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- Guenther Ramin, musician (1957)
- Heinrich Rau, politician (1966, 1976, 1979)
- Ludwig Renn, writer (1990)
- Rudolf Renner, journalist (1958)
- Fritz Reuter, writer (1954)
- Hans Rothbart, German resistance (1960)
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