Richard Southwell

• Richard Southwell (courtier), English courtier, Master-General of the Ordnance and Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk
• Richard Southwell (died 1514), British administrator from Norfolk
• Richard Southwell alias Darcy, MP for Gatton
• Richard Southwell (Askeaton politician), Irish MP for Askeaton
• Richard Southwell (Limerick politician), his son, Irish MP for Limerick County
• Sir Richard V. Southwell, English mathematician and engineering science academic