Derek (name)

Derek is a male name of English and Old German origin; its meaning is power of the tribe ... possible origin Theodoric [1] or ruler of the people.

Derek takes various forms in many languages: Darek, Darrick, Darriq, Dereck, Deric, Derick, Derik, Deriq, Derk, Derreck, Derrek, Derrick, Derrik, Derryck, Derryk, Deryck, Deryk, Deryke, Dirk, Dirke and Dyrk.[2]

Related names are Dedrick, Derry, Jerrick, Darroch and Dietrich.

As a name, Derek may refer to:

Fictional characters

Derek and Clive, controversial cult characters portrayed by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
Derek the dark green diesel, character from Thomas the Tank Engine
Derek the Midget, character played by radio personality Shuli
Derek the Sheep, eponymous character in comic strip in the Beano
Derek Almond, character in the novel V for Vendetta
Derek Wilton, character in TV soap Coronation Street
Derek Zoolander, eponymous character in film Zoolander
Derek Bliss, character in Vampires: Los Muertos
Derek Blunt, anthropomorphic hawk in Darkwing Duck
Derek Branning, character in EastEnders
Derek Conway, character in British TV series The Bill
Derek Flint eponymous character in Our Man Flint
Derek Frye, character in ABC soap opera All My Children
Derek Harkinson, character in BBC soap, East Enders
Derek Klivian, pilot in the Rogue Squadron from star Wars
Derek Morgan, senior special agent in Criminal Minds
Derek O'Farrell character in British soap Brookside
Derek Powers aka Blight, supervillain in the animated series Batman Beyond
Derek Shepherd aka McDreamy, neurosurgeon in the American medical series Grey's Anatomy
Derek Smalls character in spoof rockumentary This is Spinal Tap
Derek Stevens character in Saturday Night Live musical sketches
Derek Trotter, character in TV comedy series Only Fools and Horses
Derek Venturi, character in Canadian TV show Life with Derek
Derek Wheeler aka Wheels, character in the Degrassi series
Derek, character in the cartoon, The Swan Princess

Creative arts

Painting, sculpture, fashion

Derek Besant (b. 1950), Canadian artist
Derek Boshier (b. 1937), British pop artist
Derek Buckner, American realistic painter
Derek Erdman (b. 1973), American artist
Derek Fordjour, artist/painter and documentary producer
Derek Frazier, artist/painter & sculptor
Derek Hess, American poster and album-cover artist
Derek Hill (1916-2000), English portrait and landscape painter
Derek Kim (b. 1974), American cartoonist
Derek Lam, American fashion designer
Derek Riggs, British artist

Writing

Derek Beaulieu (b. 1973), Canadian poet, publisher and anthologist
Derek Benz, American author of children's fantasy
Derek Colon (b.1980), American poet
Derek Hansen (b.1944), New Zealand/Australia fiction writer, born in England
Derek Jameson (b. 1929), British journalist
Derek Mahon (b. 1941) Irish poet
Derek Marlowe (1938-1996), English playwright, novelist and screenwriter
Derek McCormack, Canadian fiction writer
Derek Parker (b.1932), British writer and broadcaster
Derek Raymond (1931-1994), English writer
Derek Rawlins (b.1941), English playwright, writer and poet
Derek Raymond aka Robert Cook (1931-1994), English noir writer
Derek Robinson (b.1932), British military aviation novelist and pilot
Derek Tangye (1912-1996, English author
Derek Taylor (1932-1997), British journalist and press agent for The Beatles
Derek Turner (b.1964), Irish journalist
Derek Walcott (b.1930), West Indian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist
Derek Webster (b.1970), Canadian journalist and publisher
Derek Wood, author of Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook

Entertainment

Derek Brown (b. 1961), film production designer
Derek Brown, software developer
Derek Drymon (b. 1965), American writer and storyboard artist
Derek Ford (1932-1995), English film director/writer
Derek Harvie (b. 1971), Canadian entertainment writer and producer, living in the U.S.
Derek Hill film production designer
Derek Jarman (1942-1994), English film director, stage designer, artist and writer
Derek Lamb (1936-2005), American animation film-maker and producer
Derek Malcolm (b. 1932), British film critic
Derek Meddings (1931-1995), British TV and cinema special effects expert
Derek Rath, photographer and radio programmer
Derek Sipple, American documentary film director
Derek Smart, controversial designer of video games
Derek Yee (b.1957), Hong Kong film director
Sean Catherine Derek (b. 1953), American screenwriter

Performing arts

Acting, presenting

Bo Derek (b. 1956), American actress
Derek Acorah (b. 1950), British TV personality
Derek Batey (b. 1928), British TV presenter
Derek Benfield (b. 1926), British actor and playwright
Derek Bogaerde aka Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), British actor of Dutch/Scottish ancestry
Derek Bond (1920-2006), Scottish actor
Derek Brockway (b. 1967), Welsh weather forecaster and TV presenter
Derek Cecil (b. 1973), American actor
Derek Deadman, British actor
Derek Dingle (1937-2004), English close-up magician who lived in New York
Derek Edwards, Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
Derek Fowlds (b. 1937), English actor
Derek Francis (1923-1984), British comedy and character actor
Derek Francis (1923-1984), British comedy and character actor
Derek Griffiths (b. 1946), British actor
Derek Guille, Australian radio presenter
Derek Guyler (1924-1999), English actor
Derek Hartley (b. 1969), American radio talk-show host
Derek Jacobi (b.1938), English actor and director
Derek Kelly (b. 1964), American actor and firefighter
Derek Kim aka Johnny Kim (b. 1968), Korean actor in America
Derek Kok Jing-Hung, Hong Kong actor
Derek de Lint (b.1950), Dutch actor
Derek Luke (b. 1974), American actor
Derek Martin (b.1933), English actor
Derek McGrath (b. 1951), Canadian actor
Derek McCulloch (1897-1967), BBC radio presenter and producer
Derek McGrath (b. 1951), Canadian actor
Derek Mooney, Irish radio and TV personality and producer
Derek Mount aka Chap Stique, guitarist with Christian rock band Family Force
Derek Murphy, American drummer and session musician
Derek Newark (1933-1998), English actor
Derek Nimmo (1930-1999), English character actor
Derek Prince (1915-2003), American Christian radio preacher
Derek Rath American radio presenter (music), born in England
Derek Richardson (b.1976), American actor
Derek Royle (1929-1990), English actor
Derek Prince (b.1960, American voice actor and radio host
Derek Taylor, sportscaster anchor for the Fox Soccer Report
Derek Thompson (b.1948), Northern Irish TV actor
Derek Waring aka Derek Barton-Chapple (1927-2007), English actor
John Derek (1926-1998), American actor

Music

Derek aka Johnny Cymbals, musician
Derek and the Dominos (active 1970-1971), blues-rock group
Derek Almstead (born 1974), musician/engineer
Derek Armstead aka Bloodshed (1975-1997), African American rapper
Derek Audette (b.1971), Canadian musician, painter, film-maker and poet
Derek Bailey (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer
Derek Bailey (1930-2005), jazz guitarist
Derek Barbosa aka Chino XL (born 1971), American rapper
Derek Bell (musician) (1935-2002), Irish harpist and composer
Derek Bermel (b. 1967), American composer, clarinetist and conductor
Derek Birkett, musician and co-founder of One Litttle Indian Records
Derek Bloom, drummer member of From First to Last band
Derek Boland aka Derek B and EZQ (b. 1965), British dj and rapper
Derek Bourgeois(b. 1941), English composer
Derek Dick aka Fish (b.1958), Scottish progressive rock singer/songwriter
Derek Forbes, 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 Grant (b. 1977), drummer for punk band Alkaline Trio
Derek Safo aka Sway DaSafo (b. 1982), English hip hop rapper
Derek Hammond-Stroud (b.1926), English opera singer
Derek Leckenby (1943-1994), English musician and guitarist, member of herman's Hermits
Derek Longmuir (b.1951), drummer with the Bay City Rollers
Derek Lopez Argentine singer.
Derek Murphy aka Sadat X and Derek X, American rapper
Derek O'Brien (b. 1963), drummer and music producer
Derek Oldham (1887-1968), English singer (tenor)
Derek Paravicini (b.1979), English blind autistic savant and musical prodigy
Derek Pascoe (b.1957), American vocalist
Derek Pressnall, guitarist for the indie-pop group Tilly and the Wall
Derek Lee Ragin (b. 1958), American singer
Derek Rhodes born Winston Salem (b.1993), American singer/songwriter
Derek Lee Rock aka Derek Lee Smith (b. 1984), drummer in Suburban Ledgends
Derek Roddy, death metal drummer
Derek Sherinian (b.1966), American keyboard musician, composer and producer
Derek Shulman (b.1947), Scottish singer/instrumentalist and record executive
Derek Sivers founder and president of an online CD store
Derek St. Holmes, rock musician vocalist and guitarist
Derek Thompson aka Hoodlum Priest, musician and record producer and engineer
Derek Trucks (b. 1979), American blues-rock guitarist
Derek Wadsworth (b.1939), British composer and arranger
Derek Warfield (b.1943), Irish singer/songwriter and historian
Derek Watkins (b.1945), British trumpeter and session musician
Derek Webb (b.1974), American singer/songwriter
Deryck Whibley (b.1980), Canadian singer/songwriter
Derek Williams, English violinist
Derek Youngsma American drummer member of metalcore band Bleeding Through

Sports

Athletics

Derek Clayton (b. 1942), British/Australian long-distance runner
Derek Ibbotson (b. 1932), English track athlete
Derek Johnson (1933-2004), British track athlete
Derek Miles (b. 1972), American field athlete (pole vault)
Derek Mills (b. 1972), American track athlete
Derek Redmond (b.1965), English track athlete

Baseball

Derek Bell (b. 1968), former Major League Baseball player
Derek Jeter (b. 1974), American baseball player (shortstop)
Derek Lowe (b. 1973), American baseball player
Derek Tatsuno (born about 1959), American college baseball player

Basketball

Derek Anderson (b. 1974), professional basketball player
Derek Fisher (b. 1974), American basketball player
Derek Grimm (b. 1974), American basketball player
Derek Harper (b. 1961), American basketball player and TV sports anchor
Derek Hood (b. 1976), American basketball player
Derek Smith, (1961-1996), American basketball player
Derek Washington, American basketball player
Derek Strong (b.1968), American basketball player and racing driver

Boxing and wrestling

Derek Bryant (b. 1971), American heavyweight boxer
Derek Couch aka Robbie McAllister Scottish member of Canadian tag wrestling team The Highlanders

Cricket

Derek de Boorder (b.1985), New Zealand cricketer
Derek Crookes (b. 1969), South African cricketer
Derek Hall (1932-1983), English cricketer
Derek Heasley (b. 1972), Irish cricketer
Derek Kenway (b. 1978), English cricketer
Derek Morgan (b. 1929), English cricketer
Derek Pringle (b.1958), English cricketer and cricket journalist
Derek Randall (b.1951), English cricketer
Derek Sealy (b.1912), West Indian cricketer
Derek Shackleton (b.1924), English cricketer
Derek Stirling (b.1961), New Zealand cricketer
Derek Underwood (b.1945), English cricketer
Derek Varnals (b.1935), South African cricketer

Football (American and Canadian)

Derek Abney (b. 1980), American football wide receiver
Derek Anderson (b. 1983), NFL quarterback
Derek Darnell Brown (b. 1971), American football player (RB)
Derek Vernon Brown, American football player (tight end)
Derek Curry, American footballer
Derek Dooley (born about 1968), American football player and coach
Derek Combs (b. 1979), American football player
Derek Hagan (b.1984), American football player (wide receiver)
Derek Potteiger (b.1980), American footballer
Derek Rackley (b.1977), American football player (tight end)
Derek Smith (b.1980), American football player (tight end)
Derek Smith, (b.1975), American football player (linebacker)

Football (soccer)

Derek Asamoah (b. 1981), Ghanaian footballer playing in England
Derek Bell (footballer) (b. 1956), English football player
Derek Bellotti (b. 1946), English football player
Derek Boateng (b. 1983), Ghanaian footballer
Derek Carcary (b. 1986), Scottish footballer
Derek Collins (b. 1969), Scottish footballer and football coach
Derek Dawkins (b. 1959), English professional footballer
Derek Dooley (b. 1929), English footballer, manager and club chairman
Derek Dougan (b. 1938), Northern Irish footballer and club chairman
Derek Fazackerley (born about 1952), English football player and coach
Derek Ferguson (b. 1967), Scottish footballer and club manager
Derek Geary (b. 1980), Irish footballer who played in England
Derek Hales (b. 1951), English footballer
Derek Hawksworth (b. 1927), English footballer
Derek Holmes (b. 1978), Scottish footballer
Derek Johnstone (b. 1953), Scottish footballer
Derek Kevan (b. 1935), English footballer
Derek Lilley (b. 1974), Scottish footballer
Derek Lyle (b. 1981), Scottish footballer
Derek McInnes (b. 1971), Scottish footballer
Derek Mountfield (b. 1962), English footballer
Derek Niven (b. 1983), Scottish footballer
Derek Pace (1932-1989), English footballer
Derek Parker (b. 1926), English footballer
Derek Parkin (b.1948), English footballer
Derek Parlane (b.1953), Scottish footballer
Derek Popovich (b.1981), American footballer (soccer)
Derek McElligott (b. 1982), American footballer (soccer)
Derek Phillips (b.1975), Trinidad and Tobago footballer
Derek Reeves, English footballer
Derek Riordan aka Rearend (b.1983), Scottish footballer (striker)
Derek Saunders (b.1928), English footballer
Derek Rae, Scottish soccer commentator
Derek Shaw, English football club chairman
Derek Smethurst (b.1948), South African footballer, author and sports consultant
Derek Soutar (b.1981), Scottish footballer (goalkeeper)
Derek Stillie (b.1973), Scottish footbally (goalkeeper)
Derek Tapscott (b.1932), Welsh footballer
Derek Temple (b1938), English footballer
Derek Tracey (b.1971), Irish footballer
Derek Whyte (b.1968), Scottish footballer

Football (other rules)

Derek Murray Irish Gaelic footballer
Derek Quinnell (b.1949), Welsh rugby player
Derek Woodcock, Australian Rules football field umpire

Sports on ice

Derek Armstrong (b. 1973), Canadian Professional Hockey Centerman
Derek Boogaard (b. 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Joslin (b. 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek King (b. 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek MacKenzie (b. 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Meech (b. 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Morris (b. 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Parra (b. 1970), Mexican-American speed skater (ice)
Derek Plante (b.1971), American ice hockey player
Derek Roy (b.1983), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Sanderson (b.1946), Canadian ice hockey player and business executive
Derek Smith, (b.1954), Canadian ice hockey player
Derek Trent, American ice skater (pairs)

Car racing

Derek Bell (b. 1941), F1 racing car driver
Derek Daly (b. 1953), Irish F1 racing car driver
Derek Higgins (b. 1966), Irish Indy Lights racing car driver
Derek Ringer (b.1956), Scottish rally driver
Derek Warwick (b.1954), English F1 racing car driver

Other sports

Derek Hardiman (b.1981), Irish hurling player
Derek Keenan, American lacrosse player
Derek Lyng (b. 1978), Irish hurling player
Derek Malawsky (b. 1973), Canadian lacrosse player
Derek McBain (1969-2006), Australian sheepshearer
Derek Oldbury aka DEO (1924-1994), British draughts champion and writer on the game
Derek Piggott (born around 1924) British glider pilot
Derek Porter Canadian rower born in England

Politics

Derek Barber aka Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (born 1918), British civil servant, agricultural expert and politician
Derek Beackon, English lorry driver and politician
Derek Bedson (1920-1989), Canadian civil servant
Derek Blackburn (b. 1934), Canadian politician
Derek Brownlee (b. about 1975), Scottish politician
Derek Bryan (1910-2003), British diplomat
Derek Burney (b. 1939), Canadian businessman, diplomat and political strategist
Derek Clark (b. 1933), British politician and science teacher
Derek Conway (b. 1953), British politician
Derek Coombs (b. 1931), British politician and corporate executive
Derek Corrigan (b. about 1955), Canadian politician
Derek Croxton American history researcher and writer
Derek Denton (b. 1924), Australian scientist
Derek Draper, UK political lobbyist involved in Cash for Access scandal in 1999, subsequently a psychotherapist
Derek Edwards, psychologist and academic working in England
Derek Enright (1935-1995), British politician
Derek Ezra aka Baron Ezra (b. 1919) British politician and corporate executive
Derek Fatchett (1945-1999), British politician
Derek Fletcher (b. 1951), Canadian politician born in England
Derek Foster (b. 1937), British politician
Derek Freeman (1916-2001), New Zealand anthropologist
Derek Gregory (b. 1951), British geographer
Derek Hatton (b. 1948), English politician, businessman and after-dinner speaker
Derek Holland, 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 Humphry (b. 1930), writer of the suicide handbook Final Exit and president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization
Derek Hussey (b. 1948), Northern Irish politician
Derek Insley, Canadian politician
Derek Jelliffe (d.1992), expert in tropical paediatrics and infant nutrition
Derek Keppel (1863-1944), British nobleman, soldier and member of the royal household
Derek Laud (b. 1964), English political lobbyist
Derek Lee (b. 1948), Canadian lawyer and politician
Derek Lodge (1929-1996), English civil servant and statistician
Derek McDowell (b. 1958), Irish politician
Derek Moore-Brabazon (1910-1974), a UK baron - 2nd Baron Brabazon of Tara
Derek Morris, British academic formerly chairperson of the Competition Commission
Derek Nally (b. 1936), policeman, campaigner and politician
Derek Oulton (b. 1927), lawyer and civil servant
Derek Page (1927-2005) aka Baron Whaddon, British politician
Derek Prag, British politician
Derek Quigley (b.1932), New Zealand politician
Derek Spencer (b. 1936), British politician
Derek Robinson aka Red Tobbo, British motor industry shop steward
Derek Schofield, Chief Justice of Gibraltar
Derek Simpson (b.1944), British trade unionist
Derek Spencer (b.1936), British politician
Derek Taylor (b. 1951), Caribbean politician
Derek Twigg (b.1959) English politician
Derek Vestey (1914-2005), British nobleman (baronet)
Derek Walker-Smith aka Baron Broxbourne (1910-1992), British politician
Derek Wall, British politician
Derek James Walding (b.1937), Canadian politician, born in England
Derek Wall, British politician
Derek Watkins British docker shop steward member of the Pentonville Five
Derek Watson (retired 2002), British churchman
Derek Wells (b.1946), Canadian politician and lawyer
Derek Wee name used in a controversial blog by Wee Siew Kim (b.1960), Hong Kong politician
Derek Worlock (1920-1996), British Roman Catholic bishop
Derek Wyatt (b. 1949), British politician
Derek Zeisman Canadian politician

Science, education and academic

Derek Abbott (b. 1960), physicist and electronic engineer
Derek Barton (1918-1998), British physical chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
Derek Bickerton (b. 1926), linguist and academic
Derek Birley (1926-2002), academic and educator
Derek Blake, academic and research scientist
Derek Bok (b. 1930), American lawyer and educator
Derek Briggs (b. about 1945), Irish paleontologist
Derek Hirst (b. 1948), English historian of early-modern Britain
Derek Hockridge, British translator, lecturer and expert in French society and culture
Derek Hopwood, British academic and author
Derek McCormack, New Zealand biochemist and academic
Derek Molloy, Irish academician
Derek Morley (1920-1969) independent science consultant and journalist noted for study of ants
Derek Parfit (b.1942), British philosopher and academic
Derek Price (1922-1983), information scientist and science historian
Derek Ratcliffe (1929-2005), British nature conservationist
Derek Roe, British paleolithic archeologist and academic
Derek Summerfield controversial psychiatrist and writer
Derek Taunt (1917-2004), British mathemetician and codebreaker
Derek van der Kooy (born about 1955), scientist and academic working in stem cell research

Business

Derek Burney Jr. (b. 1962), Canadian corporate senior executive
Derek Lambie (b. 1975), Scottish newspaper editor
Derek Meier, founder of Solid pr and American public relations firm
Derek Smith American business executive

Miscellaneous

Derek Bentley (1933-1953), Englishman hanged for murder and subsequently pardoned
Derek Seagrim (1903-1943), English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Derek Wood, one of two British Army corporals shot and killed in Northern Ireland in 1988