Richards (family name)

Richards was originally a patronymic incurred English name , derived from the male first name Richard .

Name bearer

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Adam Richards , American boxer
• Addison Richards (1887–1964), American actor
• Adrian John Richards (* 1943), British botanist
• Albert Norton Richards (1821-1897), Canadian politician
• Alfred Bate Richards (1820–1876), British journalist
• Alfred N. Richards (1876–1966), American pharmacologist
• Alma Richards (1890–1963), American track and field athlete
• Amy Richards (* 1970), American publicist and feminist
• Ann Richards (1933–2006), American politician
• Ann Richards (singer) (1935–1982), American jazz singer
• Ariana Richards (* 1979), American actress
• Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton (1885–1978), British colonial governor
• Ashley Richards (born 1991), Welsh football player
• Audrey I. Richards (1899–1984), British ethnologist and nutritionist

B.

• Barry Richards , American paleontologist
• Beah Richards (1920–2000), American actress and author
• Bill Richards (1923–1995), Canadian violinist and composer
• Blake Richards (* 1974), Canadian politician
• Bob Richards (* 1926), American pole vaulter
• Brad Richards (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player

C.

• CM Pennington-Richards (1911–2005), British cameraman and film director
• Carol Richards (1922–2007), American singer and actress
• Cecile Richards (* 1957), American activist
• Charles L. Richards (1877–1953), American politician
• Chris Richards (* 2000), American football player
• Colin Kâzım-Richards ( Kâzım-Kâzım ; * 1986), English football player

D.

• Dakota Blue Richards (born 1994), British actress
• Dal Richards (1918–2015), Canadian jazz musician
• Dane Richards (born 1983), Jamaican soccer player
• Davey Richards (born 1983), American wrestler
• David Richards (motorsport official) (* 1952), British motorsport official
• David Richards (music producer) (1956-2013), British music producer
• David Adams Richards (born 1950), Canadian writer and screenwriter
• David J. Richards (born 1952), British general, Chairman of the General Staff of the United Kingdom Armed Forces
• Dean Richards (1974-2011), English football player
• DeForest Richards (1846–1903), American politician
• Denise Richards (* 1971), American actress
• Dick Richards (musician) , actually Dick Boccelli (* 1924), American musician and actor
• Dick Richards (director) (born 1936), American film director
• Dick Richards , actually Richard Noel Richards (* 1946), American astronaut; see Richard N. Richards
• Dickinson Woodruff Richards (1895–1973), American medic
• Dontae Richards-Kwok (* 1989), Canadian sprinter
• Dudley Richards (1932–1961), American figure skater

E.

• Elfyn Richards (1914–1995), British physicist, acoustician and aircraft engineer
• Ellen Swallow Richards (1842–1911), American chemist and ecologist
• Emil Richards (1932–2019), American percussionist
• Emma Gaggiotti Richards (1825–1912), Italian painter who worked in the United Kingdom
• Erin Richards (born 1986), Welsh actress
• Eugene Richards (born 1944), American photographer

F.

• Francis Richards (Governor) (born 1945), British Governor of Gibraltar
• Francis Richards (sailor) (1873 – after 1920), British sailor
• Frederic M. Richards (1925–2009), American biochemist and biophysicist
• Frederick Richards (1833–1912), British admiral and First Sea Lord

G

• George Richards (soccer player) (1880–1959), English soccer player
• George Chatterton Richards (1867–1951), British classical philologist
• George Henry Richards (1820-1896), British hydrographer
• George Maxwell Richards (1931–2018), politician from Trinidad and Tobago, President
• Goff Richards (1944–2011), composer from Cornwall
• Gordon Richards (1904-1986), British jockey

H

• Henry Brinley Richards (1819–1865), English pianist and composer

I.

• IA Richards (1893–1979), British literary critic and historian

J

• J. August Richards (* 1973), American actor
• Jacob Richards (1773-1816), American politician
• James Richards (artist) (born 1983), British artist
• James AD Richards (1845–1911), American politician
• James Prioleau Richards (1894–1979), American politician
• Jamie Alexander Richards (* 1994), English soccer player
• Jasmine Richards (* 1990), Canadian actress
• Jason Richards (1976-2011), New Zealand racing driver
• Jereem Richards (* 1994), sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
• Jill Richards (* 1987), German athlete
• John Richards (politician, 1753) (1753-1822), American politician (Pennsylvania)
• John Richards (politician, 1765) (1765–1850), American politician (New York)
• John Richards (politician, 1780) (1780–1847), English politician
• John Richards (Bishop) (* 1933), English clergyman, Bishop of Ebbsfleet
• John Richards (racing driver) (born 1948), American motorcycle racer
• John Richards (soccer player) (born 1950), English soccer player
• John Field-Richards (1878-1959), British motorboat driver
• John Gardiner Richards (1864–1941), American politician
• John K. Richards (1856–1909), American politician and lawyer
• Jonathan Richards (born 1954), British sailor
• Johnny Richards (1911–1968), American jazz arranger
• Jonelle Richards , birth name of Jonelle Price (* 1980), New Zealand eventing rider
• Jordan Richards (* 1993), Australian volleyball player
• Joshua Richards , British theater and film actor
• Judy Richards , maiden name of Judy Nyirati (* 1944), Australian badminton player

K

• Keith Richards (born 1943), British guitarist
• Kenneth David Oswin Richards (* 1958), Jamaican priest, Bishop of Saint John's-Basseterre
• Kerry-Ann Richards (* 1976), Jamaican sprinter
• Kristi Richards (* 1981), Canadian freestyle skier
• Kyle Richards (* 1996), American actress

L.

• Laura E. Richards (1850-1943), American author
• LeGrand Richards (1886–1983), American Church leader, Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Linda Richards (1841–1930), American nurse and author
• Lloyd Richards (1919–2006), American actor and theater director
• Lorin Morgan-Richards (* 1975), American poet, songwriter, musician, composer, caricaturist, screenwriter and children's book author

M.

• Mark Richards (politician) (1760–1844), American politician
• Mark Richards (surfer) (born 1957), Australian surfer
• Mark Richards (sailor) (* 1967), Australian sailor
• Mark Richards (badminton) (b.1970), Welsh badminton player
• Mark Richards (tennis player) (born 1993), Australian tennis player
• Martin Richards (1932–2012), American musical and film producer
• Martin Richards (computer scientist) (* 1940), British computer scientist
• Mary Jane Richards (1843–1904), British stage actress
• Matthias Richards (1758–1830), American politician
• Max Richards (1859-1932), German actor and opera singer (tenor)
• Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards , former married name of Mellisa Hollingsworth (* 1980), Canadian skeleton pilot
• Mervyn Richards (born 1953), Antiguan football player and official
• Micah Richards (* 1988), English soccer player
• Michael Richards (born 1949), American actor and comedian
• Mike Richards (* 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
• Miranda Lee Richards (* 1975), American singer-songwriter

N

• Nigel Richards (officer) (1945-2019), British military
• Nigel Richards (Scrabble player) (* 1967), New Zealand-Malaysian Scrabble player
• Nigel Richards (actor) , British actor and singer
• Novella Hamilton Richards (1917–1986), politician from Antigua and Barbuda

O

• O'Dayne Richards (born 1988), Jamaican shot putter

P

• PW Richards ( Paul Westmacott Richards ; 1908-1995), British botanist
• Pat Richards (* 1982), Australian-Irish rugby league player
• Paul Richards (Racing Driver) ( H. Paul Richards ) American automobile racing driver and entrepreneur
• Paul Richards (actor, 1924) (1924–1974), American actor
• Paul Richards (actor, 1934) (born 1934), American actor
• Paul Richards (anthropologist) (born 1945), British anthropologist
• Paul Richards (painter ) (born 1949), British painter
• Paul Richards (athlete) (born 1956), Antiguan athlete
• Paul Richards (composer) (* 1969), American composer and university professor
• Paul G. Richards (* 1943), British-American geophysicist
• Paul I. Richards ( Paul Irving Richards ; 1923–1978), American physicist and mathematician
• Paul Linford Richards (* 1934), American physicist
• Paul W. Richards ( Paul William Richards ; * 1964), American astronaut

R.

• Ray Richards (born 1946), Australian football player
• Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum (* 1964), American medical technology engineer
• Red Richards (1912–1998), American jazz pianist
• Rees G. Richards (1842–1917), American politician
• Renée Richards (* 1934), American transsexual
• Rex Edward Richards (1922-2019), English chemist
• Rhydian Richards (born 1975), Welsh snooker player
• Richard N. Richards (* 1946), American astronaut
• Robert Richards (Badminton) (born 1964), Jamaican badminton player
• Robert Richards (rower) (born 1971), Australian rower
• Robert Eugene Richards (* 1926), American pole vaulter, see Bob Richards
• Robert J. Richards (* 1942), American medical historian
• Robert W. Richards (* 1941), American illustrator
• Ron Richards (* 1963), Canadian ski jumper
• Ryan Richards (born 1991), English basketball player

S.

• Sandie Richards (* 1968), Jamaican athlete
• Sanya Richards-Ross (* 1985), American sprinter
• Shirley Ann Richards (1917-2006), Australian actress
• Stephanie Richards , American jazz musician and composer
• Stephen Richards (politician) (1820-1894), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Stephen Richards (serial killer) (around 1854–1879), American serial killer
• Stephen Richards , pen name of Mark Stevens (actor) (1916–1994), American actor and director
• Stephen Richards (judge) (born 1950), British judge
• Stephen Richards (canoeist) (* 1965), New Zealand canoeist
• Stephen Richards (author) , journalist and author
• Stephen Richards (musician) (* 1977), American musician, member of Taproot
• Stephen J. Richards , Australian herpetologist
• Stevie Richards (born 1971), American wrestler

T

• Teniele Richards (* 1989), Australian skeleton pilot
• Terry Richards († 2014), British stuntman
• Theodore William Richards (1868–1928), American chemist
• Thomas Richards (film editor) (1899–1946), American film editor
• Thomas James Richards (1882-1935), Australian rugby union player, see Tom Richards (rugby player)
• Thomas John Henry Richards (1910–1985), British marathon runner, see Tom Richards (track and field athlete)
• Tim Richards (* 1952), British jazz musician
• Tim Rose-Richards (1902–1940), British racing car driver and naval aviator
• Todd Richards (born 1966), American ice hockey player and coach
• Tom Richards (rugby player) (1882-1935) Australian rugby union player
• Tom Richards (track and field athlete) (1910–1985) British marathon runner
• Tom Richards (squash player) (* 1986), English squash player
• Tom Richards (soccer player) (* 1994), English soccer player
• Trevor Richards (* 1945), British jazz musician
• Trudy Richards († 2008), American singer

V

• Vincent Richards (1903-1959), American tennis player
• Viv Richards (* 1952), cricketer from Antigua

W.

• William Richards (missionary) (1793–1844), American missionary
• William A. Richards (1849–1912), American politician
• William A. Richards (psychologist) (* 1940), American psychologist and co-founder of the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research
• William Buell Richards (1815–1889), Canadian judge
• William Francis Caven Richards (1923-1995), Canadian violinist and composer (see Bill Richards )
• William Trost Richards (1833–1905), American painter
• Wolf Richards (1930–2008), German actor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Richards on surnames.behindthename.com (English)