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Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino (Rodolfo Guglielmi), Italian-born 1895-1926 silent film star, Hollywood's leading male sex symbol, the "Latin Lover" of The Sheik and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; died aged 31 in August 1926.
Rudolph Walker
Rudolph Walker CBE (born 28 September 1939, San Juan, Trinidad) is a Trinidadian-born British actor who played Bill Reynolds in Love Thy Neighbour (1972–76) and has played Patrick Trueman in EastEnders since 2001; OBE 2006, CBE 2020.
Rudong LNG Terminal
The Rudong LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas import terminal in Rudong County, Jiangsu, China, operated by PetroChina and receiving its first cargo in 2011.
Rudra (रुद्र)
Rudra (रुद्र), also known as Rudra-Siva, is a Vedic Hindu god of disease and healing, father of the Maruts, whom most traditions identify with the later god Shiva.
Rudra Chand
Rudra Chand (रुद्र चन्द) was a king of the Chand dynasty of Kumaon, in present-day Uttarakhand, who reigned in the late 1500s and founded Rudrapur.
Rudra Narayan Pany
Rudra Narayan Pany, born in 1959, is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party member representing Dhenkanal, Odisha, in the 18th Lok Sabha since 2024.
Rudra Pratap Bundela
Rudra Pratap Bundela (रुद्र प्रताप बुंदेला) was a Bundela Rajput chief, the first ruler of the Orchha line in Bundelkhand, and the founder of Orchha town and fort.
Rudra Singha
Rudra Singha (স্বৰ্গদেউ ৰুদ্ৰ সিংহ) was an Ahom king who ruled Assam from 1696 to 1714, known for internal reforms, subduing Cachar and Jayantia, and a planned invasion of Bengal.
Rudra: The Edge of Darkness
Rudra: The Edge of Darkness is a 2022 Hindi-language Disney+ Hotstar crime thriller, an official remake of BBC's Luther, starring Ajay Devgn as DCP Rudraveer Singh of Mumbai Police's Special Crimes Unit, directed by Rajesh Mapuskar, six episodes, released 4 March 2022.
Rudrabhatta
Rudrabhatta (ರುದ್ರಭಟ್ಟ) was a 12th-century Kannada poet, a Smartha Brahmin at the court of the Hoysala king Veera Ballala II, known for the champu epic Jagannatha Vijaya on Krishna's life.
Rudradaman's repair of the Sudarshana lake
Rudradaman's repair of the Sudarshana lake was a dam repair at Girnar, Gujarat, around 150 CE, paid for by the king from his own treasury.
Rudradaman's wars with the Satavahanas
Rudradaman's wars with the Satavahanas (रुद्रदामन के सातवाहन युद्ध) were the campaigns in which Rudradaman I of the Western Kshatrapas twice defeated the Satavahana king Satakarni in open battle before AD 150.
Rudraksha
Rudraksha, the stony seed of the Elaeocarpus ganitrus tree, is used in Hindu worship as a japa bead and amulet sacred to Shiva, described in the Shiva Purana as grown from his tears.
Rudrama Devi
Rudrama Devi (Rudramadevi, Rudradeva Maharaja), c. 1223–1289, Kakatiya queen regnant who ruled Warangal and Andhra 1262–1289 as daughter and successor of Ganapatideva, using a masculine royal title; died by 27 November 1289 per the Chandupatla inscription; succeeded by grandson Prataparudra II.
Rudrama Devi's repulse of the Yadava invasion
Rudrama Devi's repulse of the Yadava invasion was the Kakatiya queen's defeat of Mahadeva of Devagiri, who besieged Warangal in the 1260s or 1270s and lost Bidar.
Rudramadevi
Rudramadevi (ருத்ரமாதேவி) was a thirteenth-century Kakatiya queen of Warangal who ruled under the masculine regnal name Rudradeva, completing Warangal Fort and inspiring Telugu novels, a 2015 film, and a 2021 serial.
Rudrappa Lamani
Rudrappa Manappa Lamani (born 1959) is an Indian National Congress politician from Haveri (SC), Karnataka; MLA in 1999, 2013, and 2023, Deputy Speaker from 6 July 2023, and minister holding Sugar and Textiles portfolios.
Rudrapur
Rudrapur (रुद्रपुर) is a city in the Terai plains of Uttarakhand, India, and the headquarters of Udham Singh Nagar district, a major industrial and agricultural center.
Rudras
Rudras (रुद्र), plural of Rudra, are a Vedic class of group deities, originally the Maruts as sons of the storm god Rudra; numbered eleven in the Brahmanas, thirty-three in the Taittiriya Samhita, later read as manifestations of Rudra-Shiva.
Rudrasena I
Rudrasena I (रुद्रसेन प्रथम) was a king of the Vakataka dynasty who ruled the main branch in the Deccan from around 330 to 355 CE.
Rudrasena II
Rudrasena II (रुद्रसेन द्वितीय) was a king of the Vakataka dynasty of central India who ruled about five years and died young around 390 CE.
Rudrasimha III
Rudrasimha III (रुद्रसिंह तृतीय) was the last ruler of the Western Kshatrapas, a Saka dynasty of nearly 400 years, probably defeated by Chandragupta II of the Gupta empire.
Rudrata
Rudrata (रुद्रट), also called Shatananda, was a ninth-century Kashmiri theorist of Sanskrit poetics, author of the Kavyalankara, a treatise on figures of speech written around 850 CE.
Rudraveena (soundtrack)
Rudraveena (రుద్రవీణ) is the soundtrack of the 1988 Telugu film Rudra Veena, composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with nine songs whose lyrics argue that classical music belongs to everyone.
Rudraveena (రుద్రవీణ) (1988 film)
Rudraveena (రుద్రవీణ), 1988 Telugu musical drama by K. Balachander starring Chiranjeevi, Gemini Ganesan, and Shobana; a caste-and-art conflict film that flopped commercially but won three National Film Awards including the Nargis Dutt Award.
Rudston
Rudston, East Riding of Yorkshire village near Bridlington, home of the Rudston Monolith, England's largest standing stone, and a Roman villa whose Venus and Charioteer mosaics are in Hull's museum.
Rudston Roman Villa
Rudston Roman Villa, a scheduled Romano-British villa near Rudston, East Yorkshire, discovered in 1933, excavated 1930s-1970s, known for the Venus and Charioteer mosaics now in Hull and East Riding Museum.
Rudy (film)
Rudy is a 1993 American biographical sports drama directed by David Anspaugh and written by Angelo Pizzo, starring Sean Astin as Notre Dame walk-on Daniel Ruettiger. Notable for being filmed on Notre Dame's campus and for its fictionalized portrayal of coach Dan Devine.
Rudy Boesch
Rudy Boesch (Rudolph Ernst Boesch, 1928-2019) was a retired US Navy SEAL, one of the first SEALs of 1962 and the longest-serving 'Bullfrog,' best known as the oldest-ever Survivor contestant, finishing third on Survivor: Borneo in 2000 at 72.
Rudy Fernández (basketball)
Rudy Fernández (Rodolfo Fernández Farrés), Spanish small forward born 1985 in Palma de Mallorca; Joventut, NBA (Portland, Denver), Real Madrid 754 games and 26 trophies; Spain record 266 caps, six Olympics, retired 2024.