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Romualdo Formation
The Romualdo Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) rock formation in the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil, part of the Santana Group, renowned for its exceptionally preserved fossils.
Romualdo Ghiglione
Romualdo Ghiglione (1891-1940), Italian artistic gymnast from Genoa, club Ginnastica Sampierdarenese; won gold in the men's team all-around (European system) at Antwerp 1920 with Italy scoring 359.855 points, later a gymnastics official.
Romualdo Pacheco
Romualdo Pacheco (1831–1899), Californio statesman: first California-born and first Latino governor of California in 1875, and first Hispanic-American voting U.S. Representative, winning his 1876 House seat by one vote.
Romula
Romula (Romula-Malva), Roman city at Reșca, Olt County, Romania, capital of Dacia Inferior; municipium 124 CE, colonia 248 CE. Also a Slovenian road station at Ribnica, Galerius's mother, and Seville's colony.
Romulan
Romulans: fictional Star Trek alien species, an offshoot of Vulcans who rejected Surak's logic and founded the Romulan Star Empire on Romulus and Remus, known for cloaking devices, the Tal Shiar, and the 2387 supernova that destroyed their homeworld.
Romulea
Romulea (romulea) is a genus of about 90-120 cormous Iridaceae herbs of Africa and the Mediterranean, centered in southern Africa, with two subgenera, high polymorphism, hybridization, and polyploidy.
Rómulo Betancourt
Rómulo Betancourt was a Venezuelan politician and journalist who founded Acción Democrática and served twice as president of Venezuela, from 1945 to 1948 and 1959 to 1964.
Rómulo Gallegos
Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969), Venezuelan novelist and president, author of Doña Bárbara, Cantaclaro, and Canaima; elected president in December 1947 with 73.6% of the vote, overthrown November 1948, exiled to Cuba and Mexico, returned 1958.
Rómulo Gallegos Prize
The Rómulo Gallegos Prize is a biennial Venezuelan literary award for the best novel in Spanish, created in 1964 and among the Spanish-speaking world's most prestigious.
Romulus
Romulus, legendary founder and first king of Rome, twin of Remus, son of Mars and Rhea Silvia; killed Remus over the city's founding, credited with the Senate, vanished and worshipped as Quirinus, but not historically attested.
Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus, twin founders of Rome in Roman myth: sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia, suckled by a she-wolf, quarrel over the city walls, Romulus kills Remus; Varro dated the founding to 753 BC.
Romulus Augustulus
Romulus Augustulus, boy puppet Western Roman emperor (31 October 475 to 4 September 476), son of Orestes, deposed by Odoacer; a usurper never recognized by the East, unlike Julius Nepos.
Romulus Capital
Romulus Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Krishna Gupta, then an MIT undergraduate, to lead seed and Series A rounds for B2B and deep-technology companies.
Romulus Linney (playwright)
Romulus Linney (1930–2011), American playwright and novelist, author of Heathen Valley, Childe Byron, Holy Ghosts, Tennessee, and 2; known for historical dramas and Appalachian folk plays, Obie and Gold Medal for Drama winner, father of actress Laura Linney.
Romulus, My Father
Romulus, My Father is a 1998 memoir by Australian philosopher Raimond Gaita about his father, a migrant who raised him in rural Victoria after the Second World War.
Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi
Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, born 1973 in Miskolc, is a Hungarian retired lieutenant general and Tisza Párt politician who has served as Minister of Defense since 2026, after leading the Hungarian Defence Forces.
Romy
Romy, full name Romy Madley Croft, is an English singer and guitarist of The xx, whose 2023 solo dance album Mid Air reached number 15 in the UK.
Romy and Michele 2
Romy and Michele 2 is an upcoming 2027 American comedy sequel to Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, directed by Tim Federle, written by Robin Schiff, starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow, streaming as a Hulu Original.
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is a 1997 Touchstone comedy directed by David Mirkin, starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow as friends who fake inventing Post-Its for their reunion; also a 2005 prequel, 2025 musical, and 2026 Hulu sequel.
Romy Mars
Romy Mars (Romy Croquet Mars, born 2006, Paris) is a French-American singer-songwriter and actress, daughter of Sofia Coppola and Phoenix's Thomas Mars; known for the 2023 helicopter TikTok, EP Stuck Up, and singles A-Lister, Ego, and The Rage.
Romy Rosemont
Romy Rosemont, American character actress born 1964, in New York City; known for Carole Hudson-Hummel on Glee (18 episodes) and Jacqui Franco on CSI (14 episodes), films An American Crime, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Avengers; married to Stephen Root since 2008.
Romy Saalfeld
Romy Saalfeld (Topf), born 1960 in Weissenfels, East German rower, SC DHfK Leipzig; Olympic gold in the women's coxed four at Moscow 1980 (3:19.27) and world silver in 1981.
Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider (Rosemarie Magdalena Albach-Retty, 1938-1982), Austrian-born German-French actress; Sissi trilogy star who rebuilt her career in France with Visconti, Welles, and Claude Sautet, winning three Césars.
Romy Weltman
Romy Weltman (born 2000) is a Canadian actress from Toronto known as DJ Kit Dunn on Backstage and Martha "Em" Cypress in Syfy's Revival (2025), with guest roles in Murdoch Mysteries, Slasher, and Ginny & Georgia.
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (born Ron Blumenthal, 1969) is an American guitarist known for Guns N' Roses (2006–2014), Sons of Apollo, Asia, Art of Anarchy, fretless guitar and thimble technique, and solo albums from The Adventures of Bumblefoot (1995) to Bumblefoot…Returns! (2025).
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945-1973), American blues singer, organist, and harmonica player; co-founder and original frontman of the Grateful Dead, who urged the band to go electric, wrote "Operator" and "The Stranger," and died at 27 of alcohol-related illness.
Ron Alterovitz
Ron Alterovitz is an American computer scientist and roboticist at UNC-Chapel Hill, known for autonomous medical needle steering for lung biopsy and a 2019 Presidential Early Career Award.
Ron Alting
Ron Alting is an American Republican politician representing Indiana's 22nd Senate district since 1995, and chair of the Senate Committee on Public Policy since 2011.
Ron Athey
Ron Athey (born 1961, Groton, Connecticut) is a Los Angeles-based American performance and body artist known for the Torture Trilogy, the 1994 Walker Art Center blood-towel controversy, and works on AIDS, Pentecostal ritual, and queer identity.
Ron Atkinson
Ron Atkinson (born 18 March 1939, Liverpool), "Big Ron", English footballer, manager of Manchester United (1981-86, two FA Cups), Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, and ITV pundit until a 2004 racist remark ended his broadcasting career.