David Richardson may refer to:
Politics David Richardson (Florida politician) (born 1957), accountant, former member of the Florida House of Representatives, and City Council member and Vice Mayor of Miami Beach David Richardson (government official) (born 1965), former acting head of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) David L. Richardson, Virginia State Treasurer David P. Richardson (Pennsylvania politician) (1948–1995), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives David P. Richardson (New York politician) (1833–1904), U.S. Representative from New York David C. Richardson (Virginia politician) (1845–1928), Confederate soldier and mayor of Richmond, Virginia
Sports David Richardson (American football) (born 1981), American football player David Richardson (bobsleigh) (born 1948), Canadian bobsledder David Richardson (figure skater) (born 1987), British figure skater Dave Richardson (South African cricketer) (born 1959), South African cricketer Dave Richardson (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1958), New Zealand cricketer Dave Richardson (footballer) (born 1932), English footballer (Grimsby Town) Dave Richardson (ice hockey) (1940–2022), Canadian ice hockey player Dave Richardson (darts player) (born 1979), Scottish-born Canadian darts player
Entertainment David Richardson (audio engineer), English audio engineer and music producer David Richardson (actor) (born 1987), Australian television actor David Richardson (writer) (1955–2021), American television writer and producer David Richardson (editor), British-born Hong Kong film editor
Other David H. S. Richardson, Canadian professor and lichenologist David J. Richardson, optical engineer, gave his name to the David Richardson Medal David Richardson (physicist) (born 1964), professor of photonics at the University of Southampton David Richardson (biochemist) (born 1964), British academic in biochemistry, Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia David Richardson (priest) (born 1946), Australian Anglican priest and representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See, Rome David Richardson (American journalist) (1916–2005), American journalist David Richardson (Australian journalist), Australian journalist David Lester Richardson (1801–1865), professor of English David Mark Richardson (born 1958), South African ecologist David C. Richardson (admiral) (1914–2015), vice admiral in the U.S. Navy David Thomas Richardson (died 1808), officer of the Bengal Army and Hindu scholar