Richard Parker
Richard Parker may refer to:
People
- Richard A. Parker (born 1953), mathematician.
- Richard Anthony Parker (1905–1993), Egyptologist
- Richard Barry Parker (1867–1947), British architect
- Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923–2011), American diplomat and ambassador
- Richard G. Parker (anthropologist) (born 1956), public health professional
- Richard Green Parker (1798–1869), United States educator
- Richard Parker (colonel) (1751–1780), American officer and son of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
- Richard Parker (economist) (born 1946), American economist and member of The Nation Editorial Board
- Richard Parker (jurist) (1729–1813), American jurist who served on the Virginia Supreme Court
- Richard Parker (MP for Lyme Regis), MP for Lyme Regis, 1421
- Richard Parker (MP for Malmesbury), Member of Parliament (MP) for Malmesbury, 1394
- Richard Parker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
- Richard Parker (sailor) (1767–1797), British sailor and leader of the Nore Mutiny
- Richard Parker (shipwrecked), the name of several real-life and fictitious seamen involved in cases of shipwreck and cannibalism
- Richard Thomas Parker (1834–1864), British murderer
- Richard Parker (footballer) (1902–?), English footballer
- Rich Parker (born 1987), British professional vert skater
- Rick Parker (born 1963), baseball player
- Richard Parker (potter) (born 1946), New Zealand potter
Members of the United States Congress
- Richard Parker (congressman) (1810–1893), judge and Congressman from Virginia
- Richard E. Parker (1783–1840), jurist, Senator from Virginia, grandson of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
- Richard W. Parker (1848–1923), Representative from New Jersey
Fictional characters
- Richard Parker (Life of Pi), a fictional Bengal 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, 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 the 1992 film Consenting Adults portrayed by Kevin Kline