# Ryszard

Ryszard is the Polish equivalent of "Richard", and may refer to:
* Ryszard Andrzejewski (born 1976), Polish rap musician, songwriter and producer
* Ryszard Bakst (1926–1999), Polish and British pianist and piano teacher of Jewish/Polish/Russian origin
* Ryszard Bartel (1897–1982), Polish engineer, aircraft designer, pioneer and aviator
* Ryszard Bender (1932–2016), Polish politician and historian, specialist in the history of the January Uprising
* Ryszard Wincenty Berwiński (1817–1879), Polish poet, translator, folklorist, and nationalist
* Ryszard Białous (1914–1992), Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the AK-Szare Szeregi
* Ryszard Bober (born 1956), Polish politician, Vice-Chairperson of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Regional Assembly
* Ryszard Bogusz (born 1951), Lutheran theologian, bishop of the diocese Wroclaw of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland
* Ryszard Bolesławski (1889–1937), Polish film director, actor and teacher of acting
* Ryszard Bosek (born 1950), former volleyball player from Poland, played in the team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
* Ryszard Bugaj (born 1944), Polish politician and economist, former advisor to Lech Kaczyński
* Ryszard Bugajski (1943–2019), Polish film director and screenwriter
* Ryszard Ćwikła (1946–1992), Polish alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics
* Ryszard Cyroń (born 1965), retired Polish football player
* Ryszard Czarnecki (born 1963), British-born Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament
* Ryszard Czerniawski (1952–2019), Polish lawyer and economist
* Ryszard Czerwiec (born 1968), Polish football player
* Ryszard Dembinski (1924–2008), Polish Cavalry officer and D-Day Veteran
* Ryszard Długosz (born 1941), Polish former wrestler
* Ryszard Engelking (born 1935), Polish mathematician
* Ryszard Filipski (1934–2021), Polish actor
* Ryszard Gajewski (born 1954), Polish mountaineer
* Ryszard Galla (born 1956), Polish politician
* Ryszard Garnys (born 1947), retired Polish triple jumper
* Ryszard Gawlor (born 1943), Polish luger who competed in the late 1960s
* Ryszard Głowacki (born 1937), Polish engineer of geology, writer and publicist
* Ryszard Grobelny (born 1963), mayor of Poznań since 1998
* Ryszard Gryglewski (1932–2023), Polish physician
* Ryszard Grzegorczyk (1939–2021), former Polish football player
* Ryszard Horowitz (born 1939), born in Kraków, Poland
* Ryszard Jankowski (born 1960), retired Polish footballer (goalkeeper)
* Ryszard Jedliński (born 1953), former Polish handball player
* Ryszard Kaczorowski hon GCMG (1919–2010), the last President of the Polish government in exile
* Ryszard Kaczyński (born 1954), Polish politician
* Ryszard Kalisz (born 1957), Polish politician
* Ryszard Kapuściński (1932–2007), Polish journalist whose dispatches in book form brought him a global reputation
* Ryszard Katus (born 1947), Polish athlete, competed mainly in the men's decathlon
* Ryszard Knosala (born 1949), Polish politician
* Ryszard Kole, Polish-American pharmacologist
* Ryszard Komornicki (born 1959), retired Polish footballer, currently manager of Górnik Zabrze
* Ryszard Koncewicz (died 2001), Polish soccer player as well as a coach
* Ryszard Kornacki (born 1940), it a Polish poet and essayist from Międzyrzec Podlaski
* Ryszard Kosiński (1955–2010), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
* Ryszard Kotla (born 1947), Polish travel writer, tour guide, activist, journalist, academic teacher and lifeguard instructor
* Ryszard Kubiak (1950–2022), Polish rower who competed in three Olympics
* Ryszard Kukliński (1930–2004), Polish colonel and Cold War spy
* Ryszard Kulesza (1931–2008), Polish footballer, coach and official
* Ryszard Jaxa-Małachowski Kulisicz, Peruvian architect of Polish and Slovak origin
* Ryszard Kunze (born 1939), Polish fencer
* Oskar Ryszard Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist and diplomat
* Ryszard Legutko (born 1949), Polish professor of philosophy, writer and politician
* Ryszard Lubicz, fictional character from Polish television series Klan
* Ryszard Malachowskis (born 1965), retired male decathlete
* Ryszard Marchlik (1939–2015), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the 1960s
* Ryszard Marczak (born 1945), former long-distance runner from Poland
* Ryszard Marzec (1931–1972), Polish field hockey player
* Ryszard Mordarski (born 1976), Polish slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s
* Ryszard Musielak (born 1950), one of the leaders of the Polish illegal Solidarity union in Toruń
* Ryszard Nowak, Polish politician, member of Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) party
* Ryszard Oborski (born 1952), Polish sprint canoeist
* Ryszard Ochyra (born 1949), Polish bryologist
* Ryszard Ostrowski (born 1961), male former track and field middle distance runner from Poland
* Ryszard Pacławski (born 1958), Polish lawyer, Scoutmaster and former Chief Scout from 1991 to 2000
* Ryszard Parulski (1938–2017), Polish fencer
* Ryszard Pawłowski (born 1950), Polish alpine and high-altitude climber and photographer
* Ryszard Pędrak-Janowicz (1932–2004), Polish luger
* Ryszard Peryt (1947–2019), Polish opera director, conductor, producer and actor
* Andrzej Ryszard Piątkowski (1934–2010), Polish sabreur and Olympic medallist
* Ryszard Piec (1913–1979), Polish soccer player
* Ryszard Pilarczyk (born 1975), former Polish athlete specializing in sprinting events
* Ryszard Podlas (born 1954), Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres
* Ryszard Przecicki (1934–2009), Australian businessman, chairman of Visy Industries
* Ryszard Przybysz (1950–2002), Polish handball player
* Ryszard Reiff (1923–2007), Polish politician, lawyer, publicist and resistance fighter
* Ryszard Riedel (1956–1994), lead singer of the blues-rock band Dżem
* Ryszard Rumianek (1947–2010), the rector of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
* Ryszard Schnepf, Polish politician, deputy foreign minister from 2007 to 2008
* Ryszard Ścigalski (born 1954), Polish former wrestler who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
* Ryszard Seruga (born 1953), Polish slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s
* Krzysztof Ryszard Sikora (born 1959), Polish politician
* Ryszard Siwiec (1909–1968), the first person to commit suicide by self-immolation in protest against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia
* Ryszard Skowronek (born 1949), retired male decathlete from Poland
* Ryszard Skwarski (1930–1996), Polish sprint canoeist
* Ryszard Sobczak (born 1967), Polish fencer
* Ryszard Stadniuk (born 1951), Polish rower
* Ryszard Stanibuła (1950–2025), member of the Polish People’s Party
* Ryszard Staniek (born 1973), former Polish football midfielder
* Ryszard Świętochowski (1882–1941), Polish politician, publicist and engineer
* Ryszard Syski (1924–2007), Polish-American mathematician
* Ryszard Szurkowski (1946–2021), retired road bicycle racer from Poland
* Ryszard Szymczak (1944–1996), former Polish football player
* Ryszard Tarasiewicz (born 1962), retired Polish football player
* Ryszard Tomczyk (born 1959), Polish politician, a historian, and a member of Local government
* Ryszard Torzecki (1925–2003), Polish historian, specializing in the Polish-Ukrainian relations
* Ryszard Tylewski (born 1952), Polish sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
* Ryszard Wasko, Polish artist in multimedia, photography, film, video, installation, painting, and drawing
* Ryszard Wawryniewicz (born 1962), Polish politician
* Ryszard Wieczorek (born 1962), manager of the Polish football team Górnik Zabrze
* Ryszard Wójcik (born 1956), retired Polish football referee
* Ryszard Wolny (born 1969), Polish wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
* Ryszard Zakrzewski, Polish traveler, topographer, and an officer in the Russian Army who lived in the 19th century
* Ryszard Zbrzyzny (born 1955), Polish politician
* Ryszard Zub (1934–2015), Polish fencer