Famous People with Name Richard

Richard Garnet Rowland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Garnet Rowland: is a former baseball player for Major League Baseball who played from 1990–1995. He played as a backup catcher for the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox. In addition to catching, he also played sparsely as a designated hitter, first baseman, third baseman, and pinch runner (although appearing only as a pinch runner in a game does not count as a game played). Prior to playing professional baseball, Rowland attended Mendocino College in nearby Ukiah, California.[1] He also had a longer career in minor league baseball on and off from 1988–1997, where he even served as a pitcher in three games.

Richard David Ruthven            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard David Ruthven: is a former Major League Baseball pitcher with a 14-year career from 1973 to 1986. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs all of the National League. During his career, Ruthven had a record of 123-127, an ERA of 4.14, and 1145 career strikeouts. His Phillies teams won the National League East title in 1978 and the World Series in 1980, and his Cubs team won the National League East title in 1984.

Richard Clyde Sawyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Clyde Sawyer: is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Sawyer pitched in all or part of four seasons in the majors, from 1974 until 1977, for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres.

Richard Jay Selma            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Jay Selma: was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1965-1974. He played for the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, and Milwaukee Brewers during his 10-year major league career.In only his second career start, he threw a 10-inning shutout in a 1-0 victory against the Milwaukee Braves, throwing 13 strikeouts in the process.[3] The 13 strikeouts thrown were at the time a Mets franchise record.[4] He had two wins and one loss in four games that season, and spent the next two seasons with the Mets as a relief pitcher. During the 1968 season, Selma became a starting pitcher again like he was his rookie year, and started 23 games, posting a 9-10 record with an ERA of 2.76.[2] This, along with his 117 strikeouts, led the expansion San Diego Padres to draft him with the fifth pick in the 1968 expansion draft on October 14, 1968.[2]

Richard Allen Severson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Allen Severson: is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for two seasons. He played in 77 games for the Kansas City Royals during the 1970 Kansas City Royals season and 16 games during the 1971 Kansas City Royals season.

Monique Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Monique Richard: is a Quebec politician. She is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec, representing the district of Marguerite-D'Youville. She was elected in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Parti Québécois and served as president of that party from 2005 to 2008.

Édouard-Émery Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Édouard-Émery Richard: was a Canadian historian and politician. He practiced for several years before being elected to the House of Commons from Megantic in 1872 and was re-elected in 1874. His health forced him to not seek reelection in the 1878 Canadian Parliamentary elections. Politically, Richard was a liberal protectionist.

Joseph-Adolphe Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Adolphe Richard: was a Liberal Member of the Canadian House of Commons. Richard ran as a Liberal candidate in the provincial district of Saint-Maurice in the 1944 election. He received 23% of the vote and finished third, behind Marc Trudel of the Union Nationale and René Hamel of the Bloc populaire.In the 1949 election, Richard successfully ran as a Liberal candidate for the federal district of Saint-Maurice—Laflèche, against Hamel, who was the incumbent. He was re-elected in 1953, 1957 and 1958, but remained a backbencher.

Clément Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clément Richard: is a lawyer, businessman and former political figure in Quebec. He represented Montmorency in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1976 to 1985. Richard was called to the Quebec bar in 1965. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1973, losing to Marcel Bédard. Richard served as President of the National Assembly from 1976 to 1980. He was a member of the Quebec cabinet, serving as Minister of Communications from 1980 to 1981 and Minister of Cultural Affairs from 1981 to 1985. Richard did not run for reelection in 1985. He was a vice-president for Lavalin and then president/director general for Lavalin Communications from 1986 to 1991. Richard was president and founder of MétéoMédia, Expotech Imax and the Quebec book publishing company Mondia. He served on the administrative council for Place des Arts, serving as president of the council from 1995 to 2002, and was also a member of the executive committee for the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.

Bernard Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bernard Richard: is a Canadian social worker, lawyer, and politician in the Province of New Brunswick.The Progressive Conservative government of Bernard Lord had won a bare majority in 2003, winning 28 of 55 seats and were anxious to strengthen their position. After first attempting to convince a Liberal to sit as speaker and then offering cabinet positions and other appointments to several Liberals, Richard accepted the post of provincial ombudsman, thus resigning his seat and increasing the Tory majority to 28/54 for the ensuing year before a by-election was held.