Bonhomme Richard

Bonhomme Richard or Bon Homme Richard, meaning good man Richard in French, may refer to:

  • USS Bonhomme Richard, several ships of the United States.
  • Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard, the French title of Poor Richard's Almanack, for which the ships were named.
  • A pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin

Famous quotes containing the word richard:

    I think that Richard Nixon will go down in history as a true folk hero, who struck a vital blow to the whole diseased concept of the revered image and gave the American virtue of irreverence and skepticism back to the people.
    William Burroughs (b. 1914)