Rich (surname)

Rich is a surname. Notable people with this name include:

A–L

• Adam Rich (1968–2023), American actor
• Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987), American jazz drummer and bandleader
• Charlie Rich (1932–1995), American country music singer-songwriter and musician
• Christopher Rich (theatre manager) (1657–1714), English producer and theatre manager
• Claudius James Rich, British orientalist
• Daniel Rich (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
• Darrell Keith Rich (1955–2000), Native American serial killer
• Denis Rich (born 1954), Australian rules football umpire
• Frank Rich (born 1949), American writer
• Frederick Henry Rich (1824–1904), British soldier and Railway official
• George Rich (1863–1956), Australian lawyer and High Court judge
• Georgina Rich, British actor
• Heather Rich, Oklahoma high-school student victim Murder of Heather Rich
• Helen Rich (1827–1915), American writer
• Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1590–1649), English courtier and soldier
• Sir Henry Rich, 1st Baronet (died 1869), British politician
• Henry Bayard Rich (1849–1884), British soldier
• Herb Rich (1928–2008), American 2x All-Pro football player
• Hugo Rich (aka Olaf Dietrich), Australian criminal (Dietrich v The Queen)
• Irene Rich (1891–1988), American actress
• Jodee Rich, Australian businessman
• Joel Rich (1824–1906), Wisconsin state senator
• John Rich (born 1974), American musician
• John Rich (producer) (1692–1761), English producer and theatre manager
• John Treadway Rich (1841–1926), American politician, aka John Tyler Rich
• Katherine Rich (born 1967), New Zealand politician
• Lillian Rich (1900–1954), British-born American silent film actress

M–Z

• Marc Rich (aka Marc David Reich) (1934–2013), American businessman
• Martin Rich (1905–2000), German conductor
• Matty Rich (born 1971), American film director and screenwriter
• Michael Rich (cyclist) (born 1969), German cyclist
• Michael D. Rich, American executive
• Mike Rich (born 1959), American screenwriter
• Nathan Rich, American Scientology critic and content creator
• Patricia Vickers-Rich (born 1944), Australian palaeontologist
• Patrick Rich, English rugby league player
• Paul Rich (1921–2000), English singer and music publisher
• Ralph M. Rich (1916–1942), American aviator
• Randy Rich (born 1953), American football player
• Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1496–1567), Lord Chancellor
• Richard Rich (director), American animated film director
• Richie Rich (rapper) (aka Richard Serrel), American rapper
• DJ Richie Rich, British disc jockey
• Rishi Rich (aka Rishpal Rekhi), British Asian music producer
• Robert Rich (musician), American ambient music composer
• Robert Rich, pen name used by American screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo
• Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587–1658), British naval officer and politician
• Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet (1685–1768), British field marshal
• Robert E. Rich Sr. (1913–2006), American food-processing pioneer
• Ruby Sophia Rich (1888–1988), Australian women's rights advocate
• Seth Rich, American political victim of 2016 Murder of Seth Rich
• Sharon Rich, American biographer
• Stephen Gottheil Rich (1890–1958), philatelist of New Jersey
• Thomas Rich (disambiguation)

• Sir Thomas Rich, 1st Baronet (1601–1667), English politician
• Sir Thomas Rich, 5th Baronet (c.1733–1803), British naval officer and politician
• Thomas Rich (American politician) (1830–1899), English-born American politician in Iowa
• Thomas F. Rich, known as Ösel Tendzin, American-born teacher of Tibetan Buddhism
• Tommy Rich (aka Thomas Richardson, born 1956), American professional wrestler
• Tom Rich, Australian paleontologist

• William Rich (disambiguation), several people

• Sir William Rich, 2nd Baronet, (c. 1654–1711), MP
• Sir William Rich, 4th Baronet (c. 1702–1762), see Rich baronets
• William Rich (botanist), American botanist and explorer

See also

• Rich family
• Rich baronets