Notable inmates

Reiko Sato (Japanese: 佐藤 怜子; December 19, 1931 – May 28, 1981) was an American dancer and actress.

Reinder ("Rein") Boomsma (19 June 1879 – 27 May 1943) was a Dutch footballer, who played for Sparta and the Dutch national team.

Reiner Fuellmich (born 1958 in Bremen) is a German former lawyer and spokesman for the Corona Investigative Committee, a non-governmental investigative committee based in Germany.

Reinhard Goerdeler (26 May 1922 – 3 January 1996) was a German accountant who was instrumental in founding Klynveld Main Goerdeler, the leading international firm of accountants.

Reinhold Strassmann (or Straßmann) (24 January 1893 in Berlin – late October 1944 in Auschwitz concentration camp) was a German mathematician who proved Strassmann's theorem.

Rémy Roure (French pronunciation: [ʁemi ʁuʁ]; October 30, 1885 - November 8, 1966) was a French journalist and a resistance fighter in WW2.

Rémy Weil (17 December 1899 – 20 November 1943) was a French freestyle swimmer and diver.

Rena Kornreich Gelissen, born Rena Kornreich (24 August 1920 – 8 August 2006), was a Polish-born Jew, known for her memoir, Rena's Promise: A Story of Sisters in Auschwitz, her story of surviving the Nazi concentration camps with her sister Danka.

Renate Lasker-Harpprecht (14 January 1924 – 3 January 2021) was a German author and journalist.

René Auguste Constantin de Renneville (October 9, 1677 – March 13, 1723), was a French writer. He was born in Caen, Province of Normandy.

Jules René Lucien Belbenoît (French: [ʁəne bɛlbənwa]; 4 April 1899 – 25 February 1959) was a French prisoner on Devil's Island who successfully escaped to the United States.

René Blum (13 March 1878 – September 1942) was a French Jewish theatrical impresario.