Name
- Petermann, August Heinrich, geographer1
- Peto, Samuel Morton, 1st Baronet, of Somerleyton1
- Pratt, Alfred T. Camden, author1
- Quain, Richard, 1st Baronet, physician, 1816-18981
- Quaritch, Bernard Alexander Christian, bookseller and publisher, 1819-18991
- Rafn, Carl Christian, Danish archaeologist1
- Read, Charles Hercules, Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities British Museum1
- Richardson, John, CB; Arctic explorer1
- Roberts, William, writer1
- Ross, James Clark, FRS; RearAdm. 18561
- Ross, John, Captain; RN1
- Rossetti, Christina Georgina, poet, 1830-1894, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
- Rumbold, Horace, 8th Baronet, diplomatist1
- Russell, William Howard, Knight, journalist, 1820-19071
- Schomburgk, Robert Hermann, traveller1
- Scoresby, William, Captain afterwards Rev, FRS1
- Shaw, Henry Norton, MRCS; Secretary, Royal Geographical Society1
- Sherborn, Charles William, enqraver and etcher1
- Shillinglaw, John Joseph, author1
- Shorter, Clement King, journalist and author1