Richard Parker
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Richard Parker may refer to:
Public officials
[edit]American
[edit]- Richard Parker (judge, born 1729) (1729–1813), American jurist who served on the Virginia Supreme Court
- Richard Parker (colonel) (1751–1780), American officer and son of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
- Richard E. Parker (1783–1840), jurist, Senator from Virginia, grandson of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
- Richard Parker (congressman) (1810–1893), judge and Congressman from Virginia
- Richard W. Parker (1848–1923), Representative from New Jersey
- Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923–2011), American diplomat and ambassador
British
[edit]- Richard Parker (mayor) (born 1963), British businessman and politician
- Richard Parker (MP for Malmesbury), Member of Parliament (MP) for Malmesbury, 1394
- Richard Parker (MP for Lyme Regis), MP for Lyme Regis, 1421
Academics
[edit]- Richard Green Parker (1798–1869), United States educator
- Richard Barry Parker (1867–1947), British architect
- Richard Anthony Parker (1905–1993), Egyptologist
- Richard Davies Parker (born 1945), American law professor
- Richard Parker (economist) (born 1946), American economist and member of The Nation editorial board
- Richard A. Parker (born 1953), mathematician
- Richard G. Parker (anthropologist) (born 1956), public health professional
Sportspeople
[edit]- Richard Parker, full name of footballer Dick Parker (1894–1969)
- Richard Parker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
- Rick Parker (baseball) (born 1963), baseball player
- Rich Parker (born 1987), British professional vert skater
- Richard Parker, erroneous name of footballer Reginald Parker (born 1902)
Other people
[edit]- Richard Parker (mutineer) (1767–1797), British sailor, leader of the Nore Mutiny
- Richard Thomas Parker (1834–1864), British murderer
- Richard Neville Parker (1884–1958), English botanist and forester
- Richard Parker (1867–1884), the cabin boy victim of shipwreck, murder, and cannibalism in the incident of the court-case R v Dudley and Stephens
- Richard Parker (potter) (born 1946), New Zealand potter
- Rick Parker (artist) (born 1946), American artist, writer, and cartoonist
Fictional characters
[edit]- Richard Parker (Life of Pi), a fictional tiger from the 2001 novel Life of Pi
- Richard and Mary Parker, fictional parents of Peter Parker, the alter-ego of Spider-Man
- Richard Parker, a cannibalized mutineer in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel
- Richard Parker, one of the protagonists of the 1989 film Weekend at Bernie's portrayed by Jonathan Silverman
- Richard Parker, protagonist of Consenting Adults (1992 film) portrayed by Kevin Kline