R
- R. Buckminster Fuller
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Ralph Abernathy
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ram Dass
- Ray Kroc
- Richard Bach
- Richard Branson
- Richard DeVos
- Richard Harding Davis
- Richard Lamm
- Rick Warren
- Rita Mae Brown
- Roald Dahl
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Robert Collier
- Robert E. Cushman
- Robert Frost
- Robert Fulghum
- Robert H. Schuller
- Robert Kiyosaki
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Robert W. Service
- Robertson Davies
- Robin Sharma
- Robin Williams
- Ronald Reagan
- Ronnie Lott
- Rosa Parks
- Rosalynn Carter
- Rose Kennedy
- Ruby Dee
- Rumi
- Rush Limbaugh
- Ruth Graham