Richter (surname)

Richter is a surname of German origin (Richter is German for "judge").

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 71.2% of all known bearers of the surname Richter were residents of Germany (frequency 1:350), 13.0% of the United States (1:8,649), 2.2% of Brazil (1:28,857), 2.2% of South Africa (1:7,686), 1.8% of Austria (1:1,460), 1.3% of the Czech Republic (1:2,621) and 1.1% of Australia (1:6,626).

In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:350) in the following states:

• 1. Saxony (1:80)
• 2. Brandenburg (1:121)
• 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:132)
• 4. Thuringia (1:250)
• 5. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:279)

People

• Adolf Richter (1839–1914), of Pforzheim. German Pacifist, President of the German Peace Society from its founding until his death, President of Eighth International Peace Congress in Hamburg
• Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803–1884), German painter and etcher
• Aemilius Ludwig Richter (1808–1864), German jurist
• Albert Richter (1912–1940), German track-cyclist and World Champion
• Andy Richter (born 1966), American actor, writer, comedian, and late-night talk-show announcer
• Anton Karl Richter (1690–1763), Austrian organist, son of Ferdinand Tobias Richter
• August Gottlieb Richter (1742–1812), German surgeon
• Bruno Richter (1914–1993), German military officer
• Burton Richter (1931–2018), Nobel Prize-winning American physicist
• Charles Francis Richter (1900–1985), American seismologist and physicist, inventor of the Richter magnitude scale
• Claus Richter (born 1948), German journalist
• Conrad Richter (1890–1968), American Pulitzer Prize–winning Western novelist
• Daniel Richter (actor) (born 1939), American mime, actor and choreographer
• Daniel Richter (artist) (born 1962), German artist
• Daniel Richter (singer), Canadian singer, member of band Eleven Past One
• Daniel Edgar Richter (1868-1935) "Fighting Dan" American Lawyer, Journalist, Political Activist, Author of a book of poetry "Idle Moments"
• Daniel K. Richter, American historian
• Emma Richter (1888–1956), German paleontologist
• Eugen Richter (1838–1906), German politician
• Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651–1711), Austrian baroque-music composer and organist
• Frank Richter, Sr. (1837–1910), Bohemia-born rancher and entrepreneur in the U.S. and Canada
• Frank Richter, Jr. (1910–1977), Canadian politician; Member of the Legislative Assembly; Minister
• Frank-Jürgen Richter (born 1967), German entrepreneur; Chairman of Swiss think-tank Horasis
• Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789), Czech composer
• Gerhard Richter (born 1932), German painter
• Guri Richter (1917–1995), Danish film actress
• Gustav Richter (artist) (1823–1884), German figure- and portrait-painter
• Gustav Richter (1913–1982), German Nazi official
• Hans Richter (artist) (1888–1976), German Dada-artist, filmmaker and writer
• Hans Richter (actor) (1919–2008), German actor and director
• Hans Richter (conductor) (1843–1916), German conductor
• Heinz Richter (engineer) (1909–1971), German engineer and author
• Heinz Richter (cyclist) (born 1947)
• Heinz A. Richter (born 1939), German historian
• Henjo Richter (born 1963), German guitarist
• Henry Constantine Richter (1821–1902), British zoological illustrator
• Hieronymous Theodor Richter (1824–1898), German chemist
• Ilja Richter (born 1952), German actor, singer and television presenter
• Jan Richter, Czech ice hockey player
• Jascha Richter (born 1963), Danish singer-songwriter; lead vocalist and keyboardist of band Michael Learns To Rock
• Jason James Richter (born 1980), American actor
• Jeffrey Richter, American author of books on programming for Windows and .NET
• Jean Paul Richter (1847–1937) German art historian
• Jean Paul Friedrich Richter (1763–1825), German novelist and author
• Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762–1807), German chemist who developed the stoichiometry theory
• Johann Moritz Richter (1620–1667), German architect and engraver.
• John C. Richter, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
• Johnny Richter, American musician; member of rock group Kottonmouth Kings
• Johan Richter (inventor) (1901–1997), Norwegian-Swedish inventor and industrialist
• Johannes Richter (basketball) (born 1993), German basketball player
• Kamila B. Richter (born 1976), Czech-German media artist
• Karel Richter (1912–1941), German spy
• Karl Richter (conductor) (1926–1981), German conductor
• Karl W. Richter (1942–1967), American aviator
• Les Richter (1930–2010), American football player
• Ludwig "Rev Louis" Friedrich Richter (1830-1905) German immigrant to America, Famously expelled from the Presbyterian church for his stance against Prohibition Born in Nagold, died in Minneapolis
• Martinus Richter (born 1968), German orthopedist
• Matthew Richter (born 1968), American arts producer
• Max Richter (composer), German-born classical composer
• Mike Richter (born 1966), American ice-hockey player
• Milan Richter (born 1948), Slovak writer, playwright, translator and publisher
• Mischa Richter (1910–2001), Russian-born American cartoonist and artist
• Owen Von Richter (born 1975), Canadian medley swimmer
• Pat Richter (born 1941), American football player; athletic director of the UW–Madison
• Paul Richter (1895–1961), Austrian actor
• Pavel Richter, Czech ice hockey player
• Ronald Richter (1909–1991), Austrian scientist; head of the Argentine nuclear-fusion Huemul Project
• Rossa Matilda Richter, 19th-century circus performer
• Roy Robert Richter (1915–2007), Australian oilman and World War II pilot
• Roy Richter (died 1983), American auto racer, inventor, and businessman
• Sergy Rikhter (born 1989), Ukrainian-born Israeli sport-shooter
• Simona Richter (born 1972), Romanian judoka athlete
• Stacey Richter (born 1965), American writer of short fiction
• Sviatoslav Richter (1915–1997), Soviet pianist
• Travis Richter, American musician; guitarist of rock band From First to Last

Fictional characters

• See Richter (disambiguation)#Arts, entertainment, and media

See also

• Richter (disambiguation)