Elihu Root
(1845-1937) Author. Elihu Root was born in Clinton, New York, and died in New York City.
Letter: R
Billy Rose
(1899-1966) Lyricist. Billy Rose was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Lillian Roth
(1910-1980) Author. Lillian Roth was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in New York City.
Alastair Reid
(1926-2014) Poet, essayist. Alastair Reid was born in Whithorn, Scotland, and died in Manhattan, New York. He wrote for The New Yorker.
David Rosand
(1938-2014) Author. David Rosand was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He taught at Columbia University.
Lillian B Rubin
(1924-2014) Author. Lillian B. Rubin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in San Francisco, California.
Dr. Arnold Relman
(1923-2014) Editor. Dr. Arnold Relman was born in Queens, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a longtime editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Mary Rodgers
(1931-2014) Author. Mary Rodgers was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. She wrote songs and children’s books.
Paul Robeson Jr.
(1927-2014) Author. Paul Robeson Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Nan Rosenthal
(1937-2014) Author. Nan Rosenthal was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. She was a curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, District of Columbia, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York. She was the author of several books.