| Person name 
| Person name pinyin | Occ | ECPO |
| |
| R. B. Sheridan | | 1 | 0 |
| R. D. Jameson | | 1 | 0 |
| R. Raxter Blair | | 1 | 0 |
| R. W. Emerson | | 1 | 0 |
| R. West | | 1 | 0 |
| RKO | | 1 | 0 |
| RKO Pictures | | 3 | 0 |
| Rabindranath Tagore | | 2 | 0 |
| Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures | | 3 | 0 |
| Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures | | 1 | 0 |
| Raft, George | | 11 | 0 |
| Ralph Forbes | | 2 | 0 |
| Ralph Mecklenburg | | 1 | 0 |
| Ralston, Esther | | 2 | 0 |
| Rambeau, Majorie | | 2 | 0 |
| Ramsay Traquair | | 1 | 0 |
| Ranald Colman | | 10 | 6 |
| Raspail | | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Milland | | 2 | 0 |
| Ray, Teray | | 1 | 0 |
| Red Cross | | 1 | 0 |
| Reed Moorehouse | | 1 | 0 |
| Regis Toomey | | 3 | 0 |
| Rembrandt van Ryn | | 1 | 0 |
| Renoit | | 1 | 0 |
| Rephael | | 2 | 0 |
| Reuter, Gabriele | | 1 | 0 |
| Rev. Nandju | | 1 | 4 |
| Ribot | | 1 | 0 |
| Rich, Irene | | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Barthelmess | | 5 | 0 |
| Richard Boleslawsky | | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Carlyle | | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Derby Jr. | | 2 | 0 |
| Richard II | | 1 | 0 |
| Richard Mulcaster | | 2 | 0 |
| Richard, Timothy | | 1 | 0 |
| Richardson. K. F. | | 1 | 0 |
| Rikimaru. J. | | 1 | 0 |
| Rlandell, John | | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Ames | | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Dale Owen | | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Fulton | | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Monlgomery | | 12 | 0 |
| Robert Montgomery | | 12 | 0 |
| Robert Taylor | | 5 | 1 |
| Robert Young | | 2 | 2 |
| Robert, Rahel | | 1 | 0 |
| Robert-Tornow, Rahel | | 1 | 0 |
| Roberta Jull | | 1 | 0 |
| Robinson, Ethel Blackwell | | 1 | 0 |
| Robinson, William J. | | 10 | 0 |
| Robson, May | | 1 | 0 |
| Rodenbach, Zoë von | | 1 | 0 |
| Rodin | | 5 | 0 |
| Rodin, Auguste | | 5 | 0 |
| Rodin, François-Auguste-René | | 5 | 0 |
| Rogers, Charles "Buddy" | | 6 | 1 |
| Rogers, Ginger | | 7 | 0 |
| Rogers, Will | | 6 | 0 |
| Roland, Gilbert | | 2 | 3 |
| Roland, Jeanne Manon | | 16 | 4 |
| Roland, Ruth | | 2 | 0 |
| Romane | | 1 | 0 |
| Ronald Colman | | 10 | 6 |
| Rose | | 2 | 0 |
| Rose, William | | 1 | 0 |
| Rossetti | | 1 | 0 |
| Rossetti, C. G. | | 1 | 0 |
| Rossetti, Christina Georgina | | 1 | 0 |
| Rosson, Harold | | 2 | 0 |
| Rosy Barsony | | 2 | 0 |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | | 7 | 0 |
| Ruby Keeler | | 5 | 0 |
| Ruby, Harry | | 1 | 0 |
| Rude | | 1 | 0 |
| Rudel-Zeynek, Olga | | 1 | 0 |
| Russell, Bertrand | | 1 | 10 |
| Russell, Dora | | 4 | 2 |
| Ruth Chatterton | | 12 | 3 |
| Ruth Elizabeth Davis | | 2 | 4 |
| Ruth Judd | | 1 | 0 |
| Ruth Roland | | 2 | 0 |
| Rutherford Birchard Hayes | | 3 | 0 |
| Río, Dolores del | | 25 | 6 |
| 人和女學 | Renhe nu xue | 1 | 0 |
| 人見絹枝 | Renjian Juanzhi | 1 | 0 |
| 仁 | Ren | 2 | 0 |
| 仁和女士丁志先 | Renhe nushi Ding Zhixian | 3 | 0 |
| 仁和女士吳劍華文彬 | Renhe nushi Wu Jianhua Wenbin | 1 | 0 |
| 仁慈 | Renci | 1 | 0 |
| 仁玉 | Ren Yu | 2 | 0 |
| 仁英 | Ren Ying | 1 | 0 |
| 仁術醫院 | Renshu yi yuan | 1 | 0 |
| 仁譯 | Renyi | 1 | 0 |
| 任中敏 | Ren Zhongmin | 2 | 0 |
| 任二北 | Ren Erbei | 2 | 0 |
| 任伯年 | Ren Bonian | 8 | 0 |
| 任修羣 | Ren Xiuqun | 4 | 0 |
| 任修羣女士 | Ren Xiuqun nu shi | 4 | 0 |
| 任克 | Ren Ke | 8 | 0 |
| 任劍飛 | Ren Jianfei | 2 | 0 |
| 任劍飛女士 | Ren Jianfei nu shi | 2 | 0 |
| 任君 | Ren Jun | 1 | 0 |
| 任味之 | Ren Weizhi | 5 | 0 |
| 任培初 | Ren Peichu | 2 | 0 |
| 任堇 | Ren Jin | 1 | 0 |
| 任夢霞 | Ren Mengxia | 8 | 0 |
| 任妍幽 | Ren Yanyou | 3 | 0 |
| 任娟 | Ren Juan | 1 | 0 |
| 任彭年 | Ren Pengnian | 1 | 1 |
| 任愛珠 | Ren Aizhu | 1 | 0 |
| 任憲吉 | Ren Xianji | 1 | 0 |
| 任才仲 | Ren Caizhong | 1 | 0 |
| 任振南 | Ren Zhennan | 1 | 0 |
| 任昌瑞 | Ren Changrui | 2 | 0 |
| 任楊芳 | Ren Yangfang | 1 | 0 |
| 任榮來 | Ren Ronglai | 1 | 0 |
| 任民 | Renmin | 1 | 0 |
| 任白濤 | Ren Baitao | 4 | 0 |
| 任百 | Ren Bai | 1 | 0 |
| 任秀羣 | Ren Xiuqun | 2 | 0 |
| 任秀羣女士 | Ren Xiuqun nu shi | 2 | 0 |
| 任秀群 | Ren Xiuqun | 2 | 0 |
| 任秀群女士 | Ren Xiuqun nu shi | 2 | 0 |
| 任秀閣 | Ren Xiuge | 2 | 0 |
| 任立凡 | Ren Lifan | 1 | 0 |
| 任阜長 | Ren Fuchang | 1 | 0 |
| 任鴻雋 | Ren Hongjuan | 1 | 0 |
| 偌氷心 | Ruo Bingxin | 1 | 0 |
| 儒堂 | Rutang | 4 | 27 |
| 如光 | Ruguang | 2 | 0 |
| 如如 | Ruru | 1 | 0 |
| 如安打克孃 | Ru'an Dake Niang | 19 | 11 |
| 如心 | Ru Xin | 1 | 0 |
| 如淳 | Ru Chun | 1 | 0 |
| 如瑾 | Rujin | 4 | 0 |
| 如生 | Ru Sheng | 1 | 0 |
| 如皋冒 | Rugao Mu | 1 | 0 |
| 如米洛島之範娜斯 | Rumiluodao zhi Fannasi | 1 | 0 |
| 如龍 | Ru Long | 1 | 0 |
| 容羨紅 | Rong Xianhong | 4 | 0 |
| 容蕙娟 | Rong Huijuan | 2 | 0 |
| 容齡 | Rongling | 1 | 0 |
| 弗爾頓夫人 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | 1 | 0 |
| 弱心 | Ruo Xin | 1 | 0 |
| 戎女 | Rong Nu | 1 | 0 |
| 日新 | Rixin | 14 | 124 |
| 日明 | Riming | 14 | 0 |
| 日本京都帝國大學 | Riben Jingdu di guo da xue | 1 | 0 |
| 日本增井光藏 | Riben Zenjingguangzang | 1 | 0 |
| 日本女博士會 | Riben nu bo shi hui | 1 | 0 |
| 日本新女子之一人 | Riben xin nü zi zhi yi ren | 1 | 0 |
| 柔直 | Rouzhi | 1 | 0 |
| 榮作人 | Rong Zuoren | 1 | 0 |
| 榮佩瑜 | Rong Peiyu | 2 | 0 |
| 榮佩瑜女士 | Rong Peiyu nu shi | 2 | 0 |
| 榮宗敬 | Rong Zongjing | 1 | 5 |
| 榮文霞 | Rong Wenxia | 1 | 0 |
| 榮潄仁 | Rong Shuren | 2 | 0 |
| 榮潄仁女士 | Rong Shuren nu shi | 2 | 0 |
| 榮珮瑜 | Rong Peiyu | 2 | 0 |
| 榮珮瑜女士 | Rong Peiyu nu shi | 2 | 0 |
| 榮華 | Ronghua | 14 | 0 |
| 榮華照相舘 | Ronghua zhao xiang guan | 14 | 0 |
| 汝明德 | Ru Mingde | 1 | 0 |
| 溶溶 | Rongrong | 2 | 0 |
| 潤石 | Run Shi | 1 | 0 |
| 潤餘 | Run Yu | 3 | 0 |
| 瑞琛 | Rui Chen | 1 | 0 |
| 瑞秋 | Rui qiu | 1 | 0 |
| 瑞芝 | Rui Zhi | 1 | 0 |
| 瑞英 | Rui Ying | 2 | 0 |
| 瑞英 | Ruiying | 2 | 0 |
| 瑞英 | Rui Ying | 1 | 0 |
| 瑞華 | Rui Hua | 5 | 0 |
| 瑞雲 | Rui Yun | 1 | 0 |
| 瑞霞 | Ruixia | 1 | 0 |
| 瑞青 | Rui Qing | 5 | 0 |
| 紉芳 | Ren Fang | 1 | 0 |
| 紉茞 女士 (貴陽) | Renchen Lushi (Guiyang) | 1 | 0 |
| 紉茞女士 | Ren chen | 2 | 0 |
| 紉蕙 | Ren Hui | 1 | 0 |
| 若冰 | Ruobing | 1 | 0 |
| 若安 | Ruoan | 19 | 11 |
| 若恩達克 | Ruoen Dake | 19 | 11 |
| 若涵 | Ruohan | 2 | 0 |
| 若羽 | Ruoyu | 4 | 0 |
| 若膺 | Ruo Ying | 1 | 0 |
| 若芳 | Ruofang | 1 | 0 |
| 若芸 | Ruo Yun | 3 | 0 |
| 若蘭 | Ruo Lan | 1 | 0 |
| 蓉 | Rong | 1 | 0 |
| 蓉先女士 | Rongxian nu shi | 1 | 0 |
| 蓉生 | Rong Sheng | 1 | 0 |
| 蓉貞 | Rong Zhen | 1 | 0 |
| 蓉麗娟 | Rong Lijuan | 2 | 2 |
| 蕊仙 | Ruixian | 2 | 0 |
| 銳之 | Rui Zhi | 1 | 0 |
| 銳阿萊 | Ruialai | 1 | 0 |
| 鎔 | Rong | 9 | 0 |
| 阮冠宇 | Ruan Guanyu | 2 | 0 |
| 阮啟顓 | Ruan Qizhuan | 2 | 0 |
| 阮大鋮 | Ruan Dacheng | 1 | 0 |
| 阮大鍼 | Ruan Dazhen | 1 | 0 |
| 阮沖 | Ruan Chong | 1 | 0 |
| 阮玲玉 | Ruan Lingyu | 32 | 21 |
| 阮肅容 | Ruan Surong | 2 | 0 |
| 阮頌江 | Ruan Songjiang | 1 | 0 |
| 饒上達 | Rao Shangda | 1 | 0 |
| 饒孟侃 | Rao Mengkan | 1 | 0 |
| 饒義 | Rao Yi | 1 | 0 |
| 饶平 | Rao Ping | 1 | 0 |
| 騰衝 | Ri Yue | 1 | 0 |
