Authors Starting with “R”
9 authors found
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Thakur FRAS, also known by his pseudonym Bhanusimha was a Bengali polymath of the Bengal Renaissance period. In 1913, Tagore became the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category, and also the first lyricist and non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was a leading advocate of individualism and self-reliance.
René Descartes
Was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.
Richard Bach
American writer
Richard Branson
English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and as of 2016 controlled 5 companies remaining of once more than 400.
Richard Dawkins
British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium.
Robert Frost
Was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
Rumi
Was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran.