Name
- Ramsay, Margaret Francesca, playwrights' agent; known as Peggy, 1908-19911
- Rattigan, Terence Mervyn, Knight, playwright, 1911-19771
- Richardson, Ralph David, Knight, actor, 1902-19831
- Rigg, Enid Diana Elizabeth, actress, 1938-20201
- Rochefort,, Jean, actor1
- Roy, Claude, writer1
- Rubens, Bernice Ruth, FRSL, writer, 1928-20041
- Rushdie, Ahmed Salman, Knight, novelist and essayist, b 19471
- Sondheim, Stephen Joshua, composer and lyricist, 1930-20211
- Stoppard, Miriam, writer and broadcaster, b 19371
- Stoppard, Tom, Knight, playwright and novelist, b 19371
- Suzman, Janet, actress and director1
- Sylvestre, Cleo, actress1