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Rink Babka
Rink Babka (Richard Aldrich Babka, 1936-2022), American discus thrower; 1960 Rome Olympic silver medalist, 1960 world record holder at 59.91 m, personal best 63.93/63.94 m in 1968, later a businessman.
Rinken Band
Rinken Band (りんけんバンド) is an Okinawan band formed in 1977 around sanshin player Teruya Rinken, whose 1990 album Arigatou triggered a nationwide boom in Okinawan music.
Rinko Kawauchi
Rinko Kawauchi (川内倫子, born 1972) is a Japanese photographer known for small, luminous square-format images of everyday life, who broke through with three photobooks in 2001.
Rinko Kikuchi (菊地凛子)
Rinko Kikuchi (菊地凛子), Japanese actress from Kanagawa, Oscar-nominated for Babel (2006), known for Pacific Rim's Mako Mori, Tokyo Vice, and 658km, Yoko no Tabi.
Rinku Singh (रिंकू खंचंद सिंह) (cricketer)
Rinku Singh (रिंकू खंचंद सिंह), born 1997 in Aligarh, is an Indian left-handed finisher for Kolkata Knight Riders and India, famous for five consecutive sixes off Yash Dayal in IPL 2023, a 2026 T20 World Cup winner and KKR vice-captain.
Rinky Hijikata
Rinky Hijikata, Australian tennis player (born 2001, Sydney), 2023 Australian Open men's doubles champion with Jason Kubler, 2023 US Open fourth rounder, career-high singles No. 62.
Rinnat Safin
Rinnat Safin (Риннат Ибрагимович Сафин), also listed as Rinat Safin, Soviet biathlete (1940-2014); 1972 Sapporo Olympic relay gold medalist, four-time world relay champion 1969-1973, Dynamo Leningrad.
Rinne test
Rinne test: bedside tuning-fork hearing test comparing air versus bone conduction to detect conductive hearing loss; described by Rinne in 1855 (earlier by Polansky 1842), positive when air conduction is better.
Rino Gaetano
Rino Gaetano was an Italian singer-songwriter of the 1970s cantautori scene, known for the ironic hits "Ma il cielo è sempre più blu" and "Gianna".
Rino Rappuoli
Rino Rappuoli, born 1952 at Radicofani near Siena, is an Italian microbiologist and vaccinologist who introduced reverse vaccinology and developed licensed vaccines against pertussis, meningococcus, and influenza.
Rino.ai
Rino.ai, legally White Rhino Zhida (Beijing) Technology, is a Beijing startup founded in April 2019 by former Baidu engineers Zhu Lei and Xia Tian that develops L4 driverless delivery vehicles.
Rinpa
Rinpa (琳派), also called the Sōtatsu-Kōrin school, is a school of Japanese decorative painting and crafts founded in Kyoto around 1615 by Tawaraya Sōtatsu and Hon'ami Kōetsu.
Rinse FM
Rinse FM is a London radio station founded as a pirate in 1994, central to garage and grime, credited with breaking Dizzee Rascal and Wiley, and licensed in 2010.
Rinse K. Weersma
Rinse K. Weersma is a Dutch gastroenterologist and professor at the University of Groningen who studies the genetics of inflammatory bowel disease and the gut microbiome.
Rint Sijbesma
Rint P. Sijbesma is a Dutch supramolecular polymer chemist, full professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, known for self-assembling polymers built on quadruple hydrogen bonding since his 1997 Science paper.
Rintje Ritsma
Rintje Ritsma (De Beer van Lemmer), Dutch long track speed skater born 1970 in Lemmer; six Olympic medals (2 silver, 4 bronze), four World Allround titles, six European titles, 1500 m world record twice, founder of commercial team skating, now KNSB national coach.
Rinus Michels
Rinus Michels (Marinus Hendrikus Jacobus Michels, 1928–2005), Dutch coach and former Ajax striker, creator of Total Football; won three European Cups with Ajax, the 1973/74 Spanish title with Barcelona, and EURO 1988 with the Netherlands; FIFA Coach of the Century 1999.
Rinzai school
The Rinzai school (臨済宗) is a branch of Zen Buddhism tracing its lineage to the Chinese master Linji, brought to Japan by Eisai in the Kamakura period.
Rio
Rio (Spanish río, Portuguese rio) means river, from Latin rivus. The word names Rio de Janeiro, the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), the Rio Negro, and stewardship programs like Guardiões dos Rios.
Rio (2011 film)
Rio (2011) is a Blue Sky Studios 3D animated musical comedy directed by Carlos Saldanha, starring the voices of Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway as Spix's macaws Blu and Jewel; it grossed $483.9 million worldwide and spawned Rio 2 (2014).
Rio (Duran Duran album)
Rio is Duran Duran's second studio album, released 10 May 1982, recorded at AIR Studios London with producer Colin Thurston. It reached UK No. 2, and its David Kershenbaum-remixed November 1982 US reissue peaked at No. 6, breaking the band in America via MTV.
Rio 2
Rio 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy directed by Carlos Saldanha, the sequel to Rio, in which Blu and Jewel leave Rio de Janeiro for the Amazon.
Río Abiseo National Park (protected area)
Río Abiseo National Park (Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo) is a 274,520-hectare Peruvian national park in San Martín, created in 1983, a UNESCO mixed World Heritage site (1990 natural, 1992 cultural) protecting cloud forests, the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, and Gran Pajatén archaeology.
Rio Ave F.C.
Rio Ave Futebol Clube (Rio Ave FC), Portuguese football club founded 1939 in Vila do Conde, named after the Rio Ave river; Taça de Portugal finalist 1984 and 2014, Europa League group stage 2014/15, plays at the 5,244-seat Estádio do Rio Ave FC.
Río Bec style
The Río Bec style is a Classic Maya architectural style of Campeche, Mexico, flourishing from about 550 to 950 CE and known for its decorative false towers.
Río Blanco
Río Blanco, Ramsar Site no. 2092, is a 2,404,916-hectare wetland of alluvial plains and flooded Amazon forests in Beni, Bolivia, designated 2 February 2013, rich in fish, giant otters, and threatened species.
Rio Branco, Acre
Rio Branco is the capital and largest city of Acre, Brazil, on the Acre River in the southwestern Amazon. Founded 28 December 1882 as Seringal Empresa; 364,756 residents (2022); recurrently flooded by the Acre River.
Rio Bravo (film)
Rio Bravo (1959) is Howard Hawks's Western starring John Wayne as Sheriff Chance, made as a rebuttal to High Noon; 141 minutes, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Metascore 93.
Rio Bravo Pipeline
The Rio Bravo Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline system in South Texas, running from the Agua Dulce hub to NextDecade's Rio Grande LNG terminal in Brownsville.
Rio Cardines
Rio Solomon Cardines (born 2006, Stevenage) is a Trinidad and Tobago international left-back and wing-back; ex-Stevenage youth and Crystal Palace, on loan at Bristol City, 2026/27 Championship assist leader.