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Richard Nowakowski Richard Nowakowski (born September 27, 1955 in Sztum, Poland) is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he was defeated in the final by Ángel Herrera of Cuba.
Richard of Chichester Saint Richard of Chichester (also known as Richard de Wych or variations thereof) (born Droitwich 1197, died Dover 1253) is a saint (canonized 1262) who was Bishop of Chichester. His shrine in Chichester Cathedral was a richly-decorated centre of pilgrimage which was destroyed in 1538.
Richard of Ingworth Richard of Ingworth was a Franciscan preacher who was influential in introducing the order to England. He first appears with the other friars who came with Agnellus to England in 1224, and is said to be the first Franciscan to preach north of the Alps.
Richard of San Germano Richard of San Germano (Italian: Riccardo; born before 1170, died after October 1243) was a notary at the monastery of Cassino (then called San Germano) from February 1186 to March 1232. He wrote a chronicle (sometimes Chronica regni Siciliae) of the Mezzogiorno from the death of William II of Sicily in 1189 to 1243.
Richard O'Connor General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, KT, GCB, DSO, MC, ADC (21 August 1889 - 17 June 1981) was a British Army general who commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of World War II. He was the field commander for Operation Compass, in which his forces completely destroyed a much larger Italian army - a victory which nearly drove the Axis from Africa entirely, and in turn, led Adolf Hitler to send the Deutsches Afrikakorps under Erwin Rommel to try and reverse the situation.
Richard O'Donnell Richard O'Donnell (born 12 September 1988, Sheffield) is an English footballer, who plays in goal for Sheffield Wednesday. Although he is currently an Academy player, he was called up to the senior squad at the start of the 2006-07 season and was on the bench for the League Cup tie against Wrexham.
Richard O'Kane Richard Hetherington O'Kane (February 2, 1911 – February 16, 1994) was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who received a Medal of Honor for his service on the USS Tang (SS-306). Having also served on the near legendary Wahoo (SS-238), as Executive Officer (XO) and 'Approach Officer', he participated (directly) in more successful attacks on Japanese shipping than any other fighting submarine officer during the war.
Richard Oakes (activist) Richard Oakes was a Mohawk Native American activist who promoted the fundamental idea that Native peoples have a right to sovereignty, justice, respect and control over their own destinies. His legacy reflects the struggles of Native peoples and all people to maintain their land, identity and lifeways.
Richard Oastler Richard Oastler (20 December 1789 - 22 August 1861) was an English labour reformer and abolitionist. He fought for the rights of working children in the Factory Act of 1847, and was also a prominent leader of the Factory reform and anti-Poor Law movement.
Richard Ofshe Richard Ofshe is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. His personal homepage at that institution lists his areas of interest to be coercive social control, social psychology, influence in police interrogation, and influence leading to pseudo-memory in psychotherapy.
Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow Sir Richard Onslow, (June 23 1654 – December 5 1717), was a British Whig member of parliament. He served as the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1708 until 1710 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1714 until 1715.
Richard Orford Richard Orford is a British television presenter. He began his career as a children’s television presenter on The Disney Club but is best known for his four year stint on Channel 4's daily breakfast show The Big Breakfast.
Richard Osterlind Richard Osterlind (March 6, 1948) is an internationally famous mentalist, who has created many magic effects and mentalist routines widely in use by other performers today. His "Mind Mysteries" video series is considered by many to be the pre-eminent instructional video for learning mentalism.
Richard Outten Richard Outten is an American screenwriter who works in both motion pictures and television. After receiving his MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he co-authored (with Chris Columbus), the screenplay to the award-winning animated film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.
Richard Ouzounian Richard Ouzounian (born March 8, 1950 in New York, NY) is the chief theatre critic for the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper. He also writes numerous celebrity profiles, as well as travel and restaurant features.
Richard P. McCormick Richard Patrick McCormick (24 December 1916 in Ridgewood, Queens, New York – 16 January 2006 in Bridgewater, New Jersey) was a noted historian, former University Professor of History, administrator, professor emeritus at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and President of the New Jersey Historical Society. Dr.
Richard Packham Richard Packham (born Howard Richard Packham on September 21, 1933), is a prominent critic of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Christian belief in general and is active in the Exmormon community. He helped establish the Exmormon Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to "offering emotional support to those who are leaving (or who have left) Mormonism.
Richard Pacquette Richard Pacquette (born Paddington London, January 28 1983) is an English footballer. He started his career with QPR making his debut against Huddersfield Town in April 2001 and has had spells with Brentford and Worthing F.
Richard Paey Richard Paey is a man incarcerated in Florida for the distribution of drugs, despite the fact that there is no evidence he ever sold a single pill, based on drug laws that allow officials to prosecute based on the quantity an individual possesses.
Richard Paez Richard Paez was confirmed by the Senate to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in March 2000. As one of President Bill Clinton's many judicial appointments, Justice Paez is best known for being the first Mexican American to sit on the bench of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, a district that covers Los Angeles
Richard Palmer, Archbishop of Messina Richard Palmer, an Englishman, was the bishop of Syracuse from 1169 and archbishop of Messina from 1182. Palmer first rose to prominence in 1160 as one of the triumvirate of grandees who replaced the assassinated Emir Maio of Bari.
Richard Pankhurst Richard Marsden Pankhurst (May, 1834 - July 5, 1898) was the son of Henry Francis Pankhurst (1806-1873) and Margaret Marsden (1803-1879). He was educated at Manchster Grammar School and Owens College of Manchester.
Richard Parker (British sailor) Richard Parker (1767-1797) was an English sailor executed for his role as President of the so-called “Floating Republic”, a huge naval mutiny in the Royal Navy which took place at Nore from 12 May until the 16 June 1797.
Richard Parry (musician) Richard Reed Parry is a musician and member of the indie rock band The Arcade Fire, where he plays tom, tambourine, keyboards, electric guitar, and accordion. He is also a founding member of the Bell Orchestre, in which he primarily plays upright bass.
Richard Pascoe Richard Pascoe was the president of the South Australian branch of the Australian Democrats who resigned a few months after the 2006 state election over controversial speeches on the use of MDMA by remaining Democrat Sandra Kanck[http://www.abc.
Richard Paul Russo Richard Paul Russo is an American science fiction writer born in 1954. He attended the Clarion Workshop in 1983, his first story, Firebird Suite, appeared in Amazing Stories in 1981 and his first novel, Inner Eclipse, was in 1988.
Richard Payne Knight Richard Payne Knight (15 February 1750 - 23 April 1824) was a classical scholar and connoisseur best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery. He was born at Wormesley Grange in Herefordshire, UK, and was educated at home, but toured Italy and the European continent from 1767 for several years.
Richard Pearse Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877 — 29 July 1953), a farmer and inventor who emigrated from Cornwall to New Zealand, experimented with flying machines in the early 20th century. Following such aviation pioneers as Clement Ader and Samuel Pierpont Langley, he reputedly flew a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, some nine months before the Wright brothers.
Richard Pearson (IES) Richard Pearson is a visiting professor at the Centre for Labour Market Studies at the University of Leicester. He was the Director of the independent Institute for Employment Studies from 1992 to 2004 until retired from that position and was succeeded by Nigel Meager.
Richard Peddie Richard Peddie is the president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE), which is the company that owns and operates the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Raptors, the Toronto Marlies, Toronto F.C.
Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn (1737-1808) was a slave owner, anti-abolitionist Member of Parliament (MP) and Irish peer. He was MP for Peterfield from 1761-1767, then becoming one of Liverpool's members from 1767-1780, and again from 1784 until 1790 when he offered his seat to Sir Banastre Tarleton who continued his anti-abolitionist activities.
Richard Perle Richard Norman Perle, (born September 16, 1941 in New York City), is an American political advisor and lobbyist who worked for the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. He was Chairman of the Board from 2001 to 2003 under the Bush Administration.
Richard Petruska Richard Petruska (born January 25 1969, in Levice, Czech Republic) is a former National Basketball Association player. He was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 46th overall pick (2nd round) of the 1993 NBA Draft.
Richard Petty Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937 in Level Cross, North Carolina) is a renowned former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He is most well-known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat, but with 76 victories and a lone Daytona 500), winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (ten of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone.
Richard Pevear Richard Pevear is an American-born poet and translator who frequently collaborates with his wife, Larissa Volokhonsky, on translations of works mainly in Russian, but also French, Italian and Greek. The husband-and-wife team live in Paris and are said to work in a two-step process: Volokhonsky, a native of St.
Richard Phillips (chemist) Richard Phillips (1778 – May 11, 1851), was distinguished as a British chemist, and became fellow of the Royal Society in 1822. He was appointed chemist and curator to the Museum of Economic (afterwards Practical) Geology, then situated in Craigs Court (1839).
Richard Pike Bissell Richard Pike Bissell (June 27, 1913 – May 4, 1977) was an author of short stories and novels, one of which, 7 1/2 Cents, was turned into the Broadway musical "The Pajama Game." This won him (along with co-author George Abbott) the 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical.
Richard Pillsbury Gale Richard Pillsbury Gale (October 30, 1900 – December 4, 1973) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN, October 30, 1900; attended the public schools of Minneapolis, The Blake School at Hopkins, MN, Minnesota Farm School, and University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; was graduated from Yale University in 1922; became engaged in agricultural pursuits and securities in 1923; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1939 and 1940; member of the Mound, MN School Board for eight years; trustee of Blake School at Hopkins, MN; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and to the Seventy-eighth Congresses (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; author of newspaper articles on social, economic, and political life of people in various foreign countries; returned to agricultural pursuits and resided at his Wickham Farm near Mound, Minn.; died in Minneapolis, MN, December 4, 1973; interment in L
Richard Pitchford Richard "Cardini" Pitchford (1895-1973) was a master magician whose career spanned almost half a century. Although one of the most imitated magicians the world has ever known, his skill and talent could never be duplicated.
Richard Plant Richard Plant (July 22, 1910 — March 3, 1998), German-American writer. He is said to have written, in addition to the works published under his own name, several detective novels or Kriminalromane, on which he collaborated with Dieter Cunz and Oskar Seidlin, and which were published under the collective pen‑name of Stefan Brockhoff (q.
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York Richard, Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460) was a member of the English royal family, who served in senior positions in France at the end of the Hundred Years' War, and in England during Henry VI's madness. His conflict with Henry VI was a leading factor in the political upheaval of mid-fifteenth-century England, and a major cause of the Wars of the Roses.
Richard Plotz Richard Plotz founded the Tolkien Society of America in 1965 at the age of 17. Starting with a few fellow enthusiasts who met at the Alma Mater statue of Columbia University in New York, it rapidly grew nationally and internationally to over 2,000 members.
Richard Pohl Richard Pohl (September 12, 1826–December 17, 1896) was a German music critic, writer, poet, and amateur composer. He figured prominently in the mid-century War of the Romantics, taking the side opposite Eduard Hanslick, and championing the "Music of the Future" (the progressive Romantic style of Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner).
Richard Pombo Richard William Pombo (born January 8 1961) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. After multiple allegations of corruption, misuse of official resources, nepotism, questionable campaign contributions, and concerted opposition from national environmental groups, Pombo lost a reelection bid to to Democratic challenger Jerry McNerney on November 7, 2006.
Richard Posner Richard Allen Posner (born January 11, 1939 in New York City) is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He is a major voice in the law and economics movement, which he helped start while a professor at the University of Chicago Law School.
Richard Power (Irish politician) Richard Power (1851–November 29 1891) was an Irish Nationalist politician who was a major supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell during the Kitty O'Shea affair.Timothy Michael Healy, Letters and Leaders of my Day.
Richard Powers (dance historian) Richard Powers is one of the world's foremost experts in American social dance, noted for his choreographies for dozens of stage productions and films, and his workshops in Paris, Rome, Prague, London, Venice, Geneva, St. Petersburg and Tokyo as well as across the U.
Richard Preddy Richard Preddy is a British comedy writer and performer, most noted for working in the sketch show Smack the Pony and the sitcom Green Wing. He has had a working partnership with fellow writer Gary Howe since 1987.
Richard Price (writer) Richard Price (born October 12, 1949 in the Bronx, New York) is an American novelist and screenwriter. His books explore the urban world in a gritty, realistic manner that has brought him considerable literary acclaim.
Richard Proenneke Richard "Dick" Proenneke (May 4 1916–April 28, 2003) was a naturalist and survivalist who lived alone in the high mountains of Alaska at a place called Twin Lakes. Living in a log cabin he constructed by hand, Proenneke made valuable recordings of both meteorological and natural data while enjoying his retirement.
Richard Proudfit Richard Proudfit is the founder and president of Feeding Children International and Kids Against Hunger, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New Hope, MN that packages and ships a specially formulated relief food to starving and hungry children and their families in over 40 countries of the world.
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is the second stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be released on film out of the four that were released in total. This film is considered by most to be Pryor's best work and also to be one of the best stand-up acts of all-time.
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is the third stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be released on film out of the four that were released in total. This film was the most successful in terms of box office dollars out of all his stand-up acts.
Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead Or Alive Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead Or Alive is a documentary special aired by the television network BET on the life and influence of Richard Pryor. The thirty minute special featured commentary from a wide range of actors, comedians, musicians, politicians, and Pryor's own family members.
Richard Punzo Dr. Richard Punzo is the President and CEO of Richardson Global, an international training and consulting firm focused on leadership development, project management training and cross-cultural training with offices in the US, Belgium and Singapore.
Richard Quick Richard Quick (born January 31, 1943 in Akron, Ohio) was the head coach of the women's swim team at Stanford University, California, USA from 1988 through 2005. He has been a coach for the US Olympic team for six Olympics - 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Richard R. Lyman Richard Roswell Lyman (November 23, 1870-December 31, 1963) was an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1918 to 1943. He was excommunicated in 1943 for cohabitation and rebaptized in 1954.
Richard Ramírez Richard Muñoz Ramirez (born February 28, 1960Texas Birth Index, "Richaro Ramirez, born 28 Feb 1960 El Paso County, parents Julian Ramirez, Mercedes Munoz" in El Paso, Texas) is a convicted serial killer awaiting execution on California's death row at San Quentin State Prison. Prior to his capture, Ramirez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" by the news media as he terrorized California with a series of car and home abductions, rapes, and murders during the first half of 1985.
Richard Ramirez (musician) Richard Ramirez is an American noise music artist from Houston, Texas, recording and performing both as a solo artist and as part of several groups and Houston Noise Bands, including Black Leather Jesus, Priest in Shit, and the "static noise" solo project Werewolf Jerusalem. He is often noted for being one of the earlier American noise artists to produce work in the Japanese "harsh noise" style.
Richard Rampton Richard Rampton QC (born 12 April 1936) is a leading British libel lawyer. He has been involved in several high profile cases, with his defence of Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books against David Irving among the most famous.
Richard Randerson The Rt Rev'd Richard Randerson, MA BD STM DMin, Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, appointed 2000 Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland. He is also Vicar-General, from 1999, and Assistant Bishop from 2002 of the Diocese of Auckland in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
Richard Ratcliffe Sir Richard Ratcliffe (died 1485) was a close confidant of Richard III of England. He came from a gentry family in the Lake District, and became a companion of Richard when the latter was still Duke of Gloucester.
Richard Ratsimandrava Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava (March 21, 1931 – February 11, 1975) was President of Madagascar for six days in February 1975. A graduate of the French military college in Saint Cyr, Ratsimandrava served throughout French Africa before returning to Madagascar when that country gained independence in 1960.
Richard Raymond (pianist) Richard Raymond (born in 1965 in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada) is an award-winning, Canadian pianist. He has performed with the Toronto and Montreal Symphony Orchestras, but is most known for his solo chamber music recitals and recordings.
Richard Raymond (Texas politician) Richard Raymond (born October 27, 1960) is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. He currently represents District 42, which encompasses western Webb County, including most of the city of Laredo.
Richard Raymond Willis Richard Raymond Willis (13 October 1876-9 February 1966) 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 Réti Richard Réti (28 May, 1889, Pezinok (now Slovakia) – 6 June, 1929, Prague) was an Austrian-Hungarian, later Czechoslovakian chess player and chess problemist, he was born in Pezinok which at the time was in hungarian part of Austria-Hungary.
Richard Reid Rogers Richard Reid Rogers (1868—November 10 1949) was a prominent United States lawyer, specializing in transit law. His daughter Elizabeth married into the German nobility and the House of Hesse by marring Prince Christian of Hesse.
Richard Reverdy Richard Ritter von Reverdy (January 29, 1851 in Frankenthal - May 31, 1915 in Munich) was an expert for the government business in civil engineering. At first, he was in the Bavarian government's planning and building department and joined the Heilmann & Littmann construction company as a partner and managing director on May 6, 1897.
Richard Revesz Richard "Ricky" Revesz is dean of the New York University School of Law. He was born in Argentina, gruaduated Summa cum Laude from Princeton University, and then went on to Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal.
Richard Rhodes Richard Lee Rhodes (born July 4, 1937) is an American journalist, historian, and author of both fiction and non-fiction (which he prefers to call "verity"), including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb in 1986, and most recently, John James Audubon: the Making of an American in 2004. He has been awarded grants from the Ford Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and the Alfred P.
Richard Rhyde Rhodes Richard Rhyde Rhodes was born in 1916 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Annie and Pilcher Rhodes, both English professors at The University of Alabama, and received his education in the Tuscaloosa public schools. He won twin bachelors degrees in philosophy and mathematics from the University of Alabama in 1940.
Richard Ricci Richard Albert Ricci (December 20, 1953 – August 27, 2002) was an American handyman who was initially the main suspect in the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl, Elizabeth Smart of Utah, who was kidnapped from her house in the early morning of June 5, 2002. Smart was found alive by police nine months later in March 2003 in the company of a homeless man named Brian David Mitchell and his wife, who authorities have charged with her abduction.
Richard Rigby Richard Rigby, Secretary of Ireland, Paymaster of the Forces, was a member of the Rigby family also known as Rigby of Mistley Hall in Essex, the site of their manor. Originally, the family was descended from the Rigby of Burgh family.
Richard Rigg Richard Arthur Rigg (1872-1964) was a Methodist minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1917, and is notable as the first member of the Social Democratic Party to serve in that body.
Richard Riley Richard Wilson Riley (born January 2, 1933), American politician, was the United States Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton as well as the Governor of South Carolina, is a member of the Democratic Party.
Richard Riot The Richard Riot was a riot that occurred on 17 March 1955 in Montreal, Quebec. Maurice Richard, the star ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens, was suspended for a violent attack on a linesman and it provoked a riot at the Montreal Forum that spilled out into the streets.
Richard Riszdorfer Richard Riszdorfer (born March 17, 1981 in Komárno) is a Slovakian flatwater canoer, who won an Olympic bronze medal in K-4 1000 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He has won a total of five World and six European titles, all in the four-man (K-4) kayak.
Richard Rives Richard Taylor Rives (January 15, 1895 - October 27, 1982), the sole Democrat among the "Fifth Circuit Four", was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1950s and 1960s, when that court became known for a series of decisions crucial in advancing the civil rights of African-Americans. At that time, the Fifth Circuit included not only Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas (its jurisdiction as of 2004), but also Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Panama Canal Zone.
Richard Roach Jewell Richard Roach Jewell (born 1810 in Devon, England - died 1891 in Perth, Western Australia) was an architect who designed many of the important public buildings in Perth during the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Richard Roberts (evangelist) Richard Roberts (born November 12, 1948, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American televangelist and the president of Oral Roberts University, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is the son of televangelist Oral Roberts and hosts his own religious television show, Something Good Tonight.
Richard Robinson Sir Richard Atkinson Robinson, DL, (October 16, 1849–April 28, 1928) was a retail chemist and druggist, who later became a local politician and was the first Conservative to lead the London County Council (1907–1908).
Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (born March 29, 1936) is a British composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works. He has lived in New York City since 1979
Richard Rodriguez Richard Rodriguez (born 31 July 1944) is a Mexican-American writer who became famous for his 1982 book, Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (ISBN 0-553-27293-4), a narrative about his development as a literate, American student.
Richard Rogers Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (born 23 July, 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. He was born in Florence in 1933 and attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, before graduating from Yale School of Architecture in 1962.
Richard Roman Richard Roman (1811-December 22, 1875) was a politician. Born in Kentucky, after leaving medical school he saw military service in the Black Hawk War in Illinois and later in the Texas Revolution, distinguishing himself at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Richard Rood Richard Erwin Rood (December 7, 1958 - April 20, 1999), better known by his ring name of "Ravishing" Rick Rude (which Rood would legally change his name to), was a professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, most notably World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation, in the 1980s and 1990s.
Richard Rose Richard Rose (March 14, 1917 - July 6, 2005) was an American mystic, esoteric philosopher, author, poet, and investigator of paranormal phenomena. An observer of human psychology, human weakness and human potential, Richard Rose challenged authority in psychology, psychiatry, religion, academia, the legal system, and the New Age movement at a time when such criticism was not popular.
Richard Rosecrance Richard Rosecrance, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, is Research Professor of Political Science at the University of California and Senior Fellow in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He was the former Director of the Burkle Center for International Relations at UCLA.
Richard Rosenberg Richard Rosenberg (1951-1992) (born Michael Knight in Chicago, Illinois) was an amateur filmmaker and science fiction & comic book fan in University City, Missouri who made films with Bob Gale prior to Gale's beginning his professional career. Rosenberg took over the "Commando Cus" parody film series from Gale and wrote and directed the third film in the series, Commando Cus vs.
Richard Rosson Richard Rosson, (stage name Rubber Ritchie) is a British contortionist who has come to some prominence in the British media in recent years. He has appeared on a variety of televisions shows, including 'Channel 4 News', (where he worked with the the legendary archor Ron Burgundy and his miniature buddah covered in hair, Baxter) 'The Richard and Judy Show' and the Saturday morning children's show, 'Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow'.
Richard Roth Richard Henry Roth (1949-)is an American journalist, a CNN correspondent who covers the United Nations and was the host of Diplomatic License (until its cancellation in January 2006), a weekly program that was devoted to United Nations affairs. Roth is a CNN "original" — one of the first employees when the network launched in 1980.
Richard Roundtree Richard Roundtree (born July 9 1942 in New Rochelle, New York) is an African-American actor and former male fashion model famous for portraying John Shaft in the film Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels: Shaft's Big Score in 1972, and Shaft in Africa in 1973.
Richard Rowlands Richard Rowlands (circa 1550- 1640), Anglo-Dutch antiquary, whose real name was Verstegen (usually anglicized Verstegan), was the son of a cooper whose father, Theodore Roland Verstegen, a Dutch emigrant, came from Gelderland to the Kingdom of England c. 1500.
Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh (born January 1, 1962) is an Australian actor, who has starred in many Australian films and has appeared in prominent supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions, usually as villains.
Richard Rusczyk Richard Rusczyk (pronounced RUH-sic) is the founder of AoPS Incorporated and a co-author of the Art of Problem Solving textbooks. He is one of the co-creators of the Mandelbrot Competition, and the director of the USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS).
Richard Rush Richard Rush (August 29, 1780 – July 30, 1859) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the second son (and third child) of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and Julia (Stockton) Rush.
Richard Russell (doctor) Richard Russell (1687 – 1759) was an eighteenth century British doctor who encouraged his patients to use what was later called the "water cure", that is, medical therapy by the submersion in, and drinking of, seawater. He began his medical practice in Lewes in 1725.
Richard Russo Richard Russo (born July 15 1949, in Johnstown, New York and raised in nearby Gloversville, New York) is an American novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He earned a bachelor's degree (1967), a master's in fine arts (1980), and a Ph.
Richard S. Prather Richard Scott Prather, creator of the Shell Scott Mystery Series of novels, was born in Santa Ana, California on September 9, 1921. He served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945.

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