François Rabelais (14## - 1553)
Ann Radcliffe (09 Jul 1764 - 07 Feb 1823)
Maude L. Radford (02 Jan 1872 - 06 Jul 1934)
Maria Louise Ramé - see Ouida.
William Brighty Rands (24 Dec 1823 - 23 Apr 1882)
Arthur Ransome (18 Jan 1884 - 03 Jun 1967)
Angus B. Reach (23 Jan 1821 - 15 Nov 1856)
Charles Reade (08 Jun 1814 - 11 Apr 1884)
William Winwood Reade (26 Dec 1838 - 24 Apr 1875)
Elizabeth Armstrong Reed (16 May 1842 - 18 Jun 1915)
Myrtle Reed (27 Sep 1874 - 17 Aug 1911)
Ernest Renan (Joseph Ernest Renan; 27 Feb 1823 - 02 Oct 1892)
Théophraste Renaudot (Dec 1586 - 25 Oct 1653)
Amy Dora Reynolds (1860 - 1957)
Mrs. Baillie Reynolds (11 Jul 1861 - 22 Nov 1939)
D. Eldrid Reynolds (1889 - 1958)
Frederick Reynolds (01 Nov 1764 - 16 Apr 1841)
Frederic Mansel Reynolds (?? - ??)
Kathlyn Rhodes (04 Jul 1877 - 15 Jan 1962)
Owen Rhoscomyl, see Owen Vaughan.
Ernest Rhys (17 Jul 1859 - 25 May 1946)
John Rhŷs (21 Jun 1840 - 17 Dec 1915)
Muriel Richard (? - Jun 1912)
Frank Richards - see Charles Hamilton.
Samuel Richardson (bapt.19 Aug 1689 - 04 Jul 1761)
Ernst Friedrich Richter (24 Oct 1808 - 09 Apr 1879)
Luise Marie Richter (1850 - 1924)
James Ridley (1736 - 1765)
James Whitcomb Riley (07 Oct 1849 - 22 Jul 1916)
Rita - see Eliza Margaret Jane Gollan.
G.C.D. Roberts (10 Jan 1860 - 26 Nov 1943)
Morgan Robertson (30 Sep 1861 - 24 Mar 1915)
Gertrude Minnie Robins, see Mrs. Baillie Reynolds.
F.W. Robinson (23 Dec 1830 - 06 Dec 1901)
Henry Crabb Robinson (13 May 1775 - 05 Feb 1867)
Martha Robinson (Mrs. Charles Calvert; 1837 - 20 Sep 1921)
William Robinson (15 Jul 1838 - 12 May 1935)
Eugenius Roche (23 Feb 1786 - 09 Nov 1829)
John Bolton Rogerson (20 Jan 1809 - 15 Oct 1859)
Sax Rohmer (Arthur Henry Ward; 15 Feb 1883 - 01 Jun 1959)
Landon Ronald (07 Jun 1873 - 14 Aug 1938)
Elise Whitlock Rose (31 Jul 1875 - 29 Oct 1961)
Janet Ross (1842 - 1927)
Christina Rossetti (05 Dec 1830 - 29 Dec 1894)
Lord Rossmore (07 Feb 1853 - 31 Jan 1921)
William Rothenstein (29 Jan 1872 - 14 Feb 1945)
W.H.D. Rouse (30 May 1863 - 10 Feb 1950)
George Routledge (23 Sep 1812 - 13 Dec 1888)
Edward Pugh Rowsell / E.P. Rowsell, Esq.
Brandon Roy, see Florence L. Barclay.
Marjory Royce (22 Jun 1881 - 22 Jan 1963)
John Ruskin (08 Feb 1819 - 20 Jan 1900)
George William Russell ("Æ"; 10 Apr 1867 - 17 Jul 1935)
George W.E. Russell (03 Feb 1853 - 17 Mar 1919)
William Russell (1806 - 1876)