Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic *rīks 'king, ruler' + *harduz 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname.

People

Given name

  • Ricardo Araújo Pereira (born 1974), Portuguese comedian
  • Ricardo Arjona (born 1964), Guatemalan singer
  • Ricardo Arona (born 1978), Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • Ricardo Ávila (born 1997), Panamanian footballer
  • Ricardo Bierhals (born 1990), Brazilian footballer
  • Ricardo Bralo (1916–?), Argentine long-distance runner
  • Ricardo Bombine Pimentel (born 1978), Brazilian musician
  • Ricardo Bueno Fernández (1940–2015), Spanish politician
  • Ricardo Busquets (born 1974), Puerto Rican swimmer
  • Ricardo Cardeño (born 1971), Colombian triathlete
  • Ricardo Carvalho (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
  • Ricardo Coelho (born 1998), Portuguese marathon canoeist
  • Ricardo Concepción Rodríguez (born 1965), Cuban politician
  • Ricardo Cortez (1900–1977), American actor
  • Ricardo Darín (born 1957), Argentine actor
  • Ricardo da Silva (born 1980), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer
  • Ricardo Esgaio, Portuguese footballer
  • Ricardo Faty (born 1986), Senegalese footballer
  • Ricardo Fischer (born 1991), Brazilian basketball player
  • Ricardo Fortaleza (born 1951), Filipino-Australian boxer
  • Ricardo Fuller (born 1979), Jamaican football (soccer) player
  • Ricardo A. "Rick" Galindo, American politician
  • Ricardo Gangeme (1943–1999), Argentine journalist and founder of El Informador Chubutense
  • Ricardo Gomes (born 1964), Brazilian footballer
  • Ricardo González (golfer) (born 1969), Argentine golf player
  • Ricardo González (racing driver) (born 1977), Mexican racing driver
  • Ricardo Gónzalez Reinoso (born 1965), retired Chilean footballer
  • Ricardo Gutierrez (born 1955), American actor
  • Ricardo Larrivée (born 1967), Canadian chef
  • Ricardo López (born 1966), Mexican professional boxer
  • Ricardo Hallman (born 2003), American football player
  • Ricardo Hausmann (born 1956), Venezuelan politician and professor at Harvard
  • Ricardo Hurtado (born 1999), American actor
  • Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born 1982), better known as Kaká, Brazilian footballer
  • Ricardo James (born 1966), Panamaian footballer
  • Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), Chilean socialist politician and former president
  • Ricardo Larrivée (born 1967), French-Canadian TV and radio food presenter and writer
  • Ricardo Lee (born 1948), Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright
  • Ricardo P. Lloyd (born 1993), British actor
  • Ricardo Londoño (1949–2009), Colombian racing driver
  • Ricardo López Felipe (born 1971), Spanish football goalkeeper
  • Ricardo Macarrón (1926–2004), Spanish painter
  • Ricardo Malajika (born 1998), South African professional boxer
  • Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
  • Ricardo Marsh (born 1981), American basketball player, 2007 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
  • Ricardo Martínez (born 1980), Mexican footballer
  • Ricardo Matosinhos (born 1982), Portuguese hornplayer and pedagogue
  • Ricardo Maurício (born 1979), Brazilian racing driver
  • Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009), Mexican actor
  • Ricardo Montez (1923–2010), Gibraltarian actor
  • Ricardo Medina Jr. (born 1979), American actor
  • Ricardo Menéndez March (born 1987/1988), New Zealand politician
  • Ricardo Miranda (born 1976), Canadian politician and trade unionist
  • Ricardo Montaner (born 1957), Argentine-born singer
  • Ricardo Mthembu (1970–2020), South African politician
  • Ricardo Nascimento (born 1974), Portuguese footballer
  • Ricardo Palma (1833–1919), Peruvian author
  • Ricardo Pereira (actor) (born 1979), Portuguese actor, television presenter and fashion model
  • Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira (born 1976), Portuguese football goalkeeper
  • Ricardo Pietreczko (born 1994), German professional darts player
  • Ricardo Pinto (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ricardo Puno (1923–2018), Filipino lawyer
  • Ricardo Quaresma (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
  • Ricardo Rodriguez (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ricardo Rosset (born 1968), Brazilian racing driver
  • Ricardo Salampessy (born 1984), Indonesian footballer
  • Ricardo Sanabria (born 1969), Paraguayan footballer
  • Ricardo Sánchez (water polo) (born 1971), Spanish water polo player
  • Ricardo Santos (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ricardo Schnetzer (1953–2026), Brazilian voice actor
  • Ricardo Senn (1931–2012), Argentine cyclist
  • Ricardo Sperafico (born 1979), Brazilian racing driver
  • Ricardo Teixeira (racing driver) (born 1984), Angolan racing driver
  • Ricardo Toledo Carranza (born 1958), Costa Rican politician
  • Ricardo Viera (1945–2020) Cuban-born American visual artist, educator, curator
  • Ricardo Villagrán (born 1938), Argentine illustrator
  • Ricardo Villalobos (born 1970), Chilean electronic musician
  • Ricardo Zonta (born 1976), Brazilian racing driver
  • Ricardo Zunino (born 1949), Argentine racing driver

Nickname

  • Richard Møller Nielsen (1937–2014), Danish football manager whose team won the Euro 1992

Last name

  • Amy Mary Ricardo, birth name of Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (1847–1879), British aristocrat
  • Cicely Kate Ricardo, birth name of Kate Bertram (1912–1999), British ichthyologist
  • David Ricardo (1772–1823), British economist
  • David Ricardo (the younger) (1803–1864), British Liberal Member of Parliament
  • Colonel Francis Cecil Ricardo (1852–1924), British army officer, police officer and philanthropist (brother of Horace Ricardo)
  • Halsey Ricardo (1854–1928), English architect and designer
  • Sir Harry Ricardo (1885–1974), British motor engineer who established Ricardo Consulting Engineers
  • Colonel Horace Ricardo (1850–1935), British army officer and land owner (brother of Francis Cecil Ricardo)
  • James Ricardo, American film director
  • John Lewis Ricardo (1812–1862), British businessman and politician
  • Osman Ricardo (1795–1881), British Liberal and Whig politician
  • Paulo Ricardo (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

  • Richard Alpert (Lost), on the Lost TV series
  • Ricardo Diaz, from the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City video game
  • Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, main characters on the I Love Lucy TV series
  • Ricardo Dalisay, the primary protagonist in the Ang Probinsyano TV series
  • Ricardo Tubbs, on the TV series Miami Vice
  • Ricardo (comic book character), the main antagonist from The Adventures of Nero comic book series
  • Ricardio, a character who is a heart from Ice King’s body in the animated series Adventure Time

See also

  • Riccardo
  • Daniel Ricciardo