Richard Butler

Military

• Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, 1st Earl of Arran, marshal of the army in Ireland, lord deputy of Ireland
• Richard Butler , American Revolutionary War general, later killed fighting Native Americans in Ohio
• Richard Butler , British Army general, served in World War I
• Richard W. Butler, U.S. Navy aviator and officer

  Politicians

• Richard Butler, member of parliament
• Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet, Irish MP for Carlow County 1730–1761
• Richard Butler , premier of South Australia
• Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet, Irish and British MP for Carlow County 1783–1790 and 1796–1802
• Richard Layton Butler, Australian politician, premier of South Australia
• Richard A. Butler, Irish independent senator
• Rab Butler, British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall, Irish peer
• Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall, Irish politician and peer
• Richard Butler , Australian diplomat, arms inspector, and former governor of Tasmania

  Musicians

• Richard Butler , lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs and former lead singer of Love Spit Love
• *Richard Butler, the singer's self-titled album released in 2006
• Richard Preston Butler Jr., real name of rapper/songwriter Rico Love

  Others

• Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret
• Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret
• Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret, British soldier
• Richard Butler , British dramatist
• Richard Butler, 19th-century Irish Anglican priest
• Richard Butler , English priest
• Richard Butler , Canadian publisher
• Richard Butler , American founder of Aryan Nations
• Richard C. Butler, British farmer and banker, president of the National Farmers' Union
• Richard E. Butler, general secretary of the International Telecommunication Union, 1983–89, Australian federal public servant
• Richard Butler, human geographer and academic
• Richard Butler, American businessman and eponym of Butler, New Jersey
• Rich Butler, baseball player
• Richard J. Butler, palaeontologist