Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to:

Academics

Dick Johnson (academic) Richard St Clair Johnson (6 June 1929 – 31 August 2019) was a former academic and senior Australian public servant. Background and early life Dick Johnson was born in Singapore, one of four children born to Australian parents. His father work ...

(1929–2019), Australian academic * Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering * Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of New Orleans * Richard Johnson, former director of the Birmingham

Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

Arts and entertainment

* Richard Johnson (war artist) (born 1966), Canadian journalist and war artist * Richard S. Johnson (artist) (born 1939), American painter *

Richard Johnson (actor) Richard Keith Johnson (30 July 1927 – 5 June 2015) was an English stage and screen actor, writer and producer. Described by Michael Coveney as "a very 'still' actor – authoritative, calm and compelling," he was a staple performer in British ...

(1927–2015), English actor *

Richard Johnson (columnist) Richard Johnson is an American gossip columnist with the ''New York Post''s Page Six column, which he edited for 25 years. Described by the ''New York Times'' as "a journalistic descendant of Walter Winchell", in 1994 he was ranked the No. 1 New ...

, American gossip columnist *

Richard Johnson (director) Richard Johnson (born April 11, 1974) is an American film director who founded Joystick Films in 2005. Johnson wrote and directed the independent drama film ''TORN'' in 2008 and the independent action film ''Razorblade City'' in 2009. Johnson alo ...

(born 1974), American film director who founded Joystick Films in 2005 *

Dick Johnson (clarinetist) Dick Johnson (December 1, 1925 – January 10, 2010) was an American big band clarinetist, best known for his work with the Artie Shaw Band. From 1983 until his death he was the leader of the Artie Shaw Orchestra. Born Richard Brown Johnson ...

(1925–2010), musician, played in the Artie Shaw band *

Richard Johnson (16th century) Richard Johnson (1573 – c. 1659) was a British romance writer. All that is known of his biography is from internal evidence in his works: he was a London apprentice in the 1590s, and a freeman after 1600. Works Johnson's most famous work is '' ...

(1573–c. 1659), romance writer * Richard B. Johnson (born 1943), ''Abominable Firebug'' author * Richard Johnson (pianist) (born 1975), American composer, jazz pianist, and music professor * Richard "Dick" Johnson, subject of the 2020 documentary ''

Dick Johnson Is Dead ''Dick Johnson Is Dead'' is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Kirsten Johnson and co-written by Johnson and Nels Bangerter. The story focuses on Johnson's father Richard, who suffers from dementia, portraying different ways—some of t ...

'' * Dick Johnson, alias of the bandit Ramirez in Giacomo Puccini's ''

La fanciulla del West ''La fanciulla del West'' (''The Girl of the West'') is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by and , based on the 1905 play '' The Girl of the Golden West'' by the American author David Belasco. ''Fanciulla'' followe ...

Aviation

Dick Johnson (test pilot) Richard Lowe Johnson (September 21, 1917 - November 9, 2002) is best known for being chief test pilot for Convair, a division of the American defence contractor General Dynamics, and as a founding member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in ...

(1917–2002), founding member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1955 *

Dick Johnson (glider pilot) Richard H. Johnson (January 10, 1923 – July 23, 2008) was a glider pilot, aeronautical engineer and prolific writer of articles for gliding magazines. He was an 11-time U.S. National Champion glider pilot, 9-time US Soaring Team pilot at ...

(1923–2008), glider pilot, aeronautical engineer and writer * Richard Johnson, test-pilot of the

X-4 Bantam The Northrop X-4 Bantam was a prototype small twinjet aircraft manufactured by Northrop Corporation in 1948. It had no horizontal tail surfaces, depending instead on combined elevator and aileron control surfaces (called elevons) for control in ...

Law and politics

Richard Mentor Johnson Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren ...

(1780–1850), American politician and 9th vice president of the United States * Richard Johnson (mayor), American politician and city manager *

Richard Johnson (judge) Richard Johnson (27 October 1937 – 4 August 2019) was an Irish judge who served as President of the High Court from 2006 to 2009 and a Judge of the High Court from 1987 to 2009. He was also under the terms of the Constitution of Ireland by vi ...

(1937–2019), president of the High Court of Ireland *

Richard Z. Johnson Richard Z. Johnson (May 21, 1837 – September 1913) was an American attorney and politician who served as the attorney general of the Idaho Territory from 1885 to 1890. Early life and education Johnson was born in Akron, Ohio in 1837 to par ...

(1837–1913), 2nd attorney general of the Idaho Territory

Sports

* Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1829) (1829–1851), English cricketer *

Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1974) Richard Leonard Johnson (born 29 December 1974) is a former international English cricketer and the current coach of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Domestic career A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace swing bowler, Johnson m ...

, English cricketer * Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1979), former English cricketer * Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1988), cricketer for Warwickshire County Cricket Club *

Richard Johnson (golfer) Richard Johnson (born 2 February 1972) is a Welsh professional golfer. Early life Johnson's father, Peter, is the former pro at Vale of Glamorgan in Cardiff, Wales and is chairman of the PGA in Wales. Peter Johnson is now the professional at ...

(born 1972), Welsh professional golfer *

Richard S. Johnson (golfer) Carl Richard Stanley Johnson (born 15 October 1976) is a Sweden, Swedish professional golfer. Early life Johnson was born in Stockholm. His paternal grandfather is an American from New Jersey who settled in Sweden and married a Swede. Johnso ...

(born 1976), Swedish professional golfer * Richard Johnson (rugby) (born 1985), rugby league player for Bradford Bulls * Dick Johnson (footballer) (1895–1933), English footballer * Richard Johnson (soccer) (born 1974), Australian footballer * Richard Johnson (defensive back) (born 1963), former NFL cornerback * Richard Johnson (wide receiver) (born 1961), former NFL wide receiver *

Dick Johnson (racing driver) Richard 'Dick' Johnson (born 26 April 1945) is a part-owner of the V8 Supercar team Dick Johnson Racing and a former racing driver. As a driver, he was a five-time Australian Touring Car Champion and a three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000. ...

(born 1945), Australian racing driver **

Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing (formerly DJR Team Penske), is Australia's oldest motor racing team competing in the Supercars Championship. The team currently fields the #11 and #17 Ford Mustang GTs for Anton de Pasquale and Will Davison respective ...

, an Australian motor racing team *

Richard Johnson (jockey) Richard Johnson (born 21 July 1977 in Hereford) is a retired English National Hunt jockey. Johnson is the second most prolific winner in the history of National Hunt Racing behind Sir Anthony McCoy, a long-time rival of Johnso ...

(born 1977), British jockey * Richard

Fulke Johnson Houghton Richard Fulke Johnson Houghton (born 1940) is a British retired Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He trained over 1,200 winners in a career which lasted from 1961 until 2006. The best of his horses included Ribocco, Ribero, Habitat, Rose Bowl, I ...

(born 1940), British racehorse trainer *

Butch Johnson Richard Andrew "Butch" Johnson (born August 30, 1955 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an archer from Woodstock, Connecticut in the United States. He has competed in the Summer Olympics five times, and was a part of the gold medal U.S. team at th ...

(Richard Andrew Johnson, born 1955), American Olympic medalist in archery *

Rich Johnson (basketball) Richard Lewis Johnson (December 18, 1946 – June 15, 1994) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'9" center from Grambling State University, Johnson played parts of three seasons (1968–1971) with the Boston Celtics of the National ...

(1946–1994), American basketball player *

Dick Johnson (rugby league) A.C. "Dick" Johnson (1916–1984) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played for Newtown, South Sydney, Western Suburbs and Canterbury-Bankstown as a fullback. Background Johnson was ...

(1916–1984), Australian rugby league player * Dick Johnson (sailor) (1923–2005), sailor from United States Virgin Islands

Other

Richard Johnson (chaplain) Richard Johnson ( – 13 March 1827 in England) was the first Christian cleric in Australia. Early life Johnson was the son of John and Mary Johnson. He was born in Welton, Yorkshire and educated at Hull Grammar School under Joseph Milner ...

(c. 1753–1827), chaplain to first settlement in New South Wales * Richard W. Johnson (1827–1897), Civil War general * Richard Johnson (engineer) (1827–1924), British engineer, chief engineer to the Great Northern Railway * Richard W. Johnson (oceanographer) (1929–2016), American oceanographer * Richard T. Johnson (?–2015), Johns Hopkins neurologist *

Richard Johnson (architect) Richard Anthony Johnson (born 11 May 1946, in Sydney) is an Australian architect best known as the creator of some of the Australian most important and iconic cultural buildings and spaces of the twentieth century. Academic career Johnson gra ...

(born 1946), Australian architect *

Dick Johnson (reporter) Richard S. Johnson (October 1953 – June 9, 2020) was the morning news co-anchor and a street reporter for the NBC-owned television station WMAQ-TV in Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption ...

(1953–2020), American television news anchor and reporter * Richard Johnson (entrepreneur) (born 1961), American businessman, founder of hotjobs.com *