Richard King

Military and politics

Dick King (politician) (1934–2018), American politician
Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet (1730–1806), British admiral, Commodore Governor for Newfoundland and Labrador
Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet (1774–1834), son of the above and British admiral who served at the Battle of Trafalgar
Richard King (MP) (died c. 1640), English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1643

Sports

Dick King (American football) (1895–1930), All-American and early professional football player
Rich King (basketball) (born 1969), American basketball player
Richard King (baseball) (1904–1966), Negro league baseball player
Richard King (English cricketer) (born 1984), former English cricketer
Richard King (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1973), New Zealand cricketer
Richard King (footballer) (born 2001), Jamaican association footballer

Other

Dick King (1813–1871), English trader and colonist
Richard King (entrepreneur) (1824–1885), entrepreneur and founder of the King Ranch in South Texas
Richard King (priest) (1871–1958), Dean of Derry, 1921–1946
Richard King (traveller) (1811–1876), English surgeon, Arctic traveler and early ethnological writer
Richard E. King, religion professor
Richard King Mellon (1899–1970), American financier
Richard King, of Richard and William King, an English merchant company
Richard King, alias used by missing person Robert Hoagland from his 2013 disappearance to his 2022 death
Richard King, chairman of the APY lands land council, South Australia, since 2015
Richard King, character in Loch Henry
Richard D. King (architect), (1879–1945)

Arts and entertainment