Richard Long

Richard Long may refer to:

English political figures

• Richard Long (MP for Old Sarum), see Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
• Richard Long (courtier) (c. 1494–1546), Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Henry VIII; knighted in 1537; MP for Southwark (1539)
• Richard Long (died 1730) (1668–1730), Whig MP for Chippenham, Wiltshire; supporter of the Immorality Bill; sheriff of Wiltshire (1702–03)
• Richard Long (died 1760) (c. 1691–1760), member of the Long family of Wiltshire; first son of the above; Tory MP for Chippenham
• Richard Godolphin Long (1761–1835), another member of the Long family; grandson of the above; MP for Wiltshire (1806–18)
• Richard Penruddocke Long (1825–1875), further member of the Long family; MP for Chippenham (1859–65) and North Wiltshire (1865–68)
• Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long (1892–1967), later member of Wiltshire's Long family; Conservative MP for Westbury (1927–31)
• Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long (born 1929), contemporary member of the family; second son of the above; Conservative peer.

Others

• Richard Long (actor) (1927–1974), American performer best known for the TV series The Big Valley and Nanny and the Professor
• Richard Long (artist) (born 1945), English sculptor, photographer and painter who, after four nominations, won the Turner Prize in 1989
• Richard Long (broadcaster) (born c. 1955), New Zealand newsreader who achieved high popularity during a 17-year TV career (1987–2003)
• Richard Long (journalist), New Zealand journalist, former editor of The Dominion
• Richard Long (writer), Faroe Islands
• Richard A. Long, (1927–2013), African-American historian
• Dick Long (born 1924), Australian politician