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First name Richard
February 11, 2026

Richard Nixon

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

Initials RN #2 The Apprentice

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

Initials RG #5 Primal Fear

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

Initials RF #7

Richard Ramirez

American serial killer (1960–2013)

Initials RR #13

Richard Burton

Welsh actor (1925–1984)

Initials RB #5

Richard III of England

king of England from 1483 to 1485

Initials RE #1

Richard Harris

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

Initials RH #11 Gladiator

Richard Pryor

American comedian and actor (1940–2005)

Initials RP #12 Lost Highway

Richard Attenborough

British actor (1923–2014)

Initials RA #4 Jurassic Park

#10

Richard Sherman

American football player (born 1988)

Initials RS #17

#11

Richard Armitage

British actor

Initials RA #5 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

#12

Richard I of England

King of England (reigned 1189–99)

Initials RE #2

#13

Richard Speck

American mass murderer (1941–1991)

Initials RS #21

#14

Richard Branson

British business magnate

Initials RB #9 Casino Royale

#15

Richard Ayoade

British comedian and actor (born 1977)

Initials RA #10 The Phoenician Scheme

#16

Richard Marx

American singer and songwriter

Initials RM #21

#17

Richard Linklater

American director and screenwriter (born 1960)

Initials RL #15

#18

Richard Madden

Scottish actor (born 1986)

Initials RM #22 Eternals

#19

Richard Jewell

American police officer (1962–2007)

Initials RJ #8

#20

Richard Schiff

American actor (born 1955)

Initials RS #26 Seven

#21

Richard Thomas

American actor (b. 1951)

Initials RT #4 The Unforgivable

#22

Richard E. Grant

British-Swazi actor

Initials RG #12 Saltburn

#23

Richard Dreyfuss

American actor

Initials RD #10 Stand by Me

#24

Richard Kuklinski

American criminal (1935–2006)

Initials RK #19

#25

Richard Winters

United States Army Officer

Initials RW #18

#26

Richard Hilton

American businessman and member of the family Hilton

Initials RH #20

#27

Richard Osman

English television presenter | producer | writer and comedian

Initials RO #9 The Thursday Murder Club

#28

Richard Dean Anderson

American actor (born 1950)

Initials RA #13

#29

Richard Dawson

British actor (1932–2012)

Initials RD #18 The Running Man

#30

Richard Proenneke

American naturalist (1916–2003)

Initials RP #28

#31

Richard Jones

British bassist

Initials RJ #14

#32

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

Initials RW #22

#33

Richard Chamberlain

American actor (1934–2025)

Initials RC #19

#34

Richard Belzer

American actor and comedian (1944–2023)

Initials RB #21 Scarface

#35

Richard II of England

King of England from 1377 to 1399

Initials RE #9

#36

Richard Hammond

English motoring journalist and broadcaster

Initials RH #23

#37

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist | evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)

Initials RD #21

#38

Richard Rudolph

American songwriter | musician | music publisher | and producer

Initials RR #49

#39

Richard Harmon

Canadian actor

Initials RH #26 The Age of Adaline

#40

Richard Jenkins

American actor

Initials RJ #15 The Shape of Water

#41

Richard Marcinko

Navy SEAL | Author (1940–2021)

Initials RM #44

#42

Richard Tice

British politician (born 1964)

Initials RT #18

#43

Richard Rodgers

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

Initials RR #54

#44

Richard Wilson

Scottish actor | theatre director and broadcaster (1936)

Initials RW #26

#45

Richard Evonitz

American serial killer (1963-2002)

Initials RE #14

#46

Richard T. Jones

American actor (born 1972)

Initials RJ #16 Event Horizon

#47

Richard Kind

American actor

Initials RK #28 Argo

#48

Richard Kiel

American actor (1939–2014)

Initials RK #30

#49

Richard Lewis

American stand-up comedian (1947–2024)

Initials RL #28

#50

Richard Williams

American tennis coach

Initials RW #29

#51

Richard Manuel

Canadian musician and composer (1943–1986)

Initials RM #51

#52

Richard Widmark

American actor and producer (1914–2008)

Initials RW #30 Judgment at Nuremberg

#53

Richard Wright

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

Initials RW #31

#54

Richard Beckinsale

English actor (1947–1979)

Initials RB #33

#55

Richard Parks

Welsh rugby union player

Initials RP #38

#56

Richard Curtis

British screenwriter (born 1956)

Initials RC #31 Love Actually

#57

Richard Griffiths

British actor

Initials RG #22 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

#58

Richard B. Spencer

American Nietzschean (born 1978)

Initials RS #63

#59

Richard Farnsworth

American actor (1920–2000)

Initials RF #26 Gone with the Wind

#60

Richard Brake

American actor

Initials RB #36 Barbarian

#61

Richard Wershe Jr.

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

Initials RJ #24

#62

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor and video producer (1948–2024)

Initials RS #67

#63

Richard Crenna

American actor | director and producer (1926–2003)

Initials RC #37 First Blood

#64

Richard Benjamin Harrison

American pawnbroker and television personality (1941-2018)

Initials RH #38

#65

Richard Perry

American record producer (1942–2024)

Initials RP #44

#66

Richard Chase

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

Initials RC #41

#67

Richard Coles

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

Initials RC #44

#68

Richard Masur

American actor

Initials RM #61 The Thing

#69

Richard Pitino

American college basketball coach

Initials RP #46

#70

Richard Rishi

Indian actor

Initials RR #82

#71

Richard Roundtree

American actor and singer (1942–2023)

Initials RR #84 Seven

#72

Richard O'Brien

English actor | writer | musician | and television presenter

Initials RO #13 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

#73

Richard Cottingham

American serial killer

Initials RC #45

#74

Richard Boone

American actor

Initials RB #46

#75

Richard Allen Davis

American murderer and child molester

Initials RD #42

#76

Richard Roxburgh

Australian actor

Initials RR #87 Eden

#77

Richard Petty

American racing driver

Initials RP #48

#78

Richard E. Byrd

American naval officer | explorer (1888-1957)

Initials RB #51

#79

Richard Briers

English actor (1934–2013)

Initials RB #52

#80

Richard Stallman

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

Initials RS #93

#81

Richard Blumenthal

United States Senator from Connecticut since 2011

Initials RB #54

#82

Richard Cromwell

American actor (1910–1960)

Initials RC #53

#83

Richard Carpenter

American pop musician

Initials RC #54

#84

Richard Ashcroft

English singer-songwriter

Initials RA #38

#85

Richard Jordan

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

Initials RJ #32 Dune

#86

Richard Gilliland

American actor (1950–2021)

Initials RG #45

#87

Richard Dormer

British actor | playwright and screenwriter

Initials RD #49

#88

Richard Beymer

American actor

Initials RB #56

#89

Richard O'Sullivan

British comedy actor

Initials RO #15

#90

Richard Strauss

German composer and orchestra director

Initials RS #100

#91

Richard Deacon

American actor

Initials RD #51

#92

Richard Hatch

American reality television contestant

Initials RH #57

#93

Richard Moll

American actor

Initials RM #75 Scary Movie

#94

Richard Reid

British terrorist

Initials RR #99

#95

Richard Karn

American actor and game show host

Initials RK #58 Burn After Reading

#96

Richard Montañez

American businessman and author

Initials RM #82

#97

Richard Grenell

American politician (born 1966)

Initials RG #54

#98

Richard Donner

American film director (1930–2021)

Initials RD #58 The Goonies

#99

Richard Buckley

American journalist

Initials RB #71

#100

Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Austrian politician

Initials RC #82

#101

Richard Gadd

Scottish writer | actor and comedian

Initials RG #58

#102

Richard Mulligan

American actor (1932-2000)

Initials RM #99

#103

Richard Conte

American actor (1910-1975)

Initials RC #88 The Godfather

#104

Richard Halsey Best

US Navy pilot (1910-2001)

Initials RB #75

#105

Richard Aoki

American educator and college counselor

Initials RA #51

#106

Richard Hanania

American political scientist and white supremacist

Initials RH #69

#107

Richard Stephen Sackler

American billionaire businessman (born 1945)

Initials RS #136

#108

Richard Grieco

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

Initials RG #65

#109

Richard Cromwell

English politician (1626–1712); Lord Protector

Initials RC #94

#110

Richard S. Fuld

American Banker

Initials RF #44

#111

Richard Hell

American musician

Initials RH #73

#112

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

Initials RB #87

#113

Richard Todd

Irish-British actor

Initials RT #46

#114

Richard Neville

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

Initials RN #23

#115

Richard Jefferson

American basketball player

Initials RJ #46

#116

Richard Huckle

British convicted sex offender

Initials RH #79

#117

Richard Rawlings

American entrepreneur and media personality

Initials RR #140

#118

Richard Lawson

American actor

Initials RL #56

#119

Richard Phillips

former captain of the MV Maersk Alabama

Initials RP #79

#120

Richard Haydn

British actor (1905-1985)

Initials RH #82 The Sound of Music

#121

Richard Codey

New Jersey State Senator and former Governor of New Jersey

Initials RC #105

#122

Richard Denning

actor

Initials RD #75

#123

Richard Ledezma

US association football player

Initials RL #61

#124

Richard Long

American actor (1927-1974)

Initials RL #62

#125

Richard Coyle

English actor

Initials RC #109 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

#126

Richard Hamilton

American basketball player (born 1978)

Initials RH #90

#127

Richard Jaeckel

American actor

Initials RJ #53

#128

Richard Rankin

Scottish actor

Initials RR #148

#129

Richard Anderson

Film | television actor

Initials RA #61

#130

Richard Patrick

American rock musician

Initials RP #84

#131

Richard M. Daley

American politician

Initials RD #78

#132

Richard Flood

Irish actor

Initials RF #53

#133

Richard Madeley

British television presenter

Initials RM #134

#134

Richard D. Wolff

American Marxian economist (born 1942)

Initials RW #74

#135

Richard Steven Horvitz

American actor

Initials RH #97

#136

Richard Basehart

actor

Initials RB #111

#137

Richard Scarry

author and illustrator from the United States

Initials RS #170

#138

Richard Kline

American actor and director

Initials RK #82

#139

Richard Thompson

British recording artist; singer | songwriter | guitarist

Initials RT #56

#140

Richard Matheson

American fiction writer (1926-2013)

Initials RM #143 The Godfather The Shrinking Man

#141

Richard Wright

African-American writer

Initials RW #80

#142

Richard Bull

American film | stage and television actor

Initials RB #118

#143

Richard Hatch

American actor (1945-2017)

Initials RH #101

#144

Richard Williamson

Catholic bishop | formerly of the SSPX | Holocaust denier

Initials RW #83

#145

Richard Brooks

American actor | singer and director

Initials RB #128

#146

Richard Cabral

American television actor

Initials RC #121

#147

Richard Francis Burton

Initials RB #131

#148

Richard Boyd Barrett

Irish politician

Initials RB #132

#149

Richard Herring

British comedian and writer

Initials RH #104

#150

Richard Riehle

American actor

Initials RR #168 Casino

#151

Richard J. Daley

American politician

Initials RD #88

#152

Richard Blair

George Orwell's adopted son

Initials RB #136

#153

Richard Seymour

American football player | defensive lineman

Initials RS #187

#154

Richard Johnson

English actor

Initials RJ #60 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

#155

Richard Dent

American football player and coach

Initials RD #90

#156

Richard Rohr

American spiritual writer | speaker | teacher | Catholic Franciscan priest

Initials RR #182

#157

Richard A. Baker

businessman

Initials RB #145

#158

Richard Powers

American novelist

Initials RP #96 The Overstory

#159

Richard Gautier

American actor | comedian | composer | singer and author

Initials RG #93

#160

Richard Ridings

British actor

Initials RR #185 The Pianist

#161

Richard Leaf

British actor

Initials RL #79 Braveheart

#162

Richard Tyson

American actor

Initials RT #68 Black Hawk Down

#163

Richard Page

American musician

Initials RP #99

#164

Richard Hawley

English guitarist | singer-songwriter and producer

Initials RH #118

#165

Richard Gutierrez

US actor

Initials RG #99

#166

Richard Bright

American actor

Initials RB #150 The Godfather

#167

Richard Gregson

British screenwriter and film producer

Initials RG #100

#168

Richard Holden

British Conservative politician

Initials RH #120

#169

Richard Helms

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Initials RH #122

#170

Richard Blais

American chef

Initials RB #152

#171

Richard Sorge

Soviet spy

Initials RS #208

#172

Richard Dillane

actor

Initials RD #95 The Dark Knight

#173

Richard Cant

British actor

Initials RC #142

#174

Richard Elfman

American film director

Initials RE #45

#175

Richard Bong

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

Initials RB #158

#176

Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York

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

Initials RY #16

#177

Richard Kiley

American actor

Initials RK #94 Jurassic Park

#178

Richard Garfield

game designer who created Magic: The Gathering

Initials RG #109

#179

Richard Hickock

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

Initials RH #127

#180

Richard Arkwright

textile entrepreneur; developer of the cotton mill

Initials RA #73

#181

Richard D. Zanuck

American film producer

Initials RZ #14

#182

Richard S. Castellano

American actor

Initials RC #154 The Godfather

#183

Richard N. Haass

American diplomat

Initials RH #130

#184

Richard Avedon

American photographer

Initials RA #78

#185

Richard Arnold

English TV presenter

Initials RA #80

#186

Richard Clayderman

French pianist

Initials RC #158

#187

Richard Kyanka

American internet personality (1976-2021)

Initials RK #105

#188

Richard Ríos

Colombian footballer

Initials RR #210

#189

Richard Harrington

Welsh actor

Initials RH #135 Havoc

#190

Richard Norton

Australian martial artist and stuntman

Initials RN #41 Mad Max: Fury Road

#191

Richard Brooks

American screenwriter | film director and producer

Initials RB #188

#192

Richard Burgi

American actor

Initials RB #190

#193

Richard Herd

American actor

Initials RH #139 Get Out

#194

Richard Garriott

British video game developer | astronaut and entrepreneur

Initials RG #121

#195

Richard Greene

English film and television actor

Initials RG #123

#196

Richard Jeni

American comedian (1957-2007)

Initials RJ #79

#197

Richard Lester

American film director

Initials RL #98

#198

Richard Romanus

American actor

Initials RR #221

#199

Richard Carlson

American actor | television and film director | and screenwriter

Initials RC #167

#200

Richard Adams

English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down

Initials RA #91 Watership Down

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