Richter 826666 211510493 2008-05-10T19:06:27Z Xyzzyplugh 639298 wikified, per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)]] {{wiktionarypar|richter}} '''Richter''' can refer to the [[Richter magnitude scale]], a scale measuring the intensity of [[earthquake]]s. '''Richter ''' is also a [[family name|surname]]: * [[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 * [[Francis Xavier Richter]], rancher and entrepreneur in 19th Century British Columbia and Washington * [[Francis Xavier Richter, Jr.]], MLA in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1963 to 1975 * [[Franz Xaver Richter]], Classical-era Czech composer. * [[Gerhard Richter]], Preeminent 20th century German painter * [[Gustav Richter (artist)|Gustav Richter]], 19th century German artist * [[Gustav Richter]], 20th century German Nazi official * [[Hans Richter (artist)|Hans Richter]], Dada artist, filmmaker and writer * [[Hans Richter (actor)|Hans Richter]], German actor and director * [[Hans Richter (conductor)|Hans Richter]], German conductor * [[Henjo Richter]], German guitarist * [[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 * [[Johnny Richter]], member of the rapcore, alternative punk rock group, the Kottonmouth Kings * [[Julius Richter]], German theologian * [[Danielle Richter]], Sabres aficionado and author of 'Hinduism: The Ancient Devotion' * [[Karl Richter]], German conductor * [[Karl W. Richter]], American aviator * [[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 * [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Russian pianist * Travis Richter, guitarist of the American rock band, [[From First to Last]] The name '''Richter''' also appears in: * The Richter scale developed in 1825 to which [[harmonica]]s are commonly tuned <!--and a [[Limited company|company]] name:--> * [[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 * [[List of Castlevania characters|Richter Belmont]], a character from the Castlevania game series See also: *[[Richter's transformation]] or Richter's syndrome, a complication of blood-related neoplasms [[Category:Surnames]] {{disambig}} [[cs:Richter (příjmení)]] [[da:Richter]] [[de:Richter (Begriffsklärung)]] [[es:Richter]] [[fr:Richter]] [[ko:리히터]] [[is:Richter]] [[it:Richter]] [[he:ריכטר]] [[hu:Richter]] [[nl:Richter]] [[ja:リヒター]] [[pt:Richter]] [[ru:Рихтер]] [[sv:Richter]]