Richard Baxter (1615–1691) was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist.
Richard Baxter may also refer to: Richard Baxter (actor) (c. 1593–c. 1667), English actor Richard Baxter (rugby union) (born 1978), English rugby union player Richard Xavier Baxter (1821–1904), Roman Catholic priest and Jesuit Richard Reeve Baxter (1921–1980), American jurist
See also Baxter (disambiguation)