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  Rachael Leigh Cook
  • Faith: reportedly Christianity
  • Worldview: Vegetarianism
  • Brother: Ben Cook (actor)
  • Ex-Husband: Daniel Gillies (actor, resulting in son Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies, and daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies)
  • Ex-Partner: Shane West
  
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  Rachael Taylor
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Birth name: Rachael May Taylor
  • Partner: Mike Piscitelli (actor, director)
  
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  Rachel Bilson
  • Birth name: Rachel Sarah Bilson
  • Father: Danny Bilson (writer, director, producer)
  • Grandfather: Bruce Bilson (director)
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Hayden Christensen
  
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  Rachel Hurd-Wood
  • Worldview: Health activism
  • Birth name: Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood
  • Husband: Russ Bain (actor, resulting in a son and a daughter)
  
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  Rachel McAdams
  • Faith: Unknown, raised in Christianity (Protestant)
  • Worldview: Environmentalism activism, Liberalism activism
  • Birth name: Rachel Anne McAdams
  • Partner: Jamie Linden (screenwriter)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Ryan Gosling
  —Michael Sheen
  
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  Rachel Nichols
  • aka Rachel Kershaw
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: Rachel Emily Nichols
  • Husband: Michael Kershaw
  • Ex-Husband: Scott Stuber (film producer)
  
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  Rachel Weisz
  • Faith: Secularism, her father was Jewish and her a Judaism convert from Roman Catholicism
  • Birth name: Rachel Hannah Weisz
  • Husband: Daniel Craig
  • Ex-Partner and father of her daughter: Darren Aronofsky (filmmaker)
  
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  Radha Mitchell
  • Faith: “Spiritual,” but not religious. Although, her parents are Episcopalian, she doesn’t follow any particular religion. She believes that the Hindu religion has affected her life in a huge way. She was named Radha after a Hindu goddess.
  • Worldview: Vegetarianism
  • Birth name: Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell
  
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  Ralph Fiennes
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Birth name: Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
  • Brother: Joseph Fiennes
  • Nephew: Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
  • Ex-Wife: Alex Kingston
  • Ex-Partner: Francesca Annis
  
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  Rami Malek
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Coptic Orthodox)
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Rami Said Malek
  • Partner: Lucy Boynton
  
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  Rance Howard …DIED age 89 (2017)—Heart failure spurred by West Nile virus infection
  • Faith: Christianity (Methodist)
  • Birth name: Harold Rance Beckenholdt
  • Sons: Ron Howard and Clint Howard
  • Granddaughters: Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard
  • Wives (twice widower): Jean Speegle Howard (actress—died 2000), Judy Howard (died 2017)
  
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  Randy Quaid
  • Faith: Unclear, raised Baptist
  • Birth name: Randall Rudy Quaid
  • Brother: Dennis Quaid
  • Wife: Evi Motolanez
  • Ex-Wife: Ella Jolly
  
• Rashida Jones
  • Faith: Judaism, ex-Hindu
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Rashida Leah Jones
  • Father: Quincy Jones (producer and composer)
  • Partner: Ezra Koenig
  • Ex-Partner: Tobey Maguire
  
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  Raúl Juliá (Raul Julia) …DIED age 54 (1994)—Stroke complications
  • aka Raul Julia
  • Faith: Unclear, raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Birth name: Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay
  • Wife: Merel Poloway
  • Ex-Wife: Magda Vasallo Molinelli
  
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  Raquel Welch …DIED age 82 (2023)—Cardiac arrest and Alzheimer’s disease
  • Faith: Christianity (Presbyterian)
  • Worldview: Conservativism leaning
  • Birth name: Jo Raquel Tejada
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —James Welch (resulting in son Damon Welch and daughter Latanne Rene “Tahnee” Welch)
  —Patrick Curtis (publicist, producer)
  —André Weinfeld (producer, director —resulting in a child lost to miscarriage)
  —Richie Palmer
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Sancho Gracia
  —Nigel Lythgoe
  Welch said, “What I do on the screen is not to be equated with what I do in my private life. Privately, I am understated and dislike any hoopla.” “I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one.”
  
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  Ray Liotta …DIED age 67 (2022)—Pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), respiratory insufficiency and acute heart failure, as well as atherosclerosis
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Raymond Allen Liotta
  • Ex-Wife: Michelle Grace (actress)
  
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  Ray Romano
  • Faith: Atheism
  • Birth name: Raymond Albert Romano
  • Wife: Anna Scarpulla
  
• Ray Stevenson
  • Birth name: George Raymond Stevenson
  • Ex-Wife: Ruth Gemmell (actress)
  
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  Raymond Burr …DIED age 76 (1993)—Renal cell carcinoma (malignant kidney tumor)
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Homosexualism
  • Birth name: Raymond William Stacy Burr
  • Ex-Wife: Isabella Ward
  • Ex-Partner: Robert Benevides
  
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  Rebecca De Mornay
  • Birth name: Rebecca Jane Pearch
  • Father: Wally George (American conservative radio and TV commentator)
  • Ex-Husband: Bruce Wagner (screenwriter)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Tom Cruise
  —Patrick O'Neal
  —Leonard Cohen
  —Harry Dean Stanton
  
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  Rebecca Hall
  • Birth name: Rebecca Maria Hall
  • Husband: Morgan Spector (actor)
  • Ex-partner: Sam Mendes (director)
  
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  Rebecca Romijn
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Birth name: Rebecca Alie Romijn
  • Husband: Jerry O'Connell
  • Ex-Husband: John Stamos (actor, producer)
  
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  Reese Witherspoon
  • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Episcopalian)
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
  • Ex-Husband: Jim Toth, Ryan Phillippe
  • Ex-Partner: Jake Gyllenhaal
  
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  Reg E. Cathey…DIED age 59 (2018)—Lung cancer
  • Faith: Unclear
  • Birth name: Reginald Eurias Cathey
  
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  René Auberjonois …DIED age 79 (2019)—Metastatic lung cancer
  • aka Rene Auberjonois
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Worldview: Unknown
  • Birth name: René Murat Auberjonois
  • Wife: Judith Helen Mihalyi
  
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  Rene Russo
  • Faith: Christianity (reportedly Charismatic)
  • Birth name: Rene Marie Russo
  • Husband: Dan Gilroy (screenwriter)
  
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  Renée Zellweger
  • Faith: apparently Liberal Christianity (raised Episcopalian)
  • Worldview: Progessive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Renée Kathleen Zellweger
  • Partner: Ant Anstead
  • Ex-Partner and Ex-Fiancé: Jim Carrey (engagement canceled)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Doyle Bramhall II
  —Bradley Cooper
  —Rory Cochrane
  —Kenny Chesney
  —Jack White
  
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  Rhea Perlman
  • Faith: Apparently Secularism, raised in a Jewish family
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activist
  • Birth name: Rhea Jo Perlman
  • Husband (estranged since 2012): Danny DeVito
  
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  Rhona Mitra
  • Faith: reportedly Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Rhona Natasha Mitra
  
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  Richard Armitage
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
  • Birth name: Richard Crispin Armitage
  
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  Richard Attenborough …DIED age 90 (2014)—Heart problems, stroke
  • Faith: Agnostic; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Evolutionism
  • Birth name: Richard Samuel Attenborough
  • Brother: David Attenborough
  • Grandsons: Will Attenborough (actor) and Tom Attenborough (voice actor, director)
  • Wife: Sheila Sim (actress)
  
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  Richard Burton …DIED age 58 (1984)—Cerebral haemorrhage
  • Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Socialism, Bisexualism
  • Birth name: Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.
  • Children: 2 biological
  • Wife: Sally Hay
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Sybil Williams (resulting in daughters Kate Burton and Jessica Burton)
  —Elizabeth Taylor (resulting in adopted daughter Maria McKeown)
  —Suzy Miller
  • Ex-Fiancée: Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia
  
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  Richard Chamberlain
  • Faith: Unclear, he is quoted as saying “I consider myself a religious person”
  • Worldview: Homosexualism
  • Birth name: George Richard Chamberlain
  • Known partners:
  —Wesley Eure
  —Martin Rabbett
  
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  Richard Dean Anderson
  • Faith: Agnosticism, Secularism
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Apryl A. Prose
  —Sela Ward
  —Georganne LaPiere
  —Lara Flynn Boyle
  —Lisa Marie
  —Katarina Witt
  —Teri Hatcher
  —Marlee Matlin
  —Justine Bateman
  —Deidre Hall
  
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  Richard Dreyfuss
  • Faith: Agnosticism
  • Worldview: Says new Hollywood diversity standards make him vomit—“no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give into the latest, most current idea of what morality is”
  • Birth name: Richard Stephen Dreyfus
  • Wife: Svetlana Erokhin
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Jeramie Rain
  —Janelle Lacey
  
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  Richard Gere
  • Faith: Buddhism, raised a Methodist
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Richard Tiffany Gere
  • Wife: Alejandra Silva
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Cindy Crawford
  —Carey Lowell (actress)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Penelope Milford
  —Sylvia Martins
  —Tuesday Weld
  —Carole Mallory
  —Dawn Steel
  —Loree Rodkin
  —Barbara Carrera
  —Barbra Streisand
  —Priscilla Presley
  —Kim Basinger
  
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  Richard E. Grant
  • Faith: Atheism
  • Birth name: Richard Grant Esterhuysen
  • Wife: Joan Washington (died 2021)
  
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  Richard Harris …DIED age 72 (2002)—Hodgkin’s disease
  • Faith: Christianity, but was unsettled; it is not clear to us that he ever fully placed his faith in Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Richard St John Harris
  • Son: Jared Harris
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Elizabeth Rees-Williams
  —Ann Turkel
  
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  Richard Hatch …DIED age 71 (2017)—Pancreatic cancer
  • Faith: Unsettled; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ—studied Buddhism, teachings of Tony Robbins and Marianne Williamson, etc.
  • Birth name: Richard Lawrence Hatch
  • Wife: Jo Marie Distante
  
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  Richard Jenkins
  • Birth name: Richard Dale Jenkins
  • Wife: Sharon R. Friedrick (choreographer)
  
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  Richard Pryor …DIED age 65 (2005)—Heart attack
  • Faith: Secularism; however, there are claims that he professed a late-life faith in Christ, but we have been unable to confirm this
  • Worldview: Bisexualism
  • Birth name: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
  • Cousin: Ludacris
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Patricia Price
  —Shelley R. Bonus
  —Deborah McGuire
  —Jennifer Lee
  —Flynn Belaine
  
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  Richard Widmark …DIED age 93 (2008)—After a long illness
  • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Richard Weedt Widmark
  • Wives:
  —Susan Blanchard
  —Jean Hazlewood (screenwriter, died)
  
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  Ricky Gervais
  • Faith: Atheism, Secular Humanism
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Ricky Dene Gervais
  • Partner: Jane Fallon (TV producer)
  
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  Ricky Schroder
  • Faith: Currently unclear, “I do believe there is higher power.” Earlier joined his wife’s church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Worldview: Conservatism
  • Birth name: Richard Bartlett Schroder
  • Ex-Wife: Andrea Bernard
  
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  Rip Torn
  • Birth name: Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
  • Wife: Amy Wright (actress), Geraldine Page (actress — died)
  • Ex-Wife: Ann Wedgeworth
  • Cousin: Sissy Spacek
  
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  Rita Hayworth …DIED age 68 (1987)—Alzheimer’s disease
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Liberal (Democratic Party activist)
  • Birth name: Margarita Carmen Cansino
  • Children: 2
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Edward C. Judson
  —Orson Welles (resulting in daughter Rebecca Welles)
  —Prince Aly Khan (a Muslim, resulting in daughter Yasmin Aga Khan)
  —Dick Haymes
  —James Hill (producer, screenwriter)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Victor Mature
  —Glenn Ford (adultery, resulting in an aborted child)
  —and others
  
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  Rita Wilson
  • Faith: Christianity (Greek Orthodox)
  • Birth name: Margarita Ibrahimoff
  • Husband: Tom Hanks
  
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  River Phoenix …DIED age 23 (1993)—Heart failure caused by acute multiple drug intoxication, including cocaine and morphine
  • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: River Jude Bottom
  • Brother: Joaquin Phoenix
  • Sister: Summer Phoenix
  
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  Rob Lowe
  • Faith: Secularism, leaning toward Reform Judaism—wife is a Reformed Jew; he reportedly practices daily Transcendental Meditation; he was raised in a marginally Episcopalian family
  • Birth name: Robert Hepler Lowe
  • Brother: Chad Lowe (actor, director)
  • Wife: Sheryl Berkoff
  
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  Rob Reiner
  • Faith: Atheisim, sympathetic to Buddhism; of Jewish descent
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist)
  • Birth name: Robert Reiner
  • Father: Carl Reiner
  • Ex-Wife: Penny Marshall
  
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  Rob Schneider
  • Faith: Christianity convert (2023, Roman Catholicism); He is actively speaking out against Atheism and Progressive Liberalism.
  • Worldview: Conservatism leaning, ex-Liberal
  • Birth name: Robert Michael Schneider
  • Wife: Patricia Azarcoya Arce
  • Ex-Wives:
  —London King (resulting in daughter Elle King)
  —Helena Schneider (resulting in daughters Miranda Scarlett Schneider and Madeline Robbie Schneider)
  
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  Robbie Coltrane …DIED age 72 (2022)—Multiple organ failure complicated by sepsis, a lower respiratory tract infection, and heart block
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Anthony Robert McMillan
  • Ex-Wife: Rhona Gemmell
  
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  Robert Blake …DIED age 89 (2023)—Heart disease
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Liberalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Michael James Gubitosi
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Sondra Kerr (actress)
  —Bonny Lee Bakley
  —Pamela Hudak
  
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  Robert Carlyle
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: “I’m a Socialist… I’m a Humanist” / “I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.”
  • Wife: Anastasia Shirley
  
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  Robert Conrad …DIED age 84 (2020)—Heart failure
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Worldview: Conservatism
  • Birth name: Conrad Robert Falk
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Joan Kenlay
  —LaVelda Ione Fann
  
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  Robert Davi
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Conservatism (outspoken)
  • Birth name: Robert John Davi
  • Wife: Diana Davi
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Jan Borenstein
  —Jeri McBride
  —Christine Bolster
  
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  Robert De Niro
  • Faith: Agnosticism, raised by an atheist mother and a Gay lapsed-Catholic father
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist)
  • Birth name: Robert Anthony De Niro Jr.
  • Partner: Tiffany Chen
  • Wife: Grace Hightower (separated)
  • Ex-Wife: Diahnne Abbott
  • Ex-Partner: Toukie Smith
  
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  Robert Downey Jr.
  • Faith: Self-described “Jewish Buddhist” with an affinity for Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Moderately Conservative-leaning politically
  • Birth name: Robert John Downey Jr.
  • Wife: Susan Downey (producer)
  • Ex-Partner: Sarah Jessica Parker
  
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  Robert Duvall
  • Faith: Christian-Scientism (Church of Christ, Scientist), but inactive
  • Worldview: Independent Conservatism, Libertarianism
  • Birth name: Robert Selden Duvall
  • Wife: Luciana Pedraza (actress)
  
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  Robert Forster …DIED age 78 (2019)—Brain tumor
  • Birth name: Robert Wallace Forster Jr.
  • Partner: Denise Grayson
  • Ex-Wives:
  —June Provenzano
  —Zivia Forster
  
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  Robert Guillaume …DIED age 89 (2017)—Cancer (prostate)
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Robert Peter Williams
  • Wife: Donna Brown-Guillaume
  • Ex-Wife: Marlene Williams
  
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  Robert Knepper
  • Birth name: Robert Lyle Knepper
  • Wife: Nadine Kary
  • Ex-Wife: Tory Herald
  
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  Robert Mitchum …DIED age 79 (1997)—Lung cancer and emphysema
  • Faith: Secularism, with early Methodist influence; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Conservativism
  • Birth name: Robert Charles Durman Mitchum
  • Children: 3
  • Wife: Dorothy Spence (resulting in sons James and Christopher, and daughter Petrine)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Edna O'Brien
  —Lucille Ball
  —Ava Gardner
  Jean Simmons
  — —Shirley MacLaine
  —Sarah Miles
  
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  Robert Patrick
  • Faith: Christianity (devout Episcopalian)—“Ground yourselves firmly in God, worship Him and Him alone!”
  • Birth name: Robert Hammond Patrick Jr.
  • Wife: Barbara Hooper (actress)
  
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  Robert Pattinson
  • Birth name: Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson
  • Partner and Fiancée: Suki Waterhouse (model, actress, resulting in a daughter)
  • Ex-Fiancée: FKA Twigs (Tahliah Debrett Barnett)
  • Ex-Partner: KristenStewart
  
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  Robert Redford
  • Faith: Agnosticism
  • Worldview: Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism (activist), Native American rights, LGBT rights
  • Birth name: Charles Robert Redford Jr.
  • Wife: Sibylle Szaggars
  • Ex-Wife: Lola Van Wagenen
  
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  Robert Reed …DIED age 59 (1992)—Colon lymphoma and HIV-positive
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Homosexualism
  • Birth name: John Robert Rietz Jr.
  • Ex-Wife: Marilyn Rosenberger
  
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  Robert Taylor …DIED age 57 (1969)—Lung cancer
  • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Spangler Arlington Brugh Taylor
  • Wife: Ursula Thiess
  • Ex-Wife: Barbara Stanwyck
  
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  Robert Vaughn …DIED age 83 (2016)—Acute leukaemia
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Democratic Party activism
  • Birth name: Robert Francis Vaughn
  • Wife: Linda Staab (actress)
  
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  Robert Wagner
  • Birth name: Robert John Wagner Jr.
  • Wives:
  —Jill St. John
  —Natalie Wood (died 1981)
  • Ex-Wife: Marion Marshall
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Yvonne De Carlo
  —Joan Crawford
  —Elizabeth Taylor
  —Anita Ekberg
  —Shirley Anne Field
  —Lori Nelson
  —Joan Collins
  —Barbara Stanwyck,
  —Tina Sinatra
  
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  Robin Givens
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholic)
  • Birth name: Robin Simone Givens
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Mike Tyson
  —Svetozar Marinković
  • Ex-Partner: Murphy Jensen
  
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  Robin Williams …DIED age 63 (2014)—Suicide
  • Faith: Unsettled combination of Secularism and Christianity, raised Episcopalian (father Episcopal, mother Christian Scientist). During a rehab stay, Robin professed acceptance of Jesus Christ, but based on later events the reality of his conversion is in doubt.
  • Birth name: Robin McLaurin Williams
  • Wife: Susan Schneider
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Valerie Velardi
  —Marsha Garces
  • Ex-Partner: Elayne Boosler
  
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  Robin Wright
  • Faith: Agnosticism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
  • Birth name: Robin Gayle Wright
  • Father: L. Hart Wright (agnostic)
  • Ex-Husbands:
  —Sean Penn (actor, agnostic)
  —Dane Witherspoon
  —Clément Giraudet
  • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Ben Foster
  
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  Rock Hudson …DIED age 59 (1985)—AIDS-related complications
  • Faith: Atheism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism); apparently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ, unless he changed his commitment at the very last
  • Worldview: Homosexualism, Bisexualism, Moderately Conservative
  • Birth name: Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
  • Ex-Wife: Phyllis Gates
  • Partners included: Jack Coates, Tom Clark, Lee Garlington, Marc Christian
  
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  Rod Taylor …DIED age 84 (2015)—Heart attack
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Birth name: Rodney Sturt Taylor
  • Children: 1
  • Wife: Carol Kikumura
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Peggy Williams (model)
  —Mary Hilem (model, resulting in daughter Felicia Taylor)
  • Ex-Fiancée: Anita Ekberg (actress)
  • Ex-Partner: Dinah Shore
  
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  Roddy McDowall …DIED age 70 (1998)—Lung cancer
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism—his mother’s faith); appears to have rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
  • Birth name: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Montgomery Clift
  —and others
  
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  Rodrigo Santoro
  • Birth name: Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro
  • Wife: Melanie “Mel” Nunes Fronckowiak (actress)
  
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  Roger Moore …DIED age 89 (2017)—Cancers of the lung and liver
  • Faith: Secularism with belief in God, but apparently never put his faith in Jesus Christ
  • Worldview: Conservativism
  • Birth name: Roger George Moore
  • Wife: Kristina Tholstrup
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Doorn van Steyn
  —Dorothy Squires
  —Luisa Mattioli
  
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  Roman Polanski
  • Faith: Atheism, ex-Catholic
  • Birth name: Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
  • Wives:
  —Emmanuelle Seigner
  —Sharon Tate (actress, murdered 1969)
  • Ex-Wife: Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
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  Roma Downey
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism) with New Age beliefs
  • Husband: Mark Burnett (producer)
  • Ex-Husband: Leland Orser
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  Ron Glass …DIED age 71 (2016)—Respiratory failure
  • Faith: Buddhism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
  • Birth name: Ronald Earle Glass
  • Wife: Never married
  
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  Ron Howard
  • Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Methodist)
  • Birth name: Ronald William Howard
  • Father: Rance Howard
  • Brother: Clint Howard (actor)
  • Daughters: Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Carlyle Howard (actress)
  • Wife: Cheryl Alley
  
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  Ron Perlman
  • Faith: Secularism, raised in Judaism
  • Worldview: Leftism (activist), Environmentalism
  • Birth name: Ronald Francis Perlman
  • Wife: ​Allison Dunbar
  • Ex-Wife: Opal Stone
  
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  Rooney Mara
  • aka Rooney Mara Phoenix
  • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
  • Worldview: Veganism, secular charitable work
  • Birth name: Patricia Rooney Mara
  • Sister: Kate Mara
  • Partner: Joaquin Phoenix (resulting in 2 children)
  
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  Rory Cochrane
  • Ex-Partner: Renée Zellweger
  
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  Rosamund Pike
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Birth name: Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike
  • Partner: Robie Uniacke
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Simon Woods (actor)
  —Joe Wright (director)
  
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  Rosario Dawson
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Socialism, LGBTQ ally
  • Birth name: Rosario Isabel Dawson
  • Partner: Nnamdi Okafor
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Joshua Jackson (actor)
  —Eric André (actor, comedian)
  —Jason Lewis
  —Mathieu Schreyer
  —Danny Boyle
  —Cory Booker (Progressive Liberal politician)
  
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  Rose Byrne
  • Faith: Agnosticism
  • Birth name: Mary Rose Byrne
  • Common-law husband: Bobby Cannavale
  
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  Rose McGowan
  • Faith: Secularism, raised in a cult hippie commune, experimented with Satanism
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Feminism activist, Gay Rights activist
  • Birth name: Rose Arianna McGowan
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Marilyn Manson (Rose said, “I always thought I was more Satanic than Manson.”)
  —Robert Rodriguez
  —and others
  
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  Rosie Perez
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
  • Birth name: Rosa Maria Perez
  • Husband: Eric Haze
  • Ex-Husband: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
  
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  Rowan Atkinson
  • Faith: Atheism and is known for publicly criticising religious views
  • Birth name: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
  • Partner: Louise Ford
  • Ex-Wife: Sunetra Sastry (divorce due to his adultery)
  
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  Roy Dotrice …DIED age 94 (2017)—natural causes
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Wife: Kay Newman (died 2007)
  
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  Roy Scheider …DIED age 75 (2008)—Multiple myeloma and staph infection
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: Roy Richard Scheider
  • Wife: Brenda Siemer
  • Ex-Wife: Cynthia Bebout
  
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  Rufus Sewell
  • Faith: apparently Secularism
  • Birth name: Rufus Frederik Sewell
  • Partner and fiancée: Vivian Benitez (actress)
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Yasmin Abdallah
  —Amy Gardner (scriptwriter, producer)
  • Ex-Partner: Ami Komai (resulting in a daughter)
  
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  Rumer Willis
  • Birth name: Rumer Glenn Willis
  • Father: Bruce Willis
  • Mother: Demi Moore
  • Partner: Derek Richard Thomas
  
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  Rupert Everett
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), but said that he is “a slut” because he is furious with his Catholic faith, “I don’t want to be part of the Catholic Church. But I am.”
  • Worldview: Homosexualism
  • Birth name: Rupert James Hector Everett
  
• Rupert Grint
  • Faith: Unknown
  • Birth name: Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint
  • Partner: Georgia Groome (actress)
  
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  Russell Brand
  • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism convert, 2024); previously had said he believed in a higher power as described by Alcoholics Anonymous and had gravitated towards Christian spirituality; previously had Hinduism interest; ex-Hare Krishna Movement; Transcendental Meditation (daily); ex-Buddhist—having previously been the host for the Dalai Lama’s 2012 youth event in Manchester, England
  • Birth name: Russell Edward Brand
  • Wife: Laura Gallacher (resulting in 3 children)
  • Ex-Wife: Katy Perry (married in Hindu ceremony)
  • Ex-Partner: Jemima Goldsmith (Jemima Khan)
  
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  Russell Crowe
  • Faith: Secularism; “Though we didn’t really go (to church) as a family, my mother was totally fine with the idea of me going to church on my own, so I’d go and have a look at a Catholic service or a Presbyterian service or an Anglican service. I went to a temple. The Baha’i faith is something I looked at as well.”
  • Worldview: Liberalism
  • Birth name: Russell Ira Crowe
  • Ex-Wife: Danielle Spencer (actress)
  
• Rutger Hauer
  • Worldview: Environmentalism (activist)
  • Birth name: Rutger Oelsen Hauer
  • Wife: Ineke ten Cate
  • Ex-Wife: Heidi Merz
  
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  Ryan Gosling
  • Faith: Secularism, ex-Mormon
  • Worldview: Socialism
  • Birth name: Ryan Thomas Gosling
  • Partner: Eva Mendes (resulting in 2 children)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Rachel McAdams
  —Kat Dennings
  
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  Ryan O'Neal …DIED age 82 (2023)—Prostate cancer
  • Faith: Secularism
  • Birth name: Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal
  • Daughter: Tatum O'Neal
  • Ex-Wives:
  —Joanna Moore (actress)
  —Leigh Taylor-Young (actress)
  • Ex-Partners:
  —Farrah Fawcett
  —Leslie Stefanson (actress)
  —Ursula Andress
  —Bianca Jagger
  —Anouk Aimée
  —Jacqueline Bisset
  —BarbraStreisand
  —Joan Collins
  —Diana Ross
  —Anjelica Huston
  —Melanie Griffith
  
• Ryan Phillippe
   Birth name: Matthew Ryan Phillippe
  • Ex-Wife: Reese Witherspoon
  
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  Ryan Reynolds
  • Faith: Agnosticism, Secular Humanism, ex-Catholic, rejected all religion, claiming, “Religion poisons everything good in this world.”
  • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activist, has called same-sex marriage opponents “monsters”
  • Birth name: Ryan Rodney Reynolds
  • Wife: Blake Lively
  • Ex-Wife: Scarlett Johansson