Richard Percival Lister (23 November 1914 – 1 May 2014), also known simply as R. P. Lister, was an English historian, writer, poet, artist and metallurgist. His works included "The Idle Demon", "The Rhyme and the Reason", "Genghis Khan" and "The Travels of Herodotus". From 1947 until 1949, he worked in liaison for the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association.