Rico (name)

Rico is a masculine given name and nickname and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Rico Alaniz (born 1919), Mexican-American actor
• Rico Back, Swiss-domiciled German businessman
• Rico Capuano, better known as Rico (Scottish singer), rock musician from Glasgow
• Rico Constantino (born 1961), American wrestler
• Rico Dowdle (born 1998), American football player
• Rico Gear (born 1978), New Zealand rugby player
• Rico Gafford (born 1996), American football player
• Rico Gathers (born 1994), American football player
• Rico Hines (born 1978), American basketball coach
• Rico Mack (born 1971), American football player
• Rico Richardson (born 1991), American football player
• Rico Rodriguez (musician) (born 1934), Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist

Surname

• Antonio Rico (1908–1988), Spanish chess player
• Art Rico (1895–1919), American baseball catcher
• Efraím Rico (born 1967), Colombian road cyclist
• Fred Rico (born 1944), American baseball player
• Isidro Rico (born 1961), Mexican marathon runner
• Loly Rico (21st century), Salvadoran-Canadian activist
• Sergio Rico (born 1993), Spanish footballer

Fictional characters

• Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandelle, the title character from the 1930 movie Little Caesar
• Juan Rico, a character from Starship Troopers, renamed John Rico for the movie
• Rico, a character in the 2004 animated Disney movie Home on the Range
• Rico Banderas, a character in the videogame Xenogears
• Rico Dredd, a character from the comic Judge Dredd
• Judge Rico, a different character from Judge Dredd
• Rico (Gunslinger Girl), a character in the anime Gunslinger Girl
• Rico (NX Files), a character in the webseries NX Files
• Rico Suave (character), in the Disney TV series Hannah Montana
• Rico (Madagascar), a character from the animated Madagascar franchise
• Rico, a character in the 2002 crime drama film Paid in Full, based on real-life former drug dealer Alpo Martinez
• Ricardo Tubbs, a police detective in the TV series and film Miami Vice
• Rico Brzenska, a character from the manga and anime "Shingeki no Kyojin" (Attack on Titan). Female.
• Rico Rodriguez, the main protagonist of the video game series Just Cause.