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First name Richard
May 9, 2026

Richard Nixon

president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)

Top 500 #386 Initials RN #1 American Gangster

Richard Gadd

Scottish writer | actor and comedian

Initials RG #2

Richard Burton

Welsh actor (1925–1984)

Initials RB #4 Cleopatra

Richard Attenborough

British actor (1923–2014)

Initials RA #5 Jurassic Park

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

Initials RG #3 Primal Fear

Richard Ayoade

British comedian and actor (born 1977)

Initials RA #6 The Phoenician Scheme

Richard III of England

king of England from 1483 to 1485

Initials RE #2

Richard Ramirez

American serial killer (1960–2013)

Initials RR #19

Richard Harris

Irish actor | singer | film director and writer (1930–2002)

Initials RH #6 Gladiator

#10

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

Initials RF #5

#11

Richard I of England

King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)

Initials RE #4

#12

Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

Initials RP #13 Lost Highway

#13

Richard Jewell

American police officer (1962–2007)

Initials RJ #10

#14

Richard Evonitz

American serial killer (1963-2002)

Initials RE #5

#15

Richard Branson

British business magnate

Initials RB #10 Casino Royale

#16

Richard E. Grant

British-Swazi actor

Initials RG #13 Saltburn

#17

Richard Jenkins

American actor

Initials RJ #12 Jack Reacher

#18

Richard Madden

Scottish actor (born 1986)

Initials RM #22 Eternals

#19

Richard Gilliland

American actor (1950–2021)

Initials RG #14

#20

Richard Dreyfuss

American actor

Initials RD #12 Stand by Me

#21

Richard Linklater

American director and screenwriter (born 1960)

Initials RL #10

#22

Richard Armitage

British actor

Initials RA #13 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

#23

Richard Belzer

American actor and comedian (1944–2023)

Initials RB #13 Scarface

#24

Richard Winters

United States Army Officer

Initials RW #22

#25

Richard Dean Anderson

American actor (born 1950)

Initials RA #14

#26

Richard Rudolph

American songwriter | musician | music publisher | and producer

Initials RR #41

#27

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

Initials RW #23

#28

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist | evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)

Initials RD #18 The God Delusion

#29

Richard II of England

King of England from 1377 to 1399

Initials RE #9

#30

Richard Schiff

American actor (born 1955)

Initials RS #33 Seven

#31

Richard Marx

American singer and songwriter

Initials RM #36

#32

Richard Thomas

American actor (b. 1951)

Initials RT #10 The Unforgivable

#33

Richard Kuklinski

American criminal (1935–2006)

Initials RK #28

#34

Richard Speck

American mass murderer (1941–1991)

Initials RS #38

#35

Richard Kiel

American actor (1939–2014)

Initials RK #29

#36

Richard Kind

American actor (born 1956)

Initials RK #30 Argo

#37

Richard Osman

English television presenter | producer | writer and comedian

Initials RO #9 The Thursday Murder Club

#38

Richard Dawson

British actor (1932–2012)

Initials RD #21 The Running Man

#39

Richard Hammond

English motoring journalist and broadcaster

Initials RH #29

#40

Richard Olise

English association football player

Initials RO #10

#41

Richard Wright

English keyboardist | co-founder of Pink Floyd (1943–2008)

Initials RW #30

#42

Richard Wershe Jr.

American former drug trafficker and informant Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Initials RJ #25

#43

Richard Coyle

English actor

Initials RC #31

#44

Richard O'Brien

English actor | writer | musician | and television presenter

Initials RO #11 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

#45

Richard Lewis

American stand-up comedian (1947–2024)

Initials RL #22

#46

Richard Chamberlain

American actor (1934–2025)

Initials RC #33

#47

Richard T. Jones

American actor (born 1972)

Initials RJ #28 Event Horizon

#48

Richard Beckinsale

English actor (1947–1979)

Initials RB #31

#49

Richard Petty

American racing driver

Initials RP #37

#50

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor and video producer (1948–2024)

Initials RS #60

#51

Richard Harmon

Canadian actor

Initials RH #36 Final Destination 6

#52

Richard Griffiths

British actor

Initials RG #36 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

#53

Richard Hilton

American businessman and member of the family Hilton

Initials RH #40

#54

Richard Coles

British musician | writer | presenter and priest (born 1962)

Initials RC #40

#55

Richard Rodgers

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)

Initials RR #70

#56

Richard Chase

American serial killer | cannibal and necrophiliac (1950–1980)

Initials RC #44

#57

Richard Crenna

American actor | director and producer (1926–2003)

Initials RC #46 First Blood

#58

Richard Carpenter

American pop musician

Initials RC #47

#59

Richard Curtis

British screenwriter (born 1956)

Initials RC #49 Love Actually

#60

Richard Ashcroft

English singer-songwriter

Initials RA #30

#61

Richard Tice

British politician (born 1964)

Initials RT #24

#62

Richard Boone

American actor

Initials RB #46

#63

Richard Benjamin Harrison

American pawnbroker and television personality (1941-2018)

Initials RH #45

#64

Richard Madeley

British television presenter

Initials RM #74

#65

Richard Blumenthal

United States Senator from Connecticut since 2011

Initials RB #51

#66

Richard Brake

American actor

Initials RB #52 Barbarian

#67

Richard Hamilton

American basketball player (born 1978)

Initials RH #48

#68

Richard Jordan

American actor | producer | director and screenwriter (1937-1993)

Initials RJ #36 Dune

#69

Richard Tyson

American actor

Initials RT #30 Black Hawk Down

#70

Richard Cottingham

American serial killer

Initials RC #57

#71

Richard Widmark

American actor and producer (1914–2008)

Initials RW #46

#72

Richard Williams

American tennis coach

Initials RW #47

#73

Richard O'Sullivan

British comedy actor

Initials RO #14 Cleopatra

#74

Richard Bong

United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient (1920–1945)

Initials RB #54

#75

Richard Moll

American actor

Initials RM #77 Scary Movie

#76

Richard Wilson

Scottish actor | theatre director and broadcaster (1936)

Initials RW #48

#77

Richard Roundtree

American actor and singer (1942–2023)

Initials RR #85 Seven

#78

Richard B. Spencer

American Nietzschean (born 1978)

Initials RS #96

#79

Richard Rankin

Scottish actor

Initials RR #86

#80

Richard Lawson

American actor

Initials RL #37

#81

Richard Briers

English actor (1934–2013)

Initials RB #58

#82

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist | short story writer and computer programmer | founder of the GNU project

Initials RS #98

#83

Richard N. Haass

American diplomat

Initials RH #55

#84

Richard Neville

jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick and suo jure 6th Earl of Salisbury (1428-1471)

Initials RN #16

#85

Richard Masur

American actor

Initials RM #86 The Thing

#86

Richard Whitehead

British athlete

Initials RW #51

#87

Richard Stephen Sackler

American billionaire businessman (born 1945)

Initials RS #106

#88

Richard E. Byrd

American naval officer | explorer (1888-1957)

Initials RB #62

#89

Richard Roxburgh

Australian actor

Initials RR #93 Hacksaw Ridge

#90

Richard Hatch

American reality television contestant

Initials RH #58

#91

Richard Donner

American film director (1930–2021)

Initials RD #48 The Goonies

#92

Richard Strauss

German composer and orchestra director

Initials RS #117

#93

Richard Karn

American actor and game show host

Initials RK #63

#94

Richard Mulligan

American actor (1932-2000)

Initials RM #99

#95

Richard Jefferson

American basketball player

Initials RJ #45

#96

Richard Kline

American actor and director

Initials RK #65

#97

Richard Donat

Canadian actor

Initials RD #55

#98

Richard Long

American actor (1927-1974)

Initials RL #46

#99

Richard Grenell

American politician (born 1966)

Initials RG #64

#100

Richard Marcinko

Navy SEAL | Author (1940–2021)

Initials RM #110

#101

Richard Reid

British terrorist

Initials RR #116

#102

Richard Blais

American chef

Initials RB #76

#103

Richard F. Gordon

American astronaut

Initials RG #65

#104

Richard Montañez

American businessman and author

Initials RM #111

#105

Richard Farnsworth

American actor (1920–2000)

Initials RF #34 Gone with the Wind

#106

Richard Basehart

actor

Initials RB #81

#107

Richard Caring

British businessman

Initials RC #79

#108

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

Initials RB #82

#109

Richard Jaeckel

American actor

Initials RJ #49

#110

Richard Thompson

British recording artist; singer | songwriter | guitarist

Initials RT #45

#111

Richard Shepard

American screenwriter

Initials RS #153

#112

Richard Dormer

British actor | playwright and screenwriter

Initials RD #69

#113

Richard Allen Davis

American murderer and child molester

Initials RD #71

#114

Richard Phillips

former captain of the MV Maersk Alabama

Initials RP #71

#115

Richard Hell

American musician

Initials RH #73

#116

Richard Perry

American record producer (1942–2024)

Initials RP #72

#117

Richard M. Daley

American politician

Initials RD #72

#118

Richard Manuel

Canadian musician and composer (1943–1986)

Initials RM #120

#119

Richard Francis Burton

Initials RB #92

#120

Richard Halsey Best

US Navy pilot (1910-2001)

Initials RB #95

#121

Richard Beymer

American actor

Initials RB #98

#122

Richard Anderson

Film | television actor

Initials RA #54

#123

Richard Proenneke

American naturalist (1916–2003)

Initials RP #73

#124

Richard Riehle

American actor

Initials RR #139 Casino

#125

Richard Fleeshman

English actor | singer-songwriter

Initials RF #39

#126

Richard Patrick

American rock musician

Initials RP #75

#127

Richard Conte

American actor (1910-1975)

Initials RC #96 The Godfather

#128

Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Austrian politician

Initials RC #99

#129

Richard Hatch

American actor (1945-2017)

Initials RH #82

#130

Richard Boyd Barrett

Irish politician

Initials RB #104

#131

Richard Grieco

full name: Richard John Grieco | Jr.; b. 3/23/65; TV actor

Initials RG #81

#132

Richard Deacon

American actor

Initials RD #85

#133

Richard Cromwell

English politician (1626–1712); Lord Protector

Initials RC #105

#134

Richard Sterban

American musician

Initials RS #190

#135

Richard Ridings

British actor

Initials RR #148 Who Framed Roger Rabbit

#136

Richard Gautier

American actor | comedian | composer | singer and author

Initials RG #85

#137

Richard Rohr

American spiritual writer | speaker | teacher | Catholic Franciscan priest

Initials RR #149

#138

Richard Steven Horvitz

American actor

Initials RH #87

#139

Richard Torrez

American amateur boxer

Initials RT #53

#140

Richard S. Fuld

American Banker

Initials RF #46

#141

Richard Todd

Irish-British actor

Initials RT #54

#142

Richard Cabral

American television actor

Initials RC #113

#143

Richard Bull

American film | stage and television actor

Initials RB #115

#144

Richard Rawlings

American entrepreneur and media personality

Initials RR #156

#145

Richard Egan

American actor

Initials RE #37

#146

Richard Matheson

American fiction writer (1926-2013)

Initials RM #144 The Godfather I Am Legend

#147

Richard D. Wolff

American Marxian economist (born 1942)

Initials RW #83

#148

Richard Buckley

American journalist

Initials RB #122

#149

Richard Johnson

English actor

Initials RJ #60 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

#150

Richard Herring

British comedian and writer

Initials RH #96

#151

Richard Williams

Canadian-British animator

Initials RW #86

#152

Richard Sherman

American football player (born 1988)

Initials RS #203

#153

Richard Marles

Australian politician

Initials RM #153

#154

Richard Cant

British actor

Initials RC #126

#155

Richard J. Daley

American politician

Initials RD #92

#156

Richard Wright

African-American writer

Initials RW #89

#157

Richard Huckle

British convicted sex offender

Initials RH #98

#158

Richard Garriott

British video game developer | astronaut and entrepreneur

Initials RG #97

#159

Richard Denning

actor

Initials RD #93

#160

Richard Scarry

author and illustrator from the United States

Initials RS #213

#161

Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York

Second son of King Edward IV of England | younger of the princes in the Tower

Initials RY #9

#162

Richard J. Leon

American judge

Initials RL #75

#163

Richard Cromwell

American actor (1910–1960)

Initials RC #105

#164

Richard Williamson

Catholic bishop | formerly of the SSPX | Holocaust denier

Initials RW #97

#165

Richard Gregson

British screenwriter and film producer

Initials RG #103

#166

Richard Flood

Irish actor

Initials RF #53

#167

Richard Haydn

British actor (1905-1985)

Initials RH #106 The Sound of Music

#168

Richard Blair

George Orwell's adopted son

Initials RB #143

#169

Richard Brooks

American screenwriter | film director and producer

Initials RB #144

#170

Richard Edson

American actor

Initials RE #45 Super Mario Bros.

#171

Richard Engel

American television journalist and war correspondent

Initials RE #46

#172

Richard Russell

United States Senator from Georgia | 1933-1971

Initials RR #196

#173

Richard S. Castellano

American actor

Initials RC #145 The Godfather

#174

Richard Hanania

American political scientist and white supremacist

Initials RH #116

#175

Richard Bright

American actor

Initials RB #158 The Godfather

#176

Richard Gutierrez

US actor

Initials RG #115

#177

Richard Kiley

American actor

Initials RK #99 Jurassic Park

#178

Richard Jeni

American comedian (1957-2007)

Initials RJ #72

#179

Richard Garfield

game designer who created Magic: The Gathering

Initials RG #118

#180

Richard Sorge

Soviet spy

Initials RS #231

#181

Richard Powers

American novelist

Initials RP #111 The Overstory

#182

Richard Brooks

American actor | singer and director

Initials RB #144

#183

Richard Ríos

Colombian footballer

Initials RR #205

#184

Richard Biggs

American actor

Initials RB #169

#185

Richard Trevithick

Cornish inventor | engineer and steam locomotive builder

Initials RT #75

#186

Richard Burgi

American actor

Initials RB #170

#187

Richard Harris

Australian anaesthetist

Initials RH #6

#188

Richard Stanley

Horror film director and screenwriter

Initials RS #236 12 Monkeys

#189

Richard Rishi

Indian actor

Initials RR #206

#190

Richard Lynch

actor

Initials RL #89

#191

Richard Clayderman

French pianist

Initials RC #156

#192

Richard Herd

American actor

Initials RH #124 Get Out

#193

Richard Helms

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Initials RH #125

#194

Richard Hickock

one of two ex-convicts convicted of murdering four members of the Herbert Clutter family

Initials RH #126

#195

Richard Avedon

American photographer

Initials RA #83

#196

Richárd Rapport

Romanian-Hungarian chess grandmaster

Initials RR #213

#197

Richard Henry Lee

American statesman

Initials RL #95

#198

Richard Vernon

Film | television actor (1925-1997)

Initials RV #29

#199

Richard Norton

Australian martial artist and stuntman

Initials RN #49 Mad Max: Fury Road

#200

Richard Davalos

American actor

Initials RD #120

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First name Richard
May 9, 2026