Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Charlotte Ritchie
English actress and singer
Charlotte Ritchieis an English actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Alison in Ghosts, Oregon in Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat, Hannah in Siblings, Alison in Dead Pixels, Barbara Gilber...
Robert Ritchie
American singer, songwriter and rapper
Robert James Ritchieis an American singer, songwriter and rapper. His style alternates between rock, hip hop, country, and heavy metal. A self-taught musician, he plays every instrument in his backing...
Kane Ritchotte
American actor
Kane Ritchotteis an American actor born on October 11, 1991 in New Orleans, the son of guitarist Rocket Ritchotte. He was revealed by the Monk series where he played the role of Benjy Fleming until 20...
Alan Ritchson
American actor
Alan Michael Ritchsonis an American actor. He made his acting debut as Aquaman / Arthur Curry on The CW superhero series Smallville (2005–2010), where he appeared as a guest star between the fifth and...
Mohammad Rizwan
Pakistani international cricketer
Mohammad Rizwanis a Pakistani international cricketer who has represented Pakistan in international cricket since 2015 and captains Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans. He is widely r...
Nabhaan Rizwan
British actor
Nabhaan Rizwanis a British actor known for crime drama Informer, his supporting roles in The Accident and 1917, and the miniseries Station Eleven. More recently, he portrays Dionysus in the 2024 serie...
Patrick Roach
General secretary at NASUWT
Patrick Roach(born 1965) is a British trade unionist. Early life and education Roach was born in Walsall to parents who had immigrated from Jamaica. He hoped to become a schoolteacher but did not secu...
William Roache
English actor
William Patrick Roacheis an English actor. He is best known for playing Ken Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and is the longest-serving cast member in the series as well as a world recor...
Margot Robbie
Australian actress and producer
Margot Elise Robbieis an Australian actress and producer. Known for her work in both blockbuster and independent films, she has received various awards and nominations, including nominations for two A...
Donald Robert
Chairman of the Society and Nominating Committee of the London Stock Exchange
Robert Donaldis appointed to the Board of the London Stock Exchange on 1 January 2019. Key areas of experience: Data and analytics, technology, international business, financial services, mergers and ...
Nicola Roberts
British pop singer
Nicola Maria Robertsis a British pop singer. She rose to prominence in late 2002 upon winning a place in Girls Aloud, a girl group created through ITV's Popstars: The Rivals. The group's success helpe...
Justine Juliette Alice Roberts
Founder and chief executive of British websites Mumsnet and Gransnet
Justine Juliette Alice RobertsCBE (born October 1967) is the founder and chief executive of British websites Mumsnet and Gransnet. Early life Roberts was educated at Guildford High School and at New C...
Simon John Roberts
Chief Executive Officer of Sainsbury's
Simon John Roberts(born 26 January 1971) is a British businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Sainsbury's since 1 June 2020, having previously been retail operations director. He is a fo...
Adele Roberts
British broadcaster
Adele Claire Robertsis a British broadcaster and reality TV personality and DJ, known for her work on BBC Radio 1. Her best known television appearances were in Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me O...
Andrew Robertson
Scottish professional footballer
Andrew Henry Robertsonis a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Scotland national team. Regarded as one of the best left-backs i...
Darick Robertson
American artist
Darick W. Robertsonis an American comic book artist best known for co-creating and illustrating major titles including Transmetropolitan and The Boys. Robertson became widely recognized for his work o...
Scott Robertson
New Zealand rugby union coach and former player
Scott Robertsonis a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He is currently the coach of Super Rugby side Crusaders. He has been announced as the next head coach of the New Zealand national t...
Danny Robins
English comedy writer and performer
Danny Robinsis an English comedy writer and performer, broadcaster and journalist. Career Robins began his comedy career as a teenager doing stand-up in his home town of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he ...
Nathaniel Robinson
American former professional basketball player
Nathaniel Cornelius Robinsonis an American former professional basketball player. Born in Seattle, Robinson played college basketball for the University of Washington in Seattle and was the 21st pick ...
Nicholas Robinson
British journalist
Nicholas Anthony Robinsonis a British journalist, currently a presenter on the BBC's Today programme. Prior to this he spent ten years as political editor for the BBC and has had many other roles with...