John Richards

John Richards may refer to:

• John Richards (Attorney General) (1790–1872), Irish judge
• John Richards (bishop of St David's) (1901–1990), Bishop of St David's
• John Richards (bishop of Ebbsfleet) (1933–2003), Bishop of Ebbsfleet
• John Richards (Canadian politician) (1857–1917), farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
• John Richards (colonial judge) (1644–1694), one of the judges of the Salem witch trials
• John Richards (radio personality), radio disc jockey at KEXP in Seattle
• John Richards (racing driver) (born 1948), American former racing driver
• John Richards (editor), film editor
• John Richards (footballer) (born 1950), English footballer
• John Richards (Royal Marines officer) (1927–2004), Lieutenant-General of the Queen's household in the United Kingdom
• John Richards (musician) (born 1966), British musician and academic
• John Richards (Pennsylvania) (1753–1822), United States congressman from Pennsylvania
• John Richards (scholar) (born 1944), Canadian politician and scholar
• John Richards (songwriter), UK songwriter and musician
• John Richards (US politician) (1765–1850), United States congressman from New York
• John E. Richards (1856–1932), California Supreme Court justice
• John Francisco Richards II (1896–1918), World War I aviator
• John Gardiner Richards, Jr. (1864–1941), Governor of South Carolina
• John Harold Richards (1869–1952), Anglican priest
• John Inigo Richards (1731–1810), English landscape painter
• John K. Richards (1856–1909), Ohio Attorney General
• John Morgan Richards (1841–1918), American businessman and entrepreneur
• John Winterson Richards (born 1964), Welsh entrepreneur, writer, and former local politician
• John R. Richards (1875–1947), American football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Ohio State University
• Johnny Richards (1911–1968), jazz musician and composer
• John Richards, founder and chairman of the Apostrophe Protection Society
• John Richards (MP), British Member of Parliament for Knaresborough