text: Pernell Roberts – Emmy Award-nominated actor (Bonanza, Trapper John, M.D.)
  Pat Robertson – evangelist, social commentator
  James Roosevelt – U.S. Congressman (California); son of FDR, former Marine Raider
  Barney Ross – world champion boxer, Boxing Hall of Famer
  Arthur Rowe – screenwriter and television producer (The Magnificent Seven Ride!, Fantasy Island)
  John Russell – actor (Lawman)
  Mark Russell – political satirist
  Robert Ryan – Oscar-nominated actor (The Wild Bunch, Crossfire)
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  Tony Santiago – military historian
  Jim Sasser –  U.S. senator from Tennessee
  George C. Scott – Academy Award-winning actor (Patton)
  Mike Scotti – author and producer of the documentary film Severe Clear
  Tom Seaver – baseball Hall of Famer
  Walter Seltzer – film producer (One-Eyed Jacks, The Omega Man, Soylent Green)
  Shaggy – musician and singer
  John Patrick Shanley – playwright, screenwriter, and director
  Bernard Shaw – CNN news anchor
  Mark Shields – journalist
  James Shigeta – Golden Globe-winning Japanese-American actor (Die Hard, The Yakuza)
  Alana Shipp – American/Israeli IFBB professional bodybuilder
  Scott Shriner – bass guitarist, member of Weezer
  George Shultz – economist, U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury
  Oliver Sipple – saved President Gerald Ford's life during an assassination attempt
  Otis Sistrunk – defensive tackle, Oakland Raiders, National Football League