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  • Rachael Leigh Cook in “Perception and Kilimanjaro” (2014)
    Rachael Leigh Cook

    • Faith: reportedly Christianity
    • Brother: Ben Cook (actor)
    • Worldview: Vegetarianism
    • Ex-Husband: Daniel Gillies (actor)
  • Rachael Taylor (2011). Photo by Eva Rinaldi.
    Rachael Taylor

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Birth name: Rachael May Taylor
    • Partner: Mike Piscitelli (actor, director)
  • Rachel Bilson
    Rachel Bilson

    • Birth name: Rachel Sarah Bilson
    • Ex-Partner: Hayden Christensen
    • Father: Danny Bilson (writer, director, producer)
    • Grandfather: Bruce Bilson (director)
  • Rachel Hurd-Wood
    Rachel Hurd-Wood

    • Worldview: Health activism
    • Birth name: Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood
    • Husband: Russ Bain (actor)
  • Rachel McAdams in “Morning Glory” (2010)
    Rachel McAdams

    • Faith: Unknown, raised in Christianity (Protestant)
    • Worldview: Environmentalism activism, Liberalism activism
    • Birth name: Rachel Anne McAdams
    • Partner: Jamie Linden (screenwriter)
    • Ex-Partners: Ryan Gosling and Michael Sheen
  • Rachel Nichols (2012). Photo by Tabercil.
    Rachel Nichols

    • aka Rachel Kershaw
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Birth name: Rachel Emily Nichols
    • Husband: Michael Kershaw
    • Ex-Husband: Scott Stuber (film producer)

  • Rachel Weisz

    • Faith: Secularism, her father was Jewish and her a Judaism convert from Roman Catholicism
    • Birth name: Rachel Hannah Weisz
    • Husband: Daniel Craig
    • Ex-Partner and father of her daughter: Darren Aronofsky (filmmaker)
  • Radha Mitchell in “Rogue” (2007)
    Radha Mitchell

    • Faith: “Spiritual,” but not religious. Although, her parents are Episcopalian, she doesn’t follow any particular religion. She believes that the Hindu religion has affected her life in a huge way. She was named Radha after a Hindu goddess.
    • Worldview: Vegetarianism
    • Birth name: Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell

  • Ralph Fiennes

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Birth name: Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
    • Brother: Joseph Fiennes
    • Nephew: Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
    • Ex-Wife: Alex Kingston
    • Ex-Partner: Francesca Annis
  • Rami Malek. Photo by Daniel Benavides. CC BY 2.0
    Rami Malek

    • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Coptic Orthodox)
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Rami Said Malek
    • Partner: Lucy Boynton
  • Rance Howard
    Rance Howard
    …DIED age 89 (2017)—Heart failure spurred by West Nile virus infection
    • Faith: Christianity (Methodist)
    • Birth name: Harold Rance Beckenholdt
    • Sons: Ron Howard and Clint Howard
    • Granddaughters: Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard
    • Wives (twice widower): Jean Speegle Howard (actress—died 2000), Judy Howard (died 2017)
  • Randy Quaid
    Randy Quaid

    • Faith: Unclear, raised Baptist
    • Birth name: Randall Rudy Quaid
    • Brother: Dennis Quaid
    • Wife: Evi Motolanez
    • Ex-Wife: Ella Jolly
  • Rashida Jones
    • Faith: Judaism, ex-Hindu
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Rashida Leah Jones
    • Father: Quincy Jones (producer and composer)
    • Partner: Ezra Koenig
    • Ex-Partner: Tobey Maguire
  • Raúl Juliá—Universal Pictures, © 1988.
    Raúl Juliá
    (Raul Julia) …DIED age 54 (1994)—Stroke complications
    • aka Raul Julia
    • Faith: Unclear, raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Birth name: Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay
    • Wife: Merel Poloway
    • Ex-Wife: Magda Vasallo Molinelli
  • Raquel Welch
    Raquel Welch
    …DIED age 82 (2023)—Cardiac arrest and Alzheimer’s disease
    • Faith: Christianity (Reformed and Presbyterian)
    • Worldview: Conservativism leaning
    • Birth name: Jo Raquel Tejada
    • Ex-Husbands: James Welch, Patrick Curtis (film producer), André Weinfeld (producer/director), Richie Palmer
    Welch said, “What I do on the screen is not to be equated with what I do in my private life. Privately, I am understated and dislike any hoopla.” “I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one.”
  • Ray Liotta—Photographer: Gordon Correll • flickr.com/photos/gdcgraphics/8140672892
    Ray Liotta
    …DIED age 67 (2022)—Pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), respiratory insufficiency and acute heart failure, as well as atherosclerosis
    • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Raymond Allen Liotta
    • Ex-Wife: Michelle Grace (actress)
  • Ray Romano
    Ray Romano

    • Faith: Atheism
    • Birth name: Raymond Albert Romano
    • Wife: Anna Scarpulla
  • Ray Stevenson
    • Birth name: George Raymond Stevenson
    • Ex-Wife: Ruth Gemmell (actress)
  • Raymond Burr
    Raymond Burr
    …DIED age 76 (1993)—Renal cell carcinoma (malignant kidney tumor)
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Homosexualism
    • Birth name: Raymond William Stacy Burr
    • Ex-Wife: Isabella Ward
    • Ex-Partner: Robert Benevides
  • Rebecca De Mornay in Lucifer and Pops (2016)
    Rebecca De Mornay

    • Birth name: Rebecca Jane Pearch
    • Father: Wally George (American conservative radio and TV commentator)
    • Ex-Husband: Bruce Wagner (screenwriter)
    • Ex-Partners: Tom Cruise, Patrick O'Neal, Leonard Cohen and Harry Dean Stanton
  • Rebecca Hall in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Rebecca Hall

    • Birth name: Rebecca Maria Hall
    • Husband: Morgan Spector (actor)
    • Ex-partner: Sam Mendes (director)
  • Rebecca Romijn in Godsend (2004)
    Rebecca Romijn

    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Birth name: Rebecca Alie Romijn
    • Husband: Jerry O'Connell
    • Ex-Husband: John Stamos (actor, producer)
  • Reese Witherspoon in “Wild” (2014)
    Reese Witherspoon

    • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Episcopalian)
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
    • Ex-Husband: Jim Toth, Ryan Phillippe
    • Ex-Partner: Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Reg E. Cathey in House of Cards
    Reg E. Cathey
    …DIED age 59 (2018)—Lung cancer
    • Faith: Unclear
    • Birth name: Reginald Eurias Cathey
  • René Auberjonois
    René Auberjonois
    …DIED age 79 (2019)—Metastatic lung cancer
    • aka Rene Auberjonois
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Worldview: Unknown
    • Birth name: René Murat Auberjonois
    • Wife: Judith Helen Mihalyi
  • Rene Russo in Thor (2011)
    Rene Russo

    • Faith: Christianity (reportedly Charismatic)
    • Birth name: Rene Marie Russo
    • Husband: Dan Gilroy (screenwriter)

  • Renée Zellweger

    • Faith: apparently Liberal Christianity (raised Episcopalian)
    • Worldview: Progessive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Renée Kathleen Zellweger
    • Partner: Ant Anstead
    • Ex-Partner and Ex-Fiancé: Jim Carrey (engagement canceled)
    • Ex-Partners: Doyle Bramhall II, Bradley Cooper, Rory Cochrane, Kenny Chesney, and Jack White
  • Rhea Perlman
    Rhea Perlman

    • Faith: Apparently Secularism, raised in a Jewish family
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activist
    • Birth name: Rhea Jo Perlman
    • Husband (estranged since 2012): Danny DeVito
  • Rhona Mitra. Photo by Joits. CC BY-SA 3.0
    Rhona Mitra

    • Faith: reportedly Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Birth name: Rhona Natasha Mitra
  • Richard Armitage. Photo by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0
    Richard Armitage

    • Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
    • Birth name: Richard Crispin Armitage
  • Richard Attenborough
    Richard Attenborough
    …DIED age 90 (2014)—Heart problems, stroke
    • Faith: Agnostic; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Evolutionism
    • Birth name: Richard Samuel Attenborough
    • Brother: David Attenborough
    • Grandsons: Will Attenborough (actor) and Tom Attenborough (voice actor, director)
    • Wife: Sheila Sim (actress)
  • Richard Burton
    Richard Burton
    …DIED age 58 (1984)—Cerebral haemorrhage
    • Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Bisexualism
    • Birth name: Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.
    • Wife: Sally Hay
    • Ex-Wives: Sybil Williams, Elizabeth Taylor, and Suzy Miller
  • Richard Chamberlain
    Richard Chamberlain

    • Faith: Unclear, he is quoted as saying “I consider myself a religious person”
    • Worldview: Homosexualism
    • Birth name: George Richard Chamberlain
    • Known partners: Wesley Eure and Martin Rabbett
  • Richard Dean Anderson
    Richard Dean Anderson

    • Faith: Agnosticism, Secularism
    • Ex-Partners: Apryl A. Prose, Sela Ward, Georganne LaPiere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lisa Marie, Katarina Witt, Teri Hatcher, Marlee Matlin, Justine Bateman, and Deidre Hall
  • Richard Dreyfuss—Photographer: Georges Biard.
    Richard Dreyfuss

    • Faith: Agnosticism
    • Worldview: Says new Hollywood diversity standards make him vomit—“no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give into the latest, most current idea of what morality is”
    • Birth name: Richard Stephen Dreyfus
    • Wife: Svetlana Erokhin
    • Ex-Wives: Jeramie Rain and Janelle Lacey

  • Richard Gere

    • Faith: Buddhism, raised a Methodist
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Richard Tiffany Gere
    • Wife: Alejandra Silva
    • Ex-Wives: Cindy Crawford and Carey Lowell (actress)
    • Ex-Partners: Penelope Milford, Sylvia Martins, Tuesday Weld, Carole Mallory, Dawn Steel, Loree Rodkin, Barbara Carrera, Barbra Streisand, Priscilla Presley, and Kim Basinger

  • Richard E. Grant
    Richard E. Grant

    • Faith: Atheism
    • Birth name: Richard Grant Esterhuysen
    • Wife: Joan Washington (died 2021)
  • Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    …DIED age 72 (2002)—Hodgkin’s disease
    • Faith: Christianity, but was unsettled; it is not clear to us that he ever fully placed his faith in Jesus Christ
    • Birth name: Richard St John Harris
    • Son: Jared Harris
    • Ex-Wives: Elizabeth Rees-Williams, Ann Turkel
  • Richard Hatch
    Richard Hatch
    …DIED age 71 (2017)—Pancreatic cancer
    • Faith: Unsettled; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ—studied Buddhism, teachings of Tony Robbins and Marianne Williamson, etc.
    • Birth name: Richard Lawrence Hatch
    • Wife: Jo Marie Distante
  • Richard Jenkins
    Richard Jenkins

    • Birth name: Richard Dale Jenkins
    • Wife: Sharon R. Friedrick (choreographer)
  • Richard Pryor
    Richard Pryor
    …DIED age 65 (2005)—Heart attack
    • Faith: Secularism; however, there are claims that he professed a late-life faith in Christ, but we have been unable to confirm this
    • Worldview: Bisexualism
    • Birth name: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
    • Cousin: Ludacris
    • Ex-Wives: Patricia Price, Shelley R. Bonus, Deborah McGuire, Jennifer Lee, Flynn Belaine
  • Richard Widmark
    Richard Widmark
    …DIED age 93 (2008)—After a long illness
    • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Richard Weedt Widmark
    • Wives: Susan Blanchard, Jean Hazlewood (screenwriter, died)

  • Ricky Gervais

    • Faith: Atheism, Secular Humanism
    • Birth name: Ricky Dene Gervais
    • Partner: Jane Fallon (TV producer)
  • Ricky Schroder
    Ricky Schroder

    • Faith: Currently unclear, “I do believe there is higher power.” Earlier joined his wife’s church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    • Worldview: Conservatism
    • Birth name: Richard Bartlett Schroder
    • Ex-Wife: Andrea Bernard
  • Rip Torn
    Rip Torn

    • Birth name: Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
    • Wife: Amy Wright (actress), Geraldine Page (actress — died)
    • Ex-Wife: Ann Wedgeworth
    • Cousin: Sissy Spacek
  • Rita Hayworth (1947). Photo by Ned Scott.
    Rita Hayworth
    …DIED age 68 (1987)—Alzheimer’s disease
    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Worldview: Liberal (Democratic Party activist)
    • Birth name: Margarita Carmen Cansino
    • Ex-Husbands: Orson Welles, Edward C. Judson, Prince Aly Khan, Dick Haymes, James Hill
    • Ex-Partner: Glenn Ford
  • Rita Wilson
    Rita Wilson

    • Faith: Christianity (Greek Orthodox)
    • Birth name: Margarita Ibrahimoff
    • Husband: Tom Hanks
  • River Phoenix
    River Phoenix
    …DIED age 23 (1993)—Heart failure caused by acute multiple drug intoxication, including cocaine and morphine
    • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Birth name: River Jude Bottom
    • Brother: Joaquin Phoenix
    • Sister: Summer Phoenix
  • Rob Lowe
    Rob Lowe

    • Faith: Secularism, leaning toward Reform Judaism—wife is a Reformed Jew; he reportedly practices daily Transcendental Meditation; he was raised in a marginally Episcopalian family
    • Birth name: Robert Hepler Lowe
    • Brother: Chad Lowe (actor, director)
    • Wife: Sheryl Berkoff
  • Rob Reiner. CC BY 2.0.
    Rob Reiner

    • Faith: Atheisim, sympathetic to Buddhism; of Jewish descent
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist)
    • Birth name: Robert Reiner
    • Father: Carl Reiner
    • Ex-Wife: Penny Marshall

  • Rob Schneider

    • Faith: Christianity convert (2023, Roman Catholicism); He is actively speaking out against Atheism and Progressive Liberalism.
    • Worldview: Conservatism leaning, ex-Liberal
    • Birth name: Robert Michael Schneider
    • Wife: Patricia Azarcoya Arce
    • Ex-Wives: London King, Helena Schneider
    • Ex-Partner: Elle King
  • Robbie Coltrane
    Robbie Coltrane
    …DIED age 72 (2022)—Multiple organ failure complicated by sepsis, a lower respiratory tract infection, and heart block
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Anthony Robert McMillan
    • Ex-Wife: Rhona Gemmell
  • Robert Blake
    Robert Blake
    …DIED age 89 (2023)—Heart disease
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Liberalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Michael James Gubitosi
    • Ex-Wives: Sondra Kerr (actress), Bonny Lee Bakley, Pamela Hudak
  • Robert Carlyle. Photo by VagueOnTheHow, Tadcaster, York, England.
    Robert Carlyle

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: “I’m a socialist… I’m a humanist” / “I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.”
    • Wife: Anastasia Shirley
  • Robert Conrad
    Robert Conrad
    …DIED age 84 (2020)—Heart failure
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Worldview: Conservatism
    • Birth name: Conrad Robert Falk
    • Ex-Wives: Joan Kenlay, LaVelda Ione Fann
  • Robert Davi. Photo by 9EkieraM1. License: CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Robert Davi

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Worldview: Conservatism (outspoken)
    • Birth name: Robert John Davi
    • Wife: Diana Davi
    • Ex-Wives: Jan Borenstein, Jeri McBride, Christine Bolster

  • Robert De Niro

    • Faith: Agnosticism, raised by an atheist mother and a Gay lapsed-Catholic father
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist)
    • Birth name: Robert Anthony De Niro Jr.
    • Partner: Tiffany Chen
    • Wife: Grace Hightower (separated)
    • Ex-Wife: Diahnne Abbott
    • Ex-Partner: Toukie Smith

  • Robert Downey Jr.

    • Faith: Self-described “Jewish Buddhist” with an affinity for Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Moderately Conservative-leaning politically
    • Birth name: Robert John Downey Jr.
    • Wife: Susan Downey (producer)
    • Ex-Partner: Sarah Jessica Parker

  • Robert Duvall

    • Faith: Christian-Scientism (Church of Christ, Scientist), but inactive
    • Worldview: Independent Conservatism, Libertarianism
    • Birth name: Robert Selden Duvall
    • Wife: Luciana Pedraza (actress)
  • Photographer and copyright: Glenn Francis, PacificProDigital.com. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped.
    Robert Forster
    …DIED age 78 (2019)—Brain tumor
    • Birth name: Robert Wallace Forster Jr.
    • Partner: Denise Grayson
    • Ex-Wives: June Provenzano and Zivia Forster
  • Robert Guillaume
    Robert Guillaume
    …DIED age 89 (2017)—Cancer (prostate)
    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Birth name: Robert Peter Williams
    • Wife: Donna Brown-Guillaume
    • Ex-Wife: Marlene Williams
  • Photographer: Miguel Discart. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped.
    Robert Knepper

    • Birth name: Robert Lyle Knepper
    • Wife: Nadine Kary
    • Ex-Wife: Tory Herald
  • Robert Mitchum
    Robert Mitchum
    …DIED age 79 (1997)—Lung cancer and emphysema
    • Faith: Secularism, with early Methodist influence; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Conservativism
    • Birth name: Robert Charles Durman Mitchum
    • Wife: Dorothy Spence
    • Ex-Partners: Shirley MacLaine
  • Robert Patrick. Photo by Gage Skidmore. Licensed by CC BY 2.0
    Robert Patrick

    • Faith: Christianity (devout Episcopalian)—“Ground yourselves firmly in God, worship Him and Him alone!”
    • Birth name: Robert Hammond Patrick Jr.
    • Wife: Barbara Hooper (actress)
  • Robert Pattinson
    Robert Pattinson

    • Birth name: Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson
    • Partner: Suki Waterhouse (model, actress)

  • Robert Redford

    • Faith: Agnosticism
    • Worldview: Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism (activist), Native American rights, LGBT rights
    • Birth name: Charles Robert Redford Jr.
    • Wife: Sibylle Szaggars
    • Ex-Wife: Lola Van Wagenen
  • Robert Reed
    Robert Reed
    …DIED age 59 (1992)—Colon lymphoma and HIV-positive
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Homosexualism
    • Birth name: John Robert Rietz Jr.
    • Ex-Wife: Marilyn Rosenberger
  • Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    …DIED age 57 (1969)—Lung cancer
    • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Birth name: Spangler Arlington Brugh Taylor
    • Wife: Ursula Thiess
    • Ex-Wife: Barbara Stanwyck
  • Robert Vaughn—MGM-TV.
    Robert Vaughn
    …DIED age 83 (2016)—Acute leukaemia
    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Democratic Party activism
    • Birth name: Robert Francis Vaughn
    • Wife: Linda Staab (actress)
  • Robert Wagner in “Northpole” (2014).
    Robert Wagner

    • Birth name: Robert John Wagner Jr.
    • Wives: Jill St. John and Natalie Wood (died 1981)
    • Ex-Wife: Marion Marshall
    • Ex-Partners: Yvonne De Carlo, Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Anita Ekberg, Shirley Anne Field, Lori Nelson, Joan Collins, Barbara Stanwyck, Tina Sinatra
  • Robin Givens in Riverdale
    Robin Givens

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholic)
    • Birth name: Robin Simone Givens
    • Ex-Husbands: Mike Tyson and Svetozar Marinković
    • Ex-Partner: Murphy Jensen

  • Robin Williams
    …DIED age 63 (2014)—Suicide
    • Faith: Unsettled combination of Secularism and Christianity, raised Episcopalian (father Episcopal, mother Christian Scientist). During a rehab stay, Robin professed acceptance of Jesus Christ, but based on later events the reality of his conversion is in doubt.
    • Birth name: Robin McLaurin Williams
    • Wife: Susan Schneider
    • Ex-Wives: Valerie Velardi and Marsha Garces
    • Ex-Partner: Elayne Boosler

  • Robin Wright

    • Faith: Agnosticism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Robin Gayle Wright
    • Father: L. Hart Wright (agnostic)
    • Ex-Husbands: Sean Penn (actor, agnostic), Dane Witherspoon, Clément Giraudet
    • Ex-Partner and Fiancé: Ben Foster
  • Rock Hudson
    Rock Hudson
    …DIED age 59 (1985)—AIDS-related complications
    • Faith: Atheism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism); apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ, unless he changed his commitment at the very last
    • Worldview: Homosexualism, Bisexualism, Moderately Conservative
    • Birth name: Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
    • Ex-Wife: Phyllis Gates
    • Partners included: Jack Coates, Tom Clark, Lee Garlington, Marc Christian
  • Rod Taylor
    Rod Taylor
    …DIED age 84 (2015)—Heart attack
    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Birth name: Rodney Sturt Taylor
    • Wife: Carol Kikumura
    • Ex-Wives: Peggy Williams and Mary Hilem
    • Ex-Partners: Dinah Shore
  • Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    …DIED age 70 (1998)—Lung cancer
    • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism—his mother’s faith); appears to have rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
    • Birth name: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
    • Ex-Partners: Montgomery Clift and others

  • Rodrigo Santoro

    • Birth name: Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro
    • Wife: Melanie “Mel” Nunes Fronckowiak (actress)
  • Roger Moore
    Roger Moore
    …DIED age 89 (2017)—Cancers of the lung and liver
    • Faith: Secularism with belief in God, but apparently never put his faith in Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Conservativism
    • Birth name: Roger George Moore
    • Wife: Kristina Tholstrup
    • Ex-Wives: Doorn van Steyn, Dorothy Squires, Luisa Mattioli
  • Roman Polanski in The Pianist. © 2002, Focus Features
    Roman Polanski

    • Faith: Atheism, ex-Catholic
    • Birth name: Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
    • Wives: Emmanuelle Seigner and Sharon Tate (actress, murdered 1969)
    • Ex-Wife: Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
  • Roma Downey
    Roma Downey

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism) with New Age beliefs
    • Husband: Mark Burnett (producer)
    • Ex-Husband: Leland Orser
  • Ron Glass—Photographer: Raven Underwood.
    Ron Glass
    …DIED age 71 (2016)—Respiratory failure
    • Faith: Buddhism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Birth name: Ronald Earle Glass
    • Wife: Never married

  • Ron Howard

    • Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Methodist)
    • Birth name: Ronald William Howard
    • Father: Rance Howard
    • Brother: Clint Howard (actor)
    • Daughters: Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Carlyle Howard (actress)
    • Wife: Cheryl Alley

  • Ron Perlman

    • Faith: Secularism, raised in Judaism
    • Worldview: Leftism (activist), Environmentalism
    • Birth name: Ronald Francis Perlman
    • Wife: ​Allison Dunbar
    • Ex-Wife: Opal Stone

  • Rooney Mara

    • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Veganism, secular charitable work
    • Birth name: Patricia Rooney Mara
    • Husband: Joaquin Phoenix
    • Sister: Kate Mara
  • Rory Cochrane. Photo by Tabercil Photography. CC BY-SA 2.0.
    Rory Cochrane

    • Ex-Partner: Renée Zellweger
  • Rosamund Pike in Johnny English Reborn (2011)
    Rosamund Pike

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Birth name: Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike
    • Partner: Robie Uniacke
    • Ex-Partners: Simon Woods (actor) and Joe Wright (director)
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    Rosario Dawson

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Socialism, LGBTQ ally
    • Birth name: Rosario Isabel Dawson
    • Partner: Nnamdi Okafor
    • Ex-Partners: Joshua Jackson (actor), Eric André (actor, comedian), Jason Lewis, Mathieu Schreyer, Danny Boyle, Cory Booker (Progressive Liberal politician)

  • Rose Byrne

    • Faith: Agnosticism
    • Birth name: Mary Rose Byrne

    • Common-law husband: Bobby Cannavale
  • Rose McGowan—Photo by GDCGraphics.
    Rose McGowan

    • Faith: Secularism, raised in a cult hippie commune, experimented with Satanism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Feminism activist, Gay Rights activist
    • Birth name: Rose Arianna McGowan
    • Ex-Partners: Marilyn Manson (She said, “I always thought I was more Satanic than Manson.”), Robert Rodriguez, etc.
  • Rosie Perez—Photo by Joella Marano.
    Rosie Perez

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Birth name: Rosa Maria Perez
    • Husband: Eric Haze
    • Ex-Husband: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
  • Rowan Atkinson
    Rowan Atkinson

    • Faith: Atheism and is known for publicly criticising religious views
    • Birth name: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
    • Partner: Louise Ford
    • Ex-Wife: Sunetra Sastry (divorce due to his adultery)
  • Roy Dotrice
    Roy Dotrice
    …DIED age 94 (2017)—natural causes
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Wife: Kay Newman (died 2007)
  • Roy Scheider
    Roy Scheider
    …DIED age 75 (2008)—Multiple myeloma and staph infection
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Birth name: Roy Richard Scheider
    • Wife: Brenda Siemer
    • Ex-Wife: Cynthia Bebout

  • Rufus Sewell

    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Birth name: Rufus Frederik Sewell
    • Ex-Wives: Yasmin Abdallah, Amy Gardner (scriptwriter, producer)
    • Ex-Partner: Ami Komai
  • Rumer Willis in Pretty Little Liars (2010)
    Rumer Willis

    • Birth name: Rumer Glenn Willis
    • Father: Bruce Willis
    • Mother: Demi Moore
    • Partner: Derek Richard Thomas
  • Rupert Everett. Photographer: Vicki Neave. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped.
    Rupert Everett

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), but said that he is “a slut” because he is furious with his Catholic faith, “I don’t want to be part of the Catholic Church. But I am.”
    • Worldview: Homosexualism
    • Birth name: Rupert James Hector Everett
  • Rupert Grint
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Birth name: Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint
    • Partner: Georgia Groome (actress)

  • Russell Brand

    • Faith: Said he believes in a higher power as described by Alcoholics Anonymous, has gravitated towards Christian spirituality, has had Hinduism interest, Transcendental Meditation (daily), ex-Buddhist
    • Birth name: Russell Edward Brand
    • Wife: Laura Gallacher
    • Ex-Wife: Katy Perry
    • Ex-Partner: Jemima Goldsmith

  • Russell Crowe

    • Faith: Secularism; “Though we didn’t really go (to church) as a family, my mother was totally fine with the idea of me going to church on my own, so I’d go and have a look at a Catholic service or a Presbyterian service or an Anglican service. I went to a temple. The Baha’i faith is something I looked at as well.”
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Russell Ira Crowe
    • Ex-Wife: Danielle Spencer (actress)
  • Rutger Hauer
    • Worldview: Environmentalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Rutger Oelsen Hauer
    • Wife: Ineke ten Cate
    • Ex-Wife: Heidi Merz
  • Ryan Gosling
    Ryan Gosling

    • Faith: Secularism, ex-Mormon
    • Worldview: Socialism
    • Birth name: Ryan Thomas Gosling
    • Partner: Eva Mendes
    • Ex-Partners: Rachel McAdams and Kat Dennings
  • Ryan O'Neal
    Ryan O'Neal
    …DIED age 82 (2023)—Prostate cancer
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Birth name: Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal
    • Daughter: Tatum O'Neal
    • Ex-Wives: Joanna Moore (actress) and Leigh Taylor-Young (actress)
    • Common law wife: Farrah Fawcett
    • Ex-Partners: Leslie Stefanson (actress), Ursula Andress, Bianca Jagger, Anouk Aimée, Jacqueline Bisset, BarbraStreisand, Joan Collins, Diana Ross, Anjelica Huston, and Melanie Griffith
  • Ryan Phillippe
     Birth name: Matthew Ryan Phillippe
    • Ex-Wife: Reese Witherspoon
  • Ryan Reynolds
    Ryan Reynolds

    • Faith: Agnosticism, Secular Humanism, ex-Catholic, rejected all religion, claiming, “Religion poisons everything good in this world.”
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activist, has called same-sex marriage opponents “monsters”
    • Birth name: Ryan Rodney Reynolds
    • Wife: Blake Lively
    • Ex-Wife: Scarlett Johansson