Richard or Dick Burke may refer to:

• Richard Burke Jr. (1758–1794), Member of Parliament, son of Edmund Burke
• Richard Burke (Irish politician) (1932–2016), Irish Fine Gael politician and European Commissioner
• Richard Anthony Burke (born 1949), Irish bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
• Richard J. Burke (1915–1999), Irish-American journalist, poet and playwright
• Richard T. Burke, founder of UnitedHealth Group and creator of the HMO
• Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde or Richard (Sassanach) Burke (d. 1582), Irish noble
• Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde or Richard de Burgh (1572–1635), Irish nobleman and politician
• Richard Burke, 6th Earl of Clanricarde (d. 1666), Irish peer
• Richard Burke, 8th Earl of Clanricarde (died 1709), Irish peer
• Richard Óg Burke, 2nd Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (d. 1387), Irish chieftain and noble
• Richard Óge Burke, 7th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (d. 1519), Irish chieftain and noble
• Richard Mór Burke, 9th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (d. 1530), Irish chieftain and noble
• Richard Bacach Burke, 11th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar (d. 1538), Irish chieftain and noble
• Dick Burke (footballer, born 1920) (1920–2004), English football player
• Dick Burke (Australian footballer) (born 1938), Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne
• Richard Burke (Friends), a character on the television sitcom Friends
• Rick Burke, a character on the television series 24
• Richard Burke (businessman) (1934–2008), co-founder of Trek Bicycle Corporation
• Richard Burke (Alabama politician) (1807/08–1870), Baptist preacher and Alabama state representative

• Ricard O'Sullivan Burke (1838–1922), Irish nationalist and American soldier, campaigner, and engineer