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- Wilhelm Raabe (1981)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1958, 1988)
- Günther Ramin (1998)
- Leopold von Ranke (1995)
- Johannes Rau (2006)
- Max Reger (1991)
- Max Reinhardt (1993)
- Philipp Reis (1952, 1984)
- Ernst Jakob Renz (1992), circus proprietor
- Fritz Reuter (1985)
- Ludwig Richter (1984)
- Willi Richter (1994), union activist and politician
- Adam Riese (1959, 1992)
- Tilman Riemenschneider (1981)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (2000)
- Wilhelm Röntgen (1951, 1995)
- Roswitha of Gandersheim (1973)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1977)
- Heinz Rühmann (2000)
- Phillip Otto Runge (1977)
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