Famous People with Name Richard

Richard Todd            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Todd: is a former professional American football quarterback for the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints from 1976 to 1985. Todd, along with former Jets quarterback Joe Namath, played for the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide under legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.

Richard Lamar Tuten            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Lamar Tuten: is a former American football punter in the National Football League who played the majority of his career with the Seattle Seahawks. He punted the ball 108 times in 1992, tied for third-most in a season in NFL history.

Richard Kent Austin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Kent Austin: is the Offensive Coordinator for the Ole Miss Rebels and former Head Coach of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders. Prior to this he was an Offensive Coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts and a Quarterbacks Coach for the Ottawa Renegades.

Richard Schiff            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Schiff: an Emmy Award-winning American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on the NBC television drama The West Wing, a role for which received an Emmy Award. Schiff also made his directorial debut with The West Wing, directing an episode entitled "Talking Points."

Richard "Rick" Elfman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard "Rick" Elfman: an American film director, writer and actor. Best known amongst cult film fans for his 1980 film Forbidden Zone, he is the son of writer Blossom Elfman, and the late Milton Elfman, an Air Force veteran and teacher, who passed away in 2001.Elfman grew up in the largely Afro-American Crenshaw district of Los Angeles. He spent his high school years doing track and field, learning Afro-Latin percussion music and instruments, boxing, and writing editorials for zines. Elfman traveled to Paris and became a member of Jerome Savary's "Grand Magic Circus". The Grand Magic Circus was taken under the wing of theatrical director/impresario Peter Brook and given a proper theatrical venue

Maurice Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maurice Richard: is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Liberal member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994 and is the current mayor of Bécancour, a position to which he was first elected in 1976. Richard was a councillor in Bécancour from 1971 to 1976 and first served as the town's mayor from 1976 to 1985. He was interviewed by the Globe and Mail in 1983 as part of a feature piece on the community's industrial projects; in the course of the interview, he highlighted Bécancour's port on the St. Lawrence River, its efficient road and rail system, and its low-cost electricity.

Lorraine Richard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lorraine Richard: is a Quebec politician. She is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Duplessis in the Côte-Nord region. She represents the Parti Québécois.Richard was elected in Duplessis in the 2003 elections and was the PQ's critic for citizen relations, maritime affairs and social services. She was re-elected in the 2007 and 2008 general elections.

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.