English political figures

• Richard Long (courtier)
  Richard Long (courtier)
  Sir Richard Long was an English politician and courtier, for many years a member of the privy chamber of Henry VIII.Long was the third son of Sir Thomas Long of Draycot , Wiltshire landowner, and his wife, Margery Sir Richard Long (ca. 14941546) was an English politician and courtier, for many...
  
   (c. 1494–1546), Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Henry VIII; knighted in 1537; MP for Southwark (1539)
• Richard Long (MP 1694)
  Richard Long (MP 1694)
  Richard Long was an English politician.Baptised in Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire on 7 April 1668 he was the son of Richard Long of Collingbourne Kingston by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Long of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Long of Rowden, Chippenham...
  
   (1668–1730), Whig MP for Chippenham, Wiltshire; supporter of the Immorality Bill; sheriff of Wiltshire (1702–03)
• Richard Long (MP 1734–1741) (c. 1691–1760), member of the Long family of Wiltshire; first son of the above; Tory MP for Chippenham
• Richard Godolphin Long
  Richard Godolphin Long
  Richard Godolphin Long was an English banker and Tory politician.-Background:Baptised at West Lavington, Wiltshire a month after his birth, he was the son of Richard Long and his wife Meliora, descendant of Sir John Lambe. Long was a partner in the Melksham Bank, together with his younger brother...
  
   (1761–1835), another member of the Long family; grandson of the above; MP for Wiltshire (1806–18)
• Richard Penruddocke Long
  Richard Penruddocke Long
  Richard Penruddocke Long JP, DL was an English landowner and Conservative Party politician. He was a founding member of the amateur cricket club I Zingari...
  
   (1825–1875), further member of the Long family; MP for Chippenham (1859–65) and North Wiltshire (1865–68)
• Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long
  Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long
  Richard Eric Onslow Long, 3rd Viscount Long DL TD was a British Conservative Party politician. He married Gwendoline Hague-Cook in 1916, and they had three sons, including Richard Long, and one daughter....
  
   (1892–1967), later member of Wiltshire's Long family; Conservative MP for Westbury (1927–31)
• Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long
  Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long
  Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long CBE is a British peer and former Conservative politician.The second son of the 3rd Viscount Long, he was educated at Harrow School and served with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Wiltshire Regiment from 1947–49...
  
   (born 1929), contemporary member of the family; second son of the above; Conservative MP

Others

• Richard Long (actor)
  Richard Long (actor)
  Richard Long was an American actor better known for his leading roles in several ABC television series, including The Big Valley, Nanny and the Professor and Bourbon Street Beat.-Early life:...
  
   (1927–1974), American performer best known for the TV series The Big Valley and Nanny and the Professor
• Richard Long (artist)
  Richard Long (artist)
  Richard Long is an English sculptor, photographer and painter, one of the best known British land artists. Long is the only artist to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize four times, and he is reputed to have refused the prize in 1984...
  
   (born 1945), English sculptor, photographer and painter who, after four nominations, won the Turner Prize in 1989
• Richard Long (broadcaster)
  Richard Long (broadcaster)
  Richard Long is a former New Zealand broadcaster, initially with the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation , subsequently with Television New Zealand . He co-hosted the 6 pm Network News bulletins on TV One from 1988 until 19 December 2003, with co-anchor Judy Bailey...
  
   (born c. 1955), New Zealand newsreader who achieved high popularity during a 17-year TV career (1987–2003)
• Richard Long (journalist)
  Richard Long (journalist)
  Richard Arthur Long ONZM is a New Zealand journalist, and a former editor of The Dominion newspaper. He worked in the parliamentary press gallery for over 20 years, which included writing a series questioning the Think Big economic strategy of the government...
  
  , New Zealand journalist, former editor of The Dominion