Richard Basset or Bassett may refer to:

• Richard Basset (died between 1135 and 1144), royal judge and sheriff during the reign of King Henry I of England
• Richard Basset, 1st Baron Basset of Weldon (died 1314), English noble
• Richard Bassett (priest) (1777–1852), Welsh cleric
• Richard Bassett (Delaware politician) (1745–1815), American lawyer and politician
• Richard Bassett (Indiana politician) (1846–1905), Indiana Baptist minister and state legislator
• Richard H. Bassett (1900–1995), American impressionist painter
• Richard Bassett (author) (born 1955), British writer, historian and musician
• Richard Basset (JAG), investigated claims Guantanamo guards bragged about abusing captives; see Heather Cerveny

See also[edit]

• SS Richard Bassett, American ship, launched 1942, named after the Delaware politician