Amalia von Reinhold (née Fleischmann;  1824–1893) was a public figure, founder and member of a number of public and charitable organizations, and a donor to the Riga Grebenshchikov Old Believer School in the period from 1873 to 1893. >>

Anisim (Onisim) Rekashev (1859–1955) – an outstanding diagnostician, treated the people of Latgalia for more than 70 years. >>

Taisia Repina (born Trubetskaya; 1937–2022) –  a public figure. >>

Anikita Repnin (1668–1726) – a Prince, Russian Governor-General of Riga. >>

Vladimir Reshetov (1953) – a producer, journalisr, artist, publisher. >>

Galina Rezhepp (1966 ) – Master of Philology, teacher of Russian and Literature  at the Riga Pushkin Lyceum since 1995, specialist in teaching methods. Since 2016 Galina Rezhepp has been the director of the «Pushkin and Baltiс» Museum at the Riga Pushkin Lyceum. >>

German Rodionov (189-1959) –  a choir conductor, regent, teacher  of singing. >>

Olga Rodionova (1920-1992) – a teacher of Russian and Literature at the Riga 17th  Secondary school  from 1945 to 1975. >>

Nikolay Rodkevich (1876–1930)  – an official, participant of the White movement in Russia. >>

Mikhail Rodniansky (1907-1997) – a teacher or Physics at the Riga  17th Secondary School. >>