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- Ion Heliade Rădulescu Romanian academic, poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician.
- Thomas Stamford Raffles, Statesman, founded Singapore. Raised July 5, 1813, Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya
- Nick Rahall (b. 1949), US representative from West Virginia
- Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743) - commonly known as Chevalier Ramsay. Jacobite peer, author of Discourse pronounced at the reception of Freemasons, which first proposed the idea that Freemasonry descends from crusading knights.
- George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, British General and colonial administrator, Governor General of British North America (1820–1828), Grand Master of Scotland (1804–1806)
- Alf Ramsey, Manager of England World Cup winning football team, 1966; initiated into Waltham Abbey Lodge No. 2750 5 October 1953
- A. Philip Randolph, Joppa Lodge No. 55, NYC
- Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, British politician and colonial administrator, Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (1813–1823), Acting Grand Master of Scotland (1806–1808)
- Harry Rawson, British Admiral, leader of the Benin Expedition of 1897, Grand Master of New South Wales (1905–1909)
- Sam Rayburn, U.S. politician, U.S. Speaker of the House; took his first degree Aug. 7 1922, remained Entered Apprentice upon his death, Constantine Lodge No.13.
- Stanley F. Reed, US Associate Justice (1938–1957)
- George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of New South Wales
- Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Theodor Reuss, German occultist and head of O.T.O., Pilger Loge #238 (UGLE) 1878, and excluded from Freemasonry in 1880.
- Paul Revere, American Revolutionary hero, St. Andrew's Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts; Grand Master of Massachusetts 1794-97.
- Don Revie, England football team manager 1974–1977; initiated 1965 in Leodiensis Lodge, No 4029
- Isabelo de los Reyes, Filipino politician and labor activist in.
- Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
- Michael Richards, American Actor
- Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI American Flying Ace, Kilwinning Lodge No. 297, MI.
- Rafael del Riego, Spanish general and liberal politician
- Charles Riley, Anglican Archbishop, Grand Master of District Grand Lodge of Western Australia 1904-17, 1920-29.
- Ringling Brothers (all seven of them), American circus promoters
- José Rizal, Polymath and National Hero of the Philippines, Logia Solidaridad 53 Madrid, Spain; made honorary Worshipful Master of Nilad Lodge No. 144 in 1892
- Jimmie Rodgers Spinks Lodge No. 507 Mississippi
- Will Rogers American political commentator and satirist, Claremore Lodge No. 53, Oklahoma
- Roy Rogers, American actor, Hollywood Lodge No. 355, California
- Elliott Roosevelt, USAF officer and author, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Raised Feb. 17, 1933: Architect's Lodge No. 519, New York
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., Congressman, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Initiated Nov. 7, 1935: Architect's Lodge No. 519, New York
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. President. Holland Lodge No. 8, New York
- James Roosevelt, Politician and Congressman, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Initiated Nov. 7, 1935: Architect's Lodge No. 519, New York
- Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President. Matinecock Lodge No. 806, Oyster Bay, New York
- Félicien Rops Belgian artist
- Edmundo Ros, Musician. Sprig of Acacia Lodge, Javea, Spain
- Constantin Daniel Rosenthal Romanian painter and 1848 revolutionary.
- C. A. Rosetti Romanian literary and political leader, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848.
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Financier, Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
- James Mayer de Rothschild, Financier, Initiated Oct. 24, 1802: Emulation Lodge No. 12, London
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century Swiss-French philosopher, writer, composer
- Archibald Hamilton Rowan, member of the Society of the United Irishmen
- Manuel Roxas, was the first president of the independent Republic of the Philippines.
Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill
- Alecu Russo Romanian writer, literary critic and publicist.
- John Rutledge, Chief Justice of the United States (1795), Associate Justice (1789–1791)
- William Byron Rumford, California legislator, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Berkeley, California
- George Sterling Ansel Ryerson, Canadian politician.
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