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![Rachael Leigh Cook in “Perception and Kilimanjaro” (2014)](/spotlight/images/RachaelLeighCook-70.jpg)
Rachael Leigh Cook
• Faith: reportedly Christianity
• Brother: Ben Cook (actor)
• Worldview: Vegetarianism
• Ex-Husband: Daniel Gillies (actor)
![Rachael Taylor (2011). Photo by Eva Rinaldi.](/spotlight/images/RachaelTaylor2011-70.jpg)
Rachael Taylor
• Faith: Secularism
• Birth name: Rachael May Taylor
• Partner: Mike Piscitelli (actor, director)
![Rachel Bilson](/spotlight/images/RachelBilson2011-70.jpg)
Rachel Bilson
• Birth name: Rachel Sarah Bilson
• Ex-Partner: Hayden Christensen
• Father: Danny Bilson (writer, director, producer)
• Grandfather: Bruce Bilson (director)
![Rachel Hurd-Wood](/spotlight/images/RachelHurdWood2015-70.jpg)
Rachel Hurd-Wood
• Worldview: Health activism
• Birth name: Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood
• Husband: Russ Bain (actor)
![Rachel McAdams in “Morning Glory” (2010)](/spotlight/movies/2010/morningglory2010-70.jpg)
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
and Michael Sheen
![Rachel Nichols (2012). Photo by Tabercil.](/spotlight/images/RachelNichols2012-70.jpg)
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 in “Rogue” (2007)](/spotlight/movies/2008/rogue2007-70.jpg)
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
![Rami Malek. Photo by Daniel Benavides. CC BY 2.0](/spotlight/images/RamiMalek2016-70.jpg)
Rami Malek
• Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Coptic Orthodox)
• Worldview: Liberalism
• Birth name: Rami Said Malek
• Partner: Lucy Boynton
![Rance Howard](/spotlight/images/RanceHoward-70.jpg)
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)
![Randy Quaid](/spotlight/images/RandyQuaid2003-70.jpg)
Randy Quaid
• Faith: Unclear, raised Baptist
• Birth name: Randall Rudy Quaid
• Brother: Dennis Quaid
• Wife: Evi Motolanez
• Ex-Wife: Ella Jolly
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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
![Raúl Juliá—Universal Pictures, © 1988.](/spotlight/images/RaulJulia70.jpg)
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
![Raquel Welch](/spotlight/images/RaquelWelch-70-wikicommons.jpg)
Raquel Welch …DIED age 82 (2023)—Cardiac arrest and Alzheimer’s disease
• Faith: Christianity (Reformed and Presbyterian)
• Worldview: Conservativism leaning
• Birth name: Jo Raquel Tejada
• Ex-Husbands:
James Welch, Patrick Curtis (film producer),
André Weinfeld (producer/director),
Richie Palmer
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](/spotlight/images/RayLiotta2012-70.jpg)
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)
![Ray Romano](/spotlight/images/RayRomano70.jpg)
Ray Romano
• Faith: Atheism
• Birth name: Raymond Albert Romano
• Wife: Anna Scarpulla
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Ray Stevenson
• Birth name: George Raymond Stevenson
• Ex-Wife: Ruth Gemmell (actress)
![Raymond Burr](/spotlight/images/RaymondBurr1961-70.jpg)
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 in Lucifer and Pops (2016)](/spotlight/images/RebeccaDeMornay2016-70.jpg)
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
and Harry Dean Stanton
![Rebecca Hall in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)](/spotlight/movies/2008/vickycristinabarcelona2008-70.jpg)
Rebecca Hall
• Birth name: Rebecca Maria Hall
• Husband: Morgan Spector (actor)
• Ex-partner: Sam Mendes (director)
![Rebecca Romijn in Godsend (2004)](/spotlight/images/RebeccaRomijn-Librarians70.jpg)
Rebecca Romijn
• Faith: apparently Secularism
• Birth name: Rebecca Alie Romijn
• Husband: Jerry O'Connell
• Ex-Husband: John Stamos (actor, producer)
![Reese Witherspoon in “Wild” (2014)](/spotlight/movies/2014/wild2014-70.jpg)
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
![Reg E. Cathey in House of Cards](/spotlight/images/RegECathey-70.jpg)
Reg E. Cathey…DIED age 59 (2018)—Lung cancer
• Faith: Unclear
• Birth name: Reginald Eurias Cathey
![René Auberjonois](/spotlight/images/ReneAuberjonois-70.jpg)
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
![Rene Russo in Thor (2011)](/spotlight/images/ReneRusso2011-70.jpg)
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,
and Jack White
![Rhea Perlman](/spotlight/images/RheaPerlman1979-70.jpg)
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
![Rhona Mitra. Photo by Joits. CC BY-SA 3.0](/spotlight/images/RhonaMitra2009-70.jpg)
Rhona Mitra
• Faith: reportedly Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Rhona Natasha Mitra
![Richard Armitage. Photo by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0](/spotlight/images/RichardArmitage2014-70.jpg)
Richard Armitage
• Worldview: Liberalism, Homosexualism
• Birth name: Richard Crispin Armitage
![Richard Attenborough](/spotlight/images/RichardAttenborough-70.jpg)
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)
![Richard Burton](/spotlight/images/RichardBurton-70.jpg)
Richard Burton …DIED age 58 (1984)—Cerebral haemorrhage
• Faith: Atheism; rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ
• Worldview: Bisexualism
• Birth name: Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.
• Wife: Sally Hay
• Ex-Wives:
Sybil Williams,
Elizabeth Taylor,
and Suzy Miller
![Richard Chamberlain](/spotlight/images/RichardChamberlain-70.jpg)
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
and Martin Rabbett
![Richard Dean Anderson](/spotlight/images/RichardDeanAnderson70.jpg)
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,
and Deidre Hall
![Richard Dreyfuss—Photographer: Georges Biard.](/spotlight/images/RichardDreyfuss2013-70.jpg)
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
and 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
and Carey Lowell (actress)
• Ex-Partners:
Penelope Milford,
Sylvia Martins,
Tuesday Weld,
Carole Mallory,
Dawn Steel,
Loree Rodkin,
Barbara Carrera,
Barbra Streisand,
Priscilla Presley,
and Kim Basinger
![Richard E. Grant](/spotlight/images/RichardEGrant-70.jpg)
Richard E. Grant
• Faith: Atheism
• Birth name: Richard Grant Esterhuysen
• Wife: Joan Washington (died 2021)
![Richard Harris](/spotlight/images/RichardHarris70.jpg)
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
![Richard Hatch](/spotlight/images/RichardHatch70.jpg)
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
![Richard Jenkins](/spotlight/images/RichardJenkins2013-70.jpg)
Richard Jenkins
• Birth name: Richard Dale Jenkins
• Wife: Sharon R. Friedrick (choreographer)
![Richard Pryor](/spotlight/images/RichardPryor70.jpg)
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
![Richard Widmark](/spotlight/images/RichardWidmark70.jpg)
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)
![Ricky Schroder](/spotlight/images/RickySchroder-70.jpg)
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](/spotlight/images/RipTorn1993-70.jpg)
Rip Torn
• Birth name: Elmore Rual Torn Jr.
• Wife:
Amy Wright (actress),
Geraldine Page (actress — died)
• Ex-Wife: Ann Wedgeworth
• Cousin: Sissy Spacek
![Rita Hayworth (1947). Photo by Ned Scott.](/spotlight/images/RitaHayworth1947-70.jpg)
Rita Hayworth …DIED age 68 (1987)—Alzheimer’s disease
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Worldview: Liberal (Democratic Party activist)
• Birth name: Margarita Carmen Cansino
• Ex-Husbands:
Orson Welles,
Edward C. Judson,
Prince Aly Khan,
Dick Haymes,
James Hill
• Ex-Partner: Glenn Ford
![Rita Wilson](/spotlight/images/RitaWilson2008-70.jpg)
Rita Wilson
• Faith: Christianity (Greek Orthodox)
• Birth name: Margarita Ibrahimoff
• Husband: Tom Hanks
![River Phoenix](/spotlight/images/RiverPhoenix1989-70.jpg)
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
![Rob Lowe](/spotlight/images/RobLowe2012-70.jpg)
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
![Rob Reiner. CC BY 2.0.](/spotlight/images/RobReiner-70.jpg)
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,
Helena Schneider
• Ex-Partner: Elle King
![Robbie Coltrane](/spotlight/images/RobbieColtrane2017-70.jpg)
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
![Robert Blake](/spotlight/images/RobertBlake1976-70.jpg)
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
![Robert Carlyle. Photo by VagueOnTheHow, Tadcaster, York, England.](/spotlight/images/RobertCarlyle2014-70.jpg)
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
![Robert Conrad](/spotlight/images/RobertConrad1967-70.jpg)
Robert Conrad …DIED age 84 (2020)—Heart failure
• Faith: Unknown
• Worldview: Conservatism
• Birth name: Conrad Robert Falk
• Ex-Wives:
Joan Kenlay,
LaVelda Ione Fann
![Robert Davi. Photo by 9EkieraM1. License: CC BY-SA 3.0.](/spotlight/images/RobertDavi2016-cc3-70.jpg)
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)
![Photographer and copyright: Glenn Francis, PacificProDigital.com. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped.](/spotlight/images/RobertForster2009-70.jpg)
Robert Forster …DIED age 78 (2019)—Brain tumor
• Birth name: Robert Wallace Forster Jr.
• Partner: Denise Grayson
• Ex-Wives:
June Provenzano
and Zivia Forster
![Robert Guillaume](/spotlight/images/RobertGuillaume-70.jpg)
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
![Photographer: Miguel Discart. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped.](/spotlight/images/RobertKnepper2016-70.jpg)
Robert Knepper
• Birth name: Robert Lyle Knepper
• Wife: Nadine Kary
• Ex-Wife: Tory Herald
![Robert Mitchum](/spotlight/images/RobertMitchum-70.jpg)
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
• Wife: Dorothy Spence
• Ex-Partners: Shirley MacLaine
![Robert Patrick. Photo by Gage Skidmore. Licensed by CC BY 2.0](/spotlight/images/RobertPatrick2016-cc2-70.jpg)
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)
![Robert Pattinson](/spotlight/movies/2012/cosmopolis2012-70.jpg)
Robert Pattinson
• Birth name: Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson
• Partner: Suki Waterhouse (model, actress)
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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
![Robert Reed](/spotlight/images/RobertReed1977-70.jpg)
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
![Robert Taylor](/spotlight/images/RobertTaylor1966-70.jpg)
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
![Robert Vaughn—MGM-TV.](/spotlight/images/RobertVaughn1966-70.jpg)
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)
![Robert Wagner in “Northpole” (2014).](/spotlight/images/RobertWagner2014-70.jpg)
Robert Wagner
• Birth name: Robert John Wagner Jr.
• Wives:
Jill St. John
and 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
![Robin Givens in Riverdale](/spotlight/images/RobinGivens2017-70.jpg)
Robin Givens
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholic)
• Birth name: Robin Simone Givens
• Ex-Husbands:
Mike Tyson
and 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
and 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 and Fiancé: Ben Foster
![Rock Hudson](/spotlight/images/RockHudson1976-70.jpg)
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
![Rod Taylor](/spotlight/images/RodTaylor-70.jpg)
Rod Taylor …DIED age 84 (2015)—Heart attack
• Faith: apparently Secularism
• Birth name: Rodney Sturt Taylor
• Wife: Carol Kikumura
• Ex-Wives:
Peggy Williams
and Mary Hilem
• Ex-Partners: Dinah Shore
![Roddy McDowall](/spotlight/images/RoddyMcDowall-70.jpg)
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)
![Roger Moore](/spotlight/images/RogerMoore1973-70.jpg)
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
![Roman Polanski in The Pianist. © 2002, Focus Features](/spotlight/images/RomanPolanski2002-70.jpg)
Roman Polanski
• Faith: Atheism, ex-Catholic
• Birth name: Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
• Wives:
Emmanuelle Seigner
and Sharon Tate (actress, murdered 1969)
• Ex-Wife: Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
![Roma Downey](/spotlight/images/RomaDowney70.jpg)
Roma Downey
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism) with New Age beliefs
• Husband: Mark Burnett (producer)
• Ex-Husband: Leland Orser
![Ron Glass—Photographer: Raven Underwood.](/spotlight/images/RonGlass70.jpg)
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
• Faith: apparently Secularism, raised in Roman Catholicism
• Worldview: Veganism, secular charitable work
• Birth name: Patricia Rooney Mara
• Husband: Joaquin Phoenix
• Sister: Kate Mara
![Rory Cochrane. Photo by Tabercil Photography. CC BY-SA 2.0.](/spotlight/images/RoryCochrane2013-70.jpg)
Rory Cochrane
• Ex-Partner: Renée Zellweger
![Rosamund Pike in Johnny English Reborn (2011)](/spotlight/images/RosamundPike2011-70.jpg)
Rosamund Pike
• Faith: Secularism
• Birth name: Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike
• Partner: Robie Uniacke
• Ex-Partners:
Simon Woods (actor)
and 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
![Rose McGowan—Photo by GDCGraphics.](/spotlight/images/RoseMcGowan2008-70.jpg)
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 (She said, “I always thought I was more Satanic than Manson.”),
Robert Rodriguez, etc.
![Rosie Perez—Photo by Joella Marano.](/spotlight/images/RosiePerez2012-70.jpg)
Rosie Perez
• Faith: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
• Birth name: Rosa Maria Perez
• Husband: Eric Haze
• Ex-Husband: Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
![Rowan Atkinson](/spotlight/movies/2011/johnnyenglishreborn2011-70.jpg)
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)
![Roy Dotrice](/spotlight/images/RoyDotrice70.jpg)
Roy Dotrice …DIED age 94 (2017)—natural causes
• Faith: Unknown
• Wife: Kay Newman (died 2007)
![Roy Scheider](/spotlight/images/RoyScheider70.jpg)
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)
![Rumer Willis in Pretty Little Liars (2010)](/spotlight/images/RumerWillis2014-70.jpg)
Rumer Willis
• Birth name: Rumer Glenn Willis
• Father: Bruce Willis
• Mother: Demi Moore
• Partner: Derek Richard Thomas
![Rupert Everett. Photographer: Vicki Neave. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped.](/spotlight/images/RupertEverett2007-70.jpg)
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
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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)
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Rutger Hauer
• Worldview: Environmentalism (activist)
• Birth name: Rutger Oelsen Hauer
• Wife: Ineke ten Cate
• Ex-Wife: Heidi Merz
![Ryan Gosling](/spotlight/images/RyanGosling2017-70.jpg)
Ryan Gosling
• Faith: Secularism, ex-Mormon
• Worldview: Socialism
• Birth name: Ryan Thomas Gosling
• Partner: Eva Mendes (resulting in 2 children)
• Ex-Partners:
Rachel McAdams
and Kat Dennings
![Ryan O'Neal](/spotlight/images/RyanONeal1970-70.png)
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)
and Leigh Taylor-Young (actress)
• Common law wife: Farrah Fawcett
• Ex-Partners:
Leslie Stefanson (actress),
Ursula Andress,
Bianca Jagger,
Anouk Aimée,
Jacqueline Bisset,
BarbraStreisand,
Joan Collins,
Diana Ross,
Anjelica Huston,
and Melanie Griffith
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Ryan Phillippe
Birth name: Matthew Ryan Phillippe
• Ex-Wife: Reese Witherspoon
![Ryan Reynolds](/spotlight/movies/2008/definitelymaybe2008-70.jpg)
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