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Reiichi Mikata
Reiichi Mikata (三ヶ田礼一), born 1967 in Ashiro, Iwate, Japanese Nordic combined skier; Olympic team gold at Albertville 1992 with Ogiwara and Kono, Japan's first Nordic combined gold; 1991 World Championships team bronze.
Reik
Reik is a Mexican pop trio formed in 2003 in Mexicali, Baja California, with Jesús Navarro, Julio Ramírez, and Bibi Marín; known for "Yo Quisiera," urban collaborations, and the 2024 album Panorama.
Reiki
Reiki, also known as Reiki healing, is a complementary health practice from Japan where practitioners place hands on or above the body to channel energy for healing, founded by Mikao Usui in 1922.
Reiko Aylesworth
Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972) is an American actress known for Michelle Dessler on 24, with recurring roles on Lost, Hawaii Five-0, and Scorpion, plus Hit-Monkey voice work.
Reiko Nagase
Reiko Nagase (永瀬麗子) is a fictional race queen and the mascot of Bandai Namco's Ridge Racer series, debuting in 1995's Rave Racer and starring in R4: Ridge Racer Type 4.
Reiko Nakamura
Reiko Nakamura (中村礼子), born 1982 in Yokohama, Japanese backstroke swimmer; won 200 m backstroke bronze at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, held short-course world records in the 100 m (58.45) and 200 m (2:03.24).
Reiko Smiling
Reiko Smiling (麗子微笑) is a 1921 oil painting by Kishida Ryusei portraying his daughter Reiko with a mysterious smile; it is an Important Cultural Property held by the Tokyo National Museum.
Reilly Opelka
Reilly Opelka, American ATP tennis player born in St. Joseph, MI; 2.11 m tall serve specialist, 2015 Wimbledon junior champion, career-high No. 17 (2022), 4 singles titles, comeback from hip tumor and wrist surgeries in 2025.
Reima Salonen
Reima Untamo Salonen (born 1955, Taivassalo, Finland), Finnish race walker; 1982 European 50 km walk champion in Athens and 1976 Malmö World 50 km bronze medalist; three-time Olympian, later coach and fisherman.
Reiman Gardens
Reiman Gardens is a 17-acre botanical garden at the southern entrance to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, dedicated in 1995 and named for benefactors Roy and Bobbi Reiman.
Reimann family
The Reimann family is a German business family, among Europe's wealthiest, that controls JAB Holding, whose brands include Pret A Manger, Panera Bread, and JDE Peet's.
Reimbursement
Reimbursement in law: repayment of money paid for another or of benefits wrongly retained, enforced through restitution, unjust enrichment, subrogation, ERISA plan recovery, and equitable tracing.
Reimer–Tiemann reaction
The Reimer–Tiemann reaction, discovered by Karl Reimer and Ferdinand Tiemann in 1876, converts phenols into hydroxyaldehydes with chloroform and aqueous alkali, most famously making salicylaldehyde from phenol.
Reimposition of jizya
The reimposition of jizya (जिज़िया की पुनर्स्थापना) was Aurangzeb's 1679 order restoring the poll tax on non-Muslims that Akbar had abolished in 1564, provoking protests and Shivaji's famous letter.
Reims
Reims, city in Marne, Grand Est, France; coronation city of French kings (32 crowned, 25 in Notre-Dame cathedral) and champagne center; 177,674 inhabitants (2023); UNESCO-listed cathedral, Palace of Tau, and Abbey of Saint-Rémi since 1991.
Reims campaign
Reims campaign (1359-1360): Edward III's last Hundred Years' War expedition, aimed at taking Reims to be crowned king of France; the five-week siege failed, Paris refused battle, and the campaign ended in the Treaty of Brétigny.
Reims Cathedral
Reims Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims) is the Gothic cathedral of Reims, France, built mainly in the 13th century and the coronation church of French kings.
Rein Aun
Rein Aun (Рейн Янович Аун, 1940–1995), Estonian decathlete competing for the USSR; surprise silver medallist at Tokyo 1964 with 7,842 points, 45 behind Willi Holdorf; personal best 7,898 in 1968.
Rein Me In
Rein Me In is a Sam Fender song from his 2025 album People Watching, reworked as a duet with Olivia Dean. It became the longest-running UK No.1 single ever with 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top, breaking Frankie Laine's 73-year-old record.
Rein Saral
Rein Saral is an Estonian-born American oncologist and hematologist whose 1981 trial showed acyclovir prevents herpes infections in transplant patients, and who led bone-marrow transplant programs at Johns Hopkins and Emory.
Rein Ulijn
Rein V. Ulijn is a Dutch-born biomaterials scientist who directs the Nanoscience Initiative at CUNY's Advanced Science Research Center, known for enzyme-responsive peptide hydrogels and peptide discovery methods.
Reina Hardesty
Reina Hardesty (born 1996) is an American actress and cinematographer from Orange County, California. Known for StartUp, Brockmire, Weather Witch in The Flash, It's What's Inside (2024), and Rebecca in Prime Video's Butterfly (2025).
Reina Sato
Reina Sato (佐藤礼那, born 2005) is a Japanese ice hockey defenseman with Obihiro Ladies who won gold in girls' ice hockey and silver in 3-on-3 at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics; distinct from speed skater Ayano Sato.
Reina Triendl (トリンドル 玲奈)
Reina Triendl (トリンドル 玲奈, Torindoru Reina, born 1992, Vienna) is an Austrian-born Japanese model, tarento, and actress: ViVi and with exclusive model, star of Sion Sono's Tag (2015), Keio graduate, married actor Naohiro Yamamoto in 2024.
Reina Ueda (上田麗奈)
Reina Ueda (上田麗奈, born 1994) is a Japanese voice actress and singer with 81 Produce from Toyama Prefecture. Known for Kanao Tsuyuri in Demon Slayer, Akane Shinjo in SSSS.Gridman, Reze in Chainsaw Man, and Ganyu in Genshin Impact; three Seiyu Awards.
Reina Volcan
Reina Volcan (Reina Volcán), ring name of Nicole Ripoll Martinez, born 1997 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; WWE NXT heel wrestler, formerly indie wrestler Nikki Blackheart, CCW and MPX Women's Champion, finisher the Blackheart Bomb.
Reina Yokoyama
Reina Yokoyama (横山玲奈, Yokoyama Reina, born 2001) is a Japanese singer from Saitama Prefecture who was a 13th-generation member of the idol group Morning Musume from 2016 to 2025.
Reinaldo Arenas
Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990) was a Cuban novelist, poet, and playwright who became a prominent critic of Fidel Castro, suffered imprisonment, and died in exile in New York in 1990.
Reinaldo Augusto Valenzuela
Reinaldo Augusto Valenzuela is a Chilean-born wireless researcher who directs Wireless Communications Research at Nokia Bell Labs and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017.
Reinaldo Herrera
Reinaldo Herrera Guevara (1933-2025), Venezuelan aristocrat, fifth Marqués de la Torre Casa, Vanity Fair special-projects editor, and husband of designer Carolina Herrera; secured interviews with Marcos, Arafat, Gaddafi, and Noriega and guarded the Best Dressed List.