Richard Atkinson may refer to:

• Richard C. Atkinson (b. 1929), former president of the University of California
• Richard J. C. Atkinson (1920–1994), British prehistorian and archaeologist
• Richard Merrill Atkinson (1894–1947), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• Rick Atkinson, American journalist and author
• Richard Tyler Atkinson, executive editor of the Journal of Legislation

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