# Richard (surname)

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. 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
* Colette Richard (1924–2020), French actress
* 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-Trefflé 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

* Naicka Richard (born 1998), known as Naïka, American-born singer and songwriter
* 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
* Pierre Richard (banker) [fr], (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
* Zinaida Richard (1832—1890), Russian and French dancer of French origin, the wife of Louis Mérante