Richard Parker may refer to: Public officials American Richard Parker (judge, born 1729) (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 Davies Parker (born 1945), American law professor 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 Sportspeople Richard Parker, full name of footballer Dick Parker (1894–1969) Richard Parker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s Rick Parker (baseball) (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 (mutineer) (1767–1797), British sailor, leader of the Nore Mutiny Richard Thomas Parker (1834–1864), British murderer Richard Neville Parker (1884–1958), English botanist and forester 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