Richer
family name
Richer and Richers are surnames. Notable people and characters with these surnames include:
Richer
Richer, Count in Luihgau and Hainaut (died 972)
Richer (bishop of Verdun) (fl. 1089–1107)
Bob Richer (born 1951), ice hockey defenceman, played for the Buffalo Sabres
Claude Lavoie Richer (1929–2014), Canadian skier at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Edmond Richer (1559–1631), French theologian
Guy Richer (born 1954), Canadian actor
Jean Richer (1630–1696), French astronomer
Jeannine Richer (1924-2022), French author and composer
Julian Richer (born 1959), founder of British hi-fi retailer Richer Sounds
Lyse Richer (born 1939), Canadian administrator and music teacher
Paul Richer (1849–1933), French anatomist, physiologist sculptor and artist
Robert Richer, associate deputy director of operations of the CIA
Stéphane Richer (ice hockey defenceman) (born 1966)
Stéphane Richer (ice hockey forward) (born 1966)
Richers
Herbert Richers (1923–2009), Brazilian film and dubbing producer
Robert Richers (by 1524 – 1587/89), English lawyer, MP for Reigate and for Grampound
"Richers", characters in the South Park episode "Here Comes the Neighborhood"
See also
Richerus, monk of St.
“Richer” enters the record as family name. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Richer, family and name can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Richer” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Richer, family and name provides the most credible route into that argument.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 13, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q21491798. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1089, 1107, 1951 and 1929.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
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The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Richer”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Richer primary sources, Richer archive and Richer research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Richer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.