Richard Edwards

Richard Edwards may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Richard Edwardes (1525–1566), English poet, dramatist and composer, alleged illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England
• Richard Edwards (musician), freelance trombone player and composer
• Richard Edwards, lead singer and songwriter of the band Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
• Richey James Edwards, missing songwriter and rhythm guitarist of Welsh band the Manic Street Preachers
• Dickon Edwards (born 1971), diarist and front man of the band Fosca
• Richie Edwards (born 1974), latter-day bassist for The Darkness
• Rick Edwards (born 1979), British TV presenter

Military

• Richard Edwards (Royal Navy officer, died 1773), Commodore for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador for 1745
• Richard Edwards (Royal Navy officer, died 1795) (c. 1715–1795), Commodore for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador for 1757 and again in 1779
• Richard S. Edwards (1885–1956), United States Navy admiral

Politics

• Richard M. Edwards (1822–1907), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, 1861–1862
• Richard Edwards (educator) (1822–1908), Welsh American superintendent and college president
• Richard Edwards (Australian politician) (1842–1915), 20th-century Australian politician
• Richard Edwards (Welsh politician) (born 1956), former Welsh Labour politician

Sports

• Dick Edwards (basketball) (1930–1981), American basketball coach
• Dick Edwards (footballer) (1942–2025), English footballer
• Richard Edwards (footballer) (born 1983), Jamaican footballer
• Prof Edwards (Richard Martin Edwards, born 1940), cricketer from Barbados

Others

• Richard Edwards (fashion company), a New York fashion design company
• Richard Edwards (professor), an American economist and author