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Reidar F. Sognnaes

Reidar F. Sognnaes (1911–1984) was a Norwegian-born dentist and oral biologist who served at Harvard before founding the UCLA School of Dentistry and publishing dental evidence identifying Adolf Hitler.

Reidar Liaklev

Reidar Liaklev (Reidar Kristofer Liaklev), Norwegian speed skater, 1948 St. Moritz Olympic 5,000 m champion in 8:29.4; 1948 European allround champion, 1947 Worlds 10,000 m winner, source of the phrase "to etter Liaklev".

Reidar Martiniuson

Reidar Martiniuson (Johan Reidar Martiniuson, 1893–1968), Norwegian sailor and KNS member; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 8 metre (1919 rating) class aboard Sildra with Konow, Vik, and Kristoffersen.

Reidemeister move

A Reidemeister move is one of three local changes to a knot diagram that do not change the knot, proved complete by Kurt Reidemeister in 1926.

Reiden Patera

Reiden Patera is a roughly 73-km-wide volcanic patera on Jupiter's moon Io at about 13°S, 235°W, IAU-named in 1979 for a Japanese thunder god, and active during the Galileo and Juno epochs.

Reierhof

Reierhof: South Tyrolean show farm and animal park in St. Magdalena, Gsies Valley, with about 100 animals including rare breeds; also a separate farm-stay name in Innichen/Vierschach and unrelated Bavarian farms.

Reification (Marxism)

Reification (Verdinglichung) is the Marxist concept, formulated by Georg Lukács in History and Class Consciousness (1923), describing how human social relations appear as thing-like, natural, objective relations, extending Marx's commodity fetishism.

Reify Health

Reify Health is a Boston-based clinical trial solutions company founded in 2012 by Ralph Passarella and Michael Lin, whose OneStudyTeam and Care Access businesses help biopharmaceutical sponsors run and diversify clinical trials.

Reigan Heskey

Reigan Heskey (born 2008, Liverpool) is an English winger, son of Emile Heskey, ex-Manchester City academy forward who debuted in the 2025 Carabao Cup and joined 1. FC Köln in July 2026.

Reign (TV series)

Reign (2013–2017) is a CW historical romantic drama created by Laurie McCarthy and Stephanie SenGupta, loosely following Mary, Queen of Scots at the French court, starring Adelaide Kane; four seasons, 78 episodes, deliberately historically inaccurate with modern costumes and pop soundtrack.

Reign and wars of Moctezuma I

The reign and wars of Moctezuma I (Moctezuma Ilhuicamina) cover 1440–1469, when the fifth tlatoani of Tenochtitlan defeated Chalco and extended Triple Alliance control to the Huasteca and Oaxaca.

Reign in Blood

Reign in Blood, Slayer's third studio album (Def Jam, October 7, 1986), produced by Rick Rubin: a ten-track, roughly 29-minute thrash landmark featuring "Angel of Death," released via Geffen after CBS refused, peaking at No. 94 on the Billboard 200.

Reign of Arakamani

Arakamani, also called Arkamaniqo and known to the Greeks as Ergamenes, was a king of Kush who reigned c. 295–275 BCE and is treated as the first king of the Meroitic phase.

Reign of Askia Dawud

The reign of Askia Dawud (1549–1582) brought the Songhai Empire peace and prosperity, with about 150 Islamic schools in Timbuktu before his death in 1582.

Reign of Assassins (剑雨)

Reign of Assassins (剑雨) is a 2010 Mandarin-language wuxia film written and directed by Su Chao-pin, starring Michelle Yeoh as an assassin who leaves her gang.

Reign of Augustus

Reign of Augustus (27 BC–AD 14), the Principate: Octavian's 41-year rule as first Roman emperor, preserving republican institutions while holding tribunician and consular powers, reforming army, taxes, religion, and founding the imperial cult.

Reign of Ay

The Reign of Ay was the four-year rule of pharaoh Ay of Egypt's Dynasty 18, from about 1327 to 1323 BC, after Tutankhamun died without an heir.

Reign of Cleopatra

The Reign of Cleopatra, also called the Reign of Cleopatra VII, was the last Ptolemaic ruler's 21-year rule of Egypt, from 51 to 30 BC.

Reign of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VI

The reign of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VI was the joint rule of a brother and sister over Ptolemaic Egypt in two phases, 170–164 and 163–145 BC.

Reign of Crocodile

Horus Crocodile is a putative ruler of Dynasty 0 in ancient Egypt, proposed by Günter Dreyer from ink inscriptions at Tarkhan, though his existence is disputed.

Reign of Den

Den, throne name Semti, was a First Dynasty king of Egypt who ruled in the twenty-ninth century BCE, the first attested with the title King of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Reign of Fire (film)

Reign of Fire is a 2002 post-apocalyptic action film directed by Rob Bowman, in which Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey lead a fight against dragons that have destroyed civilization.

Reign of Teqerideamani II

Teqerideamani II was a king of Kush, the Meroitic kingdom in what is now Sudan, who reigned from 245/246 to after 265/66 AD, in the kingdom's last century.

Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror, or la Terreur, was a period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution, from September 1793 to July 1794, dominated by the Committee of Public Safety.

Reign of terror and assassination of Emperor Muzong of Liao

The reign of terror and assassination of Emperor Muzong of Liao (辽穆宗暴政与遇弑) covers his brutal 951 to 969 rule and his killing by six close attendants.

Reign of the Supermen (film)

Reign of the Supermen (2019) is a DC Universe animated direct-to-video film, sequel to The Death of Superman, adapting the 1992-93 comic storyline in which Steel, Cyborg Superman, Superboy, and the Eradicator vie to replace Superman.

Reign Over Me

Reign Over Me is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Mike Binder, starring Adam Sandler as a man grieving his family, lost in the September 11 attacks.

Reign: The Conqueror

Reign: The Conqueror (Alexander Senki, アレクサンダー戦記) is a 1999 Madhouse anime series retelling Alexander the Great as sci-fi, designed by Peter Chung, aired on WOWOW and Adult Swim in 2003.

Reignwood Group

Reignwood Group (华彬集团) is a private conglomerate founded by Yan Bin in Thailand in 1984, anchored in China by its Red Bull beverage business and diversified into property, golf clubs, and aviation.

Reihoku power station

Reihoku Power Station (苓北発電所) is a coal-fired power station in Reihoku, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by Kyushu Electric Power with two 700,000 kW units commissioned in 1995 and 2003.