Richard Bethell

• Richard Bethell, Member of Parliament for Winchester
• Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, British judge and Liberal politician, Lord Chancellor 1861–1865, MP for Aylesbury 1851–1859, for Wolverhampton 1859–1861
• Richard Bethell, MP for Yorkshire 1830–1831, for East Riding of Yorkshire 1832–1841
• Tony Bethell, World War II Royal Air Force pilot and survivor of "the Great Escape"