Richard Walker Explained

Richard Walker, Rick, Ricky, or Dick Walker may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Richard Walker (baritone) (1897–1989), English singer and actor

Law and politics

• Richard Walker (MP) (1784–1855), British Member of Parliament for Bury, 1832–1852
• Richard Wilde Walker (1823–1874), Confederate States of America politician
• Richard Wilde Walker Jr. (1857–1936), U.S. court of appeals judge
• Richard L. Walker (1922–2003), American scholar and ambassador
• Richard H. Walker (born 1950), American lawyer
• Rob Walker (New York politician) (Richard Robinson Walker, born 1974/5), American politician from New York

Academia

• Dick Walker (astronomer) (1938–2005), American astronomer
• Richard Walker (priest) (died 1567), English priest, archdeacon of Derby, Lichfield, and dean of Chester
• Richard Walker (philosopher) (1679–1764), English professor of moral philosophy at the University of Cambridge

Sports

American football

• Dick Walker (American football) (1933–2013), American football player and coach
• Rick Walker (born 1955), American football tight end
• Ricky Walker (born 1996), American football defensive lineman

Association football (soccer)

• Dick Walker (footballer, born 1913) (1913–1988), English football player for West Ham United
• Richard Walker (footballer, born 1971), English football player for Notts County, Mansfield and Cheltenham Town
• Richard Walker (footballer, born 1977), English football player for Burton Albion
• Richard Walker (footballer, born 1980), English football player for Crewe Alexandra and Port Vale

Other sports

• Dick Walker (Australian footballer) (1872–1947), Australian rules footballer for Carlton
• Richard Walker (angler) (1918–1985), English angler and writer on angling
• Frank Walker (Australian rules footballer) (a.k.a. Dick Walker, born 1933), Australian rules footballer for Perth
• Richard Walker (equestrian), English equestrian

Others

• Richard Walker (engineer) (1900–1982), British aircraft designer of the Gloster Javelin
• Richard A. Walker (1946–1979), American commercial diver killed in Wildrake diving accident
• Richard Walker (editor) (born c. 1956), Scottish journalist
• Richard Walker (businessman), managing director of Iceland, British supermarket chain

Other uses

• 10717 Dickwalker, minor planet named for the astronomer