Name
- Richardson, Richard, MD, FRS; botanist and antiquary1
- Rivet, Wilhelm, of Taillebourg1
- Rivinus, Augustus Quirinus, German physician and botanist1
- Rossat, M., of Groningen1
- Rostgaard, Frederick, Danish bibliophile1
- Ruinart, Thierri, OSB; French ecclesiastical historian1
- Rulaeus, Evaldus, of Haarlem1
- Sandys, Edwin, Bishop of London1
- Sarrau, Isaac, Huguenot minister1
- Scaliger, Julius Caesar, Italian classical scholar, d 15581
- Scheuchzer, Johann Jacob, FRS; Swiss naturalist1
- Schlegel, Christian, German numismatist1
- Scott, Robert, bookseller, of London, c 1632-17101
- Seaman, Lazarus, DD; Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge1
- Serapheim, hieromonachus, of Mitylene1
- Seumo?, Carolo1
- Seymour, Edward, Duke of Somerset, soldier and royal servant, c 1500-15521
- Sharp, John, Archbishop of York 16911
- Sibrand, Johann, (?) Professor of Law at Rostock1
- Simon, Richard, Oratorian; French biblical scholar1