text: Prem Das Rai, Indian politician from Sikkim
  Rajan Mukarung, writer and activist
  Rajendra Kumar Rai 3rd Chief Minister of Province No. 1 Nepal
  Rajendra Kumar Rai, cabinet minister Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Nepal
  Rajesh Payal Rai, singer and music composer
  Ram Prasad Rai, revolutionary fighter against Rana autocracy
  Ratna Bahadur Rai, Indian Politician From Darjeeling
  Sabin Rai, pop singer from Dharan
  Santa Bahadur Rai, Secretary & Chairman Public Service Commission
  Sarita Rai, Indian Politician from West Bengal
  Shiba Kumar Rai, scientist, Professor of medical microbiology and ex-member of National Planning Commission of the government of Nepal
  Shiva Kumar Rai, Nepali writer and the first Gorkha minister in the state of West Bengal
  Shrawan Mukarung, poet
  Sudan Kirati, cabinet minister Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Nepal
  Suk Bahadur Rai, awarded Aung San Thuriya in 1950 A.D.
  Tanka Bahadur Rai, Indian Politician from Assam belong to Indian National Congress
  Tarundeep Rai, Indian Olympiad archer Padma Shri and Arjuna Award winner
  Tek Bahadur Rai, politician from Bhutan, Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan
  Tulshi Devi Rai, Former minister of Water Security, Public Health Engineering, Social Justice, Empowerment & Welfare Departments of Sikkim
  Wilson Bikram Rai, comedian, actor, singer, dancer, film producer