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. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a

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Ricardo de Araújo Pereira Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name * Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portug ...

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Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records so ...

, Guatemalan singer *Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist *Ricardo Ávila, Panamanian footballer *Ricardo Bralo, Argentine long-distance runner *Ricardo Bueno Fernández, Spanish politician *Ricardo Busquets, Puerto Rican swimmer *Ricardo Cardeno, Colombian triathlete *Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Cortez, American actor *Ricardo Darín, Argentine actor *Ricardo (footballer, born 1980), full name Ricardo da Silva, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Faty, Senegalese footballer *Ricardo Fischer, Brazilian basketball player *Ricardo Fortaleza, Filipino-Australian boxer *Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican football (soccer) player *Rick Galindo, Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician *Ricardo Gomes, Brazilian footballer *Ricardo González (golfer), Argentine golf player *Ricardo González (racing driver), Mexican racing driver *Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso, Chilean footballer *Ricardo Gutierrez, American actor *Ricardo Hausmann, Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard *Ricardo Hurtado, American actor *Kaká, Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, better known as Kaká, Brazilian footballer *Ricardo James, Panamaian footballer *Ricardo Lagos, Chilean socialist politician and former president *Ricardo Larrivée, French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer *Ricky Lee, Ricardo Lee, Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright *Ricardo P. Lloyd, British actor *Ricardo Londoño (1949–2009), Columbian racing driver *Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish football goalkeeper *Ricardo Macarrón (1926–2004), Spanish painter *Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea * Ricardo Marsh (born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League *Ricardo Martínez (footballer, born 1980), Ricardo Martínez, Mexican footballer *Ricardo Matosinhos, Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue *Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian racing driver *Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor *Ricardo Medina, Jr., American actor *Ricardo Miranda, Canadian politician *Ricardo Mthembu (1970–2020), South African politician *Ricardo Nascimento, Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Palma, Peruvian author *Ricardo Pereira (actor), Portuguese actor, television presenter and fashion model *Ricardo (footballer, born 1976), full name Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira, Portuguese football goalkeeper *Ricardo Pinto (disambiguation), multiple people *Ricardo C. Puno, Ricardo Puno, Filipino lawyer *Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer *Ricardo Rodriguez (disambiguation), multiple people *Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian racing driver *Ricardo Salampessy, Indonesian footballer *Ricardo Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer *Ricardo Sánchez (water polo), Spanish water polo player *Ricardo Santos (disambiguation), multiple people *Ricardo Senn, Argentine cyclist *Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver *Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver), Angolan racing driver *Ricardo Villagran, Argentine illustrator *Ricardo Villalobos, Chilean electronic musician *Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing driver *Ricardo Zunino, Argentine racing driver

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*Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish football manager whose team won the Euro 1992

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*Amy Mary Ricardo, birth name of Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (1847–1879), British aristocrat *Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of Kate Bertram (1912–1999), British ichthyologist *David Ricardo (1772–1823), British economist *David Ricardo (the younger) (1803–1864), British Liberal Member of Parliament *Colonel F. C. Ricardo, Francis Cecil Ricardo (1852–1924), British army officer , police officer and philanthropist (brother of Horace Ricardo) *Halsey Ricardo (1854–1928), English architect and designer *Sir Harry Ricardo (1885–1974), British motor engineer who established Ricardo Consulting Engineers *Colonel Horace Ricardo (1850–1935), British army officer and land owner (brother of Francis Cecil Ricardo) *James Ricardo, American film director *John Lewis Ricardo (1812–1862), British businessman and politician *Osman Ricardo (1795–1881), British Liberal and Whig politician

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*Richard Alpert (Lost), on the ''Lost (TV series), Lost'' TV series *List of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City characters#Ricardo Diaz, Ricardo Diaz, from the ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' video game *Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, main characters on the ''I Love Lucy'' TV series *Ricardo Dalisay, the primary protagonist in the ''Ang Probinsyano'' TV series *Ricardo Tubbs, on the TV series ''Miami Vice'' *Ricardo (comic book character), the main antagonist from ''The Adventures of Nero'' comic book series

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