Biographies of Prominent Richardson Residents
or People Who Had a Role in Richardson History

• John B. Floyd, early settler, founder of Breckinridge (forerunner of Richardson)

• Sam Harben, newspaper publisher (The Richardson Echo)

• Neely Huffhines, prominent resident, namesake of Huffhines Park

From Other Sources

• Lloyd V. Berkner, scientist, high school namesake

• George Blewett, minister, early settler, one of the founders of Richardson

• Benjamin Bowser, banker, early settler

• John C. Breckinridge, politician, namesake of town that preceded Richardson

• Robert F. Campbell, farmer, early settler

• Marina Oswald Porter, widow of alleged presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald

• Jerry Owens, civic leader and chairman, Owens Country Sausage Company

• Benjamin Prigmore, farmer, soldier, early settler

• Bernard Reilly, one of the founders of Richardson

• Alfred S. Richardson, lawyer, politician, railroader, city namesake

• Ann Rice, author, attended Richardson H.S. (graduated 1959)

• James Fred Rippy, Ph.D., esteemed scholar specializing in the history of Latin America, first person from Richardson to earn a college degree

• Jacob Routh, minister, early settler

• Jessica Simpson, singer, attended Pearce H.S.

• Robert Tilton, televangelist, attended Richardson H.S. (graduated 1964)

• William J. Wheeler, one of the founders of Richardson

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