Richard Burkewood Welbourn, FRCS (1 May 1919 in Rainhill, Lancashire – 3 August 2005 in Reading, Berkshire) was a British scientist and educator, specializing in surgical endocrinology.
He was professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital.
Welbourn attended Rugby School, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Liverpool University, graduating in 1942.
In January 1943 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps Field Dressing Station, which followed the D-day landings in the Low Countries and France.
In 1962 he was invited to the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital and garnered attention for his work on phaeochromocytoma.