Richard Parker

Richard Parker may refer to:

Public officials

American

• Richard Parker (judge, born 1729) (1729–1813), American jurist who served on the Virginia Supreme Court
• Richard Parker (colonel) (1751–1780), American officer and son of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
• Richard E. Parker (1783–1840), jurist, Senator from Virginia, grandson of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
• Richard Parker (congressman) (1810–1893), judge and Congressman from Virginia
• Richard W. Parker (1848–1923), Representative from New Jersey
• Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923–2011), American diplomat and ambassador

British

• Richard Parker (mayor) (born 1963), British businessman and politician
• Richard Parker (MP for Malmesbury), Member of Parliament (MP) for Malmesbury, 1394
• Richard Parker (MP for Lyme Regis), MP for Lyme Regis, 1421

Academics

• Richard Green Parker (1798–1869), United States educator
• Richard Barry Parker (1867–1947), British architect
• Richard Anthony Parker (1905–1993), Egyptologist
• Richard Davies Parker (born 1945), American law professor
• Richard Parker (economist) (born 1946), American economist and member of The Nation editorial board
• Richard A. Parker (born 1953), mathematician
• Richard G. Parker (anthropologist) (born 1956), public health professional

Sportspeople

• Richard Parker, full name of footballer Dick Parker (1894–1969)
• Richard Parker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
• Rick Parker (baseball) (born 1963), baseball player
• Rich Parker (born 1987), British professional vert skater
• Richard Parker, erroneous name of footballer Reginald Parker (born 1902)

Other people

• Richard Parker (mutineer) (1767–1797), British sailor, leader of the Nore Mutiny
• Richard Thomas Parker (1834–1864), British murderer
• Richard Neville Parker (1884–1958), English botanist and forester
• Richard Parker (1867–1884), the cabin boy victim of shipwreck, murder, and cannibalism in the incident of the court-case R v Dudley and Stephens
• Richard Parker (potter) (born 1946), New Zealand potter
• Rick Parker (artist) (born 1946), 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