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First name René
February 11, 2026

René Descartes

French philosopher | mathematician | and scientist (1596–1650)

Initials RD #17

Rene Russo

American actress and model

Initials RR #37 Avengers: Endgame

René Auberjonois

American actor (1940–2019)

Initials RA #15 The Patriot

René Angélil

Canadian singer and manager (1942–2016)

Initials RA #18

René Magritte

Belgian painter and sculptor (1898–1967)

Initials RM #71

René Girard

French historian | literary critic | and philosopher of social science

René Higuita

René Guénon

René Lacoste

#10

René Redzepi

Danish chef

Initials RR #207

#11

Rene Enriquez

American mobster

Initials RE #49

#12

René Elizondo, Jr.

American dancer and songwriter

Initials RJ #76

#13

René Goguen

Canadian professional wrestler

Initials RG #132

#14

René Dif

Danish musician and actor (1967-)

Initials RD #124

#15

René Goscinny

French comic book artist and author

Initials RG #144

#16

René Coty

17th President of the French Republic

Initials RC #214

#17

René Lévesque

Quebec politician

Initials RL #140

#18

René of Anjou

King of Naples

Initials RA #127

#19

Rene Gagnon

United States Marine (1925-1979)

Initials RG #174

#20

Rene Bond

American pornographic actress

#21

René Meulensteen

Dutch association football player and manager

#22

René Strickler

Argentine actor

#23

René Laloux

Animator | Film director | Screenwriter

Initials RL #178

#24

René Zagger

British actor

Initials RZ #30

#25

René Laennec

French physician | inventor of stethoscope (1781-1826)

Initials RL #190

#26

Rene Haas

businessman

#27

René Benko

Businessman; CEO and Chairman of Signa Holding

#28

René II, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine

Initials RL #222

#29

René Enríquez

American actor

Initials RE #119

#30

Rene Gube

American actor

#31

René Lalique

French glass designer

Initials RL #240

#32

René Préval

President of Haiti

#33

René Bousquet

French police chief

#34

Rene Requiestas

Filipino comedian

#35

René Barrientos

President of Bolivia

#36

René Moore

African American musician | singer and songwriter

#37

René Arnoux

French racecar driver

Initials RA #236

#38

René Liu

Taiwanese singer and actress

#39

René Clair

French filmmaker and writer

#40

Rene L. Moreno

American actor

#41

René Schneider

Chilean general

#42

René Fonck

French flying ace

Initials RF #230

#43

René Balcer

screenwriter | producer and director

#44

René Claassen

Dutch politican

#45

René Adler

German footballer

#46

René Obermann

german Manager

Initials RO #97

#47

Rene Rancourt

American singer

#48

Rene Rivkin

Australian fraudster

#49

Rene Kirby

American actor

#50

René Victor Auberjonois

Swiss artist

Initials RA #15

#51

René Velázquez Valenzuela

Mexican drug lord and hitman

Initials RV #111

#52

René Rast

racing driver for Audi in the World Endurance Championship

#53

Rene Rinnekangas

Finnish snowboarder | born 25.9.1999 in Iisalmi

#54

René Echevarria

American screenwriter and producer

Initials RE #163

#55

René van de Kerkhof

Dutch footballer

#56

René Marić

Austrian association football manager

#57

René of Châlon

Prince of Orange

#58

René Robert

Canadian ice hockey player

#59

René Ricard

American art critic

#60

Rene Naufahu

New Zealand actor

Initials RN #172

#61

René Favaloro

Argentine physician

#62

René Clément

film director

#63

René Weiler

footballer and football manager

#64

René Belbenoît

French criminal and writer

#65

Rene Bitorajac

Croatian actor

#66

Rene Carpenter

member of the Astronaut Wives Club

#67

René Moawad

politician

#68

René Thom

mathematician

#69

René Cassin

French jurist

#70

René Aust

German politician

#71

Rene Eriksen Petersen

Greenlandic footballer

#72

René Barjavel

French writer

#73

René de Chambrun

French lawyer

#74

René Binet

French activist

#75

René Char

20th-century French poet

#76

René Daumal

French poet and writer

#77

Rene Cayetano

Filipino politician

#78

René Hardy

French resistance member

#79

René Ifrah

American actor

Initials RI #109

#80

René Houseman

Argentine footballer

#81

René Bourque

Canadian ice hockey player

#82

René Blum

French theatre impressario

#83

René Antonsen

Danish handball player

#84

René V. Dawis

American psychologist

#85

René Viviani

Prime Minister of France

Initials RV #186

#86

René Rechtman

Danish entrepreneur | businessman | and investor

#87

René Guyon

French sexologist

#88

Rene Gilmartin

Irish footballer

#89

René Ribière

French politician

#90

René Gruau

Italian artist

#91

René Hake

Dutch football coach (born 1971)

#92

René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou

French politician

#93

René Spitz

Austrian-American psychoanalyst

#94

Rene Portland

American basketball player-coach

#95

René Froger

Dutch singer

#96

Rene Toft Hansen

Danish handball player

#97

René Francis Merino Monroy

minister of Defense of El Salvador

#98

René Girard

French footballer

Initials RG #62

#99

René Azcárraga Casados

Mexican actor

#100

Rene Ranger

New Zealand rugby union player

#101

René Arend

Luxembourg-born chef for McDonald's

#102

René Goupil

French Jesuit lay brother and missionary

#103

René Muñoz

Cuban actor and screenwriter

#104

René Crevel

French writer involved with the surrealist movement

#105

René Depestre

Haitian writer

#106

Rene Saguisag

Filipino politician

#107

René Schick

President of Nicaragua

#108

René Simard

Canadian singer

#109

Rene Caovilla

Italian fashion designer

#110

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

French scientist

#111

René Le Fort

French surgeon

#112

René Quinton

French academic

Initials RQ #35

#113

Rene Krhin

Slovenian footballer

#114

René Aubry

French composer

#115

René Carmille

comptroller general of the French Army and member of French Resistance

#116

René Rivera

Baseball player from Puerto Rico

#117

René Pleven

French politician

#118

Rene Syler

American journalist

#119

René Henry Gracida

American Roman Catholic bishop

#120

René Touzet

American bandleader

#121

René Hall

American musician

#122

René Caillié

French explorer

#123

René Duguay-Trouin

French pirate

#124

René Jacobs

Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor

#125

René Steinke

German actor

#126

Rene Matić

British artist

#127

René Lavand

Argentine magician

#128

René Leibowitz

French composer and conductor

#129

René Wellek

Czech literature reviewer

#130

René van der Gijp

Dutch footballer

#131

René Schérer

French philosopher

#132

René Ramos Latour

Cuban military personnel

#133

Rene Lavan

Cuban-American actor

#134

René Cardona

Film director and actor

#135

René Pape

Operatic bass

#136

René Shuman

Dutch singer | record producer | guitarist and composer

#137

René Kollo

German opera singer

#138

René Lefebvre

French factory-owner

#139

René Dreyfus

French racing driver

#140

René Mitongo Muteba

Belgian association football player

#141

René Goulaine de Laudonnière

French Huguenot explorer

#142

René Groebli

Swiss photographer

#143

René Binder

Austrian racing driver

#144

René Farrait

Puerto Rican musician

#145

René Cardona Jr.

Mexican actor and director

#146

René Vandereycken

Belgian football player and coach

#147

René Berg

British musician

#148

René Dubos

American microbiologist

#149

René Petit

French footballer

#150

René Dahinden

Bigfoot researcher

#151

René Verdon

French chef

#152

René Henriksen

Danish footballer

#153

René Grousset

French historian

#154

René Clausen

American conductor

#155

René Audran

Senior official of the French Ministry of Defence(assassinated on 25 January 1985)

#156

René of Lorraine, marquis of Elbeuf

Marquis of Elbeuf

#157

Rene Lachemann

American baseball player and coach

#158

René Metge

French racing driver

#159

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

#160

René Claude Meka

general of Cameroon

#161

René Lemarchand

French political scientist

#162

Rene Rooze

Dutch martial artist

#163

René Carayol

British broadcaster

#164

René Jalbert

sergeant-at-arms of the National Assembly of Quebec

#165

René Dumont

French sociologist

#166

René Mayer

French politician Prime Minister of France

#167

Rene Ray

British actress and novelist (1911–1993)

#168

René Rémond

French historian and political economist

#169

René Fasel

Swiss ice hockey player

#170

René Vincent

French illustrator

#171

René Bazinet

German actor

#172

René Monclova

American actor

#173

René Rutten

Dutch musician

#174

Rene Medvešek

Croatian actor

#175

René Highway

Canadian actor

#176

René Burri

Swiss photographer

#177

René Prioux

French general

#178

Rene Ritchie

Canadian editor

#179

René Klingenburg

association football player (1993-)

#180

René I, Viscount of Rohan

French viscount

#181

René Dupéré

Canadian composer

#182

René Harris

Nauruan politician (1947-2008)

#183

René Guajardo

Mexican professional wrestler

#184

René Cormier

Canadian politician

#185

René Cogny

French general

#186

René Simões

Brazilian footballer and manager

#187

René Maran

French writer

#188

René Klijn

Dutch singer

#189

René Lesson

French surgeon | naturalist | ornithologist | and herpetologist

#190

René Marqués

Puerto Rican activist and writer

#191

René McLean

American musician

#192

René Schickele

German-French writer

#193

René Guillot

French children's writer

#194

René Laurentin

French theologian

#195

Rene Anselmo

World War II US Marine Corps veteran and businessman

#196

René Corbet

Canadian ice hockey player

#197

René Leriche

French Surgeon

#198

René Thomas

French racing driver

#199

René Marie

American jazz singer and songwriter

#200

René Ménil

Martiniquais writer

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First name René
February 11, 2026