Rotor for an electrical machine has a rotor core with a plurality of radially outwardly extending rotor legs, a number of exciter windings corresponding to the number of rotor legs, each wound around one of the rotor legs, and a separating device, having a number of separating portions corresponding to the number of rotor legs, which are arranged between a respective pair of adjacent exciter windings and extend axially between two opposing end faces of the rotor, a first annular connecting portion which connects together the separating portions at one of the end faces, and a second annular connecting portion which connects together the separating portions at the other of the end faces. The separating device is formed by a first part and by a second part which are joined together by means of a form-fit and/or force-fit connection, wherein the first part comprises at least the first connecting portion and at least partially the separating portions, and the second part comprises at least the second connecting portion.