Richard
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 'stro ...
. It derived from
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic bran ...
''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname.
Ricardo Arjona
Edgar Ricardo Arjona Algadeoro (born 19 January 1964), known as Ricardo Arjona (), is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. Arjona is one of the most successful and best-selling Latin American artists of all time, with more than 80 million records so ...
Ricardo Bueno Fernández
Ricardo Bueno Fernández (24 April 1940 – 7 January 2015) was a Spanish politician and historian. He was member of the Senate of Spain for the Union of the Democratic Centre between 1977 and 1979. As member of the People's Party he served two ...
Ricardo Cardeno
Ricardo José Cardeño Restrepo (born January 8, 1971 in Medellín) is a triathlete from Colombia who won the 2005 Pan American Triathlon Championships, and who has represented his native country three times at the Pan American Games
The Pa ...
Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Kranze or Jacob Krantz; September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American actor and film director. He was also credited as Jack Crane early in his acting career.
Early years
Ricardo Cortez was born Jacob K ...
Ricardo (footballer, born 1980)
Ricardo Jorge Ferreira Pinto da Silva (born 19 August 1980), known simply as Ricardo, is a Cape Verdean former professional footballer who played as a centre back and right back.
Club career
Ricardo was born in Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal, a ...
Ricardo González (golfer)
Ricardo González (born 24 October 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer.
Career
González turned professional in 1986, and has spent much of his career in Europe. He won a place on the European Tour in 1992 through qualifying school after ...
Ricardo Hausmann
Ricardo Hausmann (born 1956) is the former Director of the Center for International Development currently leading the Center for International Development’s Growth Lab and is a Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at the John F. ...
Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and Social democracy, social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Mil ...
, Chilean socialist politician and former president
* Ricardo Larrivée, French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer
* Ricardo Lee, Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright
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Ricardo P. Lloyd
Ricardo P Lloyd (born 20 November 1993) is a British actor and presenter. He began his career in theatre, appearing in productions, including those by Shakespeare's Globe. In 2020, ''The Voice'' named him one of the Top 20 to watch out for. In ...
, British actor
* Ricardo Londoño (1949–2009), Columbian racing driver
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Ricardo López Felipe
Ricardo López Felipe (born 30 December 1971), known simply as Ricardo, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a manager.
He played 279 La Liga matches over 15 seasons, starting his career at Atléti ...
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born ''c''. 1961) is a politician from Equatorial Guinea and a member of PDGE. He was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2008.Ricardo Marsh (born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
* Ricardo Martínez, Mexican footballer
* Ricardo Matosinhos, Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue
* Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian racing driver
* Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor
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Ricardo Medina, Jr.
Ricardo Medina Jr. (often referred to as Rick Medina) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Cole Evans, the Red Wild Force Ranger on the TV series '' Power Rangers Wild Force'', and later as Deker, the half-human cursed N ...
, American actor
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Ricardo Miranda
Ricardo Miranda (born August 22, 1976) is a Canadian politician and trade unionist who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 2015 Alberta general election representing the electoral district of Calgary-Cross.
On February 2, ...
, Canadian politician
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Ricardo Mthembu
Njabulo Ricardo Mthembu (1970 – 8 July 2020) was a South African politician.
Career
He was a member of the African National Congress and a representative of the party in the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature from 2019 to 2020. Mthembu served on the ...
Ricardo (footballer, born 1976)
Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira (; born 11 February 1976), known simply as Ricardo, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He spent most of his professional career with Boavista and Sporting, helping the form ...
Ricardo Salampessy
Ricardo Salampessy (born 18 February 1984) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura.
International career
Born in Ambon, Maluku, he has played for the Indonesia national football team ...
Ricardo Villalobos
Ricardo Villalobos (born 6 August 1970) is a Chilean-born German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in today's minimal techno s ...
, Chilean electronic musician
* Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing driver
* Ricardo Zunino, Argentine racing driver
Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March
Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (24 June 1847 – 23 August 1879), formerly Amy Mary Ricardo, was the first wife of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, and the mother of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond. She died befor ...
(1847–1879), British aristocrat
*Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of Kate Bertram (1912–1999), British ichthyologist
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David Ricardo
David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British political economist. He was one of the most influential of the classical economists along with Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James Mill. Ricardo was also a politician, an ...
(1772–1823), British economist
* David Ricardo (the younger) (1803–1864), British Liberal Member of Parliament
*Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo (1852–1924), British army officer , police officer and philanthropist (brother of Horace Ricardo)
* Halsey Ricardo (1854–1928), English architect and designer
*Sir Harry Ricardo (1885–1974), British motor engineer who established Ricardo Consulting Engineers
*Colonel
Horace Ricardo
Colonel Horace Ricardo, CVO (28 September 1850 – 11 April 1935)"Ricardo, Colonel Horace" WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Oxford University Press. was a British Army officer and land owner.
Ricardo was born London, the son of Percy Ricardo (1820� ...
(1850–1935), British army officer and land owner (brother of Francis Cecil Ricardo)
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James Ricardo
James Ricardo is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
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, American film director
* John Lewis Ricardo (1812–1862), British businessman and politician
* Osman Ricardo (1795–1881), British Liberal and Whig politician
I Love Lucy
''I Love Lucy'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning six seasons. The show starred Lucille Ball, her husband, Desi Arnaz, along with ...
'' TV series
*Ricardo Dalisay, the primary protagonist in the '' Ang Probinsyano'' TV series
* Ricardo Tubbs, on the TV series ''
Miami Vice
''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two Me ...