Rackowe, Nathaniel; sculptor, London, September 2017
Radford, Sheena; biophysicist, Leeds, October 2014.
Rae, Barbara; painter, Edinburgh, September 2011
Rae, Fiona; painter, London, May 2013.
Rae, Ronald; sculptor, Edinburgh, July 2023
Rae, Ronald; sculptor, Edinburgh, September 2011
Ramakrishnan, Venkatraman ‘Venki’; biologist, Cambridge, April 2015
Ramsey Lunn, David; Bishop, Sheffield, July 1990
Ramshaw, Wendy; sculptor, London, January 1999
Randall-Page, Peter and son; sculptor, London, February 2011
Randall-Page, Peter; sculptor, Drewsteignton (Devon), November 2015.
Rank-Broadley, Ian; sculptor, London, February 2016
Ratcliffe, Sir Peter; physician, scientist, Oxford, November 2021
Rattle, Simon; conductor, London, October 1995.
Rawlins, Sir Michael; pharmacologist, Cambridge, June 2015.
Redgrave, Vanessa; actress, London, May 1986
Rees-Mogg, Jacob; politician, Birmingham, October 2018
Rees, Martin; Lord Rees of Ludlow; astronomer, Cambridge, December 2006
Rees, Martin; Lord Rees of Ludlow; astronomer, Cambridge, June 2014
Rego, Paula; painter, London, November 1994
Remfry, David; painter, London, October 2014.
Renton, Timothy; Lord Renton, Lewes (East Sussex), May 2003
Richmond, 10th Duke of; (Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox); Goodwood (West Sussex), September 2002
Riley, Bridget; painter, London, July 1989
Rix, Brian; Baron Rix; actor and campaigner, London, February 1992
Roberts, Dame Shelagh; industrial relations consultant, London, October 1991
Roberts, Sir Hugh; art historian, Windsor, June 2013.
Robinson, Dame Carol; chemist, Oxford, July 2013
Robinson, Dame Carol; chemist, Oxford, June 2013
Robinson, Fiona; artist, Lymington (Hampshire), September 2022
Rogers, Richard, Baron Rogers; architect, London, July 2013
Rogers, Sir Richard (r.); architect, London, January 1987
Rome, Richard; sculptor, London, December 2017
Rosenthal, Tom; publisher, London, November 1991
Rostropovich, Mstislav; cellist, London, October 1987
Rotblat, Joseph; physicist, London, October 1995
Rothschild, Eva; sculptor, London, August 2017
Rothschild, Eva; sculptor, London, November 2023
Rothschild, Jacob; Lord Rothschild, banker, London, January 1986
Runcie, Robert; archbishop, and Terry Waite, special envoy, London, November 1986
Runcie, Robert; archbishop, London, May 1986
Russell, Tom; architect, Bristol, September 2022
Ryan, Veronica; artist, London, February 2024
Ryder, Sophie; sculptor, Salisbury, April 2016
Ryder, Sophie; sculptor, Winson (Gloucestershire), April 2017
Ryder, Sue; Baroness Ryder, charity worker; Cavendish (Suffolk), June 1987