John Richard "Dick" Fowler (February 17, 1927 – March 23, 2007) was a local politician in Memphis, Texas, who was appointed by two different governors of Texas to regional or statewide agencies. He was a registered pharmacist.Fowler was born in Sayre in Beckham County, Oklahoma, to John A. and Ruth Garrett Fowler. He graduated from high school in Petersburg in Hale County, Texas. Fowler was a veteran of the United States Navy.