Politicians
- Richard Butler (c.1510-68 or later), MP
- Sir Richard Butler, 5th Baronet (1699–1771), Irish MP for Carlow County 1730–1761
- Richard Butler (Australian politician) (1850–1925), Premier of South Australia
- Sir Richard Butler, 7th Baronet (1761–1817), Irish and British MP for Carlow County 1783–1790 and 1796–1802
- Richard Layton Butler (1885–1966), Australian politician, Premier of South Australia
- Rab Butler (1902–1982), Richard Austen Butler, British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer
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