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  • Rachael Leigh Cook in “Perception and Kilimanjaro” (2014)
    Rachael Leigh Cook

    • Faith: reportedly Christianity
    • Worldview: Vegetarianism
    • Birth name: Rachael Leigh Cook (born in Minneapolis, Minnesota)
    • Brother: Ben Cook (actor)
    • Ex-Husband: Daniel Gillies (New Zealand-Canadian actor, resulting in son Theodore Vigo Sullivan Gillies, and daughter Charlotte Easton Gillies)
    • Ex-Partner: Shane West
  • Rachael Taylor (2011). Photo by Eva Rinaldi.
    Rachael Taylor

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Women’s Empowerment (advocate), Domestic Violence Charity (advocate), Climate Alarmism (outspoken)
    • Birth name: Rachael May Taylor (born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia)
    • Children: none
    • Partner: Mike Piscitelli (actor, director)
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Matthew Newton (Australian actor, screenwriter)
    —Josh Lawson (Australian actor)

  • Rachel Bilson
    Rachel Bilson

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism); Her mother was raised Catholic; her father is Jewish. / Rachel has reportedly turned down requests to appear seminude in men’s magazines, saying that she feels that her body “is sacred” and “not there for the whole world to see” (2006).
    • Birth name: Rachel Sarah Bilson (born in Los Angeles, California)
    • Father: Danny Bilson (writer, director, producer)
    • Grandfather: Bruce Bilson (director)
    • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Hayden Christensen (resulting in daughter Briar Rose Christensen)
  • Rachel Hurd-Wood
    Rachel Hurd-Wood

    • Worldview: Health activism
    • Birth name: Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood (born in London, England)
    • Children: 2
    • Husband: Russ Bain (Scottish actor, resulting in son Liam Bain and daughter Stella Bain)
  • Rachel McAdams in “Morning Glory” (2010)
    Rachel McAdams

    • Faith: Unknown, raised in Christianity (Protestant)
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Rachel Anne McAdams (born in London, Ontario, Canada)
    • Children: 2
    • Partner: Jamie Linden (screenwriter, resulting in a son and a daughter)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Ryan Gosling
    Michael Sheen

  • Rachel Nichols (2012). Photo by Tabercil.
    Rachel Nichols

    • aka Rachel Kershaw
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Birth name: Rachel Emily Nichols (born in Augusta, Maine)
    • Children: none
    • Husband: Michael Kershaw
    • Ex-Husband: Scott Stuber (film producer)

  • Rachel Weisz

    • Faith: Secularism, her father was Jewish and her a Judaism convert from Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: described as a “radical feminist” when she was in college; Played Ronit Krushka in the queer Jewish film “Disobedience” in which there is a sex scene. She said, “It was romantic; it was spiritual; it was passionate; it was full of heart and longing. It wasn’t just sex. It was something much more powerful.” She relished her role as mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria in the historical drama “Agora” which attempts to indict Christianity.
    • Birth name: Rachel Hannah Weisz (London, England)
    • Sister: Minnie Weisz (photographer, artist)
    • Children: 2
    • Husband: Daniel Craig (resulting in daughter Grace Craig)
    • Ex-Partner: Darren Aronofsky (resulting in son Henry Aronofsky)
  • Radha Mitchell in “Rogue” (2007)
    Radha Mitchell

    • Faith: “Spiritual,” but not religious. Has practiced Hinduism. 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 (born in Melbourne, Australia)
    • Children: none
    • Ex-Partner: Martin Henderson (New Zealand actor)

  • Ralph Fiennes

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Birth name: Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born in Ipswich, England)
    • Children: none
    • Father: Mark Fiennes (photographer, illustrator)
    • Mother: Jennifer Lash (novelist, artist)
    • Brothers: Joseph Fiennes, Magnus Fiennes (composer, songwriter)
    • Sisters: Martha Fiennes (director, writer, producer), Sophie Fiennes (filmmaker)
    • Nephew: Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
    • Ex-Wife: Alex Kingston (English actress; they divorced following his adultery with Francesca Annis)
    • Ex-Partner, begun in adultery: Francesca Annis (English actress)
  • Rami Malek. Photo by Daniel Benavides. CC BY 2.0
    Rami Malek

    • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Coptic Orthodox)
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Rami Said Malek (born in Torrance, California)
    • Children: none known
    • Wife: Lucy Boynton (British-American actress and singer)
  • Rance Howard
    Rance Howard
    …DIED age 89 (2017)—Heart failure spurred by West Nile virus infection
    • Faith: Christianity (Methodist)
    • Birth name: Harold Rance Beckenholdt
    • Children: 2
    • Granddaughters: Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard
    • Wives (twice widower):
    —Jean Speegle Howard (actress—died 2000, marriage resulted in sons Ron Howard and Clint Howard)
    —Judy Howard (died 2017)

  • Randy Quaid
    Randy Quaid

    • Faith: Unclear, raised Baptist
    • Worldview: Conservatism
    • Birth name: Randall Rudy Quaid
    • Brother: Dennis Quaid
    • Children: 1
    • Wife: Evi Motolanez
    • Ex-Wife: Ella Marie Jolly (resulting in daughter Amanda Marie Quaid)
  • Rashida Jones
    • Faith: Judaism, ex-Hindu; studied religion and philosophy at Harvard University
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist and campaigner); Support of humanitarian charities
    • Birth name: Rashida Leah Jones
    • Children: 1
    • Father: Quincy Jones (producer, composer)
    • Partner: Ezra Koenig (resulting in son Isaiah Koenig)
    • Ex-Partner/Fiancé:
    —Mark Ronson (music producer, former Barack Obama speechwriter)

    • Ex-Partner: Tobey Maguire
  • Raúl Juliá—Universal Pictures, © 1988.
    Raúl Juliá
    (Raul Julia) …DIED age 54 (1994)—Stroke complications following stomach cancer
    • aka Raul Julia
    • Faith: Unclear, raised in Jesuit Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Human Rights (activist)
    • Birth name: Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Merel Poloway (Jewish actress; married Raúl in a ceremony led by Swami Muktananda; marriage resulted in sons Raúl Sigmund Juliá and Benjamín Rafael Juliá)
    • Ex-Wife: Magda Vasallo Molinelli
  • Raquel Welch
    Raquel Welch
    …DIED age 82 (2023)—Cardiac arrest and Alzheimer’s disease
    • Faith: Christianity (Presbyterian)
    • Worldview: Conservatism leaning
    • Birth name: Jo Raquel Tejada
    • Children: 3, with one lost in miscarriage
    • 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.”
  • Ray Liotta—Photographer: Gordon Correll - flickr.com/photos/gdcgraphics/8140672892
    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 (born in Newark, New Jersey)
    • Children: 1
    • Ex-Wife: Michelle Grace (actress, producer, resulting in actress/model daughter Karsen Liotta)
  • Ray Romano
    Ray Romano

    • Faith: Atheism
    • Birth name: Raymond Albert Romano
    • Children: 4
    • Wife: Anna Scarpull (resulting in daughter Alexandra Romano, twin sons Gregory and Matthew Romano, and son Joseph Romano)
  • Ray Stevenson …DIED age 58 (2023)—Heart issues
    • Faith: possibly Christian (not confirmed, and he was not public about his faith)
    • Birth name: George Raymond Stevenson (born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland)
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Elisabetta Caraccia, aka Betta Caraccia (Italian anthropologist, founder of Human Web company; marriage resulted in sons Sebastiano Derek Stevenson, Leonardo George Stevenson, and Ludovico Stevenson)
    • Ex-Wife: Ruth Gemmell (English actress)
  • Raymond Burr
    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 (actress)
    • Partner: Robert Benevides (actor, production consultant)
  • Rebecca De Mornay in Lucifer and Pops (2016)
    Rebecca De Mornay

    • aka Rebecca George
    • Birth name: Rebecca Jane Pearch
    • Children: 2
    • Father: Wally George (American conservative radio and TV commentator)
    • Ex-Husband: Bruce Wagner (screenwriter)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Tom Cruise
    —Leonard Cohen (singer, and her ex-fiancé)
    —Patrick O'Neal (actor turned sportscaster, resulting in daughters Veronica De Mornay-O’Neal and actress and TV personality Sophia De Mornay-O'Neal)

  • Rebecca Hall in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
    Rebecca Hall

    • Birth name: Rebecca Maria Hall (born in London, England)
    • Husband: Morgan Spector (actor, resulting in daughter Ida Spector)
    • Ex-partner: Sam Mendes (director)
  • Rebecca Romijn in Godsend (2004)
    Rebecca Romijn

    • aka Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Birth name: Rebecca Alie Romijn
    • Children: 2
    • Husband: Jerry O'Connell (resulting in twin daughters Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip O’Connell)
    • Ex-Husband: John Stamos (actor, producer)
  • Reese Witherspoon in “Wild” (2014)
    Reese Witherspoon

    • Faith: Liberal Christianity (Episcopalian)
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
    • Children: 3
    • Ex-Husbands:
    —Jim Toth (resulting in Tennessee James Toth)
    Ryan Phillippe (resulting in daughter Ava Elizabeth Phillippe and son Deacon Reese Phillippe)

    • Ex-Partner: Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Reg E. Cathey in House of Cards
    Reg E. Cathey
    …DIED age 59 (2018)—Lung cancer
    • Faith: Unclear
    • Birth name: Reginald Eurias Cathey (born in Huntsville, Alabama)
  • René Auberjonois
    René Auberjonois
    …DIED age 79 (2019)—Metastatic lung cancer
    • aka Rene Auberjonois
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Worldview: Unknown
    • Birth name: René Murat Auberjonois
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Judith Helen Mihalyi (resulting in daughter Tessa and son Rèmy-Luc Julian Michel Auberjonois, both actors)
  • Rene Russo in Thor (2011)
    Rene Russo

    • Faith: Christianity (reportedly Charismatic)
    • Birth name: Rene Marie Russo (born in Burbank, California)
    • Children: 1
    • Husband: Daniel Christopher Gilroy (screenwriter, director, son of Frank D. Gilroy—playwright, screenwriter, producer, director / marriage resulted in daughter Rose Gilroy, a model)

  • Renée Zellweger

    • Faith: apparently Liberal Christianity (raised Episcopalian)
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born in Katy, Texas)
    • Children: none; “Motherhood has never been an ambition.”
    • Partner: Ant Anstead (English television presenter; he has 3 children from his ex Louise Anstead, and one from his later ex Christina Anstead)
    • Ex-Husband: Kenny Chesney (singer)
    • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Jim Carrey
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Doyle Bramhall II (musician)
    Bradley Cooper
    Rory Cochrane
    —Jack White (musician)

  • Rhea Perlman
    Rhea Perlman

    • Faith: Apparently Secularism, raised in a Jewish family
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism activist
    • Birth name: Rhea Jo Perlman (born in New York City)
    • Children: 3
    • Father: Philip Perlman (Polish-born actor and businessman)
    • Sister: Heide Perlman (writer, producer)
    • Cousin: Randall Miller (director, producer, screenwriter, editor)
    • Husband (estranged since 2012): Danny DeVito (resulting in daughters Lucy Chet DeVito and Grace Fan DeVito, and son Jacob Daniel DeVito)
  • Rhona Mitra. Photo by Joits. CC BY-SA 3.0
    Rhona Mitra

    • Faith: reportedly Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Birth name: Rhona Natasha Mitra (born in London, England)
    • Children: none
  • Richard Armitage. Photo by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0
    Richard Armitage

    • Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
    • Birth name: Richard Crispin Armitage
  • Richard Attenborough
    Richard Attenborough
    …DIED age 90 (2014)—Heart problems, stroke
    • Faith: Agnosticism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Evolutionism
    • Birth name: Richard Samuel Attenborough
    • Children: 3
    • Brother: David Attenborough
    • Grandsons: Will Attenborough (actor) and Tom Attenborough (voice actor, director)
    • Wife: Sheila Sim (actress, resulting in son Michael Attenborough, and daughters Jane Mary Attenborough and Charlotte Attenborough)
  • Richard Burton
    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, 1 adopted
    • 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
  • Richard Chamberlain
    Richard Chamberlain
    …DIED age 90 (2025)—Complications from a stroke
    • 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

  • Richard Dean Anderson
    Richard Dean Anderson

    • Faith: Agnosticism, Secularism
    • Children: 1
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Apryl A. Prose (resulting in daughter Wylie Quinn Annarose Anderson)
    Sela Ward
    —Georganne LaPiere
    Lara Flynn Boyle
    —Lisa Marie
    —Katarina Witt
    Teri Hatcher
    —Marlee Matlin
    Justine Bateman
    —Deidre Hall

  • Richard Dreyfuss—Photographer: Georges Biard.
    Richard Dreyfuss

    • Faith: Agnosticism
    • Worldview: Opposes the LGBQ movement and transgenderism; 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 (born in New York City)
    • Children: 3
    • Brother: Lorin Dreyfuss (actor, producer, writer)
    • Niece: Natalie Dreyfuss (actress)
    • Wife: Svetlana Erokhin
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Jeramie Rain (screenwriter, producer, former actress, resulting in sons Ben Dreyfuss and Harry Dreyfuss, and daughter Emily Dreyfuss)
    —Janelle Lacey


  • Richard Gere

    • Faith: Buddhism, raised a Methodist
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism
    • Birth name: Richard Tiffany Gere (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Alejandra Silva (resulting in sons Alexander Gere and James Gere)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Cindy Crawford
    —Carey Lowell (actress, model, resulting in son Homer James Jigme Gere)

    • Ex-Partners:
    —Penelope Milford
    —Sylvia Martins
    —Tuesday Weld
    —Carole Mallory
    —Dawn Steel
    —Loree Rodkin
    —Barbara Carrera
    Barbra Streisand
    —Priscilla Presley
    Kim Basinger

  • Richard E. Grant
    Richard E. Grant

    • Faith: Atheism
    • Birth name: Richard Grant Esterhuysen (born in Mbabane, Swaziland)
    • Children: 1 biological, 1 stepson
    • Wife: Joan Washington (voice coach, died 2021, marriage resulted in daughter Olivia Grant, aka Olivia Grant-Esterhuysen, and stepson Tom)
  • Richard Harris
    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 (born in Limerick, Ireland)
    • Children: 3
    • Son: Jared Harris
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Elizabeth Rees-Williams (resulting in sons Damian Harris, a director, and actors Jared Harris and Jamie Harris)
    —Ann Turkel (actress)

  • Richard Hatch
    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
    • Children: 1
    • Wife: Jo Marie Distante
  • Richard Jenkins
    Richard Jenkins

    • Birth name: Richard Dale Jenkins
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Sharon R. Friedrick (choreographer, resulting in 2 children)
  • Richard Pryor
    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
    • Children: 7
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Patricia Price (resulting in son Richard Pryor Jr.)
    —Shelley R. Bonus (resulting in actress daughter Rain Pryor)
    —Deborah McGuire
    Jennifer Lee
    —Flynn Belaine (resulting in sons Steven Pryor and Kelsey Pryor)

    • Ex-Partners:
    —Susan ___ (resulting in child Renee Pryor)
    —Maxine Anderson (resulting in daughter Elizabeth Anne)
    —Geraldine Mason (resulting in son Franklin Pryor)
    Marlon Brando
    —and others

  • Richard Widmark
    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
    • Children: 1
    • Wives:
    —Susan Blanchard (resulting in daughter Anne Heath Widmark, artist and author)
    —Jean Hazlewood (screenwriter, died 1997)


  • Ricky Gervais

    • Faith: Atheism, Secular Humanism
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Ricky Dene Gervais
    • Partner: Jane Fallon (TV producer)
  • Ricky Schroder
    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
  • Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    …DIED age 88 (2019)—Complications from Alzheimer’s disease
    • Birth name: Elmore Rual Torn Jr. (born in Temple, Texas)
    • Children: 6
    • Cousin: Sissy Spacek
    • Wives:
    Amy Wright (actress, resulting in daughters Katie Torn and Claire Torn)
    —Geraldine Page (actress, died 1987, marriage resulted in actress daughter Angelica Page, and twin sons: actor Tony Torn and Jon Torn)

    • Ex-Wife: Ann Wedgeworth (resulting in daughter Danae Torn)
  • Rita Hayworth (1947). Photo by Ned Scott.
    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

  • Rita Wilson
    Rita Wilson

    • aka Margarita Wilson Hanks
    • Faith: Christianity (Greek Orthodox)
    • Worldview: Liberalism
    • Birth name: Margarita Ibrahimoff (born in Los Angeles, California)
    • Children: 2
    • Husband: Tom Hanks (resulting in sons actor/rapper Chester “Chet” Hanks and Truman Theodore Hanks)
  • River Phoenix
    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
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Animal Rights (activist), Environmentalism (activist)
    • Birth name: River Jude Bottom (born in Madras, Oregon)
    • Mother: Arlyn Phoenix (social activist)
    • Father: John Lee Bottom
    • Brother: Joaquin Phoenix
    • Sisters: Rain Phoenix (actress, singer, musician), Liberty Phoenix (actress) and Summer Phoenix (actress)
    • Ex-Partner: Martha Plimpton (actress)
  • Rob Lowe
    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
    • Worldview: Independent moderate liberalism with libertarianism leaning; “I started out being a really, really liberal Democrat.”
    • Birth name: Robert Hepler Lowe (born in Charlottesville, Virginia)
    • Children: 2
    • Brother: Chad Lowe (actor, director)
    • Wife: Sheryl Berkoff (resulting in sons Matthew Edward Lowe and John Owen Lowe)
  • Rob Reiner. CC BY 2.0.
    Rob Reiner

    • Faith: Atheisim, sympathetic to Buddhism; of Jewish descent
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (outspoken activist)
    • Birth name: Robert Reiner (born in New York City)
    • Children: 4
    • Father: Carl Reiner
    • Mother: Estelle Reiner (actress, singer)
    • Wife: Michele Singer (photographer, resulting in sons Jake Reiner and Nick Reiner, and actress daughter Romy Reiner
    • Ex-Wife: Penny Marshall (resulting in adopted daughter actress Tracy Reiner, born Tracy Henry)

  • 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 (born in San Francisco, California)
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Patricia Azarcoya Arce
    • Ex-Wives:
    —London King (resulting in daughter Tanner Elle Schneider, singer, songwriter, actress)
    —Helena Schneider (resulting in daughters Miranda Scarlett Schneider and Madeline Robbie Schneider)

  • Robbie Coltrane
    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 (born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland)
    • Children: 2
    • Ex-Wife: Rhona Gemmell (resulting in son Spencer Coltrane and daughter Alice Coltrane)
  • Robert Blake
    Robert Blake
    …DIED age 89 (2023)—Heart disease
    • aka Mickey Gubitosi and Bobby Blake
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Liberalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Michael James Gubitosi (born in Nutley, New Jersey)
    • Children: 3
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Sondra Kerr (actress, resulting in actor Noah Blake and daughter Delinah Blake)
    —Bonny Lee Bakley (resulting in daughter Rose Lenore Sophia Blake)
    —Pamela Hudak

  • Robert Carlyle. Photo by VagueOnTheHow, Tadcaster, York, England.
    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.”
    • Born in Glasgow, Scotland
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Anastasia Shirley (make-up artist, resulting in daughter Ava Carlyle, and sons Pearce Joseph Carlyle and Harvey Carlyle)
  • Robert Conrad
    Robert Conrad
    …DIED age 84 (2020)—Heart failure
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Worldview: Conservatism
    • Birth name: Conrad Robert Falk (born in Chicago, Illinois)
    • Children: 8
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Joan Kenlay (resulting in sons actor Christian Conrad and actor/producer Shane Conrad, and daughters producer Joan Conrad, actress Nancy Conrad, and Christy Conrad)
    —LaVelda Ione Fann (actress, resulting in daughters Kaja Conrad, Camille Conrad, and jazz singer Chelsea Conrad)

  • Robert Davi. Photo by 9EkieraM1. License: CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Robert Davi

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Worldview: Conservatism (outspoken)
    • Birth name: Robert John Davi (born in Queens, New York City)
    • Children: 6
    • Wife: Diana Davi (resulting in daughter Gabriela Nicole Davi)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Jan Borenstein
    —Jeri McBride (resulting in son Sean Christian Davi)
    —Christine Bolster (model, human rights advocate, resulting in Ariana Marie Davi, Nicholas Edward Davi, Isabella Davi and Frances Davi)


  • Robert De Niro

    • aka Robert DeNiro
    • 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. (born in New York City)
    • Children: 7
    • Partner: Tiffany Chen (resulting in daughter Gia De Niro)
    • Wife: Grace Hightower (actress, separated, marriage resulted in son Elliot and daughter Helen)
    • Ex-Wife: Diahnne Abbott (former actress, resulting in son Raphael De Niro, and Robert adopted Abbott’s daughter Drena)
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Toukie Smith (model, actress, resulting in twin sons Julian De Niro and Aaron De Niro, the later now presents himself as a transgender woman Airyn De Niro)
    —Beatrice Marot
    —Stephanie Adams
    —Charmaine Sinclair
    —Naomi Campbell
    —Gillian De Terville
    —Helena Springs
    —Leigh Taylor-Young
    —Karen Duffy


  • Robert Downey Jr.

    • Faith: Self-described “Jewish Buddhist” with an affinity for Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism and Climate Alarmism (activist)
    • Birth name: Robert John Downey Jr. (born in New York City)
    • Children: 3
    • Father: Robert Downey Sr. (director, screenwriter, actor)
    • Mother: Elsie Ann Ford (actress)
    • Wife: Susan Levin (producer, resulting in son Exton Elias Downey and daughter Avri Roel Downey)
    • Ex-Wife: Deborah Falconer (actress, singer, resulting in son Indio Falconer Downey)
    • Ex-Partner: Sarah Jessica Parker

  • Robert Duvall

    • Faith: Christian-Scientism (Church of Christ, Scientist), but inactive
    • Worldview: Libertarianism and Independent Conservatism
    • Birth name: Robert Selden Duvall (born in San Diego, California)
    • Children: none
    • Wife: Luciana Pedraza (Argentine actress and director)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Barbara Benjamin Marcus
    —Gail Youngs
    —Sharon Brophy (dancer)

  • Photographer and copyright: Glenn Francis, PacificProDigital.com. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped.
    Robert Forster
    …DIED age 78 (2019)—Brain tumor
    • Birth name: Robert Wallace Forster Jr. (born in Rochester, New York)
    • Children: 4
    • Partner: Denise Grayson
    • Ex-Wives:
    —June Provenzano (aka June Forster, resulting in daughters Elizabeth Forster, producer Kate Forster, and Maeghen Forster)
    —Zivia Forster

    • Ex-Partner: unnamed woman (resulting in Robert Forster Jr (aka Robert Wallace Forster III)
  • Robert Guillaume
    Robert Guillaume
    …DIED age 89 (2017)—Cancer (prostate)
    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Birth name: Robert Peter Williams (born in St. Louis, Missouri)
    • Children: 5
    • Wife: Donna Brown (aka Donna Brown Guillaume, resulting in daughter Rachel Guillaume)
    • Ex-Wife: Marlene Williams (resulting in sons Kevin Guillaume and Jacques Guillaume, and daughter Patricia Guillaume)
    • Ex-Partner: Patricia ____ (resulting in daughter Melissa Guillaume)
  • Photographer: Miguel Discart. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped.
    Robert Knepper

    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Worldview: Unknown
    • Birth name: Robert Lyle Knepper (born in Fremont, Ohio)
    • Children: 1
    • Wife: Nadine Kary
    • Ex-Wife: Tory Herald (resulting in son Benjamin Peter Kneppe)
  • Robert Mitchum
    Robert Mitchum
    …DIED age 79 (1997)—Lung cancer and emphysema
    • Faith: Secularism, with early Methodist influence; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Conservatism
    • Birth name: Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (born in Bridgeport, Connecticut)
    • Children: 3
    • Sister: Julie Mitchum (actress, born Annette Mitchum)
    • Brother: John Mitchum (actor)
    • Wife: Dorothy Spence (resulting in actor son James Mitchum—died 2025, and son Christopher Mitchum, and daughter Petrine Mitchum)
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Edna O'Brien
    —Lucille Ball
    —Ava Gardner
    Jean Simmons
    — —Shirley MacLaine
    —Sarah Miles

    • Grandson: Bentley Mitchum (actor, son of Christopher Mitchum)
  • Robert Patrick. Photo by Gage Skidmore. Licensed by CC BY 2.0
    Robert Patrick

    • Faith: Christianity (devout Episcopalian)—“Ground yourselves firmly in God, worship Him and Him alone!”
    • Birth name: Robert Hammond Patrick Jr. (born in Marietta, Georgia)
    • Brother: Richard Patrick (singer, musician, songwriter)
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Barbara Hooper (aka Barbara Patrick, actress, resulting in son Samuel Patrick and daughter Austin Patrick)
  • Robert Pattinson
    Robert Pattinson

    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Birth name: Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born in London, England)
    • Children: 1
    • Sister: Lizzy Pattinson (English singer)
    • Partner/Fiancée: Suki Waterhouse (model, actress, resulting in a daughter)
    • Ex-Fiancée: FKA Twigs (Tahliah Debrett Barnett)
    • Ex-Partner: Kristen Stewart

  • Robert Redford
    …DIED age 89 (2025)
    • Faith: Agnosticism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism (activist), Climate Alarmism (activist), Native American rights, LGBT rights
    • Birth name: Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936 in Santa Monica, California)
    • Children: 4
    • Wife: Sibylle Szaggars (German multimedia artist, environmental activist)
    • Ex-Wife: Lola Van Wagenen (historian and activist, resulting in daughters Shauna Jean Redford, a painter, and Amy Hart Redford, a director, and sons Scott Anthony Redford and David James Redford—both died)
  • Robert Reed
    Robert Reed
    …DIED age 59 (1992)—Colon lymphoma, a rare form of colorectal cancer and HIV-positive
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Homosexualism
    • Birth name: John Robert Rietz Jr.
    • Children: 1
    • Ex-Wife: Marilyn Rosenberger (resulting in daughter Karen Rietz)
  • Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    …DIED age 57 (1969)—Lung cancer
    • Faith: Secularism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • Worldview: Conservatism (activist), Anti-Communism (activist), Anti-Nazism (activist)
    • Birth name: Spangler Arlington Brugh Taylor
    • Children: 2 biological
    • Wife: Ursula Thiess (actress, resulting in son Terrance and daughter Tessa)
    • Ex-Wife: Barbara Stanwyck
  • Robert Vaughn—MGM-TV.
    Robert Vaughn
    …DIED age 83 (2016)—Acute leukemia
    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Democratic Party (activist)
    • Birth name: Robert Francis Vaughn (born in New York City)
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Linda Staab (aka Linda Vaughn, British actress, resulting in adopted son Cassidy Vaughn and daughter Caitlin Vaughn)
    • Ex-Partner: Kathy Ceaton (socialite)
  • Robert Wagner in “Northpole” (2014).
    Robert Wagner

    • Birth name: Robert John Wagner Jr. (born in Detroit, Michigan)
    • Children: 2
    • Wives:
    —Jill St. John (actress)
    —Natalie Wood (actress, died 1981, marriage resulted in daughter Courtney Wagner)

    • Ex-Wife: Marion Marshall (resulting in daughter Katie Wagner)
    • Ex-Partner/Fiancée: Tina Sinatra (actress, singer, producer)
    • Ex-Partners:
    —Yvonne De Carlo (actress, singer, dancer)
    —Joan Crawford (actress)
    Elizabeth Taylor (actress)
    —Anita Ekberg (actress)
    —Shirley Anne Field (actress)
    —Lori Nelson (actress, model)
    Joan Collins (actress)
    —Barbara Stanwyck (actress)

  • Robin Givens in Riverdale
    Robin Givens

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholic)
    • Birth name: Robin Simone Givens (raised in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, New York)
    • Children: 2
    • Ex-Husbands:
    —Mike Tyson (resulting in a child lost to miscarriage)
    —Svetozar Marinković (resulting in son William Jensen, aka Billy)

    • Ex-Partner: Murphy Jensen
    • Adopted Son: Michael “Buddy” Givens

  • Robin Williams
    …DIED age 63 (2014)—Suicide by hanging amid Lewy body dementia and other associated factors
    • 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 (born in Chicago, Illinois)
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Susan Schneider (graphic designer)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Valerie Velardi (actress, resulting in son Zachary Pym Williams)
    —Marsha Garces (resulting in daughter Zelda Rae Williams and son Cody Alan Williams)

    • Ex-Partner: Elayne Boosler (comedian)

  • Robin Wright

    • Faith: Agnosticism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (vocal)
    • Birth name: Robin Gayle Wright (born in Dallas, Texas)
    • Children: 2
    • Father: L. Hart Wright (agnostic)
    • Dating: Henry Smith (architect)
    • Ex-Husbands:
    Sean Penn (actor, an agnostic, marriage resulted in daughter Dylan Penn and son Hopper Penn)
    —Dane Witherspoon (actor)
    —Clément Giraudet

    • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Ben Foster
  • Rock Hudson
    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.
    • Children: none
    • Ex-Wife: Phyllis Gates
    • Partners included: Jack Coates, Tom Clark, Lee Garlington, Marc Christian, Armistead Maupin
  • Rod Taylor
    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
  • Roddy McDowall
    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
    • Children: none
    • Ex-Partners:
    Montgomery Clift
    —and others


  • Rodrigo Santoro

    • Birth name: Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro
    • Children: 1
    • Wife: Melanie “Mel” Nunes Fronckowiak (actress, resulting in daughter Nina)
  • Roger Moore
    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: Conservatism
    • Birth name: Roger George Moore
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Kristina Tholstrup (begun in adultery)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Doorn van Steyn (actress, ice skater )
    —Dorothy Squires (singer, resulting in a series of miscarriages)
    —Luisa Mattioli (actress, begun in adultery, resulting in daughter Deborah Maria Luisa Moore, actress, and sons Geoffrey Moore and Christian Moore)

  • Roman Polanski in The Pianist. © 2002, Focus Features
    Roman Polanski

    • Faith: Atheism, ex-Catholic
    • Birth name: Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
    • Children: 3
    • Wives:
    —Emmanuelle Seigner (resulting in daughter Morgane and son Elvis)
    —Sharon Tate (actress, murdered 1969, resulting in unborn murdered son Paul Richard Polanski)

    • Ex-Wife: Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
  • Roma Downey
    Roma Downey

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism) with New Age beliefs
    • Children: 1
    • Husband: Mark Burnett (producer, resulting in step-sons James Burnett and Cameron Burnett)
    • Ex-Husbands:
    Leland Orser (actor, director, writer)
    —David Anspaugh (director, resulting in daughter Reilly Marie Downey Anspaugh)

  • Ron Glass—Photographer: Raven Underwood.
    Ron Glass
    …DIED age 71 (2016)—Respiratory failure
    • Faith: Buddhism (devout); rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ, although raised in Roman Catholicism and graduated from St. Francis Seminary
    • Birth name: Ronald Earle Glass
    • Children: none
    • Wives: none, never married

  • Ron Howard

    • Faith: Secularism, raised in Christianity (Methodist)
    • Birth name: Ronald William Howard
    • Children: 4
    • Father: Rance Howard
    • Brother: Clint Howard (actor)
    • Wife: Cheryl Alley (resulting in actress daughters Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Carlyle Howard, daughter Jocelyn Carlyle Howard, and son Reed Cross Howard)

  • Ron Perlman

    • Faith: Secularism, raised in Judaism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Environmentalism
    • Birth name: Ronald Francis Perlman
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: ​Allison Dunbar
    • Ex-Wife: Opal Stone (resulting in daughter Blake Amanda and son Brandon Avery)

  • Rooney Mara

    • aka Rooney Mara Phoenix
    • Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
    • Worldview: Veganism, secular charitable work
    • Birth name: Patricia Rooney Mara
    • Children: 2
    • Sister: Kate Mara
    • Husband: Joaquin Phoenix (resulting in 2 children)
  • Rory Cochrane. Photo by Tabercil Photography. CC BY-SA 2.0.
    Rory Cochrane

    • Born in Syracuse, New York
    • Children: none
    • Partner: Tracy Zahoryin (model)
    • Ex-Partner: Renée Zellweger
  • Rosamund Pike in Johnny English Reborn (2011)
    Rosamund Pike

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Birth name: Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike (born in London, England)
    • Children: 2
    • Partner: Robie Uniacke (resulting in sons Solo Uniacke and Atom Uniacke)
    • Ex-Partner/Fiancé: Joe Wright (director, producer)
    • Ex-Partner: Simon Woods (actor)
  • RosarioDawson2016-70.jpg
    Rosario Dawson

    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism (activist), Socialism (endorsed Bernie Sanders for president), LGBTQ ally
    • Birth name: Rosario Isabel Dawson (born in New York City)
    • Children: 1 adopted daughter named Isabella Dawson
    • Partner: Nnamdi Okafor (Nigerian poet, philanthropic strategist)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Joshua Jackson (actor)
    Eric André (actor, comedian)
    —Jason Lewis
    —Mathieu Schreyer
    Danny Boyle
    —Cory Booker (Progressive Liberal politician, US Senator and candidate for President)


  • Rose Byrne

    • Faith: Agnosticism
    • Birth name: Mary Rose Byrne (born in Balmain, Australia)
    • Children: 2
    • Ex-Partners:
    Bobby Cannavale (resulting in sons Rocco Robin Cannavale and Rafael Cannavale)
    —Brendan Cowell (Australian actor, writer)

    • Sister-in-law: Rose McIver (New Zealand actress)
  • Rose McGowan—Photo by GDCGraphics.
    Rose McGowan

    • Faith: Secularism, raised in a cult hippie commune, experimented with Satanism
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Liberal Feminism (activist), Gay Rights (activist), Same-Sex Marriage (activist)
    • Birth name: Rósa Arianna McGowan (born in Florence, Italy)
    • Ex-Husband: Davey Detail
    • Ex-Partners/Fiancés:
    —Marilyn Manson (rock musician, Rose said, “I always thought I was more Satanic than Manson.”)
    Robert Rodriguez (director, producer)

    • Ex-Partner: Brett Cantor (nightclub owner, record producer)
    • Ex-Partner: Rain Dove Victoria Dubilewski (female gender-nonconforming model, activist)
  • Rosie Perez—Photo by Joella Marano.
    Rosie Perez

    • Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
    • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Puerto Rican Rights (activist)
    • Birth name: Rosa Maria Perez (born in Brooklyn, New York)
    • Children: none
    • Husband: Eric Haze
    • Ex-Husband: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (filmmaker, screenwriter)
  • Rowan Atkinson
    Rowan Atkinson

    • Faith: Atheism and is known for publicly criticizing religious views
    • Birth name: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born in Consett, England)
    • Children: 3
    • Partner: Louise Ford (resulting in daughter Isla Atkinson)
    • Ex-Wife: Sunetra Sastry (makeup artist, divorce due to his adultery, marriage resulted in son Ben Atkinson and daughter Lily Atkinson Sastry)
  • Roy Dotrice
    Roy Dotrice
    …DIED age 94 (2017)—natural causes
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Born in Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Kay Newman (actress, died 2007, marriage resulted in actress daughters Michele Dotrice, Yvette Dotrice and Karen Dotrice)
  • Roy Scheider
    Roy Scheider
    …DIED age 75 (2008)—Multiple myeloma and staph infection
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Birth name: Roy Richard Scheider (born in Orange, New Jersey)
    • Children: 3 (2 biological, 1 adopted)
    • Wife: Brenda Siemer (resulting in son Christian Scheider and adopted daughter Molly Scheider
    • Ex-Wife: Cynthia Bebout (resulting in daughter Maximillia Scheider)

  • Rufus Sewell

    • Faith: apparently Secularism
    • Birth name: Rufus Frederik Sewell (born in London, England)
    • Children: 2
    • Wife: Vivian Benitez (actress)
    • Ex-Wives:
    —Yasmin Abdallah (Australian fashion journalist)
    —Amy Gardner (magazine editor, scriptwriter, producer, resulting in son William Douglas Sewell)

    • Ex-Partner: Ami Komai (resulting in daughter Lola)
  • Rumer Willis in Pretty Little Liars (2010)
    Rumer Willis

    • Birth name: Rumer Glenn Willis (born in Paducah, Kentucky)
    • Children: 1
    • Father: Bruce Willis
    • Mother: Demi Moore
    • Partner: Derek Richard Thomas (singer, resulting in daughter Louetta)
  • Rupert Everett. Photographer: Vicki Neave. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped.
    Rupert Everett

    • Faith: Liberal 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, Transgenderism
    • Birth name: Rupert James Hector Everett (born in Burnham Deepdale, England)
    • Gay Spouse: Henrique (Brazilian accountant)
    • Ex-Partner: Paula Yates (adultery, television presenter, writer)
  • Rupert Grint
    • Faith: Unknown
    • Worldview: Liberalism, Trans Rights Movement (supporter)
    • Birth name: Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (born in Harlow, England)
    • Children: 2
    • Partner: Georgia Groome (English actress, resulting in daughters Wednesday G. Grint and Goldie G. Grint)

  • Russell Brand

    • Faith: Christianity (Protestant convert nondenominational, 2024); baptized by Bear Grylls; 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 (born in Grays, England)
    • Children: 3
    • Wife: Laura Gallacher (resulting in daughters Mabel Brand and Pegg Brand, and a son)
    • Ex-Wife: Katy Perry (married in Hindu ceremony)
    • Ex-Partner: Jemima Goldsmith (aka Jemima Khan, producer, screenwriter, daughter of financier James Goldsmith)

  • 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 (activist)
    • Birth name: Russell Ira Crowe (born in Wellington, New Zealand)
    • Children: 2 sons
    • Ex-Wife: Danielle Spencer (singer, resulting in sons Charles Spencer Crowe and Tennyson Spencer Crowe)
    • Ex-Partner: Meg Ryan (actress)

  • Rutger Hauer
    …DIED age 75 (2019)—Pancreatic cancer
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Worldview: Pacificism, Environmentalism (activist)
    • Birth name: Rutger Oelsen Hauer (born in Breukelen, Netherlands)
    • Children: 1
    • Father: Arend Hauer (Dutch actor, drama teacher)
    • Mother: Teunke Mellema (actress)
    • Wife: Ineke ten Cate
    • Ex-Wife: Heidi Merz (resulting in actress daughter Ayesha Hauer)
  • Ryan Gosling
    Ryan Gosling

    • Faith: Secularism, ex-Mormon
    • Worldview: Socialism
    • Birth name: Ryan Thomas Gosling (born in London, Ontario, Canada)
    • Partner: Eva Mendes (resulting in daughters Esmeralda Amada Gosling and Amada Lee Gosling)
    • Ex-Partners:
    Rachel McAdams
    Kat Dennings

  • Ryan O'Neal
    Ryan O'Neal
    …DIED age 82 (2023)—Prostate cancer
    • Faith: Secularism
    • Birth name: Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal (born in Los Angeles, California)
    • Children: 4
    • Ex-Wives:
    Joanna Moore (actress, resulting in daughter Tatum O'Neal and son Griffin O'Neal)
    —Leigh Taylor-Young (actress, resulting in son Patrick O'Neal)

    • Ex-Partners:
    Farrah Fawcett (resulting in son Redmond James Fawcett O'Neal)
    —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 (born in New Castle, Delaware)
    • Children: 3
    • Ex-Wife: Reese Witherspoon (resulting in daughter Ava Elizabeth Phillippe and son Deacon Reese Phillippe)
    • Ex-Fiancée: Paulina Slagter
    • Ex-Partner: Alexis Knapp (model, actress, resulting in daughter Kailani Merizalde Phillippe Knapp)
  • Ryan Reynolds
    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 (born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
    • Children: 4
    • Wife: Blake Lively (resulting in daughters James Reynolds, Inez Reynolds, and Betty Reynolds, and son Olin Reynolds)
    • Ex-Wife: Scarlett Johansson
    • Ex-Parnter/Fiancée: Alanis Morissette (American singer, songwriter, actress)