Richard Johnson

"Dick Johnson" redirects here. For the American township, see Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana. For the Australian motor racing team, see Dick Johnson Racing. For the song, see Dial 'M' for Motherfucker.

Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to:

Academics

• Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic
• Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering
• Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of New Orleans
• Richard Johnson, former director of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies

Arts and entertainment

• Richard Johnson (war artist) (born 1966), Canadian journalist and war artist
• Richard S. Johnson (artist) (born 1939), American painter
• Richard Johnson (actor) (1927–2015), English actor
• Richard Johnson (columnist), American gossip columnist
• Richard Johnson (director) (born 1974), American film director who founded Joystick Films in 2005
• Dick Johnson (clarinetist) (1925–2010), musician, played in the Artie Shaw band
• Richard Johnson (16th-century writer) (1573–c. 1659), romance writer
• Richard B. Johnson (born 1943), Abominable Firebug author
• Richard Johnson (pianist) (born 1975), American composer, jazz pianist, and music professor
• Richard "Dick" Johnson, subject of the 2020 documentary Dick Johnson Is Dead
• Dick Johnson, alias of the bandit Ramirez in Giacomo Puccini's La fanciulla del West

Aviation

• Dick Johnson (test pilot) (1917–2002), founding member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots in 1955
• Dick Johnson (glider pilot) (1923–2008), glider pilot, aeronautical engineer and writer
• Richard Johnson, test-pilot of the X-4 Bantam

Law and politics

• Richard Mentor Johnson (1780–1850), American politician and 9th vice president of the United States
• Richard Johnson (mayor), American politician and city manager
• Richard Johnson (judge) (1937–2019), president of the High Court of Ireland
• Richard Z. Johnson (1837–1913), 2nd attorney general of the Idaho Territory

Sports

• Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1829) (1829–1851), English cricketer
• Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1974), English cricketer
• Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1979), former English cricketer
• Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1988), cricketer
• Richard Johnson (golfer) (born 1972), Welsh professional golfer
• Richard S. Johnson (golfer) (born 1976), Swedish professional golfer
• Richard Johnson (rugby) (born 1985), rugby league footballer
• Dick Johnson (footballer) (1895–1933), English footballer
• Richard Johnson (soccer) (born 1974), Australian footballer
• Richard Johnson (defensive back) (born 1963), former NFL cornerback
• Richard Johnson (wide receiver) (born 1961), former NFL wide receiver
• Dick Johnson (racing driver) (born 1945), Australian racing driver
• Richard Johnson (jockey) (born 1977), British jockey
• Richard Fulke Johnson Houghton (born 1940), British racehorse trainer
• Butch Johnson (Richard Andrew Johnson, born 1955), American Olympic medalist in archery
• Rich Johnson (basketball) (1946–1994), American basketball player
• Dick Johnson (rugby league) (1916–1984), Australian rugby league footballer
• Dick Johnson (sailor) (1923–2005), sailor from United States Virgin Islands

Other

• Richard Johnson (chaplain) (c. 1753–1827), chaplain of the first settlement in New South Wales
• Richard W. Johnson (1827–1897), Civil War general
• Richard Johnson (engineer) (1827–1924), British engineer, chief engineer to the Great Northern Railway
• Richard W. Johnson (oceanographer) (1929–2016), American oceanographer
• Richard T. Johnson (died 2015), Johns Hopkins neurologist
• Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect
• Dick Johnson (reporter) (1953–2020), American television news anchor and reporter
• Richard Johnson (entrepreneur) (born 1961), American businessman, founder of hotjobs.com

See also

• Rich Johnson (disambiguation)
• Rick Johnson (disambiguation)