Persons

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Dominic Rennie Raab

Foreign Secretary

Dominic Rennie Raab(born 25 February 1974) is a British politician, serving as First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs since July 2019. A memb...

Daniel Radcliffe

English actor

Daniel Jacob Radcliffeis an English actor. He rose to fame at age twelve, when he began portraying Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. Over his career, Radcliffe has received various awa...

Johannes Radebe

Dancer and choreographer

Johannes Radebeis a South African-born British dancer and choreographer. He is best known for being a professional dancer on the BBC One dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing. Career Radebe began ...

Emma Raducanu

British professional tennis player

Emma Raducanuis a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on 11 July 2022, and is a former British No. 1. Raducanu is th...

Mohammad Lutfur Rahman

Leader of Tower Hamlets First

Mohammad Lutfur Rahman(born 12 September 1965), known as Lutfur Rahman, is a Bangladesh-born British former solicitor and politician, who was the first directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, a Borou...

Ma Gertrude Rainey

American blues singer

Gertrude "Ma" Raineywas an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist. Dubbed the "Mother of the Blues", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of southern...

Molly Rainford

English actress

Molly Anne Rainfordis an English actress, singer and television presenter. She was a finalist on the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2012 and was one of the presenters on Friday Download betwe...

Amol Rajan

British journalist

Amol Rajanis an Indian-born British journalist, broadcaster and writer. He was the media editor of BBC News from December 2016 to January 2023, and has been a presenter on the Today programme on BBC R...

Jesurun Rak-sakyi

English professional footballer

Jesurun Rak-Sakyiis an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for League One club Charlton Athletic on loan from Crystal Palace. Career Crystal Palace Rak-Sakyi was originall...

Tamara Ralph

Australian fashion designer

Tamara Ralphis an Australian fashion designer who is the former Creative Director and co-founder of Ralph & Russo. She is the founder of her eponymous label, Tamara Ralph. Career In 2010, she founded ...

Vivek Ramaswamy

Co-founder of Strive Asset Management

Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamyis an American entrepreneur and politician. He is a candidate in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. Ramaswamy founded the biopharmaceutical company Roivant Scie...

Navinchandra Ramgoolam

Prime minister of Mauritius

Navinchandra Ramgoolamis a Mauritian politician and doctor serving as prime minister of Mauritius for the third time following the 2024 general election, after the landslide victory of his coalition A...

Jose Ramirez

American professional boxer

José Carlos Ramírezis an American professional boxer. He is a former unified champion at light welterweight, having held the World Boxing Council (WBC) title from 2018 to 2021 and the World Boxing Org...

Catherine Rampell

Journalist

Catherine Chelsea Rampellis an American opinion journalist and nationally syndicated opinion columnist. Career Rampell is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post and a member of The Washington Po...

Adrian Ramsay

Co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales

Adrian Philip Ramsayis a British politician and co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Carla Denyer. He was previously the deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales fr...

Matilda Ramsay

English television presenter

Matilda Elizabeth Ramsayis an English television presenter, cook and social media influencer best known for presenting the BBC cooking show Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch on CBBC alongside her family. R...

Tana Ramsay

English TV broadcaster

Cayetana Elizabeth "Tana" Ramsayis an English TV broadcaster and author of several cookery books. Career Ramsay trained as a Montessori teacher. In 2010, Ramsay appeared on the ITV show Dancing on Ice...

Gordon Ramsay

British celebrity chef

Gordon James Ramsayis a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin st...

Aaron Ramsdale

English professional footballer

Aaron Christopher Ramsdaleis an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. Ramsdale began his senior club career playing f...

Isabella Ramsey

English actress

Isabella May Ramsey(born September 2003) is an English actor. They are known for their breakthrough role as young noblewoman Lyanna Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2016–2...