Richards (surname)
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Richards is a common Celtic Welsh
, or Cornish
surname based on the English
version of the parent's name ending in -S.. In 1881 people with this surname were mainly located in Wales
, Cornwall
and adjacent South-West counties of England
. By 1998 many Welsh and Cornish people had migrated to cities in England
particularly those adjacent to these areas. Originally, it was an English surname
brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, or Cornish
Cornish people
The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
surname based on the English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version of the parent's name ending in -S.. In 1881 people with this surname were mainly located in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
and adjacent South-West counties of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. By 1998 many Welsh and Cornish people had migrated to cities in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
particularly those adjacent to these areas. Originally, it was an English surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066.
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- Alfred Richards, several people, including:
- Alfred RichardsAlfred Richards (cricketer)Alfred Renfrew Richards , was an South African sportsman who represented his country at Test cricket and rugby union. He was capped three times for South Africa in rugby, including captaining them once and made one Test cricket appearance.Richards was born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony...
, South African cricketer - Alfred Bate RichardsAlfred Bate RichardsAlfred Bate Richards was an English journalist and author. He turned from law to literature and was the author of a number of popular dramas, volumes of poems, essays, etc. He was the first editor of the Daily Telegraph, and...
(1820–1876), journalist and author - Alfred Joseph RichardsAlfred Joseph RichardsAlfred Joseph Richards VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, British soldier - Alfred Newton RichardsAlfred Newton RichardsAlfred Newton Richards was an American pharmacologist.Richards was born in Stamford, New York. He served as chairman of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology from 1910 to 1946; thereafter he became Professor Emeritus...
(1876–1966), pharmacologist
- Alfred Richards
- Alma RichardsAlma RichardsAlma Wilford Richards was a high jumper and was famous for being the first resident of Utah to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, in 1912, in the running high jump event.-Jumping:...
, American athlete - Alun RichardsAlun RichardsAlun Morgun Richards was a Welsh novelist, best known for his novel Ennal's Point, about the work of a lifeboat crew in South Wales.Richards was born in King Edward Avenue, Caerphilly...
, Welsh novelist - Angela RichardsAngela RichardsAngela Richards is an English actress, best known to television viewers for her leading role in the BBC drama Secret Army , set during the Second World War in which she played Monique Duchamps....
, British actress - Ann RichardsAnn RichardsDorothy Ann Willis Richards was an American politician from Texas. She first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was...
(1933-2006), American politician - Ann RichardsAnn Richards (actress)Ann Richards was an Australian actress, who achieved notability in Australian films as Shirley Ann Richards before moving to the United States where she continued her career as a film actress, mainly as an MGM starlet....
, Australian actress - Anthony Charles RichardsAnthony Charles RichardsLieutenant-Colonel Anthony Charles Richards, LVO has been Equerry to The Queen of the United Kingdom, and Deputy Master of the Household in the Royal Household since 1999....
, British Army officer and equerryEquerryAn equerry , and related to the French word "écuyer" ) is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attendant, usually upon a Sovereign, a member of a Royal Family, or a national... - Ariana RichardsAriana RichardsAriana Clarice Richards is an American actress and professional painter. She is best known for her roles as Mindy Sterngood in Tremors, Lex Murphy in the film Jurassic Park, and as Carol Wetherby in the film Prancer....
, American actress - J. August RichardsJ. August RichardsJaime Augusto Richards III is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of vampire hunter Charles Gunn on the WB cult television series Angel.-Early life and education:...
, American actor
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- Barry Richards, South African cricketer
- Beah RichardsBeah RichardsBeah Richards was an American actress of stage, screen and television. She was a poet, playwright and author....
, American actress and writer - Beresford RichardsBeresford RichardsBeresford Richards was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949...
, Canadian politician - Billie Mae RichardsBillie Mae RichardsBillie Mae Richards was a Canadian voice actress, who also appeared onstage and on television.-Career:...
, Canadian voice actress - Bob RichardsBob RichardsThe Reverend Robert Eugene Richards, known as Bob Richards , known as the "Vaulting Vicar" or the "Pole Vaulting Parson" in his competitive days, was a versatile athlete who made three Olympic teams in two events...
, American athlete, double Olympic Gold Medalist - Brad RichardsBrad RichardsBradley Glenn Richards is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League .-Early career:Born and raised in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island...
, Canadian ice hockey player - Brandon RichardsBrandon RichardsBrandon Richards is an American Track and Field athlete and a son of double Olympic Gold Medalist in the pole vault, Bob Richards. He is the third of four of Richards' sons who all excelled at the pole vault--Bob Jr...
, former National High School Record holder in Pole Vault, son of Bob RichardsBob RichardsThe Reverend Robert Eugene Richards, known as Bob Richards , known as the "Vaulting Vicar" or the "Pole Vaulting Parson" in his competitive days, was a versatile athlete who made three Olympic teams in two events... - Brooke Richards, American model
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- Cabbie Richards, Canadian personality on The Score Television Network
- "Cannonball" Richards, performance artist
- Ceri RichardsCeri Richards-Biography:Richards was born in the village of Dunvant, near Swansea, the son of Thomas Coslett Richards and Sarah Richards . He and his younger brother and sister, Owen and Esther, were brought up in a highly cultured, working-class environment...
, Welsh artist - Charles Richards, several people, including:
- Charles Dow RichardsCharles Dow RichardsCharles Dow Richards , born in Southampton, York County, New Brunswick, was a judge and New Brunswick politician....
, Canadian politician - Charles Foster RichardsCharles Foster RichardsCharles Foster Richards , of New York City, was a lifelong stamp collector and a charter member of the American Philatelic Association .-Collecting interests:...
(1866-1944), of New York City
- Charles Dow Richards
- Claire RichardsClaire RichardsClaire Ann Richards is an English singer best known for being the lead singer of Steps from 1997 to 2001. She was a contestant on the second series of Popstar to Operastar before being voted off in the Semi Finals...
, British singer - Cliff RichardsCliff RichardsCliff Richards is a comic book artist.-Biography:Richards is best known as the penciller of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer monthly series from Dark Horse Comics, as well as the artist on the Buffy limited series, Haunted...
, comic book artist - Colin Kazim-RichardsColin Kazim-RichardsColin Kazim-Richards , commonly known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is an English-born Turkish footballer who plays for Galatasaray, and internationally for Turkey having qualified for Turkish nationality through his mother's ethnicity...
, English footballer - Corey RichardsCorey RichardsCorey John Richards is a former Australian first-class cricketer and current Sydney First Grade Cricketer for the Bankstown Bulldogs.- Career :...
, Australian cricketer - Craig RichardsCraig RichardsCraig Richards is a tech house DJ, also known as part of Tyrant alongside Lee Burridge. He is Fabric's musical director and resident DJ along with Terry Francis...
, British DJ
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- Davey RichardsDavey RichardsWesley David Richards is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.Richards is currently under contract with Ring of Honor, where he is the current ROH World Champion, but also wrestles for several companies on the independent circuit, including Pro Wrestling...
, American wrestler - David Richards, several people, including:
- David Adams RichardsDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, CM, ONB is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, three credits shy of completing a B.A.. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and...
, Canadian writer
- David Adams Richards
- Dean RichardsDean Richards (rugby player)Dean Richards is a former England and British & Irish Lions rugby union player. He had a long playing career with Leicester Tigers, and played 48 times for England and six times for the British & Irish Lions.-Club career:...
, English rugby player - Dean RichardsDean Richards (footballer)Dean Ivor Richards was an English footballer who played as a defender. He began his career at hometown club Bradford City before a four year stay with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He left to play Premier League football with Southampton and finally Tottenham Hotspur...
, English footballer - DeForest RichardsDeForest RichardsDeForest Richards was an American banker, farmer, and politician. He was the fifth Governor of the state of Wyoming, and the first to die while still in office....
, American banker and politician - Deke RichardsDeke RichardsDeke Richards, also known as Dennis Lussier and Deke Lussier, is a songwriter and record producer, one of many white musicians/songwriters who were affiliated with Motown...
, American songwriter and music producer - Deleon RichardsDeleon RichardsDeleon Richards is an American gospel singer. She is the wife of baseball player Gary Sheffield. DeLeon Richards was a child star in the gospel music industry...
, American gospel singer - Denis RichardsDenis RichardsDenis Richards was a British historian. He is famous for his work on the history of the Royal Air Force, including the three-volume official history of the service during World War II, which was co-written with Hilary St. George Saunders.Richards came from London and was educated at Owen's School...
, British historian - Denise RichardsDenise RichardsDenise Lee Richards is an American actress and former fashion model of Croatian and Welsh descent. She has appeared in films including Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough...
, American actress - Dick RichardsDick Richards (disambiguation)Dick Richards may refer to:* Richard N. Richards, astronaut* Dick Richards, the name used by actor Dick Boccelli when performing as drummer and back-up singer with Bill Haley & His Comets and The Jodimars* Dick Richards, film director...
, several people - Dickinson W. RichardsDickinson W. RichardsDr. Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr. was an American physician and physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac...
, American physiologist - Donna Richards, pseudonym of American comics artist Don RicoDon RicoDonato Francisco Rico II was an American paperback novelist, screenwriter, and comic book writer-artist, who co-created the Marvel Comics characters Jann of the Jungle, with artist Jay Scott Pike, and Leopard Girl, with artist Al Hartley. His pen names include Dan Rico, Donella St...
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- Ellen Swallow RichardsEllen Swallow RichardsEllen Henrietta Swallow Richards was the foremost female industrial and environmental chemist in the United States in the 19th century, pioneering the field of home economics. Richards graduated from Westford Academy...
, American chemist - Emil RichardsEmil RichardsEmil Richards, born Emilio Joseph Radocchia on September 2, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut, is a percussionist who plays a variety of different percussion instruments.-Biography:...
, percussionist - Emma Richards (minister)Emma Richards (minister)Emma Richards was the first Mennonite woman to be ordained as a pastor of a Mennonite congregation.-Early Life and Education:...
, Mennonite minister - Emma Richards (yachtswoman), British yachtswoman
- Eugene RichardsEugene RichardsEugene Richards is a noted American documentary photographer.During the 1960s, Richards was a civil rights activist and VISTA volunteer...
,
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- Francis Richards (diplomat), British diplomat
- Frank Richards, one of several people, including:
- Frank "Cannonball" Richards, performance artist
- Frank Richards, pseudonym of British writer Charles HamiltonCharles Hamilton (writer)Charles Harold St. John Hamilton , was an English writer, specializing in writing long-running series of stories for weekly magazines about recurrent casts of characters, his most frequent and famous genre being boys' public school stories, though he also dealt with other genres...
, prolific author of the Billy BunterBilly BunterWilliam George Bunter , is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards...
stories set in Greyfriars SchoolGreyfriars SchoolGreyfriars School is a fictional English public school used as a setting in the long running series of stories by the writer Charles Hamilton, who wrote under the pen-name Frank Richards. Although the stories are focused on the Remove , whose most famous pupil was Billy Bunter, other characters... - Frank Richards, pseudonym of Francis Philip WoodruffFrancis Philip WoodruffFrank Richards a.k.a. Francis Philip Woodruff DCM, MM was born in Monmouthshire, he was orphaned at the age of nine, and was then brought up by his aunt and uncle in the Blaina area of the South Wales Valleys in industrial Monmouthshire. The uncle, his mother's twin brother, and surnamed Richards,...
(1883-1961), who wrote Old Soldiers Never Die, service memoirs - Frank Richards, political nom de guerre of sociologist Frank FurediFrank FurediFrank Furedi is professor of sociology at the University of Kent, United Kingdom. He is well known for his work on sociology of fear, therapy culture, paranoid parenting and sociology of knowledge....
- Franklin RichardsFranklin RichardsFranklin Richards is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, usually as a supporting character in Fantastic Four.Franklin is an Omega-Level mutant with vast psionic and reality-manipulating powers...
, fictional character from the Fantastic FourFantastic FourThe Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium... - Frederick RichardsFrederick Richards (editor)Frederick Richards was a film editor who worked for Warner Bros. for 17 years. Richards worked on films including The Unsuspected , The Two Mrs. Carrolls and The Mask of Dimitrios ....
, film editor
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- Gavin RichardsGavin RichardsGavin Richards is a British actor, writer and director. His father is music critic Denby Richards, emeritus editor of Britain's oldest classical music magazine, Musical Opinion....
, British actor - George Richards, several people, including:
- G. E. RichardsG. E. RichardsG. E. Richards, was a commander of the survey ship HMQS Paluma which in the late 19th century surveyed the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia.Richards served aboard the schooner in 1878, and HMQS Paluma in 1887...
, British Royal Navy officer and hydrographer. - George Franklin Richards (1861–1950), American religious leader
- George Henry RichardsGeorge Henry RichardsAdmiral Sir George Henry Richards was Hydrographer to the British Admiralty from 1864 to 1874.-Early life:Richards was born in Anthony, Cornwall, the son of Captain G S Richards, and joined the navy in 1832....
, (1819–1896) Hydrographer to the British Admiralty - George Maxwell RichardsGeorge Maxwell RichardsGeorge Maxwell Richards, TC, CM is the fourth President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. A chemical engineer by training, Richards was Principal of the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad in 1996. He previously worked for Shell Trinidad Ltd. before...
(born 1931), President of Trinidad and Tobago - George Richards (Australian politician)George Richards (Australian politician)George Richards was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on a platform promising trams down Lyons road in Drummoyne...
- G. E. Richards
- Gordon RichardsGordon RichardsSir Gordon Richards was an English jockey, and is often considered the world's greatest ever jockey. He remains the only jockey to have been knighted....
, British jockey - Guy RichardsGuy RichardsGuy Richards is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.From Coldstream, Richards was drafted in the 2000 National Draft to Collingwood, but took until 2004 to make his AFL debut...
, Australian rules footballer - George Richards (Marine Corps)George Richards (Marine Corps)George Richards was an American officer born at Ironton, Ohio and serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who was one of 23 Marine Corps officers approved to receive the Marine Corps Brevet Medal for bravery.In 1891 Richards graduated from the United States Naval...
, Marine Corps Brevet MedalMarine Corps Brevet MedalThe Marine Corps Brevet Medal, also known as the Brevet Medal, was a military decoration of the United States Marine Corps; it was created in 1921 as a result of Marine Corps Order Number 26. The decoration was a one-time issuance and retroactively recognized living Marine Corps officers who had...
recipient
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- I. A. RichardsI. A. RichardsIvor Armstrong Richards was an influential English literary critic and rhetorician....
, British literary critic - Ian RichardsIan Richards (athlete)Ian William Richards is a retired race walker from England, who represented the United Kingdom at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There he ended up in 11th place in the men's 50 km race, clocking 4:22.57.-References:*...
, British race walker
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- J. R. RichardsJ. R. RichardsJ. R. Richards is the lead singer/songwriter for alternative rock band Dishwalla. He has appeared in the films Almost Anything, 2:13 and Morning and he guest starred on Charmed as himself. Richards also sang the title role in a concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar with the Golden State...
, American singer - Jack RichardsJack RichardsJack Richards is an English former cricketer, who played in eight Tests and twenty two ODIs for England from 1981 to 1988...
, English cricketer - Janet Radcliffe RichardsJanet Radcliffe RichardsJanet Radcliffe Richards is a British philosopher who has written about feminism and bioethics.She was Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University 1979-1999, and Director of the Centre for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine at University College London until 2007...
, British feminist philosopher - Jann Richards, Canadian singer Jann ArdenJann ArdenJann Arden is a Canadian singer-songwriter.-Life and career:Arden was born and raised near Calgary in Springbank, Alberta and attended Springbank Community High School. Her breakthrough came with her critically acclaimed 1993 debut album Time for Mercy and her first single "I Would Die For You"...
- Jason RichardsJason RichardsJason Richards is a motor racing driver, currently on break from full time racing due to his fight with cancer, whilst still providing full engineering support for Brad Jones Racing in the Australian touring car series, V8 Supercar.-Early career:Richards started his motor racing career at the age...
, New Zealand racing driver - Jean Ramjohn-RichardsJean Ramjohn-RichardsDr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards is the First Lady of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and a medical doctor. She was born in San Fernando and was educated at Naparima Girls' High School and Naparima College before attending medical school in Ireland. She is married to President George Maxwell...
, physician and First Lady of Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles... - Jeff Richards, several people, including:
- Jeff RichardsJeff Richards (baseball player/actor)Jeff Richards , was an American minor league baseball player with the Portland Beavers who later became an actor. He was sometimes credited as Dick Taylor and Richard Taylor.-Early life and career:...
, American baseball player and actor
- Jeff Richards
- Jeff RichardsJeff Richards (comedian)Jeffrey Hanson "Jeff" Richards is an American actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist. Richards was the first actor to have been a cast member on both Saturday Night Live and MADtv...
, former MadTVMADtvMADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
and Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
performer - Jesse RichardsJesse RichardsJesse Richards is a painter, filmmaker and photographer from New Haven, Connecticut and was affiliated with the international movement Stuckism.-Early life:...
, American artist - Jim Richards, several people, including:
- Jim RichardsJim Richards (Canadian broadcaster)Jim Richards is a Canadian radio personality.Richards studied radio broadcasting at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario. In 1988 he launched his radio career at CJTN in Trenton, Ontario, close to Belleville; he also worked at CIHI in Fredericton, New Brunswick, CJCH in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
, Canadian radio broadcaster - Jim RichardsJim Richards (race driver)Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship...
, New Zealand and Australian race driver
- Jim Richards
- Jo-Anne RichardsJo-Anne RichardsJo-Anne Richards is a South African journalist and author.She grew up in Port Elizabeth, and was educated at , graduated in Grahamstown in 1979 followed by Honours in Journalism and Linguistics. She worked full-time for four South African newspapers – , the Sunday Express, the and Evening Post –...
South African author and journalist - John Richards, several people, including:
- John Richards (Royal Marines officer), Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Queen's household in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
- John Richards (Pennsylvania)John Richards (Pennsylvania)John Richards was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:Born in New Hanover, he was educated under private tutors.-Career:...
, United States congressman from Pennsylvania - John Richards (scholar)John Richards (scholar)John Guyon Richards is a UK-born professor at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia Canada. During the 1970s, he served as an elected member of the legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, representing the electoral district of Saskatoon University from 1971 to 1975.A member of the...
, Canadian scholar - John Richards (disc jockey)John Richards (disc jockey)John Richards is an American radio personality. He is the host and producer of The Morning Show and Audioasis on 90.3 FM KEXP Seattle, Washington. He is also KEXP’s associate program director and is referred to on air as "John in the Morning" which was composed as the intro song for The Morning Show...
, radio disc jockey at KEXPKEXPKEXP-FM is a public radio station based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in alternative and indie rock programmed by its disc jockeys. Its broadcasting license is owned by the University of Washington, which operates the station in a partnership with Paul Allen's Experience Music Project...
in Seattle - John K. RichardsJohn K. RichardsJohn Kelvey Richards was an Attorney General of Ohio, the ninth Solicitor General of the United States, and later a United States federal judge.-Early life, education, and career:...
, American lawyer and politician - John Inigo RichardsJohn Inigo RichardsJohn Inigo Richards was an English landscape painter who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and was secretary to the Academy from 1788 until his death....
, British painter
- John Richards (Royal Marines officer), Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Queen's household in the United Kingdom
- Joseph RichardsJoseph RichardsJoseph Richards was an Australian cricket Test match umpire.He umpired one Test match in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies at the Melbourne on 13 February to 14 January 1931, Australia taking just two days to win by an innings, with Don Bradman scoring 152 and Bert Ironmonger taking 11...
, Australian cricket umpire - Julian RichardsJulian RichardsJulian Richards FSA, MIFA is a British television and radio presenter, writer and archaeologist with over 30 years experience of fieldwork and publication.-Early career:...
, British archaeologist and broadcaster - Justin RichardsJustin RichardsJustin Richards is a British writer. He has written science fiction and fantasy novels, including series set in Victorian or early-20th-century London, and also adventure stories set in the present day...
, British writer
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- Kathleen Elizabeth Richards, American actress Kathy HiltonKathy HiltonKathleen Elizabeth "Kathy" Hilton is an American actress. She is the mother of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton.-Personal life and family:...
- Keith RichardsKeith RichardsKeith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
, British guitarist for The Rolling StonesThe Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up... - Kim RichardsKim RichardsKimberly "Kim" Richards is an American actress, former child actress, and television personality. She had roles in several Disney movies in the 1970s and later TV shows in the late 1970s and early 80s before returning to the screen with her sister Kyle Richards on Bravo's The Real Housewives of...
, American actress - Kristi RichardsKristi RichardsKristi Richards is a Canadian freestyle skier from Summerland, British Columbia. She pariticipates in moguls....
, Canadian skier - Kyle RichardsKyle RichardsKyle Egan Richards is an American actress and television personality. She is known for returning to television with her sister, Kim Richards, on Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.-Early life:...
, American actress
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- Laura E. RichardsLaura E. RichardsLaura Elizabeth Howe Richards was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony.Her father...
, American writer - LeGrand RichardsLeGrand RichardsLeGrand Richards was a prominent missionary and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as the seventh presiding bishop of the LDS Church from 1938 to 1952, and was then called as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles by Church President David O. McKay...
, American religious leader - Lorenzo A. RichardsLorenzo A. RichardsLorenzo Adolph Richards or known as Ren was one of the 20th century’s most influential minds in the field of soil physics. Richards was born on April 24, 1904, in the town of Fielding, Utah, and received a B.S. and M.A. degree in Physics from Utah State University...
, American soil physicist - Lorin Morgan-RichardsLorin Morgan-RichardsLorin Morgan-Richards born February 16, 1975, of Amish and Welsh descent, is a Hollywood based writer and illustrator of dark literature and composer of dark storytelling.-Early years:...
, Amish and Welsh American author and composer - Lou RichardsLou Richards (actor)Lou Richards is an American actor.Among his voice roles were Leader-1 in Challenge of the GoBots, Galtar in Galtar and the Golden Lance, and Flash Gordon in Defenders of the Earth. He also played Clark V. Uhley, Jr. in Gloria and Dep. Dennis Putnam in She's the Sheriff.-External links:*...
, American actor - Lou RichardsLou RichardsLewis Thomas Charles "Lou" Richards is a retired Australian rules footballer, who played 250 games with the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1941 and 1955...
, Australian rules footballer
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- Marc RichardsMarc RichardsMarc John Richards is an English professional footballer who plays as striker. He is the captain of League Two side Port Vale....
, English footballer - Mark Richards, several people
- Martin Richards (disambiguation), several people
- Matthew RichardsMatthew RichardsMatthew Lee "Matt" Richards is an English footballer who currently plays for Shrewsbury Town in the English League Two.-Ipswich Town:...
, English footballer - Micah RichardsMicah RichardsMicah Lincoln Richards is an English footballer who plays for Manchester City and the England national team. A versatile defender, Richards is equally adept at centre back and right back or in centre midfield...
, English football player - Michael RichardsMichael RichardsMichael Anthony Richards is an American actor, comedian, writer and television producer, best known for his portrayal of the eccentric Cosmo Kramer on the television sitcom Seinfeld....
, American actor - Mike RichardsMike RichardsMichael Richards is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League . He previously played for and was captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.-Early years:...
, Canadian ice hockey player
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- Nansi RichardsNansi RichardsNansi Richards Jones of Penybontfawr, Oswestry, was a Welsh harpist, sometimes known as the “Queen of the Harp”....
, Welsh harpist - Nathaniel Richards, fictional character from the Fantastic FourFantastic FourThe Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...
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- Pat RichardsPat RichardsPat Richards is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wigan Warriors of Europe's Super League. An Ireland and Exiles international representative winger, he previously played in the National Rugby League for Sydney clubs the Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers, winning the 2005...
, Australian rugby league player - Paul Richards, several people, including:
- Paul W. RichardsPaul W. RichardsPaul William Richards is an American engineer and a former NASA Astronaut. He flew aboard one Space Shuttle mission in 2001.-Education:...
, astronaut - Paul RichardsPaul Richards (baseball)Paul Rapier Richards was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and executive in Major League Baseball. During his playing career, he was a catcher and right-handed batter with the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants , Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers...
, American baseball player, manager, scout and executive
- Paul W. Richards
- Pearl RichardsJohn Oliver HobbesPearl Mary Teresa Craigie was an Anglo-American novelist and dramatist who wrote under the pen-name of John Oliver Hobbes.-Life:...
, American-British novelist writing as John Oliver HobbesJohn Oliver HobbesPearl Mary Teresa Craigie was an Anglo-American novelist and dramatist who wrote under the pen-name of John Oliver Hobbes.-Life:...
, married name Pearl Richards CraigieJohn Oliver HobbesPearl Mary Teresa Craigie was an Anglo-American novelist and dramatist who wrote under the pen-name of John Oliver Hobbes.-Life:... - Peter RichardsPeter Richards (rugby player)Peter Charles Richards is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half , fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of a back injury.-Early career:His began playing mini rugby at , before he went to the Royal...
, English rugby union player
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- Ray RichardsRay RichardsRaymond W. Richards was an American football player and coach on both the collegiate and professional levels, including head coach for the National Football League's Chicago Cardinals....
, American football player - Raymond Richards (born 1987), Japanese American wakeboarder
- Reed Richards, fictional character from the Fantastic FourFantastic FourThe Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...
- Regina RichardsRegina RichardsRegina Richards , better known by her stage name Regina, is an American dance music singer born in Brooklyn, New York. She is best known for her hit "Baby Love," which reached Number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986. It peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #50 the same year...
, American singer - Renée RichardsRenee RichardsRenée Richards is an American ophthalmologist, author and former professional tennis player. In 1975, Richards underwent sex reassignment surgery. She is known for initially being denied entry into the 1976 US Open by the United States Tennis Association, citing an unprecedented women-born-women...
, American tennis player - Richard N. RichardsRichard N. RichardsRichard Noel "Dick" Richards is an American aviator, retired US Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s.-Military career:...
, American astronaut - Robert Richards, several people, including:
- Robert L. RichardsRobert L. RichardsRobert L. Richards was a film screenwriter.Richards worked on a number of notable films of the 1940s and 1950s including Winchester '73, Johnny Stool Pigeon, and Act of Violence. His radio work included writing for the Suspense series which aired on the CBS network from 1942 until 1962...
, screenwriter
- Robert L. Richards
- Rosalind RichardsRosalind RichardsRosalind Richards is a Welsh television actress of mixed race best known for playing the character of Kim on Pobol y Cwm. She appeared in Dau Dy a Ni, playing the character of Tiwtor, and in stage performances of Butterfly Kiss and A Small Family Business.Richards grew up in the Rhymney Valley and...
, Welsh television soap actress
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- Sandie RichardsSandie RichardsAlexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....
, Jamaican athlete - Sanya RichardsSanya RichardsSanya Richards-Ross is a track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an individual bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics for the 400 m, and a gold medal in the 2009...
, American athlete - Stan RichardsStan RichardsFor the Wales international footballer see Stan Richards Stanley "Stan" Richards was an English television actor, best known for his portrayal of the lovable rogue and ex-poacher turned gamekeeper, Seth Armstrong, in ITV soap operaEmmerdale .-Career:He played the role of Seth Armstrong from May...
, British actor - Stephen Richards, several people, including:
- Stephen Richards (politician)Stephen Richards (politician)Stephen Richards was an Ontario, Canada lawyer and political figure. He represented Niagara in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874....
, (1820 – 1894) was an Ontario, USA lawyer and politician - Stephen L. Richards, (1879–1959) American religious leader
- Stephen Richards (musician), (1977) vocalist and guitarist in the rock music group
- Stephen Richards (politician)
- Steve RichardsSteve RichardsSteve Richards is a British TV presenter and chief political columnist for The Independent newspaper.-Early life:Richards was educated at Christ's College, formerly a state grammar school, in Finchley, North London, and graduated in History at the University of York in 1981 before securing a place...
(1960), British TV and radio political journalist and newspaper columnist - Steven RichardsSteven RichardsSteven Richards is a New Zealand racing driver, currently competing in the with the team. He previously raced in the V8 Supercar series for Ford Performance Racing....
(1972), New Zealand racing driver - Stevie RichardsStevie RichardsMichael Manna is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Stevie Richards. Also known by his ring names, Steven Richards and Dr...
(1971), ring name of the American wrestler Michael Manna - Sue RichardsInvisible WomanSusan "Sue" Storm Richards is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superheroine created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 in November 1961, and was the first female superhero created by Marvel in the Silver Age of Comics...
, fictional character from the Fantastic FourFantastic FourThe Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium...
- Sue Richards, artist
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- Theodore Richards, several people, including:
- Theodore William RichardsTheodore William RichardsTheodore William Richards was the first American scientist to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, earning the award "in recognition of his exact determinations of the atomic weights of a large number of the chemical elements."- Biography :Theodore Richards was born in Germantown, Philadelphia,...
, American chemist; - Theodore RichardsTheodore Richards (convict)Theodore Richards was a convict transported to Western Australia, who later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers....
, convict transported to Western Australia
- Theodore William Richards
- Todd Richards, several people
- Tony RichardsTony RichardsTony Richards born Anthony Richard Orlando. He is an American musician and drummer. He was the original drummer from the Heavy Metal band W.A.S.P. 1982-1984....
, American drummer - Travis RichardsTravis RichardsTravis J. Richards is a former professional ice hockey defenseman. Richards graduated from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota in 1988. Richards was a member of the University of Minnesota Gophers hockey program before making his professional debut during the 1993-94 season...
, American ice hockey player
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- Valeria RichardsValeria RichardsValeria Meghan Richards is a fictional character of Marvel Comics, the daughter of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman , husband and wife and two original members of the superhero team the Fantastic Four. She is the younger sister of Franklin Richards...
, fictional character from the Fantastic FourFantastic FourThe Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new level of realism in the medium... - Vargrave RichardsVargrave RichardsVargrave A. Richards is a United States Virgin Islands politician and educator. Richards served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 2003 until 2007 during the second term of Democratic Governor Charles Turnbull.-Early life:Richards is a former teacher...
, Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin IslandsLieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin IslandsThe following is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the United States Virgin Islands.*David Earle Maas - Republican...
(2003-2007) - Vernon RichardsVernon RichardsVernon Richards was an Anglo-Italian anarchist, editor, author and companion of Marie-Louise Berneri.He was born Vero Recchioni in London in 1915. He was educated at Emanuel School, and King's College London, where he trained as a civil engineer...
(1915-2001), Italian-British anarchist - Vincent RichardsVincent RichardsVincent "Vinnie" Richards was a top American tennis player in the early decades of the 20th Century, particularly known as being a superlative volleyer....
, American tennis player - Viv RichardsViv RichardsSir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
, Antiguan cricketer
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- Willard RichardsWillard RichardsWillard Richards was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served as Second Counselor in the First Presidency to church president Brigham Young in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death.Willard Richards was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to...
, American leader in the Latter Day Saint movementLatter Day Saint movementThe Latter Day Saint movement is a group of independent churches tracing their origin to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 14 million members... - William Richards, South African cricketer
- William A. RichardsWilliam A. RichardsWilliam Alford Richards was an American surveyor, rancher and politician. He was the fourth Governor of Wyoming from 1895-01-07 until 1899-01-01....
, American politician - William Buell RichardsWilliam Buell RichardsSir William Buell Richards, PC, Kt was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Richards was born in Brockville, Upper Canada to Stephen Richards and Phoebe Buell. He earned law degree at the St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York and then articled with his uncle Andrew Norton...
, Canadian judge - William Trost RichardsWilliam Trost RichardsWilliam Trost Richards was an American landscape artist associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite movement.-Biography:...
, American painter