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