This is one in the series of articles titled “First Names First” and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them!
This time it is all about Richard!
Richard III* King of England – Fotheringhay Castle, England (1452-1485/32)
Richard Webb* founding settler in Connecticut – Warwickshire, England (1580-1665)
Richard Wagner* composer/conductor – Leipzig, Germany (1813-1883/69)
Richard Jordan Gatling* inventor – Hertford County, NC USA (1818-1903/84)
Richard Burton* orientalist/linguist – Torquay, England (1821-1890/69)
Richard E. Byrd Jr* admiral/explorer – Winchester, VA USA (1888-1957/68)
Richard McDonald* co-founder of McDonald’s – Manchester, NH USA (1909-1998/89)
Richard Nixon* politician – Yorba Linda, CA USA (1913-1994/81)
Richard Widmark* actor – Sunrise, MN USA (1914-2008/93)
Richard E. Byrd III* Antarctic explorer – Boston, MA USA (1920-1988/68)
Richard Attenborough* filmmaker – Cambridge, England (1923-2014/90)
Richard Burton* actor – Pontrhydyfen, Wales (1925-1984/58)
Richard Crenna* actor – Los Angeles, CA USA (1926-2003/76)
Richard Donner* film director – New York, NY USA (1930)
Richard Harris* actor – Limerick, Ireland (1930-2002/72)
Richard Mulligan* actor (Soap) – The Bronx, NY USA (1932-2000/67)
Richard Chamberlain* actor – Beverly Hills, CA USA (1934)
Richard Kiel* actor – Detroit, Michigan USA (1939-2014/74)
Richard Pryor* actor – Peoria, Illinois USA (1940-2005/65)
Richard Dawkins* evolutionary biologist – Nairobi, British Kenya (1941)
Richard C. Hoagland* author/ufologist – Morristown, NJ USA (1945)
Richard Jenkins* actor – DeKalb, Illinois USA (1947)
Richard Dreyfuss* actor – Brooklyn, NY USA (1947)
Richard Simmons* fitness instructor – New Orleans, LA USA (1948)
Richard Gere* actor – Philadelphia, PA USA (1949)
Richard Dean Anderson* actor (McGyver) – Minneapolis, MN USA (1950)
Richard Linklater* filmmaker/actor – Houston, TX USA (1960)
Richard M. Dolan* historian/ufology – Brooklyn, NY USA (1962)
Richard Z. Kruspe* musician (Rammstein) – Wittenberge, East Germany (1967)
Richard T. Jones* actor – Kobe, Japan (1972)
Richard Madden* actor – Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland (1986)
Richard Jones* magician – London, England (1990)
Updated 9.12.2018
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