American Presidents: 1 president
Richard Nixon   1969-1974  
British Prime Ministers: 2 prime ministers
Clement Attlee (a.k.a. Richard)   1945-1951  
Edward Heath (a.k.a. Richard)   1970-1974  
Canadian Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
R. B. Bennett (a.k.a. Richard)   1930-1935  
Emmy Award Winners: 5 actors
(actor) Red Skelton (a.k.a. Richard)   1952     
(actor) Dick Van Dyke   1964; 1965; 1966   The Dick Van Dyke Show  
(actor) Richard Thomas   1973   The Waltons  
(actor) Richard Kiley   1988   A Year in the Life  
(actor) Richard Mulligan   1980; 1989   Soap; Empty Nest  
English and British Kings and Queens: 3 kings, 1 protector
King Richard I the Lionheart   1189-1199  
King Richard II   1377-1399  
King Richard III   1483-1485  
Protector Richard Cromwell   1658-1659  
Eurovision Song Contest Winners: 1 winner
Richard Herrey   1984   Sweden  
Fictional Characters from Song Titles: 3 characters
(character) Richard Cory   1966   Richard Cory  
(character) Richard   1972   A Song For Richard And His Friends  
(character) Richard   2013   Reach Out Richard  
Fictional Characters from Television: 20 characters, 1 hero
Richie Cunningham   1974   Happy Days  
Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (a.k.a. Richard)   1975   Starsky & Hutch  
James Beaumont (a.k.a. Richard)   1978   Dallas  
Steven Keaton (a.k.a. Richard)   1982   Family Ties  
Richard Belding   1987; 1989   Good Morning, Miss Bliss; Saved by the Bell  
Richie Crawford   1989   Family Matters  
Richard Bucket   1990   Keeping Up Appearances  
Rich Halke   1991   Step by Step  
Richard Burke   1994   Friends  
Dick Solomon   1996   3rd Rock from the Sun  
Richard Bay   1997   The Practice  
Richard Fish   1997   Ally McBeal  
Richard Coad   1998   Felicity  
Rick Sammler   1999   Once and Again  
Richard Gilmore   2000   Gilmore Girls  
Dick Casablancas   2004   Veronica Mars  
Richard Alpert   2004   Lost  
Rich Connelly (a.k.a. Richard)   2005   Surface  
Richard Webber   2005   Grey's Anatomy  
Don Draper (a.k.a. Richard)   2007   Mad Men  
Rick Sanchez   2013   Rick and Morty  
German Chancellors and Presidents: 1 president
(president) Richard von Weizsäcker   1984-1994  
German Kings and Holy Roman Emperors: 1 king
King Richard of Cornwall   1257-1272  
Hall-of-Famers: 8 football, 5 baseball, 5 basketball, 3 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Dickie Boon   1952  
(baseball) Rube Marquard (a.k.a. Richard)   1971  
(football) Dick "Night Train" Lane   1974  
(ice hockey) Dickie Moore   1974  
(football) Dick Butkus   1979  
(baseball) Rick Ferrell   1984  
(basketball) Rick Barry   1987  
(basketball) Dick McGuire   1993  
(baseball) Richie Ashburn   1995  
(ice hockey) Dick Duff   2006  
(baseball) Dick Williams   2008  
(basketball) Dick Vitale   2008  
(baseball) Richard "Goose" Gossage   2008  
(football) Dick LeBeau   2010  
(football) Richard Dent   2011  
(basketball) Richie Guerin   2013  
(football) Dave Robinson (a.k.a. Richard)   2013  
(basketball) Rick Pitino   2013  
(football) Dick Stanfel   2016  
(football) Dick Vermeil   2022  
(football) Richard Seymour   2022  
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 1 hurricane
Hurricane Richard   2010  
Most Valuable Players: 3 winners
Dick Groat   1960   baseball  
Dick Allen   1972   baseball  
Rich Gannon   2002   football  
New Zealand Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister
Richard Seddon   1893-1906  
Nobel Prize Winners: 10 chemistry, 4 medicine, 3 economics, 2 physics
(chemistry) Richard Willstätter   1915  
(chemistry) Richard Adolf Zsigmondy   1925  
(chemistry) Richard Kuhn   1938  
(chemistry) Richard Laurence Millington Synge   1952  
(physics) Richard Feynman   1965  
(chemistry) Derek Barton (a.k.a. Richard)   1969  
(economics) John Hicks (a.k.a. Richard)   1972  
(economics) Richard Stone   1984  
(physics) Richard E. Taylor   1990  
(chemistry) Richard R. Ernst   1991  
(medicine) Richard J. Roberts   1993  
(chemistry) Richard Smalley   1996  
(medicine) Eric Kandel (a.k.a. Richard)   2000  
(medicine) Tim Hunt (a.k.a. Richard)   2001  
(medicine) Richard Axel   2004  
(chemistry) Richard R. Schrock   2005  
(chemistry) Richard F. Heck   2010  
(chemistry) Richard Henderson   2017  
(economics) Richard Thaler   2017  
Notable Actors and Entertainers: 81 actors, 5 actor/comedians, 4 presenters, 1 actor/model, 1 youtuber
Morton Selten (a.k.a. Richard)   1860-1939  
Richard Dix   1893-1949  
Richard Barthelmess   1895-1963  
Richard Arlen   1899-1976  
Richard Haydn   1905-1985  
Dennis Morgan (a.k.a. Richard)   1908-1994  
Richard Conte   1910-1975  
Red Skelton (a.k.a. Richard)   1913-1997  
Richard Denning   1914-1998  
Richard Basehart   1914-1984  
Richard Widmark   1914-2008  
Richard Webb   1915-1993  
Richard Boone   1917-1981  
Dick Haymes   1918-1980  
Richard Todd   1919-2009  
Richard Farnsworth   1920-2000  
Richard Quine   1920-1989  
Richard Egan   1921-1987  
Richard Kiley   1922-1999  
Richard Attenborough   1923-2014  
Richard Burton   1925-1984  
Dick Van Dyke   1925-  
Richard Anderson   1926-2017  
Richard Jaeckel   1926-1997  
Richard Crenna   1926-2003  
Richard Long   1927-1974  
Dick York   1928-1992  
Dick Van Patten   1928-2015  
Dick Miller   1928-2019  
Richard Dysart   1929-2015  
Dick Clark   1929-2012  
Richard Harris   1930-2002  
Roy Scheider (a.k.a. Richard)   1932-2008  
Richard Mulligan   1932-2000  
Richard S. Castellano   1933-1988  
Richard Chamberlain   1934-  
Richard Wilson   1936-  
Dick Cavett   1936-  
Richard Jordan   1937-1993  
Maury Povich (a.k.a. Richard)   1939-  
Richard Kiel   1939-2014  
James Gammon (a.k.a. Richard)   1940-2010  
Dakin Matthews (a.k.a. Richard)   1940-  
Richard Pryor   1940-2005  
Richard Roundtree   1942-  
David Soul (a.k.a. Richard)   1943-2024  
Richard Belzer   1944-2023  
Richard Hatch   1945-2017  
Cheech Marin (a.k.a. Richard)   1946-  
Richard Jenkins   1947-  
Richard Beckinsale   1947-1979  
Richard Griffiths   1947-2013  
Richard Dreyfuss   1947-  
Jude Ciccolella (a.k.a. Richard)   1947-  
Richard Riehle   1948-  
Richard Masur   1948-  
Richard Gere   1949-  
Richard Dean Anderson   1950-  
Richard Thomas   1951-  
Mark Hamill (a.k.a. Richard)   1951-  
Treat Williams (a.k.a. Richard)   1951-2023  
Parker Stevenson (a.k.a. Richard)   1952-  
Arliss Howard (a.k.a. Richard)   1954-  
Richard Schiff   1955-  
Richard Karn   1956-  
Richard Kind   1956-  
Richard E. Grant   1957-  
Julian Sands (a.k.a. Richard)   1958-2023  
Rik Mayall   1958-2014  
Richard Burgi   1958-  
John Schneider (a.k.a. Richard)   1960-  
Thomas Haden Church (a.k.a. Richard)   1960-  
Neil Flynn (a.k.a. Richard)   1960-  
Richard Tyson   1961-  
Richard Roxburgh   1962-  
Jeffrey Nordling (a.k.a. Richard)   1962-  
Richard Grieco   1965-  
Lochlyn Munro (a.k.a. Richard)   1966-  
Scott Wolf (a.k.a. Richard)   1968-  
Richard Hammond   1969-  
Ricky Schroder   1970-  
Rick Hoffman   1970-  
Richard Armitage   1971-  
Richard T. Jones   1972-  
Wil Wheaton (a.k.a. Richard)   1972-  
James D'Arcy (a.k.a. Richard)   1975-  
Rich Sommer   1978-  
Aaron Ashmore (a.k.a. Richard)   1979-  
Simon R. Baker (a.k.a. Richard)   1986-  
Richard Madden   1986-  
Alex Pettyfer (a.k.a. Richard)   1990-  
Richard Tyler "Ninja" Blevins   1991-  
Notable Artists: 3 painters, 2 sculptors
Adolf Hölzel (a.k.a. Richard)   1853-1934  
Richard Bruce Nugent   1906-1987  
Richard Hamilton   1922-2011  
Richard Serra   1939-  
Richard Long   1945-  
Notable Athletes: 4 rugby, 3 basketball, 3 soccer, 2 football, 2 tennis, 1 baseball, 1 e-sports, 1 ice hockey, 1 track, 1 wrestling
(basketball) Dick McGuire   1926-2010  
(baseball) Richie Ashburn   1927-1997  
(ice hockey) Dickie Moore   1931-2015  
(basketball) Richie Guerin   1932-  
(football) Dick Butkus   1942-  
(basketball) Rick Barry   1944-  
(track) Dick Fosbury   1947-2023  
(wrestling) Ric Flair (a.k.a. Richard)   1949-  
(soccer) Richard Witschge   1969-  
(tennis) Richard Krajicek   1971-  
(rugby) Richie McCaw   1980-  
(rugby) Richard Wigglesworth   1983-  
(rugby) Jamie Heaslip (a.k.a. Richard)   1983-  
(tennis) Richard Gasquet   1986-  
(soccer) Richard Keogh   1986-  
(soccer) Richárd Guzmics   1987-  
(football) Tim Tebow (a.k.a. Richard)   1987-  
(rugby) Richie Gray   1989-  
(e-sports) Richard Tyler "Ninja" Blevins   1991-  
Notable Businesspeople: 3 businesspersons
Richard McDonald   1909-1998  
Richard Branson   1950-  
Stockton Rush (a.k.a. Richard)   1962-2023  
Notable Explorers and Adventurers: 2 explorers
Richard Francis Burton   1821-1890  
Richard E. Byrd   1888-1957  
Notable Filmmakers: 4 directors
Richard Quine   1920-1989  
Richard Attenborough   1923-2014  
Richard Donner   1930-2021  
Richard Linklater   1960-  
Notable Journalists: 1 journalist
(journalist) Richard Sorge   1895-1944  
Notable Musicians: 12 musicians, 9 singers, 3 composers, 2 musician/singers, 1 composer/singer
Richard Wagner   1813-1883  
Richard Strauss   1864-1949  
Richard Rodgers   1902-1979  
Dick Haymes   1918-1980  
Little Richard   1932-2020  
Dick Dale (a.k.a. Richard)   1937-2019  
Ringo Starr (a.k.a. Richard)   1940-  
Ritchie Valens (a.k.a. Richard)   1941-1959  
Richard Wright   1943-2008  
David Soul (a.k.a. Richard)   1943-2024  
Ric Ocasek   1944-2019  
Ritchie Blackmore   1945-  
Drafi Deutscher (a.k.a. Richard)   1946-2006  
Richard Carpenter   1946-  
Richard Clayderman   1953-  
Les McKeown (a.k.a. Richard)   1955-2021  
Richard Marx   1963-  
"Slick" Rick   1965-  
Richard Melville "Moby" Hall   1965-  
Rick Astley   1966-  
"Bushwick" Bill (a.k.a. Richard)   1966-2019  
Scott Weiland (a.k.a. Richard)   1967-2015  
Orville "Shaggy" Burrell (a.k.a. Richard)   1968-  
Richard D. "Aphex Twin" James   1971-  
Richard Hughes   1975-  
Calvin Harris (a.k.a. Richard)   1984-  
Austin "Post Malone" Post (a.k.a. Richard)   1995-  
Notable Politicians and Statespeople: 6 politicians
Richard Mentor Johnson   1780-1850  
Dick Cheney   1941-  
Rick Perry   1950-  
John Kasich (a.k.a. Richard)   1952-  
Mike Pence (a.k.a. Richard)   1959-  
Mike Pompeo (a.k.a. Richard)   1963-  
Notable Scientists and Inventors: 3 inventors, 2 chemists, 2 physicists, 1 biologist
Richard Arkwright   1733-1792  
Richard Trevithick   1771-1833  
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy   1865-1929  
Richard Willstätter   1872-1942  
Buckminster Fuller (a.k.a. Richard)   1895-1983  
Richard Feynman   1918-1988  
Richard E. Taylor   1929-2018  
Richard Dawkins   1941-  
Notable Writers: 14 authors, 1 author/poet, 1 poet
Buckminster Fuller (a.k.a. Richard)   1895-1983  
Richard Bruce Nugent   1906-1987  
Richard Wright   1908-1960  
John Hersey (a.k.a. Richard)   1914-1993  
Richard Scarry   1919-1994  
Richard Adams   1920-2016  
Richard Wilbur   1921-2017  
Richard Hooker   1924-1997  
Richard Bach   1936-  
Don DeLillo (a.k.a. Richard)   1936-  
Richard Ford   1944-  
George R. R. Martin (a.k.a. Richard)   1948-  
Richard Russo   1949-  
Richard Wagamese   1955-2017  
Richard Powers   1957-  
Rick Riordan   1964-  
Olympic Medalists: 17 gold, 16 silver, 14 bronze, 3 silver/bronze, 2 bronze/gold, 2 bronze/silver, 1 gold/bronze, 1 silver/gold
(bronze/gold) Richard Sheldon   1900   discus throw; shot put  
(bronze) Gösta Holmér (a.k.a. Richard)   1912   decathlon  
(silver) Richard Byrd   1912   discus throw  
(silver/gold) Abel Kiviat (a.k.a. Richard)   1912   1500 m; 3000 m team  
(bronze) Richard Remer   1920   3000 m walk  
(bronze/silver) Earl Johnson (a.k.a. Richard)   1924   cross country individual; cross country team  
(bronze) Richard Ripley   1924   4x400 m relay  
(gold) Richard Howell   1924   swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(silver) Richard Corts   1928   4x100 m relay  
(silver) Richard Krebs   1928   4x400 m relay  
(silver) Sulo Bärlund (a.k.a. Richard)   1936   shot put  
(bronze/gold) Richard Degener   1932; 1936   diving - springboard  
(gold) Wayne Moore (a.k.a. Richard)   1952   swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(gold) Norman Read (a.k.a. Richard)   1956   50 km walk  
(silver) Kevan Gosper (a.k.a. Richard)   1956   4x400 m relay  
(bronze) Richard Conner   1956   diving - platform  
(gold) Dick Boushka   1956   basketball  
(silver) Dick Hanley   1956   swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(bronze/silver) Bibi Torriani (a.k.a. Richard)   1928; 1948; 1957   ice hockey; luge  
(bronze) Dick Howard   1960   400 m hurdles  
(silver) Rink Babka (a.k.a. Richard)   1960   discus throw  
(bronze) Dick Cochran   1960   discus throw  
(gold) Dick Blick   1960   swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(gold) Dick Davies   1964   basketball  
(gold) Jed Graef (a.k.a. Richard)   1964   swimming - 200 m backstroke  
(gold) Richard Stebbins   1964   4x100 m relay  
(gold) Dick Roth   1964   swimming - 400 m medley  
(gold) John Clawson (a.k.a. Richard)   1968   basketball  
(gold) Dick Fosbury   1968   high jump  
(silver) Richard Rydze   1972   diving - platform  
(silver/bronze) Bruce Robertson (a.k.a. Richard)   1972   swimming - 100 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(bronze) Rick Wohlhuter   1976   800 m  
(bronze) Rick Colella   1976   swimming - 200 m breaststroke  
(silver) Rick Mitchell   1980   400 m  
(gold) Rick Carey   1984   swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(silver) Richard McKinney   1984; 1988   archery - individual; archery - team  
(gold) Richard Schroeder   1988   swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(bronze) Richard Priestman   1988; 1992   archery - team  
(silver) Scott R. Donie (a.k.a. Richard)   1992   diving - platform  
(silver) Richard Chelimo   1992   10000 m  
(bronze) Brian Loyd (a.k.a. Richard)   1996   baseball  
(gold/bronze) Butch Johnson (a.k.a. Richard)   1996; 2000   archery - team  
(gold) Rick Krivda   2000   baseball  
(silver) Yasser Gómez (a.k.a. Richard)   2000   baseball  
(bronze) Richard Jefferson   2004   basketball  
(silver) Rich Thompson   2004   baseball  
(bronze) Richard Mateelong   2008   3000 m steeplechase  
(silver/bronze) Richard "Torpedo" Thompson   2008; 2012   100 m; 4x100 m relay  
(silver/bronze) Richard Egington   2008; 2012   rowing  
(silver) Richard Hounslow   2012   canoe slalom  
(gold) Ben Maher (a.k.a. Richard)   2012   equestrian  
(silver) Richard Chambers   2012   rowing  
(bronze) Richard Gasquet   2012   tennis  
(gold) Richard Schmidt   2012   rowing  
(bronze) Richard Weinberger   2012   swimming  
(gold) Derrick White (a.k.a. Richard)   2024   basketball  
Oscar Award Winners: 1 actor, 1 director
(actor) Richard Dreyfuss   1978   The Goodbye Girl  
(director) Richard Attenborough   1983   Gandhi  
Other Leaders: 2 prime ministers
Prime Minister Peter Caruana (a.k.a. Richard)   1996-2011   Gibraltar  
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (a.k.a. Richard)   2009-2013   Zimbabwe  
Other Royalty: 2 princes, 1 duke
Richard Plantagenet   1415-1460   York  
Richard, Duke of Gloucester   1944-   United Kingdom  
Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (a.k.a. Richard)   1964-   United Kingdom  
Pulitzer Award Winners: 5 literatures
(literature) John Hersey (a.k.a. Richard)   1945   A Bell for Adano  
(literature) Richard Wilbur   1957; 1989   Things of This World; New and Collected Poems  
(literature) Richard Ford   1996   Independence Day  
(literature) Richard Russo   2002   Empire Falls  
(literature) Richard Powers   2019   The Overstory  
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers: 20 musicians
Little Richard   1986     
Ringo Starr (a.k.a. Richard)   1988   The Beatles  
Richard Brooks   1991   The Impressions  
Richard Manuel   1994   The Band  
Rick Danko   1994   The Band  
Dickey Betts   1995   The Allman Brothers Band  
Richard Wright   1996   Pink Floyd  
Richie Furay   1997   Buffalo Springfield  
Ritchie Valens (a.k.a. Richard)   2001     
Rick Huxley   2008   The Dave Clark Five  
Professor Griff (a.k.a. Richard)   2013   Public Enemy  
Ricky Byrd (a.k.a. Richard)   2015   Joan Jett & the Blackhearts  
Ritchie Blackmore   2016   Deep Purple  
Rick Nielsen   2016   Cheap Trick  
Richard Tandy   2017   ELO  
Rick Wakeman   2017   Yes  
Ric Ocasek   2018   The Cars  
Richie Sambora   2018   Bon Jovi  
Rick Savage   2019   Def Leppard  
Rick Allen   2019   Def Leppard  
Saints: 17 blessed, 8 saints
Saint Richard of Lucca   ?-720  
Blessed Richard   970-1046  
Saint Richard of Vaucelles   ?-1169  
Saint Richard   ?-1196  
Saint Richard Wyche   1197-1253  
Blessed Richard Rolle of Hampole   1300-1349  
Blessed Richard Whiting   1460-1539  
Saint Richard Reynolds   1492-1535  
Blessed Richard Bere   ?-1537  
Saint Richard Gwyn   1537-1584  
Blessed Richard Fetherston   ?-1540  
Blessed Richard Kirkman   ?-1582  
Blessed Richard Thirkeld   ?-1583  
Blessed Richard Langley   ?-1586  
Blessed Richard Flower   ?-1588  
Blessed Richard Leigh   ?-1588  
Saint Richard Martin   ?-1588  
Blessed Richard Yaxley   ?-1589  
Blessed Richard Hill   ?-1590  
Blessed Richard Holiday   ?-1590  
Blessed Richard Newport   ?-1612  
Blessed Ricardo of Saint Ann (a.k.a. Richard)   ?-1622  
Blessed Richard Herst   ?-1628  
Blessed Richard Langhorne   ?-1679  
Saint Riccardo Pampuri (a.k.a. Richard)   1897-1930  
Shakespearian Characters: 11 characters
Sir Richard Vernon   Henry IV (1)  
Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York   Henry IV (1); Henry IV (2)  
Richard II   Richard II  
Warwick (a.k.a. Richard)   Henry V  
Richard, Earl of Cambridge   Henry V  
Richard Woodvile   Henry VI (1)  
Richard Plantagenet   Henry VI (1); Henry VI (2); Henry VI (3)  
Richard Plantagenet; Richard III   Henry VI (2); Henry VI (3); Richard III  
Richard, Duke of York   Richard III  
Sir Richard Grey   Richard III  
Sir Richard Ratcliff   Richard III