Richard Wilson may refer to:

Academia

* Richard Wilson (scholar) (born 1950), British Shakespeare scholar *

Richard Wilson (physicist) Richard Wilson (29 April 1926 – 19 May 2018) was a British-American physicist. His original fields were nuclear and elementary particle physics but branched out into applications of physics in other disciplines. Most of his career he has been ...

(1926–2018), British born American physicist * Richard Guy Wilson (born 1940), architectural historian and University of Virginia faculty member *

Richard K. Wilson Richard K. Wilson (born March 23, 1959) is a leading American molecular geneticist. He is the founding Executive Director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the Ohio State Uni ...

(born 1959), American professor of genetics and molecular microbiology *

Richard L. Wilson Richard Lawson Wilson (September 3, 1905 – January 18, 1981) was an American journalist. Wilson was born in Galesburg, Illinois, and raised in Newton, Iowa. He was the son of Frank and Emily (McCord) Wilson, and was the youngest of nine chil ...

(1905–1981), American journalist *

Richard F. Wilson Richard F. Wilson was selected to be Illinois Wesleyan University's 18th President on April 6, 2004 and took office on July 1, 2004. He was inaugurated on April 9, 2005. He had spent the previous 26 years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Ch ...

, president of Illinois Wesleyan University *

R. M. Wilson Richard Michael Wilson (23 November 1945) is a mathematician and a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. Wilson and his PhD supervisor Dijen K. Ray-Chaudhuri, solved Kirkman's schoolgirl problem in 1968. Wilson is known ...

(born 1945), American mathematician (combinatorics), professor at Caltech *

Richard Ashby Wilson Richard Ashby Wilson is an American–British social anthropologist of law and human rights. He is the Gladstein Distinguished professor of Human Rights and Professor of Anthropology and Law at the University of Connecticut. In 2021, Wilson became ...

, American-British social anthropologist

Arts and music

* Richard Wilson (sculptor) (born 1953), British sculptor and musician * Richard Wilson (author) (1920–1987), American science-fiction writer *

Rich Wilson (journalist) Rich Wilson is a UK-based freelance rock music writer who has written for publications including ''Classic Rock Magazine'', ''Metal Hammer'', ''Record Collector'', ''Rock Hard'', the ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', and '' Prog magazine'' ...

, contemporary UK based freelance rock writer *

Richard Edward Wilson Richard Edward Wilson (born May 15, 1941) is an American composer and pianist. Rejecting serialism, to some extent Wilson engages in tonality, though often with the use of considerable chromaticism. His ''oeuvre'' includes orchestral, operati ...

(born 1941), American composer * Richard Wilson (painter) (1714–1782), Welsh landscape painter

Businessmen

Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. (September 11, 1866 – December 29, 1929) was an American investment banker and capitalist who was a prominent figure in thoroughbred horse racing in the early decades of the 20th century. Early life Wilson was bor ...

(1866–1929), American businessman and prominent figure in horse racing *

Richard Wilson (businessman) Richard Wilson is an Australian business man from Melbourne, Australia, who is known for being a former and influential managing director of Melbourne Victory. He is the current club chairman of Balwyn Football Club, a non-executive director ...

Australian businessman, notable managing director for Melbourne Victory *

Richard Wilson (born 1968) Richard Christopher Wilson (born 1968) is the Chief executive officer, Chief Executive Officer of UK development trade body The Independent Game Developers' Association, TIGA. Education Wilson was educated at Abingdon School from 1979-1986 and ...

UK businessman, CEO of TIGA *

Richard Thornton Wilson Richard Thornton Wilson ( in Habersham County, Georgia – November 26, 1910 in New York City) was a multimillionaire American investment banker known for being the father of five children who all married into prominent families during the Gilded ...

(1829–1910), American investment banker

Film and television

* Richard Wilson (Australian actor) (born 1984), British-born Australian actor * Richard Wilson (director) (1915–1991), American director and producer involved with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre and other Hollywood films * Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) (born 1936), British actor who played the character Victor Meldrew in the sitcom ''One Foot in the Grave''

Military

Richard G. Wilson Richard Gene Wilson (August 19, 1931 – October 21, 1950) was a United States Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. A combat medic, Wilson was aw ...

(1931–1950), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Richard Wilson (general) (born 1955), Australian general

Politics

* Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton (born 1942), member of the British House of Lords and former Cabinet secretary * Richard Wilson (Irish politician) (died 1957), Irish Farmers' Party politician, 1922–1936 * Richard Wilson (Barnstaple MP) (c. 1750–1815), Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, 1796–1802 * Richard Wilson (Ipswich MP) (1759–1834), Member of Parliament for Ipswich, 1806–1807 *

Richard B. Wilson Richard Biggerstaff Wilson (February 25, 1904 – May 1, 1991) was an entrepreneur and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served as mayor of Victoria from 1961 to 1965. The son of William Biggerstaff Wilson and Bertha Matilda Erb, he ...

(1904–1991), Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1961–1965 * Rick Wilson (Australian politician) (born 1966), member of the Australian House of Representatives * Rick Wilson (Canadian politician) (born 1950s), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta * Rick Wilson, candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010 * Rick Wilson (political consultant) (born 1963), American Republican political strategist and media consultant known as one of the co-founders of The Lincoln Project

Sports

* Rick Wilson (basketball) (born 1956), basketball player *

Richard Wilson (cricketer) Richard Wilson (born 14 January 1869, date of death unknown) was an Australian cricketer. He played in six first-class matches for Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location ...

(born 1869), Australian cricketer * Richard Wilson (footballer, born 1956), New Zealand football goalkeeper *

Richard Wilson (footballer, born 1960) Richard Wilson (born 8 May 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder. Wilson spent most of his professional career in Finland. He played four seasons in the Finnish top level Mestaruu ...

, English football player * Rick Wilson (racing driver) (born 1953), NASCAR driver * Rick Wilson (ice hockey) (born 1950), ice hockey player *

Rick Wilson (jockey) Rick Wilson (born August 12, 1953 in McAlester, Oklahoma) is a retired American jockey and a member of the inaugural class of inductees into the Parx Racing Hall of Fame. During his riding career, Wilson had 4,939 wins from 24,681 starts and to ...

(born 1953), American jockey *

Rick Wilson (wrestler) Richard L. Wilson (October 16, 1965 – February 23, 1999) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name The Renegade, where he was a one-time WCW World Televisio ...

(1965–1999), American professional wrestler best known as "the Renegade" in World Championship Wrestling *

Richard Wilson (rugby union) Richard George Wilson (born 19 May 1953) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A fullback, Wilson represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks The New Zealand nati ...

(born 1953), New Zealand rugby union player *

Richard Wilson (sailor) Rich Wilson is an American male sailor born on 20 April 1950 in Boston. He is an offshore sailor having extensively competed in the Figaro class. File:Rich Wilson (9).jpg, File:Rich Wilson (10).jpg, File:Rich Wilson (19).jpg, File:Rich Wilson ...

(born 1950), Round the World Sailor