Richard Butler

Richard Butler may refer to:

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Military

Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran (1639–1686), 1st Earl of Arran, marshal of the army in Ireland, lord deputy of Ireland
Richard Butler (general) (1743–1791), American Revolutionary War general, later killed fighting Native Americans in Ohio
Richard Butler (British Army officer) (1870–1935), British Army general, served in World War I
Richard W. Butler, U.S. Navy aviator and officer

Richard Butler (c. 1510 – 1568 or later), member of parliament (MP)
Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet (1699–1771), Irish MP for Carlow County 1730–1761
Richard Butler (Australian politician) (1850–1925), premier of South Australia
Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (1761–1817), Irish and British MP for Carlow County 1783–1790 and 1796–1802
Richard Layton Butler (1885–1966), Australian politician, premier of South Australia
Richard A. Butler (Irish politician), Irish independent senator
Rab Butler (Richard Austen Butler, 1902–1982), British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall (1775–1819), Irish peer
Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall (1794–1858), Irish politician and peer
Richard Butler (diplomat) (born 1942), Australian diplomat, arms inspector, and former governor of Tasmania

Richard Butler (singer) (born 1956), lead singer of the Psychedelic Furs and former lead singer of Love Spit Love
- Richard Butler (album), the singer's self-titled album released in 2006
Richard Preston Butler Jr., real name of rapper/songwriter Rico Love

Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret (1500–1571)
Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (1578–1651)
Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret (1936–2004), British soldier
Richard Butler (author) (1844–1928), British dramatist
Richard Butler (Irish priest), 19th-century Irish Anglican priest
Richard Butler (English priest) (died 1612), English priest
Richard Butler (publisher) (1834–1925), Canadian publisher
Richard Butler (white supremacist) (1918–2004), American founder of Aryan Nations
Richard C. Butler (1929–2012), British farmer and banker, president of the National Farmers' Union
Richard E. Butler, general secretary of the International Telecommunication Union, 1983–89, Australian federal public servant
Richard Butler (academic), human geographer and academic
Richard Butler, American businessman and eponym of Butler, New Jersey
Rich Butler (born 1973), baseball player
Richard J. Butler, palaeontologist