Richard Dixon may refer to: Richard Dixon (sailor) (1865–1949), British sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics Richard Dixon (communist) (1905–1976), Australian communist leader Richard Dixon (scientist) (born 1930), British chemist Richard Dixon (translator) (born 1956), British translator Richard Dixon (footballer, born 1990), Jamaican-American footballer Richard Dixon (footballer, born 1992), Panamanian footballer Richard Dixon (bishop), Bishop of Cork and Cloyne Richard Clay Dixon, American politician in Ohio Richard N. Dixon (1938–2012), American politician in Maryland Richard Watson Dixon (1833–1900), English poet and divine Richard Dixon (USCG), heroic coxswain of a USCG motor lifeboat who has had a Sentinel-class cutter named in his honor USCGC Richard Dixon (WPC-1113), the thirteenth Sentinel-class cutter Ricky Dixon (born 1969), Nicaragua judoka Richard Dixon (biologist), professor at the University of North Texas