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Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think is a festschrift of 25 essays written in recognition of the life and work of Richard Dawkins. It was published in 2006, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the publication of The Selfish Gene.
Richard Dawson Richard Dawson (born November 20 1932) is a British-born American actor, comedian, game show panelist and host. He is best known for his role as Corporal Peter Newkirk on the World War II situation comedy Hogan's Heroes and was the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1976-1985 on ABC and again in 1994.
Richard DĂ©carie Richard DĂ©carie is a Canadian politician who is the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for the Quebec riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges in the Canadian House of Commons (the current MP for the riding is Meili Faille).
Richard Dean Richard Dean (born Richard Cowen in Bethesda, Maryland — died December 27, 2006 at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York) was an athlete, model and photographer. He also co-hosted a television makeover show, Cover Shot, on the American cable TV network TLC.
Richard Deane Richard Deane (1610–1653), English general-at-sea, major-general and regicide, was a younger son of Edward Deane of Temple Guiting or Guyting in Gloucestershire, where he was born, his baptism taking place on 8 July 1610. His family seems to have been strongly Puritan and was related to many of those Buckinghamshire families who were prominent among Oliver Cromwell's supporters during the English Civil War.
Richard Delafield Richard Delafield (September 1, 1798 – November 5, 1873) served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy, was Chief of Engineers, and was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Richard Denning Richard Denning, formally known as Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger (March 27, 1914 - October 11, 1998), was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and An Affair to Remember (1957), and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband (1948-1951), the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's real-life husband, Desi Arnaz.
Richard Derrick Richard Derrick was born in Torrance, California in 1961, and is a lifelong resident of nearby San Pedro. He began playing music at an early age, starting with piano at age four, guitar at age ten, then learning both drums and bass guitar at 15.
Richard Descoings Richard Descoings (born June 23, 1958 in Paris) is a French civil servant. He is currently serving as the Director of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (French: Institut d'Ă©tudes politiques de Paris), and as such as the Chief Administrator of the National Foundation of Political Science (Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, FNSP).
Richard Desmond Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December, 1951) is a British publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc. Express Newspapers publishes the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Star on Sunday and Daily Star.
Richard Despard Estes Richard Despard Estes (born 1928) is a biologist specialising in the behaviour of mammals in mainland Africa. His particular interest in wildebeest caused Rod East, the former cochair of the Antelope Specialist Group of the IUCN-World Conservation Union, to dub him the 'Guru of Gnu.
Richard Deverell In November 2005 Richard Deverell became Acting Controller of CBBC (having previously been Chief Operating Officer for CBBC since June 2005) following the departure of Alison Sharman and was subsequently appointed Controller of the renamed "BBC Children's" department in February 2006.
Richard Dillingham Richard Dillingham, (June 18, 1823 - June 30, 1850), was a Quaker school teacher from Peru Township in what is now Morrow County, Ohio, who was arrested in Tennessee on December 5, 1848, while aiding the attempted escape of three slaves. Tried April 12, 1849, he was sentenced to three years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville, where he died of cholera.
Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund is a charity founded in the memory of Richard Dimbleby, a British journalist and broadcaster, who died in 1965 aged only fifty two from lung cancer. Before his funeral, his family requested well-wishers to make donations to the new fund rather than sending flowers.
Richard Dimbleby Lecture The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (also known as the Dimblebly Lecture) was founded in the memory of Richard Dimbleby, the BBC broadcaster. It has been delivered by an influential business or political figure almost every year since 1972 (with gaps in 1981, 1991 and 1993).
Richard Dixon Oldham Richard Dixon Oldham (July 31, 1858 – July 15, 1936) was a British geologist who, in 1906, argued that the Earth must have a molten interior as S waves were not able to travel through liquids nor through the Earth's interior.
Richard Dobie Richard Dobie (b 1731 – d March 23, 1805) was a merchant from Scotland who came to Canada about 1760 and by 1764 was actively involved in the fur trade around Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes. Much of their trade was to the south of these lakes which was a well established trade zone.
Richard Dodds Richard Dodds (born February 23, 1959) is a former field hockey player, who won the golden medal with the British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he secured the bronze medal with his team.
Richard Doherty (military historian) Richard Doherty is a County Londonderry-born military historian and author, educated at St. Columb's College, who has authored more than a dozen books about British and Irish military history ranging from the Williamite wars through to World War II.
Richard Doll Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll CH OBE FRS (28 October 1912–24 July 2005) was a British epidemiologist, physiologist, and a pioneer in the research linking smoking to health problems. With Ernst Wynder, Bradford Hill and Evarts Graham, he was the first in the modern world to prove that smoking caused lung cancer and increased the risk of heart disease.
Richard Donner Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg on April 24, 1930) is an American film director, and also a film producer through the production company, The Donners' Company, which he and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, own.
Richard Dos Ramos Richard Anthony Dos Ramos (born September 10, 1962 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up in Malton, Ontario where his family emigrated to when he was young.
Richard Dotson Richard Elliott Dotson (born January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1980s. He is best noted for his 22-6 performance of 1983, helping the Chicago White Sox win the American League West Division championship that season.
Richard Douglas Husband Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Richard Douglas Sandford Richard Douglas Sandford (11 May 1891-23 November 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Richard Douthwaite Richard Douthwaite is a contemporary economist and co-founder of the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta), an Irish economic think tank. His books include "The Growth Illusion" (1992), "Short Circuit" (1996) and the "Ecology of Money" (1999).
Richard Dowis Richard Dowis (born 1930) is a writer and president of the Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature (SPELL). This Waleska, Georgia resident authored The Lost Art of the Great Speech (1999, ISBN 0-8144-7054-8), a treatise for speechwriters.
Richard Downes Jackson Sir Richard Downes Jackson, KCB (1777 – June 9, 1845) was Administrator of Canada West and Canada East (1841-1842) until the arrival of Sir Charles Bagot who took the position of Governor General of the Province of Canada.
Richard Doyle (illustrator) Richard "Dickie" Doyle (September 1824 - December 11, 1883) was a notable Victorian illustrator. His work frequently appeared, amongst other places, in Punch magazine; he drew the cover of the first issue, and designed the magazine's masthead, a design that was used for over a century.
Richard Dragon Richard Dragon is a fictional character created by Dennis O'Neil and Jim Berry in the novel Dragon's Fists (1974). O'Neill later adapted the character for DC Comics in the comic book Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter.
Richard Drax Richard Plunkett Ernle Erle Drax is the British Conservative Party Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency of South Dorset. Before this, he had a career as a presenter on the television news program South Today.
Richard Drew (photographer) Richard Drew (born circa 1938) is an Associated Press photo-journalist, perhaps most notable for his photo The Falling Man which depicts one of the people who chose to jump out of the World Trade Center towers following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Richard Driehaus Richard H. Driehaus ( born 1942 in Chicago) is a fund manager, businessman and philanthropist founder, Chief Investment Officer and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management based in Chicago, a firm which manages U.
Richard Dumbrill Richard Dumbrill (born November 19, 1938, Wandsworth, England) is a former South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1965 to 1966. Following his cricket career, he emigrated from South Africa to the USA where he married and had 2 children.
Richard Dunn Richard Dunn (born January 19 1945) is an English boxer who unsuccessfully fought Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1976. Ali knocked Dunn out in the fifth round and this was the last knockout he ever scored.
Richard Durbin Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin, (born November 21 1944) is currently the senior United States Senator from Illinois and Democratic Whip, the second highest position in the party leadership in the Senate. He became Majority Whip of the US Senate when the 110th Congress convened on January 4, 2007.
Richard Durrant Richard Durrant is a skilled stringed instumentalist, most commonly playing the guitar. He studied at the Royal College of Music since when he has performed a mix of all guitar styles - classical, pop, jazz, ragtime.
Richard E. Bush Richard Earl Bush (1924-2004) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor as a corporal for heroism on Okinawa in World War II. On April 16, 1945, Cpl Bush threw himself on a live grenade, absorbing the force of the explosion, to save the lives of fellow Marines.
Richard E. Kraus Private First Class Richard Edward Kraus was an United States Marine killed in action during the World War II campaign on Peleliu Island on 3 October 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military tribute awarded in the United States.
Richard E. Nisbett Richard Nisbett is a distinguished professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Nisbett's research interests are in culture, social class and aging.
Richard Earl Block Richard Earl Block is a mathematician at the University of California at Riverside who works on Lie algebras over finite fields. He was the first to discover the central extension of the Witt algebra that gives the Virasoro algebra, though his discovery went unnoticed for many years.
Richard Earlom Richard Earlom (1742-1822), English mezzotint engraver, was born and died in London. His natural faculty for art appears to have been first called into exercise by admiration for the lord mayor's state coach, just decorated by Giovanni Battista Cipriani.
Richard Eaton Singers The Richard Eatons Singers is a symphonic chorus which has been a part of the cultural life of Edmonton, Alberta since 1951. It was founded by Richard Eaton, the first Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alberta, and was originally named the University Singers.
Richard Eberhart Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5 1904 – June 9, 2005) was a prolific American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. Eberhart's poetry has been widely recognised winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for Selected Poems: 1930-1965 and a National Book Award in 1977 for Collected Poems: 1930-1976.
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC (April 23, 1680 – November 22, 1758), was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was successively Member of Parliament for St Germans, Plympton and Lostwithiel from 1701 to 1742; on two occasions he served as a lord of the treasury; and from 1724 to 1742 he was Paymaster-General for Ireland, becoming Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in December 1742.
Richard Edward Wilson Richard Edward Wilson (born 1941) is an American composer of orchestral, operatic, instrumental, and chamber music. Wilson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was at a young age drawn to the concerts of George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Richard Edwards (singer-songwriter) Richard Edwards is the singer and main songwriter for the band Margot and the Nuclear So and So's. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing such instruments as guitar, bells, melodica, banjo, and some percussion.
Richard Edwin Fox Richard Edwin Fox, 47, was executed by the State of Ohio on February 12, 2003 for the kidnapping and murder of an 18-year-old college student whom he lured to her death with the fake promise of a job interview.
Richard Egarr Richard Egarr is a British keyboard performer and conductor. He received his musical training as a choirboy at York Minster, at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, and as organ scholar at Clare College, Cambridge.
Richard Egielski Richard Egielski (born July 16 1952 in New York City) is an American illustrator most famous for Hey, Al, a book that Arthur Yorinks wrote, but for which Egielski won the 1987 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations.
Richard Echeverria Richard Echeverria (born October 20 1961) is an American luthier who has built fretted instruments for musicians such as Brendan O'Brien and Peter Buck. As a young aspiring luthier in Colorado, he was influenced heavily by Monty Novotny.
Richard Elliot Richard Elliot is a Scottish-born saxophone player who first found fame as a member of the funk band Tower of Power. His solo career took off when he remade the Percy Sledge classic "When a Man Loves a Woman" (which had also been remade by Michael Bolton).
Richard Ellis (biologist) Richard Ellis is a marine biologist. He is a research associate in the American Museum of Natural History's division of paleontology, special adviser to the American Cetacean Society, and a member of the Explorers Club.
Richard Ellis (politician) Richard Ellis (1781 - December 20, 1846) was an American plantation owner, politician, and judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Alabama. He was president of the Convention of 1836 that declared Texas's independence of Mexico, signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, and later served in the Republic of Texas legislature.
Richard Ellmann Richard Ellmann (March 15, 1918 – May 13, 1987) was a prominent American literary critic and biographer of Irish writers such as James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats. Ellmann's James Joyce (1959), for which he won the National Book Award in 1960, is considered one of the greatest literary biographies of the 20th century.
Richard Elyot Sir Richard Elyot (died 1522) held large estates in Wiltshire and in 1503 became serjeant-at-law and Attorney-General to the Queen consort, Elizabeth of York. Soon afterwards he was commissioned to act as Justice of Assize on the western circuit, becoming in 1513 judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
Richard Engel Richard Engel is NBC News' Middle East correspondent and Beirut Bureau chief. Prior to joining NBC News in May 2003, he covered the start of the 2003 war in Iraq from Baghdad for ABC News as a freelance journalist.
Richard Ernest William Turner Richard Ernest William Turner (July 25, 1871-June 19, 1961) (VC, KCB, KCMG, DSO, Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France)) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Richard Eromoigbe Richard Eromoigbe (born 26 June 1984 in Nigeria) is a football player who currently plays for PFC Levski Sofia as a midfielder. He arrived at Levski at a very young age and was sent off to play at Cherno More before returning to Levski in 2004.
Richard Estes Richard Estes (born May 14, 1936 in Kewanee, Illinois) is an American painter who is best known for his photorealistic paintings. The paintings generally consist of reflective, clean, and inanimate city and geometric landscapes.
Richard Evans (Australian politician) Richard Evans (born 7 September, 1953) is a former Australian politician, who served as a Liberal Party of Australia member in the Australian House of Representatives. He was the member for Cowan from 1993 to 1998.
Richard Evans (businessman) Sir Richard Harry Evans, CBE, Hon DTech, Hon FRAeS (less formally known as Dick Evans before and after his knighthood) was born in Blackpool in 1942 and was formerly chairman of BAE Systems. In 2001 he became Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire.
Richard Evans Schultes Richard Evans Schultes (January 12, 1915 – April 10, 2001) may be considered the father of modern ethnobotany, not only in his devotion to the study of native uses of entheogenic or hallucinogenic plants, especially in the Amazon, in his lifelong collaborations with chemists, but also in his charismatic influence as an educator at Harvard University on a number of field botanists who went on to write popular books and assume influential positions in museums, botanical gardens, etc. Dr.
Richard F. Outcault Richard Felton Outcault (January 14, 1863-September 25, 1928) was an American comic strip scriptwriter, sketcher and painter. Outcault was the creator of the series The Yellow Kid, and is considered the inventor of the modern comic strip.
Richard Fa'aoso Richard Fa'aoso (born May 8 1984 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia) is a Tongan rugby league player who will play for Australia club Parramatta Eels in the 2007 NRL competition. His position of choice is either centre or a lock forward.
Richard Fairbank Richard Fairbank founded Capital One with Nigel Morris in 1988, and is currently the Chairman and CEO. He also serves on the board of directors of MasterCard International, and is the Chairman of MasterCard International's U.
Richard Fairbrass Richard Peter John Fairbrass (born September 22, 1953) is an English singer and television presenter, born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey and raised in East Grinstead, West Sussex. He is the lead vocal of the band Right Said Fred alongside his brother Fred Fairbrass, which became very popular in the UK from 1991 onwards.
Richard Falklen Richard Falklen is the show producer for Gerry House and the House Foundation, the Country Music Association (CMA) and Academy Of Country Music (ACM) award-winning morning radio show on The Big 98, WSIX-FM in Nashville, Tennessee, and heard across the world on WSIX.com and on XM Satellite Radio Channel 161, from 6 to 10am (CST) Monday through Friday
Richard Fariña Richard George Fariña ( March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966 ) was an American writer and folksinger. He was a figure in both the counterculture scene of the early- to mid-sixties as well as the budding folk rock scene of the same era.
Richard Farnsworth Richard Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, he began his film career as a stunt man, performing several horse riding stunts in such films as the Marx Brothers' A Day at the Races at the age of 17.
Richard Farrant Richard Farrant (ca. 1530 - 30 November 1580) was a composer of English church music, also a choirmaster, playwright and theatrical producer noted for creating the Blackfriars Theatre that hosted children's companies.
Richard Feachem Sir Richard George Andrew Feachem, KBE, FREng was born in Manchester, UK in 1947. He took up his position as the first Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, in July 2002.
Richard Felix Richard Felix was born in Stanley, Derbyshire and came to prominence as the historian on LivingTV's successful paranormal programme Most Haunted where from series two to his final episodes of Series 8 he has performed the role of folklorist and historian.
Richard Fell Richard Taylor Fell CVO (b. 11 November 1948) was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and the colonial Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (of which only Pitcairn is inhabited) from 2001 to 2006.
Richard Ferguson-Hull Richard Ferguson-Hull (also credited as Rich Ferguson-Hull) is an American animation director, working primarily in the formats of television serials and advertising. He is best known as the long-time director of Cartoon Network's popular Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law.
Richard Feynman Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988; surname pronounced FINE-man; ) was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and particle theory. For his work on quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga; he developed a way to understand the behavior of subatomic particles using pictorial tools that later became known as Feynman diagrams.
Richard Fidler Richard Fidler (born November 13, 1964) is a well-known Australian Republican and Australian ABC TV and radio presenter. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as a member of the Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS), an Australian musical comedy group also comprising Tim Ferguson and Paul McDermott.
Richard Fikes Richard Earl Fikes (of San Antontio, TX, and born 4 October 1942), is a prominent computer scientist, and is currently Research Professor within the Computer Science department of Stanford University. He is also Director of the Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory.
Richard Fitz Gilbert Richard FitzGilbert was the founder of the early Anglo-Norman noble family the de Clares. Known as "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and "de Tonbridge", he accompanied his reputed kinsman William the Duke of Normandy into England, and was rewarded with no less than one hundred and seventy six lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge, in return for his service at the Battle of Hastings, and general assistance in conquering the Saxon.
Richard Fitz Roy Richard Fitz Roy (died 1246) or de Warenne, Baron of Chilham, Kent, was the illegitimate son of King John of England. His mother was John's cousin, named Adela, a daughter of Hamelin de Warenne and Isabella de Warenne, Countess of Surrey.
Richard Fitzgerald Richard Fitzgerald (VC) (born December 1831, St. Finbar's Cork, Ireland) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Richard Fleeshman Richard Jonathan Fleeshman (born 8 June, 1989 in Manchester) is an English actor, who is most famous for playing character Craig Harris in soap opera, Coronation Street. He won the 'Sexiest Male' award at the British Soap Awards in May 2006.
Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood William Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood, usually called Richard Inglewood (born 1951) is a Tory politician in the United Kingdom, and a member of the European Parliament for North West England from 1999 to 2004.
Richard Ford Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the novels The Sportswriter and its award-winning sequel Independence Day, and the widely-anthologized collection of short stories Rock Springs.
Richard Foss Richard Foss is an American journalist and science fiction author, also active in science fiction fandom. In addition, he has chaired science fiction conventions and worked as a travel agent, restaurant reviewer, lecturer in Elizabethan history, and ballet choreographer.
Richard Foster (architect) Richard T. Foster was a modernist architect who worked in the New York area, and also around Greenwich, Connecticut, often in partnership with Philip Johnson, including the Glass House located in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Richard Foster Jones Richard Foster Jones (1886 - 1965) was a professor of English at Stanford University. His research interests included early modern English literature (especially Sir Francis Bacon), the history of science, and the writings of Jonathan Swift.
Richard Francis Burton Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (March 19, 1821 – October 20, 1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.
Richard Freeman Richard Freeman (born Nuneaton, England, in 1970) is the zoological director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ). An early obsession with the classic ScFi series Doctor Who, with Jon Pertwee in the title role, sparked an interest in him or all things weird.
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (August 14 1840 – December 22 1902) was an Austro-German psychiatrist who wrote Psychopathia Sexualis (1886), a famous study of sexual perversity, and remains well-known for his coinage of the term sadism (after the Marquis de Sade). He also coined the term masochism using the name of a contemporary writer, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose partially autobiographical novel Venus in Furs tells of the protagonist's desire to be whipped and enslaved by a beautiful woman.
Richard G. Brown Richard G. Brown was a prominent mathematician and the author of one of the most famous high-school advanced mathematics text books, "Advanced Mathematics: Precalculus With Discrete Mathematics and Data Analysis".
Richard G. Compton Richard Compton is a Physical Chemist working at the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University. He is Physical Chemistry editor of the Oxford University Press' Chemistry Primers series, which has over 100 titles to date (2006).
Richard G. Hatcher Richard Gordon Hatcher became the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana on January 1, 1968. He had won election the previous November as one of the first black mayors elected in a major Northern industrial city and the first in the state of Indiana.
Richard G. Scott Richard Gordon Scott, born November 7, 1928 in Pocatello, Idaho, was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 1, 1988 and was ordained an apostle on October 6, 1988 following the death of Marion G. Romney.
Richard Gant Richard Gant is an American actor, born on May 13, 1940. His credits include the films Rocky V (as the Don King-esque George Washington Duke), Godzilla, and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, as well as the TV series Seinfeld, The Cosby Show, Deadwood, Babylon 5, Living Single, and Charmed.
Richard Gardiner Willis Richard Gardiner Willis (February 10, 1865-February 1929) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party from 1919 to 1922, and served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 until his death.
Richard Garfield Richard Garfield (born 1966) is a mathematics professor and a former game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (originally known as Jyhad), The Great Dalmuti, Star Wars Trading Card Game, and the board game RoboRally. Magic: The Gathering is his most successful game and its development is credited with creating the collectible card game genre.
Richard Gautier Richard "Dick" Gautier (born October 30, 1931 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor, comedian, composer, singer and author, best known for his portrayal of Hymie the Robot in the television series Get Smart. He also starred as Robin Hood in the short-lived TV comedy series When Things Were Rotten, a Mel Brooks send-up of the classic legend, as well guest appearances on many other television programs, including Matlock, Columbo, Quincy and Murder, She Wrote.
Richard Gavin Reid Richard Gavin Reid (Aberdeenshire January 17, 1879 - October 17, 1980 Edmonton), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1934 and 1935. He was the last United Farmers of Alberta Premier before the party was wiped out by the Social Credit party.
Richard Genelle Richard Genelle played Ernie on Power Rangers from 1993 to 1996. His character was the owner of the Angel Grove Youth Center, before lending it to Jerome Stone played by Gregg Bullock, the most popular hang out spot for the teens of Angel Grove.
Richard Dawson Richard Dawson (born November 20 1932) is a British-born American actor, comedian, game show panelist and host. He is best known for his role as Corporal Peter Newkirk on the World War II situation comedy Hogan's Heroes and was the original host of the Family Feud game show from 1976-1985 on ABC and again in 1994.
Richard DĂ©carie Richard DĂ©carie is a Canadian politician who is the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for the Quebec riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges in the Canadian House of Commons (the current MP for the riding is Meili Faille).
Richard Dean Richard Dean (born Richard Cowen in Bethesda, Maryland — died December 27, 2006 at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York) was an athlete, model and photographer. He also co-hosted a television makeover show, Cover Shot, on the American cable TV network TLC.
Richard Deane Richard Deane (1610–1653), English general-at-sea, major-general and regicide, was a younger son of Edward Deane of Temple Guiting or Guyting in Gloucestershire, where he was born, his baptism taking place on 8 July 1610. His family seems to have been strongly Puritan and was related to many of those Buckinghamshire families who were prominent among Oliver Cromwell's supporters during the English Civil War.
Richard Delafield Richard Delafield (September 1, 1798 – November 5, 1873) served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy, was Chief of Engineers, and was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Richard Denning Richard Denning, formally known as Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger (March 27, 1914 - October 11, 1998), was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and An Affair to Remember (1957), and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband (1948-1951), the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's real-life husband, Desi Arnaz.
Richard Derrick Richard Derrick was born in Torrance, California in 1961, and is a lifelong resident of nearby San Pedro. He began playing music at an early age, starting with piano at age four, guitar at age ten, then learning both drums and bass guitar at 15.
Richard Descoings Richard Descoings (born June 23, 1958 in Paris) is a French civil servant. He is currently serving as the Director of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (French: Institut d'Ă©tudes politiques de Paris), and as such as the Chief Administrator of the National Foundation of Political Science (Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, FNSP).
Richard Desmond Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December, 1951) is a British publisher, current owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern and Shell plc. Express Newspapers publishes the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Star on Sunday and Daily Star.
Richard Despard Estes Richard Despard Estes (born 1928) is a biologist specialising in the behaviour of mammals in mainland Africa. His particular interest in wildebeest caused Rod East, the former cochair of the Antelope Specialist Group of the IUCN-World Conservation Union, to dub him the 'Guru of Gnu.
Richard Deverell In November 2005 Richard Deverell became Acting Controller of CBBC (having previously been Chief Operating Officer for CBBC since June 2005) following the departure of Alison Sharman and was subsequently appointed Controller of the renamed "BBC Children's" department in February 2006.
Richard Dillingham Richard Dillingham, (June 18, 1823 - June 30, 1850), was a Quaker school teacher from Peru Township in what is now Morrow County, Ohio, who was arrested in Tennessee on December 5, 1848, while aiding the attempted escape of three slaves. Tried April 12, 1849, he was sentenced to three years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville, where he died of cholera.
Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund is a charity founded in the memory of Richard Dimbleby, a British journalist and broadcaster, who died in 1965 aged only fifty two from lung cancer. Before his funeral, his family requested well-wishers to make donations to the new fund rather than sending flowers.
Richard Dimbleby Lecture The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (also known as the Dimblebly Lecture) was founded in the memory of Richard Dimbleby, the BBC broadcaster. It has been delivered by an influential business or political figure almost every year since 1972 (with gaps in 1981, 1991 and 1993).
Richard Dixon Oldham Richard Dixon Oldham (July 31, 1858 – July 15, 1936) was a British geologist who, in 1906, argued that the Earth must have a molten interior as S waves were not able to travel through liquids nor through the Earth's interior.
Richard Dobie Richard Dobie (b 1731 – d March 23, 1805) was a merchant from Scotland who came to Canada about 1760 and by 1764 was actively involved in the fur trade around Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes. Much of their trade was to the south of these lakes which was a well established trade zone.
Richard Dodds Richard Dodds (born February 23, 1959) is a former field hockey player, who won the golden medal with the British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years earlier, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he secured the bronze medal with his team.
Richard Doherty (military historian) Richard Doherty is a County Londonderry-born military historian and author, educated at St. Columb's College, who has authored more than a dozen books about British and Irish military history ranging from the Williamite wars through to World War II.
Richard Doll Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll CH OBE FRS (28 October 1912–24 July 2005) was a British epidemiologist, physiologist, and a pioneer in the research linking smoking to health problems. With Ernst Wynder, Bradford Hill and Evarts Graham, he was the first in the modern world to prove that smoking caused lung cancer and increased the risk of heart disease.
Richard Donner Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg on April 24, 1930) is an American film director, and also a film producer through the production company, The Donners' Company, which he and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, own.
Richard Dos Ramos Richard Anthony Dos Ramos (born September 10, 1962 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up in Malton, Ontario where his family emigrated to when he was young.
Richard Dotson Richard Elliott Dotson (born January 10, 1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball in the 1980s. He is best noted for his 22-6 performance of 1983, helping the Chicago White Sox win the American League West Division championship that season.
Richard Douglas Husband Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was an astronaut and the space shuttle commander of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Richard Douglas Sandford Richard Douglas Sandford (11 May 1891-23 November 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Richard Douthwaite Richard Douthwaite is a contemporary economist and co-founder of the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (Feasta), an Irish economic think tank. His books include "The Growth Illusion" (1992), "Short Circuit" (1996) and the "Ecology of Money" (1999).
Richard Dowis Richard Dowis (born 1930) is a writer and president of the Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature (SPELL). This Waleska, Georgia resident authored The Lost Art of the Great Speech (1999, ISBN 0-8144-7054-8), a treatise for speechwriters.
Richard Downes Jackson Sir Richard Downes Jackson, KCB (1777 – June 9, 1845) was Administrator of Canada West and Canada East (1841-1842) until the arrival of Sir Charles Bagot who took the position of Governor General of the Province of Canada.
Richard Doyle (illustrator) Richard "Dickie" Doyle (September 1824 - December 11, 1883) was a notable Victorian illustrator. His work frequently appeared, amongst other places, in Punch magazine; he drew the cover of the first issue, and designed the magazine's masthead, a design that was used for over a century.
Richard Dragon Richard Dragon is a fictional character created by Dennis O'Neil and Jim Berry in the novel Dragon's Fists (1974). O'Neill later adapted the character for DC Comics in the comic book Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter.
Richard Drax Richard Plunkett Ernle Erle Drax is the British Conservative Party Parliamentary Candidate for the constituency of South Dorset. Before this, he had a career as a presenter on the television news program South Today.
Richard Drew (photographer) Richard Drew (born circa 1938) is an Associated Press photo-journalist, perhaps most notable for his photo The Falling Man which depicts one of the people who chose to jump out of the World Trade Center towers following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Richard Driehaus Richard H. Driehaus ( born 1942 in Chicago) is a fund manager, businessman and philanthropist founder, Chief Investment Officer and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management based in Chicago, a firm which manages U.
Richard Dumbrill Richard Dumbrill (born November 19, 1938, Wandsworth, England) is a former South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1965 to 1966. Following his cricket career, he emigrated from South Africa to the USA where he married and had 2 children.
Richard Dunn Richard Dunn (born January 19 1945) is an English boxer who unsuccessfully fought Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1976. Ali knocked Dunn out in the fifth round and this was the last knockout he ever scored.
Richard Durbin Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin, (born November 21 1944) is currently the senior United States Senator from Illinois and Democratic Whip, the second highest position in the party leadership in the Senate. He became Majority Whip of the US Senate when the 110th Congress convened on January 4, 2007.
Richard Durrant Richard Durrant is a skilled stringed instumentalist, most commonly playing the guitar. He studied at the Royal College of Music since when he has performed a mix of all guitar styles - classical, pop, jazz, ragtime.
Richard E. Bush Richard Earl Bush (1924-2004) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor as a corporal for heroism on Okinawa in World War II. On April 16, 1945, Cpl Bush threw himself on a live grenade, absorbing the force of the explosion, to save the lives of fellow Marines.
Richard E. Kraus Private First Class Richard Edward Kraus was an United States Marine killed in action during the World War II campaign on Peleliu Island on 3 October 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military tribute awarded in the United States.
Richard E. Nisbett Richard Nisbett is a distinguished professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Nisbett's research interests are in culture, social class and aging.
Richard Earl Block Richard Earl Block is a mathematician at the University of California at Riverside who works on Lie algebras over finite fields. He was the first to discover the central extension of the Witt algebra that gives the Virasoro algebra, though his discovery went unnoticed for many years.
Richard Earlom Richard Earlom (1742-1822), English mezzotint engraver, was born and died in London. His natural faculty for art appears to have been first called into exercise by admiration for the lord mayor's state coach, just decorated by Giovanni Battista Cipriani.
Richard Eaton Singers The Richard Eatons Singers is a symphonic chorus which has been a part of the cultural life of Edmonton, Alberta since 1951. It was founded by Richard Eaton, the first Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Alberta, and was originally named the University Singers.
Richard Eberhart Richard Ghormley Eberhart (April 5 1904 – June 9, 2005) was a prolific American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total. Eberhart's poetry has been widely recognised winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for Selected Poems: 1930-1965 and a National Book Award in 1977 for Collected Poems: 1930-1976.
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC (April 23, 1680 – November 22, 1758), was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was successively Member of Parliament for St Germans, Plympton and Lostwithiel from 1701 to 1742; on two occasions he served as a lord of the treasury; and from 1724 to 1742 he was Paymaster-General for Ireland, becoming Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in December 1742.
Richard Edward Wilson Richard Edward Wilson (born 1941) is an American composer of orchestral, operatic, instrumental, and chamber music. Wilson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was at a young age drawn to the concerts of George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Richard Edwards (singer-songwriter) Richard Edwards is the singer and main songwriter for the band Margot and the Nuclear So and So's. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing such instruments as guitar, bells, melodica, banjo, and some percussion.
Richard Edwin Fox Richard Edwin Fox, 47, was executed by the State of Ohio on February 12, 2003 for the kidnapping and murder of an 18-year-old college student whom he lured to her death with the fake promise of a job interview.
Richard Egarr Richard Egarr is a British keyboard performer and conductor. He received his musical training as a choirboy at York Minster, at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, and as organ scholar at Clare College, Cambridge.
Richard Egielski Richard Egielski (born July 16 1952 in New York City) is an American illustrator most famous for Hey, Al, a book that Arthur Yorinks wrote, but for which Egielski won the 1987 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations.
Richard Echeverria Richard Echeverria (born October 20 1961) is an American luthier who has built fretted instruments for musicians such as Brendan O'Brien and Peter Buck. As a young aspiring luthier in Colorado, he was influenced heavily by Monty Novotny.
Richard Elliot Richard Elliot is a Scottish-born saxophone player who first found fame as a member of the funk band Tower of Power. His solo career took off when he remade the Percy Sledge classic "When a Man Loves a Woman" (which had also been remade by Michael Bolton).
Richard Ellis (biologist) Richard Ellis is a marine biologist. He is a research associate in the American Museum of Natural History's division of paleontology, special adviser to the American Cetacean Society, and a member of the Explorers Club.
Richard Ellis (politician) Richard Ellis (1781 - December 20, 1846) was an American plantation owner, politician, and judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Alabama. He was president of the Convention of 1836 that declared Texas's independence of Mexico, signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, and later served in the Republic of Texas legislature.
Richard Ellmann Richard Ellmann (March 15, 1918 – May 13, 1987) was a prominent American literary critic and biographer of Irish writers such as James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats. Ellmann's James Joyce (1959), for which he won the National Book Award in 1960, is considered one of the greatest literary biographies of the 20th century.
Richard Elyot Sir Richard Elyot (died 1522) held large estates in Wiltshire and in 1503 became serjeant-at-law and Attorney-General to the Queen consort, Elizabeth of York. Soon afterwards he was commissioned to act as Justice of Assize on the western circuit, becoming in 1513 judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
Richard Engel Richard Engel is NBC News' Middle East correspondent and Beirut Bureau chief. Prior to joining NBC News in May 2003, he covered the start of the 2003 war in Iraq from Baghdad for ABC News as a freelance journalist.
Richard Ernest William Turner Richard Ernest William Turner (July 25, 1871-June 19, 1961) (VC, KCB, KCMG, DSO, Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France)) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Richard Eromoigbe Richard Eromoigbe (born 26 June 1984 in Nigeria) is a football player who currently plays for PFC Levski Sofia as a midfielder. He arrived at Levski at a very young age and was sent off to play at Cherno More before returning to Levski in 2004.
Richard Estes Richard Estes (born May 14, 1936 in Kewanee, Illinois) is an American painter who is best known for his photorealistic paintings. The paintings generally consist of reflective, clean, and inanimate city and geometric landscapes.
Richard Evans (Australian politician) Richard Evans (born 7 September, 1953) is a former Australian politician, who served as a Liberal Party of Australia member in the Australian House of Representatives. He was the member for Cowan from 1993 to 1998.
Richard Evans (businessman) Sir Richard Harry Evans, CBE, Hon DTech, Hon FRAeS (less formally known as Dick Evans before and after his knighthood) was born in Blackpool in 1942 and was formerly chairman of BAE Systems. In 2001 he became Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire.
Richard Evans Schultes Richard Evans Schultes (January 12, 1915 – April 10, 2001) may be considered the father of modern ethnobotany, not only in his devotion to the study of native uses of entheogenic or hallucinogenic plants, especially in the Amazon, in his lifelong collaborations with chemists, but also in his charismatic influence as an educator at Harvard University on a number of field botanists who went on to write popular books and assume influential positions in museums, botanical gardens, etc. Dr.
Richard F. Outcault Richard Felton Outcault (January 14, 1863-September 25, 1928) was an American comic strip scriptwriter, sketcher and painter. Outcault was the creator of the series The Yellow Kid, and is considered the inventor of the modern comic strip.
Richard Fa'aoso Richard Fa'aoso (born May 8 1984 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia) is a Tongan rugby league player who will play for Australia club Parramatta Eels in the 2007 NRL competition. His position of choice is either centre or a lock forward.
Richard Fairbank Richard Fairbank founded Capital One with Nigel Morris in 1988, and is currently the Chairman and CEO. He also serves on the board of directors of MasterCard International, and is the Chairman of MasterCard International's U.
Richard Fairbrass Richard Peter John Fairbrass (born September 22, 1953) is an English singer and television presenter, born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey and raised in East Grinstead, West Sussex. He is the lead vocal of the band Right Said Fred alongside his brother Fred Fairbrass, which became very popular in the UK from 1991 onwards.
Richard Falklen Richard Falklen is the show producer for Gerry House and the House Foundation, the Country Music Association (CMA) and Academy Of Country Music (ACM) award-winning morning radio show on The Big 98, WSIX-FM in Nashville, Tennessee, and heard across the world on WSIX.com and on XM Satellite Radio Channel 161, from 6 to 10am (CST) Monday through Friday
Richard Fariña Richard George Fariña ( March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966 ) was an American writer and folksinger. He was a figure in both the counterculture scene of the early- to mid-sixties as well as the budding folk rock scene of the same era.
Richard Farnsworth Richard Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, he began his film career as a stunt man, performing several horse riding stunts in such films as the Marx Brothers' A Day at the Races at the age of 17.
Richard Farrant Richard Farrant (ca. 1530 - 30 November 1580) was a composer of English church music, also a choirmaster, playwright and theatrical producer noted for creating the Blackfriars Theatre that hosted children's companies.
Richard Feachem Sir Richard George Andrew Feachem, KBE, FREng was born in Manchester, UK in 1947. He took up his position as the first Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, in July 2002.
Richard Felix Richard Felix was born in Stanley, Derbyshire and came to prominence as the historian on LivingTV's successful paranormal programme Most Haunted where from series two to his final episodes of Series 8 he has performed the role of folklorist and historian.
Richard Fell Richard Taylor Fell CVO (b. 11 November 1948) was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and the colonial Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (of which only Pitcairn is inhabited) from 2001 to 2006.
Richard Ferguson-Hull Richard Ferguson-Hull (also credited as Rich Ferguson-Hull) is an American animation director, working primarily in the formats of television serials and advertising. He is best known as the long-time director of Cartoon Network's popular Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law.
Richard Feynman Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988; surname pronounced FINE-man; ) was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and particle theory. For his work on quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga; he developed a way to understand the behavior of subatomic particles using pictorial tools that later became known as Feynman diagrams.
Richard Fidler Richard Fidler (born November 13, 1964) is a well-known Australian Republican and Australian ABC TV and radio presenter. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as a member of the Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS), an Australian musical comedy group also comprising Tim Ferguson and Paul McDermott.
Richard Fikes Richard Earl Fikes (of San Antontio, TX, and born 4 October 1942), is a prominent computer scientist, and is currently Research Professor within the Computer Science department of Stanford University. He is also Director of the Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory.
Richard Fitz Gilbert Richard FitzGilbert was the founder of the early Anglo-Norman noble family the de Clares. Known as "de Bienfaite", "de Clare", and "de Tonbridge", he accompanied his reputed kinsman William the Duke of Normandy into England, and was rewarded with no less than one hundred and seventy six lordships and large grants of land in England, including the right to build the castles of Clare and of Tonbridge, in return for his service at the Battle of Hastings, and general assistance in conquering the Saxon.
Richard Fitz Roy Richard Fitz Roy (died 1246) or de Warenne, Baron of Chilham, Kent, was the illegitimate son of King John of England. His mother was John's cousin, named Adela, a daughter of Hamelin de Warenne and Isabella de Warenne, Countess of Surrey.
Richard Fitzgerald Richard Fitzgerald (VC) (born December 1831, St. Finbar's Cork, Ireland) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Richard Fleeshman Richard Jonathan Fleeshman (born 8 June, 1989 in Manchester) is an English actor, who is most famous for playing character Craig Harris in soap opera, Coronation Street. He won the 'Sexiest Male' award at the British Soap Awards in May 2006.
Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood William Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood, usually called Richard Inglewood (born 1951) is a Tory politician in the United Kingdom, and a member of the European Parliament for North West England from 1999 to 2004.
Richard Ford Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the novels The Sportswriter and its award-winning sequel Independence Day, and the widely-anthologized collection of short stories Rock Springs.
Richard Foss Richard Foss is an American journalist and science fiction author, also active in science fiction fandom. In addition, he has chaired science fiction conventions and worked as a travel agent, restaurant reviewer, lecturer in Elizabethan history, and ballet choreographer.
Richard Foster (architect) Richard T. Foster was a modernist architect who worked in the New York area, and also around Greenwich, Connecticut, often in partnership with Philip Johnson, including the Glass House located in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Richard Foster Jones Richard Foster Jones (1886 - 1965) was a professor of English at Stanford University. His research interests included early modern English literature (especially Sir Francis Bacon), the history of science, and the writings of Jonathan Swift.
Richard Francis Burton Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (March 19, 1821 – October 20, 1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.
Richard Freeman Richard Freeman (born Nuneaton, England, in 1970) is the zoological director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ). An early obsession with the classic ScFi series Doctor Who, with Jon Pertwee in the title role, sparked an interest in him or all things weird.
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (August 14 1840 – December 22 1902) was an Austro-German psychiatrist who wrote Psychopathia Sexualis (1886), a famous study of sexual perversity, and remains well-known for his coinage of the term sadism (after the Marquis de Sade). He also coined the term masochism using the name of a contemporary writer, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose partially autobiographical novel Venus in Furs tells of the protagonist's desire to be whipped and enslaved by a beautiful woman.
Richard G. Brown Richard G. Brown was a prominent mathematician and the author of one of the most famous high-school advanced mathematics text books, "Advanced Mathematics: Precalculus With Discrete Mathematics and Data Analysis".
Richard G. Compton Richard Compton is a Physical Chemist working at the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University. He is Physical Chemistry editor of the Oxford University Press' Chemistry Primers series, which has over 100 titles to date (2006).
Richard G. Hatcher Richard Gordon Hatcher became the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana on January 1, 1968. He had won election the previous November as one of the first black mayors elected in a major Northern industrial city and the first in the state of Indiana.
Richard G. Scott Richard Gordon Scott, born November 7, 1928 in Pocatello, Idaho, was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 1, 1988 and was ordained an apostle on October 6, 1988 following the death of Marion G. Romney.
Richard Gant Richard Gant is an American actor, born on May 13, 1940. His credits include the films Rocky V (as the Don King-esque George Washington Duke), Godzilla, and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, as well as the TV series Seinfeld, The Cosby Show, Deadwood, Babylon 5, Living Single, and Charmed.
Richard Gardiner Willis Richard Gardiner Willis (February 10, 1865-February 1929) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was the leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party from 1919 to 1922, and served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 until his death.
Richard Garfield Richard Garfield (born 1966) is a mathematics professor and a former game designer who created the card games Magic: The Gathering, Netrunner, BattleTech, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle (originally known as Jyhad), The Great Dalmuti, Star Wars Trading Card Game, and the board game RoboRally. Magic: The Gathering is his most successful game and its development is credited with creating the collectible card game genre.
Richard Gautier Richard "Dick" Gautier (born October 30, 1931 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor, comedian, composer, singer and author, best known for his portrayal of Hymie the Robot in the television series Get Smart. He also starred as Robin Hood in the short-lived TV comedy series When Things Were Rotten, a Mel Brooks send-up of the classic legend, as well guest appearances on many other television programs, including Matlock, Columbo, Quincy and Murder, She Wrote.
Richard Gavin Reid Richard Gavin Reid (Aberdeenshire January 17, 1879 - October 17, 1980 Edmonton), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1934 and 1935. He was the last United Farmers of Alberta Premier before the party was wiped out by the Social Credit party.
Richard Genelle Richard Genelle played Ernie on Power Rangers from 1993 to 1996. His character was the owner of the Angel Grove Youth Center, before lending it to Jerome Stone played by Gregg Bullock, the most popular hang out spot for the teens of Angel Grove.
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