey
English actress
Isabella May Ramsey(born September 2003) is an English actor. They are known for their breakthrough role as young noblewoman Lyanna Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2016–2...