Richard O. Covey (born 1946), United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers (c. 1660 – 1712), soldier and noted rake Dick Scobee (1939–1986), American pilot, engineer and astronaut, killed while commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger Richard A. Searfoss (1956–2018), American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot Richard Sorge (1895–1944), Soviet World War II spy Richard Taylor (Confederate general) (1826–1879), American Civil War Confederate general Richard Thomalla (1903–1945), SS commander of Nazi Germany, civil engineer, head of the SS Central Building Administration Richard Udugama (1911–1995), 6th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Richard von Hegener (1905–1981), German official, primary organizer of Action T4 Nazi euthanasia program Richard Winters (1918–2011), US Army major and Second World War veteran Richard von Schubert, German army commander Writers and journalists Richard Adams (1920–2016), English author, best known for the novel Watership Down Richard Argall ( 1621), a poet, of whom little is known and whose existence is disputed Richard Armstrong (author) (1903–1986), English author, recipient of the 1948 Carnegie medal for children's literature Richard Engel (born 1973), American journalist and author Richard Herrmann (journalist) (1919–2010), Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality Richard Scarry (1919–1994), American children's author and illustrator, known for his "Busytown" fictional universe and multimedia franchise Richard Wright (author) (1908–1960), novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer Richard de Zoysa (1958–1990), Sri Lankan journalist, author, human rights activist and actor who was abducted and murdered Rick Riordan (born 1964), American author, creator of the series Percy Jackson & the Olympians Crime Richard Angelo (born 1962), American serial killer and former nurse Richard H. Barter (1833–1859), Canadian fugitive and murder victim Richard Baumhammers (born 1965), American former immigration attorney and spree killer Richard Biegenwald (1940–2008), American serial killer Richard Michael Cartwright (1974–2005), American murderer Richard Chase (1950–1980), American cannibalistic serial killer, mass murderer, and necrophile Richard Clarey (born 1960), German-American murderer and self-confessed serial killer Richard Cooey (1967–2008), American murderer Richard Cottingham (born 1946), American serial killer Richard Allen Davis (born 1954), American career criminal and convicted killer of Polly Klaas Richard Evonitz (1963–2002), American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist Richard Farley (born 1948), American stalker, later mass murderer and workplace shooter Richard Hauptmann (1899–1936), perpetrator of the Lindbergh kidnapping Richard Hickock (1931–1965), American mass murderer who killed the Clutter family with Perry Smith Richard James (1957–1975), convicted murderer in Singapore