Richard Parker

Richard Parker may refer to:

American

 * Richard Parker (judge, born 1729) (1729–1813), American jurist who served on the Virginia Supreme Court
 * Richard Parker (colonel) (1751–1780), American officer and son of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
 * Richard E. Parker (1783–1840), jurist, Senator from Virginia, grandson of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
 * Richard Parker (congressman) (1810–1893), judge and Congressman from Virginia
 * Richard W. Parker (1848–1923), Representative from New Jersey
 * Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923–2011), American diplomat and ambassador

British

 * Richard Parker (mayor) (born 1963), British businessman and politician
 * Richard Parker (MP for Malmesbury), Member of Parliament (MP) for Malmesbury, 1394
 * Richard Parker (MP for Lyme Regis), MP for Lyme Regis, 1421

Academics

 * Richard Green Parker (1798–1869), United States educator
 * Richard Barry Parker (1867–1947), British architect
 * Richard Anthony Parker (1905–1993), Egyptologist
 * Richard Davies Parker (born 1945), American law professor
 * Richard Parker (economist) (born 1946), American economist and member of The Nation editorial board
 * Richard A. Parker (born 1953), mathematician
 * Richard G. Parker (anthropologist) (born 1956), public health professional

Sportspeople

 * Richard Parker, full name of footballer Dick Parker (1894–1969)
 * Richard Parker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
 * Rick Parker (baseball) (born 1963), baseball player
 * Rich Parker (born 1987), British professional vert skater
 * Richard Parker, erroneous name of footballer Reginald Parker (born 1902)

Other people

 * Richard Parker (mutineer) (1767–1797), British sailor, leader of the Nore Mutiny
 * Richard Thomas Parker (1834–1864), British murderer
 * Richard Neville Parker (1884–1958), English botanist and forester
 * Richard Parker (1867–1884), the cabin boy victim of shipwreck, murder, and cannibalism in the incident of the court-case R v Dudley and Stephens
 * Richard Parker (potter) (born 1946), New Zealand potter
 * Rick Parker (artist) (born 1946), American artist, writer, and cartoonist

Fictional characters

 * Richard Parker (Life of Pi), a fictional tiger from the 2001 novel Life of Pi
 * Richard and Mary Parker, fictional parents of Peter Parker, the alter-ego of Spider-Man
 * Richard Parker, a cannibalized mutineer in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel
 * Richard Parker, one of the protagonists of the 1989 film Weekend at Bernie's portrayed by Jonathan Silverman
 * Richard Parker, protagonist of Consenting Adults (1992 film) portrayed by Kevin Kline