Richard Clayton
Richard Clayton may refer to:
- Richard Clayton (dean of Peterborough), English churchman and academic
- Richard Clayton (academic), academic and administrator at University College, Oxford
- Richard Clayton (Irish judge), Member of Parliament for Wigan, 1747–1754
- Sir Richard Clayton, 1st Baronet, English translator
- Rice Richard Clayton, Member of Parliament for Aylesbury, 1841–1847
- Richard Clayton (clergyman), English clergyman of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Richard Clayton (actor), American actor
- Richard Clayton (Royal Navy officer)
- Richard Henry Michael Clayton, English novelist who wrote under the pseudonym William Haggard