Richard Williams
Richard Williams may refer to:
Entertainment
- Richard Williams (animator), Canadian-British animator
- Richard Williams (theatre director), theatre director, producer and teacher
- Dick Anthony Williams, American actor
- Richard Bebb, English actor
Military
- Richard Williams (Royal Marines officer), British military officer
- Richard Williams (RAAF officer), Australian aviator
Music
- Richard Williams (conductor), Welsh conductor
- Richard Williams (musician), American jazz trumpeter
- Richard Williams, drummer for the Passions
- Dick Williams (singer), American singer
- Rich Williams, sometimes credited as Richard Williams, American guitarist for Kansas
Politics
- Richard Williams (alias Cromwell), Welsh soldier and courtier
- Richard Williams (congressman), American politician from Oregon
- Richard Williams (died 1579), English politician for Oxford
- Richard Williams (died 1601), MP for New Romney
- Richard Williams (died 1692), MP for Radnorshire, for Breconshire and for New Radnor Boroughs
- Richard Williams (MP for Flint), Welsh politician for Flint
- Richard Williams (of Rhosygeido), Welsh politician from Anglesey
- Richard H. Williams (New York politician), American politician from New York
- Richard Henry Williams, Canadian lumber merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan
- Richard S. Williams, American politician from New York
Sports
Baseball
- Dick Williams, American baseball player and manager
- Dick Williams (executive), American baseball executive
- Rick Williams (baseball, born 1952), American baseball pitcher
- Rick Williams (baseball, born 1956), American baseball coach and scout
Basketball
- Richard Williams (basketball coach), American basketball coach at Mississippi State University from 1986 to 1998
- Richie Williams (basketball), American basketball player
Cricket
- Richard Williams (cricketer, born 1901), English, played for Worcestershire
- Richard Williams (cricketer, born 1957), Welsh-born, played for Northamptonshire
- Reggie Williams (cricketer), English, played for Gloucestershire
Football
- Richard Williams (American football), American running back for Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers
- Richard Williams (Australian rules footballer)
- Richard Williams (English footballer), English, played for Everton and Luton Town
- Richard L. Williams (soccer), Canadian soccer player
- Richard Parry Williams, Welsh international footballer
- Dick Williams (footballer), English footballer
- Richie Williams, American soccer coach and former player
- Richie Williams (Canadian football), American quarterback who played in Canada
Rugby
- Richard Williams (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
- Richard Garnons Williams, Welsh rugby union player
- Dickie Williams, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
Tennis
- Richard Williams (tennis coach), American coach and father of Venus and Serena Williams
- R. Norris Williams, American player and RMS Titanic survivor
Other sports
- Richard Williams (boxer), English boxer
- Richard Williams (racing driver), English racing driver
Writers and academics
- Richard Williams (1835–1906), Welsh antiquarian
- Richard Williams (academic), English academic and engineer
- Richard Williams (journalist), English journalist
- Richard Allen Williams, African-American physician and author
- Richard Bryn Williams, Welsh writer, poet, playwright and historian
- Richard D'Alton Williams, Irish physician and poet
- Richard Hughes Williams, Welsh language writer of short stories
- Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist
Others
- Richard Williams (1802–1842), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister
- Richard Leroy Williams, American judge
- Richard Llewellyn Williams, American diplomat
- Richard Mackenzie Williams, Welsh Anglican priest
- Richard T. Williams, American sailor, for whom Williams Field in Antarctica is named