Derrick (name)

Derrick is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

Derrick Adkins (born 1970), American 400 m hurdles world and Olympic champion
Derrick Atkins (born 1984), Bahamian sprinter
Derrick Atterberry (born 1972), American football player
Derrick Bell (born 1930), professor of law
Derrick Bird, the perpetrator of the 2010 Cumbria shootings
Derrick Bostrom (born 1960), original drummer for the band Meat Puppets
Derrick Brew (born 1977), American 4x100 m relay runner
Derrick Brooks (born 1973), former National Football League (NFL) player
Derrick Burgess (born 1978), former NFL player
Derrick Caracter (born 1988) National Basketball Association (NBA) player
Derrick Chievous (born 1967), retired collegiate and NBA basketball player
Derrick Coleman (born 1967), retired NBA player
Derrick Dockery (born 1980), NFL player
Derrick Fenner (born 1967), former NFL player
Derrick Frost (born 1980), former NFL punter
Derrick Gardner (born 1965), American jazz trumpeter
Derrick Gardner (American football) (born 1977), American football player
Derrick Green (born 1971), heavy metal vocalist
Derrick Harriott (born 1939), Jamaican singer and record producer
Derrick Harvey (born 1986), NFL player
Derrick Z. Jackson (born 1955), African American journalist
Derrick Jensen (born 1960), American author and environmental activist
Derrick Johnson (born 1987), African American, Perfesonal Chef
Derrick Johnson (cornerback) (born 1982), former NFL player
Derrick Todd Lee (born 1968), convicted serial killer
Derrick Henry Lehmer (1905–1991), American mathematician
Derrick Mason (born 1974), NFL player
Derrick May (baseball) (born 1968), former Major League Baseball (MLB) player
Derrick May (musician) (born 1963), American electronic musician
Derrick McKey (born 1966), former NBA player
Derrick Morgan (born 1940), reggae and ska musician
Derrick Morgan (American football) (born 1989), NFL player
Derrick Oden (born 1970), American football player
Derrick Plourde (1971–2005), American punk rock drummer
Derrick Pope (born 1982), former NFL player
Derrick Rose (born 1988), NBA player
Derrick Sharp, American-Israeli professional basketball player
Derrick Shepherd (born c. 1960), American attorney and politician, former Louisiana state senator
Derrick Sherwin (born 1936), British television producer, writer, and actor best known for his work on the Dr. Who series
Derrick Strait (born 1980), former NFL player
Derrick Thomas (1967–2000), NFL player
Derrick Turnbow (born 1978), former MLB player
Derrick Walker (born 1945), British auto racing team owner
Derrick Walker (American football) (born 1967), retired NFL player
Derrick Ward (born 1980), NFL player
Derrick Williams (American football) (born 1986), NFL player
Derrick Williams (basketball) (born 1991), American basketball player

Surname:

Chris Derrick, American collegiate distance runner
Christopher Derrick (1921–2007), English Catholic writer
Edward Holbrook Derrick (1898–1976), Australian pathologist
Kimberly Derrick (born 1985), American short track speed skater
Thomas Derrick, English executioner, for whom the derrick device is named
Tom Derrick (1914–1945), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross

See also