Richard T. Drinnon (born January 4, 1925, in Portland, Oregon) is professor emeritus of history at Bucknell University. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota.
In 1961, while Drinnon was a professor at the University of California, he was discovered by police to be the next person on the target list of John Harrison Farmer, who felt that he was on a mission from God to kill people that he believed were associated with communism.
During the Columbia University protests of 1968, Drinnon participated in a student walkout of a speech at Columbia University by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, when Humphrey blamed protesters for disorder on the campus. Drinnon shouted "This is a disgrace" and walked out along with about 30 students.
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