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 ...
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Ryszard Andrzejewski
Ryszard "Peja" Andrzejewski (, born 17 September 1976 in Poznań) is a Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the frontman of the Polish rap group Slums Attack. Peja was the recipient of the Fryderyk prize in 2002. I ...
(born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer
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Ryszard Bakst
Ryszard Bakst (4 April 1926 – 25 March 1999) was a Polish pianist and distinguished piano teacher.
Background
Bakst was a descendant of the Russian artist Léon Bakst. His teachers were initially his mother and pianist Józef Turczyńsk ...
(1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian origin
* Ryszard Bartel (1897–1982), Polish engineer, aircraft designer, pioneer and aviator
* Ryszard Bender (1932–2016), Polish politician and historian, specialist in the history of the January Uprising
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Ryszard Wincenty Berwiński
Ryszard Wincenty Berwiński (28 February 1817 in Polwica, Poznań, Prussia, Polwica, Poznań, Prussia – 19 November 1879 in Istanbul, then part of the Ottoman Empire) was a noted Polish poet, translator, folklorist, and nationalist.
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(1817–1879), Polish poet, translator, folklorist, and nationalist
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Ryszard Białous
Ryszard Białous codename: Jerzy (b. 4 April 1914 in Warsaw - 24 March 1992 in Neuquén, Argentina) was a Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the Home Army, AK-Grey Ranks, Szare Szeregi. Commander of the Battalion Zośka, Batalion Zoś ...
(1914–1992), Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the AK-Szare Szeregi
* Ryszard Bober (born 1956), Polish politician, Vice-Chairperson of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly
* Ryszard Bogusz (born 1951), Lutheran theologian, bishop of the diocese Wroclaw of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland
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Ryszard Bolesławski
Richard Boleslawski (born Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki; February 4, 1889 – January 17, 1937) was a Polish theatre and film director, actor and teacher of acting.
Biography
Richard Boleslawski was born Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki on February ...
(1889–1937), Polish film director, actor and teacher of acting
* Ryszard Bosek (born 1950), former volleyball player from Poland, played in the team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
* Ryszard Bugaj (born 1944), Polish politician and economist, former advisor to Lech Kaczyński
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Ryszard Bugajski
Ryszard Bugajski (27 April 1943 – 7 June 2019) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 23 films and television shows since 1972. His 1982 film '' Interrogation'' starring Krystyna Janda and Adam Ferency, described as "th ...
(1943–2019), Polish film director and screenwriter
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Ryszard Ćwikła
Ryszard Julian Ćwikła (1 January 1946 in Zakopane – 28 April 1992 in Nice) was a Polish alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-s ...
(1946–1992), Polish alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics
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Ryszard Cyroń
Ryszard Piotr Cyroń also known as Richard Cyron (born 11 February 1965) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Honours
Górnik Zabrze
* Ekstraklasa: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
* Polish Super Cu ...
(born 1965), retired Polish football player
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Ryszard Czarnecki
Richard Henry Czarnecki (, born 25 January 1963 pol. Ryszard Henryk Czarnecki) is a Polish politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Poland. He is a member of the Law and Justice, part of the European Conservatives an ...
(born 1963), British-born Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament
* Ryszard Czerniawski (1952–2019), Polish lawyer and economist
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Ryszard Czerwiec
Ryszard Czerwiec (born 28 February 1968) is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Zgoda Byczyna. Czerwiec made 28 appearances for the Poland national team.
Honours
Widzew Łódź
* Ekstraklasa: 1995–96
* Polish Super Cup
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(born 1968), Polish football player
* Ryszard Dembinski (1924–2008), Polish Cavalry officer and D-Day Veteran
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Ryszard Długosz
Ryszard Długosz (born 10 November 1941 in Nowotaniec) is a Polish former wrestler who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and ...
(born 1941), Polish former wrestler
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Ryszard Engelking
Ryszard Engelking (16 November 1935 – 16 November 2023) was a Polish mathematician. He was working mainly on general topology and dimension theory. He is the author of several influential monographs in this field. The 1989 edition of his ''Gene ...
(born 1935), Polish mathematician
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Ryszard Filipski
Ryszard Filipski (17 July 1934 – 22 October 2021) was a Polish actor and theatre and film director.
He established the monodrama theatre ' in Kraków (1966–1981). Ryszard Filipski is known for '' Hubal (1973)'', ''Zamach stanu'' (1981) a ...
(1934–2021), Polish actor
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Ryszard Gajewski
Ryszard Gajewski (born 5 October 1954 in Zakopane) is a Polish mountaineer best known for the first winter ascent of Manaslu on 12 January 1984 together with Maciej Berbeka.
Eight-thousanders
* Manaslu
Manaslu (; , also known as Kutang) is ...
(born 1954), Polish mountaineer
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Ryszard Galla
Ryszard Jerzy Galla (born 22 July 1956 in Wrocław) is a Polish politician of German descent. Originally a member of the Opole Regional Assembly and briefly the Marshal of Opole Voivodeship in 2002, Galla was elected to the Sejm during the 200 ...
(born 1956), Polish politician
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Ryszard Garnys
Ryszard Garnys (born 8 March 1947) is a retired Polish triple jumper.
He was born in Tuszyn and represented the club Start Łódż. He finished fourth at the 1966 European Junior Championships, and fourth at the 1974 European Indoor Champion ...
(born 1947), retired Polish triple jumper
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Ryszard Gawlor
Ryszard Gawior (born 18 September 1943) was a Polish luger who competed in the late 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1967 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany.
Gawior also finished sixth ...
(born 1943), Polish luger who competed in the late 1960s
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Ryszard Głowacki
Ryszard Głowacki (born 1937 in Dukla
Dukla is a town and an eponymous municipality in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,017. The total area of the commune is . Dukla bel ...
(born 1937), Polish engineer of geology, writer and publicist
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Ryszard Grobelny
Ryszard Grobelny (born 17 April 1963 in Poznań) is a Polish politician and economist, who was the Mayor of Poznań, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland from 1998 to 2014).
Life and career
He attended primary school no. 71 with a sporting profile ...
(born 1963), mayor of Poznań since 1998
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Ryszard Gryglewski
Ryszard Jerzy Gryglewski (Polish: ; 4 August 1932 – 30 January 2023) was a Polish pharmacologist and physician. He is known for co-discovering prostacyclin. He was a Member of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU) and the Polish Academy of S ...
(1932–2023), Polish physician
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Ryszard Grzegorczyk
Ryszard Grzegorczyk (20 September 1939 – 5 November 2021) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 23 appearances for the Poland national team, scoring two goals.
He died on 5 November 2021.
Honours
Polonia Bytom
* Ekst ...
(1939–2021), former Polish football player
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Ryszard Horowitz
Ryszard Horowitz (born May 5, 1939) is a Polish-born American photographer recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography that predates digital imaging.
Early life
Horowitz was born in Kraków, Poland on May 5, 1939. Four months later, b ...
(born 1939), born in Kraków, Poland
* Ryszard Jankowski (born 1960), retired Polish footballer (goalkeeper)
* Ryszard Jedliński (born 1953), former Polish handball player
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Ryszard Kaczorowski
Ryszard Kaczorowski, GCMG (; 26 November 1919 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish statesman. From 1989 to 1990, he served as the last President of Poland- in-exile. He succeeded Kazimierz Sabbat, and resigned his post following Poland's regain ...
hon GCMG (1919–2010), the last President of the Polish government in exile
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Ryszard Kaczyński
Ryszard Kaczyński (born 25 December 1954) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7750 votes in 26 Gdynia district as a candidate from the Law and Justice
Law and Justice ( , PiS) is a Right-wing ...
(born 1954), Polish politician
* Ryszard Kalisz (born 1957), Polish politician
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Ryszard Kapuściński
Ryszard Kapuściński (; 4 March 1932 – 23 January 2007) was a Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author. He received many prestigious awards and was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kapuściński's personal jo ...
(1932–2007), Polish journalist whose dispatches in book form brought him a global reputation
* Ryszard Katus (born 1947), Polish athlete, competed mainly in the men's decathlon
* Ryszard Knosala (born 1949), Polish politician
* Ryszard Kole, Polish-American pharmacologist
* Ryszard Komornicki (born 1959), retired Polish footballer, currently manager of Górnik Zabrze
* Ryszard Koncewicz (died 2001), Polish soccer player as well as a coach
* Ryszard Kornacki (born 1940), it a Polish poet and essayist from Międzyrzec Podlaski
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Ryszard Kosiński
Ryszard Kosiński (12 January 1955 – 18 August 2010) was a Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territo ...
(1955–2010), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
* Ryszard Kotla (born 1947), Polish travel writer, tour guide, activist, journalist, academic teacher and lifeguard instructor
* Ryszard Kubiak (1950–2022), Polish rower who competed in three Olympics
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Ryszard Kukliński
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930February 11, 2004) was a Polish Army colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Between 1972 and 1981 Kukliński passed top-secr ...
(1930–2004), Polish colonel and Cold War spy
* Ryszard Kulesza (1931–2008), Polish footballer, coach and official
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Ryszard Jaxa-Małachowski Kulisicz
Ryszard Jaxa-Małachowski Kulisicz (Odessa, — Lima, ), later known as Ricardo de Jaxa Małachowski, was a Polish Peruvians, Polish-Peruvian architect, active in Peru for nearly all of his professional career. He was one of the major architects ...
, Peruvian architect of Polish and Slovak origin
* Ryszard Kunze (born 1939), Polish fencer
* Oskar Ryszard Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist and diplomat
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Ryszard Legutko
Ryszard Antoni Legutko (; born 24 December 1949) is a Polish philosopher and politician. He is a professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, specializing in ancient philosophy and political theory. A member of right-wing ...
(born 1949), Polish professor of philosophy, writer and politician
* Ryszard Lubicz, fictional character from Polish television series ''Klan''
* Ryszard Malachowskis (born 1965), retired male decathlete
* Ryszard Marchlik (1939–2015), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the 1960s
* Ryszard Marczak (born 1945), former long-distance runner from Poland
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Ryszard Marzec
Ryszard Marzec (December 26, 1931 in Gniezno – June 30, 1972 in Poznań) was a Polish field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of t ...
(1931–1972), Polish field hockey player
* Ryszard Mordarski (born 1976), Polish slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s
* Ryszard Musielak (born 1950), one of the leaders of the Polish illegal ''Solidarity'' union in Toruń
* Ryszard Nowak, Polish politician, member of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) party
* Ryszard Oborski (born 1952), Polish sprint canoeist
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Ryszard Ochyra
Ryszard Ochyra (born 1949) is a Polish bryologist. He has focused on moss systematics of the Southern Hemisphere, specifically in the families Amblystegiaceae, Dicranaceae, Grimmiaceae, and Seligeriaceae. Throughout his career, he has described ...
(born 1949), Polish bryologist
* Ryszard Ostrowski (born 1961), male former track and field middle distance runner from Poland
* Ryszard Pacławski (born 1958), Polish lawyer, Scoutmaster and former Chief Scout from 1991 to 2000
* Ryszard Parulski (1938–2017), Polish fencer
* Ryszard Pawłowski (born 1950), Polish alpine and high-altitude climber and photographer
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Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz
Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz (17 May 1932 in Lwów – 1 February 2004 in Kraków) was a Polish luger who competed from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a complete set of medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with a gold in the men's double ...
(1932–2004), Polish luger
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Ryszard Peryt
Ryszard Peryt (9 March 1947 in Zielona Góra – 23 January 2019) was a Polish opera director, conductor, producer and actor. He was also a librettist, having written the libretto for Zygmunt Krause's ''Balthazar''.Opera: 53 2002 "Based on a libre ...
(1947–2019), Polish opera director, conductor, producer and actor
* Andrzej Ryszard Piątkowski (1934–2010), Polish sabreur and Olympic medallist
* Ryszard Piec (1913–1979), Polish soccer player
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Ryszard Pilarczyk
Ryszard Pilarczyk (born 5 November 1975 in Poznań) is a former Polish athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is ...
(born 1975), former Polish athlete specializing in sprinting events
* Ryszard Podlas (born 1954), Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres
* Ryszard Przecicki (1934–2009), Australian businessman, chairman of Visy Industries
* Ryszard Przybysz (1950–2002), Polish handball player
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Ryszard Reiff
Ryszard Reiff (4 July 1923, Warsaw – 9 December 2007) was a Polish politician, lawyer, publicist and resistance fighter. He was a deputy to the Polish parliament (Sejm) during the 1968 Polish political crisis and again during the Martial law in P ...
(1923–2007), Polish politician, lawyer, publicist and resistance fighter
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Ryszard Riedel
Ryszard Henryk Riedel (7 September 1956 – 30 July 1994) was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem (Polish language, Polish for 'Jam'). He is often regarded as one of the most popular and well known
Silesian vocalist, along with an ...
(1956–1994), lead singer of the blues-rock band ''Dżem''
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Ryszard Rumianek
Ryszard Rumianek (7 November 1947 – 10 April 2010) was the rector of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. He died in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Smolensk.Ryszard Schnepf, Polish politician, deputy foreign minister from 2007 to 2008
* Ryszard Ścigalski (born 1954), Polish former wrestler who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
* Ryszard Seruga (born 1953), Polish slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s
* Krzysztof Ryszard Sikora (born 1959), Polish politician
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Ryszard Siwiec
Ryszard Siwiec (; 7 March 1909 – 12 September 1968) was a Polish accountant and former Home Army resistance member who was the first person to die by self-immolation in protest against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Although his ac ...
(1909–1968), the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia
* Ryszard Skowronek (born 1949), retired male decathlete from Poland
* Ryszard Skwarski (1930–1996), Polish sprint canoeist
* Ryszard Sobczak (born 1967), Polish fencer
* Ryszard Stadniuk (born 1951), Polish rower
* Ryszard Stanibuła (1950–2025), member of the Polish People’s Party
* Ryszard Staniek (born 1973), former Polish football midfielder
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Ryszard Świętochowski
Ryszard Świętochowski (17 September 1882 in Warsaw – 1941 in Auschwitz) was a Polish politician, publicist and engineer. He was the son of Aleksander Świętochowski.
Swiętochowski was an activist of SP and People's Party, co-worker of ...
(1882–1941), Polish politician, publicist and engineer
* Ryszard Syski (1924–2007), Polish-American mathematician
* Ryszard Szurkowski (1946–2021), retired road bicycle racer from Poland
* Ryszard Szymczak (1944–1996), former Polish football player
* Ryszard Tarasiewicz (born 1962), retired Polish football player
* Ryszard Tomczyk (born 1959), Polish politician, a historian, and a member of Local government
* Ryszard Torzecki (1925–2003), Polish historian, specializing in the Polish-Ukrainian relations
* Ryszard Tylewski (born 1952), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
* Ryszard Wasko, Polish artist in multimedia, photography, film, video, installation, painting, and drawing
* Ryszard Wawryniewicz (born 1962), Polish politician
* Ryszard Wieczorek (born 1962), manager of the Polish football team Górnik Zabrze
* Ryszard Wójcik (born 1956), retired Polish football referee
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Ryszard Wolny
Ryszard Marcin Wolny (born 24 March 1969 in Racibórz) is a Polish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Olympics
Wolny has competed in five Olympics, from 1988 to 2004. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where ...