Politicians
- Richard Baker (MP), Member of Parliament for Lancaster, Horsham, New Shoreham and New Romney
- Richard Baker (U.S. politician) (born 1948), American politician from Louisiana
- Richard Baker (Scottish politician) (born 1974), Scottish politician
- Richard Baker (Australian politician) (1842–1911), Australian politician, first President of the Senate
- Richard Baker (Victorian politician) (1830–1915), Victorian state politician
- Richard Langton Baker (1870–1951), Canadian politician
- Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker (1802–1881), British Liberal Party politician, MP for South Essex, 1868–1874
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