Rich is a masculine given name, often short for
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...
. People with the name include:
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Rich Baska (born 1952), American football player
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Rich Brightman (born 1990), American singer-songwriter
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Rich Campbell (American football) (born 1958), American former National Football League quarterback
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Rich Coady (center) (born 1944), American National Football League center
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Rich Coady (defensive back) (born 1976), American National Football League defensive back, son of the above
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Rich Cronin (1974–2010), American singer-songwriter, member of the band
LFO
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Rich Eisen
Richard Eisen ( ; born June 24, 1969) is an American television sportscaster and radio host. Since 2003, he has worked for NFL Network as a host of various pregame, halftime, and postgame shows and doing occasional play-by-play. He also hosts ...
(born 1969), American television journalist
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Rich Franklin
Richard Jay Franklin II (born October 5, 1974) is an American businessman and retired mixed martial artist. He is best known for competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a member of the UFC Hall of Fame and a former UFC Midd ...
(born 1974), American retired mixed martial artist
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Rich Gannon
Richard Joseph Gannon (born December 20, 1965) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Subsequently, he was a sports commentator with CBS Sports for 16 years.
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(born 1965), American football player
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Rich Hall (born 1954), American comedian
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Rich Hill (baseball coach)
Richard Bradley Hill (born June 30, 1962) is an American baseball coach, who is the current head baseball coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
Biography
Hill played college baseball briefly at San Diego State before transferring to Cal Luthera ...
(born 1962), American head baseball coach at the University of San Diego
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Rich Hill (pitcher) (born 1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher
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Rich Johnson (basketball) (1946–1994), American basketball player
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Rich Johnson (publishing executive), publishing executive in the field of graphic novels
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Rich Jones (basketball) (born 1946), retired American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association player
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Rich Jones (musician) (born 1973), English guitarist
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Rich King (basketball) (born 1969), American National Basketball Association player
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Rich King (sportscaster) (born 1947), American television sportscaster
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Rich Kreitling (1936–2020), American retired National Football League player
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Rich Lowry
Richard A. Lowry (; born August 22, 1968) is an American writer, and the former editor and now editor-in-chief of ''National Review'', an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative news and opinion magazine. Lowry became editor of ...
(born 1968), American magazine editor, syndicated columnist, author and political commentator
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Rich Milot (1957–2021), American retired National Football League player
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Rich Moore
Rich Moore (born ) is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor. He is best known for serving as a director on primetime animated television series such as ''The Simpsons'', ''The Critic'' and ''Futuram ...
(born 1963), American animation director
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Rich Moore (American football) (born 1947), American football player
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Rich Mullins
Richard Wayne Mullins (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter best known for his contemporary worship music, worship songs "Awesome God" and "Sometimes by Step". Some of his ...
(1955–1997), American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter
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Rich Ricci (born 1964), American-British banker and racehorse owner
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Rich Robertson (left-handed pitcher) (born 1968), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
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Rich Robertson (right-handed pitcher) (born 1944), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
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Rich Rodriguez
Richard Alan Rodriguez (; born May 24, 1963), also known as Rich Rod, is an American college football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at West Virginia Mountaineers football, West Virginia University, his second sti ...
(born 1963), American football coach and former player
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Rich Sommer
Rich Sommer (born February 2, 1978) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Harry Crane on the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015) for which he earned two Screen Actors Guild Awards along with the ensemble cast. He is also ...
(born 1978), American actor
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Rich Swann
Richard Anthony Swann (born February 15, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. he is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2020–2021), ...
(born 1991), American professional wrestler
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Rich Thomaselli (born 1957), American football player
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Rich Thompson (disambiguation)
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Rich Vos (born 1957), American stand-up comedian, writer and actor
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Rich Wilson (journalist), UK-based freelance rock music writer
Fictional characters
*Rich, a character in the American sitcom television series ''
The Hogan Family
''The Hogan Family'' (originally titled ''Valerie'' and later ''Valerie's Family: The Hogans'') is an American sitcom television series that began airing on NBC on March 1, 1986, and finished its run on CBS on July 20, 1991, for a total of si ...
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*Rich Halke, a character in the American television sitcom ''
Step by Step''
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Richie Rich, a fictional character in the Harvey Comics universe and self titled TV series
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