Richard (surname) explained

Richard can be a surname. Variations include: Ricard, Riccard(s), Richard(s), Ritchard, Richardson, Richardsson, Ricquart, Rijkaard, Rickaert, Ryckewaert

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 27.4% of all known bearers of the surname Richard were residents of Tanzania (frequency 1:354), 25.9% of France (1:481), 14.0% of the United States (1:4,847), 8.7% of Nigeria (1:3,806), 7.0% of Canada (1:985), 2.0% of Madagascar (1:2,178), 1.9% of Haiti (1:1,046), 1.5% of Sudan (1:4,677), 1.3% of Togo (1:1,021) and 1.2% of Kenya (1:7,138).

In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:481) in the following regions:^[1]

• 1. Collectivity of Saint Martin (1:119)
• 2. Pays de la Loire (1:222)
• 3. Centre-Val de Loire (1:319)
• 4. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:373)
• 5. Brittany (1:375)
• 6. Grand Est (1:422)
• 7. Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:462)
• 8. Normandy (1:474)

People

Persons with the surname include:

A to D

• Achille Richard (1794–1852), French botanist and physician
• Adam Richard, Australian comedian
• Alain Richard (born 1945), French politician
• Alfred Léon Gérault-Richard (1860–1911), French journalist and politician
• Alison Richard (born 1948), English academic administrator
• Ambrose D. Richard (1850–1917), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Antoine Richard (born 1960), French athlete
• Antoine Richard du Cantal (1802–1891), a French doctor, veterinarian, agronomist and politician
• Bernard Richard (born 1951), Canadian social worker, lawyer, and politician
• Carl J. Richard, American historian
• Charles Richard (1900–1978), Canadian politician
• Charles-Louis Richard (1711–1794), French Catholic theologian
• Charlie Richard (1941–1994), American football player and coach
• Chris Richard (baseball) (born 1974), American baseball player
• Chris Richard (basketball) (born 1984), professional basketball player
• Christian Rémi Richard (born 1941), Malagasy politician and diplomat
• Clayton Richard (born 1983), American baseball player
• Clément Richard (1939–2022), Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician
• Cliff Richard (born 1940), English pop star
• Clovis-Thomas Richard (1892–1976), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Cyprien Richard (born 1979), French alpine skier
• Darryl Richard (American football) (born 1986), American football player
• Davius Richard, American football player
• Dawn Richard (model) (born 1936), American model and actress
• Dawn Richard (singer) (born 1983), Haitian-American singer, songwriter, and dancer
• Deb Richard (born 1963), American golfer
• Dee Richard (born 1955), American politician
• Doug Richard, British-based American businessman

E to G

• Edmond Richard (cinematographer) (1927–2018), French cinematographer
• Edmond Richard (writer), French writer
• Édouard Richard (1844–1904), Canadian historian and politician
• Emily Richard (born 1948), British actress
• Eric Richard (born 1940), English actor
• Ernest Richard (1922–2006), Canadian businessman and politician
• Etienne Richard (c. 1621 – 1669), French composer, organist and harpsichordist
• Fabrice Richard (born 1973), French footballer
• Ferdinand Richard (born 1950), French musician
• Firmine Richard (born 1947), Guadeloupean actress
• François Fleury-Richard (1777–1852), French painter
• François-Marie-Benjamin Richard (1819–1908), French archbishop
• Gabriel Richard (1767–1832), French-American Roman Catholic priest turned politician
• Gary Richard American football player
• George Anderson Richard (1861–1943), mine manager in Queensland, Australia
• Georges Richard (died 1922), French automobile pioneer
• Gerry Richard, Canadian curler and coach
• Graham Richard, American politician
• Guy A. Richard (born 1932), Canadian judge

H to J

• Henri Richard (1936-2020), Canadian ice hockey player
• Henry Richard (1812–1888), Welsh Congregational minister and Member of Parliament
• Ivor Richard, Baron Richard (1932–2018), British politician
• J. R. Richard (1950–2021), American baseball player
• Jacques Richard (1952–2002), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jamey Richard (born 1984), American football player
• Jean-Baptiste-Tréfflé Richard (1856–1927), Canadian farmer, notary and politician
• Jean-Claude Richard (1727–1791), French painter and engraver
• Jean-Louis Richard (1927–2012), French actor, film director and scriptwriter
• Jean-Marc Richard (ice hockey) (born 1966), retired Canadian ice hockey player
• Jean-Marc Richard (TV and radio presenter) (born 1960), Swiss radio and television personality
• Jean-Marie Richard (1879–1955), Canadian politician
• Jean Michel Claude Richard (1787–1868), French botanist
• Jean-Pierre Richard (1922–2019), French writer and literary critic
• Jean-Thomas Richard (1907–1991), Canadian politician
• Jean Richard (1921–2001), French actor
• Jean Richard (historian), French historian
• John Richard (born 1934), Canadian judge
• Joseph-Adolphe Richard (1887–1964), Canadian politician
• Jules Richard (mathematician) (1862–1956), French mathematician who stated Richard's paradox

K to M

• Kris Richard (born 1979), American football coach
• Larry Richard (born 1965), American basketball player
• Lee Richard, American baseball player
• Lorraine Richard (born 1959), Canadian politician
• Louis Claude Richard (1754–1821), French botanist
• Marcel Richard (1907–1976), French Catholic priest and Greek paleographer
• Margie Eugene-Richard, American environmental activist
• Mary Richard (1940–2010), Canadian aboriginal activist and politician
• Maurice Richard (1921–2000), Canadian ice hockey player
• Maurice Richard (politician) (born 1946), Canadian politician
• Mark Richard, American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet
• Marthe Richard (1889–1982), French prostitute and spy who later became a politician
• Michael Richard (photographer) (1948–2006), American rock musician and photographer
• Michael Wayne Richard (1959–2007), American rapist and murderer
• Michel Richard (1948–2016), French chef
• Mike Richard (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
• Mireille Richard (born 1989), Swiss ski mountaineer
• Monique Richard, Canadian politician

N to Z

• Natalie Richard, Canadian television personality
• Nathalie Richard (born 1962), French actress
• Nelly Richard, French-born cultural theorist now based in Chile
• Oliver G. Richard, American businessman
• Olivier Jules Richard (1836–1896), French botanist who studied lichens
• Pascal Richard (born 1964), Swiss racing cyclist
• Paul Richard, Mayor of New York from 1735 to 1739
• Philippe Richard (1891–1973), French actor
• Pierre Richard (born 1934), French actor
• , (born 1941)
• Pierre Richard-Willm (1895–1983), French actor
• Robert Ri'chard (born 1983), American television and movie actor
• Rod Richard (born 1932), American athlete
• Ron Richard (1947–2023), American politician
• Ronald G. Richard (born 1968), American Marine Corps officer
• Ruth Richard (1928–2018), American baseball player
• Sabrina Richard (born 1977), French weightlifter
• Stanley Richard (born 1967), American football player
• Ted Richard, Canadian politician and lawyer
• Timothy Richard (1845–1919), Welsh Baptist missionary to China
• Tyran Richard (born 1982), American model
• Viola Richard (1904–1973), American actress
• Virgil A. Richard (1937–2013), American army general and gay rights activist
• Wendy Richard (1943–2009), English actress
• Zachary Richard (born 1950), American Cajun singer/songwriter and poet
• (1832—1890), Russian and French dancer of French origin, the wife of Louis Mérante

See also

• Richard
• Richards (surname)

Notes and References

1. https://forebears.io/surnames/richard Richard surname distribution