# Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson may refer to:

## Academia

* Richard Wilson (scholar) (born 1950), British Shakespeare scholar
* Richard Wilson (physicist) (1926–2018), British born American physicist
* Richard Guy Wilson (born 1940), architectural historian and University of Virginia faculty member
* Richard K. Wilson (born 1959), American professor of genetics and molecular microbiology
* Richard L. Wilson (1905–1981), American journalist
* Richard F. Wilson, president of Illinois Wesleyan University
* R. M. Wilson (born 1945), American mathematician (combinatorics), professor at Caltech
* Richard Ashby Wilson, American-British social anthropologist

## Arts and music

* Richard Wilson (sculptor) (born 1953), British sculptor and musician
* Richard Wilson (author) (1920–1987), American science-fiction writer
* Rich Wilson (journalist), contemporary UK based freelance rock writer
* Richard Edward Wilson (born 1941), American composer
* Richard Wilson (painter) (1714–1782), Welsh landscape painter

## Business

* Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. (1866–1929), American businessman and prominent figure in horse racing
* Richard Wilson (Australian businessman), Australian businessman, managing director of Melbourne Victory
* Richard Wilson (British businessman) (born 1968), British businessman, CEO of TIGA
* Richard Thornton Wilson (1829–1910), American investment banker

## Film and television

* Richard Wilson (Australian actor) (born 1984), British-born Australian actor
* Richard Wilson (director) (1915–1991), American director and producer involved with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre and other Hollywood films
* Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) (born 1936), British actor who played the character Victor Meldrew in the sitcom One Foot in the Grave

## Military

* Richard G. Wilson (1931–1950), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* Richard Wilson (general) (born 1955), Australian general

## Politics

* Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton (born 1942), member of the British House of Lords and former Cabinet secretary
* Richard Wilson (Irish politician) (died 1957), Irish Farmers' Party politician, 1922–1936
* Richard Wilson (Barnstaple MP) (c. 1750–1815), Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, 1796–1802
* Richard Wilson (Ipswich MP) (1759–1834), Member of Parliament for Ipswich, 1806–1807
* Richard B. Wilson (1904–1991), Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1961–1965
* Rick Wilson (Australian politician) (born 1966), member of the Australian House of Representatives
* Rick Wilson (Canadian politician) (born 1950s), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
* Rick Wilson, candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010
* Rick Wilson (political consultant) (born 1963), American Republican political strategist and media consultant known as one of the co-founders of The Lincoln Project

## Sports

* Rick Wilson (basketball) (born 1956), basketball player
* Richard Wilson (cricketer) (born 1869), Australian cricketer
* Richard Wilson (footballer, born 1956), New Zealand football goalkeeper
* Richard Wilson (footballer, born 1960), English football player
* Rick Wilson (racing driver) (born 1953), NASCAR driver
* Rick Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1950), ice hockey player
* Rick Wilson (jockey) (born 1953), American jockey
* Rick Wilson (wrestler) (1965–1999), American professional wrestler best known as "the Renegade" in World Championship Wrestling
* Richard Wilson (rugby union) (born 1953), New Zealand rugby union player
* Richard Wilson (sailor) (born 1950), Round the World Sailor