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 Greene (disambiguation) * Richard Griffith (disambiguation) * Richard Griffiths (disambiguation) * Richard Marks (disambiguation) * Richard Rodgers (disambiguation) * Richard Rogers (disambiguation) * Richard Walsh (disambiguation) * Richard Welch (disambiguation) * Richard Wilkins (disambiguation) * Richard Wilson (disambiguation)Rulers and heads of state
* Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858–921) * Richard I of Normandy (933–996), Duke of Normandy * Richard II, Duke of Normandy (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 or Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199) * Richard of Cornwall (1209–1272), 1st Earl of Cornwall, elected King of Germany * Richard II of England (1367–1400) * Richard III of England (1452–1485) * Richard Cromwell (1626–1712), son and successor of Oliver Cromwell, Protector of EnglandAristocrats 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 (1259–1326) * Richard Orsini (died 1304), Count Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, Count of Gravina, Bailli of Achaea * Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (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, 5th Earl of Salisbury * Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (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 (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 (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 (born 1944), British royalReligious figures
* Saint Richard (disambiguation), several saints * Richard Baxter (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 (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 HerefordIn 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 (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 * R. L. Brohier, Richard Leslie Brohier (1892–1980), Sri Lankan Burgher people, Burgher land surveyor and author * Richard Burr (born 1955), American politician, US Senator from North Carolina (2005–present) * Dick Cheney (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 (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, British nobleman and politician * Richard Hatfield (1931–1991), Canadian politician, Premier of New Brunswick (1970–1987) * Richard Helms (1913–2002), American government official, Director of Central Intelligence (1966–1973), US Ambassador to Iran (1973–1977) * Junius Richard Jayewardene (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 (1641–1712), Irish peer, and politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland * R. C. Kannangara, Richard Charles Kannangara (1920-1946), Sri Lankan Sinhala representative in the State Council of Ceylon 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 (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 * R. S. Pelpola, Richard Pelpola (1898-1971), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka * 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) * Rick Santorum, Richard "Rick" Santorum, American politician, attorney and political commentator * Rick Scott (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 (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 (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 (born 1950), British businessman and founder of the Virgin Group of companies * Richard Deeb (1924–1990), real estate developer * Richard DeVos (born 1926), American businessman and co-founder of Amway * Richard Jacobs (businessman) (1925–2009), real estate businessman and owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team * Richard Morefield (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 academicIn music
Composers
* Richard Dybeck (1811–1877), Swedish lyricist who wrote the national anthem of Sweden * Richard Heuberger (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 (1864–1949), German composer and conductor * Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer, writer, conductor and theatre director * Rich Batsford pianist, composer and singer songwriterSingers 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 (1943–1999), bassist and singer for The Band * Richard Sulogowski (born 1955), American heavy metal bassist known as Rik Fox * Richie Havens (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 (born 1963), American singer-songwriter * Richard Lewis (tenor) (1914–1990), British tenor * Richard Patrick (born 1968), lead singer and guitarist of Filter (band), Filter * Richard Wayne Penniman (1932–2020), birth name of Little Richard, American rock and roll singer * Rich Perry, American jazz tenor saxophonist * Richard Starkey (born 1940), birth name of Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles * Richard Tauber (1891–1948), Austrian tenor * Richard Thompson (musician) (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), full name Richard "Wiley" Cowie (born 1979), pioneer of grime musicActors
* Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor * Richard Armitage (actor) (born 1971), English actor * Richard Attenborough (1923–2014), English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur * Richard Ayoade (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 (1925–1984), Welsh actor * Dick Cavett (born 1936), American television talk show host * Richard Chamberlain (born 1934), American actor * Dick Clark (1929–2012) was an American radio and television personality * Richard Curtis (born 1956), British screenwriter, music producer, actor and film director * Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), American actor * Richard Dysart (1929–2015), American actor * Richard Fleeshman (born 1989), English actor and singer * Richard Franklin (actor), (born 1936), English actor, writer, director and political activist * Richard Gere (born 1949), American actor * Richard Gomez (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 (1930–2002), Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer * Richard Steven Horvitz (born 1966), American actor and comedian * Richard Jaeckel (1926–1997), American actor * Richard Kiel (1939–2014), American actor * Richard Kind (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 (1940–2005) an American stand-up comedian and actor * Richard Roundtree (born 1942), American actor * Richard Roxburgh (born 1962), Australian actor * Richard Schulefand (1923–1987), American actor and comedian professionally known as Dick Shawn * Peter Sellers (1925–1980), British actor born Richard Henry Sellers * Herbie Seneviratne, 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. (born 1970), American actor * Richard Thomas (actor) (born 1951), American actor * Richard Todd (1919–2009), Irish born English actor * Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), American actor, comedian, writer and producer * Richard Widmark (1914-2008), American actor * Richard Yap (born 1967), Filipino actor, singer, and modelIn film and television
* Richard Donner (1930–2021), American film director and producer * Richard Edlund (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 (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 (born 1932), American film director based in the UK * Richard Linklater (born 1960), Texas filmmaker * Richard Osman (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) (1933–2019), Canadian-British animator * Richard D. Zanuck (1934–2012), American film producer * Richard Wenk, director and screenwriter of multiple films including Vamp (film), ''Vamp'' (1986)Explorers
* Richard R. Arnold (born 1963), American astronaut * Richard Francis Burton (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 pioneerScientists
* Richard Lee Armstrong (1937–1991), American-Canadian geologist * Richard Dawkins (born 1941), English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author * Richard Feynman (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 (1840–1902), Austro-German baron, psychiatrist and author of the foundational work ''Psychopathia Sexualis''. * Richard Leakey (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 UniversityIn 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 (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 *Rich Fellers, 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 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 (born 1958), American baseball left fielder * Rich Houston (1945–1982), American football player * Richard Howell (basketball), 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 (1882–1952), Swedish figure skater, silver medalist at the 1908 Olympics * Dick Johnson (racing driver) (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 (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 (born 1937), former NASCAR driver * Richard Raskind, changed name to Renée Richards (born 1934), tennis player * Dick Savitt (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 footballerSoldiers, 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 (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 (1726–1799), British naval commander in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars * Rick Husband (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 (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 (1895–1944), Soviet World War II spy * Richard Taylor (Confederate general) (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 commanderWriters and journalists
* Richard Adams (1920–2016), English author, best known for the novel ''Watership Down'' * 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 Fictional universe, universe and Media franchise, multimedia franchise * Richard Wright (author) (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 (born 1964), American author, creator of the series Percy Jackson & the OlympiansCrime
* 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 Cartwright (murderer), 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 (1899–1936), perpetrator of the Lindbergh kidnapping * Richard Hickock (1931–1965), American mass murderer who killed the Clutter family with Perry Smith * Richard James (murderer), Richard James (1957–1975), convicted murderer in Singapore * Ricky Kasso, 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 (1960–2013), American serial killer, rapist, and burglar * Richard Speck (1941–1991), American rapist and mass murdererOther
* Richard R. Arnold (born 1963), American educator and a NASA astronaut * Dick Assman (born 1934–2016), Canadian gas station owner * Richard Avedon (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 (murder victim), Richard Everitt (1979–1994), victim of the racially motivated Murder of Richard Everitt in London * Richard Garriott (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 (1705–1739), English Highwayman * Richard von Volkmann (1830–1889), German surgeon and author of poetry and fiction * Richard Wurmbrand, Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest and professorFictional 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#Cast, She's Out of Control'' * Richard, a character in the 2013 American black comedy crime film ''Life of Crime (film)#Cast, 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 (film), Casablanca'' * Richard Blaney, main character in the film ''Frenzy (film), Frenzy'' * Richard Cobb, one of the main characters in the 1940 American horror science fiction film ''The Invisible Man Returns#Cast, The Invisible Man Returns'' * Richard Cole, a character in the film ''Liar Liar#Cast, Liar Liar'' * Richard Cole, a journalist in The Power of Five, ''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'' * Richard Fenton, in the 1994 miniseries, ''Scarlett (miniseries)'' * Dick Grayson, Richard John "Dick" Grayson, the first Robin, Batman's sidekick * Richard Hannay, 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 (1997 American film)#Cast, Contact'' * Richie Rich (comics), 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), 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#Recurring cast, Silver Spoons'' * 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 language, Latvian: Ričards, Rihards, Rišārs * Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: RičardasCeltic
* Breton language, Breton: Richarzh * Cornish language, Cornish: Richard * Irish language, Irish: Risteárd, Riocard * Manx Gaelic, Manx: Rigard * Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseart * Welsh language, Welsh: RhisiartGermanic
* Afrikaans: Riekert, Ryk, Rigard, Righard, Reghard * Danish language, Danish: Rikard, Ryker, Richard * Dutch language, Dutch: Rijkert, Rikkert, Ryker, Rigard, Richard * Gothic language, Gothic: RekkareÞ (Reccared) * Icelandic language, Icelandic: Ríkharð, Ríkharður * German language, German: Rieker, Ri(c)kert, Riker, Richard * Norwegian language, Norwegian: Rikard, Richard * Swedish language, Swedish: Rikard, Richard, RickardRomance
* Catalan language, Catalan: Ricard * Occitan language, Occitan: Ricard * French language, French: Richard, pronounced as /ʁi.ʃaʁ/ * Italian language, Italian: Riccardo * Latin: Ricardus, or Richardus * Portuguese language, Portuguese: Ricardo * Spanish language, Spanish: RicardoSlavic
* Belarusian language, Belarusian: Рычард (Ryčard) * Serbo-Croatian language, Croatian: Rikard * Czech language, Czech: Richard * Polish language, Polish: Ryszard * Russian language, Russian: Ричард (Richard) * Slovak language, Slovak: Richard * Slovene language, Slovene: Rihard * Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Річард (Richard)Other Indo-European
* Albanian language, Albanian: Riçard * Armenian language, Armenian: Հռիքարտոս (Hṙikartós) Retrieved 23 March 2013. * Greek language, Greek: Ριχάρδος (Richárdos) * Persian language, Persian: ریچارد (Rīchārd)In Semitic languages
* Arabic: ريتشارد (Rytshrd, Ritshrd, Rytshard, Ritshard) * Hebrew: ריצ'רד (Richard)In Turkic languages
* Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani: Riçard * Turkish language, Turkish: RişarIn Uralic languages
* Estonian language, Estonian: Richard * Finnish language, Finnish: Rikhard, Riku * Hungarian language, Hungarian: Richárd * Saami languages, Saami: RikkarIn other languages
* Basque language, Basque: Rikard * Chinese language, Chinese: 理查德 (Lǐchádé), 理查 (Lǐchá) * Esperanto: Rikardo * Japanese language, Japanese: リチャード (Richādo) * Korean language, Korean: 리처드 * Te reo Māori, Māori: RikiShort forms
* Cornish: Hicca * Czech: Ríša, Rik (Riker) * Dutch: Ries * English: Rick (given name), Rick, Rich (given name), Rich, Richie, Dick (nickname), Dick, Dicky (name), Dicky, Dickie (name), Dickie, Ric, Rik (given name), Rik, Ricky (given name), Ricky, Rickie, Dickon * 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: RichiNicknames
* English: Ricky (given name), Ricky, Rickie, Rikki, Richie (name), Richie, Rich (given name), Rich, Dick, Dicky, Dickie, Ritchie, RichiSee also
* Richarda * Richardis (given name) * Dickon, a given name derived from the old English name for RichardReferences
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