Richard Carpenter (musician) (born 1946), one half of The Carpenters Rick Chertoff, American music producer Rick Danko (1943–1999), bassist and singer for The Band Richard Sulogowski (born 1955), American heavy metal bassist known as Rik Fox Richie Havens (1941-2013), American singer-songwriter and guitarist Richard Henshall (born 1984), main composer, guitarist and keyboardist of Haken Richard Kruspe (born 1967), lead guitarist of Rammstein Richard Manuel (1943–1986), pianist and vocalist of The Band Richard Marx (born 1963), American singer-songwriter Richard Lewis (tenor) (1914–1990), British tenor Richard Patrick (born 1968), lead singer and guitarist of Filter Richard Wayne Penniman (1932–2020), birth name of Little Richard, American rock and roll singer Rich Perry, American jazz tenor saxophonist Richard Starkey (born 1940), birth name of Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles Richard Tauber (1891–1948), Austrian tenor Richard Thompson (musician) (born 1949), singer, songwriter and guitarist Ritchie Valens (1941–1959), singer, songwriter and guitarist Richard Wright (musician) (1943–2008), keyboard player for Pink Floyd Richard "Richie" Giese, known as Social Repose, American singer-songwriter and YouTube personality Wiley (musician), full name Richard "Wiley" Cowie (born 1979), pioneer of grime music Actors Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor Richard Armitage (actor) (born 1971), English actor Richard Attenborough (1923–2014), English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur Richard Ayoade (born 1977), English comedian, actor, writer and director Richard Belzer (1944-2023), American actor, author, and stand-up comedian Richard Beymer (born 1938), American actor, filmmaker and artist Richard Biggs (1960–2004), American television and stage actor Richard Boone (1917-1981), American actor Richard Brake (born 1964), Welsh-American actor Richard Burbage (1568–1619), English actor and theatre owner Richard Burton (1925–1984), Welsh actor Dick Cavett (born 1936), American television talk show host Richard Chamberlain (born 1934), American actor Dick Clark (1929–2012) was an American radio and television personality Richard Curtis (born 1956), British screenwriter, music producer, actor and film director Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), American actor Richard Dysart (1929–2015), American actor Richard Fleeshman (born 1989), English actor and singer Richard Franklin (actor), (born 1936), English actor, writer, director and political activist Richard Gere (born 1949), American actor Richard Gomez (born 1966), Filipino athlete, television presenter, actor, director and politician Richard E. Grant (born 1957), English actor Richard Grieco (born 1965), American actor Richard Gutierrez (born 1984), Filipino actor Richard Harris (1930–2002), Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer Richard Heffer (born 1946), British television and film actor Richard Steven Horvitz (born 1966), American actor and comedian