Richard Lewis may refer to:
Politicians
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Dick Lewis (politician)
Richard James Lewis (4 October 1900 – 20 January 1966) was a Welsh politician and co-operative activist.
Born in Tavernspite, in Pembrokeshire, Lewis grew up in Rhondda and studied at Treorchy Grammar School. When he was fourteen, he beg ...
(1900–1966), Welsh politician active in England
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Richard Lewis (Australian politician)
Kennon Richard Lewis (4 September 1939 – 3 March 2019) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1986 to 1996, representing the seats of East Melville (1986 to 1989) ...
(1939-2019), Australian politician
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Richard Lewis (English MP)
Richard Lewis (c. 1627 – 1 October 1706) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1702.
Early life
Lewis was the third son of Sir Edward Lewis, a courtier, and his wife Lady Anne Sackville, d ...
(1627–1706), English landowner and politician
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Richard Lewis (Canadian politician)
Richard Lewis (1824 – January 1875) was the mayor of Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city h ...
(1824–1875), mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, 1872
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Richard Lewis (New Zealand politician)
Richard Lewis (born 1969) is the former leader of two conservative Christian political parties in New Zealand, Destiny New Zealand and The Family Party. He led both these parties from their formation to deregistration.
Lewis was born in Auckla ...
(born 1969), New Zealand politician
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Rick Lewis (politician)
Rick Lewis is an American politician and former law enforcement officer serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. He represents the 18th district, which covers southern Clackamas and northeastern Marion counties.
Early life an ...
, member of the Oregon House of Representatives
Religious leaders
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Richard Lewis (bishop of Llandaff)
Richard Lewis (27 March 1821 – 24 January 1905) was the Anglican Bishop of Llandaff in Wales from 1883 to 1905.
Born in Pembrokeshire, Lewis was educated at Bromsgrove School and Worcester College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He was Vicar o ...
(1821–1905), British religious leader
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Richard Lewis (bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
John Hubert Richard Lewis (10 December 1943 – 19 September 2020) was a British Anglican bishop.
Education
Lewis was educated at Radley College and trained for the priesthood at King's College London.
Career
Made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1 ...
(1943–2020), British religious leader
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Richard Lewis (priest)
Richard Lewis (24 December 1935 – 10 June 2022) was the Dean of Wells from 1990 to 2003.
Lewis was educated at the Royal Masonic School for Boys and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1960 he began his ecclesiastical career with a ...
(1935–2022), Dean of Wells, 1990–2003
Sportsmen
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Richard Lewis (cricketer, born 1947)
Richard Victor Lewis (born 6 August 1947) is a former English cricketer. Lewis was a right-handed batsman.
Biography
Born on 6 August 1947 in Winchester, Hampshire, Lewis signed for Hampshire in 1967, making his first-class debut against O ...
, former English cricketer
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Richard Lewis (Middlesex cricketer)
Richard Percy Lewis (10 March 1874 – 7 September 1917) was an English first-class cricketer active 1891–1907 who played for Middlesex, Oxford University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born in Kensington and died on active World War ...
(1874–1917), English cricketer
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Richard Lewis (tennis and rugby league)
Richard Alan Lewis, (born 1954) is a former British Davis Cup tennis professional from Middlesex.
He was the chief executive of The AELTC (Championships) Limited, organiser and host of The Championships, Wimbledon. Lewis took up the post in 20 ...
(born 1954), British tennis player and sports administrator
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Richie Lewis
Richie Todd Lewis (January 25, 1966 – December 8, 2021) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from to for the Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Detroit ...
(born 1966), American baseball player
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Ricky Lewis
Eric Timothy Lewis (born May 29, 1982 in Houston, Texas) is an American soccer defender.
Career
Lewis played college soccer at Clemson University for three years from 2000 to 2002. A starter for all three years, Lewis finished his career at th ...
(born 1982), American soccer player
Others
* Richard Lewis (1808–1831), Welsh defendant a.k.a.
Dic Penderyn
Richard Lewis (1807/8 – 13 August 1831), known as Dic Penderyn, was a Welsh labourer and coal miner who lived in Merthyr Tydfil and was involved with the Merthyr Rising of 3 June 1831. In the course of the riot he was arrested alongside Lewis ...
* Richard Lewis (born c.1822), Secretary of the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways. It i ...
from 1850
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Richard Field Lewis Jr.
Richard Field Lewis Jr. (May 18, 1907 – October 18, 1957) was an American radio network owner of Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.) in the mid-20th Century.
Background
Richard Field Lewis Jr. was born on May ...
(1907–1957), American radio network owner
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Richard Lewis (tenor)
Richard Lewis CBE (10 May 191413 November 1990) was an English tenor of Welsh parentage.
Life
Born Thomas Thomas in Manchester to Welsh parents, Lewis began his career as a boy soprano and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music (now ...
(1914–1990), Welsh singer
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R. W. B. Lewis
Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis (November 1, 1917 - June 13, 2002) was an American literary scholar and critic. He gained a wider reputation when he won a 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, the first National Book Critics Circle ...
(1917–2002), American writer
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Richard D. Lewis
Richard Donald Lewis (born 1930) is an English communication consultant, writer, polyglot and social theorist. He is chiefly known for his "Lewis Model of Cross-Cultural Communication."
Early life
Richard Donald Lewis was born in Billinge, ...
(born 1930), British linguist
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Richard Lewis (comedian)
Richard Philip Lewis (born June 29, 1947) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
He came to prominence as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s and became known for his dark, neurotic and self-deprecating humor.
As an actor he is known for co- ...
(born 1947), American comedian and actor
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Richard B. Lewis
Richard Barton Lewis is an American film producer and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Southpaw Entertainment and co-founder of Trilogy Entertainment.
Education
Lewis is a graduate of UC Berkeley's department of Biological Anthropology, an ...
(born 1953), American producer
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Rick Lewis (radio personality) Richard Lewis, Sr. (1960 – July 11, 2001) was an American radio announcer. For nearly two decades, Lewis served as the studio voice for the Motor Racing Network (MRN).
Career
Lewis began working for MRN Radio in 1983. His signature voice introdu ...
(1960–2001), American radio announcer
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Rick Lewis (journalist) Rick Lewis is the founder and editor of ''Philosophy Now'' and thereby one of the main initiators of the popular philosophy movement in the English-speaking world.
Work
Lewis launched ''Philosophy Now'' in 1991, the first ever philosophy magazine ...
(fl. 1990s), British journalist
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Richard Lewis (journalist)
Richard Lewis is a British esports journalist and livestream commentator from Wales. Having written technology articles for ''The Daily Dot'', ''Breitbart News'', and ''Cadred'', he is best known as an esports journalist and as a former desk h ...
(born 1984), British esports journalist and commentator
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Richard Lewis (police officer)
Richard Lewis is the Chief Constable of Dyfed-Powys Police.
Career
Richard Lewis was born in Carmarthenshire in West Wales. Prior to being Chief constable for Dyfed-Powys he served as the Chief Constable of Cleveland Police from April 2019. ...
(fl. 21st century), British chief constable
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Richard J. Lewis
Richard J. Lewis is a Canadian television and film director.
From 2002 to 2009, Lewis worked on the CBS television crime drama series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' as writer, director and co-executive producer.
He is best known for dire ...
(fl. 21st century), Canadian film director
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Dick "Rocko" Lewis (Richard Henry Lewis III, 1908–1966), American entertainer
See also
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Richard Louis
Richard Louis (born January 6, 1964) is a retired Barbadian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Career
He was awardeded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1980 CARIFTA Games
winning 2 g ...
(born 1964), sprinter
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