Persons

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Ryan Reynolds

Canadian-American actor

Ryan Rodney Reynoldsis a Canadian-American actor, film producer, and businessman. He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993), and had minor roles before landing ...

Jonathan Neil Reynolds

Politician

Jonathan Neil Reynoldsis a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010. He was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet by Kei...

David Reynolds

American screenwriter

David Reynoldsis an American screenwriter for television and film. His credits include the Disney animated films The Emperor's New Groove and Finding Nemo. Career In the early 1990s, he became a telev...

Ryan Reynolds

Canadian-American actor

Ryan Rodney Reynoldsis a Canadian-American actor, film producer, and businessman. He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside (1991–1993), and had minor roles before landing ...

Trent Reznor

American singer

Michael Trent Reznoris an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He came to prominence as the founder, lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter of the industrial rock b...

Shonda Rhimes

American television producer

Shonda Lynn Rhimesis an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland. Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Rh...

Nick Rhodes

English musician

Nick Rhodesis an English musician, singer and producer, best known as the founder, keyboardist, and only continuous member of the band Duran Duran. He is also informally monikered as "The Controller",...

Jordan Rhodes

Scottish professional footballer

Jordan Luke Rhodesis a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Blackpool, on loan from Championship club Huddersfield Town. Born in England, he represented the Scot...

Cody Rhodes

American professional wrestler and actor

Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodesis an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE since March 2022, where he performs on the SmackDown brand and is the Undisputed WWE Champion, recognized...

Timothy Rice

English lyricist and author

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice(born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist and author. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, Joseph ...

Declan Rice

English professional footballer

Declan Riceis an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. Rice began his professional career at West Ham Unite...

Nicola Faye Richards

Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East

Nicola Faye Richards(born 19 December 1994) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East since the 2019 general election. Early life an...

Kyle Richards

American actress

Kyle Egan Richards Umanskyis an American actress, socialite, and television personality. Since 2010, she has appeared as a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and as of 2025, is ...

Keith Richards

English musician, singer, and songwriter

Keith Richards, often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s asKeith Richard, is an English musician, singer, and songwriter, who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondar...

Diane (Diane Parish) Richards

English actress

Diane Carol Richards, known professionally asDiane Parish, is an English actress, who has been portraying the character Denise Fox on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders since 2006. A graduate of the Ro...

Damien Richardson

Australian far-right activist and former actor

Damien Richardsonis an Australian far-right activist and former actor. Richardson is best known for being a Nazi, and less so for his roles as Detective Matt Ryan in the crime drama City Homicide, whi...

Jon Richardson

English comedian

Jon Joel Richardson(born 1982/1983) is an English comedian. He is known for his appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and his work as co-host with Russell Howard on BBC R...

Bradley Riches

English actor and writer

Bradley Stephen Richesis an English actor and writer. After appearing in various stage productions, he was cast as James McEwan on the Netflix series Heartstopper in 2022. Riches then appeared as a ho...

Helene Richman

Politician

Helene Richmanwas a Lib Dem member of the Barnet London Borough Council who served as councillor for the West Hendon ward. Originally a Conservative Party councillor, she defected to the Liberal Democ...

Alan Rickman

English actor and director

Alan Sidney Patrick Rickmanwas an English actor and director. Known for his distinctive deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and became a member of the...