Richard Leigh is the name of:
*Richard Leigh (author) (born 1943), co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
*Richard Leigh (songwriter) (born 1951), American country music songwriter
*Richard Leigh (martyr) (1561–1588), Catholic martyr
*Richard Leigh (poet) (1649–1728), English poet
*Richard Leigh (musician), free-improvising musician, member of the Musics collective
*Richard H. Leigh, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet, 1932–33