vice-president of the International Olympic Committee Richard Petruška (born 1969), Slovak-Italian basketball player Richard Petty (born 1937), former NASCAR driver Richard Raskind, changed name to Renée Richards (born 1934), tennis player Dick Savitt (born 1927), American tennis player Richard Sears (tennis) (1861–1943), winner of seven consecutive US tennis championships Richard Sherman (American football) (born 1988), defensive back for the Seattle Seahawks Dick Stanfel (1927–2015), American football player Rich Stotter (born 1945), American football player Dick Schweidler (1914–2010), American football player Richard Swann (born 1991), American professional wrestler Dick Tayler (born 1948), New Zealand long-distance runner Richard Thompson (sprinter) (born 1985), Trinidadian sprinter Richard Todd (American football) (born 1953), American football player in the NFL Richard Virenque (born 1969), French cyclist Richard Washington (born 1955), American basketball player Richárd Weisz (1879–1945), Hungarian Olympic champion Greco-Roman wrestler Richard Williams (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player Richard Williams (tennis coach) (born 1942), American tennis coach, the father of Venus and Serena Williams Richard Witschge (born 1969), Dutch footballer Soldiers, pilots, other military/security Richard Baer (1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant Richard von Conta, German general, notable for his participation in the Battle of Belleau Wood Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929–2017), American naval officer and aviator, chemist, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and an American football executive Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (c. 1306–1376), English military leader Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (1346–1397), English military commander Richard G. Graves, retired lieutenant general in the United States Army, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood Richard H. Truly (born 1937), US Navy fighter pilot, engineer, former astronaut for both the US Air Force and NASA, and NASA's Administrator Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), British naval commander in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars Rick Husband (1957–2003), American astronaut and fighter pilot Richard M. Linnehan (born 1957), United States Army veterinarian and a NASA astronaut Richard Marcinko (born 1940), US Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran Richard Michael Mullane (born 1945), engineer and aircraft pilot, a retired USAF officer Richard Myers (born 1942), US Air Force general, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2000–2001) and Chairman (2001–2005) Richard N. Richards (born 1946), retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut Richard Ruoff, general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany Richard O'Connor (1889–1981), British Army officer and military commander