List of Famous people named Ricardo

Ricardo Kotscho is a Brazilian journalist and author. He was awarded twice with the Esso Journalism Award and twice with the Vladimir Herzog Award. During his career, he worked in several major newspapers, magazines and TV channels, such as O Estado de S. Paulo, IstoÉ magazine, Folha de S. Paulo, Canal 21 of Rede Bandeirantes, SBT and CNT/Gazeta. From 2003 to 2004, he served as the Secretary of Press and Divulgation of the Presidency of the Republic for Lula's government. Nowadays, he is a Special Reporter for Brasileiros magazine.

Ricardo Andrés Lagos Weber, son of former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, is a politician who served as the Ministry General Secretariat of Government of Chile in the administration of former President Michelle Bachelet after having worked for Bachelet's 2005-2006 campaign. He is trained in law and economics, and has served the majority of his government career in economic positions. He was also an organizer and the senior representative for Chile at the Annual Meeting of APEC held in Chile in 2004, in addition to being one of the architects of the free trade agreements that Chile signed with the United States and the European Union as the head of the Foreign Ministry's Department of Trade Policy. He is a member of the Party for Democracy (PPD). Between March 2016 and March 2017 he was President of the Senate of Chile.

Ricardo Arroyo García is a Spanish actor, best known for his performance as Vicente Maroto on the Spanish television series La que se avecina, and as Higinio Heredia in Aquí no hay quien viva.

Ricardo Alves Fernandes, also known as Ricardinho, is a Brazilian former footballer. He played in several teams in Brazil, the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez, is a Spanish football coach. He is currently the head coach of Japanese J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.

Ricardo Vieira Coutinho is a Brazilian politician.

Ricardo Ahued Bardahuil is a Mexican politician affiliated with National Regeneration Movement. He currently serves as a senator representing Veracruz in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. From 2009 to 2012, he was a deputy in the LXI Legislature as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In October 2018, the director of the Morena party in Veracruz, Manuel Huerta Ladrón de Guevara, criticized Ahued for making remarks about the water supply in Xalapa, noting that Ahued was not a member of the party despite being in its Senate caucus.

Ricardo Semler is the CEO and majority owner of Semco Partners, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering. Under his ownership, revenue has grown from 4 million US dollars in 1982 to 212 million US dollars in 2003 and his innovative business management policies have attracted widespread interest around the world. Time featured him among its Global 100 young leaders profile series published in 1994 while the World Economic Forum also nominated him. The Wall Street Journal America Economia, The Wall Street Journal's Latin American magazine, named him Latin American businessman of the year in 1990 and he was named Brazilian businessman of the year in 1990 and 1992. Virando a Própria Mesa, his first book, became the best selling non-fiction book in the history of Brazil. He has since written two books in English on the transformation of Semco and workplace re-engineering: Maverick, an English version of "Turning Your Own Table" published in 1993 and an international bestseller, and The Seven-Day Weekend in 2003.

Ricardo Ezzati Andrello is an Italian-Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from December 2010 to March 2019 and has been a cardinal since February 2014. He previously served as Archbishop of Concepción. He headed the Episcopal Conference of Chile from 2010 to 2016.

Ricardo Omar Giusti is an Argentine former footballer. A solid midfielder, he played most of his career with Argentine side Independiente. At international level, he won the FIFA World Cup with Argentina in 1986 and was also a runner-up in the 1990 edition of the tournament. With 53 caps Giusti is currently 38th in the appearance records for the Argentina national football team. He played a part in five major tournaments for his nation.