Richard Butler (white supremacist)

Richard Girnt Butler
Richard Girnt Butler
Born	February 23, 1918; Bennett, Colorado, U.S.
Died	September 8, 2004 (aged 86); Hayden, Idaho, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Aerospace engineer
Spouse	Betty Litch (m. 1941; died 1995)
Children	2
Military career
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Air Forces
Years of service	1942–1945
Battles/wars	World War II

Richard Girnt Butler (February 23, 1918 – September 8, 2004) was an American engineer and white supremacist. After dedicating himself to the Christian Identity movement, a racialist offshoot of British Israelism, Butler founded the neo-Nazi group Aryan Nations and would become the "spiritual godfather"^[1] to the white supremacist movement, in which he was "a leading figure".^[2] He has been described as a "notorious racist".^[1]

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Richard Girnt Butler

Born	(1918-02-23)February 23, 1918 Bennett, Colorado, U.S.
Died	September 8, 2004(2004-09-08) (aged 86) Hayden, Idaho, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Aerospace engineer
Spouse	Betty Litch (m. 1941; died 1995)
Children	2

Military career
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Air Forces
Years of service	1942–1945
Battles/wars	World War II