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Alexander George Richey Alexander George Richey (1830–1883) was an Irish barrister and historian. Life He was the son of Alexander Richey of Mountemple, Coolock, County Dublin, and his wife, Matilda Browne, whose sister Margaret married Henry Caulfeild, father of the ...

(1830–1883), Irish barrister and historian * Charles Robert Richey (1923–1997), United States federal judge * Cliff Richey (born 1946), American tennis player * David Michael Richey (1938–2015), real name of the American jazz musician Slim Richey *

George Richey George Richey (born George Baker Richardson; November 30, 1935 – July 31, 2010) was an American songwriter and record producer. He was born in Arkansas, but raised in Malden, Missouri. Career Richey was a mainstay of the Nashville country music ...

(1935–2010), American songwriter and record producer * Helen Richey (1909–1947), American aviator *

Helen Richey (dancer) Helen Richey (born c. 1945) is a former competitive ballroom and latin dance Latin dance is a general label, and a term in partner dance competition jargon. It refers to types of ballroom dance and folk dance that mainly originated in L ...

(born 1946), ballroom and Latin dancer and judge *

Isabel Grimes Richey Isabel Richey (, Grimes; June 16, 1858 – November 13, 1910) was an American poet of the long nineteenth century. She was "perhaps the first woman in Nebraska to publish books of poetry". Early life and education Isabel Grimes was born in Lanc ...

(1858–1910), American writer, poet *

James Alexander Richey James Alexander Richey Order of the Indian Empire, CIE (8 March 1874 – 24 October 1931) was a British educational administrator in South Africa and India. The son of James Bellett Richey, Sir James Bellet Richey, an administrator in Bombay P ...

(1874–1931), British imperial administrator, son of the following *

James Bellett Richey Sir James Bellet Richey, (1834 – 27 June 1902) was a British administrator in Bombay Presidency. Biography Richey was born in 1834, the son of Rev. James Richey, rector of Nympton St. George, Devonshire, by his wife Elizabeth Bellett, daught ...

(1834-1902), British colonial administrator *

Joe Richey Joseph Richey (March 30, 1931 – April 4, 1995) was an American basketball player. He was an All-American at Brigham Young University (BYU) and later played in the Amateur Athletic Union. Joe Richey, a 6'1 (1.85 m) forward from St. Johns, Ari ...

(1931–1995), American basketball player *

Joseph Richey Joseph Richey (October 5, 1843 – September 21, 1877) was an Anglo-Irish priest of Episcopal Church in the United States. He was known for his work among the African-American community of Baltimore and for his high church Anglicanism. His feast ...

(1843-1877), Anglo-Irish episcopal minister *

Kelly Richey Kelly Richey (born November 30, 1962) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and composer based out of Cincinnati, Ohio.(November 20, 1998). "Energy and polish define blues-rockers", ''St. Petersburg Times'', p. 10. Early life Kelly Richey ...

(born 1962), American blues musician *

Kenny Richey Kenneth Thomas Richey (born August 3, 1964), in Zeist, Netherlands is a British-US dual citizen who in 1987 was convicted in Ohio of murdering a two-year-old girl and sentenced to death. He spent 21 years on death row before re-examination of his ...

(born 1964), British-US dual citizen once on death row * Kim Richey (born 1956), American singer-songwriter * Matthew Richey (1803–1883), Irish-Canadian Methodist *

Matthew Henry Richey Matthew Henry Richey (June 10, 1828 – February 21, 1911) was a Canadian politician in the 19th century. Richey was the son of Matthew Richey, Methodist minister from Nova Scotia. The family was of Ulster-Scottish ancestry, his father ha ...

(1828–1911), Canadian politician *

Mary Anne Richey Mary Anne Richey (October 24, 1917 – November 25, 1983) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Education and career Born Mary Anne Reimann in Shelbyville, Indiana, Richey was in t ...

(1917–1983), United States federal judge *

Michael Richey (sailor) Michael William Dugdale Mills Richey MBE (6 July 1917 – 22 December 2009) was an English sailor and navigator, and an author and editor of books and journals about navigation. His first publication, an article about his experiences in a shipwre ...

(1917–2009), English sailor, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 1942 *

Michael Richey (scholar) Michael William Dugdale Mills Richey MBE (6 July 1917 – 22 December 2009) was an English sailor and navigator, and an author and editor of books and journals about navigation. His first publication, an article about his experiences in a shipwre ...

(1678–1761), German scholar and poet, set the verses to Telemanns Admiralitätsmusik * Nancy Richey (born 1942), American tennis player * Ronald K. Richey (1926–2010), CEO of Torchmark Corporation *

Wade Richey Wade Edward Richey (born May 19, 1976) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He is widely regarded as having one of the strongest legs in high school, collegiate and NFL history. Early life Richey beg ...

, American football player Given name: * Richey Edwards (born 1967, disappeared 1995, presumed dead 2008), Welsh musician, lyricist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers * Richey V. Graham (1886-1972), American politician * Richey Reneberg (born 1965), American tennis player

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