Richard Girnt Butler (February 23, 1918 in Bennett, Colorado - September 8?, 2004 in Hayden, Idaho) was an American neo-Fascist leader, who founded the Aryan Nations, whose ideology is a mixture of Christian Identity and National Socialism. He ran a compound in rural Idaho which was the centre of a U.S. neo-nazi network with links worldwide.

Butler was found dead in his bed, apparently of natural causes; it is not known when he died.

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• Comment by Edgar J. Steele , Butler's lawyer