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• 1222 CEQalawunQalāwūn aṣ-Ṣāliḥī (Arabic: قلاوون الصالحي, c. 1222 – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Turkic Bahri Mamluk…
• 1863 CEQasim AminQasim Amin (pronounced [ˈʔæːsem ʔæˈmiːn], Egyptian Arabic: قاسم أمين‎; 1 December 1863 – 12 April 1908) was…
• 660 CEQasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi BakrAl-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr (Arabic: قاسم إبن محمد) (born 36 or 38 AH and died 106 AH or 108 AH…
• 1953 CEQasym-Zhomart ToqaevKassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev (born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who has served as the…
• 680 CEQatādah ibn DiʿāmahQatada ibn Di'amah al-Sadusi or Abu Khattab (Arabic: قتادة بن دعامة السدوسي) (died 117 AH/735 AD) was a…
• 644 CEQays Ibn al-MulawwahQays ibn al-Moullawwah (Arabic: قَيْسُ بْنُ الْمُلَوَّحِ بْنُ مُزَاحِمٍ الْعَامِرِيّ, romanized: Qays ibn…
• 1913 CEQian XiulingQian Xiuling (13 March 1913 – 1 August 2008), or Siou-Ling Tsien de Perlinghi, was a Chinese-Belgian…
• 1711 CEQianlong EmperorThe Qianlong Emperor (25 September 1711 – 7 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of…
• 199 CEQiao ZhouQiao Zhou (c.199 – late 270), courtesy name Yunnan, was a Chinese astronomer, historian, politician, and…
• 2710 BCEQiboQibo (Chinese: 岐伯; pinyin: Qíbó) was a mythological Chinese doctor, employed by the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi)…
• 581 CEQilibi KhanYiminishuqilibi Qaghan (乙彌泥孰俟力苾可汗), personal name Ashina Simo (阿史那思摩), and commonly known as Qilibi Qaghan…
• 1208 CEQin JiushaoQin Jiushao (Chinese: 秦九韶; pinyin: Qín Jiǔsháo; Wade–Giles: Ch'in Chiu-shao, ca. 1202–1261), courtesy name…
• 1568 CEQovsi TabriziQovsi Tabrizi (Azerbaijani: قوسی تبریزلی; Persian: قوسی تبریزی; born Alijan Ismailoghlu Qovsi) was a…
• 1341 CEQu YouQu You (Chinese: 瞿佑; pinyin: Qú Yòu; Wade–Giles: Ch'ü Yu, 1341–1427), courtesy name Zongji (宗吉) and…
• 342 BCEQu YuanQu Yuan (c. 340 BC – 278 BC) was a Chinese poet and political figure of the State of Chu during the Warring…
• 1752 CEQuang TrungEmperor Quang Trung (Vietnamese: [kwāːŋ ʈūŋm]; chữ Hán: 光中, 1753 – 16 September 1792) or Nguyễn Huệ (chữ Hán…
• 1755 CEQuatremère de QuincyAntoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy (21 October 1755 – 28 December 1849) was a French armchair…
• 873 CEQudama ibn Ja'farQudāma ibn Jaʿfar al-Kātib al-Baghdādī (Arabic: قدامة بن جعفر الكاتب البغدادي; c. 873 – c. 932/948), was a…
• 1951 CEQueen Noor of JordanNoor Al Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951) is an American-born Jordanian…
• 1928 CEQueen Ratna of NepalRatna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (born 19 August 1928) is a member of the Nepalese royal family who was the…
• 1946 CEQueen Saleha of BruneiSaleha binti Mohamed Alam bin Abdul Rahman (born 7 October 1946) is Queen of Brunei as the wife of Sultan…
• 606 CEQueen Seondeok of SillaQueen Seondeok (Korean: 선덕여왕 Korean pronunciation: [sʌn.dʌk jʌ.waŋ]; Unknown – 20 February [O.S. 17 February]…
• 1933 CEQuincy JonesQuincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer and composer.…
• 1932 CEQuinoJoaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón (17 July 1932 – 30 September 2020), better known by his pen name Quino…
• 1456 CEQuinten MetsysQuentin Matsys (UK: MAT-sysse, US: MAHT-sysse; also Massys or Metsys; Flemish: Quinten Matsijs [ˈkʋɪntə…
• 35 CEQuintilianMarcus Fabius Quintilianus (Latin: [kʷiːntɪliˈaːnʊs]; c. 35 – c. 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician…
• 212 CEQuintillusMarcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus (died 270) was a short-lived Roman emperor. He took power after the death…
• 200 CEQuintus Antistius AdventusQuintus Antistius Adventus (c. 120 AD – after 175 AD) was a Roman politician and general. He commanded a…
• 345 CEQuintus Aurelius SymmachusQuintus Aurelius Symmachus signo Eusebius (Classical Latin: [ˈsʏmmakʰʊs]; c. 345 – 402) was a Roman…
• 300 BCEQuintus Baebius TamphilusQuintus Baebius Tamphilus (fl. late-3rd century BC) was a praetor of the Roman Republic who participated in…
• 244 BCEQuintus Caecilius MetellusQuintus Caecilius Metellus (c. 250 BC – 175 BC) was a pontiff in 216 BC, aedile of the plebeians in 209 BC…
• 200 BCEQuintus Caecilius Metellus MacedonicusQuintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (c. 188 BC – 116 BC/115 BC) was a statesman and general of the Roman…
• 151 BCEQuintus Caecilius Metellus NumidicusQuintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (c. 155 BC – c. 91 BC) was an ancient Roman statesman and general. He…
• 98 BCEQuintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio NasicaQuintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (c. 95 – 46 BC), often referred to as Metellus Scipio, was a Roman…
• 500 BCEQuintus Fabius AmbustusQuintus Fabius Ambustus (flourished early 4th century BC) was a military leader of the Roman Republic, and…
• 500 BCEQuintus Fabius VibulanusQuintus Fabius Vibulanus, son of Marcus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 483 BC), was consul of the Roman Republic…
• 113 BCEQuintus HortensiusQuintus Hortensius Hortalus (114–50 BC) was a Roman lawyer, an orator and a statesman. Politically he…
• 149 BCEQuintus Lutatius CatulusQuintus Lutatius Catulus (149–87 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 102 BC. His consular colleague was…
• 227 BCEQuintus Minucius ThermusQuintus Minucius Thermus (died 188 BC) was a Roman statesman and military commander. In 202, Minucius Thermus…
• 139 BCEQuintus Mucius Scaevola PontifexQuintus Mucius Scaevola "Pontifex" (140–82 BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic and an important early…
• 100 BCEQuintus PediusQuintus Pedius (c. 92 BC – late 43 BC) was a Roman politician and general who lived during the late Republic.…
• 100 BCEQuintus PediusQuintus Pedius (died about 13) was a Roman painter and the first deaf person in recorded history known by…
• 122 BCEQuintus SertoriusQuintus Sertorius (c. 126 BC – 73 or 72 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who led a large-scale rebellion…
• 400 CEQuintus SmyrnaeusQuintus Smyrnaeus (also Quintus of Smyrna; Greek: Κόϊντος Σμυρναῖος, Kointos Smyrnaios) was a Greek epic poet…
• 101 BCEQuintus Tullius CiceroQuintus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ər-oh, Classical Latin: [ˈkʷiːntʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 102 BC – 43 BC) was a…
• 1927 CEQurratulain HyderQurratulain Hyder (20 January 1927 – 21 August 2007) was an Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer…
• 820 CEQusta ibn LuqaQusta ibn Luqa (قسطا ابن لوقا, "Costas son of Luke"), also known as Costa ben Luca or Constabulus (820–912)…
• 1236 CEQutb al-Din al-ShiraziQotb al-Din Mahmoud b. Zia al-Din Mas'ud b. Mosleh Shirazi (Persian: قطب‌الدینْ محمود بن ضیاءالدینْ مسعود بن…
• 1364 CEQāḍī Zāda al-RūmīQāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī (1364 in Bursa, Ottoman Empire – 1436 in Samarqand, Timurid Empire), whose actual name was…

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• 1927 CER. D. LaingRonald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989) was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on…
• 1889 CER. G. CollingwoodRobin George Collingwood (22 February 1889 – 9 January 1943) was an English philosopher, historian and…
• 1967 CER. KellyRobert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), known professionally as R. Kelly, is an American former…
• 1933 CER. Murray SchaferRaymond Murray Schafer (July 18, 1933 – August 14, 2021) was a Canadian composer, writer, music educator, and…
• 1905 CERa'ana Liaquat Ali KhanBegum Ra'ana Liaqat Ali Khan (Urdu: رعنا لياقت على خان, known as Gul-i-Rana; 13 February 1905 – 13 June 1990)…
• 370 CERaban Gamaliel VIGamaliel VI (רבן גמליאל השישי; c. 370–425) was the last nasi of the ancient Sanhedrin. Gamaliel came into…
• 776 CERabanus MaurusRabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. 780 – 4 February 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, was a Frankish…
• 1220 CERabban Bar SaumaRabban Bar Ṣawma (Syriac language: ܪܒܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ, [rɑbbɑn bɑrsˤɑwma]; c. 1220 – January 1294), also known as…
• 101 CERabbi NehemiahRabbi Nehemiah was a rabbi who lived circa 150 AD (fourth generation of tannaim). He was one of the great…
• 710 CERabia of BasriRābiʼa al-ʼAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية; c. 716 – 801 CE) or Rabia Basri was a poet…
• 1861 CERabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore (Bengali: [robind̪ɾonat̪ʰ ʈʰakuɾ]; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), was a Bengali poet…
• 50 CERabiriusRabirius was an ancient Roman architect who lived during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. His designs included…
• 1907 CERachel CarsonRachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and…
• 1995 CERachel SennottRachel Anne Sennott ( SE-nit; born September 19, 1995) is an American actress, screenwriter and comedian.…
• 1450 CERachela FiszelRachela Fiszel (fl. 1496 – fl.1519), was a Polish banker, primarily living and working in Krakow. She was the…
• 1829 CERadama IIRadama II (September 23, 1829 – May 12, 1863 [contested]) was the son and heir of Queen Ranavalona I and…
• 518 CERadegundRadegund (Latin: Radegundis; also spelled Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund; c. 520 – 13 August 587) was a…
• 1873 CERadoje DomanovićRadoje Domanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радоје Домановић; February 16, 1873 – August 17, 1908) was a Serbian…
• 1945 CERadovan KaradžićRadovan Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић, pronounced [râdovaːn kâradʒitɕ]; born 19 June 1945) is a…
• 1500 CERadu PaisieRadu VII Paisie, officially Radul voievod(a) (Church Slavonic: Радул воєвода; Greek: Ῥαδουλ-Βοδα, romanized…
• 1438 CERadu cel FrumosRadu III of Wallachia, commonly called Radu the Handsome, Radu the Fair, or Radu the Beautiful (Romanian…
• 1937 CERafael MoneoJosé Rafael Moneo Vallés (born 9 May 1937) is a Spanish architect. He won the Pritzker Prize for architecture…
• 1986 CERafael NadalExcmo. Sr. D. Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera, 1st Marquess of Llevant de Mallorca (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish…
• 1927 CERafael Sánchez FerlosioRafael Sánchez Ferlosio (4 December 1927 – 1 April 2019) was a Spanish writer. In 2004 he was awarded the…
• 1891 CERafael TrujilloRafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( troo-HEE-yoh; Spanish: [rafaˈel tɾuˈxiʝo]; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961)…
• 1784 CERafael del RiegoCaptain-General Rafael del Riego y Flórez (7 April 1784 – 7 November 1823) was a Spanish Army officer and…
• 1671 CERafi-ush-ShanRafi-ul-Qadr (Persian: رفیع القدر) (29 – 1671 March 1712), better known by his title, Mirza Rafi' ush-Shan…
• 1963 CERaghuram RajanRaghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller…
• 1900 CERagnar GranitRagnar Arthur Granit (30 October 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a Finnish and Swedish neurophysiologist who was…
• 1909 CERahi Mo'ayyeriRahi Mo'ayeri (Persian: رهی معیری; 30 April 1909 – 15 November 1968), né: Mohammad Hasan Mo'ayyeri (Persian…
• 1959 CERahm EmanuelRahm Israel Emanuel (born November 29, 1959) is an American politician and diplomat. A member of the…
• 1632 CERahman BabaAbdur Rahmān Momand (Pashto: عبدالرحمان بابا; c. 1632 – 1706) or Rahmān Bābā (Pashto: رحمان بابا), was a…
• 1893 CERahul SankrityayanRahul Sankrityayan (born Kedarnath Pandey; 9 April 1893 – 14 April 1963) was an Indian author, essayist…
• 1147 CERaimbaut d'AurengaRaimbaut of Orange (Old Provençal: Raimbaut d'Aurenga; c. 1147 – 1173) was the lord of Orange and Aumelas and…
• 1155 CERaimbaut de VaqueirasRaimbaut de Vaqueiras or Vaqueyras (fl. 1180 – 1207) was a Provençal troubadour and, later in his life…
• 1966 CERaimonds VējonisRaimonds Vējonis ([ˈrajmɔnts ˈvæːjuɔnis]; born 15 June 1966) is a Latvian politician who served as the 9th…
• 1875 CERainer Maria RilkeRené Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), known as Rainer Maria Rilke…
• 1932 CERainer WeissRainer Weiss ( WYSSE, German: [vaɪs]; September 29, 1932 – August 25, 2025) was a German-American physicist…
• 1923 CERainier III, Prince of MonacoRainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005) was Prince of Monaco…
• 1882 CERais Ali DelvariRais-Ali Delvari (Persian: رئیسعلی دلواری) was an Iranian military leader. He is remembered as a national…
• 1932 CERaisa GorbachevaRaisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (née Titarenko; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet and Russian…
• 1629 CERaj Singh IMaharana Raj Singh I (24 September 1629 – 22 October 1680) was the Maharana of Mewar Kingdom (r. 1652–1680)…
• 1848 CERaja Ravi VarmaRaja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [ɾaːd͡ʒaː ɾɐʋi ʋɐrmːɐ]) (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter.…
• 1884 CERajendra PrasadRajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar…
• 1967 CERajiv DixitRajiv Dixit (30 November 1967 – 30 November 2010) was an Indian social activist who founded the Azadi Bachao…
• 1951 CERajnath SinghRajnath Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [ɾɑːd͡ʒnɑːt̪ʰ sɪŋɡʱ]; born 10 July 1951) is an Indian politician and…
• 1949 CERakesh SharmaRakesh Sharma (born 13 January 1949) is an Indian cosmonaut and a pilot of the Indian Air Force. He became…
• 1904 CERalph BuncheRalph Johnson Bunche ( BUNCH; August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist and…
• 1922 CERalph H. BaerRalph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-born American…
• 1936 CERalph MetznerRalph Metzner (May 18, 1936 – March 14, 2019) was a German-born American psychologist, writer and researcher…
• 1943 CERalph SteinmanRalph Marvin Steinman (January 14, 1943 – September 30, 2011) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher…
• 1803 CERalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American…
• 1080 CERalph of CaenRalph of Caen (also known as Radulphus Cadomensis) (c. 1080 – c. 1120) was a Norman chaplain and author of…
• 1772 CERam Mohan RoyRaja Ram Mohan Roy (Bengali pronunciation: [ram moɦɔn rae̯]; 22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833) was an Indian…
• 1927 CERam NarayanRam Narayan (IPA: [raːm naːˈɾaːjəɳ]; 25 December 1927 – 9 November 2024), often referred to with the title…
• 1945 CERam Nath KovindRam Nath Kovind (Hindi: Rām Nāth Kovind, pronounced [ɾɑm nɑt̪ʰ koʋɪnd̪]; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian…
• 1730 CERam Singh of MarwarMaharaja Ram Singh (28 July 1730 – September 1772), was the Rathore Ruler of Marwar Kingdom, also called…
• 1239 CERama KhamhaengRamkhamhaeng (Thai: รามคำแหง, pronounced [rāːm kʰām hɛ̌ːŋ] ), commonly known as Pho Khun Ramkhamhaeng the…
• 1836 CERamakrishnaRamakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also called Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (pronounced [ramɔkriʂno…
• 1879 CERamana MaharshiRamana Maharshi (pronounced [ˈɾɐ.mɐ.ɳɐ mɐˈɦɐɾ.ʂi]; 30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian Hindu sage…
• 1300 BCERamesses IMenpehtyre Ramesses I was the founding pharaoh of ancient Egypt's 19th Dynasty. The dates for his short reign…
• 1302 BCERamesses IIRamesses II (Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ-ms-sw, Rīꜥa-masē-sə, Ancient Egyptian pronunciation: [ɾiːʕamaˈseːsə]; c.…
• 1216 BCERamesses IIIUsermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. Some…
• 1958 CERami HamdallahRami Hamdallah (Arabic: رامي الحمد الله, romanized: Rāmī al-Ḥamd Allāh; born 10 August 1958) is a Palestinian…
• 1232 CERamon LlullRamon Llull (Catalan: [rəˈmoɲ ˈʎuʎ]; c. 1232 – 1316), sometimes anglicized as Raymond Lully, was a Catholic…
• 1907 CERamon MagsaysayRamon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino politician and military…
• 1265 CERamon MuntanerRamon Muntaner (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈmom muntəˈne]) (1265 – 1336) was a Catalan mercenary and writer…
• 1866 CERamsay MacDonaldJames Ramsay MacDonald (né James McDonald Ramsay; 12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was Prime Minister of…
• 1976 CERamzan KadyrovRamzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who is currently serving as the head…
• 1869 CERamón Menéndez PidalRamón Menéndez Pidal (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈmom meˈnendeθ piˈðal]; 13 March 1869 – 14 November 1968) was…
• 1467 CERamón de CardonaRamon Folc de Cardona i Anglesola (Italian: Raimondo di Cardona) (1467 – 10 March 1522) was a Spanish general…
• 1830 CERanbir Singh I of KashmirRanbir Singh (August 1830 – 12 September 1885) was Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir belonging to the Dogra…
• 1963 CERand PaulRandal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician serving as the junior United States…
• 1898 CERandolph ScottGeorge Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor, whose Hollywood career…
• 1946 CERandy GardnerRandy Gardner is an American man from San Diego, California, who once held the record for the longest amount…
• 1948 CERandy SchekmanRandy Wayne Schekman (born December 30, 1948) is an American cell biologist at the University of California…
• 1730 CERani Velu NachiyarRani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She…
• 1934 CERaniero CantalamessaRaniero Cantalamessa (born 22 July 1934) is an Italian Catholic cardinal, Capuchin priest, and theologian. He…
• 1944 CERanulph FiennesSir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet (born 7 March 1944) is an English explorer and writer, who…
• 1886 CERaoul HausmannRaoul Hausmann (July 12, 1886 – February 1, 1971) was an Austrian artist and writer. One of the key figures…
• 1912 CERaoul WallenbergRaoul Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945) was a Swedish architect, businessman…
• 1483 CERaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian: [raffaˈɛllo ˈsantsjo da urˈbiːno]; March 28 or 6 April 1483 – 6 April…
• 1040 CERashiShlomo Yitzchaki (Hebrew: רבי שלמה יצחקי, romanized: Rabbî Šĕlōmō Yiṣḥāqî; c. 22 February 1040 – 13 July…
• 1087 CERashid al-Din VatvatRashid al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Jalil al-Umari (Persian: رشیدالدین محمد بن محمد بن عبد جلیل…
• 1247 CERashid-al-Din HamadaniRashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb (Persian: رشیدالدین طبیب;‎ 1247–1318; also known as Rašīd al-Dīn Fażl-Allāh Hamadānī or…
• 1835 CERasmus Malling-HansenHans Rasmus Johan Malling-Hansen (5 September 1835 – 27 September 1890) was a Danish inventor, minister and…
• 1787 CERasmus RaskRasmus Kristian Rask (Danish: [ˈʁɑsmus ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈʁɑsk]; born Rasmus Christian Nielsen Rasch; 22 November…
• 820 CERastislavRastislav or Rostislav (Latin: Rastiz; Greek: Ῥασισθλάβος, romanized: Rhasisthlábos) was the second known…
• 1937 CERatan TataRatan Naval Tata (28 December 1937 – 9 October 2024) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He…
• 1943 CERatko MladićRatko Mladić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратко Младић, pronounced [râtko mlǎːdit͡ɕ]; 12 March 1942 – 27 August 2026)…
• 1881 CERauf OrbayHüseyin Rauf Orbay (27 July 1881 – 16 July 1964) was a Turkish naval officer, statesman and diplomat of…
• 1926 CERaul HilbergRaul Hilberg (June 2, 1926 – August 4, 2007) was a Jewish Austrian-born American political scientist…
• 352 CERav AshiRav Ashi (Hebrew: רב אשי) ("Rabbi Ashi") (352–427) was a Babylonian Jewish rabbi, of the sixth generation of…
• 1920 CERavi ShankarPandit Ravi Shankar (Bengali: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as…
• 1920 CERay BradburyRay Douglas Bradbury (US: BRAD-berr-ee; 22 August 1920 – 5 June 2012) was an American author and…
• 1930 CERay CharlesRay Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He…
• 1933 CERay DolbyRay Milton Dolby (January 18, 1933 – September 12, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor of the noise…
• 1847 CERay LankesterSir Edwin Ray Lankester (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist. An invertebrate zoologist and…
• 1905 CERaymond AronRaymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ aʁɔ̃]; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French…
• 1888 CERaymond ChandlerRaymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter.…
• 1893 CERaymond DartRaymond Arthur Dart (4 February 1893 – 22 November 1988) was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist, best…
• 1914 CERaymond Davis Jr.Raymond Davis Jr. (October 14, 1914 – May 31, 2006) was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known…
• 1928 CERaymond E. BrownRaymond Edward Brown (May 22, 1928 – August 8, 1998) was an American Sulpician priest and prominent biblical…
• 1948 CERaymond KurzweilRaymond Kurzweil ( KURZ-wyle; born February 12, 1948) is an American computer scientist, author…
• 1860 CERaymond PoincaréRaymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ pwɛ̃kaʁe]; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French…
• 1903 CERaymond QueneauRaymond Auguste Queneau (French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ kəno]; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist…
• 1941 CERaymond TomlinsonRaymond Samuel Tomlinson (April 23, 1941 – March 5, 2016) was an American computer programmer who invented…
• 1936 CERaymond Vahan DamadianRaymond Vahan Damadian (Armenian: Ռեյմոնդ Վահան Դամադյան; March 16, 1936 – August 3, 2022) was an American…
• 1099 CERaymond de SauvetâtFrancis Raymond de Sauvetât, or Raymond of Toledo, was the Archbishop of Toledo from 1125 to 1152. He was a…
• 1115 CERaymond of PoitiersRaymond of Poitiers (1105 – 29 June 1149) was the prince of Antioch from 1136 until his death. He ruled the…
• 1385 CERaymond of SabundeRaymond of Sabunde (born Ramon Sibiuda; also known as Sabiende, Sabond, Sabonde, Sebon, Sebond, Sebonde, or…
• 1489 CERaymund FuggerRaymund or Raimund Fugger (24 October 1489 – 3 December 1535) was a German businessman, Imperial Count and…
• 1700 CERaziya SultanRazia Begum Safavi (Persian: راضیه بیگم صفوی; 1700–1776) was a Safavid princess and the royal consort of…
• 1927 CERaúl AlfonsínRaúl Ricardo Alfonsín (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈul alfonˈsin]; 12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an…
• 1931 CERaúl CastroRaúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban politician, general, and revolutionary who served as…
• 415 CERechiarRechiar or Flavius Rechiarius (after 415 – December 456) was the third Suevic king of Gallaecia, from 448…
• 370 CERechilaRechila (died 448) was the Suevic king of Galicia from 438 until his death. There are few primary sources for…
• 1975 CERedfooStefan Kendal Gordy (born September 3, 1975), known professionally as Redfoo, is an American singer, rapper…
• 250 CERegalianusP. C. Regalianus (died 260/261), known in English as Regalian, was Roman usurper for a few months in 260…
• 1871 CEReginald Aldworth DalyReginald Aldworth Daly (May 19, 1871 – September 19, 1957) was a Canadian geologist. He is best known for…
• 1866 CEReginald FessendenReginald Aubrey Fessenden (October 6, 1866 – July 22, 1932) was a Canadian-American electrical engineer and…
• 1250 CEReginaldo degli ScrovegniReginaldo degli Scrovegni was a Paduan nobleman of the Guelph faction who lived in the 13th century just…
• 1436 CERegiomontanusJohannes Müller von Königsberg (6 June 1436 – 6 July 1476), better known as Regiomontanus, was a…
• 1641 CERegnier de GraafRegnier de Graaf (English spelling), original Dutch spelling Reinier de Graaf, or Latinized Reijnerus de…
• 971 BCERehoboamRehoboam (Hebrew: רְחַבְעָם, Rəḥaḇʿām, transl. "an enlarged people"; Greek: Ροβοάμ, Roboam; Latin: Roboam)…
• 1933 CEReiner KunzeReiner Kunze (born 16 August 1933 in Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge, Saxony) is a German writer and GDR dissident. He…
• 1952 CEReinhard GenzelReinhard Genzel (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈɡɛntsl̩]; born 24 March 1952) is a German astrophysicist…
• 1953 CEReinhard MarxReinhard Marx (born 21 September 1953) is a German Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Munich…
• 1930 CEReinhard SeltenReinhard Justus Reginald Selten (German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈzɛltn̩]; 5 October 1930 – 23 August 2016) was a German…
• 1820 CEReinhart DozyReinhart Pieter Anne Dozy (21 February 1820 – 29 April 1883) was a Dutch scholar of French (Huguenot) origin.…
• 1892 CEReinhold NiebuhrKarl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971) was an American Mainline Protestant theologian in…
• 1200 CEReinmar of HagenauReinmar von Hagenau (also Reinmar der Alte, Reinmar the Elder) was a German Minnesänger of the late twelfth…
• 1200 CEReinmar von ZweterReinmar von Zweter (also spelled Reymar von Zwetel, Reymar von Zweten, Römer von Zwickau, Ehrenbote, born…
• 1944 CERem KoolhaasRemment Lucas Koolhaas (Dutch: [rɛm ˈkoːlɦaːs]; born 17 November 1944) is a Dutch architect, architectural…
• 1606 CERembrandtRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), known mononymously as Rembrandt, was a Dutch…
• 1941 CERenato CorsettiRenato Corsetti (29 March 1941 – 1 February 2025) was an Italian Esperantist who served as President of the…
• 1914 CERenato DulbeccoRenato Dulbecco ( dul-BEK-oh, Italian: [reˈnaːto dulˈbɛkko, -ˈbek-]; February 22, 1914 – February 19, 2012)…
• 1200 CEReniero ZenoReniero Zeno (Venetian: Renieri Zen) (died 7 July 1268) was the 45th Doge of Venice, reigning from 1 January…
• 1937 CERenzo PianoRenzo Piano (Italian: [ˈrɛntso ˈpjaːno]; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable works…
• 1683 CERené Antoine Ferchault de RéaumurRené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (French: [ʁeomyʁ]; 28 February 1683 – 17 October 1757) was a French…
• 1596 CERené DescartesRené Descartes ( day-KART, also DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt]; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a…
• 1886 CERené GuénonRené Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon (15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as Abdalwahid Yahia (Arabic…
• 1904 CERené LacosteJean René Lacoste (French pronunciation: [ʁəne lakɔst]; 2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis…
• 1781 CERené LaennecRené-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (French: [laɛnɛk]; 17 February 1781 – 13 August 1826) was a French medical…
• 1860 CERené LaliqueRené Jules Lalique (French pronunciation: [ʁəne ʒyl lalik]; 6 April 1860 – 1 May 1945) was a French jeweller…
• 1917 CERené LaurentinFather René Laurentin (French pronunciation: [ʁəne loʁɑ̃tɛ̃]; 19 October 1917 – 10 September 2017) was a…
• 1794 CERené LessonRené Primevère Lesson (French pronunciation: [ʁəne pʁimvɛʁ lɛsɔ̃]; 20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849) was a…
• 1898 CERené MagritteRené François Ghislain Magritte (French: [ʁəne fʁɑ̃swa ɡilɛ̃ maɡʁit]; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was…
• 1923 CERené ThomRené Frédéric Thom (French: [ʁəne tɔm]; 2 September 1923 – 25 October 2002) was a French mathematician, who…
• 1409 CERené of AnjouRené I of Anjou (Italian: Renato; Occitan: Rainièr; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and…
• 1473 CERené of SavoyRené of Savoy (1473 – 31 March 1525) was a French nobleman and soldier. He was count of Villars (1497) and of…