Name
- Plaxton, George, Vicar of Sheriffhales and (1703) Rector of Barwick-in-Elmet1
- Potter, John, Archbishop of Canterbury1
- Potter, Mary1
- Pritz, Johann Georg, Lutheran theologian1
- Pugh, Robert, RC controversialist1
- Rainbowe, Edward, Bishop of Carlisle1
- Ravis, Thomas, Bishop of London1
- Reland, Adrian, Dutch orientalist1
- Richardson, Richard, MD, FRS; botanist and antiquary1
- Rivet, Wilhelm, of Taillebourg1
- Rivinus, Augustus Quirinus, German physician and botanist1
- Robinson, John, diplomatist; Bishop of Bristol; Bishop of London, 1650-17231
- Rossat, M., of Groningen1
- Rostgaard, Frederick, Danish bibliophile1
- Ruinart, Thierri, OSB; French ecclesiastical historian1
- Rulaeus, Evaldus, of Haarlem1
- Saravia, Hadrian, Prebendary of Westminster1
- Sarrau, Isaac, Huguenot minister1
- Scaliger, Julius Caesar, Italian classical scholar, d 15581
- Scheuchzer, Johann Jacob, FRS; Swiss naturalist1