# Rich (surname)

Rich is a surname. Notable people with this name include:

## A–L

* Adam Rich (1968–2023), American actor
* Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet
* Buddy Rich (1917–1987), American jazz drummer and bandleader
* Charlie Rich (1932–1995), American country music singer-songwriter and musician
* Christopher Rich (theatre manager) (1657–1714), English producer and theatre manager
* Claudius James Rich, British orientalist
* Craig Rich (1938–2024), British broadcaster and meteorologist
* Daniel Rich (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
* Darrell Keith Rich (1955–2000), Native American serial killer
* Denis Rich (born 1954), Australian rules football umpire
* Frank Rich (born 1949), American writer
* Frederick Henry Rich (1824–1904), British soldier and Railway official
* George Rich (1863–1956), Australian lawyer and High Court judge
* Georgina Rich, British actor
* Heather Rich, Oklahoma high-school student victim Murder of Heather Rich
* Helen Rich (1827–1915), American writer
* Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1590–1649), English courtier and soldier
* Sir Henry Rich, 1st Baronet (died 1869), British politician
* Henry Bayard Rich (1849–1884), British soldier
* Herb Rich (1928–2008), American 2x All-Pro football player
* Hugo Rich (aka Olaf Dietrich), Australian criminal (Dietrich v The Queen)
* Irene Rich (1891–1988), American actress
* Jodee Rich, Australian businessman
* Joel Rich (1824–1906), Wisconsin state senator
* John Rich (born 1974), American musician
* John Rich (producer) (1692–1761), English producer and theatre manager
* John Treadway Rich (1841–1926), American politician, aka John Tyler Rich
* Katherine Rich (born 1967), New Zealand politician
* Lillian Rich (1900–1954), British-born American silent film actress

## M–Z

* Marc Rich (aka Marc David Reich) (1934–2013), American businessman
* Martin Rich (1905–2000), German conductor
* Matty Rich (born 1971), American film director and screenwriter
* Michael Rich (cyclist) (born 1969), German cyclist
* Michael D. Rich, American executive
* Mike Rich (born 1959), American screenwriter
* Nathan Rich, American Scientology critic and content creator
* Patricia Vickers-Rich (born 1944), Australian palaeontologist
* Patrick Rich, English rugby league player
* Paul Rich (1921–2000), English singer and music publisher
* Ralph M. Rich (1916–1942), American aviator
* Randy Rich (born 1953), American football player
* Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1496–1567), Lord Chancellor
* Richard Rich (director), American animated film director
* Richie Rich (rapper) (aka Richard Serrel), American rapper
* DJ Richie Rich, British disc jockey
* Rishi Rich (aka Rishpal Rekhi), British Asian music producer
* Robert Rich (musician), American ambient music composer
* Robert Rich, pen name used by American screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo
* Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587–1658), British naval officer and politician
* Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet (1685–1768), British field marshal
* Robert E. Rich Sr. (1913–2006), American food-processing pioneer
* Ruby Sophia Rich (1888–1988), Australian women's rights advocate
* Seth Rich, American political victim of 2016 Murder of Seth Rich
* Sharon Rich, American biographer
* Stephen Gottheil Rich (1890–1958), philatelist of New Jersey
* Thomas Rich (disambiguation)
   * Sir Thomas Rich, 1st Baronet (1601–1667), English politician
   * Sir Thomas Rich, 5th Baronet (c.1733–1803), British naval officer and politician
   * Thomas Rich (American politician) (1830–1899), English-born American politician in Iowa
   * Thomas F. Rich, known as Ösel Tendzin, American-born teacher of Tibetan Buddhism
   * Tommy Rich (aka Thomas Richardson, born 1956), American professional wrestler
   * Tom Rich, Australian paleontologist
* William Rich (disambiguation), several people
   * Sir William Rich, 2nd Baronet, (c. 1654–1711), MP
   * Sir William Rich, 4th Baronet (c. 1702–1762), see Rich baronets
   * William Rich (botanist), American botanist and explorer