Richard Pearson may refer to: Richard Pearson (Royal Navy officer) (1731–1806), British sea captain Richard Pearson (physician) (1765–1836), English medical writer Richard Pearson (police officer) (1831–1890), Assistant Commissioner (Executive) of the London Metropolitan Police, 1881–1890 Richard Pearson (actor) (1918–2011), British film, television and stage actor Richard J. Pearson (born 1938), Canadian expert in East Asian archaeology Richard Pearson (film editor) (born 1961), film editor Richard Pearson (cricketer) (born 1972), English cricketer