Eric (disambiguation)

The common proper name Eric, Erik, Erec, Eirik, Eirík, Eiríkr or Erich may refer to:

In royalty:

Eric I of Denmark, King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I in 1095
Eric II of Denmark, king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137
Eric III of Denmark, the king of Denmark from 1137 until he abdicated in 1146
Eric IV of Denmark, king of Denmark from 1241 until his death
Eric V of Denmark, son of Christopher I
Eric VI of Denmark, son of Eric V
Eric of Pomerania, the hereditary king of Norway
Eric I of Norway, the second king of Norway
Eirik II of Norway, the king of Norway from 1280 until 1299
Alrek and Eirík, two legendary kings of Sweden
Erik Weatherhat, more or less mythical Swedish king
Erik Björnsson, one of the sons of Björn Ironside
Erik Refilsson, Swedish king of the House of Munsö
Eric Anundsson, Swedish king who ruled during the 9th century
Eric VI of Sweden, king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century
Eric VII of Sweden, Swedish monarch
Eric IX of Sweden, Swedish king between 1150 and 1160
Eric X of Sweden, the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216
Eric XI of Sweden, the son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark
Eric XII of Sweden, rival King of Sweden and to his father Magnus II from 1356 to his death in 1359
Eric XIV of Sweden, King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568
Eiríkr Hákonarson, earl of Lade, ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria

Erec, a character from Arthurian legend
Eric Cartman, a fictional character on South Park
Erik the Red (comics), fictional character in the Marvel Comics comic book universe
Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, a horribly disfigured genius, created by French writer Gaston Leroux
Eric the Cavalier, a character in the Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)

Eric Alexander, jazz saxophonist
Eric Andersen, American singer and songwriter
Eric Barrier, rapper, hiphop artist of Eric B. & Rakim
Eric Clapton, British guitarist and singer
Eric Dolphy, jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute
Eirik Glambek Bøe, musician, writer and vocalist
Eric Idle, English comedian, songwriter and member of Monty Python
Eric Johnson, Grammy Award winning guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas
Eric Judy, bassist for the rock band Modest Mouse
Eric Mun, a member of the Korean pop group Shinhwa
Eric Satie, French composer
Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian ethnomusicologist and scholar of music
Erich Walter Sternberg, German born Israeli composer
Eric West, American actor and singer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer
Knut Eirik Kokkin, Norwegian singer and dancer

Eric (novel), Discworld novel
Eric Ambler, English novelist
Eric Arthur Blair (a.k.a George Orwell), British author, journalist and socialist
Eric Bogosian, playwright-monologuist
Eric Brown, science fiction author
Eric Carme, illustrator, children's book author
Erich Kästner, one of the most famous German authors and children's writers of the 20th century
Erich Maria Remarque, German author
Erich Mühsam, German-Jewish anarchist, writer, poet, dramatist and cabaret performer
Erich von Däniken, Swiss author
Erik Jendresen, novelist as well as a writer and producer for plays, television, and film
Eric Partridge, British lexicographer
Eric Rohmann, author and illustrator of children's books
Eric Frank Russell, English science fiction author

Eric Idle, English actor
Brian Eric Bonsall, American former child actor
Eric Bana, Australian film and television actor
Eric Bischoff, Professional Wrestling personality with the WWE
Erik Estrada, Puerto Rican-American actor
Eric Menyuk, actor who appeared as The Traveler in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Eric Roberts, American actor
Éric Rohmer, French film writer-director
Eric Stoltz, American film actor
Eric Sevareid, TV newsman
Erich von Stroheim, German actor

Eric Anthony Martlew, politician
Erich Honecker, German Communist politician who led East Germany from 1971 until 1989
Eric Williams, former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Eric S. Raymond, a famous figure in the open source movement
Eric Conveys an Emotion, web site
Eric Python IDE, integrated development environment for the Python programming language

Education Resources Information Center, branch of the U.S. Department of Education
Erich S. Gruen, notable American classicist and ancient historian
Erich Schmidt (archaeologist), German and American-naturalized archaeologist
Eirik Vandvik, professor in literature at the university of Oslo

Erich Abraham, was a German general of Infantry, serving during World War II
Erich Hartmann, German fighter pilot in World War II - highest scoring ace of all time
Erich Hoepner, German general in World War II
Erich Löwenhardt, the 3rd highest German flying ace with 54 victories during the First World War
Erich von Falkenhayn, German soldier and Chief of the General Staff during World War I
Erich Ludendorff, German Army Officer and First World War General

Erich Hecke, German mathematician
Eric Heineman, Czechoslovakian trigonometric mathematician and electrical genius
Erich Kähler, German mathematician with wide-ranging geometrical interests

Erik the Red, the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson
Eric Hoffer, American longshoreman and social philosopher
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google
Erik Wickberg, the 9th General of The Salvation Army
Erich Weiss, famous magician, escapologist, and stunt performer a/k/a Harry Houdini
Eric O'Neill, former FBI operative who played a big role in the capture of Robert Hanssen