Rider
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- Fremont RiderFremont RiderArthur Fremont Rider was an American writer, poet, editor, inventor, genealogist, and librarian. He studied under Melvil Dewey, of whom he wrote a biography for the ALA. Throughout his life he wrote in several genres including plays, poetry, short stories, non-fiction and an auto-biography which...
(1885-1962), American writer and librarian - H. Rider HaggardH. Rider HaggardSir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire...
(1856-1925), British novelist - Rider StrongRider StrongRider King Strong is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Shawn Hunter on the 1990s sitcom Boy Meets World.-Early life:...
(born 1979), American actor, director, producer and screenwriter - Isaiah Rider (born 1971), American former National Basketball Association player
- Steve RiderSteve RiderStephen Rider is an English sports presenter, and was the anchorman of ITV's football coverage, which included the Champions League, England Internationals, the FA Cup and the 2006 World Cup. He anchored ITV's Formula One coverage from 2006 to 2008, and football coverage from 2006 to April 2010...
(born 1950), English sports presenter and anchorman
In law:
- Rider (legislation)Rider (legislation)In legislative procedure, a rider is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill. Riders are usually created as a tactic to pass a controversial provision that would not pass as its...
, an additional provision attached to a bill - Rider (contract), an additional provision attached to a contract such as an insurance policy
- Rider (legal judgement), an explanation appended to a legal decision by a jury or inquest
- Rider (theater)Rider (theater)In theater , a rider is a set of requests or demands that a performer will set as criteria for performance.-Hospitality Rider:The hospitality rider is a list of requests for the comfort of the artist on the day of the show...
, a set of requests or demands that a performer will set as criteria for performance
In entertainment:
- Rider (band), an offshoot band from Ultra
- Rider (imprint)Rider (imprint)Rider is a publishing imprint of Ebury Publishing, a Random House division. The list was started by William Rider & Son in Britain in 1908 when he took over the occult publisher Phillip Wellby...
, a publishing imprint of Random House - Rider (Fate/Stay Night), a character in the Japanese series Fate/Stay Night
- Rider (Fate/Zero), a character in the Japanese novel Fate/Zero
- Honeychile RiderHoneychile RiderHoneychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Dr. No. In the 1962 Bond film of the same name, her name was shortened and changed to Honey Ryder. In the film she is played by Swiss actress Ursula Andress and due to her heavy accent was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl...
, a character in the novel Dr. No - Alex RiderAlex Rider (character)Alex Rider is a fictional character, and the protagonist and title character of the popular Alex Rider novel series by British author Anthony Horowitz...
, hero of a series of spy novels by Anthony Horowitz - Riders (novel)Riders (novel)Riders is an international best-selling novel, written by the English author, Jilly Cooper. It is the first of a series of romance novels known as the Rutshire Chronicles, which are set in the fictional English county of Rutshire. The story focuses on the lives of a group of top show jumping...
, a romance novel by the British author Jilly Cooper
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- Rider UniversityRider UniversityRider University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States...
, an American university in New Jersey