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Richard Parker

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Richard Parker may refer to:

Ordered chronologically

Public officials

American

  • Richard Parker (judge) (1729–1813), American jurist who served on the Virginia Supreme Court
  • Richard Parker (colonel) (1751–1780), American officer and son of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
  • Richard E. Parker (1783–1840), jurist, Senator from Virginia, grandson of Richard Parker the Virginia jurist
  • Richard Parker (congressman) (1810–1893), judge and Congressman from Virginia
  • Richard W. Parker (1848–1923), Representative from New Jersey
  • Richard Bordeaux Parker (1923–2011), American diplomat and ambassador

British

  • Richard Parker (MP for Malmesbury), Member of Parliament (MP) for Malmesbury, 1394
  • Richard Parker (MP for Lyme Regis), MP for Lyme Regis, 1421

Academics

  • Richard Green Parker (1798–1869), United States educator
  • Richard Barry Parker (1867–1947), British architect
  • Richard Anthony Parker (1905–1993), Egyptologist
  • Richard Parker (economist) (born 1946), American economist and member of The Nation editorial board
  • Richard A. Parker (born 1953), mathematician
  • Richard G. Parker (anthropologist) (born 1956), public health professional

Athletes

  • Richard Parker, full name of footballer Dick Parker (1894–1969)
  • Richard Parker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
  • Rick Parker (born 1963), baseball player
  • Rich Parker (born 1987), British professional vert skater
  • Richard Parker, erroneous name of footballer Reginald Parker (born 1902)

Other people

  • Richard Parker (sailor) (1767–1797), British sailor, leader of the Nore Mutiny
  • Richard Thomas Parker (1834–1864), British murderer
  • Richard Parker (1867–1884), the cabin boy victim of shipwreck and murder in R v Dudley and Stephens
  • Richard Parker (potter) (born 1946), New Zealand potter
  • Rick Parker (artist) (born 1946), American artist, writer, and cartoonist

Fictional characters

  • Richard Parker (Life of Pi), a fictional tiger from the 2001 novel Life of Pi
  • Richard and Mary Parker, fictional parents of Peter Parker, the alter-ego of Spider-Man
  • Richard Parker, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel
  • Richard Parker, one of the protagonists of the 1989 film Weekend at Bernie's portrayed by Jonathan Silverman
  • Richard Parker, protagonist of Consenting Adults (1992 film) portrayed by Kevin Kline
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