Richard Simpson may refer to:
- Richard Simpson (martyr) (c. 1553–1588), English Catholic priest, martyred during the reign of Elizabeth I
- Richard Simpson (writer) (1820–1876) Catholic writer and literary scholar
- Richard F. Simpson (1798–1882), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Richard M. Simpson (1900–1960), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Richard Simpson (politician) (b. 1942), Scottish politician
- Dick Simpson (born 1943), American baseball outfielder
- Chubb Rock, real name Richard Simpson, (b. 1968)
Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or simpson:
“What you fail to understand is the power of hate. It can fill the heart as surely as love can.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)
“In my grandmother’s house there was always chicken soup
And talk of the old country—mud and boards,
Poverty,
The snow falling down and necks of lovers.”
—Louis Simpson (b. 1923)