Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name

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 br ...

''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a

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Ricardo de Araújo Pereira Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name * Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portugu ...

, Portuguese comedian *

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 ...

, Guatemalan singer * Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist *

Ricardo Ávila Ricardo Guardia Ávila (born 4 February 1997) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veraguas C.D., and the Panama national team. Club career Born in Panama City, Ávila started his career at Chorrillo in 2014, making 39 ap ...

, Panamanian footballer * Ricardo Bralo, Argentine long-distance runner * Ricardo Bueno Fernández, Spanish politician *

Ricardo Busquets Ricardo J. ("Ricky") Busquets Healy (born October 3, 1974 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, ...

, Puerto Rican swimmer * Ricardo Cardeno, Colombian triathlete *

Ricardo Carvalho Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho (; born 18 May 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Carvalho began his career at Porto, where he had loan spells at Leça, Vitória de Setúbal and Alverca, b ...

, Portuguese footballer * Ricardo Cortez, American actor * Ricardo Darín, Argentine actor *

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 ...

, full name Ricardo da Silva, Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer *

Ricardo Faty Ricardo William Faty (born 4 August 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in France, he represents the Senegal national team. Career Faty was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France. His football career began with ...

, Senegalese footballer * Ricardo Fischer, Brazilian basketball player * Ricardo Fortaleza, Filipino-Australian boxer * Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican football (soccer) player * Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician * Ricardo Gomes, Brazilian footballer * Ricardo González (golfer), Argentine golf player * Ricardo González (racing driver), Mexican racing driver * Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso, Chilean footballer * Ricardo Gutierrez, American actor * Ricardo Hausmann, Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard *

Ricardo Hurtado Ricardo Javier Hurtado (born August 22, 1999) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Freddy on the 2016 Nickelodeon television series ''School of Rock'' and his voice over role as High Five on the 2020 Netflix TV series ''Glitch Techs'' ...

, American actor * Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, better known as Kaká, Brazilian footballer * Ricardo James, Panamaian footballer * Ricardo Lagos, 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 *

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 Ricardo Londoño-Bridge (8 August 1949 – 18 July 2009) was a racing driver from Colombia. He had an unremarkable international career apart from his one attempt at Formula One in the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix with Ensign. Londoño was the ...

(1949–2009), Columbian racing driver * Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish football goalkeeper * Ricardo Macarrón (1926–2004), Spanish painter *

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 Ricardo Marsh (born September 12, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in 2007 and is currently assistant men’s basketball coach at Virginia State University. ...

(born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League * Ricardo Martínez, Mexican footballer *

Ricardo Matosinhos Ricardo Matosinhos (born 6 December 1982) is a Portuguese horn player and pedagogue. Biography Matosinhos was born in 1982. He studied horn with Ivan Kučera at ESPROARTE and with Bohdan Šebestik at ESMAE. In 2012 he presented his master di ...

, Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue * Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor *

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 Ni ...

, American actor *

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 * Ricardo Mthembu (1970–2020), South African politician *

Ricardo Nascimento Ricardo Nuno Queirós Nascimento (born 19 April 1974) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 102 matches and 11 goals over seven seasons, in representation of Boavista, Varz ...

, Portuguese footballer * Ricardo Palma, Peruvian author *

Ricardo Pereira (actor) Ricardo da Silva Tavares Pereira (born 14 September 1979) is a Portuguese actor, model and television presenter. Biography Ricardo Pereira was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He spent most of his youth in Sintra Municipality and studied for a deg ...

, Portuguese actor, television presenter and fashion model *

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 forme ...

, full name Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira, Portuguese football goalkeeper * Ricardo Pinto (disambiguation), multiple people * Ricardo Puno, Filipino lawyer * Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer *

Ricardo Rodriguez (disambiguation) Ricardo Rodriguez or Rodríguez may refer to: Sports Baseball *Rick Rodriguez (born 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher *Rich Rodriguez (baseball) (born 1963), Major League Baseball pitcher * Ricardo Rodríguez (baseball, born 1978), Major League ...

, multiple people * Ricardo Rosset, Brazilian racing driver *

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 te ...

, Indonesian footballer * Ricardo Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer * Ricardo Sánchez (water polo), Spanish water polo player *

Ricardo Santos (disambiguation) Ricardo Santos may refer to: * Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball) Ricardo Alex Costa Santos (born January 6, 1975 in Salvador da Bahia) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. Santos won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball competit ...

, multiple people *

Ricardo Senn Ricardo S. Senn (3 April 1931 – 26 July 2012)Ricardo Senn's obituary ...

, Argentine cyclist * Ricardo Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver), Angolan racing driver *

Ricardo Villagran Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name * Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portug ...

, Argentine illustrator * Ricardo Villalobos, Chilean electronic musician * Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing driver * Ricardo Zunino, Argentine racing driver

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Richard Møller Nielsen Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team that won the UEFA Euro 1992 tournament. In 1995, he was awarded a gold version of the Medal of ...

, Danish football manager whose team won the Euro 1992

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*Amy Mary Ricardo, birth name of Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (1847–1879), British aristocrat *Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of Kate Bertram (1912–1999), British ichthyologist *

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, and a ...

(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 Halsey Ralph Ricardo (1854–1928) was an English architect and designer. He established his practice in 1878, and for 10 years worked in partnership with William De Morgan (1839–1917), for whom he designed tiles, vases, and other artefacts. ...

(1854–1928), English architect and designer *Sir

Harry Ricardo Sir Harry Ralph Ricardo (26 January 1885 – 18 May 1974) was an English engineer who was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine. Among his many other works ...

(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) *

James Ricardo James Ricardo is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Filmography References External links * * * American film directors American male screenwriters American film producers American agnostics English-language ...

, American film director * John Lewis Ricardo (1812–1862), British businessman and politician *

Osman Ricardo Osman Ricardo (25 May 1795 – 2 January 1881) was a British Liberal and Whig politician. Ricardo was first elected Whig MP for Worcester at the 1847 general election, and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, he held the seat until 1865, when he stoo ...

(1795–1881), British Liberal and Whig politician

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* Richard Alpert (Lost), on the ''

Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography * Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland *Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

'' TV series * Ricardo Diaz, from the ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' video game *

Lucy and Ricky Ricardo Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, also known simply as Lucy and Ricky or the Ricardos, are fictional characters from the American television sitcom ''I Love Lucy'', portrayed respectively by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Ricardos also appear in '' The ...

, main characters on the '' I Love Lucy'' 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 (director), Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo ...

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Ricardo (comic book character) Ricardo is a Flemish comic book character and the main antagonist in ''The Adventures of Nero'' series by Marc Sleen. He is a ruthless maffiosi who hates Nero with a passion. Together with Geeraard de Duivel and Matsuoka Ricardo is Nero's most f ...

, the main antagonist from '' The Adventures of Nero'' comic book series

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