# Ricardo

Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic *rīks 'king, ruler' + *harduz 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname.

## People
### Given name

* Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (born 1974), Portuguese comedian
* Ricardo Arjona (born 1964), Guatemalan singer
* Ricardo Arona (born 1978), Brazilian mixed martial artist
* Ricardo Ávila (born 1997), Panamanian footballer
* Ricardo Bierhals (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
* Ricardo Bralo (1916–?), Argentine long-distance runner
* Ricardo Bombine Pimentel (born 1978), Brazilian musician
* Ricardo Bueno Fernández (1940-2015), Spanish politician
* Ricardo Busquets (born 1974), Puerto Rican swimmer
* Ricardo Cardeno (born 1971), Colombian triathlete
* Ricardo Carvalho (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
* Ricardo Cortez (1900-1977), American actor
* Ricardo Darín (born 1957), Argentine actor
* Ricardo da Silva (born 1980), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
* Ricardo Esgaio, Portuguese footballer
* Ricardo Faty (born 1986), Senegalese footballer
* Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
* Ricardo Fortaleza (born 1951), Filipino-Australian boxer
* Ricardo Fuller (born 1979), Jamaican football (soccer) player
* Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician
* Ricardo Gangeme (1943-1999), Argentine journalist and founder of El Informador Chubutense
* Ricardo Gomes (born 1964), Brazilian footballer
* Ricardo González (golfer) (born 1969), Argentine golf player
* Ricardo González (racing driver) (born 1977), Mexican racing driver
* Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso (born 1965), retired Chilean footballer
* Ricardo Gutierrez (born 1955), American actor
* Ricardo López (born 1966), Mexican professional boxer
* Ricardo Hallman, American college football player
* Ricardo Hausmann (born 1956), Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard
* Ricardo Hurtado (born 1999), American actor
* Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born 1982), better known as Kaká, Brazilian footballer
* Ricardo James (born 1966), Panamaian footballer
* Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), Chilean socialist politician and former president
* Ricardo Larrivée (born 1967), French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer
* Ricardo Lee (born 1948), Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright
* Ricardo P. Lloyd (born 1993), British actor
* Ricardo Londoño (1949–2009), Colombian racing driver
* Ricardo López Felipe (born 1971), Spanish football goalkeeper
* Ricardo Macarrón (1926–2004), Spanish painter
* Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
* Ricardo Marsh (born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
* Ricardo Martínez (born 1980), Mexican footballer
* Ricardo Matosinhos (born 1982), Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue
* Ricardo Maurício (born 1979), Brazilian racing driver
* Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor
* Ricardo Montez (1923–2010), Gibraltarian actor
* Ricardo Medina, Jr. (born 1979), American actor
* Ricardo Menéndez March (born 1987/1988), New Zealand politician
* Ricardo Miranda (born 1976), Canadian politician and trade unionist
* Ricardo Mthembu (1970–2020), South African politician
* Ricardo Nascimento (born 1974), Portuguese footballer
* Ricardo Palma (1833-1919), Peruvian author
* Ricardo Pereira (actor) (born 1979), Portuguese actor, television presenter and fashion model
* Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira (born 1976), Portuguese football goalkeeper
* Ricardo Pietreczko (born 1994), German professional darts player
* Ricardo Pinto (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ricardo Puno (1923–2018), Filipino lawyer
* Ricardo Quaresma (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
* Ricardo Rodriguez (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ricardo Rosset (born 1968), Brazilian racing driver
* Ricardo Salampessy (born 1984), Indonesian footballer
* Ricardo Sanabria (born 1969), Paraguayan footballer
* Ricardo Sánchez (water polo) (born 1971), Spanish water polo player
* Ricardo Santos (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ricardo Senn (1931–2012), Argentine cyclist
* Ricardo Sperafico (born 1979), Brazilian racing driver
* Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver) (born 1984), Angolan racing driver
* Ricardo Toledo Carranza (born 1958), Costa Rican politician
* Ricardo Villagran (born 1938), Argentine illustrator
* Ricardo Villalobos (born 1970), Chilean electronic musician
* Ricardo Zonta (born 1976), Brazilian racing driver
* Ricardo Zunino (born 1949), Argentine racing driver

### Nickname

* Richard Møller Nielsen (1937–2014), Danish football manager whose team won the Euro 1992

### Last name

* Amy Mary Ricardo, birth name of Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (1847–1879), British aristocrat
* Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of Kate Bertram (1912–1999), British ichthyologist
* David Ricardo (1772–1823), British economist
* David Ricardo (the younger) (1803–1864), British Liberal Member of Parliament
* Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo (1852–1924), British army officer, police officer and philanthropist (brother of Horace Ricardo)
* Halsey Ricardo (1854–1928), English architect and designer
* Sir Harry Ricardo (1885–1974), British motor engineer who established Ricardo Consulting Engineers
* Colonel Horace Ricardo (1850–1935), British army officer and land owner (brother of Francis Cecil Ricardo)
* James Ricardo, American film director
* John Lewis Ricardo (1812–1862), British businessman and politician
* Osman Ricardo (1795–1881), British Liberal and Whig politician

## Fictional characters

* Richard Alpert (Lost), on the Lost TV series
* Ricardo Diaz, from the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City video game
* Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, main characters on the I Love Lucy TV series
* Ricardo Dalisay, the primary protagonist in the Ang Probinsyano TV series
* Ricardo Tubbs, on the TV series Miami Vice
* Ricardo (comic book character), the main antagonist from The Adventures of Nero comic book series
* Ricardo Amino (Cartoon character) , side character and brother of Maria Amino from the cartoon show ‘’Ozzy and Drix’’ air date September 27, 2003
* Ricardio, a character who is a heart from Ice King’s body in the animated series Adventure Time