Richard Aylett Buckner (February 5, 1784 – December 8, 1847) was a lawyer and farmer who served United States representative from Kentucky as well as Surveyor-General of Kentucky and Kentucky judge of the 18th judicial district. He may be best known as the father of Aylette Buckner who also served a Representative from Kentucky, or as the eldest of three American judges of the same name. Another of the judges was his son Richard Aylett Buckner (1810-1900), who helped keep Kentucky in the Union, or his grandson Richard Aylett Buckner (1849- ) who became an Arkensas state senator.