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David H. S. Richardson, Canadian professor and lichenologist • David J. Richardson, optical engineer, gave his name to the
David Richardson Medal •
David Richardson (physicist) (born 1964), professor of photonics at the University of Southampton •
David Richardson (biochemist) (born 1964), British academic in biochemistry, Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia •
David Richardson (priest) (born 1946), Australian Anglican priest and representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See, Rome •
David Richardson (American journalist) (1916–2005), American journalist •
David Richardson (Australian journalist), Australian journalist •
David Lester Richardson (1801–1865), professor of English •
David Mark Richardson (born 1958), South African ecologist •
David C. Richardson (admiral) (1914–2015), vice admiral in the U.S. Navy •
David Thomas Richardson (died 1808), officer of the Bengal Army and Hindu scholar