Richard Carlson may refer to:
- Richard Carlson (actor) (1912–1977), American film and television actor
- Richard Carlson (author) (1961–2006), American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker
- Richard Carlson (politician), American politician serving in the Kansas House of Representatives
- Rich Carlson (21st century), American game developer and founder of Digital Eel
- Dick Carlson (Richard Warner Carlson, born 1941), former American journalist