Politicians
* Richard Harrison (died 1726) (1646–1726), English MP for Lancaster, Hertfordshire and Middlesex * Richard Harrison (British Army officer) (1837–1931), British Quartermaster-General to the Forces and Inspector-General of Fortifications * Richard Harrison (New Zealand politician) (1921–2003), former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives * Richard Harrison (Royalist) (1583–1655), English MP and cavalier *Arts and entertainment
* Richard Harrison (actor) (born 1936), American actor * Richard Harrison (painter), English painter * Richard Harrison (poet) (born 1957), Canadian poet * Richard Berry Harrison (1864–1935), actor, teacher, dramatic reader and lecturer * Richard Benjamin Harrison (1941–2018), Las Vegas businessman and reality television personality (''Pawn Stars''), father of Rick Harrison *Richard Harrison, former member of British band Stereolab * Rich Harrison (born 1970), American record producer and songwriter * Rick Harrison (born 1965), Las Vegas businessman and reality television personality (''Pawn Stars''), son of Richard Benjamin Harrison, father of Corey Harrison * Corey Harrison (Richard Corey Harrison, born 1983), Las Vegas businessman and reality television personality (''Pawn Stars''), son of Rick HarrisonAcademics and scientists
* Richard Harrison (scientist), professor at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the United Kingdom * Richard J. Harrison (archaeologist) (born 1949), British archaeologist and academic * Richard J. Harrison (mineralogist), British mineralogist * Richard John Harrison (1920–1999), British anatomist and marine biologist * Dick Harrison (born 1966), Swedish professor of historyOthers
* Richard Edes Harrison (1901–1994), American cartographer *Richard "Rickey" Harrison (c. 1893–1920), member of the Hudson Dusters street gang in New York City * Dick Harrison (cricketer) (1881–?), English cricketerSee also
* Richard Harison (1748–1829), New York lawyer and politician (surname often misspelled "Harrison") {{hndis, Harrison, Richard