Richard Temple may refer to:
- Richard Temple (opera singer) (1847–1912) was an English opera singer, actor and stage director
- Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet (1826–1902), British colonial administrator and politician
- Sir Richard Carnac Temple (1850–1931), Nineteenth century writer on India and Burma.
- Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham (1675–1749), British soldier and politician
- Richard Temple, a novel by Patrick O'Brian
Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or temple:
“We are taking the Nautilus down for the last time.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)
“Thou shalt make thy house
The temple of a nation’s vows.
Spirits of a higher strain
Who sought thee once shall seek again.
I detected many a god
Forth already on the road,
Ancestors of beauty come
In thy breast to make a home.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)