Richard Williams

Richard Williams may refer to:

Entertainment

 * Richard Williams (animator) (1933–2019), Canadian-British animator
 * Richard Williams (theatre director), theatre director, producer and teacher
 * Dick Anthony Williams (1934–2012), American actor
 * Richard Bebb (Richard Bebb Williams, 1927–2006), English actor

Military

 * Richard Williams (Royal Marines officer) (1764–1839), British military officer
 * Richard Williams (RAAF officer) (1890–1980), Australian aviator

Music

 * Richard Williams (conductor) (1923–2007), Welsh conductor
 * Richard Williams (musician) (1931–1985), American jazz trumpeter
 * Richard Williams, drummer for The Passions
 * Dick Williams (singer) (1926–2018), American singer
 * Rich Williams (born 1950), American guitarist

Politics

 * Richard Williams (alias Cromwell) (by 1502–1545), Welsh soldier and courtier
 * Richard Williams (congressman) (1836–1914), American politician from Oregon
 * Richard Williams (died 1579) (before 1535–1579), English politician for Oxford
 * Richard Williams (died 1601) (before 1560–1601), MP for New Romney
 * Richard Williams (died 1692) (c. 1654–1692), MP for Radnorshire, for Breconshire and for New Radnor Boroughs
 * Richard Williams (MP for Flint) (c. 1699–1759), Welsh politician for Flint
 * Richard Williams (of Rhosygeido) (before 1570–1622), Welsh politician from Anglesey
 * Richard H. Williams (New York politician) (1807–?), American politician from New York
 * Richard Henry Williams (1852–1924), Canadian lumber merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan
 * Richard S. Williams (before 1820–after 1853), American politician from New York

Baseball

 * Dick Williams (1929–2011), American baseball player and manager
 * Dick Williams (executive), American baseball executive
 * Rick Williams (baseball, born 1952), American baseball pitcher (Houston Astros, 1978–79)
 * Rick Williams (baseball, born 1956), American baseball coach and scout

Basketball

 * Richard Williams (basketball coach), American basketball coach at Mississippi State University from 1986 to 1998
 * Richie Williams (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player

Cricket

 * Richard Williams (cricketer, born 1901) (1901–1982), English, played for Worcestershire
 * Richard Williams (cricketer, born 1957), Welsh-born, played for Northamptonshire
 * Reggie Williams (cricketer) (Richard Charles James Williams, born 1969), English, played for Gloucestershire

Football

 * Richard Williams (American football) (born 1960), American running back for Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers
 * Richard Williams (Australian rules footballer) (1905–1958)
 * Richard Williams (English footballer) (1869–after 1895), English, played for Everton and Luton Town
 * Richard L. Williams (soccer), Canadian soccer player
 * Richard Parry Williams (1863–?), Welsh international footballer
 * Dick Williams (footballer) (1905–1983), English footballer
 * Richie Williams (born 1970), American soccer coach and former player
 * Richie Williams (Canadian football) (born 1983), American quarterback who played in Canada

Rugby

 * Richard Williams (rugby league) (born 1986), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Richard Garnons Williams (1856–1915), Welsh rugby union player
 * Dickie Williams (1925–1997), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer

Tennis

 * Richard Williams (tennis coach) (born 1942), American coach and father of Venus and Serena Williams
 * R. Norris Williams (1891–1968), American player and RMS Titanic survivor

Other sports

 * Richard Williams (boxer) (born 1971), English boxer
 * Richard Williams (racing driver) (born 1977), English racing driver

Writers and academics

 * Richard Williams (academic) (born 1960), English academic and engineer
 * Richard Williams (journalist) (born 1947), English journalist
 * Richard Allen Williams (born 1936), African-American physician and author
 * Richard Bryn Williams (1902–1981), Welsh writer, poet, playwright and historian
 * Richard D'Alton Williams (1822–1862), Irish physician and poet
 * Richard Hughes Williams (1878–1919), Welsh language writer of short stories
 * Richard Tecwyn Williams (1909–1979), Welsh biochemist

Others

 * Richard Leroy Williams (1923–2011), American judge
 * Richard Llewellyn Williams (born 1929), American diplomat
 * Richard Mackenzie Williams, Welsh Anglican priest
 * Richard T. Williams (before 1930–1956), American sailor, for whom Williams Field in Antarctica is named