Ryder (name)

Last updated August 03, 2025

Ryder is both a surname and masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847–1917), American painter
Alfred Ryder (1916–1995), American actor, born Alfred Jacob Corn
Andre Ryder (1908–1971), Greek-Egyptian composer
Arthur W. Ryder (1877–1938), American professor of Sanskrit and translator
Charles W. Ryder (1892–1960), US Army general
Charles Henry Dudley Ryder (1868–1945), English army officer and explorer
Chauncey Foster Ryder (1868–1949), American painter
Cynthia Ryder (born 1966), American rower
Deb Ryder, American blues singer and songwriter
Derek Ryder (born 1947), English footballer
Dial D. Ryder (1938–2011), American gunsmith
Don Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings (1916–2003), chairman of the UK National Enterprise Board, responsible for the 1975 Ryder Report
Donald J. Ryder, U.S. military lawyer, responsible for the 2003 Ryder Report on prisoner abuse in Iraq
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby (1762–1847), English politician
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882), English politician
Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby (1831–1900), English politician
Dudley Ryder, 7th Earl of Harrowby (1922–2007), deputy chairman of Coutts bank and NatWest
Graham Ryder (1949–2002), English lunar scientist
Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder (1837–1907), English Roman Catholic priest
James A. Ryder (1800–1860), American Jesuit priest
James Ryder, founder of Ryder System, Inc.
Jeremy Ryder (born 1954), British musician known professionally as Jack Hues
Jesse Ryder (born 1984), New Zealand cricketer
John Ryder (disambiguation), multiple people
Jonathan Ryder, pseudonym of American thriller author Robert Ludlum (1927–2001)
Mahler B. Ryder (1937–1992), American mixed-media artist, educator
Margaret Ryder (1908–1998), British artist
Michael Ryder (born 1980), NHL hockey player
Mitch Ryder (born 1945), American musician
Paddy Ryder (born 1988), Australian football player
Richard Ryder (1766–1832), British politician
Richard Andrew Ryder (born 1949), British politician
Richard D. Ryder (born 1940), British animal rights activist
Robert Edward Dudley Ryder (1908–1986), British military hero and politician
Samuel Ryder (1858–1936), British businessman and golf enthusiast
Serena Ryder (born 1983), Canadian singer/songwriter
Shaun Ryder (born 1962), British singer/songwriter
Theodore Ryder (1916–1993), American,one of the first people to receive insulin as a treatment for diabetes
Thomas P. Ryder (born 1985), Anglo-Scot rugby union player
Thomas Ryder (1863–1935), American baseball player
Tom Ryder (born 1949), American lawyer and politician
William T. Ryder (1913–1992), Brigadier general and first American paratrooper
Winona Ryder (born 1971), American actress
Zack Ryder, a former ring name of American professional wrestler Matt Cardona (born 1985)

Given name

Ryder Hesjedal (born 1980), Canadian professional racing cyclist
Ryder Lyons, American football player
Ryder Matos Santos (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
Ryder Windham, American writer

Fictional characters

Honey Ryder, the Bond girl in the 1962 film Dr. No
Charles Ryder, the protagonist of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited
James Ryder, in The Blue Carbuncle , a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Lance "Ryder" Wilson, a fictional character in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Red Ryder, a fictional cowboy character from the eponymous franchise
Red Ryder, a character from the 1993 film Blood In, Blood Out
Flynn Ryder, a character from the Disney animated film Tangled
Ryder, a character in the Skrull Kill Krew comics
Ryder Callahan, a character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless
John Ryder, a character in the 1986 film The Hitcher and its 2007 remake
Ryder, the main human character of the Canadian animated preschool TV series Paw Patrol
Ryder, the protagonist of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel The Unconsoled
Scott/Sara Ryder, main character of the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda
Stephen "Red" Ryder, a character in the 1973 play When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Ryder White, a character in the video game series Dead Island
Mr. Ryder, the biracial main character of Charles W. Chesnutt's short story "The Wife of His Youth"

Ryder (name)

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Surname

Given name

Fictional characters

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