Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Zheng Qinwen
Chinese professional tennis player
Zheng Qinwenis a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 15 January 2024. Zheng has won two WTA T...
Margaret Sarah Qualley
American actress
Sarah Margaret Qualleyis an American actress. The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, she trained as a ballerina in her youth. She made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto and gained re...
Jeremy Mark Quin
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
Jeremy Mark Quinis a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham since the 2015 general election.[1] Early life[edit] Educated at St Albans School, He...
Noel Paul Quinn
Chief executive of HSBC
Noel Paul Quinn(born 13 January 1962) is a British banking businessman who is the chief executive (CEO) of HSBC since March 2020, having succeeded John Flint. He initially assumed the role on an inter...
Christine Quinn
American actress
Christine Quinnis an American actress, real estate agent, and television personality. She is best known for her role in the hit Netflix reality series Selling Sunset, where she gained fame for her bol...
James Quinn
Actor
James Quinnis actor. James can currently be seen in series 5 of ITV’s popular crime drama ‘Unforgotten’ and will soon be seen in a new BBC drama ‘The Reckoning’. He will be filming a recurring role in...
Joseph Quinn
English actor
Joseph Quinnis an English actor. He is best known for his role as Eddie Munson in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things (2022). His previous appearances were in the BBC One series Di...
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...