Richard Preston (disambiguation)

Richard Preston (born 1954) is an American writer.

Richard Preston may also refer to:


 * Richard Preston (MP) (1768–1850), English legal author and politician
 * Richard Preston (clergyman) (c. 1791–1861), American religious leader
 * Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond (died 1628), Scottish court favourite of King James VI
 * Richard Franklin Preston (1860–1929), Canadian physician and political figure
 * Richard Preston, a pen-name of Jack Lindsay (1900–1990) Australian-born British author