Top Celebrity Names Starting With Richard

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   Richard Attenborough

   Age 88 Male
   

   Actor, Film Director

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   Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE (born 29 August 1923) is an English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. As a film director and producer, he won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1982. He has also won four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. As an actor he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street and Jurassic Park.… read more

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   Richard Ashcroft

   Age 40 Male
   

   Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist

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   Richard Paul Steven Ashcroft is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer and occasional guitarist of alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their split in 1999, and continues as a lead vocalist working with guitars and keyboards. He became a successful solo artist in his own right, releasing three UK top three solo albums. The Verve reformed in 2007 but again broke up by summer 2009.… read more

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   Richard Pryor

   1940 - 2005 Male
   

   Comedian and Actor

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   Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style.… read more

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   Richard Nixon

   1913 - 1994 Male
   

   Politician, 37th President of the United States

   
   
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   Richard M. Daley

   1942 - 4712 BC Male
   

   Illinois Politician

   
   

   Richard Michael Daley, sometimes known as "Richie" Daley, is a former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. At 22 years, he was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his father, Richard J. Daley. Prior to serving as mayor, Daley served in the Illinois Senate and then as the Cook County State's Attorney.… read more

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   Richard Burton

   1925 - 1984 Male
   

   Welsh Actor

   
   

   Richard Burton, CBE was a Welsh actor. He was nominated seven times for an Academy Award, six of which were for Best Actor in a Leading Role (without ever winning), and was a recipient of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Awards for Best Actor. Although never trained as an actor, Burton was, at one time, the highest-paid actor in Hollywood.… read more

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   Richard Blumenthal

   Age 66 Male
   

   Politician

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   Richard Blumenthal is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut and a member of the Democratic Party. Previously, he served as Attorney General of Connecticut. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Blumenthal is a graduate of Harvard College, where he was editorial chairman of The Harvard Crimson. He studied for a year at Cambridge University in England before attending Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal.… read more

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   Richard Holbrooke

   1941 - 2010 Male
   

   Diplomat

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   Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world (Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996). From 1993 to 1994, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany.… read more

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   Richard Thompson

   Age 63 Male
   

   Songwriter, Musician, Guitarist

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   Richard John Thompson OBE is a British songwriter, guitarist and recording and performing musician. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Artists who have recorded Thompson's compositions include such diverse talents as Robert Plant, Del McCoury, R.E.M.… read more

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    Richard Cordray

    Age 53 Male
    

    Politician

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    Richard Cordray is an American politician, who is serving as the Director of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which officially began operating in July 2011. Before that he was Attorney General of Ohio, On July 17, 2011, President Barack Obama announced he would nominate Cordray to lead the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.… read more

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    Richard Shelby

    Age 78 Male
    

    United States Senator From Alabama

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    Richard Craig Shelby is the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he is the ranking member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and was its chairman from 2003 to 2007. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby received his law degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he went on to serve as city prosecutor (1963–1971). During this period he worked as a U.S.… read more

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    Richard Dawkins

    Age 71 Male
    

    Evolutionary Biologist, Ethologist, Atheist, Humanist and Sceptic

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    Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL, known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme.… read more

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    Richard Perle

    Age 70 Male
    

    Politician, Adviser, Political Scientist

    
    

    Richard Norman Perle is an American political advisor, consultant, and lobbyist who began his career in government as a senior staff member to Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson on the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 1970s. Later he was heavily involved with the Reagan administration and served as the assistant Secretary of Defense and also worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004.… read more

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    Richard Pombo

    Age 51 Male
    

    Congressman, Rancher, Politician

    
    

    Richard William Pombo is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. Pombo lost a reelection bid to Democratic challenger Jerry McNerney on November 7, 2006. On January 4, 2010, Pombo announced his candidacy for Congress in California's 19th congressional district to succeed retiring fellow Republican George Radanovich, although he does not live in the district.… read more

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    Richard Lugar

    Age 80 Male
    

    Politician

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    Richard Green "Dick" Lugar is the senior United States Senator from Indiana and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1976, he is the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and was its chairman from 1985 to 1987 and 2003 to 2007. Much of Lugar's work in the Senate is toward the dismantling of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons around the world.… read more

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    Richard Clapton

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    Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist

    
    

    Richard Clapton is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Sydney, New South Wales. His solo top 20 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart are "Girls on the Avenue" (1975) and "I Am an Island" (1982). His top 20 albums on the related Albums Chart are Goodbye Tiger (1977), Hearts on the Nightline (1979), The Great Escape (1982), and The Very Best of Richard Clapton (1982). As a producer he worked on the second INXS album, Underneath the Colours (1981).… read more

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    Richard Warren

    Age 39 Male
    

    Musician

    
    

    Richard Daniel Warren is a British musician, songwriter and producer. He signed his first record deal with Heavenly Records at the height of Britpop in 1996, as one third of The Hybirds. In 1999 when the band split, he branched out on his own and away from guitar-led pop, signing to Mute Records as Echoboy after Daniel Miller heard his self-released 12 " Flashlegs (Suite).… read more

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    Richard Wagner

    1813 - 1883 Male
    

    Composer, Conductor, and Essayist

    
    

    Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and polemicist primarily known for his operas. Wagner's compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex texture, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs: musical themes associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements.… read more

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    Richard Neal

    Age 63 Male
    

    Mayor, Congressman, Schoolteacher

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    Richard Edmund Neal is the U.S. Representative for, serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a former city councilor and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts. A Springfield native, Neal graduated from American International College and received a master's degree from the University of Hartford. After graduating he became involved in politics, working as an assistant to the mayor of Springfield.… read more

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    Richard I of England

    1157 - 1199 Male
    

    King of England

    
    

    Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was known as Cœur de Lion, or Richard the Lionheart, even before his accession, because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior.… read more

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    Richard Prince

    Age 62 Male
    

    Painter, Photographer

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    Richard Prince is an American painter and photographer. Prince began appropriating photographs in 1975. His image, Untitled, a "rephotograph" of a photograph taken originally by Sam Abell and appropriated from a cigarette advertisement, was the first "rephotograph" to raise more than $1 million at auction when it was sold at Christie's New York in 2005. Starting in 1977, Prince photographed four photographs which previously appeared in the New York Times.… read more

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    Richard Codey

    Age 65 Male
    

    New Jersey State Senator and Former Governor of New Jersey

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    Richard James Codey is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 53rd Governor of New Jersey from November 2004 to January 2006. He has served in the New Jersey Senate since 1981 and served as the President of the Senate from 2002 to January 2010. He represents the 27th Legislative District, which covers the western portions of Essex County. Codey is currently the second most senior senator in the New Jersey Senate, after Gerald Cardinale.… read more

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    Richard Wiggs

    1929 - 2001 Male
    

    Founder, Campaigner, Musician

    
    

    Richard Wiggs, founder of The Anti-Concorde Project, challenged the idea of supersonic passenger transport, and helped bring about a re-evaluation of Concorde's long-term commercial future.

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    Richard Wright

    1943 - 2008 Male
    

    Musician

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    Richard William Wright was an English pianist, keyboardist and songwriter, best known for his career with Pink Floyd. Wright's richly textured keyboard layers were a vital ingredient and a distinctive characteristic of Pink Floyd's sound. Wright frequently sang background and occasionally lead vocals on stage and in the studio with Pink Floyd.… read more

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    Richard M. Scrushy

    Age 59 Male
    

    Founder, Businessman, Count

    
    

    Richard Marin Scrushy is an American business man and founder of HealthSouth Corporation, a global healthcare company based in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2004, following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Scrushy had charges brought against him by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Scrushy was charged with 36 of the original 85 counts but was acquitted of all charges on June 28, 2005, after a jury trial in Birmingham.… read more