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Ricky White
Ricky White III, UNLV wide receiver from Marietta, Georgia, drafted 238th overall by the Seattle Seahawks in 2025; two-time All-American with 3,143 career receiving yards and four blocked punts.
Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle (Richard Whittle), English actor from Oldham; played Calvin Valentine in Hollyoaks, Lincoln in The 100, and Shadow Moon in American Gods; birth year reported as 1979 or 1981 by different sources.
Ricky Williams
Ricky Williams, Heisman Trophy winner 1998 at Texas and NCAA career rushing record holder, NFL running back for the Saints, Dolphins, and Ravens with 10,009 rushing yards, later a cannabis advocate.
Ricky Wilson (singer)
Ricky Wilson, born Charles Richard Wilson, is an English singer best known as frontman of the Leeds rock band Kaiser Chiefs and as a coach on The Voice UK from 2013 to 2016.
Ricky Wong (Hong Kong entrepreneur)
Ricky Wong, also known as Wong Wai-kay (王维基), is a Hong Kong telecom and e-commerce entrepreneur who co-founded City Telecom in 1992 and built HKTVmall.
Rico Blanco
Rico Blanco (Rico Rene Granados Blanco), Filipino singer-songwriter and producer, born 1973 in Manila; Rivermaya founding member and chief songwriter until 2007, then solo artist behind Your Universe and head of Balcony Entertainment.
Rico Constantino
Rico Constantino (Americo Sebastiano Costantino, born 1961), known as Rico, American wrestler and manager; American Gladiators champion, two-time WWE Tag Team Champion with Rikishi and Charlie Haas, released 2004, later Nevada police sergeant.
Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia (Joshua Rico Garcia), born 1994 in Honolulu, is an MLB relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. A 2016 30th-round pick, he debuted in 2019, survived Tommy John surgery and a 2025 waiver carousel, then broke out with 10 saves in 2026.
Rico Lewis
Rico Lewis (Rico Henry Mark Lewis), English footballer born 2004 in Bury, right-back and inverted full-back for Manchester City and England; youngest scorer on a first Champions League start, 100 City appearances, 5 England caps.
Rico Lieder
Rico Lieder is a German former sprinter who won gold in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1991 World Indoor Championships in a world indoor record 3:03.05.
Rico Nasty
Rico Nasty (Maria-Cecilia Simone Kelly, born 1997) is a Maryland rapper known for sugar trap and rage rap blending punk, nu metal, and noise; albums include Nasty, Anger Management, Nightmare Vacation, LETHAL, and RX.
Rico Recklezz
Rico Recklezz (Ronnie Ramsey, born c. 1992) is a Chicago drill rapper from the South Side, known for the 2016 Soulja Boy feud, the 2017 mixtape Big Recklezz, and a 2020-2024 prison term.
Rico Rodriguez (actor)
Rico Rodriguez (born 1998), American actor of Mexican descent from College Station, Texas; played Manny Delgado on ABC's Modern Family 2009–2020, brother of actress Raini Rodriguez, distinct from the Jamaican trombonist of the same name.
Rico Rodriguez (musician)
Rico Rodriguez (Emmanuel Rodriguez, also Rico, Reco, El Reco), 1934-2015, Cuban-born Jamaican trombonist of ska and reggae; Alpha Boys School pupil of Don Drummond, Man from Wareika, the Specials' 'A Message to You, Rudy', MBE 2007.
Rico Verhoeven
Rico Verhoeven, the King of Kickboxing, is a Dutch heavyweight kickboxer born 1989 who held GLORY's heavyweight title from 2013 to November 2025 with 13 defenses, then lost by TKO to Oleksandr Usyk in a 2026 WBC boxing title fight.
Rico Yan
Rico Yan (Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan, 1975–2002), Filipino matinee idol of Gimik and Mula Sa Puso, ABS-CBN Star Circle Batch 1 actor who died of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis in Palawan in 2002.
Ricochet (Rise Against album)
Ricochet is Rise Against's tenth studio album, released August 15, 2025 on Loma Vista. Twelve tracks produced by Catherine Marks and mixed by Alan Moulder, recorded live, themed on interconnectedness and collective responsibility.
Ricochet (wrestler)
Ricochet (Trevor Mann), American high-flying pro wrestler; Prince Puma in Lucha Underground, WWE 2018-2024 (US, IC, NXT North American, first WWE Speed Champion), now AEW heel and AEW National Champion.
Ricoh (リコー)
Ricoh Company, Ltd. (株式会社リコー) is a Japanese technology company headquartered in Tokyo, founded in 1936 as a sensitized-paper maker and renamed Ricoh in 1963, known for office printers, copiers, and the GR camera series.
Ricordi
Ricordi, fully Ricordi politici e civili, is a collection of 221 aphorisms on politics and private life by Florentine statesman Francesco Guicciardini, composed between 1512 and 1530.
Ricotta
Ricotta is a fresh Italian acid/heat-coagulated whey cheese made by heating whey (80–90 °C) with acid to recover whey proteins; 'Ricotta Romana' is a sheep-whey PDO from Lazio with at least 40% fat in dry matter.
Rictor
Rictor (Julio Esteban Richter) is a Marvel Comics mutant superhero with seismic-vibration powers, debuting in X-Factor #17 (1987). A New Mutant, X-Force member, and gay X-Factor hero, he kissed Shatterstar in X-Factor #45, a Marvel first.
Ridaforolimus
Ridaforolimus (deforolimus, AP23573, MK-8669), a non-prodrug rapamycin analogue inhibiting mTOR via FKBP12, was trialed in sarcoma and other cancers but never approved after the 2012 FDA rejection.
Ridda campaign in Hadhramaut (siege of Nujayr)
The Ridda campaign in Hadhramaut (حروب الردة في حضرموت) was the final campaign of the Ridda wars, fought in 633 between Abu Bakr's forces and the apostate Kinda tribe.
Ridda wars
The Ridda wars (حروب الردة) were campaigns fought in 632–633 by Caliph Abu Bakr, led by Khalid ibn al-Walid, against Arabian tribes that seceded after Muhammad's death.
Riddarasögur
Riddarasögur, literally "sagas of knights", are Old Norse-Icelandic chivalric sagas: translations of French romance begun in Norway under King Hákon Hákonarson and later Icelandic imitations.
Riddhi Bahadur Malla
Riddhi Bahadur Malla (ऋद्धिबहादुर मल्ल; 1898–1968) was a Nepali writer, editor, and publisher who founded and edited Sharda, the literary magazine that carried modern Nepali literature to a wide readership during the Rana period.
Riddhi Sen (ঋদ্ধি সেন)
Riddhi Sen (ঋদ্ধি সেন), Bengali film and theatre actor, son of Kaushik Sen; youngest winner of India's National Film Award for Best Actor, at 19, for Nagarkirtan (2017).
Riddhima Kapoor Sahni (रिद्धिमा कपूर साहनी)
Riddhima Kapoor Sahni (रिद्धिमा कपूर साहनी) is a Delhi-based Indian jewelry designer and entrepreneur, daughter of Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, who made her film debut at 45 in 2026.
Riddick (character)
Richard B. Riddick is the antihero of the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, played by Vin Diesel in Pitch Black (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Riddick (2013), and the Escape from Butcher Bay video game, created from a Wheat brothers script reworked by David Twohy.