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)
Brandenburg (1:121)
Saxony-Anhalt (1:132)
Thuringia (1:250)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:279)

People

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 court 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
Christoph Richter (1596–1669), mayor of Stettin, Swedish Pomerania, from 1659 to 1669
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 the band Eleven Past One
Daniel K. Richter, American historian
Dora Richter (1892–unknown), German transgender woman
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
Frank-Jürgen Richter (born 1967), German entrepreneur and 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 painter
Gustav Richter (1913–1982), German Nazi official
Hans Richter (artist) (1888–1976), German Dada painter, film producer and art historian
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
Henry James Richter (1772–1857), English artist and philosopher
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 of the band Michael Learns To Rock
Jason James Richter (born 1980), American actor
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
Joey Richter, American actor
Johann Gottfried Ohnefalsch Richter (1703–1765), German parson and natural theologian
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 the rock group Kottonmouth Kings
Johan Richter (inventor) (1901–1997), Norwegian-Swedish inventor and industrialist
Johannes Richter (born 1993), German basketball player
Kamila B. Richter (born 1976), Czech-German media artist
Karel Richard Richter (1912–1941), German spy
Karl Richter (conductor) (1926–1981), German conductor
Karl Marius Richter [de] (born 1987), aka Perverz, German rapper
Karl W. Richter (1942–1967), American aviator
Les Richter (1930–2010), American football player
Ludwig Richter (1803–1884), German painter and etcher
Martin Richter (born 1977), Czech ice hockey player
Martinus Richter (born 1968), German orthopedist
Matthew Richter (born 1968), American arts producer
Max Richter, German-born British classical composer
Michael M. Richter (1938–2020), German mathematician
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 (1860–1937), English aerialist and actress, first human cannonball
Roy Robert Richter (1915–2007), Australian oilman and World War II pilot
Roy Richter (died 1983), American auto racer, inventor, and businessman
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