Richard Parker
Richard Parker may refer to:
Public officials
American
- Richard Parker (judge, born 1729), American jurist who served on the Virginia Supreme Court
- Richard Parker (colonel), American officer and son of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
- Richard E. Parker, jurist, Senator from Virginia, grandson of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
- Richard Parker (congressman), judge and Congressman from Virginia
- Richard W. Parker, Representative from New Jersey
- Richard Bordeaux Parker, American diplomat and ambassador
British
- Richard Parker (mayor), British businessman and politician
- Richard Parker (MP for Malmesbury), Member of Parliament for Malmesbury, 1394
- Richard Parker (MP for Lyme Regis), MP for Lyme Regis, 1421
Academics
- Richard Green Parker, United States educator
- Richard Barry Parker, British architect
- Richard Anthony Parker, Egyptologist
- Richard Davies Parker, American law professor
- Richard Parker (economist), American economist and member of The Nation editorial board
- Richard A. Parker, mathematician
- Richard G. Parker (anthropologist), public health professional
Sportspeople
- Richard Parker, full name of footballer Dick Parker
- Rick Parker (baseball), baseball player
- Rich Parker, British professional vert skater
- Richard Parker, erroneous name of footballer Reginald Parker
Other people
- Richard Parker (mutineer), British sailor, leader of the Nore Mutiny
- Richard Thomas Parker, British murderer
- Richard Neville Parker, English botanist and forester
- Richard Parker, the cabin boy victim of shipwreck, murder, and cannibalism in the incident of the court-case R v Dudley and Stephens
- Richard Parker (potter), New Zealand potter
- Rick Parker (artist), American artist, writer, and cartoonist
Fictional characters
- Richard Parker (Life of Pi), a fictional tiger from the 2001 novel Life of Pi
- Richard and Mary Parker, fictional parents of Peter Parker, the alter-ego of Spider-Man
- Richard Parker, a cannibalized mutineer in The [Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket], Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel
- Richard Parker, one of the protagonists of the 1989 film Weekend at Bernie's portrayed by Jonathan Silverman
- Richard Parker, protagonist of Consenting Adults (1992 film) portrayed by Kevin Kline