Richard Clayton

Richard Clayton may refer to:


 * Richard Clayton (dean of Peterborough) (died 1612), English churchman and academic
 * Richard Clayton (academic) (died 1676), academic and administrator at University College, Oxford
 * Richard Clayton (Irish judge) (1702–1770), Member of Parliament for Wigan, 1747–1754
 * Sir Richard Clayton, 1st Baronet (1745–1828), English translator
 * Rice Richard Clayton (1798–1879), Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, 1841–1847
 * Richard Clayton (clergyman) (1802-1856), English clergyman of Newcastle upon Tyne
 * Richard Clayton (actor) (1915–2008), American actor
 * Richard Clayton (Royal Navy officer) (1925–1984)
 * Richard Henry Michael Clayton (1907-1993), English novelist who wrote under the pseudonym William Haggard