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Reuben James
Reuben James (c. 1776-1838) was a U.S. Navy boatswain's mate of the Quasi-War, Barbary Wars, and War of 1812, famed, probably wrongly, for saving Stephen Decatur at Tripoli; three Navy ships, including DD-245 sunk in 1941, bore his name.
Rewi Maniapoto
Rewi Maniapoto was a Ngāti Maniapoto chief who led Māori King movement forces in the Waikato War of 1863–64, remembered for his defiance at Ōrākau.
Ric Prado
Ric Prado (Enrique Prado, born 1950) is a Cuban exile who became a CIA paramilitary officer, Contra trainer, Bin Laden Task Force co-founder, Counterterrorist Center Chief of Operations during 9/11, Blackwater VP, and author of the 2022 memoir Black Ops.
Ricardo Pérez Godoy
Ricardo Pío Pérez Godoy was a Peruvian army general who led the July 1962 coup deposing President Manuel Prado Ugarteche and headed the governing junta until his removal in March 1963.
Ricardo Trevilla Trejo
Ricardo Trevilla Trejo (born 1961, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche) is a Mexican General de División DEM and Secretary of National Defense since 1 October 2024 under Claudia Sheinbaum, succeeding Luis Cresencio Sandoval; former Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto.
Richard Dearlove
Sir Richard Dearlove, KCMG OBE, was Chief ('C') of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1999 to July 2004, covering 9/11 and the Iraq WMD dossier controversy, then Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Richard Grenville
Sir Richard Grenville (1542–1591) was an English naval commander and explorer who led the first English colonists to Roanoke Island in 1585 and died fighting a Spanish fleet.
Richard Guyon
Richard Guyon (Guyon Richárd, 1813–1856) was an English-born Hungarian honvéd general in the 1848–49 War of Independence, later a lieutenant general in the Ottoman army.
Richard Helms
Richard McGarrah Helms (1913–2002), American intelligence officer, Director of Central Intelligence 1966–1973 and US Ambassador to Iran 1973–1976; first career clandestine officer to lead the CIA, later convicted over Chile testimony.
Richard Jewell
Richard Jewell (born Richard White, 1962-2007), American security guard who found the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bomb, was wrongly named an FBI suspect, cleared October 1996; real bomber Eric Rudolph; 2019 Eastwood film.
Richard Lawrence (failed assassin)
Richard Lawrence, English-born unemployed house painter in Washington, D.C., attempted the first assassination of a sitting U.S. president, firing two misfiring pistols at Andrew Jackson on January 30, 1835; found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Richard Marcinko
Richard Marcinko (1940–2021), US Navy SEAL commander, founded and led SEAL Team Six from 1980 after Operation Eagle Claw; later convicted of contract fraud and author of Rogue Warrior.
Richard Meinertzhagen
Richard Meinertzhagen (1878–1967), British soldier, spy, and ornithologist, donated about 20,000 bird specimens to the Natural History Museum; many were stolen and relabeled, the greatest ornithological fraud.
Richard Myers
Richard B. Myers (born 1942, Kansas City, Missouri) is a retired US Air Force general, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2001-2005), acting Chairman on 9/11, first Vice Chairman to succeed his predecessor.
Richard Sorge (Рихард Зорге)
Richard Sorge (Рихард Зорге), codename Ramsay, 1895–1944, Soviet GRU spy in Tokyo posing as a German journalist; reported Barbarossa's date and Japan's 1941 decision not to attack the USSR; hanged in Tokyo, named Hero of the Soviet Union in 1964.
Richard Winters
Richard "Dick" Winters (1918–2011) was a U.S. Army major who led Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, at Brecourt Manor on D-Day, Market-Garden, and Bastogne, later made famous by Band of Brothers.
Robert B. Abrams
Robert B. "Abe" Abrams is a retired U.S. Army four-star general, former FORSCOM commander and Commander of USFK/UNC/CFC (2018-2021), known for the "kill the virus" COVID response and post-retirement advisory work.
Robert B. Hood
Robert B. Hood (1891-1964) was a US Army colonel from Kansas, commissioned in 1917, who won the Distinguished Service Cross for artillery heroism in World War I, survived Pearl Harbor at Schofield Barracks, and retired in 1961.
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941), British Army officer and founder of the Scout Movement; defended Mafeking for 217 days, ran the 1907 Brownsea Island camp, and wrote Scouting for Boys (1908).
Robert Baer
Robert Baer (born 1952), former CIA Directorate of Operations case officer 1976-1997, Middle East field officer, author of See No Evil, basis for Syriana, and of the disputed The Fourth Man.
Robert Booth Nichols
Robert Booth Nichols (born 1943), American businessman and self-described CIA operative, source for Danny Casolaro's Octopus investigation, subject of a 1987 FBI organized-crime probe via Meridian International Logistics, and recipient of a $10 million Bayou hedge-fund fee in 2004.
Robert Catesby
Robert Catesby (c. 1572–1605), Warwickshire Catholic gentleman, masterminded the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up James I and Parliament; Guy Fawkes was only his explosives expert. Catesby died at Holbeach House.
Robert Clive
Robert Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), "Clive of India", East India Company officer and Governor of Bengal; victor of Plassey 1757, obtained the diwani in 1765, died after parliamentary inquiry, probably by suicide.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), US Army engineer and Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia; resigned April 1861, surrendered at Appomattox April 9, 1865, later president of Washington College.
Robert Gates
Robert Gates, also known as Bob Gates, is an American intelligence official who directed the CIA from 1991 to 1993 and served as Secretary of Defense.
Robert Hanssen
Robert Philip Hanssen (1944–2023), FBI special agent and Russian spy known as "Ramon," spied from 1979 to 2001 for $1.4 million; arrested 2001, sentenced to life without parole.
Robert J. O'Neill
Robert J. O'Neill, born in Butte, Montana, is a retired US Navy SEAL of SEAL Teams 2, 4, and 6 with 400+ combat missions and 52 decorations, known for claiming he fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden in the 2011 Abbottabad raid, an account disputed by Matt Bissonnette and other SEALs.
Robert K. Morgan
Robert K. Morgan (1918–2004) was an American Army Air Forces pilot of the B-17 Memphis Belle who later led the first B-29 bombing raid on Tokyo.
Robert L. Howard
Robert L. Howard (1939-2009) was a US Army Special Forces colonel, Medal of Honor recipient, and the Vietnam War's most decorated soldier, nominated three times for the Medal of Honor and wounded 14 times across five tours.
Robert Leckie (author)
Robert Leckie (1920–2001) was an American military historian and decorated WWII Marine, author of Helmet for My Pillow (1957) and more than 30 military histories; portrayed by James Badge Dale in HBO's The Pacific.