Ritchie (surname) explained
Ritchie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adele Ritchie (1874–1930), singer in comic opera, musical comedy and vaudeville
- Albert Ritchie (1876–1936), governor of Maryland 1920 to 1935
- Alistair Ferguson Ritchie (1890–1954), crossword compiler under the pseudonym Afrit
- Allison Ritchie (born 1974), Australian politician
- Andrew Jackson Ritchie (1868–1948), president of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
- Andy Ritchie (English footballer) (born 1960), English footballer
- Andy Ritchie (Scottish footballer) (born 1956), Scottish footballer
- Archibald Alexander Ritchie (1806–1856), American ship captain, China trader, and California businessman
- Brett Ritchie (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brian Ritchie (born 1960), guitarist for Violent Femmes band
- Bruce Ritchie (born 1965), British property developer
- Byron Ritchie (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Calum Ritchie (born 2005), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cedric Ritchie (1927–2016), Canadian businessman
- Charles Ritchie (diplomat) (1906–1995), Canadian diplomat
- Charles Thomson Ritchie (1838–1906), 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC
- Chris Ritchie (born 1949), Royal Australian Navy vice admiral
- Clint Ritchie (1938–2009), American actor
- Darren Ritchie (long jumper) (born 1975), Scottish long jumper
- David Ritchie (disambiguation), a list of people named David or Dave Ritchie
- Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011), American computer scientist
- Donald A. Ritchie (born 1945), historian of the United States Senate
- Edgar Ritchie (1916–2002), Canadian diplomat
- Edgar Ritchie (engineer) (1871–1956), hydraulic engineer in Melbourne, Australia
- Edward Samuel Ritchie (1814–1895), American inventor and physicist
- Fiona Ritchie (born 1960), radio broadcaster
- George Ritchie (politician) (1864–1944), South Australian politician
- George G. Ritchie (1923–2007), American doctor
- George Gavin Ritchie, New York abolitionist; see
- George Stephen Ritchie (1914–2012), naval officer and Hydrographer of the Navy
- Gordon Ritchie (1918–1998), Canadian surgeon and politician
- Greg Ritchie (born 1960), Australian cricketer
- Gregg Ritchie (born 1964), American baseball player and coach
- Guy Ritchie (born 1968), British filmmaker, formerly married to Madonna
- Harry Ritchie (born 1958), journalist
- Harry Ritchie (footballer) (1898–1941), Scottish footballer
- Henry Ritchie (1876–1958), British Navy officer
- Ian Ritchie (architect) (born 1947), British architect
- Ian Ritchie (entrepreneur), Scottish businessman
- Ian Ritchie (producer), composer and musician
- Innes Ritchie (born 1973), Scottish footballer
- Jack Ritchie (1922–1983), pen name of John George Reitci, American novelist
- James Ritchie (naturalist) (1882–1958), President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- James Ewing Ritchie (1820–1898), English writer and journalist
- Jean Ritchie (1922–2015), American folk singer and songwriter
- Jill Ritchie (born 1974), American actress
- John Ritchie (disambiguation), several people
- Jon Ritchie (born 1974), American football player
- Joseph Ritchie (c. 1788–1819), English surgeon, explorer and naturalist
- Joseph C. Ritchie, mayor of Newport News, Virginia (1976–1986)
- Josiah Ritchie (1870–1955), British tennis player
- June Ritchie (born 1938), English actress
- Kate Ritchie (born 1978), Australian actress
- Ken Ritchie (born 1946), British psephologist
- Larry Ritchie, jazz drummer (1950s–1960s)
- Leitch Ritchie (1800–1865), Scottish novelist and journalist
- Margaret Ritchie (politician) (born 1958), Northern Irish politician
- Mark Ritchie (politician) (born 1951), Minnesota Secretary of State
- Michael Ritchie (artistic director) (born 1957), artistic director of Center Theatre Group
- Michael Ritchie (filmmaker) (1938–2001), American film director
- Neil Ritchie (1897–1983), British general
- Nick Ritchie (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey player
- Oscar W. Ritchie (1909–1967), African American educator and sociologist
- Paul Ritchie (footballer, born 1969) (born 1969), Scottish football player (East Fife)
- Paul Ritchie (footballer, born 1975) (born 1975), Scottish football player (Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United)
- Raleigh Ritchie (Jacob Basil Anderson, born 1990), English actor, singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer
- Ray Ritchie (1936–2015), Australian rugby footballer and coach
- Richmond Ritchie (1854–1912), Indian-born British civil servant
- Kid Rock (born Robert James Ritchie, 1971), American rapper and singer-songwriter
- Roland Ritchie (1910–1988), Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- R. Stephen Ritchie (born 1942), American Air Force General
- Scot Ritchie, Canadian author and illustrator
- Stanley Ritchie, professor at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University
- Steve Ritchie (pinball designer) (born 1950), pinball and video game designer
- Steve Ritchie (footballer) (born 1954), Scottish football player
- Thomas Ritchie (disambiguation), several people
- Todd Ritchie (born 1971), baseball player
- Tommy Ritchie (1930–2017), Northern Irish footballer
- Walter Potter Ritchie (1892–1965), Scottish member of the British Army in World War I
- William Ritchie (disambiguation), several people