Richard Pearson

• Richard Pearson (Royal Navy officer), British sea captain
• Richard Pearson (physician), English medical writer
• Richard Pearson (police officer), Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, 1881–1890
• Richard Pearson (actor), British film, television and stage actor
• Richard J. Pearson, Canadian expert in East Asian archaeology
• Richard Pearson (film editor), film editor
• Richard Pearson (cricketer), English cricketer