Richard is a male given name. It originates, via

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, from

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and is a

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of the words descending from

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''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", "

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", "

Dickon Dickon is an English masculine given name. The name "Dickon" is derived from the old English name for Richard. Unlike Richard, Dickon is rarely shortened to Dick or Dickie, as it is already commonly considered a short form of the same name. The ...

", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "

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", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below).

People named Richard

Multiple people with the same name

* Richard Andersen (disambiguation) * Richard Anderson (disambiguation) * Richard Cartwright (disambiguation) * Richard Chase (disambiguation) *

Richard Green (disambiguation) Richard, Rick, Ricky, Rickey, or Ritchie Green may refer to: Entertainment * Richard Green (actor) (born 1953), American actor * Richard Green or Grass Green (1939–2002), African American cartoonist * Rick Green (comedian) (born 1953), Canadia ...

* Richard Greene (disambiguation) * Richard Griffith (disambiguation) * Richard Griffiths (disambiguation) *

Richard Marks (disambiguation) Richard Marks may refer to: * Richard Marks (1943–2018), American film editor * Richard Marks (art historian), a British art historian * Richard Marks (judge), a British Crown Court judge * Dick Marks (born 1942), an Australian rugby union pl ...

Richard Rodgers (disambiguation) Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) was an American composer. Richard Rodgers may also refer to: * Richard Rodgers II (born 1992), American football tight end * Richard Rodgers Sr. (born 1961), American football coach and player *Richard Rodgers, founder ...

Richard Rogers (disambiguation) Richard Rogers Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (23 July 1933 – 18 December 2021) was a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture. He was a senior partner at Rogers Stir ...

Richard Walsh (disambiguation) Richard or Dick Walsh may refer to: * Richard Walsh (actor) (born 1952), British television actor * Richard Walsh (Australian publisher) (born 1941), Australian publisher and one of the original co-editors of 1960s satirical magazine ''Oz'' * Richar ...

Richard Welch (disambiguation) Richard Welch (1929–1975) was an American intelligence officer. Richard Welch may also refer to: * Richard Welch (cricketer), English cricketer * Richard J. Welch (1869–1940), American politician * Richard Welch (Medal of Honor), Union Ar ...

Richard Wilkins (disambiguation) Richard Wilkins or Rick Wilkins may refer to: * Richard Wilkins (TV presenter) (born 1954), Australian TV presenter * Richard Wilkins (law) (1952–2012), assistant solicitor general in the US during the 1980s and advocate of international recogniti ...

Richard Wilson (disambiguation) Richard Wilson may refer to: Academia * Richard Wilson (scholar) (born 1950), British Shakespeare scholar * Richard Wilson (physicist) (1926–2018), British born American physicist * Richard Guy Wilson (born 1940), architectural historian an ...

Rulers and heads of state

Richard, Duke of Burgundy Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858–921), also known as Richard of Autun or Richard the Justiciar, was Count of Autun from 880 and the first Margrave and Duke of Burgundy. He eventually attained suzerainty over all the counties of Burgundy save Mâ ...

(858–921) *

Richard I of Normandy Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: ''Richard Sans-Peur''; Old Norse: ''Jarl Rikard''), was the count of Rouen from 942 to 996.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln z ...

(933–996), Duke of Normandy *

Richard II, Duke of Normandy Richard II (died 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: ''Le Bon''), was the duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026. Life Richard was the eldest surviving son and heir of Richard the Fearless and Gunnor. He succeeded his father as the ruler of ...

(died 1026), son of Richard I of Normandy * Richard I of Capua (died 1078), King of Capua and Count of Aversa *

Richard I of England Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was ov ...

or Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199) *

Richard of Cornwall Richard (5 January 1209 – 2 April 1272) was an English prince who was King of the Romans from 1257 until his death in 1272. He was the second son of John, King of England, and Isabella, Countess of Angoulême. Richard was nominal Count of P ...

(1209–1272), 1st Earl of Cornwall, elected King of Germany *

Richard II of England Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father di ...

(1367–1400) *

Richard III of England Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Batt ...

(1452–1485) *

Richard Cromwell Richard Cromwell (4 October 162612 July 1712) was an English statesman who was the second and last Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and son of the first Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. On his father's death ...

(1626–1712), son and successor of Oliver Cromwell, Protector of England

Aristocrats and non-ruling royals

* Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035 – c. 1090), Norman lord involved in the conquest of England * Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester (1222–1262) * Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge *

Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and 3rd Baron of Connaught (; ; 1259 – 29 July 1326), called The Red Earl ( Latinized to de Burgo), was one of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries and father of ...

(1259–1326) * Richard Orsini (died 1304), Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, Count of Gravina, Bailli of Achaea *

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400 – 31 December 1460) was an English nobleman and magnate based in northern England who became a key supporter of the House of York during the early years of the Wars of the Roses. He was the ...

(1400–1460), Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses * Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460), a principal participant in the Wars of the Roses *

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

(1428–1471), wealthy English magnate and major protagonist in the Wars of the Roses * Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (1473 – c. 1483), who would have been King Richard IV of England if he had lived *

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, (25 April 1694 – 4 December 1753) was a British architect and noble often called the "Apollo of the Arts" and the "Architect Earl". The son of the 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Ea ...

(1694–1753), instrumental in the revival of Palladian architecture * Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos * Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797–1861), noted for squandering his great wealth *

Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889), styled Earl Temple until 1839 and Marquess of Chandos from 1839 to 1861, was a United Kingdom of Gre ...

(1823–1889), British soldier, politician and administrator * Prince Richard von Metternich (1829–1895), Austrian diplomat * Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1934), German-Swedish aristocrat and landowner, husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark *

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British royal family. He is the second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, as wel ...

(born 1944), British royal

Religious figures

* Saint Richard (disambiguation), several saints *

Richard Baxter Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymnodist, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". After some false starts, he ...

(1615–1691), English Puritan church leader, poet and hymn-writer * Richard of Dover (died 1184), Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury * Richard Foxe (c. 1448 – 1528), Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford *

Richard Furman Richard Furman (9 October 1755 – 25 August 1825) was a Baptist leader from Charleston, South Carolina, United States. He was elected in 1814 as the first president of the Triennial Convention, the first nationwide Baptist association. Later ...

(1755–1825), American Baptist leader, first president of the Triennial Convention, the first nationwide Baptist association * Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads (1467–1531), Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1511 to 1531 * Richard of Poitiers (died c. 1174), French monk, author of historical works, treatises and poems * Richard Poore (died 1237), Bishop of Salisbury and Durham, who helped found Salisbury Cathedral in its present location * Richard Swinefield (died 1317), Bishop of Hereford

In politics and government

* Richard Acland (1906–1990), one of the founders of the British Common Wealth Party and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament * Richard B. Adkisson (1932–2011), chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court * Richard Aluwihare (1895–1976), Sri Lankan diplomat * Dick Armey (born 1940), American politician, member US House of Representatives from Texas (1985–2003) * Richard Armitage (politician) (born 1945), American government official, Deputy Secretary of State (2001–2005) * Richard Arrington Jr. (born 1934), first African-American mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama * R. B. Bennett (1870–1947), Canadian politician, Prime Minister of Canada (1930–1935) *

Richard Blumenthal Richard Blumenthal (; born February 13, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Connecticut, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he is one of the wealthiest members o ...

(born 1946), American politician, US Senator from Connecticut (2010–present) * Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington (1612–1698), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and a cavalier * Richard Leslie Brohier (1892–1980), Sri Lankan Burgher land surveyor and author *

Richard Burr Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is an American businessman and politician who is the senior United States senator from North Carolina, serving since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Burr was previously a member of the United ...

(born 1955), American politician, US Senator from North Carolina (2005–present) *

Dick Cheney Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is currently the oldest living former U ...

(born 1941), American politician, Congressman from Wyoming (1979–1989), Secretary of Defense (1989–1993) and Vice President (2001–2009) * Dick Clark (senator) (born 1928), American politician, US Senator from Iowa (1973–1979) * Richard Court (born 1947), Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (1993–2001) * Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), American politician, Mayor of Chicago (1955–1976) * Richard M. Daley (born 1942), American politician, Illinois state senator (1972–1980) and Mayor of Chicago (1989–2011) * Richard Darman (1943–2008), American politician, White House Staff Secretary (1981–1985), Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (1985–1987) and OMB Director (1989–1993) *

Dick Durbin Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin has served as the Senate Dem ...

(born 1944), American politician, US senator from Illinois (1997–present), Democratic Senate Whip (2005–present) * Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779), British politician and associate and brother-in-law of William Pitt * Richard J. Gordon (born 1945) Filipino politician and broadcaster *

Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, (; 30 July 1856 – 19 August 1928) was a British lawyer and philosopher and an influential Liberal and later Labour politician. He was Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during ...

, British nobleman and politician * Richard Hatfield (1931–1991), Canadian politician, Premier of New Brunswick (1970–1987) *

Richard Helms Richard McGarrah Helms (March 30, 1913 – October 23, 2002) was an American government official and diplomat who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973. Helms began intelligence work with the Office of Strategic Ser ...

(1913–2002), American government official, Director of Central Intelligence (1966–1973), US Ambassador to Iran (1973–1977) *

Junius Richard Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene ( si, ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන, ta, ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as ...

(1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989 * Richard Johnson (judge) (1937–2019), Irish jurist, President of the Irish High Court (2006–2009) *

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (8 February 1641 – 5 January 1712), known as The Viscount Ranelagh between 1669 and 1677, was an Irish peer, politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland. Background He was the eldest son of A ...

(1641–1712), Irish peer, and politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland * Richard Charles Kannangara (1920-1946), Sri Lankan Sinhala representative in the

State Council of Ceylon The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It re ...

for Morawaka * Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817) Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor * Richard Lugar (1932–2019), American politician, US Senator from Indiana (1977–2011) * Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850), American politician, US Congressman from Kentucky (1807–19 and 1829–33), US Senator from Kentucky (1819–1829) and Vice President (1837–41) * Dick Murphy, (born 1942) American politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of San Diego, California * Richard L. Murphy (1875–1936), Democratic US Senator from Iowa * Richard W. Murphy (born 1929), American diplomat and career member of the foreign service *

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

(1913–1994), American politician, President of the United States (1969–1974) and Vice President (1953–1961) * Richard Pathirana (1938-2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician and educationist * Richard Pelpola (1898-1971), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician,

Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka The Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The current Speaker of the Parliament is Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, in office since 20 August 2020. The Speaker fulfills ...

* Richard Perle (born 1941), American government official and foreign policy specialist, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs 1981–1987 * Richard F. Pettigrew (1848–1926), American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer * Richard Abusua-Yedom Quarshie, Ghanaian businessman and diplomat * Richard Rush (1780–1859), American politician, US Attorney General (1814–1817) and Secretary of the Treasury (1825–1829) * Richard "Rick" Santorum, American politician, attorney and political commentator *

Rick Scott Richard Lynn Scott ( Myers, born December 1, 1952) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 45th governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019. Sco ...

(born 1952), American politician, US Senator from Florida (2019–present), Governor of Florida (2011–2019) * Richard Seddon (1845–1906), New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1893–1906) * Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake (1911-1970), Sri Lankan Sinhala Cabinet Minister *

Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, h ...

(born 1934), American politician, US Senator from Alabama (1987–present) * Richard Stockton (U.S. senator) (1764–1828), American politician, US Senator from New Jersey (1796–1799), Member of the US House of Representatives (1813–1815) *

Dick Thornburgh Richard Lewis Thornburgh (July 16, 1932 – December 31, 2020) was an American lawyer, author, and Republican politician who served as the 41st governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the United States attorney general fr ...

(1932–2020), American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987) and US Attorney General (1988–1991) * Richard Tötterman (1926–2020), Finnish diplomat * Richard Udugama, (1911–1995), major general, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 1964 to 1966, politician * Richard von Weizsäcker (1920–2015), German politician, Governing Mayor of West Berlin (1981–1984) and President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984–1994) * Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842), Anglo-Irish Governor-General of India, Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland * Richard Wild (judge) (1912–1978), New Zealand jurist, Chief Justice of New Zealand (1966–1978)

In business

* Richard L. Bloch (born 1929), American investor, real estate developer, banker, and philanthropist *

Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British billionaire, entrepreneur, and business magnate. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. Branson expressed ...

(born 1950), British businessman and founder of the Virgin Group of companies * Richard Deeb (1924–1990), real estate developer *

Richard DeVos Richard Marvin DeVos Sr. (March 4, 1926 – September 6, 2018) was an American billionaire businessman, co-founder of Amway with Jay Van Andel (company restructured as Alticor in 2000), and owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team. In 2012, ...

(born 1926), American businessman and co-founder of Amway *

Richard Jacobs (businessman) Richard E. "Dick" Jacobs (June 16, 1925 – June 5, 2009) was an American businessman and real estate developer who co-founded the Jacobs Entertainment, Richard E. Jacobs Group, and owner of the Cleveland Indians from 1986-1999. Biography Jaco ...

(1925–2009), real estate businessman and owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team *

Richard Morefield Richard Henry Morefield (September 9, 1929 – October 11, 2010) was an American diplomat who served in the United States Foreign Service. He was one of the 66 staff members at the American embassy in Tehran who were taken captive by a militan ...

(1929–2010), American diplomat * Richard Oetker (born 1951), German businessman, CEO of Dr. Oetker since 2010 * Richard Rawlings (born 1969), star of American television show ''Fast N' Loud'', owner of Gas Monkey garage, Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and Gas Monkey Live * Richard Warren Sears (1863–1914), co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and considered a promotional genius * Richard Velazquez (born 1973), PepsiCo executive and first automotive designer at Porsche AG (Germany) of Puerto Rican descent * Richard Wilding, British businessman and academic

In music

Composers

Richard Dybeck Richard Dybeck (1 September 1811 – 28 July 1877) was a Swedish jurist, antiquarian, and lyricist. He is mainly remembered as the author of the lyrics to what is now the de facto Swedish national anthem, '' Du gamla, Du fria''. Biography Dybeck ...

(1811–1877), Swedish lyricist who wrote the national anthem of Sweden *

Richard Heuberger Richard Franz Joseph Heuberger (18 June 1850 in Graz, Austria – 28 October 1914 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian composer of operas and operettas, a music critic, and teacher. Heuberger was born in Graz, the son of a bandage manufacturer ...

(1850–1924), Austrian composer of operas and operettas, music critic, and teacher * Richard D. James (musician) (born 1971), British composer and electronic musician, records music as Aphex Twin, among other monikers * Richard Mohaupt (1904–1957), German-American composer and conductor * Dick Oatts, American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator *

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

(1864–1949), German composer and conductor *

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

(1813–1883), German composer, writer, conductor and theatre director * Rich Batsford pianist, composer and singer songwriter

Singers and musicians

* Richard "Big Daddy Ritch" Anderson, lead vocalist for American red dirt metal band Texas Hippie Coalition * Richard Ashcroft (born 1971), former singer with The Verve * Ritchie Blackmore (born 1945), lead guitarist of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night * Richard Butler (singer) (born 1956), lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs * Richard Carpenter (musician) (born 1946), one half of The Carpenters * Rick Chertoff, American music producer *

Rick Danko Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During ...

(1943–1999), bassist and singer for The Band * Richard Sulogowski (born 1955), American heavy metal bassist known as Rik Fox *

Richie Havens Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk music, folk, soul music, soul (both of which he frequently cover song, covered), and rhythm and b ...

(1941-2013), American singer-songwriter and guitarist * Richard Henshall (born 1984), main composer, guitarist and keyboardist of Haken * Richard Kruspe (born 1967), lead guitarist of Rammstein * Richard Manuel (1943–1986), pianist and vocalist of The Band *

Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary and pop rock singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's self-titled debut album went triple-platinum in 1987, and his first single, " D ...

(born 1963), American singer-songwriter * Richard Lewis (tenor) (1914–1990), British tenor * Richard Patrick (born 1968), lead singer and guitarist of

Filter Filter, filtering or filters may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Filter (higher-order function), in functional programming * Filter (software), a computer program to process a data stream * Filter (video), a software component tha ...

* Richard Wayne Penniman (1932–2020), birth name of

Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the " ...

, American rock and roll singer * Rich Perry, American jazz tenor saxophonist * Richard Starkey (born 1940), birth name of

Ringo Starr Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the ...

, drummer of The Beatles *

Richard Tauber Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor and film actor. Early life Richard Tauber was born in Linz, Austria, to Elisabeth Seifferth (née Denemy), a widow and an actress who played soubrette roles at the local thea ...

(1891–1948), Austrian tenor *

Richard Thompson (musician) Richard Thompson (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Thompson first gained prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk rock group Fairport Convention, which he had co-founde ...

(born 1949), singer, songwriter and guitarist * Ritchie Valens (1941–1959), singer, songwriter and guitarist * Richard Wright (musician) (1943–2008), keyboard player for Pink Floyd * Richard "Richie" Giese, known as Social Repose, American singer-songwriter and YouTube personality *

Wiley (musician) Richard Kylea Cowie Jr. MBE (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley (formerly Wiley Kat), is a British grime MC, rapper, songwriter, DJ and record producer from Bow, London. Wiley is considered a key figure in the creat ...

, full name Richard "Wiley" Cowie (born 1979), pioneer of grime music

Actors

Richard Dean Anderson Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950) is a retired American actor and producer. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series ''General Hospital'', and then rose to prominence as the lead ...

(born 1950), American actor *

Richard Armitage (actor) Richard Crispin Armitage (; born 22 August 1971) is an English actor. He received recognition in the UK with his first leading role as John Thornton in the British television programme '' North & South'' (2004). His role as dwarf king and leade ...

(born 1971), English actor *

Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. He was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Televisi ...

(1923–2014), English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur *

Richard Ayoade Richard Ellef Ayoade ( ; born 23 May 1977) is a British actor, comedian, broadcaster and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom ''The IT Crowd'' (2006–2013), for which he ...

(born 1977), English comedian, actor, writer and director * Richard Belzer (born 1944), American actor, author, and stand-up comedian * Richard Beymer (born 1938), American actor, filmmaker and artist * Richard Biggs (1960–2004), American television and stage actor * Richard Brake (born 1964), Welsh-American actor * Richard Burbage (1568–1619), English actor and theatre owner *

Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable ...

(1925–1984), Welsh actor * Dick Cavett (born 1936), American television talk show host * Richard Chamberlain (born 1934), American actor *

Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting ''American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 198 ...

(1929–2012) was an American radio and television personality *

Richard Curtis Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis (born 8 November 1956) is a New Zealand-born British screenwriter, producer and film director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known primarily for romantic comedy films, among them '' ...

(born 1956), British screenwriter, music producer, actor and film director * Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), American actor * Richard Dysart (1929–2015), American actor *

Richard Fleeshman Richard Jonathan Fleeshman (born 8 June 1989) is an English actor and singer. His television career began as a 12-year-old, playing Craig Harris for four years in ''Coronation Street'' before going on to become an established television, West ...

(born 1989), English actor and singer * Richard Franklin (actor), (born 1936), English actor, writer, director and political activist *

Richard Gere Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in '' Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977) and a starring role in '' Days of Heaven'' (1978). He came to prominence with ...

(born 1949), American actor *

Richard Gomez Richard Frank Icasiano Gomez (; born April 7, 1966) is a Filipino actor, television presenter and director, politician, and épée fencer. He has been serving as the Representative of Leyte's 4th district since 2022, and was mayor of Ormo ...

(born 1966), Filipino athlete, television presenter, actor, director and politician * Richard E. Grant (born 1957), English actor * Richard Grieco (born 1965), American actor * Richard Gutierrez (born 1984), Filipino actor *

Richard Harris Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in '' This Sporting ...

(1930–2002), Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer *

Richard Steven Horvitz Richard Steven Horvitz (born July 29, 1966) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his voice work in animation and video games. His voice credits include the original Alpha 5 on ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', '' Power Rangers Zeo'' ...

(born 1966), American actor and comedian *

Richard Jaeckel Richard Hanley Jaeckel (October 10, 1926 – June 14, 1997) was an American actor of film and television. Jaeckel became a well-known character actor in his career, which spanned six decades. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominatio ...

(1926–1997), American actor * Richard Kiel (1939–2014), American actor *

Richard Kind Richard Bruce Kind (born November 22, 1956) is an American actor and comedian, known for his roles as Dr. Mark Devanow in ''Mad About You'' (1992–1999, 2019), Paul Lassiter in ''Spin City'' (1996–2002), Andy in ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' (2002 ...

(born 1956), American actor * Richard Madden (born 1986), Scottish actor * Cheech Marin (Richard Anthony Marin, born 1946), American actor and comedian, known for the comedy duo Cheech & Chong *

Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as on ...

(1940–2005) an American stand-up comedian and actor * Richard Roundtree (born 1942), American actor *

Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including three AACTA Awards (including AFI), three Logie Awards, ...

(born 1962), Australian actor * Richard Schulefand (1923–1987), American actor and comedian professionally known as Dick Shawn *

Peter Sellers Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series ''The Goon Show'', featured on a number of hit comic songs ...

(1925–1980), British actor born Richard Henry Sellers * Richard Herbert Seneviratne (1925-1998), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and filmmaker * Richard Simmons (actor) (1913–2003), American actor * Richard Simmons (born 1948), American fitness personality and actor *

Richard Speight, Jr. Richard Speight Jr. (born September 4, 1969) is an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer who is known for a variety of roles including CBS TV series ''Jericho'', '' The Agency'', and the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers''. Spei ...

(born 1970), American actor * Richard Thomas (actor) (born 1951), American actor * Richard Todd (1919–2009), Irish born English actor *

Dick Van Dyke Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke began his career as an entertainer on radio and telev ...

(born 1925), American actor, comedian, writer and producer * Richard Widmark (1914-2008), American actor * Richard Yap (born 1967), Filipino actor, singer, and model

In film and television

Richard Donner Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American filmmaker whose notable works included some of the most financially-successful films during the New Hollywood era. According to film historian M ...

(1930–2021), American film director and producer *

Richard Edlund Richard Edlund, (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX ...

(born 1940), American special effects cinematographer * Richard Hatch (actor) (1945–2017), American actor, writer and producer * Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant) (born 1961), American television personality, winner of ''Survivor: Borneo'' *

Richard Hammond Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English journalist, television presenter, mechanic, and writer. He is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme '' Top Gear'' from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and Ja ...

(born 1969), British television presenter * Richard Hunt (puppeteer) (1951–1992), American puppeteer who performed a number of the Muppets * Richard Juan (born 1992), Hong Kong model and television host based in the Philippines *

Richard Lester Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for directing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and ''Help!'' (1965), and the superhero films '' ...

(born 1932), American film director based in the UK *

Richard Linklater Richard Stuart Linklater (; born July 30, 1960) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for films that revolve mainly around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His films include the comedies ' ...

(born 1960), Texas filmmaker *

Richard Osman Richard Thomas Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, novelist and comedian. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show '' Pointless''. He has presented the BBC Two quiz sh ...

(born 1970), British television presenter and author * Rich Vos (born 1957), American comedian * Richard Whiteley (1943–2005), British television personality and journalist * Richard Whitley (born 1948), American screenwriter and producer *

Richard Williams (animator) Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian-British animator, voice actor, director, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988), for which he won two Academy Awa ...

(1933–2019), Canadian-British animator * Richard D. Zanuck (1934–2012), American film producer * Richard Wenk, director and screenwriter of multiple films including ''Vamp'' (1986)

Explorers

* Richard R. Arnold (born 1963), American astronaut *

Richard Francis Burton Sir Richard Francis Burton (; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar,and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary kn ...

(1821–1890), British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat * Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), US Navy rear admiral, aviator and explorer * Richard Masters (aka William Marsters), English sailor, cooper, trader and explorer * Dick Rutkowski, diving medicine pioneer

Scientists

* Richard Lee Armstrong (1937–1991), American-Canadian geologist *

Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An ...

(born 1941), English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author *

Richard Feynman Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superflu ...

(1918–1988), American Nobel Prize-winning physicist * Richard Hall (archaeologist) (1949–2011), English archaeologist * Richard D. Hansen, American archaeologist * Richard D. James (scientist) (born 1952), American mechanician and materials scientist * Richard Klophaus (born 1965), German economist *

Richard von Krafft-Ebing Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (full name Richard Fridolin Joseph Freiherr Krafft von Festenberg auf Frohnberg, genannt von Ebing; 14 August 1840 – 22 December 1902) was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work '' Psychopath ...

(1840–1902), Austro-German baron, psychiatrist and author of the foundational work ''Psychopathia Sexualis''. *

Richard Leakey Richard Erskine Frere Leakey (19 December 1944 – 2 January 2022) was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. Leakey held a number of official positions in Kenya, mostly in institutions of archaeology and wildlife conse ...

(born 1944), politician, paleoanthropologist and conservationist * Richard Pringle, American psychologist and professor * Richard Beck (scholar) (1897–1980), American literary historian * Richard von Mises (1883–1953), Austrian-American scientist and mathematician * Richard Swedberg (born 1948), Swedish sociologist at Cornell University

In sports

* Dick Attlesey (1929–1984), American hurdler * Dick Ault (1925–2007), American Olympian * Rink Babka (born 1936), American discus thrower * Dick Barber (1910–1983), American long jumper *

Richard Bleier Richard Sidney Bleier (born April 16, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Miami Marlins. In hig ...

(born 1987), major league baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles * Dick Butkus (born 1942), American footballer and actor * Richard Chelimo (1972–2001), Kenyan long-distance runner * Richard Childress (born 1945), NASCAR Cup Series team owner and former American race car driver * Dick Davis (running back) (born 1946), American football player * Dick Davis (defensive end) (born 1938), American football player * Richard Fellers (born 1959), American Olympic equestrian * Dick Fencl (1910–1972), American football player * Richard Fliehr (born 1949), American professional wrestler known as

Ric Flair Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), known professionally as Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler. Regarded by multiple peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Flair has had a career spanni ...

* Richard Freitag (born 1991), German ski jumper * Richard Gasquet (born 1986), French tennis player * Richard Giachetti, former NASCAR Cup Series team owner * Richard Gleeson, (born 1987) an English cricketer * Sir Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer * Rick Hansen (born 1957), Canadian paraplegic athlete, activist and philanthropist *

Rickey Henderson Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (born December 25, 1958) is an American retired professional baseball left fielder who played his 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four separate tenures with hi ...

(born 1958), American baseball left fielder * Rich Houston (1945–1982), American football player * Richard Howell (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Richard Jarvis (American football) (born 1995), American football player *

Richard Johansson Richard Johansson (18 June 1882 – 24 July 1952) was a Swedish figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Ga ...

(1882–1952), Swedish figure skater, silver medalist at the 1908 Olympics *

Dick Johnson (racing driver) Richard 'Dick' Johnson (born 26 April 1945) is a part-owner of the V8 Supercar team Dick Johnson Racing and a former racing driver. As a driver, he was a five-time Australian Touring Car Champion and a three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 ...

(born 1945), Australian touring car driver & team owner * Richard Jordan (American football) (born 1972), American football player * Richard Kilty (born 1989), English sprinter * Richard Kingi (born 1989), Australian-New Zealand rugby union player *

Richard Krajicek Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek ( cz, Krajíček; born 6 December 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996, he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, and remains the only Dutch player to have won a major singles title. In ...

(born 1971), Dutch professional tennis player, Wimbledon winner in 1996 * Rick Lackman (1910–1990), American football player * Richard Limo (born 1980), Kenyan long-distance runner * Richard Mateelong (born 1983), Kenyan runner * Richard Medlin (born 1987), American football player * Richard Moguena (born 1986), Chadian basketball player * Richard Mullaney (born 1993), American football player * Richard Nerurkar (born 1964), British long-distance runner * Richard Newland (cricketer) (1713–1778), English cricketer * Richard Ord (born 1970), English former footballer * Dick Pound (born 1942), Canadian swimmer, first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, and former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee * Richard Petruška (born 1969), Slovak-Italian basketball player *

Richard Petty Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "The King", is an American former stock car racing driver who raced from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably ...

(born 1937), former NASCAR driver * Richard Raskind, changed name to Renée Richards (born 1934), tennis player *

Dick Savitt Richard Savitt (March 4, 1927 – January 6, 2023) was an American tennis player. In 1951, at the age of 24, he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships. Savitt was mostly ranked world No. 2 the same year behind fellow ...

(born 1927), American tennis player * Richard Sears (tennis) (1861–1943), winner of seven consecutive US tennis championships * Richard Sherman (American football) (born 1988), defensive back for the Seattle Seahawks * Dick Stanfel (1927–2015), American football player * Rich Stotter (born 1945), American football player * Dick Schweidler (1914–2010), American football player * Richard Swann (born 1991), American professional wrestler * Dick Tayler (born 1948), New Zealand long-distance runner * Richard Thompson (sprinter) (born 1985), Trinidadian sprinter * Richard Todd (American football) (born 1953), American football player in the NFL * Richard Virenque (born 1969), French cyclist * Richard Washington (born 1955), American basketball player * Richárd Weisz (1879–1945), Hungarian Olympic champion Greco-Roman wrestler * Richard Williams (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player * Richard Williams (tennis coach) (born 1942), American tennis coach, the father of Venus and Serena Williams * Richard Witschge (born 1969), Dutch footballer

Soldiers, pilots, other military/security

* Richard Baer (1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant * Richard von Conta, German general, notable for his participation in the Battle of Belleau Wood * Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929–2017), American naval officer and aviator, chemist, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and an American football executive * Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (c. 1306–1376), English military leader *

Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel, 9th Earl of Surrey, KG (1346 – 21 September 1397) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander. Lineage Born in 1346, he was the son of Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of ...

(1346–1397), English military commander * Richard G. Graves, retired lieutenant general in the United States Army, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood * Richard H. Truly (born 1937), US Navy fighter pilot, engineer, former astronaut for both the US Air Force and NASA, and NASA's Administrator *

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a British naval officer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations ag ...

(1726–1799), British naval commander in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars *

Rick Husband Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when ''Col ...

(1957–2003), American astronaut and fighter pilot * Richard M. Linnehan (born 1957), United States Army veterinarian and a NASA astronaut * Richard Marcinko (born 1940), US Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran * Richard Michael Mullane (born 1945), engineer and aircraft pilot, a retired USAF officer * Richard Myers (born 1942), US Air Force general, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2000–2001) and Chairman (2001–2005) * Richard N. Richards (born 1946), retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut * Richard Ruoff, general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany * Richard O'Connor (1889–1981), British Army officer and military commander * Richard O. Covey (born 1946), United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut *

Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers General Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC (ca. 1654 – 18 August 1712) was an English nobleman and soldier who was a senior Army officer in the English and then British Army. The second son of Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers and his first w ...

(c. 1660 – 1712), soldier and noted rake * Dick Scobee (1939–1986), American pilot, engineer and astronaut, killed while commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger * Richard A. Searfoss (1956–2018), American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot *

Richard Sorge Richard Sorge (russian: Рихард Густавович Зорге, Rikhard Gustavovich Zorge; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German-Azerbaijani journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during W ...

(1895–1944), Soviet World War II spy *

Richard Taylor (Confederate general) Lieutenant-General Richard Scott "Dick" Taylor (January 27, 1826 – April 12, 1879) was an American planter, politician, military historian, and Confederate general. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Taylor joined the Confe ...

(1826–1879), American Civil War Confederate general * Richard Thomalla (1903–1945), SS commander of Nazi Germany, civil engineer, head of the SS Central Building Administration * Richard Udugama (1911–1995), 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army * Richard von Hegener (1905–1981), German official, primary organizer of Action T4 Nazi euthanasia program * Richard Winters (1918–2011), US Army major and Second World War veteran * Richard von Schubert, German army commander

Writers and journalists

Richard Adams Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books ''Watership Down'', ''Maia'', ''Shardik'' and '' The Plague Dogs''. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Arm ...

(1920–2016), English author, best known for the novel ''

Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural ...

'' * Richard Argall ( 1621), a poet, of whom little is known and whose existence is disputed * Richard Armstrong (author) (1903–1986), English author, recipient of the 1948 Carnegie medal for children's literature * Richard Engel (born 1973), American journalist and author * Richard Herrmann (journalist) (1919–2010), Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality * Richard Scarry (1919–1994), American children's author and illustrator, known for his " Busytown" fictional

universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. A ...

and

multimedia franchise A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program or ...

Richard Wright (author) Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans duri ...

(1908–1960), novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer * Richard de Zoysa (1958–1990), Sri Lankan journalist, author, human rights activist and actor who was abducted and murdered *

Rick Riordan Richard Russell Riordan Junior (; born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million c ...

(born 1964), American author, creator of the series

Percy Jackson & the Olympians ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' is a series of five fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan, and the first book series in the '' Camp Half-Blood Chronicles''. The novels are set in a world with the Greek gods in the 21st centu ...

Crime

* Richard Angelo (born 1962), American serial killer and former nurse * Richard H. Barter (1833–1859), Canadian fugitive and murder victim * Richard Baumhammers (born 1965), American former immigration attorney and spree killer * Richard Biegenwald (1940–2008), American serial killer * Richard Michael Cartwright (1974–2005), American murderer * Richard Chase (1950–1980), American cannibalistic serial killer, mass murderer, and necrophile * Richard Clarey (born 1960), German-American murderer and self-confessed serial killer * Richard Cooey (1967–2008), American murderer * Richard Cottingham (born 1946), American serial killer * Richard Allen Davis (born 1954), American career criminal and convicted killer of Polly Klaas * Richard Evonitz (1963–2002), American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist * Richard Farley (born 1948), American stalker, later mass murderer and workplace shooter *

Richard Hauptmann Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidn ...

(1899–1936), perpetrator of the Lindbergh kidnapping * Richard Hickock (1931–1965), American mass murderer who killed the Clutter family with Perry Smith * Richard James (1957–1975), convicted murderer in Singapore * Richard "Ricky" Kasso Jr (1967–1984), American murderer * Richard Kuklinski (1935–2006), American hitman and serial killer * Richard Laurence Marquette (born 1934), American convicted serial killer * Richard Matt (1966–2015), American convicted murderer and prison escapee *

Richard Ramirez Ricardo "Richard" Leyva Muñoz Ramirez (; February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013), dubbed the Night Stalker, the Valley Intruder (as his attacks were first clustered in the San Gabriel Valley), and the Walk-in Killer was an American serial kill ...

(1960–2013), American serial killer, rapist, and burglar * Richard Speck (1941–1991), American rapist and mass murderer

Other

* Richard R. Arnold (born 1963), American educator and a NASA astronaut * Dick Assman (born 1934–2016), Canadian gas station owner *

Richard Avedon Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for ''Harper's Bazaar'', '' Vogue'' and '' Elle'' specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and da ...

(1923–2004), American fashion and portrait photographer * Richard Bergh (1858–1919), Swedish painter * Richard Blackwell ("Mr. Blackwell", 19222008), American fashion critic best known for his annual "worst dressed" lists * Richard Tyler Blevins (born 1991), American professional gamer, Mixer streamer and YouTube personality * Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972), Austrian-Japanese count, founding president of the Paneuropean Union * Richard Everitt (1979–1994), victim of the racially motivated Murder of Richard Everitt in London *

Richard Garriott Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux (''né'' Garriott; born July 4, 1961) is an American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut. Although both his parents were American, he maintains dual British and American citizenship by birth. ...

(born 1961), British-American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut * Richard Gerstl (1883–1908), Austrian painter * Richard Heber (1773–1833), English book-collector * Richard Helms (naturalist) (1842–1914), Australian naturalist * Richard Hieb (born 1955), former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions * Richard Ling (born 1954), Shaw Foundation professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * Richard Lugner (born 1932), Austrian entrepreneur and Viennese society figure * Richard Mastracchio (born 1960), American engineer and former NASA astronaut * Richard Maury (1882–1950), American naturalized Argentine engineer * Richard Murphy (Captain) (1838–1916), Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing schooner captain * Richard Samuel (1770–1786), English portrait painter *

Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ...

(1705–1739), English Highwayman * Richard von Volkmann (1830–1889), German surgeon and author of poetry and fiction *

Richard Wurmbrand Richard Wurmbrand, also known as Nicolai Ionescu (24 March 1909 – 17 February 2001) was a Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest, and professor of Jewish descent. In 1948, having become a Christian ten years before, he publicly said Communism an ...

, Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest and professor

Fictional characters

* Richard, title character of the 2017 animated film '' Richard the Stork'' * Richard, a character in 1989 American independent coming of age comedy movie '' She's Out of Control'' * Richard, a character in the 2013 American black comedy crime film '' Life of Crime'' * Richard, a character in the American Lego TV series, '' Unikitty!'' * Richard Ashenden, main character in the 1936 Hitchcock film '' Secret Agent (1936 film)'' * Richard Blaine, main character in the 1942 film ''

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

'' * Richard Blaney, main character in the film ''

Frenzy ''Frenzy'' is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer was based on the 1966 novel '' Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Squa ...

'' * Richard Cobb, one of the main characters in the 1940 American horror science fiction film '' The Invisible Man Returns'' * Richard Cole, a character in the film '' Liar Liar'' * Richard Cole, a journalist in ''The Power Of Five'' Series, and Matthew Freeman's best friend and protector * Dick Dastardly, a character from various Hanna-Barbera cartoons * Rick Deckard, the title character in the film ''

Blade Runner ''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's ...

'' * Richard Fenton, in the 1994 miniseries, '' Scarlett (miniseries)'' * Richard John "Dick" Grayson, the first Robin, Batman's sidekick *

Richard Hannay Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan and further made popular by the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film '' The 39 Steps'' (and other later film adaptations), very loosely b ...

, main character in the novel ''The Thirty Nine Steps'' * Richard Hillman, serial killer in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Richard Kimble, lead character in 1963 American TV series ''The Fugitive'' * Richard Mayhew, main character in the television series '' Neverwhere'' * Richard Rank, a character in the 1997 American science fiction drama movie ''

Contact Contact may refer to: Interaction Physical interaction * Contact (geology), a common geological feature * Contact lens or contact, a lens placed on the eye * Contact sport, a sport in which players make contact with other players or objects * ...

'' *

Richie Rich (comics) Richard "Richie" $ Rich Jr. (often stylized as Ri¢hie Ri¢h) is a fictional character in the Harvey Comics universe. He debuted in '' Little Dot'' #1, cover-dated September 1953, and was created by Alfred Harvey and Warren Kremer. Dubbed "the ...

, main character of the Richie Rich series * Richard Richard, one of the protagonists of British sitcom ''Bottom'' * Richie Ryan (Highlander), one of the main characters on ''Highlander: The Series'', played by Stan Kirsch * Rick Sanchez, main character on ''Rick and Morty'' * Richard Sharpe, main character in the Sharpe novel series, portrayed by Sean Bean in TV adaptations * Richard Bluedhorn "Rick" or "Ricky" Stratton, the main character in the American TV sitcom ''

Silver Spoons ''Silver Spoons'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982, to May 11, 1986, and in first-run syndication from September 27, 1986, to May 30, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the fi ...

'' * Richard Vincent, in the 2001 miniseries '' The SoulTaker'', the father of the title character * Richard Watterson, a character from the 2011 TV series The Amazing World of Gumball * Richard Wheatley, a villain from the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit * Prince Richard, in the 1992 Nintendo Game Boy game '' For the Frog the Bell Tolls''

Cognates/transliterations

In Indo-European languages

Baltic

* Latvian: Ričards, Rihards, Rišārs * Lithuanian: Ričardas

Celtic

* Breton: Richarzh * Cornish: Richard *

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

: Risteárd, Riocard * Manx: Rigard *

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...

: Ruiseart * Welsh: Rhisiart

Germanic

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gr ...

: Riekert, Ryk, Rigard, Righard, Reghard *

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

: Rikard, Ryker, Richard *

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People ...

: Rijkert, Rikkert, Ryker, Rigard, Richard *

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages * Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths ** Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken ...

: RekkareÞ (Reccared) * Icelandic: Ríkharð, Ríkharður *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

: Rieker, Ri(c)kert, Riker, Richard * Norwegian: Rikard, Richard * Swedish: Rikard, Richard, Rickard

Romance

* Catalan: Ricard * Occitan: Ricard *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...

: Richard, pronounced as /ʁi.ʃaʁ/ * Italian: Riccardo *

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of ...

: Ricardus, or Richardus * Portuguese: Ricardo *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

: Ricardo

Slavic

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byel ...

: Рычард (Ryčard) * Croatian: Rikard * Czech: Richard * Polish: Ryszard * Russian: Ричард (Richard) * Slovak: Richard * Slovene: Rihard * Ukrainian: Річард (Richard)

Other Indo-European

* Albanian: Riçard *

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

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Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

: Ριχάρδος (Richárdos) * Persian: ریچارد (Rīchārd)

In Semitic languages

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...

: ريتشارد (Rytshrd, Ritshrd, Rytshard, Ritshard) *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: ריצ'רד (Richard)

In Turkic languages

* Azerbaijani: Riçard * Turkish: Rişar

In Uralic languages

* Estonian: Richard * Finnish: Rikhard, Riku * Hungarian: Richárd *

Saami The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI, pronounced "Sammy") is an association of American manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, and components. SAAMI is an accredited standards developer that publishes several Ameri ...

: Rikkar

In other languages

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

: Rikard *

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

: 理查德 (Lǐchádé), 理查 (Lǐchá) *

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international commun ...

: Rikardo *

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: リチャード (Richādo) *

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language ** Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language * ...

: 리처드 * Māori: Riki

Short forms

* Cornish: Hicca * Czech: Ríša, Rik (Riker) * Dutch: Ries * English: Rick, Rich, Richie,

, Dicky, Dickie, Ric, Rik, Ricky,

Rickie Rickie is a male or female given name. People * Rickie D. Moore, noted theologian within the Pentecostal movement * Rickie Fowler, American professional golfer * Rickie Harris, American football defensive back * Rickie Haywood Williams, radio D ...

* Estonian: Riho * Esperanto: Rikĉjo * Finnish: Riku * Greek: Στούκος (Stoúkos) * Hungarian: Ricsi, Ricsike, Rics * Icelandic: Rikki * Italian: Ricky, Riki, Richi * Latvian: Ričs * Lithuanian: Ryčka, Rytis * Polish: Rysio, Rysiek, Ryś * Portuguese: Rico, Ric * Slovak: Rišo, Riško, Riči * Spanish: Cayo (Guatemala) * Swiss/German: Richi

Nicknames

* English: Ricky, Rickie, Rikki, Richie, Rich, Dick, Dicky, Dickie, Ritchie, Richi

References

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