title: Richie
text: # Richie
  
  Richie or Richy is a masculine given name or short form (hypocorism) of Richard. It is also a surname.
  
  ## First name
  
  * Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), American Major League Baseball player, member of the Hall of Fame
  * Richie Benaud (1930–2015), Australian cricketer and commentator
  * Richie Blackmore (born 1969), New Zealand rugby league coach and former player
  * Richie Byrne (born 1981), Irish footballer
  * Richie Cunningham (born 1970), American former National Football League placekicker
  * Richie Emselle (1917–1992), Australian rules footballer
  * Richie Grant (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Richie Havens (1941–2013), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  * Richie Hebner (born 1947), American former Major League Baseball player
  * Richie Incognito (born 1983), American National Football League player
  * Richie James (born 1995), American football player
  * Richie Jen (任賢齊) (born 1966), Taiwanese singer
  * Richie Lucas (born 1938), American former football quarterback, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
  * Richie McCaw (born 1980), New Zealand former rugby union player, the most capped test rugby player of all time
  * Richie McDonald (born 1962), American country music singer and former lead singer of the band Lonestar
  * Richy Müller (born 1955), German actor born Hans-Jürgen Müller
  * Richie Murray (born 1982), Irish hurler
  * Richy Peña (born 1984), Dominican-born American music producer
  * Richie Power (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Ricardo Álvarez Puig (born 1984), Spanish footballer known as Richy
  * Richie Ryan (born 1985), Irish footballer
  * Richie Ryan (1929-2019), Irish former politician
  * Richie Sambora (born 1959), American rock guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter, former lead guitarist of Bon Jovi
  * Richie Scheinblum (1942–2021), American Major League Baseball All Star outfielder
  * Richie Williams (born 1987), American basketball player
  * Richie Woodhall (born 1968), British former boxer, WBC super middleweight titleholder
  
  ## Surname
  
  * David Richie (born 1973), American former National Football League player
  * Donald Richie (1924–2013), American author specializing in Japanese culture
  * Ladale Richie (born 1989), Jamaican footballer
  * Lionel Richie (born 1949), American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
  * Nicole Richie (born 1981), American actress, daughter of Lionel Richie
  * Shane Richie (born 1964), English actor, comedian, singer and presenter
  * Sofia Richie (born 1998), American fashion model, daughter of Lionel Richie
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Richie, a character in the 2000 American fantasy-comedy TV movie Life-Size
  * Richie Aprile from The Sopranos
  * Richie Cunningham from Happy Days
  * Richie Foley, aka Gear, from Static Shock
  * Richie Rich, the main character of the comics, TV show, and film of the same name, and Harvey Girls Forever!
  * Richie Richard, from Bottom
  * Richie Ryan, from Highlander
  * Richie Tozier, from the Stephen King book It
  * Richie Underwood, from Dog House
  