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Michael Rezendes
Michael Rezendes, American investigative journalist, Boston Globe Spotlight Team member (2003 Pulitzer for Catholic Church abuse cover-up), later AP global investigative team; portrayed by Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight.
Michael Riabzev
Michael Riabzev is an Israeli cryptographer and entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Architect of StarkWare Industries, founded in 2018 in Netanya, Israel, and co-author of the 2018 paper formalizing STARK proofs.
Michael Rich
Michael Rich (born 1969, Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German former road and track cyclist, 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medallist in the 100 km team time trial, three-time World Championship time trial silver medallist, and professional with Saeco and Gerolsteiner.
Michael Richards
Michael Richards (born 1949) is an American actor and comedian, full name Michael Anthony Richards, known for Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld (1989–1998), three Emmys, the 2006 Laugh Factory incident, and the 2024 memoir Entrances and Exits. Distinct from Jeopardy producer Mike Richards.
Michael Richman
Michael Richman is an American biotechnology executive who co-founded NextCure in 2015 and served as its President and CEO until 2026, after earlier roles at MacroGenics and Amplimmune.
Michael Riconosciuto
Michael Riconosciuto, American programmer and convicted methamphetamine manufacturer, claimed he installed a backdoor in stolen PROMIS software via the Wackenhut-Cabazon venture; central source for Danny Casolaro's Octopus, dismissed by the Bua report, released from prison in 2017.
Michael Rigas
Michael J. Rigas, American government official, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources and acting GSA administrator; formerly Acting Director of OPM, acting OMB Deputy Director for Management, and acting federal CIO under Trump.
Michael Ristow
Michael Ristow, born 1967, is a German physician-scientist at Charité Berlin known for mitohormesis, the idea that mitochondrial reactive oxygen species mediate health benefits of calorie restriction and exercise.
Michael Robartes and the Dancer
Michael Robartes and the Dancer is a poetry collection by W. B. Yeats, hand-printed at the Cuala Press in 1920 and first printing "Easter, 1916."
Michael Robbins
Michael Anthony Robbins (1930-1992), English actor and comedian, best known as Arthur Rudge in On the Buses and its film spin-offs; also Doctor Who's The Visitation, Victor/Victoria; husband of Hal Dyer.
Michael Robert Splinter
Michael Robert Splinter is an American semiconductor engineer, best known as the retired chairman and CEO of Applied Materials and a 2017 National Academy of Engineering member.
Michael Robinavitch
Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch is the fictional chief attending ER physician of HBO Max's The Pitt, played by Noah Wyle; created by R. Scott Gemmill, defined by COVID-era PTSD, a Jewish identity, and a mass-shooting shift.
Michael Robinson (fullback)
Michael Robinson (born 1983, Richmond, Virginia), former Penn State quarterback turned NFL fullback; played for 49ers and Seahawks 2006-2013, 2011 Pro Bowl, Super Bowl XLVIII champion, later NFL Network analyst and Seahawks scouting intern.
Michael Rock Goldsmith
Michael-Rock Goldsmith, known as Rocky Goldsmith, is a Canadian computational chemist who co-founded Congruence Therapeutics in 2021, where as Chief Innovation Scientist he helps design small-molecule correctors for diseases of protein misfolding.
Michael Rockefeller
Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, was an American art collector who disappeared in November 1961 when his boat capsized off New Guinea's south coast.
Michael Rocque
Michael E. Rocque (1899–1965) was an Indian field hockey player from the Central Provinces who won gold with British India at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, India's first hockey title.
Michael Roden
Michael Roden, born 1961 in Vienna, is an Austrian physician-scientist who leads the German Diabetes Center in Düsseldorf and studies insulin resistance and mitochondrial energy metabolism in type 2 diabetes.
Michael Rodrigues (Massachusetts politician)
Michael Rodrigues is an American Democratic politician who has represented Massachusetts' First Bristol and Plymouth district in the state Senate since 2010, chairing the Ways and Means Committee since 2019.
Michael Romalis
Michael V. Romalis is a professor of physics at Princeton University working in atomic physics and quantum sensing, best known for the spin-exchange-relaxation-free magnetometer he introduced in 2002.
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born 1955, Jasper, Alabama) is an American character actor known for Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Merle Dixon on The Walking Dead, and Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash is an American molecular biologist at Brandeis University who studies circadian rhythms and RNA biology, and shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen (born 1946) is a British children's poet, author of We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Michael Rosen's Sad Book, Children's Laureate 2007–2009, Goldsmiths professor, BBC broadcaster, and 2023 PEN Pinter Prize winner.
Michael Rosenbaum
Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born 1972, Oceanside, New York) is an American actor and podcaster, the Lex Luthor of Smallville (2001–2008) and the voice of Wally West/The Flash in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, also known for Guardians of the Galaxy's Martinex and the Inside of You podcast.
Michael Rosenblatt
Michael Rosenblatt is an American endocrinologist known for mapping parathyroid hormone's structure and developing PTH 7-34, the first peptide hormone antagonist shown to block hormone action in living animals.
Michael Rousseau
Michael Rousseau (born 1958) is a Canadian business executive who was President and CEO of Air Canada from February 2021 until retiring in August 2026.
Michael Rowan-Robinson
Michael Rowan-Robinson, born 1942, is a British astronomer at Imperial College London known for his work on the 1983 IRAS infrared satellite mission and cosmology.
Michael Rubin (businessman)
Michael Rubin is an American e-commerce entrepreneur best known as founder of Fanatics, the sports merchandise company in which he owns roughly a third, worth about $10 billion.
Michael Rubinstein (computer scientist)
Michael (Miki) Rubinstein is an Israeli-American computer scientist at Google DeepMind known for co-inventing Eulerian video magnification, a 2012 MIT technique making pulse and breathing visible in video.
Michael Rudnicki
Michael A. Rudnicki is a Canadian stem cell biologist known for identifying adult skeletal muscle stem cells; he directs the Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research in Ottawa.
Michael Rulli
Michael A. Rulli is an American Republican politician and U.S. representative for Ohio's 6th Congressional District since 2024, previously serving in the Ohio Senate and on the Leetonia School Board.