(U.S. senator) (1764–1828), American politician, US Senator from New Jersey (1796–1799), Member of the US House of Representatives (1813–1815) Dick Thornburgh (1932–2020), American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987) and US Attorney General (1988–1991) Richard Tötterman (1926–2020), Finnish diplomat Richard Udugama, (1911–1995), major general, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 1964 to 1966, politician Richard von Weizsäcker (1920–2015), German politician, Governing Mayor of West Berlin (1981–1984) and President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1984–1994) Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842), Anglo-Irish Governor-General of India, Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Richard C. Wilbur (1936–2020), judge of the United States Tax Court Richard Wild (judge) (1912–1978), New Zealand jurist, Chief Justice of New Zealand (1966–1978) In business Richard L. Bloch (born 1929), American investor, real estate developer, banker, and philanthropist Richard Branson (born 1950), British businessman and founder of the Virgin Group of companies Richard Deeb (1924–1990), real estate developer Richard DeVos (born 1926), American businessman and co-founder of Amway Richard Jacobs (businessman) (1925–2009), real estate businessman and owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team Richard Morefield (1929–2010), American diplomat Richard Oetker (born 1951), German businessman, CEO of Dr. Oetker since 2010 Richard Rawlings (born 1969), star of American television show Fast N' Loud, owner of Gas Monkey garage, Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and Gas Monkey Live Richard Warren Sears (1863–1914), co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and considered a promotional genius Richard Velazquez (born 1973), PepsiCo executive and first automotive designer at Porsche AG (Germany) of Puerto Rican descent Richard Wilding, British businessman and academic In music Composers Richard Dybeck (1811–1877), Swedish lyricist who wrote the national anthem of Sweden Richard Heuberger (1850–1924), Austrian composer of operas and operettas, music critic, and teacher Richard D. James (musician) (born 1971), British composer and electronic musician, records music as Aphex Twin, among other monikers Richard Mohaupt (1904–1957), German-American composer and conductor Dick Oatts, American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer and conductor Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer, writer, conductor and theatre director Rich Batsford pianist, composer and singer songwriter Singers and musicians Richard "Big Daddy Ritch" Anderson, lead vocalist for American red dirt metal band Texas Hippie Coalition Richard Ashcroft (born 1971), former singer with The Verve Ritchie Blackmore (born 1945), lead guitarist of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night Richard Butler (singer) (born 1956), lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs