Richard Nielsen
Richard Nielsen is the name of:
- Richard Møller Nielsen (1937–2014), Danish former football player and manager
- Richard P. Nielsen (academic) (born 1946), professor at Boston College and a past President of the Society for Business Ethics
- Richard P. Nielsen (health care) (born 1951), president of the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professionals
- Rick Nielsen (Richard Alan Nielsen, born 1948), lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick