Richards (surname)
Richards was originally a patronymic incurred English surname, derived from the masculine given name Richard.
Bearers of the name
A
- Adam Richards, American professional boxer
- Adrian John Richards ( born 1943 ), British botanist
- Addison Richards (1887-1964), American actor
- Albert Norton Richards (1821-1897), Canadian politician
- Alfred Bate Richards (1820-1876), English journalist
- Alma Richards (1890-1963), American track and field athlete
- Amy Richards (born 1970 ), American journalist and feminist
- Ann Richards (1933-2006), American politician
- Ann Richards ( singer ) ( 1935-1982 ), American jazz singer
- Ariana Richards ( born 1979 ), American actress
- Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton ( 1885-1978 ), British Governor of North Borneo, Gambia, Fiji, Jamaica and Nigeria
- Audrey I. Richards (1899-1984), British anthropologist and nutritionist
B
- Barry Richards (1983 PhD ), North American paleontologist
- Beah Richards (1920-2000), American actress and author
- Bob Richards ( born 1926 ), American pole vaulter
- Brad Richards ( born 1980 ), Canadian ice hockey player
C
- Charles L. Richards (1877-1953), American politician
- Colin Kazim-Richards ( Kâzım - Kâzım; born 1986 ), English footballer
D
- Dakota Richards ( * 1994), British child actress
- Dane Richards ( b. 1983 ), Jamaican footballer
- Davey Richards ( b. 1983 ), American professional wrestler
- David Richards ( record producer ) ( 1956-2013 ), British music producer
- David Richards ( Motorsport) ( born 1952 ), British motor sports official
- David Adams Richards ( born 1950 ), Canadian writer and screenwriter
- David J. Richards ( born 1952 ), British General, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom
- DeForest Richards (1846-1903), American politician
- Denise Richards (born 1972 ), American actress
- Dick Richards, actually Dick Boccelli (* 1924), American musician and actor
- Dick Richards (director) ( b. 1936 ), American film director
- Dick Richards, actually Richard Noel Richards ( born 1946 ), American astronaut
- Dickinson Woodruff Richards (1895-1973), American internist and Nobel Laureate 1956
- Dontae Richards - Kwok (* 1989), Canadian sprinter
- Dudley Richards (1932-1961), American figure skater
E
- Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911), American chemist and ecologist
- Emil Richards ( born 1932 ), American percussionist and studio musician
- Erin Richards ( born 1986 ), Welsh actress
- Eugene Richards ( born 1944 ), American photographer
F
- Francis Richards ( born 1945 ), Governor of Gibraltar
G
- George Chatterton Richards (1867-1951), British classical philologist
- George Maxwell Richards ( born 1931 ), politician from Trinidad and Tobago, President
- Gordon Richards (1904-1986), British jockey
B
- Henry Brinley Richards (1819-1865), English pianist and composer
I
- IA Richards (1893-1979), British literary critic and historian
J
- J. August Richards (born 1973 ), American actor
- Jacob Richards (1773-1816), American politician
- James AD Richards (1845-1911), American politician
- James Prioleau Richards (1894-1979), American politician
- Jasmine Richards ( * 1990), Canadian actress
- Jill Richards ( * 1987), German track and field athlete
- John Richards ( Pennsylvania) ( 1753-1822 ), American politician
- John Richards ( congressman ) ( 1765-1850 ), American politician
- John Richards ( bishop) ( born 1933), English Bishop of Ebbsfleet
- John Richards ( footballer ) ( born 1950 ), English footballer
- John Richards ( racing driver ), Australian motorcycle racer
- John Richards (film editor), American film editor
- John Gardiner Richards (1864-1941), American politician
- John K. Richards (1856-1909), American politician and lawyer
- John Field -Richards (1878-1959), British Olympic champion in motor boating
- Johnny Richards (1911-1968), American jazz arranger
- Jonelle Richards ( born 1980 ), New Zealand eventer
- Judy Richards (c. 1950), Australian badminton player
K
- Keith Richards ( born 1943 ), British rock guitarist
- Kenneth David Oswin Richards (born 1958 ), Jamaican priest, Bishop of Saint John's - Basseterre
- Kristi Richards ( born 1981 ), Canadian freestyle skier
- Kyle Richards ( * 1996), American actress
L
- Lloyd Richards (1919-2006), American actor and theater director
M
- Mark Richards ( politician ) ( 1760-1844 ), American politician
- Mark Richards ( surfer ) ( born 1957 ), Australian surfer
- Mark Richards (badminton ) (* ~ 1970), Welsh badminton player
- Martin Richards (1932-2012), American musical and film producer
- Martin Richards ( computer scientist ) ( born 1940 ), British computer scientist
- Matthias Richards (1758-1830), American politician
- Mellisa Hollingsworth -Richards ( born 1980 ), Canadian Winter Sportswoman
- Micah Richards ( * 1988), English footballer
- Michael Richards ( born 1949 ), American actor and comedian
- Mike Richards ( born 1985 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Miranda Lee Richards ( born 1975 ), American singer -songwriter
N
- Novelle Hamilton Richards (1917-1986), politician from Antigua and Barbuda
P
- Paul William Richards ( b. 1964 ), American astronaut
R
- Ray Richards ( born 1946 ), Australian football player
- Red Richards (1912-1998), American jazz pianist
- Renée Richards ( born 1934 ), American Transsexual
- Rex Edward Richards ( * 1922 ), English chemist
- Richard Noel Richards ( born 1946 ), American astronaut
- Robert Richards ( badminton) (born 1964 ), Jamaican badminton player
- Robert Eugene Richards ( born 1926 ), American pole vaulter, see Bob Richards
- Robert J. Richards ( born 1942 ), American historian of medicine
- Robert W. Richards ( born 1941 ), American illustrator
- Ron Richards ( born 1963 ), Canadian ski jumper
- Ryan Richards ( * 1991), German basketball player
S
- Sandie Richards ( born 1968 ), Jamaican track and field athlete
- Sanya Richards - Ross ( born 1985 ), American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Season
- Shirley Ann Richards (1917-2006), Australian actress
- Stevie Richards (born 1971 ), American professional wrestler
T
- Teniele Richards ( * 1989), Australian Winter Sportswoman
- Theodore William Richards (1868-1928), American chemist
- Thomas Richards ( editor ) ( 1899-1946 ), American Cutter
- Thomas James Richards (1882-1935), Australian rugby union player, see Tom Richards ( rugby player )
- Thomas John Henry Richards (1910-1985), a British marathon runner, see Tom Richards ( athlete )
- Tim Richards ( born 1952 ), British jazz musician
- Tim Rose -Richards (1902-1940), British racing car driver and the Naval Air
- Todd Richards (born 1966 ), American professional ice hockey player and coach
- Tom Richards ( rugby player ) ( 1882-1935 ), Australian rugby union player
- Tom Richards ( athlete ) ( 1910-1985 ), British marathon runner
- Tom Richards ( squash player) ( born 1986 ), English squash player
- Trevor Richards ( born 1945 ), British jazz musician
V
- Vincent Richards (1903-1959), American tennis player
- Viv Richards ( born 1952 ), cricketer from Antigua
W
- William Richards ( missionary ) ( 1793-1844 ), American missionary
- William A. Richards (1849-1912), American politician
- William Buell Richards (1815-1889), Canadian judge
- William Trost Richards (1833-1905), American painter