Richard Hamilton may refer to:
- Richard Hamilton (officer) (died 1717), Irish officer
- Richard Hamilton, 4th Viscount Boyne (1724–1789), Irish MP for Navan
- Richard Hamilton (actor) (1920–2004), American actor
- Richard Hamilton (architect), American architect and cofounder of Goody, Clancy & Associates, Inc
- Richard Hamilton (artist) (1922-2011), British painter and collage artist
- Richard Hamilton (basketball) (born 1978), American basketball player
- Richard Hamilton (BBC journalist), Author of The Last Storytellers
- Richard Hamilton (boxer), Jamaican, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Richard Hamilton (mathematician) (born 1943), American mathematician
- Richard Hamilton (Medal of Honor) (1836–1881), American Civil War sailor
- Richard Vesey Hamilton (1829–1912), British admiral and First Naval Lord
- Rick Hamilton (Richard R. Hamilton, born 1970), American football player
Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or hamilton:
“For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed
To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown,
God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay
A glorious angel. Then if angels fight,
Weak men must fall; for heaven still guards the right.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A people’s literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.”
—Edith Hamilton (1867–1963)