Richard Neil "Dick" Kilburn (Port Elizabeth, 7 January 1942– 26 July 2013) was a South African malacologist.
He attended the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, majoring in zoology and botany and graduated in 1967.
After a brief spell as a teacher, he started his career at a malacological position at the East London Museum.
Already 18 months later he became the malacologist at the Natal Museum, where he would spend the rest of his career.
In later life he specialized in the description and research of species in the family Turridae, continuing during his retirement.