Richard III was European.
 Murphy (born 1929),  American diplomat and career member of the foreign serviceRichard Nixon (19131994), American politician, President of the United States (19691974) and Vice President (19531961)Richard Pathirana (1938-2008), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician and educationistRichard Pelpola (1898-1971), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri LankaRichard Perle (born 1941), American government official and foreign policy specialist, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs 19811987Richard F
 Byrd (18881957), US Navy rear admiral, aviator and explorerRichard Masters (aka William Marsters), English sailor, cooper, trader and explorerDick Rutkowski, diving medicine pioneer=== Scientists ===Richard Lee Armstrong (19371991), American-Canadian geologistRichard Dawkins (born 1941), English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and authorRichard Feynman (19181988), American Nobel Prize-winning physicistRichard Hall (archaeologist) (19492011), English archaeologistRichard D

