From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richardson (surname)
Richardson (surname)
Richardson • Helen Richardson (field hockey), English field hockey
player
Family name • Henry Handel Richardson, Australian writer
Meaning "son of Richard" • Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), American
architect
Region of England
• Ian Richardson, British actor
origin
• Israel Bush Richardson (1815–1862), American
Related names Richardsson, Richison, Richson, Ricson, general
Ritson • Leam Richardson, English footballer
Footnotes: [1][2] • James Joseph Richardson, American farm worker
wrongly convicted of murder
Richardson is an Anglo Saxon patronymic surname.[3] • James O. Richardson (1878–1974), American admiral
The prefix Richard, is a given name derived from the • Jane S. Richardson (born 1941), American biochemist
Old English ric ("power") and heard ("brave"/"hardy"). • Jason Richardson, American basketball player
The suffix -son denotes "son/descendant of". The name • Jiles Perry Richardson (The Big Bopper) (1930–1959),
Richard and Richardson is found in records as early as American rock and roll musician
1381 in Yorkshire, England.[4] It is the 60th-most com- • Jo Richardson, British politician
mon surname in the United Kingdom.[5] There are vari- • Joely Richardson, British actress
ant spellings including the Swedish Richardsson. People • John Richardson multiple people by this name
with the name Richardson or its variants include: • John Richardson (author) (1796–1852), Canadian
• Anna Richardson (presenter), British television writer
presenter • Sir John Richardson (naturalist) (1787–1865), Scottish
• Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer naturalist
• Archibald Read Richardson, British mathematician • Jorge Richardson (1976-), Puerto Rican track and
• Ashley Richardson, American supermodel field athlete
• Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson (1828–1896), British • Julie Richardson, a former professional tennis player
physician • Kevin Richardson (musician), former member of the
• Bill Richardson, American politician Backstreet Boys
• Charles Richardson list of people named "Charles • Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor
Richardson" • Kieran Richardson, English footballer
• Charlie and Eddie Richardson, leaders of The • Kym Richardson, Australian politician
Richardson Gang in Britain • Lewis Fry Richardson (1881–1953), English
• Clif Richardson (born 1943), Louisiana politician mathematician
• David H. S. Richardson, British/Canadian • Luke Richardson (1969-), Canadian hockey player
lichenologist • Marc, Debra, and Jacob Richardson, Canadian victims
• Dick Richardson, British cricketer of the Richardson family murders in 2006
• Dick Richardson (boxer), British boxer • Mark Richardson (athlete), British athlete
• Don Richardson (businessman), British commercial • Mark Richardson (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
developer • Mark Richardson (musician), British drummer with
• Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957), English writer Feeder
• Edmund Richardson (1818—1886), American • Miranda Richardson, British actress
entrepreneur • Natasha Richardson (1963–2009), British actress
• Elliot Richardson (1920–1999), American politician • Neil Richardson (composer), British composer
• E.S. Richardson (1875–1950), Louisiana educator and • Neil Richardson (footballer), English footballer
former president of Louisiana Tech University • Nick Richardson, English footballer
• Frazer Richardson, Scottish footballer • Origen Richardson (1795–1876), American politician
• George F. Richardson (1850–1923), U.S. • Owen Willans Richardson (1879–1959), English
Representative from Michigan physicist
• Graham Richardson, Australian politician • Paul Richardson (organist), ballpark organist
• Patricia Richardson, American actress
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richardson (surname)
• Peter Richardson (actor), British comedian, actor, • Tom Richardson (1870–1912), English fast bowler
writer, and director (cricket)
• Quentin Richardson, NBA basketball player • Tony Richardson (1928–1991), British movie director
• Sir Ralph Richardson (1902–1983), British actor • Tony Rickardsson, Swedish racing driver
• Richard Richardson (British politician) MP (c. • Vic Richardson (1894–1969), former Australian
1664-1714), British politician cricketer
• Richie Richardson, West Indian cricketer • William Richardson list of people named "William
• Robert C. Richardson, Jr. (1882–1954), American Richardson"
general • William S. Richardson, American politician
• Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist
• Robin Richardson, Progressive Conservative party
member of the Canadian House of Commons
References
• Roger Wolcott Richardson, American mathematician [1] British surnames - origin
• Rupert N. Richardson (1891–1988), Texas historian [2] Surname Database - Ritson Last Name Origin
• Salli Richardson, an American television and film [3] Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford
actress University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4, ancestry.com
• Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), English writer [4] "Surname Richardson". surnamedb.com.
• Stuart Richardson, bassist for the Welsh band http://www.surnamedb.com/
Lostprophets surname.aspx?name=Richardson. Retrieved
• Thomas Richardson list of people named "Thomas 2008-02-05.
Richardson" [5] British surnames
• Thomas Richardson (wrestler), American wrestler
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