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Alma Rubens, Actor; Alma Ruebens, aka Alma Reuben (San Francisco, California 19 February 1897 - 21 January 1931).

Peter Paul Rubens, painter; anglicized name from Peeter Pauwel Rubens (Siegen, Westphalia 28 June 1577 - 30 May 1640).

Harry Ruby, Musician, composer; Harry Rubinstein (New York City 29 October 1895 - 23 February 1974).

Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald; Jacob Rubenstein (Chicago, Illinois 25 March 1911 - 3 January 1967 Dallas, Texas).

Texas Ruby, Country singer; Ruby Agnes Fox (née Owens) Married - and sang with - Curly Fox. Sister of Tex Owens.

Danny La Rue,  Female impersonator  Daniel Patrick Carroll (Cork, Ireland, on 26 July 1928).

David Ruffin, Singer; Davis Eli Ruffin (Whynot, Mississippi 18 January 1941 - 1 June 1991).

Ja Rule, Rap artist; Jeffery Atkins (Hollis, Queens, New York 29 Febuary 1976).

Sig Ruman, Actor, Siegfried Albon Rumann, (Germany, 1884-1967).

Damon Runyon, Writer; Alfred Damon Runyan (Manhattan, Kansas 4 October 1884 - 10 December 1946).

RuPaul, Drag Performer; RuPaul Andre Charles (San Diego, California 17 November 1960).

Dean Rusk, US Politician; David Dean Rusk (Cherokee County, Georgia 9 February 1909 - 21 December 1994).

Bill Russell, Basketball player and Actor, William Fenton Russell, (Monroe, Florida 12 February 1934).

Gail Russell, Actor; Elizabeth L. Russell (Chicago, Illinois 21 September 1924 - 27 August 1961).

Jane Russell, Actor; Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell ( Bemidji, Minnesota 21 June 1921 - 28 February 2011).

John Russell, Actor; William Lawrence Russell (Los Angeles, California 3 January 1921 - 19 January 1991).

Johnny Russell, Country singer, songwriter; John Bright Russell, (Sunflower County, Mississippi, 23 January 1940 - 3 July 2001, Nashville).

Ken Russell, Film director; Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (Southampton, England 3 July 1927).

Kurt Russell, Actor; Kurt Vogel Russell (Springfield, Massachusetts March 17th, 1951).

Leon Russell, Musician; Claude Russell Bridges (Lawton, Oklahoma 2 April 1942). The "Ultimate rock roll session man".

Lillian Russell, Singer; Helen Louise Leonard (Clinton, Iowa 4 December 1860 - 6 June 1922).

Mark Russell, Political satirist, pianist; Mark Ruslander (Buffalo, New York 23 August 1932).

Theresa Russell, Actor, Theresa Paup, (USA, 1957).

Babe Ruth, Baseball player; George Herman Ruth (Baltimore, Maryland 6 February 1895 - 16 August 1948).

Ann Rutherford, Actor; Therese Ann Rutherford (Vancouver, British Columbia 2 November 1920).

Susan Ruttan, Actor; Susan Dunsrud (Oregon City, Oregon 16 September 1948).

Irene Ryan, Actor; Irene Noblette (El Paso, Texas 17 October 1902 - 26 April 1973). She was Granny in the Beverly Hillbillies.

Jeri Lynn Ryan, Television actor, Jeri Lynn Zimmerman, (Germany, 1968).

Meg Ryan, Actor; Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra, (Fairfield, Connecticut, 19 November 1961).

Nolan Ryan, Baseball pitcher; Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (Refugio, Texas 31 January 1947).

Robert Ryan, Film Actor; Robert Bushnell Ryan (Chicago, Illinois 11 November 1909 - 11 July 1973).

Sheila Ryan, Actor; Katherine Elizabeth McLaughlin (Topeka, Kansas 8 June 1921 - 4 November 1975).

Mitch Ryder, Singer (Detroit Wheels), William Levise, (USA, 1945).

Winona Ryder, Winona Laura Horowitz, Actor (Winona, Minnesota, USA, 1971).