Richter

Richter can refer to:

• the Richter magnitude scale, a scale measuring the strength of earthquakes.
• Richter (Electro-Rock), an electro-rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Richter as a surname

Richter is also a German-language surname, held by the following individuals:

• Adrian Ludwig Richter, 19th century German artist
• Aemilius Ludwig Richter, 19th century German jurist
• Albert Richter (1912–1940), German track cyclist and World Champion
• Andy Richter, comedian
• Anton Karl Richter, Austrian organist, son of Ferdinand Tobias Richter
• August Gottlieb Richter, German surgeon
• Burton Richter, Nobel laureate in physics
• Charles Francis Richter, inventor of the Richter magnitude scale
• Conrad Richter, Pulitzer Prize winning Western novelist
• Eugen Richter, German politician
• Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian Baroque composer and organist
• Frank Richter, Sr., rancher and entrepreneur in 19th Century British Columbia and Washington
• Frank Richter, Jr., MLA in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1963 to 1975
• Franz Xaver Richter, Classical-era Czech composer.
• George Richter, Conductor
• Gerhard Richter, Preeminent 20th century German painter
• Gustav Richter (artist), 19th century German artist
• Gustav Richter, 20th century German Nazi official
• Hans Richter (artist), Dada artist, filmmaker and writer
• Hans Richter (actor), German actor and director
• Hans Richter (conductor), German conductor
• Henjo Richter, German guitarist
• Henry Constantine Richter (1821 - 1902), zoological illustrator.
• Hieronymous Theodor Richter, German chemist
• Jamie Richter, Australian author of slipstream, technology-themed horror, and dark speculative fiction.
• Jason James Richter, American actor
• Jeffrey Richter, author of books on programming for Windows and .NET
• Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, German novelist and author
• Jeremias Benjamin Richter, German chemist who developed the stoichiometry theory
• John C. Richter, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
• Johnny Richter, member of the rapcore, alternative punk rock group, the Kottonmouth Kings
• Johan Richter (inventor), Norwegian-Swedish Inventor and Industrialist
• Julius Richter, German theologian
• Danielle Richter, Sabres aficionado and author of 'Hinduism: The Ancient Devotion'
• Karl Richter (conductor), German conductor
• Karl W. Richter, American aviator
• Matthew Richter, American arts producer
• Max Richter, German-born classical composer
• Mike Richter, American ice hockey player
• Pat Richter, football player for the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Washington Redskins, later athletic director of the UW–Madison
• Richter, the right-hand man villain in the science fiction thriller Total Recall
• Ronald Richter, Austrian head of the infamous Argentine Huemul Project
• Roy Richter, American auto racer, inventor, businessman
• Simona Richter, Romanian judoka
• Sviatoslav Richter, Soviet pianist
• Travis Richter, guitarist of the American rock band, From First to Last

Also appears in

• Richter Abend, character from the game, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
• The Richter tuning scale developed in 1825 to which harmonicas are commonly tuned
• Gedeon Richter Ltd., a Hungarian pharmaceutical company, listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange
• Richter (toy company), a German toy manufacturer from the early 20th century
• Richter Belmont, a character from the Castlevania game series
• Owen Von Richter (born 1975), Canadian medley swimmer

See also

• Richter's transformation or Richter's syndrome, a complication of blood-related neoplasms