Derek
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Derek is a male name derived from the same root as the Old German Theodoric
, meaning power of the tribe or ruler of the people. Variants recently revived are Deryk, Deric, Derak, the Dutch form Dirk, popularised by the actor Dirk Bogarde
, and the Low German
Di(e)rk (Dierk Hoff). In recent years it has been used occasionally as a family name, for example Bo Derek
.
Theodoric
Theodoric is a widespread Germanic given name. First attested in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths....
, meaning power of the tribe or ruler of the people. Variants recently revived are Deryk, Deric, Derak, the Dutch form Dirk, popularised by the actor Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and novelist. Initially a matinee idol in such films as Doctor in the House and other Rank Organisation pictures, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as Death in Venice...
, and the Low German
Low German
Low German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
Di(e)rk (Dierk Hoff). In recent years it has been used occasionally as a family name, for example Bo Derek
Bo Derek
Mary Cathleen Collins , better known as Bo Derek, is an American film and television actress, model, and sex symbol, known for her role as Jenny Hanley in the 1979 comedy film 10. However, Derek's film career soon faltered; her later films, including, Bolero and Ghosts Can't Do It , were poorly...
.
People with the surname
- Sean Catherine DerekSean Catherine DerekSean Catherine Derek is a writer, story editor, actress, and producer in television and film. Her film debut as a writer, Foodfight, opens in 2007. She wrote the script for the fourth BIONICLE movie The Legend Reborn...
(born 1953), American screenwriter - Bo DerekBo DerekMary Cathleen Collins , better known as Bo Derek, is an American film and television actress, model, and sex symbol, known for her role as Jenny Hanley in the 1979 comedy film 10. However, Derek's film career soon faltered; her later films, including, Bolero and Ghosts Can't Do It , were poorly...
(born 1956), American actress - John DerekJohn DerekJohn Derek was an American actor, director and photographer.-Career:His matinee-idol good looks quickly got him supporting roles, most notably as Broderick Crawford's son in All the King's Men , but he also enjoyed leads such as "Nick Romano" in Knock on Any Door opposite Humphrey Bogart John...
(1926-1998), American actor
Acting, presenting
- Derek AcorahDerek AcorahDerek Acorah is a British medium. He is best known for his work on Most Haunted, broadcast on Living, between 2002 and 2005. He recently presented the series Derek Acorah on Sky Real Lives...
(born 1950), British TV personality - Derek BateyDerek BateyDerek Batey is a former British television presenter and television executive.Batey was educated at the White House School, Brampton, and after appearing in clubs as a ventriloquist he made his first TV appearance in 1958 as an interviewer for the BBC...
(born 1928), British TV presenter - Derek BenfieldDerek BenfieldDerek Benfield was a British playwright and actor.He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce Running Riot and the second actor who played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates...
(born 1926), British actor and playwright - Derek Bogaerde aka Dirk BogardeDirk BogardeSir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and novelist. Initially a matinee idol in such films as Doctor in the House and other Rank Organisation pictures, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as Death in Venice...
(1921-1999), British actor of Dutch/Scottish ancestry - Derek BondDerek BondDerek William Douglas Bond MC was a British actor.-Life and career:Derek Bond was born 26 January 1920 in Glasgow, Scotland. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hampstead, London. He saw active service with the Grenadier Guards in North Africa during the Second World War, for which he...
(1920-2006), actor, director and playwright (won the Military Cross WW2) - Derek BrockwayDerek BrockwayDerek Brockway is a Welsh meteorologist employed by the Met Office and based at BBC Wales in Cardiff.- Education :Brockway first attended Holton Road Primary School and then Barry Boys Comprehensive from 1979 to 1986...
(born 1967), Welsh meteorologist and TV presenter - Derek CecilDerek CecilDerek Cecil is an American actor who was the star of the now defunct TV series Push, Nevada. Cecil was born in Amarillo, Texas and graduated from the University of Houston...
(born 1973), American actor - Derek DeadmanDerek DeadmanDerek Deadman is a British actor. He appeared as Rankin in two episodes of the RAF sitcom Get Some In! in 1975 and 1978. He played Ringo in 39 of the 66 episodes of the TV series Never the Twain between 1981 and 1991, and appeared as the barman of The Leaky Cauldron, Tom, in Harry Potter and the...
, British actor - Derek DingleDerek DingleDerek Dingle was an English close-up magician.- Life :Like many magicians before him, Dingle became interested in magic after receiving a box of magic tricks when he was about eight years old. Upon joining the Royal Air Force, he met another magician, James Gregory, of Kenilworth, England, and...
(1937-2004), English close-up magician who lived in New York - Derek EdwardsDerek EdwardsDerek Edwards is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor from Timmins, Ontario. He went to Timmins High and Vocational School.In 1995, he was the winner of the Vail National Comedy Invitational in Vail, Colorado. He is the only Canadian to date to have won this award. He won the 2004 Canadian...
, Canadian stand-up comedian and actor - Derek FowldsDerek FowldsDerek Fowlds is an English actor, known for playing Bernard Woolley in popular British television comedies Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister and Oscar Blaketon in the long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat....
(born 1937), English actor - Derek FrancisDerek FrancisDerek Francis was an English comedy and character actor.He was a regular in the Carry On film players, appearing in six of the films in the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in Roger Corman's last film of his Edgar Allan Poe series The Tomb of Ligeia...
(1923-1984), British comedy and character actor - Derek GriffithsDerek GriffithsDerek Griffiths is a British actor who appeared in numerous British children's television series in the 1960s to 1980s and more recently has played parts in TV drama.- Career :...
(born 1946), British actor - Derek GuilleDerek GuilleDerek Guille is an Australian radio presenter. He most recently presented the Evenings program on 774 ABC Melbourne and ABC Victoria. He announced on air on 23 June 2011 that he would be leaving that program at the end of September 2011. Guille plays guitar, snare drum and kazoo with varying...
, Australian radio presenter - Derek HartleyDerek HartleyDerek Hartley is an American talk show host, who serves as co-host of the Derek and Romaine Show, a talk radio show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio's Gay/Lesbian channel, OutQ. The show has a national audience with a potential reach of 18,000,000 listeners. The show can also be heard worldwide on the...
(born 1969), American radio talk-show host - Derek JacobiDerek JacobiSir Derek George Jacobi, CBE is an English actor and film director.A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He received a Tony Award for his performance in...
(born 1938), English actor and director - Derek KellyDerek KellyDerek Kelly is an American actor best known for his role in the TV series Third Watch. He is a real life firefighter in the FDNY, having worked at Engine Company 258/Ladder 115, in Queens. This house also was used in the show for exterior shots...
(born 1964), American actor and firefighter - Derek Kok Jing-Hung, Hong Kong actor
- Derek de LintDerek de LintDick Hein de Lint is a Dutch film and television actor.De Lint was born in The Hague. In 1977, he played the character Alex in the film Soldier of Orange, directed by Paul Verhoeven. In 1986 he played the role of Anton Steenwijk in The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language...
(born 1950), Dutch actor - Derek LukeDerek LukeDerek Luke is an American actor. He won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher, directed and produced by Denzel Washington.-Early life:...
(born 1974), American actor - Derek MartinDerek MartinDerek Martin is a British actor who is best known for his role as Charlie Slater in the British soap opera EastEnders which he played from 2000 to 2011.-Personal life:...
(born 1933), English actor - Derek McCullochDerek McCullochDerek Ivor Breashur McCulloch OBE was a BBC Radio presenter and producer, who is best remembered as "Uncle Mac" in Children's Favourites and Children's Hour and for playing 'Larry the Lamb' in Toytown.-Early life:...
(1897-1967), BBC radio presenter and producer - Derek McGrathDerek McGrathDerek McGrath is a Canadian actor.He is known for his roles in Cheers as "Andy-Andy" Schroeder , Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoate in My Secret Identity, Crewman Chell in Star Trek: Voyager, and as Dr. Derek Hebert in Doc...
(born 1951), Canadian actor - Derek MooneyDerek MooneyDerek James Mooney is an Irish radio and television presenter, as well as a radio producer. He currently presents a weekday afternoon programme called Mooney on RTÉ Radio 1....
, Irish radio and TV personality and producer - Derek MurphyDerek MurphyFor the rapper with the same birth name, see Sadat X.Derek Murphy is an American drummer and session musician.Early in his career, Derek Murphy was a part of Forget the Name and Milk Can in Miami. He performed on many recordings with artists such as Amanda Green, Beth Wood and Mary Karlzen and...
, American drummer and session musician - Derek NewarkDerek NewarkDerek Newark was an English actor.He appeared in a large number of film and television roles, including The Baron , The Avengers , Z Cars , Barlow at Large in the recurring role of Det. Insp...
(1933-1998), English actor - Derek NimmoDerek NimmoDerek Robert Nimmo was an English character actor. He was particularly associated with upper-class "silly-ass" roles, and clerical roles.-Career:...
(1930-1999), English character actor - Derek PrinceDerek PrincePeter Derek Vaughan Prince was an international Bible teacher whose daily radio programme Derek Prince Legacy Radio broadcasts to half the population of the world in various languages...
(1915-2003), American Christian radio preacher - Derek PrinceDerek Stephen PrinceDerek Stephen Prince is an American voice actor who is most memorable for his various roles in the Digimon series, as well as the voice of Elgar in the live-action Power Rangers Turbo and Power Rangers in Space.While a talented actor, with vocal skills capable of anything from High School girls to...
(born 1960), American voice actor and radio host - Derek RathDerek RathDerek Rath, a longtime figure in the Los Angeles music scene and architectural photographer, is best known for his public radio show Cosmic Barrio, long on Pacifica affiliate KPFK but is now reaching a wider audience with his recent work for National Public Radio on Day to Day.- References :...
, American radio presenter, born in England - Derek Richardson (born 1976), American actor
- Derek RoyleDerek RoyleDerek Royle was a British actor born in London, United Kingdom. His face was probably better known than his name to British viewers, but he acted in films and TV from the mid-sixties until his death...
(1929-1990), English actor - Derek TaylorDerek Taylor (sportscaster)Derek Taylor is an anchor for the Fox Soccer Report on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports World Canada. He joined the show in January 2007.Taylor was a news reporter for A-Channel Manitoba from December 2001 to May 2003. He then became the weekend sports anchor and eventually sports anchor for...
, sportscaster anchor for the Fox Soccer Report - Derek Thompson (born 1948), Northern Irish TV actor
- Derek WaringDerek WaringDerek Waring was an English actor who is best remembered for playing Detective Inspector Goss in Z-Cars from 1969 to 1973...
aka Derek Barton-Chapple (1927-2007), English actor
Athletics (track and field)
- Derek ClaytonDerek ClaytonDerek Clayton is a former Australian long-distance runner, born in Cumbria, England and raised in Northern Ireland. He set a marathon world best in the Fukuoka Marathon, Japan on 3 December 1967 in 2:09:36.4, in what is considered a classic race, the first marathon race ever run in less than two...
(born 1942), British/Australian long-distance runner - Derek IbbotsonDerek IbbotsonGeorge Derek Ibbotson MBE was an English runner who excelled in athletics in the 1950s. His most famous achievement was setting a new world record in the mile in 1957....
(born 1932), English track athlete - Derek JohnsonDerek JohnsonDerek Johnson was a British athlete, who was born in Chigwell, Essex. He did his National Service in Egypt before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford to read medicine in 1953...
(1933-2004), British track athlete - Derek MilesDerek MilesDerek Miles is an American pole vaulter, from Tea, South Dakota. A former pole vaulter for The University of South Dakota Track and Field team, Miles is currently an assistant coach for the Coyotes. Miles finished fourth in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2004, he placed...
(born 1972), American field athlete (pole vault) - Derek MillsDerek MillsDerek Mills was a 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. He has a career best of 44.13 in the 400m...
(born 1972), American track athlete - Derek RedmondDerek RedmondDerek Anthony Redmond is a retired British athlete. During his career, he held the British record for the 400 metres sprint, and won gold medals in the 4x400 metres relay at the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games.However his career was blighted by a series of...
(born 1965), English track athlete
Baseball
- Derek BellDerek Bell (baseball player)Derek Nathaniel Bell is a former Major League Baseball player. Primarily a right fielder and center fielder, Bell batted from the right side and threw with his right hand. He is 6'2" tall, and during his playing career, he weighed 215 pounds.-Amateur and minor league career:Bell played amateur...
(born 1968), former Major League Baseball player - Derek JeterDerek JeterDerek Sanderson Jeter is an American baseball shortstop who has played 17 years in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. A twelve-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, Jeter's clubhouse presence, on-field leadership, hitting ability, and baserunning have made him a central...
(born 1974), American baseball player (shortstop) - Derek LilliquistDerek LilliquistDerek Jansen Lilliquist , is a retired professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1989-1996. He later became a minor league pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals and was named their major league bullpen coach on November 2, 2010.-External links:...
(born 1966) Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the First round in 1987. Last pitched Sept. 6, 1996 - Derek LoweDerek LoweDerek Christopher Lowe is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. He throws and bats right-handed. He is 6'6" and 230 pounds.-Early years:...
(born 1973), American baseball player - Derek TatsunoDerek Tatsuno-College career:Tatsuno attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1977 to 1979 where he amassed an impressive record in collegiate baseball as a pitcher....
(born c. 1959), American college baseball player
Basketball
- Derek Anderson (born 1974), Professional basketball player
- Derek FisherDerek FisherDerek Lamar Fisher is an American professional basketball point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . His NBA career has spanned more than 14 years, during which he has won five NBA Championships...
(born 1974), American basketball player - Derek GrimmDerek GrimmWilliam Derek Grimm is an American professional basketball player.A 6'9" forward from the University of Missouri, Grimm was never drafted by an NBA team but did play for the Sacramento Kings during the 1997-98 NBA season. He appeared in nine games and scored a total of 14 points...
(born 1974), American basketball player - Derek HarperDerek HarperDerek Ricardo Harper is a retired American professional basketball player from the University of Illinois, who spent 16 seasons as a point guard in the National Basketball Association with the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers.-College:After graduating from...
(born 1961), American basketball player and TV sports anchor - Derek HoodDerek Hood (basketball)Derek Dwayne Hood is an American professional basketball player.Hood, a 6'8", 222 pound small forward, attended the University of Arkansas...
(born 1976), American basketball player - Derek SmithDerek Smith (basketball)Derek Ervin Smith was an American NBA player. He won a national championship with the Louisville Cardinals in 1980, and spent nine years in the NBA in a career shortened by a knee injury. He would later become an assistant coach for the Washington Bullets from 1994 until his death.-Career:Smith...
, (1961-1996), American basketball player - Derek StrongDerek StrongDerek Lamar Strong , is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1990 NBA Draft. A 6'8" forward from Xavier University, Strong played in 10 NBA seasons from 1991 to 2001 for 6 different teams...
(born 1968), American basketball player and racing driver
Boxing and wrestling
- Derek BryantDerek BryantDerek Bryant , born April 19, 1971 in Philadelphia, PA, is an American heavyweight boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has the boxing ID number US-PA-017121. He is a journeyman fighter who has appeared on the TV program Friday Night Fights. He holds wins against Jorge Luis Gonzalez, Taurus...
(born 1971), American heavyweight boxer - Derek Couch aka Robbie McAllister Scottish member of Canadian tag wrestling team The HighlandersThe Highlanders (professional wrestling)The Highlanders are a Scottish professional wrestling tag team consisting of storyline cousins Robbie and Rory McAllister who were best known for wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Raw brand.-History:Couch and Murray were both born and raised in Oban, Scotland The Highlanders are...
Business
- Derek Burney Jr. (born 1962), Canadian corporate senior executive
- Derek LambieDerek LambieDerek Lambie is editor of the Scottish edition of the Sunday Express.He graduated with a BA Hons in Film & Media Studies from University of Stirling in 1997, then worked with a freelance press agency in Stirling before joining the Scottish Daily Express in 2000. In 2002, he was appointed as Editor...
(born 1975), Scottish newspaper editor - Derek SmithDerek V. SmithDerek V. Smith was the CEO of ChoicePoint from 1997 until its acquisition by Reed Elsevier. Previously, Smith was an executive for Equifax. He holds degrees from Penn State and Georgia Tech.-References:...
, American business executive
Car racing
- Derek BellDerek Bell (auto racer)Derek Reginald Bell MBE is a former racing driver from England who was extremely successful in sportscar racing, winning five times at Le Mans. He also raced in Formula One for the Ferrari, McLaren, Surtees and Tecno teams...
(born 1941), F1 racing car driver - Derek DalyDerek DalyDerek Daly is a former racing driver from the Republic of Ireland. He won the 1977 British Formula Three Championship, and competed as a professional racing driver for 17 years participating in 64 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on April 2, 1978. He scored a total of 15...
(born 1953), Irish F1 racing car driver - Derek HigginsDerek HigginsDerek Higgins is an Irish former race car driver.Born in Dublin, was a two time winner of the Mexican Formula 3 championship in 1995 and 1997 before moving to the American Indy Lights series in 1998...
(born 1966), Irish Indy Lights racing car driver - Derek HillDerek Hill (driver)Derek John Hill is an American racing driver. He is the son of Formula One World Champion Phil Hill.-Early career:...
(born 1975), American former Formula 3000 driver - Derek RingerDerek RingerDerek Ringer is a Scottish rally co-driver. He is most closely associated with Colin McRae, with whom he won the 1995 World Rally Championship....
(born 1956), Scottish rally driver - Derek WarwickDerek WarwickDerek Stanley Arthur Warwick is a British former racing driver from England. He raced for many years in Formula One, but never won a Grand Prix. During the early 1980s he was thought more likely to achieve World Championship success than his contemporary Nigel Mansell, but a series of wrong...
(born 1954), English F1 racing car driver
Cricket
- Derek de BoorderDerek de BoorderDerek Charles de Boorder in Hastings is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh and he was awarded a player's contract for Auckland for the 2006-07 and for Otago for the 2007-08. He is the older brother of Andrew de Boorder. He plays his club cricket for...
(born 1985), New Zealand cricketer - Derek CrookesDerek CrookesDerek Norman Crookes in Mariannhill, Natal is a former South African cricketer and played 32 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1994 to 2000. In domestic cricket he played for Natal, Gauteng, Easterns and the Highveld Lions....
(born 1969), South African cricketer - Derek Hall (1932-1983), English cricketer
- Derek HeasleyDerek HeasleyDerek Heasley is an Irish cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. He made his debut for Ireland against Surrey on 14 May 1996 and has played for them 60 times in all, including two ICC Trophy tournaments in 1997 and 2001...
(born 1972), Irish cricketer - Derek KenwayDerek KenwayDerek Anthony Kenway is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace, who can also play as a wicketkeeper.-First-class debut and early career:...
(born 1978), English cricketer - Derek Morgan (born 1929), English cricketer
- Derek PringleDerek PringleDerek Raymond Pringle is an English former Test and ODI cricketer for England, and is now a cricket journalist.He was educated at Felsted School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University.-Life and career:...
(born 1958), English cricketer and cricket journalist - Derek RandallDerek RandallDerek William Randall is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire, and Tests and ODIs for England in the late 1970s and early 1980s....
(born 1951), English cricketer - Derek SealyDerek SealyJames Edward Derrick Sealy was a West Indian cricketer who played in 11 Tests from 1930 to 1939....
(born 1912), West Indian cricketer - Derek ShackletonDerek ShackletonDerek Shackleton was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-class cricket, but only played in seven Tests for England. As of 2007, he has the seventh-highest tally of first-class wickets, and the most first-class wickets of any player who...
(1924-2007), English cricketer - Derek StirlingDerek StirlingDerek Alexander Stirling is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1984 to 1986....
(born 1961), New Zealand cricketer - Derek UnderwoodDerek UnderwoodDerek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....
(born 1945), English cricketer - Derek VarnalsDerek VarnalsGeorge Derek Varnals is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests in the 1964-65 season....
(born 1935), South African cricketer
Entertainment
- Derek BrownDerek Denny-BrownDerek Ernest Denny-Brown OBE was a neurologist. Working in Oxford, London and Boston, he made major contributions to the field of neurology, such as the development of electromyography, physiology of micturition and the treatment of Wilson's disease.-Biography:Born in New Zealand, he studied at...
, software developer - Derek DrymonDerek DrymonDerek Drymon is an American writer and storyboard artist. He has worked on numerous animated cartoon productions of the 1990s and 2000s, best known for his work on Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants.-Personal Background:...
(born 1965), American writer and storyboard artist - Derek FordDerek FordDerek Ford was an English film director and writer, most famous for sexploitation films such as The Wife Swappers Keep it Up Jack! Sex Express , and What's up Superdoc! .Ford began as a writer in collaboration with his brother Donald Ford , originally...
(1932-1995), English film director/writer - Derek HarvieDerek HarvieDerek Kevin Harvie is a Canadian entertainment writer and producer. Harvie grew up in Ottawa, and graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in film and literature....
(born 1971), Canadian entertainment writer and producer, living in the U.S. - Derek HillDerek R. HillDerek Hill is an American production designer. Hill has designed and provided art direction on films and television including, Into the Wild, House, M.D., What About Brian, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Any Given Sunday, Three Kings, Hurlyburly, The Postman, and...
film production designer - Derek HoughDerek HoughDerek Hough is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 on the hit U.S...
(born 1985), American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor - Derek JarmanDerek JarmanMichael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.-Life:...
(1942-1994), English film director, stage designer, artist and writer - Derek LambDerek LambDerek Lamb was an animation filmmaker and producer. While serving as Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada's English Animation Studio from 1976 to 1982, he produced the Oscar-winner Special Delivery, directed by John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay, and produced and scripted Eugene...
(1936-2005), American animation film-maker and producer - Derek MalcolmDerek MalcolmDerek Malcolm is a British film critic and historian.Malcolm was educated at Eton College and Oxford University. He worked for several decades as a film critic for The Guardian, having previously been an amateur jockey and the paper's first horse racing correspondent. In 1977, he was a member of...
(born 1932), British film critic - Derek MeddingsDerek MeddingsDerek Meddings was a British television and cinema special effects expert, initially noted for his work on the "Supermarionation" television puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson, and later for the 1970s James Bond films and the Superman film series.-Early years:Both Meddings' parents had...
(1931-1995), British TV and cinema special effects expert - Derek RathDerek RathDerek Rath, a longtime figure in the Los Angeles music scene and architectural photographer, is best known for his public radio show Cosmic Barrio, long on Pacifica affiliate KPFK but is now reaching a wider audience with his recent work for National Public Radio on Day to Day.- References :...
, photographer and radio programmer - Derek SmartDerek SmartDerek K. Smart is the president and lead developer of 3000AD, Inc., a video game developer based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In addition he is president of Quest Online involved in the MMO Alganon. He is an independent video game designer and software developer, and the creator of the...
, controversial designer of video games - Derek YeeDerek YeeDerek Yee Tung-sing , born in 1957, is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity...
(born 1957), Hong Kong film director
Football (American and Canadian)
- Derek AbneyDerek AbneyDerek Allen Abney is an American football wide receiver, currently a free agent.Abney was a star receiver/kick returner for the University of Kentucky. Abney left Kentucky with the second-most receiving yards in school history, and the second-most all-purpose yards in SEC history...
(born 1980), American football wide receiver - Derek AndersonDerek Anderson (American football)Derek Matthew Anderson is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
(born 1983), NFL quarterback - Derek Darnell Brown (born 1971), American football player (RB)
- Derek CombsDerek CombsDerek Alan Combs is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League....
(born 1979), American football player - Derek CoxDerek CoxDerek Sinclair Cox is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jaguars in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at William & Mary.-High school career:Cox attended Junius H. Rose High School in...
(born 1986), American football player (cornerback) - Derek CurryDerek CurryDerek Christopher Curry is a former American football linebacker. He entered the National Football League by signing to the Miami Dolphins and then the Cincinnati Bengals...
, American footballer - Derek Dooley (born c. 1968), American football player and coach
- Derek HaganDerek HaganDerek Steven Hagan, Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is currently a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. Hagan most recently played for the Oakland Raiders of National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2006...
(born 1984), American football player (wide receiver) - Derek RackleyDerek RackleyDerek Rackley is a National Football League long snapper/tight end who is currently a free agent. Rackley is also currently a football analyst and broadcaster for the Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast nightly television show, SportsNite...
(born 1977), American football player (tight end) - Derek SmithDerek Smith (linebacker)Derek Mecham Smith is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft...
(born 1975), American football player (linebacker) - Derek SmithDerek Smith (tight end)Derek Smith is an athlete who has played American football and basketball. He played for the Highlands Bluebirds under head coach Dale Mueller. Smith, a tight end, and quarterback Jared Lorenzen, formerly of the New York Giants, led Highlands to two Kentucky class 3A state championships...
(born 1980), American football player (tight end)
Football (soccer)
- Derek AsamoahDerek AsamoahDerek Asamoah is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a forward for K-League club Pohang Steelers in South Korea and the Ghana national team.Asamoah is a forward, known for his pace and dribbling ability...
(born 1981), Ghanaian footballer playing in England - Derek Bell (footballer)Derek Bell (footballer)Derek Martin Bell was an English striker who played for Lincoln City football club.An apprentice with Derby County, he started his professional career with Halifax Town. Bell had a brief loan with Sheffield Wednesday before moving to Barnsley. After one season at Oakwell he was signed by Lincoln...
(born 1956), English football player - Derek BellottiDerek BellottiDerek Christopher Bellotti is an English former professional football goalkeeper.Derek Bellotti began his career as an apprentice with Queens Park Rangers in September 1963...
(born 1946), English football player - Derek BoatengDerek BoatengDerek Owusu Boateng is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ghana national team....
(born 1983), Ghanaian footballer - Derek CollinsDerek CollinsDerek Collins is a Scottish former professional footballer.Collins started his playing career with Greenock Morton where he spent over a decade after making his debut in 1987...
(born 1969), Scottish footballer and football coach - Derek DawkinsDerek DawkinsDerek Anthony Dawkins is an English former professional footballer, born in Edmonton, London, who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Leicester City, Mansfield Town, Bournemouth and Torquay United....
(born 1959), English professional footballer - Derek Dooley (1929-2008), English footballer, manager and club chairman
- Derek DouganDerek DouganAlexander Derek Dougan was a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers....
(1938-2007), Northern Irish footballer and club chairman - Derek FazackerleyDerek FazackerleyDerek William Fazackerley is a former English footballer, who spent the majority of his career playing for Blackburn Rovers.-Playing career:...
(born c. 1952), English football player and coach - Derek FergusonDerek FergusonDerek Ferguson is a Scottish football manager and former player.A creative midfielder, he is best remembered for his time with Rangers and Heart of Midlothian and made two appearances for the Scottish national side. He is the elder brother of current Birmingham City midfielder Barry Ferguson...
(born 1967), Scottish footballer and club manager - Derek GearyDerek GearyDerek Peter Geary is an Irish footballer, who plays as a full-back.-Sheffield Wednesday:Derek is one of the few players to have played for both sides in Sheffield....
(born 1980), Irish footballer who played in England - Derek HalesDerek HalesDerek David Hales is an English former footballer.Hales joined Gillingham as a youth team player in 1968 but failed to gain a professional contract and drifted into non-League football, playing for Faversham Town and then Dartford...
(born 1951), English footballer - Derek HawksworthDerek HawksworthDerek Marshall Hawksworth was a footballer who played in the position of winger for Sheffield United.-Football career:...
(born 1927), English footballer - Derek HolmesDerek HolmesDerek Holmes is a Scottish association footballer whose role is a play linking forward to set up team mates in attack. While lacking pace Holmes is big, strong and difficult to knock off the ball. He has good game awareness and is effective in linking with team mates whether he is facing or with...
(born 1978), Scottish footballer - Derek JohnstoneDerek JohnstoneDerek Joseph Johnstone is a former Scottish association footballer.Johnstone played mainly for Rangers during his career. He also had a spell at Chelsea and a brief stint in management with Partick Thistle. He mainly played as a striker but could also perform in central defence, and in midfield...
(born 1953), Scottish footballer - Derek KevanDerek KevanDerek Tennyson Kevan is a retired English footballer. He played for West Bromwich Albion as an attacker. He earned 14 caps for the England national football team, scoring a total of eight goals, including two in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. During his Albion career, he earned the nickname "The Tank"...
(born 1935), English footballer - Derek LilleyDerek LilleyDerek Lilley is a Scottish footballer currently without a club following his release from Scottish Third Division side Forfar Athletic.-Morton & England:...
(born 1974), Scottish footballer - Derek LyleDerek LyleDerek Lyle is a Scottish footballer who is currently playing for Hamilton Academical.-Playing career:Derek's career started off at Partick Thistle in 1999 but after struggling to hold down a first team spot he went out on loan to East Stirlingshire and then Queen of the South...
(born 1981), Scottish footballer - Derek McInnesDerek McInnesDerek John McInnes is a former Scottish football player and current manager of Bristol City. McInnes featured prominently for Greenock Morton, Rangers, West Bromwich Albion and Dundee United during his playing career. He won two caps for the Scotland national football team while with West...
(born 1971), Scottish footballer - Derek MountfieldDerek MountfieldDerek Mountfield is an English former football player, who played as a centre-back.His time at top-flight clubs Everton and subsequently Aston Villa were where he gained most fame, as Everton enjoyed successful periods at this time...
(born 1962), English footballer - Derek NivenDerek NivenDerek Niven is a professional footballer who plays for Northampton Town, on loan from Chesterfield. He previously played for Stenhousemuir, Raith Rovers and Bolton Wanderers.-Playing career:...
(born 1983), Scottish footballer - Derek PaceDerek PaceDerek 'Doc' Pace was a footballer who played in the position of Striker for Sheffield United and Aston Villa.-Early career:...
(1932-1989), English footballer - Derek ParkerDerek Parker (footballer)Derek Parker was an English footballer. He played as an inside-forward, but later switched to half-back.Parker joined West Ham United from Grays Athletic in October 1944. He made a total of 199 League appearances for the east London club between 1946 and 1957...
(born 1926), English footballer - Derek ParkinDerek ParkinDerek Parkin is an English former football player who made a record number of appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers .-Career:...
(born 1948), English footballer - Derek ParlaneDerek ParlaneDerek Parlane was a former professional football striker who played for Rangers for 10 years, from 1970 until 1980....
(born 1953), Scottish footballer - Derek PhillipsDerek PhillipsDerek Phillips is a Trinidad and Tobago footballer who plays as a left-sided defender.Phillips has represented Trinidad and Tobago on six occasions, making his senior international debut away to South Korea in on 14 July 2004...
(born 1975), Trinidad and Tobago footballer - Derek PopovichDerek PopovichDerek Popovich, born April 24, 1981 in Syracuse, New York, United States is a midfielder who last played for American USL Second Division side Wilmington Hammerheads...
(born 1981), American footballer (soccer) - Derek RaeDerek RaeDerek Rae is a Scottish football announcer for ESPN, working as a sports commentator for its coverage of the UEFA Champions League and Scottish Premier League. He is also the host of ESPNsoccernet's PressPass.- Career :...
, Scottish soccer commentator - Derek ReevesDerek ReevesDerek Reeves was an English footballer, born in Poole, Dorset, who played as a centre forward for Southampton and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in the Football League....
, English footballer - Derek RiordanDerek RiordanDerek George Riordan is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward. He has been capped three times by the Scotland national football team. Riordan started his career with Hibernian in 2001 and had a brief spell on loan with Cowdenbeath in 2003...
aka Rearend (born 1983), Scottish footballer (striker) - Derek SaundersDerek SaundersDerek Saunders is a retired English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea during the 1950s.Born in Ware, Saunders played primarily as a wing-half and started his career with amateur side Walthamstow Avenue, who he captained in their 1952 FA Amateur Cup Final win...
(born 1928), English footballer - Derek ShawDerek ShawDerek Shaw is an English businessman, who is a former chairman of English football club, Preston North End. He is the owner of Ribble Valley Shelving Limited.-Background:...
, English football club chairman - Derek SmethurstDerek SmethurstDerek Smethurst is a retired South African soccer forward who played professionally in South Africa, England and the United States.-Bio:...
(born 1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant - Derek SoutarDerek SoutarDerek Soutar is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for Highland League club Formartine United-Career:...
(born 1981), Scottish footballer (goalkeeper) - Derek StillieDerek StillieDerek Stillie is a retired Scottish footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for a number of clubs in Scotland and England before retiring to pursue a career in English law.-Career:...
(born 1973), Scottish footbally (goalkeeper) - Derek TapscottDerek TapscottDerek Robert Tapscott was a Welsh former professional footballer and Wales international.-Early life:Born in Barry, to Florence and Stanley, Tapscott was one of sixteen children. As a child he began attending High Street Junior School in August 1936 where he remained until leaving school at the...
(born 1932), Welsh footballer - Derek TempleDerek TempleDerek William Temple is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a forward for Everton and Preston North End in the Football League. He was capped once for England....
(born 1938), English footballer - Derek TraceyDerek TraceyDerek Tracey is a retired Irish footballer who spent his entire senior career playing for Shamrock Rovers....
(born 1971), Irish footballer - Derek WhyteDerek WhyteDerek Whyte is a former Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough, Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. He also won twelve caps for Scotland during his 18 year playing career. He participated at Euro 92, Euro 96 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.Whyte joined Celtic on 14 May 1985 as a 16 year...
(born 1968), Scottish footballer
Football (other rules)
- Derek EdwardsDerek Edwards (rugby league)Derek Edwards is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, playing at , i.e...
, rugby league footballer for Great Britain, Yorkshire, and Castleford - Derek HallasDerek HallasDerek Hallas was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, who at representative level played rugby union for , and at club level for Roundhay RFC, playing at Centre, i.e...
, rugby union and rugby league footballer for Yorkshire (RU), Roundhay, Great Britain (RL), Yorkshire, Keighley, Leeds, and Parramatta Eels - Derek HowesDerek HowesW. J. Derek Howes is a Welsh former professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, playing at , i.e...
, rugby league footballer for Wales, and Wakefield Trinity - Derek Murray (Gaelic footballer) Irish Gaelic footballer
- Derek NoonanDerek NoonanDerek Noonan was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s who at club level played rugby union for St. Helens RUFC, playing at Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and at representative level played rugby league for England, and Lancashire, and at club level for Warrington, St...
, rugby union and rugby league footballer for St. Helens (RU), England (RL), Lancashire, Warrington, St. Helens, and Fulham - Derek TurnerDerek TurnerDerek "Rocky" Turner is an English former professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1940s, '50s and 60s, and coach of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, who at representative level has played for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham...
(born 1933), rugby league footballer for Great Britain, England, Yorkshire, Hull Kingston Rovers, Oldham, and Wakefield Trinity - Derek QuinnellDerek QuinnellDerek Leslie Quinnell , won 23 rugby union caps for Wales both as a lock-forward and as a number eight.Educated at Coleshill Secondary Modern School, Llanelli, Derek Quinnell first played for Llanelli RFC in 1967 and made his international debut for Wales against France in 1972...
(born 1949), Welsh rugby union player - Derek WhiteheadDerek WhiteheadDerek Whitehead is an English former Butcher, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and Lancashire, and at club level for Swinton, Oldham and Warrington, playing at , i.e...
, rugby league footballer for Great Britain, Lancashire, Swinton, Oldham and Warrington - Derek WoodcockDerek WoodcockDerek Woodcock is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 113 career games in the AFL.-Footnotes:...
, Australian Rules football field umpire
Music
- "Derek" aka Johnny CymbalJohnny CymbalJohnny Cymbal was a Scottish born American songwriter, singer, and record producer who had numerous hit records, including his signature song, "Mr...
, musician - Derek and the DominosDerek and the DominosDerek and the Dominos were a blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by guitarist and singer Eric Clapton with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gordon, who had all played with Clapton in Delaney, Bonnie & Friends...
(active 1970-1971), blues-rock group - Derek AlmsteadDerek AlmsteadDerek Griffin Almstead is an American musician/engineer closely tied to the Elephant 6 Collective.-Background:Born in Lexington, Virginia, he spent his childhood in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and later Manassas, Virginia. In 1995 he moved to Athens, Georgia, where he became involved with Elephant 6...
(born 1974), musician/engineer - Derek Bailey (1930-2005), jazz guitarist
- Derek BarbosaChino XLDerek Keith Barbosa , better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American hip hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor of Puerto Rican and African American descent...
aka Chino XL (born 1971), American rapper - Derek Bell (musician)Derek Bell (musician)George Derek Fleetwood Bell, MBE was an Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist, and composer, best known for his accompaniment work on various instruments with The Chieftains....
(1935-2002), Irish harpist and composer - Derek BermelDerek BermelDerek Bermel is an American composer, clarinetist and conductor whose music blends various facets of world music, funk and jazz with largely classical performing forces and musical vocabulary...
(born 1967), American composer, clarinetist and conductor - Derek Bloom, drummer member of From First to LastFrom First to LastFrom First to Last was an American rock band based out of Los Angeles, originally hailing from Valdosta, Georgia and Tampa, Florida. The band released their first EP titled Aesthetic in 2003 with vocalist Phillip Reardon, followed by Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count in 2004 and Heroine in...
band - Derek BDerek BDerek Boland , better known by his stage name Derek B, was a British rapper. His most commercially successful releases were "Goodgroove" and "Bad Young Brother" in 1988.- Biography :...
oland aka Derek B and EZQ (b. 1965), British dj and rapper - Derek BourgeoisDerek BourgeoisDerek Bourgeois is an English composer. Educated at Cambridge University , he spent two years at the Royal College of Music studying composition with Herbert Howells and conducting with Sir Adrian Boult.From 1970 to 1984 he was a lecturer in music at Bristol University, and then Director of the...
(born 1941), English composer - Derek CharkeDerek CharkeDerek Charke is a Canadian classical composer and flutist.-Life:Derek Charke’s music is recognized as an important and original contribution to the Canadian music scene. Derek’s compositions increasingly pair electroacoustic elements, many derived from environmental sounds, with acoustic instruments...
(born 1974), Canadian composer and flutist - Derek DickFish (singer)Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...
aka Fish (born 1958), Scottish progressive rock singer/songwriter - Derek ForbesDerek ForbesDerek Forbes is a Scottish bassist and sometime guitarist, best known for his work with Simple Minds .His departure from the band was due to stylistic musical differences with the rest of the band during the...
, Scottish bassist - Derek Fudesco, bassist and vocalist with indie rock band Pretty Girls Make Graves
- Derek Gledhill, American drummer member of alternative rock/post-grunge music group Smile Empty Soul
- Derek GrantDerek GrantDerek Grant is the drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio, where he replaced Mike Felumlee. He was previously a member of The Suicide Machines, Telegraph, Gyga, Thoughts of Ionesco, Remainder, Walls of Jericho, The Exceptions and Broken Spoke, a side band with Royce Nunley and Jay Navarro...
(born 1977), drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio - Derek Hammond-StroudDerek Hammond-StroudDerek Hammond-Stroud, OBE is an English opera singer best known for his performances of German lieder and opera.-Life and career:...
(born 1926), English opera singer - Derek LeckenbyDerek LeckenbyDerek "Lek" Leckenby was an English musician and lead guitarist, most famous for his work with English pop group Herman's Hermits.-Early life:Leckenby was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire...
(1943-1994), English musician and guitarist, member of Herman's Hermits - Derek LongmuirDerek LongmuirDerek Longmuir was the Scottish drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers. His elder brother, Alan Longmuir, played bass guitar in the group.-Biography:...
(born 1951), drummer with the Bay City Rollers - Derek MurphySadat XSadat X is an American rapper, most famed as a member of Alternative hip hop group Brand Nubian. Originally known as Derek X, Sadat takes his name from former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat....
aka Sadat X and Derek X, American rapper - Derek O'Brien (born 1963), drummer and music producer
- Derek OldhamDerek OldhamDerek Oldham was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company....
(1887-1968), English singer (tenor) - Derek ParaviciniDerek ParaviciniDerek Paravicini is a blind English autistic savant and a musical prodigy. He lives in Surrey.-Biography:Paravicini was born extremely prematurely, at 25 weeks . His blindness was caused by oxygen therapy given during his time in a neonatal intensive care unit...
(born 1979), English blind autistic savant and musical prodigy - Derek PascoeDerek PascoeDerek Pascoe was the vocalist and saxophonist in Flintlock. He appeared in one episode of the children's TV science fiction programme, The Tomorrow People, "The Heart of Sogguth" in which the band's music was to revive an ancient demon....
(born 1957), American vocalist - Derek PressnallDerek PressnallDerek Scott Pressnall is the guitarist for indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall from Omaha, Nebraska. He is also in the bands The Flamboyant Gods, Flowers Forever, and Dead Bird.He and fellow bandmate Nick White are from Dunwoody, Georgia...
, guitarist for the indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall - Derek Lee RaginDerek Lee RaginDerek Lee Ragin is an American countertenor.Ragin studied as a piano major at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. While at Oberlin he took secondary voice lessons with Richard Anderson. He began his operatic career at Oberlin in Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon...
(born 1958), American singer - Derek Lee RockDerek Lee RockDerek Lee Smith , more commonly known as Derek Rock, is the drummer of alternative pop/rock band Mêlée and ska band Suburban Legends. Derek’s drumming styles include rock, pop, electronic, and hip hop...
aka Derek Lee Smith (born 1984), drummer in Suburban Legends - Derek SherinianDerek SherinianDerek Sherinian is a rock keyboardist who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kiss, and Alice In Chains. He was also a member of Dream Theater and is the founder of the instrumental metal-fusion band Planet X...
(born 1966), American keyboard musician, composer and producer - Derek ShulmanDerek ShulmanDerek Shulman is a British musician and singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record executive...
(born 1947), Scottish singer/instrumentalist and record executive - Derek SiversDerek SiversDerek Sivers is best known for being the founder and former president of CD Baby, an online CD store for independent musicians....
founder and president of an online CD store - Derek St. HolmesDerek St. HolmesDerek St. Holmes is an American musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitar player for Ted Nugent's successful early solo career.-Early years:...
, rock musician vocalist and guitarist - Derek Thompson aka Hoodlum Priest, musician and record producer and engineer
- Derek TrucksDerek TrucksDerek Trucks is a Grammy Award-winning, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He founded The Derek Trucks Band and worked as a session musician when he was still in his early teens. Throughout those teenage years, he toured with The Allman Brothers Band primarily as a slide...
(born 1979), American blues-rock guitarist - Derek WadsworthDerek WadsworthDerek Wadsworth was a British jazz trombonist, session musician, composer and arranger....
(born 1939), British composer and arranger - Derek WarfieldDerek WarfieldDerek Warfield is an Irish singer, songwriter, historian, and a founding member of the musical group Wolfe Tones.-Personal life:Warfield was born the eldest of four in Inchicore, Dublin in 1943 and he was educated at Synge Street CBS. He was apprenticed as a tailor until becoming a folk musician....
(born 1943), Irish singer/songwriter and historian - Derek WatkinsDerek Watkins (trumpeter)Derek Watkins is a British trumpeter and session musician renowned for playing the trumpet and flugelhorn...
(born 1945), British trumpeter and session musician - Derek WebbDerek WebbDerek Walsh Webb is an American singer-songwriter who first entered the music industry as a member of the band Caedmon's Call, and later embarked on a successful solo career....
(born 1974), American singer/songwriter - Deryck WhibleyDeryck WhibleyDeryck Jason Whibley is a Canadian musician and producer, best known for his work as the guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer of the Juno Award-winning rock band Sum 41. Whibley married fellow singer Avril Lavigne in 2006. The couple occasionally performed together, and they have...
(born 1980), Canadian singer/songwriter - Derek YoungsmaDerek YoungsmaCurrent drummer for the Orange County, CA metalcore band Bleeding Through. Formally of Cast in Stone, Youngsma joined the band prior the band's second release 2002's Portrait Of The Goddess. He replaced Troy Born. He is also Christian, Straight Edge and married.-References:...
American drummer member of metalcore band Bleeding Through
Other sports
- Derek HardimanDerek HardimanDerek Hardiman is an Irish sportsman. He plays in the right wing-back position on the Galway senior hurling team.Derek Hardiman hails from the Mullagh Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Galway. He has been playing senior hurling with Galway for several years now and has won a National...
(born 1981), Irish hurling player - Derek KeenanDerek KeenanDerek Keenan is a former lacrosse player, and current head coach and General Manager of the Edmonton Rush of the National Lacrosse League.After a long amateur career, , and appearances with the Canadian National Field team at several...
, American lacrosse player - Derek LyngDerek LyngDerek Lyng is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club called Emeralds and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 2001 to 2010.-Club:...
(born 1978), Irish hurling player - Derek MalawskyDerek MalawskyDerek Malawsky is a lacrosse player for the Edmonton Rush in the National Lacrosse League...
(born 1973), Canadian lacrosse player - Derek OldburyDerek OldburyDerek Oldbury was a British draughts champion from Devon. He was a rival of Marion Tinsley. Oldbury was interested in Go As You Please draughts, in which players are free to choose their own opening moves....
aka DEO (1924-1994), British draughts champion and writer on the game - Derek PiggottDerek PiggottAlan Derek Piggott MBE is one of Britain's best known glider pilots and instructors. His flying career has been long and varied. He first flew in an Avro 504 as a passenger at the age of four...
(born 1922) British glider pilot - Derek PorterDerek PorterDerek Nesbitt-Porter is a gold medal-winning Olympic rower from Canada. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and his father Hugh rowed for the United Kingdom at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in the eight-oared race.Porter won his gold medal in the...
Canadian rower born in England - Derek PoundstoneDerek PoundstoneDerek Poundstone Derek Poundstone Derek Poundstone (born on September 28, 1981, 6'1" (1,85m), 341 lb is an American professional strongman athlete from Waterbury, Connecticut....
(born 1981), American professional strongman
Painting, sculpture, fashion
- Derek BesantDerek Michael BesantDerek Michael Besant is a Canadian artist living in Calgary, Alberta.Besant Studied at University of Calgary, where he received a BFA Honours in 1973 and continued with Graduate Studies in 1974. He was Exhibitions Designer for The Glenbow Museum between 1973 -1977...
(born 1950), Canadian artist - Derek BoshierDerek BoshierDerek Boshier is a British pop artist works in various media including painting, drawing, collage, photography, film and sculpture....
(born 1937), British pop artist - Derek BruecknerDerek BruecknerDerek Brueckner is a Canadian artist living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is recognized for working with the figure in performance contexts at gallery and performance spaces that include Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art Ace Art Inc and the Collective Unconscious .Currently he is working with...
, (born 1965) Canadian artist - Derek BucknerDerek BucknerDerek Buckner is an American realist painter in New York City. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and has exhibited in New York City, East Hampton, and Todo Santos, Mexico. His father, Walker Buckner, is an important realist painter in Boston...
, American realistic painter - Derek ErdmanDerek ErdmanDerek Erdman is an artist living in Seattle, Washington. Erdman is known primarily for his vibrantly colored paintings, his phone-prank CD Kathy McGinty, his portrayal of Rap Master Maurice, and his website...
(born 1973), American artist - Derek FordjourDerek FordjourDerek Fordjour is an artist/painter and producer of documentaries. Fordjour received a B.A. degree from Morehouse College and an Ed. M. degree Harvard University....
, artist/painter and documentary producer - Derek HarperDerek HarperDerek Ricardo Harper is a retired American professional basketball player from the University of Illinois, who spent 16 seasons as a point guard in the National Basketball Association with the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers.-College:After graduating from...
, American Guitarist/Graffiti Artist - Derek HessDerek HessDerek Hess is an American artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. His creative career grew largely out of his ability to express the emotion in the indie, hardcore and hard rock scenes of the mid-1990s...
, American poster and album-cover artist - Derek Hill (1916-2000), English portrait and landscape painter
- Derek Kim (born 1974), American cartoonist
- Derek RiggsDerek RiggsDerek Riggs is a contemporary British artist best known for creating the heavy metal music band Iron Maiden's mascot, "Eddie the Head".-Career:...
, British artist
Politics
- Derek BarberDerek Barber, Baron Barber of TewkesburyDerek Coates Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury, Kt is a British member of the House of Lords and was a senior civil servant and agricultural expert.Barber was educated at the Royal Agricultural College and served in the Second World War...
aka Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (born 1918), British civil servant, agricultural expert and politician - Derek BeackonDerek BeackonDerek William Beackon is a former British National Party councillor.Beackon joined the BNP in 1986 as an associate member, becoming a full member two years later...
, English lorry driver and politician - Derek BedsonDerek BedsonDerek R.C. Bedson, OC was a Canadian civil servant.Born in London, England, he was raised in Manitoba. In 1941, he received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Manitoba. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, after serving in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps during World War II...
(1920-1989), Canadian civil servant - Derek BlackburnDerek BlackburnDerek Nigel Ernest Blackburn was a Canadian Member of Parliament from 1972 to 1993. He was elected as a candidate of the New Democratic Party in the riding of Brant in Ontario...
(born 1934), Canadian politician - Derek BrownleeDerek BrownleeDerek Brownlee is a Scottish accountant and politician, who is a former Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland Region .-Background:...
(born c. 1975), Scottish politician - Derek BryanDerek BryanHerman Derek Bryan OBE was a consular official, diplomat, sinologist, lecturer, writer, translator and editor.-Education:...
(1910-2003), British diplomat - Derek BurneyDerek BurneyDerek Hudson Burney, OC is a Canadian businessman. He is also a former diplomat and political strategist for the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.- Life and career :...
(born 1939), Canadian businessman, diplomat and political strategist - Derek ClarkDerek ClarkDerek Roland Clark is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands region. He is a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party, first elected in 2004, and subsequently re-elected in 2009.He is a retired science teacher.-External links:**...
(born 1933), British politician and science teacher - Derek ConwayDerek ConwayDerek Leslie Conway TD is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the centre-right Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2001 to 2010....
(born 1953), British politician - Derek CoombsDerek CoombsDerek Michael Coombs was a British Conservative politician.Coombs was Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley from 1970 to 1974, when he lost to Labour's Sydney Tierney. He is the chairman of Prospect magazine.- External links :...
(born 1931), British politician and corporate executive - Derek CorriganDerek CorriganDerek Richard Corrigan is the current mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.Corrigan is a graduate of Vancouver's Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School and has lived in Burnaby since 1977, the same year he obtained a law degree from the University of British Columbia. Prior to law school he...
(born about 1955), Canadian politician - Derek CroxtonDerek CroxtonDerek Croxton is an American academic specialized in history. He authored several articles on military and diplomatic aspects of the Thirty Years' War. Croxton wrote Peacemaking in Early Modern Europe: Cardinal Mazarin and The Congress of Westphalia, 1643-1648...
American history researcher and writer - Derek DentonDerek DentonEmeritus Professor Derek Ashworth Denton AC is an Australian scientist renowned for his research exploring the nature of consciousness in animals....
(born 1924), Australian scientist - Derek DraperDerek DraperDerek William Draper is a former lobbyist, former editor of the LabourList website, and psychotherapist. As a political advisor during the 1990s he became widely known for his role in two political scandals, "Lobbygate" and "Smeargate".-Biography:Draper was educated at Southlands High School in...
, UK political lobbyist involved in Cash for Access scandal in 1999, subsequently a psychotherapist - Derek EdwardsDerek EdwardsDerek Edwards is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor from Timmins, Ontario. He went to Timmins High and Vocational School.In 1995, he was the winner of the Vail National Comedy Invitational in Vail, Colorado. He is the only Canadian to date to have won this award. He won the 2004 Canadian...
, psychologist and academic working in England - Derek EnrightDerek EnrightDerek Anthony Enright was a Labour politician in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Born in Thornaby-on-Tees, he attended the St Michael's College on St John's Road in Leeds , then a grammar school...
(1935-1995), British politician - Derek EzraDerek Ezra, Baron EzraDerek Ezra, Baron Ezra MBE is a Liberal Democrat life peer in the United Kingdom House of Lords and former chairman of the National Coal Board...
aka Baron Ezra (b. 1919) British politician and corporate executive - Derek FatchettDerek FatchettDerek John Fatchett PC, QC, FRS was a British politician. He became member of Parliament for Leeds Central in 1983 and was a member of the Labour Party.-Early life:...
(1945-1999), British politician - Derek FletcherDerek FletcherDerek Fletcher is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, representing Guelph–Wellington.-Background:...
(born 1951), Canadian politician born in England - Derek FosterDerek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop AucklandDerek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, PC, DL was the British member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland, County Durham from 1979 to 2005. He is a member of the Labour Party....
(b. 1937), British politician - Derek FreemanDerek FreemanJohn Derek Freeman was a New Zealand anthropologist best known for his criticism of Margaret Mead's work in Samoan society, as described in her 1928 ethnography Coming of Age in Samoa...
(1916-2001), New Zealand anthropologist - Derek GregoryDerek GregoryDerek Gregory Ph.D. FBA, FRCC is an influential British academic and geographer who is currently Professor of Political Geography at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He formerly held positions at the University of Cambridge.Gregory is best known for his book The Colonial...
(born 1951), British geographer - Derek HattonDerek HattonDerek 'Degsy' Hatton is a broadcaster, businessman and after-dinner speaker. He won celebrity status as a local politician in Liverpool during the 1980s, where he was deputy leader of the city council, and a supporter of the Trotskyist Militant Tendency.-Early life:He attended Liverpool Institute...
(born 1948), English politician, businessman and after-dinner speaker - Derek Holland (activist), British politician and writer who uses several pen-names: Harry Worthington, Rory O'Connor, D. Liam O'Huallachain, Derek O'Huallachain, and Deric O'Huallachain
- Derek HumphryDerek HumphryDerek Humphry is a British-born American journalist, author and principal founder in 1980 of the Hemlock Society USA and past president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, both of which support the notion of decriminalisation of voluntary euthanasia...
(born 1930), writer of the suicide handbook Final Exit and president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization - Derek HusseyDerek HusseyDerek Robert Hussey is a Ulster Unionist politician from Northern IrelandHussey was educated at Omagh Model School, Omagh Academy and Stranmillis College, Belfast. He previously was a teacher at Castlederg High School.In 1989 he was elected as councillor on Strabane District Council...
(born 1948), Northern Irish politician - Derek Insley, Canadian politician
- Derek JelliffeDerek and Patrice JelliffeDerrick B. Jelliffe and his wife Eleanore. F. Patrice Jelliffe - known as Dick and Pat Jelliffe - were experts in tropical paediatrics and infant nutrition...
(d. 1992), expert in tropical paediatrics and infant nutrition - Derek KeppelDerek KeppelLieutenant-Colonel Sir Derek William George Keppel GCVO KCB CMG CIE VD was a member of the British Royal Household....
(1863-1944), British nobleman, soldier and member of the royal household - Derek LaudDerek LaudDerek George Henry Laud is a former British political adviser and Government Relations specialist, who has advised the Bank of England, The Securities and Investments Board, British Steel and Takcare PLC...
(born 1964), English political lobbyist - Derek Lee (born 1948), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Derek LodgeDerek LodgeDerek H A Lodge was an English civil servant who was most notable for his publications about various cricket subjects.Derek Lodge was born in Lewisham, the second of three brothers. He worked for the Civil Services's Office of Arts and Librarians until his retirement in 1989 and later worked for...
(1929-1996), English civil servant and statistician - Derek McDowellDerek McDowellDerek McDowell is a former Irish Labour Party politician. He was a Teachta Dála from 1992 to 2002, and member of the 22nd Seanad Éireann ....
(born 1958), Irish politician - Derek MooneyDerek MooneyDerek James Mooney is an Irish radio and television presenter, as well as a radio producer. He currently presents a weekday afternoon programme called Mooney on RTÉ Radio 1....
(born 1962), Irish ministerial adviser and [(Fianna Fáil)] campaign manager - Derek Moore-Brabazon (1910-1974), a UK baron - 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara
- Derek MorrisDerek MorrisSir Derek Morris is former Chairman of the Competition Commission and as of 1 October 2003 is the Provost of Oriel College, Oxford....
, British academic formerly chairperson of the Competition Commission - Derek NallyDerek NallyDerek Nally was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1997 Irish presidential election, the only male to stand in that election. A retired Garda and victims' rights campaigner, he received the nominations of five county councils. He received 59,529 votes – the lowest of the five...
(born 1936), policeman, campaigner and politician - Derek OultonDerek OultonSir Antony Derek Maxwell Oulton, GCB, QC, PhD , M.A. is a retired British senior civil servant, was Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, United Kingdom, 1982–1989....
(born 1927), lawyer and civil servant - Derek PageDerek Page, Baron WhaddonJohn Derek Page, Baron Whaddon was a British politician and export agent/consultant.-Background:Derek Page, as he was usually known, was born, the son of a lorry driver in Sale,...
(1927-2005) aka Baron Whaddon, British politician - Derek PragDerek PragDerek Prag is a former British Member of the European Parliament for Hertfordshire. He represented the European People's Party....
, British politician - Derek QuigleyDerek QuigleyDerek Francis Quigley, QSO is a former New Zealand politician. He was a prominent member of the National Party during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was known for his support of free market economics and trade liberalization...
(born 1932), New Zealand politician - Derek Robinson aka Red Tobbo, British motor industry shop steward
- Derek SchofieldDerek SchofieldThe Hon Mr Justice Derek Schofield, born 1945, commenced his legal career in 1961 when he was appointed assistant in the office of the clerk of the court in Lancashire...
, Chief Justice of Gibraltar - Derek SimpsonDerek Simpson (trade unionist)Derek Simpson is the former Joint General Secretary of the UK's biggest private-sector trade union, Unite from 2007 until 2010. He was General Secretary of the Amicus trade union from 2002 until its merger with the Transport and General Workers' Union to form Unite in 2007.-Early life:Derek...
(b.1944), British trade unionist - Derek SpencerDerek SpencerSir Derek Harold Spencer, QC , is a British Conservative Party politician.-Professional career:Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, he became a barrister in 1961 and 'took silk' as a QC in 1980.He is a Master of the Bench, Gray's Inn....
(born 1936), British politician - Derek TaylorDerek Hugh TaylorDerek Hugh Taylor was Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 31 January 1995 to 15 August 2003. He is the former leader of the People's Democratic Movement party and is now retired.-External links:*...
(born 1951), Caribbean politician - Derek TwiggDerek TwiggJohn Derek Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halton since 1997.-Early life:...
(born 1959) English politician - Derek James Walding (born 1937), Canadian politician, born in England
- Derek Walker-SmithDerek Walker-SmithDerek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne PC, TD, QC, Bt. , known as Sir Derek Walker-Smith, Bt., from 1960 to 1983, was a British Conservative Party politician....
aka Baron Broxbourne (1910-1992), British politician - Derek WallDerek WallDerek Wall is an English politician and member of the Green Party of England and Wales. Formerly the party's Principal Speaker, he is known as a prominent ecosocialist, campaigning both for environmentalism and socialism. Alongside his political role, Wall is an academic and a writer, having...
, British politician - Derek WatkinsPentonville FiveThe Pentonville Five were five shop stewards jailed in July 1972 by the National Industrial Relations Court for refusing to obey a court order to stop picketing of a container depot in East London....
British docker shop steward member of the "Pentonville Five" - Derek WatsonDerek WatsonDerek Watson was the Dean of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1996 to his retirement in 2002.Born on 18 February 1938 and educated at Uppingham School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, he was ordained into the priesthood in 1965 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon...
(retired 2002), British churchman - "Derek Wee", name used in a controversial blog by Wee Siew KimWee Siew KimWee Siew Kim is a former Member of the Parliament of Singapore in the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency since 2001, representing the current ruling People's Action Party...
(b. 1960), Singaporean politician - Derek WellsDerek WellsDerek M. Wells, QC, was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997. By career, he is a businessman and lawyer....
(born 1946), Canadian politician and lawyer - Derek Worlock (1920-1996), British Roman Catholic bishop
- Derek WyattDerek WyattDerek Murray Wyatt FRSA is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey from 1997 to 2010, having previously been a councillor in the London Borough of Haringey.-Early life:...
(born 1949), British politician
Science, education and academic
- Derek AbbottDerek AbbottDerek Abbott is a physicist and electronic engineer. He is a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, Australia...
(born 1960), physicist and electronic engineer - Derek BartonDerek Harold Richard BartonSir Derek Harold Richard Barton FRS was a British organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate.-Biography:Barton was born to William Thomas and Maude Henrietta Barton. He attended Tonbridge School and in 1938 he entered Imperial College London, where he graduated in 1940 and obtained his Ph.D. degree...
(1918-1998), British physical chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate - Derek BickertonDerek BickertonDerek Bickerton is a linguist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Based on his work in creole languages in Guyana and Hawaii, he has proposed that the features of creole languages provide powerful insights into the development of language both by individuals and as a...
(born 1926), linguist and academic - Derek BirleyDerek BirleySir Derek Birley was an English educator and writer who had a strong interest in sport, especially cricket.He was educated at grammar school in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire, and at Queens' College, Cambridge University....
(1926-2002), academic and educator - Derek BlakeDerek BlakeDr Derek Blake was, until 2007, the Isobel Laing Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biomedical Sciences, and the Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Basic Biomedical Science, Oriel College, Oxford....
, academic and research scientist - Derek Bok (born 1930), American lawyer and educator
- Derek BriggsDerek BriggsDerek Ernest Gilmor Briggs is an Irish paleontologist and taphonomist based at Yale University. Briggs is one of three paleontologists who were key in the reinterpretation of the fossils of the Burgess Shale.-Professional achievements:...
(born c. 1945), Irish paleontologist - Derek HirstDerek HirstDerek Hirst is an English historian of early modern Britain.A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and author of four books and over thirty articles, Professor Hirst holds a B.A. and Ph.D from Cambridge University. He is the William Elliott Smith Professor of History at Washington University...
(born 1948), English historian of early-modern Britain - Derek HockridgeDerek HockridgeDerek Hockridge was born in 1934 in Wales and brought up in Birmingham. His degree at the University of Wales, Cardiff, was followed by teacher training at St Edmund Hall, Oxford...
, British translator, lecturer and expert in French society and culture - Derek HopwoodDerek HopwoodDerek Hopwood OBE is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College,Oxford, and University Reader in Modern Middle Eastern Studies. Hopwood Melcom is the founder president Middle East Libraries Committee, a post which he kept until 1990...
, British academic and author - Derek LongDerek LongDerek Long is a former professor of structural chemistry at the University of Bradford, working in the field of Raman spectroscopy.-Life:...
(born 1925), former professor of structural chemistry at the University of Bradford, working in the field of Raman spectroscopy - Derek McCormackDerek McCormackDerek McCormack, MSc DipTchg, is Vice-Chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology , New Zealand. As such he is the executive head of the newest of the eight New Zealand universities....
, New Zealand biochemist and academic - Derek MorleyDerek Wragge MorleyBasil Derek Wragge-Morley born in Cambridge was most noted for his work on the study of ants. Derek Wragge-Morley was an independent scientific consultant, who also held posts in journalism throughout his working life...
(1920-1969) independent science consultant and journalist noted for study of ants - Derek ParfitDerek ParfitDerek Parfit is a British philosopher who specializes in problems of personal identity, rationality and ethics, and the relations between them. His 1984 book Reasons and Persons has been very influential...
(born 1942), British philosopher and academic - Derek PriceDerek J. de Solla PriceDerek John de Solla Price was a physicist, historian of science, and information scientist,credited as the father of scientometrics.-Biography:...
(1922-1983), information scientist and science historian - Derek RatcliffeDerek RatcliffeDerek Almey Ratcliffe was one of the most significant British nature conservationists of the 20th century. He was Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy Council at the Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, retiring in 1989...
(1929-2005), British nature conservationist - Derek RoeDerek RoeDerek Roe is a British archaeologist most famous for his work on the Palaeolithic period.Educated at St Edward's School in Oxford he undertook his National Service with the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Intelligence Corps in Berlin. He went on to study Archaeology and Anthropology at Peterhouse,...
, British paleolithic archeologist and academic - Derek SummerfieldDerek SummerfieldDerek Summerfield is an honorary senior lecturer at London's Institute of Psychiatry and a teaching associate at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford....
controversial psychiatrist and writer - Derek TauntDerek TauntDerek Roy Taunt was a British mathematician who worked as a codebreaker during World War II at Bletchley Park....
(1917-2004), British mathematician and codebreaker - Derek van der KooyDerek van der KooyDerek van der Kooy is Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Toronto. He received a Master’s Degree in Psychology at the University of British Columbia, and a Ph.D in Anatomy, both at Erasmus University in 1978, as well in the Department of Anatomy at...
(born c. 1955), scientist and academic working in stem cell research
Sports on ice
- Derek ArmstrongDerek ArmstrongDerek Armstrong is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre in the National Hockey League who played for the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues.-Playing career:...
(born 1973), Canadian Professional Hockey Centerman - Derek BoogaardDerek BoogaardDerek Leendert Boogaard was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He was of Flemish descent. Known primarily as a fighter and enforcer, his nicknames included "Boogeyman" and "The Mountie"...
(born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player - Derek CampbellDerek CampbellDerek Campbell is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Hull Stingrays in the EIHL.- Career :...
(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player - Derek JoslinDerek JoslinDerek Joslin is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
(born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player - Derek KingDerek KingDerek King is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1986–87 until 1999–2000....
(born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player - Derek MacKenzieDerek MacKenzieDerek MacKenzie is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the National Hockey League's Columbus Blue Jackets. He was drafted 128th overall by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft...
(born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player - Derek Meech (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Derek Morris (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
- Derek ParraDerek ParraDerek Parra is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1988. Parra won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah....
(born 1970), Mexican-American speed skater (ice) - Derek PlanteDerek PlanteDerek John Plante is an American ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. Plante played eight seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers. He was a member of the 1999 Stanley Cup champion Dallas Stars...
(born 1971), American ice hockey player - Derek RoyDerek RoyDerek Roy is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre, an alternate captain for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League .-Junior career:...
(born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player - Derek SandersonDerek SandersonDerek Michael Sanderson, nicknamed "Turk", , is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is now a bank executive and restaurateur....
(born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive - Derek Smith, (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
- Derek TrentDerek TrentDerek Trent is an American retired competitive skater pair skater. He competed for most of his career with Tiffany Vise. On November 17, 2007, Vise and Trent landed the first clean throw quadruple salchow jump in international competition...
, American ice skater (pairs)
Writing
- Derek BeaulieuDerek BeaulieuDerek Alexander Beaulieu is a Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist.Beaulieu studied contemporary Canadian poetics at the University of Calgary. His work has appeared internationally in small press publications, magazines, and in visual art galleries...
(born 1973), Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist - Derek BenzDerek BenzDerek Benz is an American author of fantasy fiction for children and co-author of the popular Grey Griffins, originally published by Scholastic, Inc. Benz works in collaboration with J. S...
, American author of children's fantasy - Derek HansenDerek HansenDerek Hansen is a novelist and short story writer.He was born in England, raised in New Zealand and now lives in Sydney, Australia. He was formerly in advertising, but walked away at the peak of his career, to follow his dream to write novels. Derek Hansen's works have been published in the USA,...
(born 1944), New Zealand/Australia fiction writer, born in England - Derek JamesonDerek JamesonDerek Jameson is a retired British tabloid journalist and broadcaster.As a child, Jameson was evacuated from London in WW2...
(born 1929), British journalist - Derek Mahon (born 1941), Irish poet
- Derek MarloweDerek MarloweDerek William Mario Marlowe was an English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.- Life :Derek Marlowe was born in Perivale, Middlesex, and lived there and in Greenford as a child. His father was Frederick William Marlowe and his mother Helene Alexandroupolos...
(1938-1996), English playwright, novelist and screenwriter - Derek McCormackDerek McCormack (writer)Derek McCormack is a Canadian novelist and short story writer whose work is characterized by its extreme brevity and its humorous, often distinctly queer forms of sexual darkness....
, Canadian fiction writer - Derek ParkerDerek ParkerDerek Parker is a British writer and broadcaster. He is the author of numerous works on literature, ballet, and opera, and with his wife Julia of several books about astrology.-Biography:...
(born 1932), British writer and broadcaster - Derek RaymondDerek RaymondRobert William Arthur Cook , better known since the 1980s by his pen name Derek Raymond, was an English crime writer, credited with being the founder of English noir.-Early life:...
aka Robert Cook (1931-1994), English noir writer - Derek Robinson (born 1932), British military aviation novelist and pilot
- Derek TangyeDerek TangyeDerek Tangye was a well-known author who lived in Cornwall for nearly fifty years. He wrote 19 books which became known as 'The Minack Chronicles'--they were about his simple life on a clifftop daffodil farm called Dorminack, affectionately referred to as Minack, at St Buryan in the far west of...
(1912-1996, English author - Derek TaylorDerek TaylorDerek Taylor was an English journalist, writer and publicist, best known for his work as press officer for The Beatles...
(1932-1997), British journalist and press agent for The Beatles - Derek TurnerDerek Turner (journalist)Derek Turner is a freelance journalist. In the early 1980s he served in the Irish Navy and moved to England in 1988.Derek Turner was editor of Right Now! magazine from 1995 until its demise in December 2006...
(born 1964), Irish journalist - Derek WalcottDerek WalcottDerek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros...
(born 1930), West Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist - Derek WebsterDerek WebsterDerek Webster can refer to:* Derek Webster .* the publisher and editor of Maisonneuve magazine....
(born 1970), Canadian journalist and publisher - Derek WoodDerek Wood (author)Derek Wood was the author of Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook. ISBN 0-7106-0343-6. Wood was the editor of "Jane's" the publishers of a wide range of military handbooks and weekly defence newsletters until he retired in 1993...
, author of Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook
Miscellaneous
- Derek BentleyDerek BentleyDerek William Bentley was a British teenager hanged for the murder of a police officer, committed in the course of a burglary attempt. The murder of the police officer was committed by a friend and accomplice of Bentley's, Christopher Craig, then aged 16. Bentley was convicted as a party to the...
(1933-1953), Englishman hanged for murder and subsequently pardoned - Derek Anthony SeagrimDerek Anthony SeagrimLieutenant Colonel Derek Anthony Seagrim VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. His VC was earned during the North Africa CampaignHis brother was Hugh...
(1903-1943), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross - Derek WoodCorporals killingsThe corporals killings was the killing of corporals David Robert Howes and Derek Tony Wood, two British Army soldiers of the Royal Corps of Signals killed on 19 March 1988 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The non-uniformed soldiers were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army , after they...
, one of two British Army corporals shot and killed in Northern Ireland in 1988
Fictional characters
- Derek and CliveDerek and CliveDerek and Clive is a double act of comedic characters created by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in the 1970s. The performances were captured on the records Derek and Clive , Derek and Clive Come Again , and Derek and Clive Ad Nauseam , as well as in a film documentary, Derek and Clive Get the Horn...
, controversial cult characters portrayed by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook - Derek the dark green dieselRailway engines (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)This article lists the standard gauge Railway Engine characters of the Television Series Thomas and Friends . These are the characters that run on the Fat Controller's railway....
, character from Thomas the Tank EngineThomas the Tank EngineThomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas and Friends.Thomas is a tank engine, painted blue... - Derek the Midget, character played by radio personality Shuli
- Derek the SheepDerek the SheepDerek the Sheep is a fictional character and comic strip in the British comic The Beano. He first appeared in issue 3214, dated 21 February 2004...
, eponymous character in a comic strip in the Beano - Derek Almond, character in the graphic novel V for VendettaV for VendettaV for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V" works to destroy the totalitarian government,...
- Derek Bliss, character in Vampires: Los Muertos
- Derek Blunt, anthropomorphic hawk in Darkwing DuckDarkwing DuckDarkWing Duck is an American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991–1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured the eponymous anthropomorphic duck superhero whose alter ego is mild-mannered...
- Derek BranningDerek BranningDerek Branning is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Terence Beesley in 1996 and then Jamie Foreman from 2011 onwards. Derek is the eldest child of Jim and Reenie Branning . He made his first appearance on 29 April 1996 and departed not long after...
, character in the BBC soapEastEnders - Derek Conway, character in British TV series The Bill
- Derek the Dalmatian (also known as Evil Derek the Dark Dalmatian), from the 1970s BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
children's television series Olimar The WondercatOlimar The WondercatOlimar the Wondercat was a short-lived children's television programme made by the BBC in the 1970s. It featured a cat called Olimar with magical powers... - Derek Flint, eponymous character in Our Man FlintOur Man FlintOur Man Flint is a 1966 action film that parodies of James Bond genre. The film was directed by Daniel Mann, written by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr, and starring James Coburn as master spy Derek Flint...
- Derek FryeDerek FryeDerek Frye is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. He currently manages Ardrossan Winton Rovers.-Career:...
, character in the ABC soap opera All My Children - Derek Harkinson, character in the BBC soap EastEnders
- Derek Haig, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Derek Klivian, pilot in the Rogue Squadron from Star Wars
- Derek Morgan, senior special agent in Criminal MindsCriminal MindsCriminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
- Derek O'Farrell character in the British soap Brookside
- Derek PowersDerek PowersDerek Powers, also called Blight, is a fictional character that appears in the Batman Beyond animated series, voiced by Sherman Howard...
aka Blight, supervillain in the animated series Batman BeyondBatman BeyondBatman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy... - Derek ShepherdDerek ShepherdDerek Christopher Shepherd, also referred to as McDreamy, is a fictional surgeon on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy. The character is portrayed by actor Patrick Dempsey, who was nominated in 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Drama for...
aka McDreamy, neurosurgeon in the American medical series Grey's Anatomy - Derek SmallsDerek SmallsDerek Albion Smalls is a fictional character played by Harry Shearer. He is the bassist for mock British heavy metal group Spinal Tap. He co-starred in the hit spoof rockumentary This is Spinal Tap with guitarists Nigel Tufnel and David St...
character in the spoof rockumentary This is Spinal Tap - Derek Stevens, character in Saturday Night Live musical sketchesSaturday Night Live musical sketchesSaturday Night Live has featured many recurring characters that appear in sketches with a musical theme. In addition there are characters listed here who predominantly featured music, but may not have exclusively featured it....
- Derek Stiles, character in Trauma CenterTrauma centerA trauma center is a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Trauma centers grew into existence out of the realization that traumatic injury is a disease process unto itself requiring specialized and experienced...
series of video games - Derek Trotter, character in the TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses
- Derek Venturi, character in the Canadian TV show Life with Derek
- Derek Vinyard in American History XAmerican History XAmerican History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It was distributed by New Line Cinema....
- Derek WheelerDerek WheelerDerek Wheeler, aka Wheels, is a fictional character on the Degrassi series, portrayed by Neil Hope. His first appearance in the series is as a grade 8 student at Degrassi Junior High School where he is best friends with Joey Jeremiah and Archie "Snake" Simpson...
aka Wheels, character in the Degrassi series - Derek WiltonDerek WiltonDerek Bernard Wilton was a fictional character on the British television soap opera Coronation Street. He was portrayed by Peter Baldwin. He appeared between 1976 and 1997.-Development:...
, character in the TV soap Coronation Street - Derek Zoolander, eponymous character in the film ZoolanderZoolanderZoolander is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television specials in 1996 and 1997. The short films and the...
- Prince Derek, Son of Queen Uberta, character of Swan Princess
- Derek Jupiter, the lead singer of the fictional band "Iron Weasel" from I'm in the BandI'm in the BandI'm in the Band, is a live-action sitcom airing on Disney XD in the United States and on Family Channel in Canada. The pilot episode was taped on July 14, 2009, with a "sneak preview" airing on November 27, 2009; the show subsequently joined Disney XD's regular schedule on February 20, 2010, with...
See also
- Derech EretzTorah im Derech EretzTorah im Derech Eretz is a philosophy of Orthodox Judaism articulated by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch , which formalizes a relationship between traditionally observant Judaism and the modern world...
, Jewish philosophy - DerekegyházDerekegyházDerekegyház is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1815 people ....
, village in Hungary - Derekh EretzDerekh Eretz (talmud)Derekh Eretz is a philosophy.Derekh Eretz may also refer to:* Derekh Eretz Rabbah* Derekh Eretz Zutta...
, minor tractates in the Talmud - Derekh HamelekhDerekh Hamelekh"Derekh Hamelekh" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in Hebrew by Gili & Galit....
, Israeli song - Derekh HashemDerekh HashemDerech HaShem is a philosophical text written in the 1730s by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. It systematizes the basic principles of Jewish belief regarding the existence of God, God's purpose in creation, and the logical consequence of other concepts in Judaism.Presented from a Kabbalistic...
, classical Jewish text - Derrek KonradDerrek KonradDerrek P. Konrad was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2000.He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons at the Prince Albert electoral district in the 1997 federal election. He was a member of the Reform party, later renamed the Canadian Alliance...
(born 1943), Canadian politician - Derrek LeeDerrek LeeDerrek Leon Lee , or "D-Lee", is a Major League Baseball first baseman. Lee has played with the San Diego Padres , the Florida Marlins , Chicago Cubs , Atlanta Braves , Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates . He bats and throws right-handed.Lee was a World Series Champion with Florida in 2003,...
, baseball player - DerrickDerrickA derrick is a lifting device composed of one tower, or guyed mast such as a pole which is hinged freely at the bottom. It is controlled by lines powered by some means such as man-hauling or motors, so that the pole can move in all four directions. A line runs up it and over its top with a hook on...
, a lifting device - Derek E. McDonald, computer programmer/businessman and author of Polishing of MetalPolishing of MetalPolishing of Metal was the title of a 2 disc CD-ROM E-Book encyclopedia authored by Derek E. McDonald, manufactured by Sony Music and published by Emperor Multimedia Corporation August 23, 2006.- History :...
and McBBSMcBBSMcBBS was a Bulletin Board System developed by Derek E. McDonald and distributed by DMCS Technologies between October 30, 1989 and May 30, 2000 and operated over 18 versions.-History:... - Derrick RobinsDerrick RobinsDerrick Harold Robins, often known as D. H. Robins was an English cricketer and sports promoter, at one time chairman of Coventry City Football Club. He was born in Bexleyheath, Kent....
aka D.H. Robins (1914-2004), British sports promoter and cricketer - Derrick Z. JacksonDerrick Z. JacksonDerrick Zane Jackson is an African American journalist, currently a regular columnist and associate editor for the Boston Globe....
, American journalist (opinion columnist) - Deryck GuylerDeryck GuylerDeryck Guyler was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of officious, short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as Please Sir! and Sykes.-Early life:...
(1924-1999), English actor - Deryck WhibleyDeryck WhibleyDeryck Jason Whibley is a Canadian musician and producer, best known for his work as the guitarist, lead vocalist, songwriter and producer of the Juno Award-winning rock band Sum 41. Whibley married fellow singer Avril Lavigne in 2006. The couple occasionally performed together, and they have...
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