Derick is both a masculine given name and a surname. It is a variant of
Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, an ...
. People with the name include:
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Derick Adamson
Derick "Ringo" Adamson" (born 24 March 1958) is a Jamaican former marathon runner. He competed at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and also won the 1984 and 1985 Philadelphia Marathons.
Sporting career
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(born 1958), Jamaican runner
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Derick Amadi (born 1984), Nigerian footballer
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Derick Armstrong (born 1979), American football player
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Derick Ashe (1919–2000), British diplomat
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Derick Baegert
Derik or Derick Baegert (ca. 1440 - after 1515) was a German late Gothic painter.
Derick Baegert was probably born in Wesel around 1435-1440 to Johan Baegert, a merchant, and Mechtelt Mynreman. While his family wasn't very wealthy, Derick ended ...
(1440–1515), German painter
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Derick Brassard
Derick Brassard (born September 22, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He previously played in the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Pit ...
(born 1987), Canadian hockey player
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Derick Brownell (born 1974), American soccer player
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Derick Burleson
Derick Wade Burleson (September 9, 1963 – December 29, 2016) was an American academic and writer. He was the author of Never Night (Marick Press 2008). His first collection of poems, Ejo: Poems, Rwanda 1991–94, won the 2000 Felix Pollak Prize ...
(1963–2016), American writer
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Derick Cabrido
Roderick "Derick" Cabrido is a Filipino documentary producer and film maker. He was awarded with the Bronze World Medal at the 2009 New York Television Festival, for the documentary " Pinays for Export", Silver Screen Award at the 2010 New York ...
(born 1984), Filipino filmmaker
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Derick Close (born 1927), English motorcycle racer
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Derick Downs
Derick Downs (born 18 January 1984) is a San Diego-based entrepreneur notable for creating a large number of websites and business ventures, including Pokeymongo, various novelty websites such as Ship Your Glitter and Drop A Deuce, and advertisi ...
(born 1984), American entrepreneur
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Derick Etwaroo
Derick Etwaroo (born 6 January 1964 in Guyana) was a member of the Canadian cricket team from 1986 until 1998. He played for Canada in four ICC Trophy tournaments and in nine List A cricket, list A games, including the Cricket at the 1998 Commonw ...
(born 1964), Canadian cricketer
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Derick Fernando da Silva
Derick Fernando da Silva (born 16 May 2002), simply known as Derick (), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Santos, São Paulo, Derick joined Santos' youth setup in March 2015, from Sumaré ...
(born 2002), Brazilian footballer
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Derick K. Grant Derick K. Grant (born May 19, 1973) is an African-American tap dancer and choreographer. He came to prominence in 1996, as an original company member and Dance Captain in the George C. Wolfe-produced musical '' Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk ...
(born 1973), American tap dancer
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Derick Hall, American football player
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Derick Amory (1899–1981), British politician
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Derick Hetherington
Rear Admiral Derick Henry Fellowes Hetherington CB DSC & Bar (27 June 1911 – 23 November 1992) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Malta.
Early life and education
Hetherington was born on 27 June 1911, and educated at St Neot's ...
(1911–1992), British naval officer
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Derick Hougaard (born 1983), South African rugby union footballer
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Derick Latibeaudiere (born 1961), Jamaican politician
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Derick Martini
Derick Martini is an American screenwriter and film director and an owner of commercial property and advertising billboards located in New York City.
Film and television
Martini's feature film writing credits include the coming of age story '' ...
(born 1972), American screenwriter
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Derick Minnie (born 1986), Italian rugby union footballer
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Derick Neikirk (born 1974), American wrestler and baseball player
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Derick Ogbu
Derick Chuka Ogbu (born 19 March 1990) nicknamed Chuka, is a Nigerian professional footballer with a Belgium passport who plays as a forward. He has played most notably in the Belgian Pro League Romanian Liga I Chinese Super League and Japanese ...
(born 1990), Nigerian footballer
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Derick Osei (born 1998), French footballer
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Derick Parry
Derick Recaldo Parry (born 22 December 1954) is a former cricketer from St Kitts and Nevis who played 12 Tests and six One Day Internationals for the West Indies.
Parry was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler.
Pa ...
(born 1954), West Indian cricketer
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Derick Roberson (born 1995), American football player
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Derick Sequeira (born 1996), Canadian-Nicaraguan footballer
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Derick Silva (born 1998), Brazilian track athlete
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Derick Snow
Derick Snow is an American voice actor. Inspired by the work of other actors, Snow eventually began a career in acting in 2000. In 2014, he began voice acting in anime. Some of his noteworthy roles include Hermes in ''Kino's Journey'', Shinra Kus ...
, American voice actor
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Derick Thomson
Derick Smith Thomson (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ruaraidh MacThòmais''; 5 August 1921, Stornoway – 21 March 2012, Glasgow) was a Scottish poet, publisher, lexicographer, academic and writer. He was originally from Lewis, but spent much of his life i ...
(1921–2012), Scottish poet
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Derick Wanganeen
Derick Wanganeen (born 5 February 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club.
Wanganeen was born in Port Lincoln, South Australia, and is the eldest of four children.
Drafting
Drafted via the 2011 Roo ...
(born 1991), Australian rules footballer
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Derick Wood
Derick Wood (1940–2010) was an English computer scientist who worked for many years as a professor of computer science in Canada and Hong Kong. He was known for his research in automata theory and formal languages, much of which he published in ...
(1940–2010), English computer scientist
Surname
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Carrie Derick
Carrie Matilda Derick (January 14, 1862 – November 10, 1941) was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first female professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University's Genetics Department.
Early life and education
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(1862–1941), Canadian botanist
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Derek
Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler".
Common variants of the name are ...
, people with the given name of Derek
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Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, an ...
, a variation of Derick
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Darrick, people with the given name of Darrick
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Derricks (disambiguation)
A derrick is a lifting device, especially in an oil field. Derricks may also refer to:
*Anthony Derricks (born 1976), former Arena Football League defensive specialist/k.o. returner stand-out
* Cleavant Derricks (actor) (born 1953), American acto ...
, a disambiguation page
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