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