John Samuel Richardson, Baron Richardson, Bt. LVO FRCP (16 June 1910 – 15 August 2004) was a British physician, President of the General Medical Council, 1973–80, etc. He trained at, and later worked for St Thomas' Hospital. During his career he attended King George VI and later Harold Macmillan. He was particularly proud of his role as chairman of the Joint Consultants' Committee from 1967 to 1972. He represented the JCC on the so-called Cogwheel Working Party (First Report of the Joint Working Party on the Organisation of Medical Work in Hospitals, 1967).