Richards (surname)

Richards is an English surname,and was brought to England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. It may refer to many people.

A

* Alfred Richards, one of several people including
**Alfred Richards, South African cricketer
**Alfred Bate Richards (1820–1876), journalist and author
**Alfred Joseph Richards, British soldier
**Alfred Newton Richards (1876–1966), pharmacologist
* Alma Richards, American athlete
* Alun Richards, Welsh novelist
* Angela Richards, British actress
* Ann Richards, American politician
* Ann Richards, Australian actress
* Anthony Charles Richards, British Army officer and equerry
* Ariana Richards, American actress
* J. August Richards, American actor

B

* Barry Richards, South African cricketer
* Beah Richards, American actress and writer
* Beresford Richards, Canadian politician
* Billie Mae Richards, Canadian voice actress
* Bob Richards, American athlete
* Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
* Brittany Richards, American poet
* Brooke Richards, American model

C

* "Cannonball" Richards, performance artist
* Ceri Richards, Welsh artist
* Charles Dow Richards, Canadian politician
* Charles "Red" Richards - Jazz performer
* Claire Richards, British singer
* Cliff Richards, comic book artist
* Colin Kazim-Richards, English footballer
* Corey Richards, Australian cricketer
* Craig Richards, British DJ

D

* Davey Richards, American wrestler
* "David Richards", various figures
* David Adams Richards, Canadian writer
* Dean Richards, English rugby player
* Dean Richards, English footballer
* DeForest Richards, American banker and politician
* Deke Richards, American songwriter and music producer
* Deleon Richards, American gospel singer
* Denis Richards, British historian
* Denise Richards, American actress
* Dickinson W. Richards, American physiologist
* Donna Richards, pseudonym of American comics artist Don Rico

E

* Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist
* Emil Richards, percussionist
* Emma Richards, British yachtswoman
* Eugene Richards, American photographer

F

* Francis Richards, British diplomat
* Frank Richards, one of several people including
**Frank "Cannonball" Richards, performance artist
**Frank Richards, pseudonym of British writer Charles Hamilton, prolific author of the "Billy Bunter" stories set in Greyfriars School
**Frank Richards, pseudonym of Francis Philip Woodruff (1883-1961), who wrote "Old Soldiers Never Die", service memoirs
**Frank Richards, political "nom de guerre" of sociologist Frank Furedi
* Franklin Richards, fictional character from the "Fantastic Four"
* Franklin Dewey Richards, American member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Frederick Richards, film editor

G

* Gavin Richards, British actor
* George Richards, one of several people including
** George Franklin Richards (1861–1950), American religious leader
** George Henry Richards, (1819–1896) Hydrographer to the British Admiralty
** George Maxwell Richards (born 1931), President of Trinidad and Tobago
** George Richards (Australian politician)
* Gordon Richards, British jockey
* Guy Richards, Australian rules footballer

H

* Henry Brinley Richards, Welsh composer

I

* I. A. Richards, British literary critic

J

* J. R. Richards, American singer
* Jack Richards, English cricketer
* Janet Radcliffe Richards, British feminist philosopher
* Jann Richards, Canadian singer Jann Arden
* Jason Richards, New Zealand racing driver
* Jean Ramjohn-Richards, physician and First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago
* Jeff Richards, one of several people including
**Jeff Richards, American baseball player and actor
* Jeff Richards, former "MadTV" and "Saturday Night Live" performer
* Jesse Richards, American artist
* Jim Richards, one of several people including
**Jim Richards, Canadian radio broadcaster
**Jim Richards, New Zealand and Australian race driver
*Jo-Anne Richards South African author and journalist
* John Richards, one of several people including
**John Richards (marshal), Lieutenant-General of the Queen's household in the United Kingdom
**John Richards (Pennsylvania), United States congressman from Pennsylvania
**John Richards (scholar), Canadian scholar
**John Richards (disc jockey), radio disc jockey at KEXP in Seattle
**John K. Richards, American lawyer and politician
**John Inigo Richards, British painter
* Joseph Richards, Australian cricket umpire
* Julian Richards, British archaeologist and broadcaster
* Justin Richards, British writer

K

* Kathleen Elizabeth Richards, American actress Kathy Hilton
* Keith Richards, British guitarist for The Rolling Stones
* Kim Richards, American actress
* Kristi Richards, Canadian skier
* Kyle Richards, American actress

L

* Laura E. Richards, American writer
* LeGrand Richards, American religious leader
* Lorenzo A. Richards, American soil physicist
* Lou Richards, Australian rules footballer

M

* Marc Richards, English footballer
* Mark Richards, Australian surfer
* Martin Richards, British computer scientist
* Matthew Richards, English footballer
* Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards, Canadian athlete
* Micah Richards, English football player
* Michael Richards, American actor
* Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player

N

* Nansi Richards, Welsh harpist
* Nathaniel Richards, fictional character from the "Fantastic Four"
* Nicholas Richards, Serial entrepreneur with focus on Charity work, living in Zurich Switzerland founder and publisher of the Magazine "Charity World"

P

* Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player
* Paul Richards, one of several people including
**Paul W. Richards, astronaut
**Paul Richards, American baseball player, manager, scout and executive
* Pearl Richards, American-British novelist writing as John Oliver Hobbes, married name Pearl Richards Craigie
* Peter Richards, English rugby union player

R

* Ray Richards, American football player
* Raymond Richards (born 1987), Japanese American wakeboarder
* Reed Richards, fictional character from the "Fantastic Four"
* Regina Richards, American singer
* Renée Richards, American tennis player
* Richard N. Richards, American astronaut
* Robert Richards, Australian politician
* Robert L. Richards, screenwriter
* Rosalind Richards, Welsh television soap actress

* Sandie Richards, Jamaican athlete
* Sanya Richards, American athlete
* Stan Richards, British actor
*Stephen Richards one of several people including
** Stephen Richards (politician), (1820 – 1894) was an Ontario, USA lawyer and politician
** Stephen L. Richards, (1879–1959) American religious leader
** Stephen Richards (author), British investigative journalist & author
** Stephen Richards (musician), (1977) vocalist and guitarist in the rock music group
* Steve Richards, (1960) British TV and radio political journalist and newspaper columnist
* Steven Richards, (1972) is an Australian racing driver
* Stevie Richards, (1971) ring name of the American wrestler Michael Manna
*Sue Richards one of several people including
** Sue Richards, fictional character from the "Fantastic Four"
** Sue Richards, artist

T

* Theodore Richards, one of several people including
**Theodore William Richards, American chemist;
**Theodore Richards, convict transported to Western Australia
* Todd Richards, American snowboarder
* Tony Richards, American drummer
* Travis Richards, American ice hockey player

V

* Valeria Richards, fictional character from the "Fantastic Four"
* Vernon Richards (1915-2001), Italian-British anarchist
* Vincent Richards, American tennis player
* Viv Richards, Antiguan Cricketer

W

* Willard Richards, American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
* William Richards, South African cricketer
* William A. Richards, American politician
* William Buell Richards, Canadian judge
* William Trost Richards, American painter

ee also

* Richards-Young family
* Baron Milverton