Richard

Richard J Cardamone former judge.

Richard Petty who has 200 wins in NASCAR from 1960 to 1984 & retired during 1992.
Richard Petty started racing in 1958 & known as "The King" of stock car racing.
Richard Petty also has total of seven championships in NASCAR!

Richard Colvin Reid, shoe bomber on American Airlines Flight 66 during Saturday 22 December 2001.

“Rikka” also was given the title from the 18th century Russian pig farmer “Ludmilla Stolychnikov”.

Richie Tozier from Stephen King's book, It (+ the 1990 miniseries and 2017 and 2019 film adaptations!) :D.

I can't believe nobody mentioned Richard Attenborough, best known for playing John Hammond in the Jurassic Park Franchise.

Richard Harmon, a Canadian actor who starred in The 100, If I Had Wings, Woodland, among many others.

Richard Wright (1908 - 1960) was an African American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence. Literary critics believe his work helped change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century.

Richard Wellington, Ace Attorney villain.

Richard ' Ritchie' Cunningham, from Happy Days.

Richard Spencer is a white supremacist who kind of taints this otherwise wonderful name, sadly.

Honestly, just sounds like a thick cat that may or may not also be known as Pudge Master the Great.

There is a poem out there by the name of "Richard Cory", about a man (Richard Cory) who seems like he has it all, but commits suicide in the end.

Richard de la Pole was a pretender to the English crown who was the last Yorkist claimant to openly and actively seek the crown of England.

Richard Watterson from The Amazing World of Gumball bears this name.

Richard Bucket (pronounced Bouquet) from the British sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances".

I cannot believe no one has mentioned Richard Matheson!

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Richard Matheson (1926-2013) was a science-fiction/fantasy/horror author and screenwriter. He's probably best known for writing I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come, but he also wrote several Twilight Zone episodes, and the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Enemy Within. One of my absolute favorite writers ever. :)

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Oh, and also, there’s Richard Paul “Rick” Astley, of “Never Gonna Give You Up” fame.

Richard Porter "Ricky" Dillon Jr. Is an American YouTube personality and singer-songwriter. Over his seven years on YouTube, Dillon has amassed over 3 million subscribers on his channel, as well as more than 270 million views on his videos.

Richard G. "Dik" Evans is a musician best known as a founder of the band Virgin Prunes and an early member of U2. Evans was born in England to Welsh parents. At a young age, the family moved to Ireland. He is the older brother of David "The Edge" Evans, guitarist for rock band U2.

Richard Starkey, MBE, known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English drummer, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine" and their cover of "Act Naturally". He also wrote the Beatles' songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of others, including "What Goes On" and "Flying".

Ric Ocasek (born Richard T. Otcasek), 1949-present, co-founder of the Cars.

Richard Romano is a screenwriter, actor, and 20 year veteran police Sgt./Investigator of the NYPD. He has credits from writing and acting in both feature films and TV. Rich is the creator and screenplay writer of the theatrically released feature film "The Investigator". The movie was an exclusive DVD release by Walmart in 2014, and is also being distributed overseas. He also served as assistant director, assistant editor, technical adviser, and actor in the movie. Rich was a technical adviser and actor in his brother Ray's T.V. show, "Everybody Loves Raymond." He lives in N.Y.

Richard Perry is an American record producer. Perry began as a performer in his adolescence, but shifted gears after graduating college and rose through the late 1960s and early 1970s to become a highly successful and popular record producer with over a dozen gold records to his credit by 1982. From 1978 to 1983, he ran his own record label, Planet Records, which scored a string of hits with the main act on its roster, pop/R&B group The Pointer Sisters. After Planet's sale to RCA Records, Perry continued his work in the music industry as an independent producer. With hit records stretching from the 1960s through the 2000s, his more successful modern releases include albums by Rod Stewart and Carly Simon.

“Richard” is one of the most common surnames in France, like French actor Pierre Richard.
French people often have first names for surnames, the most common surname in France is: Martin.
Other very common first names for surnames are: Bernard, André, Roland, Thomas, Robert, Simon or David.

The first name of Gansey, from Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle series. He goes by his surname, Gansey, as he tends to be called Dick (which he obviously doesn't appreciate!) and Richard is a family name: his full name is Richard Campbell Gansey III.

Mr. Richard Rich Sr., Richie Rich's father in the Harvey Comics universe.

Richard Nixon, the president.

Television presenter and producer Richard Osman, best known for his role as co-host on the UK quiz show Pointless.

I really like the actor RICHARD Armitage. He fits this name well. Dark handsome and blue eyed. I do associate this name with more middle aged guys 45-55 though. The name is sophisticated sounding.

Richard Adams is an English novelist. He wrote the classic adventure novel "Watership Down."

Richard Connell (1893-1949) wrote the short story The Most Dangerous Game.

Richard Wisker, an English actor, presenter and singer.

Richard Wright was the keyboardist for Pink Floyd.

A famous character bearer is Happy Days star Richard "Richie" Cunningham played by Ron Howard.

Richard I of England, otherwise known as Richard the Lionheart, was famous for his chivalry and even forgave the boy who eventually killed him.

A famous bearer is Richard Grayson, the first Robin. He later became Nightwing, and he was Batman for a period of time when Bruce Wayne was believed to be dead. When Bruce returned, he went back to being Nightwing.

Richard was one of the sons of King Edward IV of England and his wife Elizabeth Woodville. He was one of the "Princes of the Tower", who disappeared after being taken to the Tower of London.

Richard was the son of King John "Lackland" of England and his wife Isabelle. He was the Earl of Cornwall.

Richard, second son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders.

Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828) was an English painter.

Richard Bergh (Sven Richard Bergh) (1858-1919) was a Swedish painter, writer and art administrator.

Richard Anuszkiewicz (pronounced Aah-Nuss-KAY-Vitch; born May 23, 1930, Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor.

It's a beautiful and royal name, but more than that, it reminds me almost immediately of Richard Chamberlain, a great actor, known from Thornbirds.

This is the name of Richard Alpert, a character from the TV-series LOST.

Can't believe no one's mentioned Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker.

Richard Cypher/Rahl is the name of the protagonist in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. This is an excellent example of the meaning of the name Richard.

Richard Wurmbrand, founder of Voice of the Martyrs. He spent 14 years in a Communist prison in his native Romania. He was known sometimes as "Iron Curtain Paul." He died in 2001.
On a personal note, Richard is also my youngest brother's name. :D

Richard Petty, "The King" of NASCAR, is a famous bearer of this name.

Richard Cypher is the name of the main character and true seeker in the TV show, "The Legend of the Seeker" (I believe it's also a book). Richard is played by Craig Horner.

Little Richard was born in 1932.

Richard Krajíček, a tennis player, born 6th December, 1971 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

One 'famous' bearer is Richard Rokeby one of the main characters in Patrick Redmond's book "The Wishing Game".

Well it's not exactly a famous bearer but there's an extremely hilarious warlock in the webcomic Looking for Group.

Richard Trenton Chase, serial killer.

Famous bearer is Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German opera composer. I just can't imagine, that he isn't on the list!

The traditional processional at Western weddings is the Bridal Chorus from Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin".

Rich Fulcher, and American actor and comedian probably best known for his role as Bob Fossil in cult TV show The Mighty Boosh is a (somewhat) famous bearer of this name.

Richard Schiff, who played Toby Ziegler on the American television drama, The West Wing, is a famous bearer. He won an Emmy for the role.

Richard Armitage is a famous bearer. He's an English actor, known for 'Sparkhouse', 'North and South' and 'Robin Hood'.

A famous bearer is Charles Richard Wilson, better known as Ricky Wilson; lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs.

Richard Belzer plays Det. John Munch on Law and Order SVU and Homicide: Life On The Street.

Richard Hammond is a presenter of the wildly popular show, TopGear, in England. He also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse and Richard Hammond's 5 O'clock Show.

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Recently (september-october 06) he was in a crash and had to be airlifted to hospital. TopGear was nearly cancelled. He suffered brain trauma but will be fine.

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I think the name of the car he was driving was called a vampire or summat. He was trying to break the speed record when he lost control of the car.

Richard Pryor was an American comedian.

Sean Bean played Richard Sharpe in the BBC series Sharpe. Also Richard Dean Anderson (who played Angus Macgyver in Macgyver).

Another famous bearer of this name is silent film star Richard Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 - August 17, 1963). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in "The Noose" (1928) and "The Patent Leather Kid" (1927).

Richard D. Anderson is an American actor.

Richard Krajčo is a Czech actor.

Of course we can't forget Rick Springfield! Personally my favourite singer. Though my friends think that's really odd.

A famous person is Richard Hatch, who won Survivor Season 1. He recently got charged for not paying the government for his Survivor win. He usually walked around camp naked.

Richard was the name of Monica's elderly boyfriend on "FRIENDS" during season 2.

Famous bearer is Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States.

Famous bearer is Richard von Weizsäcker, President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1984 to 1994.

Famous bearer is Richard Gere, an American actor.

Richard Starkey, known by most as Ringo Starr, the drummer for The Beatles, is a famous bearer of this name.

Richard Burton, an actor and one of Liz Taylor's many husbands, is a famous bearer of this name.

Richard Burgi (born July 30, 1958) stars as Karl, Susan's ex-husband and Julie's father on the popular soap-dramedy "Desperate Housewives".

Richard Thomas played John-boy on the show The Waltons from 1972-1977.

Name of the guy who played Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies, Richard Harris.