John Richardson
John Richardson may refer to:
Arts
- John Richardson, actor who founded the travelling Richardson's Theatre in 1798
- John Richardson (actor), English actor
- John Richardson (art historian), art historian, Picasso biographer
- John Richardson (author), Canadian novelist
- John Richardson (drummer), American rock drummer from Illinois
- John Richardson (poet), English poet
- John Richardson (special effects designer), British designer of visual effects
- John Richardson, Jayadev Das, drummer for The Rubettes
Business and industry
- John Richardson (businessman), Canadian businessman
- John Grubb Richardson, major Irish industrialist who founded the model village of Bessbrook near Newry
- John Wigham Richardson, British shipbuilder on Tyneside
- John Kobina Richardson, Ghanaian industrialist
Military
- John M. Richardson (admiral), American naval admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
- John Soame Richardson, British army Major-General, Commander of the Forces New South Wales
- John Richardson (Australian Army officer)
- John B. Richardson IV, United States Army general
Politics
- John Richardson (colonial administrator), deputy governor of Anguilla
- John Peter Richardson II, governor of South Carolina
- John Richardson (New Zealand politician), speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council, 1868–1879
- John Richardson (New South Wales politician), Australian pastoralist, store keeper and politician
- John S. Richardson, United States congressman from South Carolina, 1879–1883
- John Peter Richardson III, governor of South Carolina
- John Richardson (Ontario MPP), Ontario farmer and politician
- John Richardson (born 1886), American attorney and political figure
- John Richardson (Canadian MP), Canadian politician
- John Richardson (Australian politician), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- John G. Richardson, speaker of the Maine House and candidate for governor
- John Richardson Jr., US Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Religion
- John Richardson (bishop of Ardagh), English bishop of the Church of Ireland
- John Richardson (Quaker), English Quaker minister and autobiographer
- John Richardson (Archdeacon of Southwark), Anglican priest
- John Richardson (Archdeacon of Nottingham), priest in the Church of England
- John Richardson (archbishop of Fredericton), Anglican Church of Canada bishop
- John Richardson (bishop of Car Nicobar), Anglican bishop in India, also M.P.
- John Richardson (bishop of Bedford), Church of England bishop
- John Richardson (Dean of Bradford), priest in the Church of England
- John Richardson (Archdeacon of Derby), Archdeacon of Derby
- John Richardson (Archdeacon of Cleveland)
- John Richardson (dean of Kilmacduagh)
Science
- John Richardson (translator), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1615–1625
- John Richardson (orientalist), Oxford editor of A Dictionary; Persian, Arabic and English, 1777
- Sir John Richardson (naturalist), Arctic explorer and naturalist
- John Richardson (convict), Australian convict who accompanied several exploring expeditions as botanical collector
- John Richardson (philosopher), professor of philosophy at New York University
- John Henry Richardson, British economics professor
- John M. Richardson (professor), American university professor, system dynamics and Sri Lanka scholar
- John Reginald Richardson, Canadian-American physicist
- John T. Richardson, American academic administrator and priest at DePaul University
- John V. Richardson Jr., American professor of information studies
- John S. Richardson (zoologist), Canadian zoologist and academic.
Sports
- John Maunsell Richardson, English cricketer, Member of Parliament and twice winner of the English Grand National
- John Richardson (Derbyshire cricketer), English cricketer for Derbyshire County Cricket Club
- John Richardson (tennis), South African Olympic tennis player
- Mick Richardson, English footballer active in the 1890s
- John Richardson (Yorkshire cricketer), English cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
- John Richardson (South African cricketer), South African cricketer for North Eastern Transvaal
- Jock Richardson, Scottish footballer
- John Richardson (American football), American football player for the Miami Dolphins
- John Richardson (baseball), American baseball player
- John Richardson (footballer, born 1945), English football player for Derby County and Notts County
- John Richardson (footballer, born 1949), English football player for Brentford, Fulham and Aldershot
- John Richardson (footballer, born 1966), English football player for Colchester
- John Richardson (rower), Canadian rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
- John Richardson (rugby union), Welsh rugby union player
- John Richardson (squash player), English squash player
Others
- John Richardson (judge), English lawyer and judge in the Court of Common Pleas
- John Richardson, Baron Richardson, British physician