Rani Manicka is a Malaysian-born novelist, who divides her time between Malaysia and the United Kingdom.

Ranieri de' Calzabigi was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his "reform" operas.

Raniero Nicolai was an Italian poet. He won a gold medal in the art competitions at the 1920 Olympic Games for his "Canzoni Olimpioniche".

Ranko Marinković was a Croatian novelist and dramatist.

Ransom Riggs is an American writer and filmmaker best known for the book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli was an Italian archaeologist and art historian.

Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, commonly known as Sir Ranulph Fiennes and sometimes as Ran Fiennes, is a British explorer, writer and poet, who holds several endurance records.

Raoul Cauvin was a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.

Raoul Schrott is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator and broadcast personality.

Raoul Vaneigem is a Belgian writer known for his 1967 book The Revolution of Everyday Life.