Richard Lewis
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Richard Lewis may refer to:
- Richard Lewis (1808–1831), Welsh defendant a.k.a. Dic PenderynDic PenderynRichard Lewis, better known as Dic Penderyn , was a Welsh labourer and coal miner who was involved with the Merthyr Rising of June 3, 1831. In the course of the riot he was arrested alongside Lewis Lewis, one of the primary figures in the uprising, and charged with stabbing a soldier with a bayonet...
- Richard Lewis (bishop of Llandaff)Richard Lewis (bishop of Llandaff)Richard Lewis was the Anglican Bishop of Llandaff in Wales from 1883 to 1905.Born in Pembrokeshire, Lewis was educated at Worcester College, Oxford and ordained in 1846. He was Vicar of Lampeter for 32 years and latterly Archdeacon of St David's.He was the brother of John Lennox Griffith Poyer...
(1821–1905), British religious leader - Richard Lewis (bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich), British religious leader
- Richard Lewis (comedian)Richard Lewis (comedian)-Early life:Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York City and was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His father worked as a caterer and his mother was an actress. Lewis is Jewish. He later attended Ohio State University and was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity....
(born 1947), American comedian and actor - Richard Lewis (New Zealand) (born 1969), activist
- Richard Lewis (tennis and rugby league)Richard Lewis (tennis and rugby league)Richard Lewis is a former British Davis Cup tennis professional from Surrey.Lewis became executive chairman of the Rugby Football League in 2002. On 1 April 2009 he replaced Michael Farrar as chairman of Sport England.-Tennis career:...
(born 1954-55), British tennis player and sports administrator - Richard Lewis (tenor)Richard Lewis (tenor)Richard Lewis CBE was a Welsh tenor.Born Thomas Thomas in Manchester to Welsh parents, Lewis began his career as a boy soprano and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music from 1939 to 1941...
(1914–1990), Welsh singer - Richard D. LewisRichard D. LewisRichard Donald Lewis is a British linguist, cross-cultural communication consultant, and author. He speaks 10 languages ....
(born 1930), British linguist - Richard J. LewisRichard J. LewisRichard J. Lewis is a television and film director born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.From 2002 to 2009, Lewis worked on the CBS television crime`drama series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as writer, director and co-executive producer....
, Canadian film director - Richie LewisRichie LewisRichie Todd Lewis is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics and Cincinnati Reds. He attended Southside High School in Muncie, where his father was the coach for many years...
(born 1966), American baseball player - Rick LewisRick LewisRick Lewis is the founder and editor of Philosophy Now, and thereby one of the main initiators of the popular philosophy movement in the English speaking world. He launched the magazine in 1991, the first ever philosophy magazine worldwide...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1990s), British journalist - Ricky LewisRicky LewisRicky Lewis realname Eric Timothy Lewis is an American soccer defender.Lewis played college soccer at Clemson University for three years from 2000 to 2002...
(born 1982), American soccer player - R. W. B. LewisR. W. B. LewisRichard Warrington Baldwin Lewis was an American literary scholar and critic. He gained a wider reputation when he won a 1976 Pulitzer Prize for biography, the first National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, and a Bancroft Prize for his biography of Edith Wharton...
(1917–2002), American writer