John Richardson

The name John Richardson can refer to:

Politics

* John S. Richardson, United States Congressman from South Carolina, 1879 to 1883
* John G. Richardson, American politician, member of the state legislature of Maine
* Sir John Larkins Cheese Richardson, Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1868 to 1879
* John Richardson (politician), Canadian politician
* John Peter Richardson II (1801-1864), United States Representative from South Carolina
* John Peter Richardson III (1831-1899), Governor of South Carolina
* John Richardson (Ontario MPP) (born 1844), Ontario farmer and politician

Sports

* John Richardson (cricketer, born 1846) (1846-1912), First class cricketer and twice winner of the English Grand National
* John Richardson (cricketer, born 1856) (1856-1940), First class cricketer for Derbyshire County Cricket Club
* John Richardson (cricketer) (1908-1985), First class cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
* John Richardson (cricketer, born 1935) (1935- ), First class cricketer for North East Transvaal
* John Richardson (football player), American football player for the Miami Dolphins

Others

* Sir John Richardson (naturalist) (1787-1865), Arctic explorer and naturalist
* Sir John Richardson (judge) (1771-1841), judge in the Court of Common Pleas
* John Richardson (author) (1796–1852), Canadian novelist
* John Richardson (actor) (b. 1934), actor
* John Richardson (bishop) (b. 1937), Bishop of Bedford from 1995 to 2002
* John Richardson (translator) (d. 1625), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1615 to 1625
* John Richardson (witness), witness to William Shakespeare's marriage to Anne Hathaway
* John Richardson (art historian), art historian, Picasso biographer
* John Richardson (businessman), Canadian businessman
* John Richardson (wrestler), professional wrestler under the stage name of Johnny Rich.
* John Richardson (professor and author), American University professor, system dynamics and Sri Lanka scholar
* John Richardson (scholar), Oxford editor of "A Dictionary; Persian, Arabic and English" (1717)
* John Richardson (comics), an artist and writer of comic books.
* John Matthew Richardson, convict, seed collector and explorer of Australia
* John Wigham Richardson (1837–1908), British shipbuilder

ee also

* John Richardson Glover (1790-1868), artist