Richard Goodwin may refer to:

• Richard Goodwin (minister) (died 1685), British minister
• Richard Goodwin (sportsman), Australian-Filipino cricketer, Rugby League player and Rugby Sevens player
• Richard Goodwin (producer) (born 1934), British film producer
• Richard Elton Goodwin (1908–1986), British general
• Richard H. Goodwin (1910–2007), American botanist and conservationist
• Richard J. Goodwin (born 1953), Australian artist, architect and professor
• Richard M. Goodwin (1913–1996), American mathematician and economist
• Richard N. Goodwin (1931–2018), American writer and advisor to US Presidents Kennedy and Johnson

• Richard Godwin (1922–2005), American nuclear engineer and Reagan Administration under secretary
• Richard Godwyn (died 1601), English MP