Aristocrats and non-ruling royals

• Richard fitz Gilbert (before 1035 – c. 1090), Norman lord involved in the conquest of England
• Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester (1222–1262)
• Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (1259–1326)
• Richard Orsini (died 1304), Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, Count of Gravina, Bailli of Achaea
• Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460), Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses
• Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411–1460), a principal participant in the Wars of the Roses
• Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), wealthy English magnate and major protagonist in the Wars of the Roses
• Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York (1473 – c. 1483), who would have been King Richard IV of England if he had lived
• Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694–1753), instrumental in the revival of Palladian architecture
• Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797–1861), noted for squandering his great wealth
• Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889), British soldier, politician and administrator
• Prince Richard von Metternich (1829-1895), Austrian diplomat, son of the illustrious diplomat Prince Klemens von Metternich
• Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 1934), German-Swedish aristocrat and landowner, husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark
• Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944), British royal, grandson of King George V and 1st cousin of Queen Elizabeth II

Business people

• Richard L. Bloch (born 1929), American investor, real estate developer, banker, and philanthropist.
• Richard Branson (born 1950), British businessman and founder of the Virgin Group of companies
• Richard DeVos (born 1926), American businessman and co-founder of Amway
• Richard Jacobs (1925–2009), real estate businessman and owner of the Cleveland Indians baseball team
• Richard Rawlings (born 1969), star of American television show Fast N' Loud, owner of Gas Monkey garage, Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill and Gas Monkey Live
• Richard Velazquez (born 1973), PepsiCo Executive and first automotive designer at Porsche AG (Germany) of Puerto Rican descent
• Richard Warren Sears (1863–1914), co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and considered a promotional genius
• Richard Wilding, British businessman and academic

Religious figures

• Saint Richard (disambiguation)
• Richard Baxter (1615 – 1691) English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer.
• Richard of Dover (died 1184), Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury
• Richard Foxe (c. 1448 – 1528), Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
• Richard of Poitiers (died c. 1174), monk of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny, and author of historical works, treatises and poems.