Richard Butler
Richard Butler may refer to:
Military
- Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, 1st Earl of Arran, marshal of the army in Ireland, lord deputy of Ireland
- Richard Butler (general), American Revolutionary War general, later killed fighting Native Americans in Ohio
- Richard Butler (British Army officer), British Army general, served in World War I
- Richard W. Butler, U.S. Navy aviator and officer
Politicians
- Richard Butler (c. 1510 – 1568 or later), member of parliament
- Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet, Irish MP for Carlow County 1730–1761
- Richard Butler (Australian politician), premier of South Australia
- Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet, Irish and British MP for Carlow County 1783–1790 and 1796–1802
- Richard Layton Butler, Australian politician, premier of South Australia
- Richard A. Butler (Irish politician), Irish independent senator
- Rab Butler, British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall, Irish peer
- Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall, Irish politician and peer
- Richard Butler (diplomat), Australian diplomat, arms inspector, and former governor of Tasmania
Musicians
- Richard Butler (singer), lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs and former lead singer of Love Spit Love
- *Richard Butler (album), the singer's self-titled album released in 2006
- Richard Preston Butler Jr., real name of rapper/songwriter Rico Love
Others
- Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret
- Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret
- Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret, British soldier
- Richard Butler (author), British dramatist
- Richard Butler (Irish priest), 19th-century Irish Anglican priest
- Richard Butler (English priest), English priest
- Richard Butler (publisher), Canadian publisher
- Richard Butler (white supremacist), American founder of Aryan Nations
- Richard C. Butler, British farmer and banker, president of the National Farmers' Union
- Richard E. Butler, general secretary of the International Telecommunication Union, 1983–89, Australian federal public servant
- Richard Butler (academic), human geographer and academic
- Richard Butler, American businessman and eponym of Butler, New Jersey
- Rich Butler, baseball player
- Richard J. Butler, palaeontologist