Famous Richards

[Winston]

This is a place to post about well-known, or slightly well-known, Richards. A chance to refresh our memories - or maybe even expand our collective horizons a bit.

Rules:

* One Richard each
* Let 3 other people post before you unleash another Richard
* Try to post a little about your Richard, so as to identify him, and possibly add to the general knowledge of Richards
* There are no more rules

Richard M. Nixon, United States President 1969-74, not a crook.

[Verto]

Richard Rich, not to be confused with Richie Rich

[joncha]

George Washington, President of the USA at one point, had wooden teeth.

[JohnT]

Ann Richards. Like Al Gore, she lost to Dubya.

[Winston]

Richard Mulligan, played Burt Campbell on the TV-series Soap.

[molly bloom]

Richard, King of Almaine, Earl of Cornwall and Holy Roman Emperor:

Richard, created Earl of Cornwall by his older brother Henry III, was the second son of King John and named after his uncle King Richard I, the Lionheart. In 1240 he led a crusade to the Holy Land and in 1257 he was elected King of the Germans (Almayne) in Aachen. He was thus emperor-elect of the Holy Roman Empire, the successor to Charlemagne, but the title had little real meaning since his rival Alfonso X of Castile had also been elected German King, and his election was never confirmed by the Pope.

'King' Richard:

[Provost Harrison]

Me

[Combat Ingrid]

Richard "Dick" Jones, vice president of Omni Consumer Products:

[Winston]

Richard Burton, Welsh actor. Received a record 7 nominations for an Academy Award, without ever winning one.

[molly bloom]

The dastardly Richard Rich:


Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
born c. 1496, , London, England
died June 12, 1567, Rochford, Essex

A powerful minister to England's King Henry VIII and lord chancellor during most of the reign of King Edward VI. Although he participated in the major events of his time, Rich was more a civil servant than a politician; by shifting his allegiances he continually came out on the winning side in political and religious struggles.

In the Fred Zinneman film 'A Man For All Seasons', about Sir Thomas More, he was played by John Hurt.

[Ari Rahikkala]

Richard Dean Anderson... one word: MacGyver (might not apply to diehard Stargate fans).

[Dauphin]

Richard Whiteley - aka Twice nightly Whiteley - Punmaster par excellence and most noted as host of Countdown for over 20 years.

[Winston]

Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany 1984-94 (CDU).

Off topic, for molly: In which film did Richard Burton play opposite John Hurt?

[aneeshm]

RMS : Richard Matthes Stallman , he actually needs no introduction , but still , for those of us not in the know , he is the founder of the Free Software Foundation , and also the founder of the GNU project , the author of the original GCC and EMACS , graduate of Harvard in Physics , has four Honourary doctorates and one Honourary professorship , reciever of a MacArthur Fellowship , reciever of The Association for Computing Machinery's Grace Murray Hopper Award "For pioneering work in the development of EMACS" , reciever of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer award , reciever of Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award , a member of the National Academy of Engineering , and also the author of several books .

[Ecthy]

Richard Wagner. German composer. Somewhat VERY German.

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