A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title. Some examples are:
- Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island)
- Ray Romano ("Everybody Loves Raymond" TV series)
- Reader's Digest
- Reebok Shoes
- Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. (American civil rights activist)
- Rolls Royce Motor Cars
- Rolex
- Romania
- Rushanth (the name of this contributor)
- Russia
- Ruth (Book of Ruth; Hebrew Bible)
- Rwanda