Richard Hanson may refer to:
*Richard Hanson (Canadian politician) (1879–1948), Canadian politician Richard Hanson (bishop) (1916–1988), bishop of Clogher in the Church of Ireland, 1970–1973 Richard Hanson (Australian politician) (1805–1876), British-Australian chief justice of South Australia Richard H. Hanson (1931-2023), American politician Richard Hanson (Missouri politician), American politician, secretary of state of Missouri in 1994 Richard Winfield Hanson, American biochemist, academic and university professor
See also Richard Hansen (disambiguation) Richard Hanson Weightman (1816–1861), delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory of New Mexico