Richard Patterson

Richard Patterson may refer to:

• Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886–1966), U.S. ambassador
• Richard Patterson (artist) (born 1963), English artist
• Richard H. Patterson (1931–2010), United States Coast Guard chief petty officer
• Richard North Patterson (born 1947), writer
• Richard Patterson, sailor on the whaleship Essex
• Richie Patterson (born 1983), New Zealand weightlifter