Paul Richards may refer to: Paul Richards (baseball) (1908–1986), baseball player, manager, scout and executive P.W. Richards (Paul Westmacott Richards, 1908–1995), British botanist Paul Irving Richards (1923–1979), American physicist and applied mathematician Paul Richards (actor) (1924–1974), American actor who starred in the ABC-TV 1963-64 series Breaking Point Paul G. Richards (born 1943), American seismologist Paul Richards (anthropology) (born 1945), anthropologist and professor at Wageningen University, The Netherlands Paul Richards (artist) (born 1949), British artist Paul Richards (athlete) (born 1956), Antigua and Barbuda Olympic sprinter Paul W. Richards (born 1964), American astronaut Paul Richards (politician), mayor of Lynwood, California in 1986–2003 Paul Richards (racecar driver), member of the Briggs Cunningham team Paul Linford Richards, American physicist and Frank Isakson Prize winner in 2000