Famous People with Name Ricardo

Ricardo Rocky Juarez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ricardo Rocky Juarez: a professional Mexican-American boxer. Juarez has a current professional record of 27 wins, 4 losses, no draws, with 19 wins coming by way of knockout.

Ricardo Medina, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ricardo Medina, Jr.: He is the son of Brazilian boxer Ricardo Medina.Medina is best known for his role as Cole Evans, the Red Wild Force Ranger, on Power Rangers: Wild Force as well as his appearance on the VH1 reality television series Kept, in which he and eleven other men vied for the opportunity to become supermodel Jerry Hall's kept man. Medina formed something of an alliance with fellow contestant Slavco, as they continually expressed their opinion that they were the two most attractive men on the show. Hall eliminated Medina after a dance competition at which he performed a striptease to Hall's displeasure.

Ricardo Cortez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ricardo Cortez: was a film actor who began his career during the silent film era.Cortez appeared in over 100 films. He played opposite Joan Crawford in Montana Moon in 1930, played Sam Spade in the original The Maltese Falcon in 1931, co-starred with Charles Farrell and Bette Davis in The Big Shakedown and Wonder Bar (with Al Jolson and Dolores del Rio) in 1934. He also played Perry Mason in the 1936 film The Case of the Black Cat. Although he began his career playing romantic leads with actresses like Greta Garbo, when sound cinema arrived, his powerful delivery and New York accent made him an ideal villain and conman, and he switched from sex symbol to character actor.

Ricardo Canales            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ricardo Canales: is a Honduran football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Motagua. He made his debut in Liga Nacional on 16 May 2001 playing for Victoria against Real España.

Ricardo Antonio García Rodríguez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ricardo Antonio García Rodríguez: was a Costa Rican professional footballer who played for A.D. Municipal Puntarenas.

Joaquín Amparo Balaguer Ricardo            Origin/Culture/Country:

Joaquín Amparo Balaguer Ricardo: was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996. An unlikely strongman, he had been a protégé of Rafael Trujillo and, though frequently accused of election fraud and of intimidating would-be opponents, he was considered one of the craftiest politicians.

David Ricardo            Origin/Culture/Country: English

David Ricardo: was a political economist, often credited with systematizing economics, and was one of the most influential of the classical economists, along with Thomas Malthus and Adam Smith. He was also a member of Parliament, businessman, financier and speculator, who amassed a considerable personal fortune. Perhaps the most important of his contributions was the theory of comparative advantage, an fundamental argument in favor of free trade among countries and of specialization among individuals. Ricardo argued that there is mutual benefit from trade (or exchange) even if one party (e.g. resource-rich country, highly-skilled artisan) is more productive in every possible area than its trading counterpart (e.g. resource-poor country, unskilled laborer), as long as each concentrates on the activities where it has relative productivity advantage.[1]

Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo: was the President of the Dominican Republic from 1960 to 1962, from 1966 to 1978, and again from 1986 to 1996.When Trujillo arranged to have his brother Héctor re-elected to the presidency in 1957, he chose Balaguer as vice-president. Three years later, w

Cassiano Ricardo            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Cassiano Ricardo: was a Brazilian journalist, critic, and poet.He became a late adherent to Brazilian modernism and co-founded the mystical nationalist journal Novissima.[1] His Marcha para Oeste supported the frontier for being both anti-liberal and democratic.[2] He held a hierarchical view of such a society with the whites holding "the spirit of adventure and command".[3]

Augustus Louis Ricardo            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Augustus Louis Ricardo: was an English cricketer. Ricardo was born in Chelsea, London. Ricardo made a single first-class appearance for pre-county club Hampshire in 1861 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In the match he scored 5 runs and took 2 catches.