Richard Hayward

• Richard Hayward (sculptor) British sculptor
• Richard Hayward (Florida politician), one of the mayors of [Tallahassee, Florida]
• Richard Hayward (actor), Irish film actor, writer and musician
• Richard Hayward (cricketer), former English cricketer
• Richard Hayward (linguist), professor of linguistics
• Richard Arthur Hayward, tribal chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
• Richie Hayward, drummer in the band Little Feat
• Rick Hayward, British businessman