Richard Holmes may refer to:
- Richard Holmes (actor) (born 1963), American actor
- Richard Holmes (biographer) (born 1946), British biographer
- Richard Holmes (military historian) (1946–2011), British soldier and military historian
- Richard Holmes (organist) (1931–1991), American jazz organist known as Richard "Groove" Holmes
- Richard Holmes (ornithologist), American ornithologist
- Richard Holmes (producer) (born 1963), independent film producer
- Richard E. Holmes (born 1944), first African-American student to enroll at Mississippi State University
- Richard Holmes (Canadian football) (born 1952), former Canadian Football League running back
- Richard Holmes (footballer) (born 1980), former footballer for Notts County
Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or holmes:
“I think that Richard Nixon will go down in history as a true folk hero, who struck a vital blow to the whole diseased concept of the revered image and gave the American virtue of irreverence and skepticism back to the people.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
““No, no; the real name,” said Holmes sweetly. “It is always awkward doing business with an alias.””
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)