Richie or Richy is a masculine

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or short form ( hypocorism) of Richard. It is also a

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* Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), American Major League Baseball player, member of the Hall of Fame * Richie Benaud (1930–2015), Australian cricketer and commentator *

Richie Blackmore Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guitar ...

(born 1969), New Zealand rugby league coach and former player *

Richie Byrne Richard Philip Byrne (born 24 September 1981) is a former Irish footballer who played as left back. He played for clubs including Shamrock Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic and Aberdeen. Career Byrne signed for Shamrock Rovers in the summer of 2000 ...

(born 1981), Irish footballer * Richie Cunningham (born 1970), American former National Football League placekicker * Richie Emselle (1917–1992), Australian rules footballer * Richie Grant (disambiguation), multiple people *

Richie Havens Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul (both of which he frequently covered), and rhythm and blues. He had a rhythmic guitar style ...

(1941–2013), American singer-songwriter and guitarist * Richie Hebner (born 1947), American former Major League Baseball player * Richie Incognito (born 1983), American National Football League player * Richie James (born 1995), American football player *

Richie Jen Richie Jen Hsien-chi (, born 23 June 1966) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He graduated from the Chinese Culture University's physical education department. His hits include "Too Softhearted" (), "Look Over Here, Girl" (), "The Sad Pacific" () ...

(任賢齊) (born 1966), Taiwanese singer * Richie Lucas (born 1938), American former football quarterback, member of the College Football Hall of Fame * Richie McCaw (born 1980), New Zealand former rugby union player, the most capped test rugby player of all time * Richie McDonald (born 1962), American country music singer and former lead singer of the band Lonestar * Richy Müller (born 1955), German actor born Hans-Jürgen Müller * Richie Murray (born 1982), Irish hurler * Richy Peña (born 1984), Dominican-born American music producer * Richie Power (disambiguation), multiple people * Ricardo Álvarez Puig (born 1984), Spanish footballer known as Richy * Richie Ryan (born 1985), Irish footballer * Richie Ryan (1929-2019), Irish former politician *

Richie Sambora Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwri ...

(born 1959), American rock guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter, former lead guitarist of

Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald (American musician), Hugh McD ...

* Richie Scheinblum (1942–2021), American Major League Baseball All Star outfielder * Richie Williams (born 1987), American basketball player * Richie Woodhall (born 1968), British former boxer, WBC super middleweight titleholder

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* David Richie (born 1973), American former National Football League player * Donald Richie (1924–2013), American author specializing in Japanese culture *

Ladale Richie Ladale Osagie Richie (born 30 July 1989) is a Jamaican international footballer who plays for Mount Pleasant Football Academy, as a central defender. Club career Born in Clark's Town, Richie has played club football for Village United, Monte ...

(born 1989), Jamaican footballer *

Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ...

(born 1949), American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor *

Nicole Richie Nicole Camille Richie (; born September 21, 1981) is an American television personality, fashion designer, socialite, and actress. She came to prominence after appearing in the reality television series ''The Simple Life'' (2003–2007), in whic ...

(born 1981), American actress, daughter of Lionel Richie * Shane Richie (born 1964), English actor, comedian, singer and presenter * Sofia Richie (born 1998), American fashion model, daughter of Lionel Richie

Fictional characters

*Richie Aprile from '' The Sopranos'' * Richie Cunningham from '' Happy Days'' *Richie Foley, aka Gear, from '' Static Shock'' * Richie Rich, the main character of the comics, TV show, and film of the same name, and ''

Harvey Girls Forever! ''Harvey Girls Forever!'' (originally titled ''Harvey Street Kids'' in its first season, then retroactively retitled) is an American animated comedy television series produced by Brendan Hay and Aliki Theofilopoulos for DreamWorks Animation Televi ...

'' *Richie Richard, from '' Bottom'' * Richie Ryan, from ''

Highlander Highlander may refer to: Regional cultures * Gorals (lit. ''Highlanders''), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia * Hill people, who live in hills and mountains * Merina people, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar ...

'' * Richie Tozier, from the Stephen King book '' It'' * Richie Underwood, from '' Dog House''

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