David Richards may refer to:
Sports
- David Richards (American football) (born 1966), NFL offensive lineman
- David Richards (cricket administrator), former CEO of the ICC
- David Richards (cricketer) (born 1931), English cricketer
- David Richards (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1971), English football player
- David Richards (motorsport) (born 1952), Welsh chairman of Prodrive and Aston Martin
- David Richards (rugby union, born 1954), Wales and British Lions international
- David Richards (rugby union, born 1999), Welsh rugby union player
- David Richards (footballer, born 1910), Welsh footballer
- Dave Richards (born 1943), English chairman of the FA Premier League
- Dave Richards (footballer, born 1993), Welsh football goalkeeper
- Davey Richards (born 1983), American wrestler
Others
- David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux (born 1952), former British Chief of the Defence Staff
- David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) (1751–1827), Welsh-language poet
- David Richards (judge) (born 1951), British judge
- David Richards (record producer) (1956–2013), producer of records by Queen and David Bowie
- David Richards (sculptor) (1829–1897), Welsh sculptor who moved to the United States; known for work at Black Hawk Museum and Lodge
- David Richards (writer), theater critic for The Washington Post, novelist
- David Adams Richards (born 1950), Canadian writer and Senator
- David E. Richards, late Episcopal Suffragan bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, New York
- David James Richards (born 1970), British entrepreneur, co-founder of WANdisco
- David L. Richards (born 1968), American social scientist, co-director of the CIRI Human Rights Data Project
- David A. J. Richards (born 1944), American constitutional lawyer and moral philosopher
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