Richard Carter may refer to:

• Richard Carter (MP for Cornwall) (1617–1668), MP for Cornwall
• Richard B. Carter (1877–1949), American ink manufacturer
• Richard Carter (cricketer) (1891–1969), English cricketer
• Richard Carter (histopathologist) (1937-)
• Richard Carter (actor) (born 1953), Australian actor
• Richard Carter (land agent) (fl. 1846), English land agent and surveyor
• Richard Henry Carter (1817–1880), Virginia planter, politician and Confederate officer during the American Civil War
• Dick Carter (1916–1969), American baseball pitcher, coach, and manager