Richter is a surname of German origin ( 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: 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 Alexandra Richter (born 1967), Brazilian actress 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 Bo Richter (born 2000), American football player 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 Édouard Frédéric Wilhelm Richter (1844-1913), French painter Emma Richter (1888–1956), German paleontologist Ernst Richter (1808–1879), German musical theorist and composer 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 Richter (footballer) (1952–2025), German footballer Frank Richter (rower) (born 1964), German rower 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 (1939–2024), 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 Josef Karl Richter (1880–1933), a Bohemian composer and military bandmaster Kamila B. Richter (born 1976), Czech-German media artist Karel Richard 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 Richter (1803–1884), German painter and etcher Marion Morrey Richter (1900-1996), American composer and pianist 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 Ralf Richter (1957–2026), German actor Raúl Richter (born 1987), German actor Robert Richter (disambiguation), several people 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 (businessman) (died 1983), American auto racer, inventor, and businessman Sergey Richter (born 1989), Israeli Olympic 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 Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter (1958–2024), German psychiatrist Walter Richter (1905-1985), German actor W. D. Richter (born 1945), American screenwriter.
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See also Sergy Rikhter (born 1989), Ukrainian-born Israeli sport-shooter Richter (disambiguation)