Namesakes
American Presidents:
1 president
Richard Nixon 1969-1974 
British Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
Clement Attlee (middle name Richard) 1945-1951
Edward Heath (middle name 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 Mulligan 1980; 1989 Soap; Empty Nest
(actor) Richard Kiley 1988 A Year in the Life
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 (middle name Richard) 1975 Starsky & Hutch
James Beaumont (middle name Richard) 1978 Dallas
Steven Keaton (middle name 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
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 (middle name Richard) 1969
(economics) John Hicks (middle name 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 (middle name 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:
87 actors, 4 actor/comedians, 4 presenters, 2 comedian/actors, 1 actor/model, 1 comedian, 1 youtuber
Morton Selten (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1932-2008
Richard Mulligan 1932-2000
Richard Easton 1933-2019
Richard S. Castellano 1933-1988
Richard Chamberlain 1934-2025
Richard Wilson 1936-
Dick Cavett 1936-
Richard Jordan 1937-1993
Richard Benjamin 1938-
Maury Povich (middle name Richard) 1939-
Richard Kiel 1939-2014
James Gammon (middle name Richard) 1940-2010
Dakin Matthews (middle name Richard) 1940-
Richard Pryor 1940-2005
Richard Roundtree 1942-
David Soul (middle name Richard) 1943-2024
Richard Belzer 1944-2023
Richard Hatch 1945-2017
Cheech Marin (a.k.a. Richard) 1946-
Richard Jenkins 1947-
Richard Lewis 1947-2024
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 (middle name Richard) 1951-
Treat Williams (a.k.a. Richard) 1951-2023
Parker Stevenson (a.k.a. Richard) 1952-
Arliss Howard (middle name Richard) 1954-
Richard Schiff 1955-
Richard Karn 1956-
Richard Kind 1956-
Richard E. Grant 1957-
Julian Sands (middle name Richard) 1958-2023
Rik Mayall 1958-2014
Richard Burgi 1958-
John Schneider (middle name Richard) 1960-
Thomas Haden Church (middle name Richard) 1960-
Neil Flynn (middle name Richard) 1960-
Richard Tyson 1961-
Richard Roxburgh 1962-
Jeffrey Nordling (middle name Richard) 1962-
Richard Grieco 1965-
Lochlyn Munro (a.k.a. Richard) 1966-
Scott Wolf (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1975-
Richard Ayoade 1977-
Rich Sommer 1978-
Aaron Ashmore (middle name Richard) 1979-
Ricky Whittle 1979-
Brandon Beemer (middle name Richard) 1980-
Rick Cosnett 1983-
Simon R. Baker (middle name Richard) 1986-
Richard Madden 1986-
Alex Pettyfer (middle name Richard) 1990-
Richard Tyler "Ninja" Blevins 1991-
Richard Harmon 1991-
Notable Artists:
3 painters, 2 sculptors
Adolf Hölzel (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1983-
(tennis) Richard Gasquet 1986-
(soccer) Richard Keogh 1986-
(soccer) Richárd Guzmics 1987-
(football) Tim Tebow (middle name 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:
5 directors
Richard Quine 1920-1989
Richard Attenborough 1923-2014
Richard Donner 1930-2021
Richard Benjamin 1938-
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 (middle name Richard) 1943-2024
Ric Ocasek 1944-2019
Ritchie Blackmore 1945-
Drafi Deutscher (middle name Richard) 1946-2006
Richard Carpenter 1946-
Richard Clayderman 1953-
Les McKeown (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1967-2015
Orville "Shaggy" Burrell (middle name Richard) 1968-
Richard D. "Aphex Twin" James 1971-
Richard Hughes 1975-
Calvin Harris (middle name Richard) 1984-
Austin "Post Malone" Post (middle name Richard) 1995-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
6 politicians
Richard Mentor Johnson 1780-1850
Dick Cheney 1941-
Rick Perry 1950-
John Kasich (middle name Richard) 1952-
Mike Pence (middle name Richard) 1959-
Mike Pompeo (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1914-1993
Richard Scarry 1919-1994
Richard Adams 1920-2016
Richard Wilbur 1921-2017
Richard Hooker 1924-1997
Richard Bach 1936-
Don DeLillo (middle name Richard) 1936-
Richard Ford 1944-
George R. R. Martin (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1912 decathlon
(silver) Richard Byrd 1912 discus throw
(silver/gold) Abel Kiviat (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1936 shot put
(bronze/gold) Richard Degener 1932; 1936 diving - springboard
(gold) Wayne Moore (middle name Richard) 1952 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Norman Read (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1964 swimming - 200 m backstroke
(gold) Richard Stebbins 1964 4x100 m relay
(gold) Dick Roth 1964 swimming - 400 m medley
(gold) John Clawson (middle name Richard) 1968 basketball
(gold) Dick Fosbury 1968 high jump
(silver) Richard Rydze 1972 diving - platform
(silver/bronze) Bruce Robertson (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1992 diving - platform
(silver) Richard Chelimo 1992 10000 m
(bronze) Brian Loyd (middle name Richard) 1996 baseball
(gold/bronze) Butch Johnson (a.k.a. Richard) 1996; 2000 archery - team
(gold) Rick Krivda 2000 baseball
(silver) Yasser Gómez (middle name 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 (middle name 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 (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1996-2011 Gibraltar
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (middle name 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 (middle name Richard) 1964- United Kingdom
Pulitzer Award Winners:
5 literatures
(literature) John Hersey (middle name 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
Tony Award Winners:
2 actors
(actor) Richard Easton 2001 The Invention of Love
(actor) Richard Griffiths 2006 The History Boys