Richard Lyons may refer to: Richard Lyons (Warden of the Mint) (1310–1381), royal councillor who was imprisoned by the Good Parliament in 1376 on suspicion of embezzlement Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons (1817–1887), British diplomat Richard Lyons (writer) (1920–2000), American poet, and Professor of English Richard Lyons (mathematician) (born 1945), American mathematician, specializing in finite group theory. Namesake of the Lyons group Dicky Lyons (born 1947), former American football player Richard Lyons (musician) (1959–2016), one of the founding members of the group Negativland Richard Lyons (business professor) (born 1961), American academic and Dean of the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Richard Lyons (racing driver) (born 1979), British racing car driver Richard Lyons (poet) (fl. 1984 – present), American poet and teacher Richard J. Lyons (1895–1959), American lawyer and politician