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*Politics and government
* Richard Carter (MP for Cornwall) (1617–1668), MP for Cornwall * Richard Henry Carter (1817–1880), Virginia planter, politician and Confederate officer during the American Civil WarScience
* Richard Carter (histopathologist) (born 1934), British histopathologist * Rich Carter (born 1971), American chemistry professorSports
* Richard Carter (American football) (1919–2002), American football and basketball coach * Richard Carter (cricketer) (1891–1969), English cricketer * Dick Carter (1916–1969), American baseball pitcher, coach, and managerOther
* Richard Carter (land agent) (), English land agent and surveyor * Richard Carter (Royal Navy officer) (died 1690), English officer in the Royal Navy * Richard B. Carter (1877–1949), American ink manufacturer * Samuel Christian (1939–2016), founder of the Philadelphia Black Mafia who also went by the name Richard CarterSee also
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