Richard

Richard
	17th-century portrait of Richard the Lionheart, a 12th-century King of England
Pronunciation	English: /ˈrɪtʃərd/; French: [ʁiʃaʁ]; German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt]; Czech: [ˈrɪxart]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Frankish
Meaning	'strong in rule'
Other names
Nickname(s)	Richy, Rich, Rick, Dick, Dicky, Dickie, Dicken, Reeks, Riccardo, Richie, Ritchie, Ricardo, Rico, Ricky, Rickie, Ritchy, Rickey, Rickard

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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 'strong in rule'.^[1]^[2] Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie",^[3] "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky",^[1] and more.

Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans),^[1] German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below).

People named Richard

Multiple people with the same name

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 England

Aristocrats and non-ruling royals

Richard, Count of Évreux (died 1067), a Norman aristocrat
Richard, Count of Molise (died c. 1170), a Norman nobleman
Richard, Count of Acerra (died 1196), an Italo-Norman nobleman
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, 4th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1882–1925), in present-day Germany
Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934–2017), German-Swedish aristocrat and landowner, husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944), British royal

Religious figures

Saint Richard (disambiguation), several saints
Richard (Dean of Armagh), early 13th century Dean of Armagh, Ireland
Richard (first abbot of Fountains) (died 1139), an English Benedictine and Cistercian
Richard (II), bishop of Bayeux (early 12th century), France
Richard (III), bishop of Bayeux (12th century), France
Richard (bishop of the Isles), late 13th century Bishop of the Isles, Scotland
Richard Abbey (1805-1891), American Methodist minister
Richard Baxter (1615–1691), English Puritan church leader, poet and hymn-writer
Richard Beeard (1552–1578)), Tudor clergyman, 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 Hereford

In 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
Richard Leslie Brohier (1892–1980), Sri Lankan 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) (1928–2023), American politician, US Senator from Iowa (1973–1979)
Richard Cotton (1923-2010), Western Australian politican, mayor of Fremantle from (1976–1978)
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 Dallam (1865–1939), American politician, Secretary State of Maryland (1896–1899)
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
Richard Charles Kannangara (1920–1946), Sri Lankan Sinhala representative in the State Council of Ceylon for Morawaka
Richard W. Kunkel (born 1934), American politician, member of North Dakota House of Representatives (1991-1998)
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor
Richard Lugar (1932–2019), American politician, US Senator from Indiana (1977–2011)
Richard Albert McKinley (1886–1951), Director of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions
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)
Richard Morefield (1929–2010), American diplomat
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
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 Raši (born 1971), Slovak politician
Richard Rush (1780–1859), American politician, US Attorney General (1814–1817) and Secretary of the Treasury (1825–1829)
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)
Richard Sulík (born 1968), Slovak politician
Richard Takáč (born 1982), Slovak politician
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 C. Wilbur (1936–2020), judge of the United States Tax Court
Richard Wild (judge) (1912–1978), New Zealand jurist, Chief Justice of New Zealand (1966–1978)

In business

Richard L. Bloch (1929–2018), 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), American real estate developer
Richard DeVos (1926–2018), American businessman and co-founder of Amway
Richard Jacobs (businessman) (1925–2009), American 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 academic

In music

Composers

Rich Batsford (born 1969), English pianist, composer and singer-songwriter
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012), English composer
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 Rodgers (1902–1979), American composer
Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer and conductor
Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer, writer, conductor and theatre director

Singers 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
Rick Astley (born 1966), English singer best known for his 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up", which became an internet meme known as Rickrolling
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
Richard Clayderman (born 1953), French pianist
Rick Danko (1943–1999), bassist and singer for The Band
Rick Davies (1944) musician, singer, songwriter, formerly of Supertramp
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 McCracken (born 1948), bassist with Irish rock group 'Taste'
Richard Theodore Otcasek (1944–2019), known as Ric Ocasek, frontman for the Cars
Richard Patrick (born 1968), lead singer and guitarist of 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
Richard Thurston (born 1973), American musician
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 music

Actors

Richard Berry (born 1950), French actor
Richard Bohringer (born 1942), French actor
Richard Darbois (born 1951), French-Canadian voice actor
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 (1944–2023), 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 Boone (1917–1981), American 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), American radio and television personality
Richard Crenna (1926–2003), American actor
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) (1936–2023), 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 Heffer (born 1946), British television and film actor
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 Libertini, 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), American stand-up comedian and actor
Richard Roundtree (1942–2023), 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
Richard Herbert Seneviratne (1925–1998), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and filmmaker
Richard Simmons (actor) (1913–2003), American actor
Richard Simmons (1948–2024), 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 H. Wasai (1932–2003), American politician
Richard Widmark (1914–2008), American actor
Richard Yap (born 1967), Filipino actor, singer, and model

In film and television

Richard James Branda (1935-1993), American actor and writer
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 M. Isackes, American theatre scholar and stage designer
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 Wenk (born 1956), American director and screenwriter
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

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, American diving medicine pioneer

Scientists

Richard Lee Armstrong (1937–1991), American-Canadian geologist
Richard Barohn, American neurologist
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 Lauwaars (born 1940), Dutch law professor and judge
Richard Leakey (1944–2022), Kenyan politician, paleoanthropologist and conservationist
Richard Royal Lunt (born 1982), American chemical engineer and physicist
Richard Lydekker (1849–1915), English naturalist, geologist and writer
Richard Pokorný (born 1979), Czech paleontologist and speleologist
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 Bruce Paris (1946–2022), British mathematician
Richard F. Post (1918–2015), American physicist
Richard Smalley (1943–2005), American chemist
Richard Swedberg (born 1948), Swedish sociologist at Cornell University
Richard Ulevitch, Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Immunology at The Scripps Research Institute.
Richard R. Wilk (born 1953), American anthropologist

In sports

Richard (footballer, born 1991), Richard de Oliveira Costa, Brazilian football goalkeeper
Richard (footballer, born 1994), Richard Candido Coelho, Brazilian football defensive midfielder
Richard (footballer, born 1999), Richard Alexandre Birkheun Rodrigues, Brazilian football winger
Richard (footballer, born 2003), Richard dos Santos de Almeida, Brazilian football left back
Dick Attlesey (1929–1984), American hurdler
Dick Ault (1925–2007), American Olympian
Rink Babka (1936–2022), 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 (1942–2023), American footballer and actor
Richard Charland (born 1956), Canadian professional wrestler
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) (1938–2021), American football player
Richard Kirk Dunwell (born 1971), English footballer
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), 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 (born 1990), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Richard Jacob (born 1958), American basketball coach
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
Richard Petruška (born 1969), Slovak-Italian basketball player
Richard Petty (born 1937), former NASCAR driver
Richard Piñanez (born 1991), former Paraguayan 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 Raskind, changed name to Renée Richards (born 1934), tennis player
Dick Savitt (1927–2023), American tennis player
Richard Sears (tennis) (1861–1943), winner of seven consecutive US tennis championships
Richard Sewu (born 1996), Ghanian footballer
Richard Sherman (American football) (born 1988), defensive back for the Seattle Seahawks
Richard Sosa (born 1972), Uruguayan footballer
Dick Stanfel (1927–2015), American football player
Rich Stotter (1945–2015), 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
Richie 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 footballer
Richard Wojciak (born 1982), British ice hockey foward

Soldiers, 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 S. Ewell (1817–1872), American Civil War Confederate general
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, lieutenant general in the United States Army, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood
Richard J. Flaherty (1945-2015), United States Army captain
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 Lizurey (born 1958), French National Gendarmerie general
Richard Marcinko (1940–2021), US Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran
Richard Coke Marshall Jr. (1879-1961), American brigadier general
Richard Michael Mullane (born 1945), American 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), American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut
Richard Ruoff, general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany
Richard H. Rush (1825–1893), American military officer
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), English army officer 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 commander

Writers and journalists

Richard Adams (1920–2016), English author, best known for the novel Watership Down
Richard Argall (fl. 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 Baier (born 1926), German former journalist and radio presenter
Richard Bernabe, American photographer and author
Richard Bovet (1641-?), English author
Dick Brennan (journalist), American local TV news anchor/reporter
Richard Cull Jr. (1914-1992), American journalist
Richard Engel (born 1973), American journalist and author
Richard Herrmann (journalist) (1919–2010), Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality
Richard Hole (1746-1803), English poet and priest
Richard Marfuggi, American author and plastic surgeon
Rick Riordan (born 1964), American author, creator of the series Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Richard Scarry (1919–1994), American children's author and illustrator, known for his "Busytown" fictional universe and multimedia franchise
Richard Templar, pen name of Richard Craze (1950-2006), British author and editor
Richard Wright (author) (1908–1960), American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer
Richard Yates (1926–1992) American novelist and short story writer
Richard de Zoysa (1958–1990), Sri Lankan journalist, author, human rights activist and actor who was abducted and murdered

Crime

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 Michael Cartwright (1974–2005), American murderer
Richard Chase (1950–1980), American cannibalistic serial killer, mass murderer, and necrophile
Richard Chung (1951-1992), American Benedictine monk who committed suicide after police investigated into his possible sexual abuse of a boy
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 Djerf (born 1969), American mass murderer
Richard Evonitz (1963–2002), American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist
Richard Farley (born 1948), American stalker and perpetrator of the Sunnyvale ESL shooting
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 (1957–1975), convicted murderer in Singapore
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 murderer

Other

Richard Ahiagbah, Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party in Ghana
Richard R. Arnold (born 1963), American educator and a NASA astronaut
Dick Assman (1934–2016), Canadian gas station owner
Richard Avedon (1923–2004), American fashion and portrait photographer
Richard Bergh (1858–1919), Swedish painter
Richard Bertinet, baker and teacher
Richard Blackwell ("Mr. Blackwell", 1922–2008), American fashion critic best known for his annual "worst dressed" lists
Richard Blahut (born 1937), American engineer
Richard Tyler Blevins (born 1991), American professional gamer, Mixer streamer and YouTube personality
Richard Corneil, Canadian academic administrator.
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972), Austrian-Japanese count, founding president of the Paneuropean Union
Richard S. Crossin (1933–2003), collector and ornithologist
Richard Everitt (1979–1994), victim of a racially motivated murder in London
Richard A. Florsheim (1916–1979), American painter
Richard Garriott (born 1961), British-American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut
Richard Gerstl (1883–1908), Austrian painter
Richard Gurnon, president of Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Richard Harris (anaesthetist), Australian anaesthetist and cave diver
Richard Heber (1773–1833), English book-collector
Richard Helms (naturalist) (1842–1914), Australian naturalist
Richard Hemming, Singapore-based Master of Wine and educator
Richard Hieb (born 1955), NASA astronaut who flew on three space shuttle missions
Richard Hirschbäck (1937-2007), Austrian painter
Richard Holder (born 1974), Belizean visual artist
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 Lyne (1570–1600), English painter and engraver
Richard Mastracchio (born 1960), American engineer and former NASA astronaut
Richard Maury (1882–1950), American naturalized Argentine engineer
Richard McLean, Australian illustrator, writer, musician, artist and digital artist
Richard Mishaan, US interior desinger
Richard Murphy (Captain) (1838–1916), Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing schooner captain
Richard A. Pauling (1809–1881), portrait and landscape artist
Richard Picker (1915–1983), American numismatist
Richard Price-Williams (1827-1916), British engineer
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 professor

Fictional 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
Richard, a character in the 2013 American black comedy crime film 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
Richard Blaney, main character in the film Frenzy
Richard Burke, recurring character in NBC show Friends, played by Tom Selleck
Richard Cobb, one of the main characters in the 1940 American horror science fiction film The Invisible Man Returns
Richard Cole, a character in the film Liar Liar
Richard Cole, a journalist in 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 Diamond, private detective protagonist of Richard Diamond, Private Detective, which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960
Richard Fenton, in the 1994 miniseries, Scarlett (miniseries)
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
Dr. Richard Kimble, as the main character played by Harrison Ford in the 1993 American action thriller movie The Fugitive
Richard Mayhew, main character in the television series Neverwhere
Richard Michaels, a character in the 1989 American science-fiction drama movie Beyond the Stars
Richard Rank, a character in the 1997 American science fiction drama movie 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
Richard "Rick" Sanchez, main character on Rick and Morty
Richard Sharpe, main character in the Sharpe novel series, portrayed by Sean Bean in TV adaptations
Richard Splett, a character in Veep, portrayed by Sam Richardson
Richard Bluedhorn "Rick" or "Ricky" Stratton, the main character in the American TV sitcom 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 Wharfinger, fictional playwright of "The Courier's Tale" in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49
Richard Wheatley, a villain from the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Prince Richard, a character in the 1992 Nintendo Game Boy game Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
Richard Ranasinghe de Vulpian, née Claremont, the titular character of The Case Files of Jeweler Richard

Richard, a fictional character from the television series Peg + Cat

Cognates/transliterations

In Indo-European languages

Baltic

Latvian: Ričards, Rihards, Rišārs
Lithuanian: Ričardas

Celtic

Breton: Richarzh
Cornish: Richard
Irish: Risteárd, Riocard
Manx: Rigard
Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseart
Welsh: Rhisiart

Germanic

English: Richard
Afrikaans: Riekert, Ryk, Rigard, Righard, Reghard
Danish: Rikard, Ryker, Richard, Richardt
Dutch: Rijkert, Rikkert, Ryker, Rigard, Richart, Richard, Richardt
Gothic: RekkareÞ (Reccared)
Icelandic: Ríkharð, Ríkharður
German: Rieker, Ri(c)kert, Riker, Richard, Richart, Richardt, Reichard, Reichart, Reichardt
Norwegian: Rikard, Richard
Swedish: Rikard, Richard, Rickard

Romance

Catalan: Ricard
Galician: Ricardo
Valencian: Ricard
Occitan: Ricard
French: Richard, pronounced as /ʁi.ʃaʁ/
Italian: Riccardo
Latin: Ricardus, or Richardus
Portuguese: Ricardo
Spanish: Ricardo

Slavic

Belarusian: Рычард (Ryčard)
Serbo-Croatian: Rikard
Bulgarian: Ричард (Richard)
Macedonian: Ричард (Ričard)
Czech: Richard
Polish: Ryszard
Russian: Ричард (Richard)
Slovak: Richard
Slovene: Rihard
Ukrainian: Річард (Richard)

Other Indo-European

Albanian: Riçard
Armenian: Հռիքարտոս (Hṙikartós)^[4]
Greek: Ριχάρδος (Richárdos),
Persian: ریچارد (Ričārd)

In Semitic languages

Arabic: ريتشارد (Rytshard, Ritshard, Rytshard, Ritshard)
Hebrew: ריצ'רד (Rîtsard')
Tamazight: ⵔⵉⴽⴰⵔⴷ (Rikard)
Amharic: ሪቻርድ (Rīcharidi)
Tigrinya: ሪቻርድ (Ričārede)

In Cushitic languages

Afar language: Richardi
Oromo language: Riichaard
Somali: Ritshard

In Malayo-Polynesian languages

Tagalog: Ricardo (Baybayin: ᜇᜒᜃᜇ᜔ᜇᜓ, ᜇᜒᜃᜇᜇᜓ)
Bisaya: Ricardo

In Turkic languages

Azerbaijani: Riçard
Turkish: Rişar
Kazakh: Ричард (Rïçard)
Kyrgyz: Ричард (Riçard)
Uyghur: رىچارد (Riçard)
Bashkir Ричард (Ričard)
Tuvan: Ричард (Ričard)
Turkmen language: Riçard

In Uralic languages

Estonian: Richard
Finnish: Rikhard, Riku
Hungarian: Richárd, Ricsárd
Saami: Rikkar
Udmurt: Ричард (Richard)
Meadow Mari language: Ричард (Ričard)

In other languages

Basque: Rikard
Chinese: 理查德 (Lǐchádé), 理查 (Lǐchá)
Esperanto: Rikardo
Japanese: リチャード (Richādo)
Korean: 리처드
Māori: Riki
Mongolian language: Ричард (Richard)

Short forms

Cornish: Hicca
Czech: Ríša, Rik (Riker)
Dutch: Ries
English: Rick, Rich, Richie, Dick, Dicky, Dickie, Ric, Rik, Ricky, Rickie, Dickon, Richy, Ritchy, Ritchie
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: Richi

Nicknames

English: Ricky, Rickie, Rikki, Richie, Rich, Dick, Dicky, Dickie, Ritchie, Richy, Rick, Ritchy, Rico

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "Richard". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ M. Petrossian (ed.). New Dictionary Armenian-English. Librairie de Beyrouth. p. 772. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

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[1stnames2006-Richard-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[etymonline-2] "Richard". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[1stnames2006-Dick-3] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[4] M. Petrossian (ed.). New Dictionary Armenian-English. Librairie de Beyrouth. p. 772. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

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