# Richard Johnson

Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to:

## Academics

* Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic
* Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering
* Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of New Orleans
* Richard Johnson, former director of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies

## Arts and entertainment

* Richard Johnson (war artist) (born 1966), Canadian journalist and war artist
* Richard S. Johnson (artist) (born 1939), American painter
* Richard Johnson (actor) (1927–2015), English actor
* Richard Johnson (columnist), American gossip columnist
* Richard Johnson (director) (born 1974), American film director who founded Joystick Films in 2005
* Dick Johnson (clarinetist) (1925–2010), musician, played in the Artie Shaw band
* Richard Johnson (16th century) (1573–c. 1659), romance writer
* Richard B. Johnson (born 1943), Abominable Firebug author
* Richard Johnson (pianist) (born 1975), American composer, jazz pianist, and music professor
* Richard "Dick" Johnson, subject of the 2020 documentary Dick Johnson Is Dead
* Dick Johnson, alias of the bandit Ramirez in Giacomo Puccini's La fanciulla del West
* "Dick Johnson", a song from Pussy Galore's 1989 album Dial 'M' for Motherfucker

## Aviation

* Dick Johnson (test pilot) (1917–2002), founding member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1955
* Dick Johnson (glider pilot) (1923–2008), glider pilot, aeronautical engineer and writer
* Richard Johnson, test-pilot of the X-4 Bantam

## Law and politics

* Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850), American politician and 9th vice president of the United States
* Richard Johnson (mayor), American politician and city manager
* Richard Johnson (judge) (1937–2019), president of the High Court of Ireland
* Richard Z. Johnson (1837–1913), 2nd attorney general of the Idaho Territory

## Sports

* Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1829) (1829–1851), English cricketer
* Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1974), English cricketer
* Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1979), former English cricketer
* Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1988), cricketer for Warwickshire County Cricket Club
* Richard Johnson (golfer) (born 1972), Welsh professional golfer
* Richard S. Johnson (golfer) (born 1976), Swedish professional golfer
* Richard Johnson (rugby) (born 1985), rugby league player for Bradford Bulls
* Dick Johnson (footballer) (1895–1933), English footballer
* Richard Johnson (soccer) (born 1974), Australian footballer
* Richard Johnson (defensive back) (born 1963), former NFL cornerback
* Richard Johnson (wide receiver) (born 1961), former NFL wide receiver
* Dick Johnson (racing driver) (born 1945), Australian racing driver
** Dick Johnson Racing, an Australian motor racing team
* Richard Johnson (jockey) (born 1977), British jockey
* Richard Fulke Johnson Houghton (born 1940), British racehorse trainer
* Butch Johnson (Richard Andrew Johnson, born 1955), American Olympic medalist in archery
* Rich Johnson (basketball) (1946–1994), American basketball player
* Dick Johnson (rugby league) (1916–1984), Australian rugby league player
* Dick Johnson (sailor) (1923–2005), sailor from United States Virgin Islands

## Other

* Richard Johnson (chaplain) (c. 1753–1827), chaplain to first settlement in New South Wales
* Richard W. Johnson (1827–1897), Civil War general
* Richard Johnson (engineer) (1827–1924), British engineer, chief engineer to the Great Northern Railway
* Richard W. Johnson (oceanographer) (1929–2016), American oceanographer
* Richard T. Johnson (?–2015), Johns Hopkins neurologist
* Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect
* Dick Johnson (reporter) (1953–2020), American television news anchor and reporter
* Richard Johnson (entrepreneur) (born 1961), American businessman, founder of hotjobs.com
* Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana