Ritchie
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Ritchie as a name is a surname
, and may also occur as a given name
or diminutive. It may refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, and may also occur as a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
or diminutive. It may refer to:
Surname
- Albert RitchieAlbert RitchieAlbert Cabell Ritchie , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 49th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1920 to 1935...
(1876–1936), governor of Maryland 1920-35 - Alistair Ferguson RitchieAlistair Ferguson RitchieAlistair Ferguson Ritchie was a crossword compiler, who set as Afrit. The son of a post office clerk, he was born in 1890 and brought up in King’s Lynn. He was head boy at King Edward VII Grammar School there and graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge in 1911...
(1890-1954), Afrit, crossword compiler - Allison RitchieAllison RitchieAllison Maree Ritchie was an Australian Labor Party politician in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2009. She was a member of the Hobart based seat of Pembroke. She was elected on 5 May 2001 at age 26; she was the youngest person ever to be elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council...
(born 1974), Australian politician - Andrew Jackson RitchieAndrew Jackson RitchieAndrew Jackson Ritchie was the founder of Rabun Gap Industrial School, which later merged with Nacoochee Institute to become Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School. He served there as president until 1939....
(1868–1948), president of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School - Andy Ritchie (English footballer) (born 1960), English footballer
- Andy Ritchie (Scottish footballer) (born 1956), Scottish footballer
- Brian RitchieBrian RitchieBrian Ritchie was the bass guitarist for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes.In addition to his bass playing, Ritchie is proficient at the shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute...
(born 1960), guitarist for Violent Femmes band - Byron RitchieByron RitchieByron Ritchie is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward playing for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien.-Playing career:...
(born 1977), Canadian professional ice hockey player - Cedric RitchieCedric RitchieCedric Elmer Ritchie, OC is a Canadian businessman and former Chairman and CEO of The Bank of Nova Scotia. He has been Chairman of the Business Development Bank of Canada since 2001....
, Canadian businessman - Charles RitchieCharles RitchieCharles Stewart Almon Ritchie, CC was a Canadian diplomat and diarist.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was Canada’s ambassador to West Germany , Permanent Representative to the United Nations , ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F...
(1906–1995), Canadian diplomat - Charles Thomson RitchieCharles Thomson RitchieCharles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 until 1905 when he was raised to the peerage...
(1838–1906), 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC - Chris RitchieChris RitchieVice Admiral Christopher Angus Ritchie AO is a retired Vice Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy, and was Chief of Navy from 2002 to 2005.-Service history:Ritchie graduated from the RAN College at Jervis Bay in 1968...
(born 1949), retired Vice Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy - Clint RitchieClint RitchieClinton Charles Augustus Ritchie was an American actor.-Early life:Ritchie was born on a farm in Grafton, North Dakota to J. C. and Charlotte Ritchie, and his family moved to Washington state when he was seven...
(1938–2009), American actor - Darren RitchieDarren RitchieDarren Ritchie is a Scottish long jumper. He was born in Edinburgh.He was 6 x Scottish Long Jump Champion, and also won the triple Jump in 2004. He also added 2x Indoor Scottish titles.He is also 3 X AAAs Champion....
(born 1975), Scottish long jumper - Dave Ritchie (football coach)Dave Ritchie (football coach)Dave Ritchie is a former coach in the Canadian Football League. He is best known for his days as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Head Coach from 1999 to 2004...
, Canadian Football League coach - Dave Ritchie (ice hockey) (1892–?), hockey player
- David Ritchie (1812–1867), American politician
- David Edward Ritchie, American auctioneer
- David George RitchieDavid George RitchieDavid George Ritchie was a Scottish philosopher who had a distinguished university career at Edinburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford, and after being fellow of Jesus and tutor of Balliol was elected professor of logic and metaphysics at St Andrews...
(1853–1903), Scottish philosopher - Dennis RitchieDennis RitchieDennis MacAlistair Ritchie , was an American computer scientist who "helped shape the digital era." He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the UNIX operating system...
(1941–2011), American computer scientist - Edgar RitchieEdgar RitchieAlbert Edgar Ritchie, CC was a Canadian diplomat.Born in Andover, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938 from Mount Allison University...
(1916–2002), Canadian diplomat - Edward Samuel RitchieEdward Samuel RitchieEdward Samuel Ritchie , an American inventor and physicist, is considered to be the most innovative instrument maker in nineteenth-century America, making important contributions to both science and navigation.-Early life and career:...
(1814–1895), American inventor and physicist - Elsie RitchieElsie RitchieElsie Ritchie was an American actress with a brief career in the 1970s who was the sister of American film director, Michael Ritchie. She starred in her brother's films in The Candidate in 1972 and in 1975's Smile....
, American actress - Fiona RitchieFiona RitchieFiona Ritchie is a Scottish radio broadcaster best known as the producer and host of The Thistle & Shamrock, an hour-long Celtic music program that airs weekly throughout the United States on National Public Radio...
(born 1960), radio broadcaster - George G. RitchieGeorge G. RitchieDr. George G. Ritchie, M.D. held positions as president of the Richmond Academy of General Practice; chairman of the Department of Psychiatry of Towers Hospital; and founder and president of the Universal Youth Corps, Inc. for almost 20 years...
(1923–2007), American doctor - Gordon RitchieGordon RitchieWilliam Gordon Ritchie was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a surgeon and physician by career....
(born 1918), Canadian surgeon and politician - Grant Ritchie (actor)
- Greg RitchieGreg RitchieGregory Michael Ritchie is a former Australian cricketer who played in 30 Tests and 44 ODIs from 1982 to 1987....
(born 1960), Australian cricketer - Guy RitchieGuy RitchieGuy Stuart Ritchie is an English screenwriter and film maker who directed Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Revolver, RocknRolla and Sherlock Holmes.-Early life:...
(born 1968), British filmmaker - Henry Peel RitchieHenry Peel RitchieHenry Peel Ritchie VC was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for valour "in the face of the enemy" that can be given to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces...
(1876–1958), British Navy officer - Ian Ritchie (producer), composer and musician
- Ian Ritchie (architect)Ian Ritchie (architect)Professor Ian Ritchie CBE is a British architect. He was born in 1947 in Sussex.After working with Norman Foster , Ritchie spent two years in France designing and constructing projects. In 1979 he founded Chrysalis Architects and also worked at Arup’s Lightweight Structures Group in London...
(born 1947), British architect - Ian Ritchie (entrepreneur)Ian Ritchie (entrepreneur)Ian Cleland Ritchie, CBE, FREng, FRSE, FBCS, CEng is a Scottish businessman specialising in the Information Technology sector.In 1984, Ritchie founded the software company, Office Workstations Limited in Edinburgh, after leaving ICL when they closed their Scottish Development Centre at Dalkeith...
, Scottish businessman - Jean RitchieJean RitchieJean Ritchie is an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player.- Out of Kentucky :Abigail and Balis Ritchie of Viper, Kentucky had 14 children, and Jean was the youngest...
(born 1922), American folk singer and songwriter - Jon RitchieJon RitchieJon David Ritchie is a former professional American football fullback in the National Football League with the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders.-Early years:Ritchie attended Cumberland Valley High School from 1989 to 1993...
(born 1974), American football player - John Ritchie (newspaper owner)John Ritchie (newspaper owner)John Ritchie was a Scottish newspaper owner.He was born at Kirkcaldy, Fife, and at an early age went in service to a small farmer near Largo. Later he returned to Kirkcaldy, working as a hand-loom weaver...
(1778-1881), owner of The Scotsman - John Ritchie (abolitionist)John Ritchie (abolitionist)John Ritchie was an abolitionist who moved from Franklin, Indiana to Topeka, Kansas Territory, in early spring of 1855 in search of cheap land and to help Kansas enter the country as a "free" state....
(1817–1887), American abolitionist - John Ritchie (footballer born 1941) (1941–2007), English footballer
- John Ritchie (footballer born 1944)John Ritchie (footballer born 1944)John Ritchie is an English former footballer.-Playing career:Ritchie played for Whitley Bay before joining Port Vale in December 1965. He became a regular in the side and is remembered by those who saw it for his forty-yard "goal of a lifetime" in a 2–1 win at Bradford City in a first round FA Cup...
(born 1944), English footballer - John Ritchie (Maryland)John Ritchie (Maryland)John Ritchie was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.Born in Frederick, Maryland, Ritchie completed preparatory studies at the Frederick Academy. He commenced the study of medicine but abandoned it for the study of law at Harvard University...
(1831–1887), U.S. Representative from Maryland - John Ritchie (merchant)John Ritchie (merchant)John Ritchie was a Scottish-born merchant and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1783 to 1785....
(died 1790), Scottish merchant, judge and politician - John Ritchie (Scottish footballer)John Ritchie (Scottish footballer)John Brough Ritchie is a Scottish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Career:Ritchie began his career in the mid 1960s with Cowdenbeath and went on to play over 100 matches for the Central Park side before moving to Brechin City in 1967...
(born 1947), Scottish footballer - John Simon Ritchie (1957–1979), English musician better known as Sid ViciousSid ViciousSid Vicious was an English musician best known as the bassist of the influential punk rock group Sex Pistols...
- John William RitchieJohn William RitchieJohn William Gianni was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Gianni was the son of Thomas Ritchie and Elizabeth Wildman Johnston. He studied law with his uncle James William Johnston and was admitted to the bar in 1831...
(1808–1890), Canadian lawyer and politician - John Ritchie FindlayJohn Ritchie FindlayJohn Ritchie Findlay was a Scottish newspaper owner and philanthropist.He was born at Arbroath, Angus, son of Peter Findlay and was educated at Edinburgh University...
(1824–1898), Scottish newspaper owner and philanthropist - Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st BaronetSir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st BaronetSir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Baronet KBE , a Scotsman, was the owner of the business that published The Scotsman, a philanthropist, and later in life Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire.-Family and education:...
(1880–1954), Scottish philanthropists - Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay (2nd Baronet) (1902–1962), Scottish politician
- John Ritchie FindlayJohn Ritchie FindlayJohn Ritchie Findlay was a Scottish newspaper owner and philanthropist.He was born at Arbroath, Angus, son of Peter Findlay and was educated at Edinburgh University...
(1824–1898), Scottish newspaper owner and philanthropist - Joseph RitchieJoseph RitchieDoctor Joseph Ritchie was an English surgeon, explorer and naturalist.In 1818 Ritchie was sent with George Francis Lyon by Sir John Barrow to find the course of the River Niger and the location of Timbuktu...
(c. 1788–1819), English surgeon, explorer and naturalist - Joseph C. RitchieJoseph C. RitchieJoseph C. Ritchie was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia for ten years, from July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1986. Ritchie was the first Republican mayor for the city; in fact, his election to City Council in 1970 was the first time a Republican had been chosen to serve as a Councilman.Ritchie's decade...
, mayor of Newport News, Virginia (1976–1986) - Josiah RitchieJosiah RitchieMajor Josiah George Ritchie was a male tennis player from Great Britain.He was born in Westminster and died in Ashford, Middlesex....
(1870–1955), British tennis player - June RitchieJune RitchieJune Ritchie is a British actress. She is perhaps best known for starring in the role of Ingrid Rothwell opposite Alan Bates in the 1962 film adaptation of A Kind of Loving...
(born 1938), English actress - Kate RitchieKate RitchieKatherine "Kate" Ritchie is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role as Sally Fletcher on the television soap opera Home and Away. She played the character for 20 years from 1988–2008...
(born 1978), Australian actress - Ken RitchieKen RitchieKen Ritchie is a British psephologist.Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in mathematics before spending 18 months teaching in Tanzania...
(born 1946), British psephologist - Larry RitchieLarry RitchieLarry Ritchie is a jazz drummer and record/CD producer.He has recorded with John Coltrane, Ray Draper, and Jackie McLean. Examples of his jazz work are provided by McLean's Strange Blues and Freddie Redd's Music from The Connection ....
, jazz drummer (1950s–1960s) - Leitch RitchieLeitch RitchieLeitch Ritchie was a Scottish novelist and journalist. He was born at Greenock and worked as a clerk in Glasgow, but about 1820 adopted literature as his profession....
(1800–1865), Scottish novelist and journalist - Margaret Ritchie (politician)Margaret Ritchie (politician)Margaret Ritchie is an Irish politician from Northern Ireland. She was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party from 7 February 2010 to 5 November 2011 - being replaced in this role by Alasdair McDonnell - and served as the Minister for Social Development from 8 May 2007 until her...
(born 1958), Northern Irish politician - Mark RitchieMark RitchieDonald Mark Ritchie was elected the 21st Minnesota Secretary of State on November 7, 2006. He was re-elected in 2010. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He grew up in Iowa, and graduated from Iowa State University in 1971...
(born 1951), Minnesota Secretary of State - Michael Ritchie (film director)Michael Ritchie (film director)Michael Brunswick Ritchie was an American film director.Ritchie was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the son of Patricia and Benbow Ferguson Ritchie...
(1938–2001), American film director - Michael Ritchie (artistic director)Michael Ritchie (artistic director)Michael Ritchie is the artistic director of Center Theatre Group, overseeing the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre and the Kirk Douglas Theatre.-Early career:...
(born 1957), artistic director of Center Theatre Group - Neil RitchieNeil RitchieGeneral Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie GBE, KCB, DSO, MC, KStJ was a senior British army officer during the Second World War.-Military career:...
(1897–1983), British general - Paul Ritchie (footballer born 1969)Paul Ritchie (footballer born 1969)Paul Michael Ritchie is a former Scottish football player, who played for several clubs in Scotland, England, Ireland and Hong Kong in a 20 year career....
(born 1969), Scottish football player playing for East Fife - Paul Ritchie (footballer born 1975) (born 1975), Scottish football player formerly playing for Dundee United
- Phil RitchiePhil RitchiePhil Ritchie was the lead singer of the band Lennex, who has also performed on the North American Television show Rock Star: Supernova on CBS in the summer of 2006...
(born 1978), American lead singer of the band Lennex - Ray Ritchie, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- Richmond RitchieRichmond RitchieSir Richmond Thackeray Willougby Ritchie was an Indian-born British civil servant who spent most of his working life at the India Office, reaching the post of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India....
(1854–1912), Indian-born British civil servant - Robert James Ritchie (born 1971), American rapper and singer-songwriter better known as Kid Rock
- Roland RitchieRoland RitchieRoland Almon Ritchie, CC was a Canadian lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of William Bruce Almon Ritchie and Lillian Stewart, he received a B.A. from the University of King's College in 1930, a B.A. in 1932 from Oxford University, and was...
(1910–1988), Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada - R. Stephen Ritchie (born 1942), American Air Force General
- Scott Ritchie (born 1989), Military Geographic Technician (Responsible for saving the lives of 3 Arctic polar bears.)
- Steve RitchieSteve RitchieSteven Scott Ritchie is an acclaimed pinball and video game designer. He has been called "The Master of Flow" by pinball aficionados due to the emphasis in his designs on ball speed, loops, and the like....
(born 1950), pinball and video game designer - Thomas RitchieThomas RitchieThomas Ritchie of Virginia was a leading American journalist. He read law and medicine, but set up a bookstore in Richmond, Virginia in 1803 instead of practicing either. He bought out the Republican newspaper the Richmond Enquirer in 1804, and made it a financial and political success, as...
(1778-1854), American journalist - Todd RitchieTodd RitchieTodd Everett Ritchie is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from -....
(born 1971), former Major League Baseball pitcher (1997–2004) - Walter Potter RitchieWalter Potter RitchieWalter Potter Ritchie VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1892–1965), Scottish member of the British Army in World War I - William Ritchie (editor)William Ritchie (editor)William Ritchie was a Scottish lawyer, journalist and newspaper owner.He was born at Lundin Mill, Fife, where his father had a flax dressing business....
(1781-1831), editor of The Scotsman - William Ritchie (physicist)William Ritchie (physicist)William Ritchie was a physicist who was notable for writing the book Principles of the Differential and Integral Calculus . He wrote several papers on heat, electricity, and elasticity. He was regarded as a good experimenter. He studied in Paris under Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Jean-Baptiste...
(1790-1837), experimented and wrote on heat, electricity, and elasticity - William Johnstone RitchieWilliam Johnstone RitchieSir William Johnstone Ritchie was one of the first judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and became the second Chief Justice of the court....
(1813–1892), Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Given name
- Ritchie BlackmoreRitchie BlackmoreRichard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was known as one of the first guitarists to fuse Classical music elements with rock. He fronted his own band Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple where he was unhappy because his favourite musical style wasn't adequately...
(born 1945), English guitarist, founding member of hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow - Ritchie ValensRitchie ValensRitchie Valens was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter and guitarist....
(1941–1959), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Companies
- Grant, Ritchie and Company, a Scottish engineering company
- Ritchie Navigation, Inc., U.S. marine compass and instrument manufacturer since 1850
Places
- Ritchie's ArchipelagoRitchie's ArchipelagoRitchie's Archipelago is a cluster of smaller islands which lie some east of Great Andaman, the main island group of the Andaman Islands. the Andamans are located in the Bay of Bengal, bordering with the Andaman Sea and are some south of the nearest Asian mainland, Cape Negrais in Myanmar.The...
- Ritchie County, West VirginiaRitchie County, West VirginiaAs of the census of 2000, there were 10,343 people, 4,184 households, and 2,999 families residing in the county. The population density was 23 people per square mile . There were 5,513 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile...
- Fort Ritchie, MarylandFort Ritchie, MarylandFort Ritchie is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States, just south of the Pennsylvania state line. The population was 276 at the 2000 census. Fort Ritchie is a former U.S. military base that closed in September 1998 pursuant to the 1995 Base Realignment and...
- Ritchie South Africa
See also
- RichardRichardThe first or given name Richard derives from German, French, and English "ric" and "hard" , therefore it means 'powerful leader' as well as 'King's Court'...
- RichieRichie-First name:A given name or nickname which may be short for Richard. Examples of this use include:* Richie Ashburn, American baseball hall of famer.* Richie Benaud, cricketing legend.* Richie Byrne, an Irish footballer....
, alternate spelling - Ritchie Bros. AuctioneersRitchie Bros. AuctioneersRitchie Bros. Auctioneers is an industrial auctioneer. The company has 110 locations in 25 countries and 43 auction sites worldwide. The company sells through unreserved public auctions a broad range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the...
- Baron Ritchie of DundeeBaron Ritchie of DundeeBaron Ritchie of Dundee, of Welders in the Parish of Chalfont St Giles in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1905 for the Conservative politician Charles Ritchie...
- The Ritchie FamilyThe Ritchie FamilyThe Ritchie Family was the name of an American vocal group, based in Philadelphia, who achieved several hits during the disco era.-Career:...
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