- Reese, Willie Joe1
- Rehnquist, William H., 1924-20051
- Remus, Uncle (Fictitious character)1
- Roberts, John G., Jr., 1955-1
- Robinson, Jackie, 1919-19721
- Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith, 1941-19671
- Root, Sidney, 1824-18971
- Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-19321
- Rothschild, Jacob M., 1911-19731
- Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-20061
- Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-19711
- Sanders, Carl, 1925-20141
- Satcher, David, 1941-1
- Saussy, Hattie, 1890-19781
- Schley, William, 1786-18581
- Schroeder, Gerhard1
- Screws, Claude, approximately 1897-1
- Sears, Zenas, 1914-19881
- Sequoyah, 1770?-18431
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Fiction1
