Richard Edwards may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Richard Edwardes Richard Edwardes (also Edwards, circa 1523 – 31 October 1566) was an English poet, playwright, and composer; he was made a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and was master of the singing boys. He was known for his comedies and interludes. Life ...

(1525–1566), English poet, dramatist and composer, alleged illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England *

Richard Edwards (musician) Richard Edwards is a London-based classical and jazz trombone player as well as composer/arranger. Discography As sideman With Jamiroquai * ''Blow Your Mind'' (Sony Soho Square, 1993) * ''Emergency on Planet Earth'' (Sony Soho Square,1993) * ' ...

, freelance trombone player and composer * Richard Edwards, lead singer and songwriter of the band Margot & the Nuclear So and So's *

Richey James Edwards Richard James Edwards (22 December 1967 – disappeared 1 February 1995, declared dead 24 November 2008), also known as Richey James or Richey Manic, was a Welsh musician who was the lyricist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band ...

, missing songwriter and rhythm guitarist of Welsh band the Manic Street Preachers *

Dickon Edwards Dickon Edwards (born Richard Edwards; 3 September 1971), also known as Dickon Angel, is a St Leonards-on-Sea-based indie pop musician and diarist. He was a founding member of the bands Orlando and Fosca, and briefly played guitar in the band ...

(born 1971), diarist and front man of the band Fosca *

Richie Edwards Richie Edwards (born 25 September 1974) is an English musician. He was briefly the bassist of the British hard rock band The Darkness and the guitarist/vocalist of their successor band Stone Gods. He was confirmed as a member on 13 June 20 ...

(born 1974), latter-day bassist for The Darkness *

Rick Edwards Richard Edwards is an English television presenter, journalist, and author. Edwards presented T4 for four years, and has also presented ''Tool Academy'', ''Freshly Squeezed'', '' E4 Music'', and much of Channel 4's 2012 Paralympics coverage ...

(born 1979), British TV presenter

Military

* Richard Edwards (Royal Navy officer, died 1773), Commodore for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador for 1745 *

Richard Edwards (Royal Navy officer, died 1795) Admiral Richard Edwards ( – 3 February 1795) was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who twice served as the governor of Newfoundland from 1757 to 1759 and 1779 to 1781. He also served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 178 ...

(c. 1715–1795), Commodore for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador for 1757 and again in 1779 *

Richard S. Edwards Admiral Richard Stanislaus Edwards (18 February 1885 – 2 June 1956) served in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Edwards was appointed to the United States Naval Academy ...

(1885–1956), United States Navy admiral

Politics

* Richard M. Edwards (1822–1907), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, 1861–1862 *

Richard Edwards (educator) Richard Edwards (December 23, 1822 – March 7, 1908) was a Welsh-American educator from Ceredigion (Cardiganshire). Emigrating to the United States with his family when he was a child, Edwards studied at the State Normal School in Bridgewater, ...

(1822–1908), Welsh American superintendent and college president *

Richard Edwards (Australian politician) Richard Edwards (1842 – 29 October 1915) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives. Early life Richard Edwards was born in 1842 in Montgomeryshire, Wales. He migrated to Australia in 1862, bec ...

(1842–1915), 20th-century Australian politician * Richard Edwards (Welsh politician) (born 1956), former Welsh Labour politician

Sports

* Dick Edwards (basketball) (1930–1981), American basketball coach * Dick Edwards (footballer) (born 1942), English former footballer * Richard Edwards (footballer) (born 1983), Jamaican footballer * Prof Edwards (Richard Martin Edwards, born 1940), cricketer

Others

* Richard Edwards (fashion company), a New York fashion design company *

Richard Edwards (professor) Richard Edwards is an American economist and author. He served as the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs director of Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska, where he is now an emeritus professor. He had previously se ...

, an American economist and author {{disambiguation Edwards, Richard