Richard Parker may refer to:
Public officials
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Richard Parker (judge, born 1729) (1729–1813), American jurist who served on the Virginia Supreme Court
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Richard Parker (colonel)
Richard Parker (1751 – 8 May 1780) was an American colonel who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Son of prominent Virginia jurist Richard Parker (judge, born 1729), Richard Parker, Parker received an officer's commission in a Virgini ...
(1751–1780), American officer and son of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
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Richard E. Parker (1783–1840), jurist, Senator from Virginia, grandson of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
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Richard Parker (congressman) (1810–1893), judge and Congressman from Virginia
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Richard W. Parker (1848–1923), Representative from New Jersey
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Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923–2011), American diplomat and ambassador
British
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Richard Parker (mayor) (born 1963), British businessman and politician
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Richard Parker (MP for Malmesbury), Member of Parliament (MP) for
Malmesbury
Malmesbury () is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, and north of Chippenham. The older part of the town is on a hilltop which is almost surrounded by the upp ...
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Richard Parker (MP for Lyme Regis), MP for
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis ( ) is a town in west Dorset, England, west of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and ...
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Academics
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Richard Green Parker (1798–1869), United States educator
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Richard Barry Parker
Richard Barry Parker (18 November 1867 – 21 February 1947) was an English architect and urban planner associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement. He was primarily known for his architectural partnership with Raymond Unwin.
Biography
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(1867–1947), British architect
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Richard Anthony Parker (1905–1993), Egyptologist
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Richard Davies Parker (born 1945), American law professor
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Richard Parker (economist)
Richard Parker (born November 5, 1946) is an economist from the United States. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford, and has worked for the United Nations Development Programme. Parker co-founded '' Mother Jones'' maga ...
(born 1946), American economist and member of ''The Nation'' editorial board
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Richard A. Parker (born 1953), mathematician
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Richard G. Parker (anthropologist) (born 1956), public health professional
Sportspeople
* Richard Parker, full name of footballer
Dick Parker (1894–1969)
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Rick Parker (baseball) (born 1963), baseball player
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Rich Parker (born 1987), British professional vert skater
* Richard Parker, erroneous name of footballer
Reginald Parker (born 1902)
Other people
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Richard Parker (mutineer)
Richard Parker (16 April 1767 – 30 June 1797) was an English sailor executed for his role as president of the so-called "Floating Republic", a naval mutiny in the Royal Navy which took place at the Nore between 12 May and 16 June 1797.
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(1767–1797), British sailor, leader of the Nore Mutiny
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Richard Thomas Parker (1834–1864), British murderer
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Richard Neville Parker (1884–1958), English botanist and forester
* Richard Parker (1867–1884), the cabin boy victim of shipwreck, murder, and cannibalism in the incident of the court-case ''
R v Dudley and Stephens
''R v Dudley and Stephens'' (188414 QBD 273, DCis a leading English criminal case which established a precedent throughout the common law world that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder. The case concerned survival cannibalism foll ...
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Richard Parker (potter) (born 1946), New Zealand potter
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Rick Parker (artist)
Richard Lowell Parker (born 1946) is an American artist, writer, and cartoonist whose humorous artwork has appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''The Village Voice'', ''Time'' magazine, '' U.S. News & World Report'', ''Life'' magazine, and vario ...
(born 1946), American artist, writer, and cartoonist
Fictional characters
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Richard Parker (''Life of Pi''), a fictional tiger from the 2001 novel ''Life of Pi''
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Richard and Mary Parker, fictional parents of Peter Parker, the alter-ego of Spider-Man
* Richard Parker, a cannibalized mutineer in ''
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'', written and published in 1838, is the only complete novel by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The novel is set between 1827 and 1828 and relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, wh ...
'', Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel
* Richard Parker, one of the protagonists of the 1989 film ''
Weekend at Bernie's
''Weekend at Bernie's'' is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Robert Klane, and starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Terry Kiser.
It tells the story of two young in ...
'' portrayed by Jonathan Silverman
* Richard Parker, protagonist of ''
Consenting Adults (1992 film)'' portrayed by Kevin Kline
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