# Ryder (name)

Ryder is both a surname and masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
* Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847–1917), American painter
* Alfred Ryder (1916–1995), American actor, born Alfred Jacob Corn
* Arthur W. Ryder (1877–1938) American professor of Sanskrit and translator
* Charles W. Ryder (1892–1960), US Army general
* Charles Henry Dudley Ryder (1868–1945), English army officer and explorer
* Chauncey Foster Ryder (1868–1949), American painter
* Cynthia Ryder (born 1966), American rower
* Deb Ryder, American blues singer and songwriter
* Derek Ryder (born 1947), English footballer
* Dial D. Ryder (1938–2011), American gunsmith
* Don Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings (1916–2003), chairman of the UK National Enterprise Board, responsible for the 1975 Ryder Report
* Donald J. Ryder, U.S. military lawyer, responsible for the 2003 Ryder Report on prisoner abuse in Iraq
* Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby (1762–1847), English politician
* Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882), English politician
* Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby (1831–1900), English politician
* Dudley Ryder, 7th Earl of Harrowby (1922–2007), deputy chairman of Coutts bank and NatWest
* Graham Ryder (1949–2002), English lunar scientist
* Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder (1837–1907), English Roman Catholic priest
* James A. Ryder (1800–1860), American Jesuit priest
* Jeremy Ryder (born 1954), British musician known professionally as Jack Hues
* Jesse Ryder (born 1984), New Zealand cricketer
* John Ryder (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jonathan Ryder, pseudonym of American thriller author Robert Ludlum
* Mahler B. Ryder (1937–1992), American mixed-media artist, educator
* Margaret Ryder (1908–1998), British artist
* Michael Ryder (born 1980), NHL hockey player
* Mitch Ryder (born 1945), American musician
* Paddy Ryder (born 1988), Australian football player
* Richard Ryder (1766–1832), British 19th century politician
* Richard Andrew Ryder (born 1949), British politician
* Richard D. Ryder (born 1940), British animal rights activist
* Robert Edward Dudley Ryder (1908–1986), British military hero and politician
* Samuel Ryder (1858–1936), businessman and golf enthusiast
* Serena Ryder (born 1983), Canadian singer/songwriter
* Shaun Ryder (born 1962), British singer/songwriter
* Theodore Ryder (1916–1993), one of the first people to receive insulin as a treatment for diabetes
* Thomas P. Ryder (born 1985), Anglo-Scot rugby union player
* Thomas Ryder (1863–1935), American baseball player
* Tom Ryder (born 1949), American lawyer and politician
* William T. Ryder (1913–1992), Brigadier general and first American paratrooper
* Dr Andrew Ryder (born 1964) researcher and campaigner for Roma communities
* Winona Ryder (born 1971), American actress
* James A. Ryder, founder of Ryder System, Inc.
* Zack Ryder (born 1985), a former ring name of American professional wrestler Matt Cardona
Given name:
* Ryder Hesjedal (born 1980), Canadian professional racing cyclist
* Ryder Lyons, American football player
* Ryder Matos Santos (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
* Ryder Windham, American writer
Fictional characters:
* Honey Ryder, the Bond girl in the 1962 film Dr. No
* Charles Ryder, the protagnaist of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited
* James Ryder, in The Blue Carbuncle, a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle
* Lance "Ryder" Wilson, a fictional character in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
* Red Ryder, a fictional cowboy character from the eponymous franchise
* Red Ryder, a character from the 1993 film Blood In, Blood Out
* Flynn Ryder, a character from the Disney animated film Tangled
* Ryder, a character in the Skrull Kill Krew comics
* Ryder Callahan, a character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
* John Ryder, a character in the 1986 film The Hitcher and its 2007 remake
* Ryder, the main human character of the Canadian animated preschool TV series Paw Patrol
* Ryder, the protagonist of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel The Unconsoled
* Scott/Sara Ryder, main character of the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda
* Stephen "Red" Ryder, a character in the 1973 play When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
* Ryder White, a character in the video game series Dead Island
* Mr. Ryder, the biracial main character of Charles W. Chesnutt's short story "The Wife of His Youth"