Rob, Bob, Bobby, Bobbie or Robert Richardson may refer to:

Entertainment industry professionals

• Bob Richardson (animator) (born 1946), American Emmy Award winner
• Bob Richardson (photographer) (1928–2005), American fashion artist and teacher
• Robert Richardson (cinematographer) (born 1955), American Academy Award winner
• Rob Richardson, American developer in 2014 of mobile app Pocket Points

Military men

• Robert Richardson (British Army officer) (1929–2014), Lieutenant-General in Northern Ireland
• Robert Richardson (RAAF officer) (born 1941), Australian Air Vice Marshal
• Robert C. Richardson Jr. (1882–1954), American Army general during World Wars I and II
• Robert C. Richardson III (1918–2011), American Army brigadier general, son of above
• Robert V. Richardson (1820–1870), American Civil War Confederate general

Public officials

• Robert Richardson (Labour politician) (1862–1943), British MP, 1918–1931
• Robert Richardson (Lord Treasurer) (before 1512—1578), Scottish cleric and administrator
• Robert A. Richardson (1827–1895), American jurist on Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Robert Carl Richardson (born 1956), American judge on Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, a/k/a Bert Richardson
• Bobbie Richardson (born 1949), American politician from North Carolina

Sportsmen

• Robert Richardson (alpine skier) (1927–2004), Canadian alpine skier
• Robert Richardson (sitting volleyball) (born 1982), British Paralympian
• Robert Richardson Jr. (racing driver) (born 1982), American NASCAR veteran
• Bob Richardson (Canadian football) (born 1948), slotback
• Bob Richardson (defensive back) (1944–2020), American and Canadian football player
• Bobby Richardson (born 1935), American baseball second baseman
• Bobby Richardson (American football) (born 1992), defensive end

Writers

• Robert Richardson (poet) (1850–1901), Australian journalist and children's author
• Robert Richardson (religion) (1806–1876), American physician, academic and magazine editor
• Robert Richardson (travel writer) (1779–1847), Scottish physician and author of travel literature
• Robert Coleman Richardson (1937–2013), American physicist and author, 1996 Nobel Prize recipient
• Robert D. Richardson (1934–2020), American historian and biographer
• Robert Lorne Richardson (1860–1921), Canadian journalist and politician
• Robert S. Richardson (1902–1981), American astronomer and science fiction writer, pen name Philip Latham
• Robert W. Richardson (1910–2007), American railroad historian and editor
• Bob Richardson (singer) (1903–1979), American writer of popular songs, birth name Dick Robertson
• Rob Richardson, English academic author, Professor of Robotics at University of Leeds in 2020 (Star shaft)