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
 * 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-Tréfflé 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

 * 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
 * , (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
 * (1832—1890), Russian and French dancer of French origin, the wife of Louis Mérante