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P. W. Richards (Paul Westmacott Richards, 1908–1995), British botanist •
Paul I. Richards (1923–1978), American physicist and applied mathematician •
Paul G. Richards (born 1943), American seismologist •
Paul Richards (anthropologist) (born 1945), British anthropologist •
Paul W. Richards (born 1964), American astronaut •
Paul Linford Richards (fl. 2000), American physicist and
Frank Isakson Prize winner ==Sports==