Rasmus Kristian Rask was a Danish linguist and philologist. He wrote several grammars and worked on comparative phonology and morphology. Rask traveled extensively to study languages, first to Iceland, where he wrote the first grammar of Icelandic, and later to Russia, Persia, India, and Ceylon. Shortly before his death, he was hired as professor of Eastern languages at the University of Copenhagen. Rask is especially known for his contributions to comparative linguistics, including an early formulation of what would later be known as Grimm's Law. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1829.
Rasul Rza, was an Azerbaijani writer, Hero of Socialist Labour (1980), People's Poet of Azerbaijan, Laureate of Soviet State Award and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan. He was the husband of Azerbaijani writer Nigar Rafibeyli and the father of writer Anar Rzayev.
Rauis Gosmanovich Gosmanov is a Soviet Russian scientist, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (1986), Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (2003) and Honored Scientist of the Republic of Tatarstan, Professor at the Kazan State Academy of Veterinary Medicine, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation (2000), Academician of the International Academy of Informatization .
Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of science and technology for the year 2011.
Raul Germano Brandão was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and by the lyricism of his language. Brandão was born in Foz do Douro, a parish of Porto, where he spent the majority of his youth. Born in a family of sailors, the ocean and the sailors are recurring themes in his work.
Raúl Castillo Jr. is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his acting roles in Amexicano and Cold Weather and his role as Richie Donado Ventura in the HBO series Looking and its subsequent series finale television film, Looking: The Movie. He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film We the Animals.
Raúl González Tuñón was an Argentine poet and writer from Buenos Aires. He also worked as a journalist, notably for the journal Crítica, and was known for his social activism and his socialist beliefs. He was a great friend of the Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. His first book of poetry, El violín del diablo, was published by the well-known Buenos Aires publishing house Editorial Gleizer in 1926, and Gleizer then published many of his later works.
