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Rick Steves

Rick Steves (born 1955) is an American travel writer and PBS host, founder of Rick Steves' Europe in Edmonds, Washington (1976), author of Europe Through the Back Door (1979), host of the TV series Rick Steves' Europe (2000–) and the radio show Travel with Rick Steves.

Rick Stonebraker

Rick Stonebraker, American barebow and recurve archer, judge, and organizer from Tyrone, Pennsylvania; 2002 world masters champion, World Archery barebow record holder, Atlanta 1996 Olympic judge.

Rick Tocchet

Rick Tocchet (born 1964) is a Canadian former NHL power forward and current Philadelphia Flyers head coach; 440 goals and 2,900 penalty minutes in 1,144 games, 1992 Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh, Jack Adams Award 2024 with Vancouver.

Rick Treviño

Rick Treviño, also known as Ricky Treviño, is a Mexican-American country singer from Austin, Texas, whose hit "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" came in 1994.

Rick Tsai

Rick (Lih Shyng) Tsai is a Taiwanese semiconductor executive who leads MediaTek, the world's top smartphone chip supplier, after serving as TSMC's CEO from 2005 to 2009.

Rick Veitch

Rick Veitch (born 1951, Bellows Falls, Vermont) is an American comics artist and writer, Swamp Thing penciller and writer, creator of Brat Pack, The Maximortal, Rare Bit Fiends, and Can't Get No, and Vermont's fourth Cartoonist Laureate.

Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman (Richard Christopher Wakeman, born 1949) is an English progressive rock keyboardist, classically trained, known for Yes (Fragile, Close to the Edge), Bowie sessions, and solo concept albums like The Six Wives of Henry VIII.

Rick Warren

Rick Warren is an American Baptist pastor and evangelical leader who founded Saddleback Church in 1979. He is known for The Purpose Driven Life and the global PEACE Plan.

Sep 27, 2026

Rick West (Virginia politician)

Rick West is an American Republican politician serving as Mayor of Chesapeake, Virginia, re-elected in November 2024; he previously taught government and history and spent nearly three decades in school administration.

Rick Wilhite

Rick Wilhite, also known as The Godson, is an American house DJ and producer from Detroit, a member of the Detroit collective 3 Chairs with Moodymann and Theo Parrish.

Sep 27, 2026

Rick Williams

Rick Williams is an American Republican politician representing Georgia's 25th Senate district, who previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives for District 145, elected in 2016.

Rick Wilson (political consultant)

Rick Wilson, American Republican political strategist, ad-maker, and author; George H.W. Bush 1988 campaign veteran; co-founder of The Lincoln Project and Never Trump critic of Donald Trump; author of Everything Trump Touches Dies.

Rick Wohlhuter

Rick Wohlhuter (Richard Charles Wohlhuter, born 1948) is an American middle-distance runner, 1976 Olympic 800m bronze medalist, world record holder at 880 yards and 1000m, and 1974 Sullivan Award winner.

Rick Yang

Rick Yang is a venture capitalist who is Partner and Head of Technology at New Enterprise Associates, where since 2007 he has backed Plaid, Robinhood, and Opendoor.

Rick Yune

Rick Yune (born 1971, Richard Yun) is a Korean American actor, producer, and former Wharton-trained Wall Street trader and first Asian Versace/Polo male model, known for Kazuo Miyamoto in Snow Falling on Cedars, Johnny Tran in The Fast and the Furious, and Zao in Die Another Day.

Sep 27, 2026

Rick Zbur

Rick Zbur is an American Democratic politician, a California State Assembly member for the 51st district and Assembly Caucus Chair, formerly an environmental lawyer and Equality California executive director.

Rick Zullo

Rick Zullo is an American venture capitalist who co-founded Equal Ventures, a New York seed-stage firm, in 2019, backing founders in legacy industries such as insurance, retail, and climate.

Rick Zumwalt

Rick Zumwalt (Richard Lee Zumwalt Jr., 1951-2003) was an American world champion arm wrestler and actor, best known as Bob 'Bull' Hurley in Over the Top (1987) and later Cirque du Soleil's first strongman in Alegria.

Sep 21, 2026

Rickard Sandberg

Rickard Sandberg is a Swedish genomics researcher and Professor of Molecular Genetics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, known for developing the single-cell RNA sequencing methods Smart-seq2 and Smart-seq3.

Rickenbacker

Rickenbacker is an American manufacturer of electric guitars and basses in Santa Ana, California, descended from the first commercially successful electric guitar, the "Frying Pan" of 1932.

Rickenella

Rickenella (Rickenellaceae, Hymenochaetales) is a genus of tiny moss-associated agaric fungi, type species R. fibula, the orange mosscap, distinguished by prominent cystidia and bryophilous, partly biotrophic nutrition.

Rickets

Rickets (rachitis) is a childhood bone-softening disease from vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate deficiency; described by Whistler (1645) and Glisson (1650), it drove vitamin D's discovery and is treated with supplementation.

Ricketts Glen State Park

Ricketts Glen State Park is a 13,193-acre Pennsylvania state park in Luzerne, Sullivan, and Columbia counties, known for the Glens Natural Area and its 22 named waterfalls, including 94-foot Ganoga Falls, along the 7.2-mile Falls Trail loop.

Rickettsia

Rickettsia: genus of obligate intracellular, arthropod-borne Gram-negative bacteria named for Howard T. Ricketts; causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus; treated with doxycycline.

Rickettsia rickettsii

Rickettsia rickettsii, agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, is an intracellular tickborne bacterium infecting vascular endothelial cells; diagnosed by IFA paired sera, treated with doxycycline.

Rickettsial palindromic element 1

Rickettsial palindromic element 1 (RPE-1) is a ~141 bp palindromic DNA repeat family of Rickettsia bacteria, first found in R. conorii, that inserts in-frame within protein-coding and RNA genes and encodes ~50-amino-acid peptides.

Rickettsiales

Rickettsiales is an order of obligate intracellular, vector-borne Gram-negative bacteria in the class Alphaproteobacteria; it includes Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Wolbachia and causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus, and anaplasmosis.

Rickettsialpox

Rickettsialpox, caused by Rickettsia akari, is a mild mite-borne spotted fever rickettsiosis transmitted by Liponyssoides sanguineus from house mice; first recognized in New York City in 1946, marked by eschar, fever, and papulovesicular rash, treated with doxycycline.

Rickey Henderson

Rickey Henderson (1958-2024), American MLB outfielder, all-time leader in stolen bases (1,406), runs (2,295), and leadoff home runs (81); greatest leadoff hitter, Hall of Fame 2009.