| [A3330] | Roxelana (ca 1504 - 15 April 1558) | person | represented actor |
| [A3477] | John Royce (18th c. : fl. 1780 - 1794) | person | |
| [A1964] | Jan Rozdrażewski (ca 1543 - 1600) | person | translator |
| [A2078] | Stanisław Różanka (ca 1520 - 1572) | person | recipient |
| [A239] | Birte Rubach | person | author |
| [A3482] | Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 - 30 May 1640) | person | designer, draughtsman |
| [A2196] | Pavol Rubigall (ca 1510 - ca 1577) | person | author |
| [A419] | Oleksii Rudenko | person | author |
| [A1399] | Szymon Rudnicki (1552 - 1621) | person | dedicatee, represented actor |
| [A1200] | Rudolf I of Germany (1 May 1218 - 15 July 1291) | person | represented actor |
| [A2031] | Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (18 July 1552 - 20 January 1612) | person | dedicatee, represented actor |
| [A2866] | Martin Rudolph (16th c.) | person | |
| [A1492] | Andrzej Rudowski (born after 1440 - died 1502) | person | commissioner, represented actor |
| [A902] | Jakob Ruf (ca 1505 - 1558) | person | author |
| [A2000] | Marcin Ruff (16th c.) | person | author |
| [A1654] | Simprecht Ruff (fl. 1517 - 1526) | person | printer |
| [A1845] | Pedro Ruiz de Moros (ca 1506 - 23/29 April 1571) | person | author, dedicatee |
| [A2581] | Hans Rumpolt (fl. since 1550/1565) | person | print publisher |
| [A2967] | Marx Rumpolt (16th c.) | person | author, printer |
| [A2625] | Rupert of Deutz (ca 1175/80 - ca 1129) | person | author |
