Richard Martin or Richard Martyn may refer to:

Entertainment

Richard Martin (actor) (1917–1994), American actor

Richard Martin (British director) (born 1935), British television director

Richard Martin (Canadian director) (born 1956), Canadian film director

Richard Martin (curator) (1947–1999), fashion historian, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute

Richard Martin, author of Coal Wars and featured in Bill Nye Saves the World

Richard Martin, one of the many pen names of John Creasey

Politics

Richard Martin (lord mayor of London) (died 1617), Master of the Mint and Lord Mayor of London

Richard Martin (Recorder of London) (1570–1618), lawyer and Recorder of London

Richard Martin (Irish politician) (1754–1834), (a.k.a. "Humanity Dick"), Irish MP and campaigner against cruelty to animals

Richard Martin (mayor of Swansea) (1843–1922), industrialist

Sir Richard Martin, 1st Baronet, of Cappagh (1831–1901), Anglo-Irish baronet and privy counsellor

Sir Richard Martin, 1st Baronet, of Overbury Court (1838–1916), English banker and Liberal Party politician

Richard Martin (Missouri politician) (1915-1996), member of the Missouri House of Representatives

Rick Martin (South Carolina politician) (born 1967), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

Richard Martyn (mayor of Galway) (c. 1602 – 1648), lawyer and member of the Catholic Confederates of Ireland

Richard Martyn (New Hampshire politician) (1630–1694), State Representative in 1672 and 1679, and Speaker of the House in 1692

Sports

Richard Martin (cricketer) (1789–?), English cricketer

Richard Martin (footballer, born 1962) (born 1962), French football player

Richard Martin (footballer, born 1987) (born 1987), English football player

Richard D. Martin (1932–2008), American football coach, athletic director and college conference administrator

Rick Martin (Richard Martin, 1951–2011), Canadian ice-hockey player

Other

Richard Martin (martyr) (died 1588), English martyr

Richard Martin (British Army officer) (1847–1907), British Army officer and colonial official

Richard H. Martin Jr. (1858–1950), British architect in the U.S.

Richard Milton Martin (1916–1985), American logician and philosopher

Richard Frewen Martin (1918–2006), British test pilot

Richard Beamon Martin (1913–2012), bishop in the Episcopal Church