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- Brian Randell - Computer Scientist.
- Andy Raleigh Rugby League player for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
- Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale - Liberal Democrat spokesman in the House of Lords for International Development.
- Alastair Reynolds - Novelist and former research astronomer with the European Space Agency.
- Ben Rice - author.
- Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley - Chancellor of the University from 1988 to 1999.
- Neil Rollinson - poet.
- Peter Rowlinson - Ig Nobel Prize winner for Veterinary Medicine.
- John Rushby - Computer scientist.
- Camilla Rutherford - Actress.
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Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley
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