Name
- Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, 1st Baronet, Assyriologist and diplomatist, 1810-18952
- Rawnsley, Hardwicke Drummond, Canon of Carlisle2
- Reid, Andrew, political writer2
- Rendle, Alfred Barton, botanist2
- Riaz, Hassan, of Cairo2
- Ricasoli, Bettino, Baron Italian statesman2
- Rideing, William Henry, US journalist2
- Robinson, John Joseph, Dean of Belfast2
- Romanes, George John, FRS, LLD2
- Russell, Arthur John Edward, MP2
- Russell, Edward Richard, 1st Baron Russell of Liverpool2
- Rütimeyer, Carl Ludwig, Swiss naturalist2
- Sant, James, painter, 1820-19162
- Savage, David, Sec City of London College2
- Seebohm, Frederic, historian2
- Shand, Alexander Burns, afterwards Burns-Shand Baron Shand2
- Sharpey, William, MD, FRS2
- Sheldon, George William, US author2
- Silliman, Benjamin, the younger, American chemist2
- Simon, Jules François Simon Suisse, French politician2