Éric eʁikis a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

, born Éric, but who in later life signed his name "Erik" pronounced as in English. As with Étienne, Émile, Édouard, Élisabeth, Édith the accent É is sometimes omitted in older printed sources, though French orthography is to include accents on capitals.

People named Éric

* Éric Abidal (b. 1979) French footballer *

Éric Antoine Éric Antoine (born 23 September 1976) is a French comedy magician, theatre director, actor and television presenter. In 2006, he was a contestant on the first season of ''La France a un incroyable talent'' on M6. Antoine has been one of the sh ...

(b. 1976) French comedy magician *

Éric Bourdon Éric Bourdon (born 1979) is a French painter and writer. Painting career Bourdon's works have in common vivid colors and unpremeditated pencil strokes, expressive of raw enthusiasm in the "art brut" or "Outsider Art" manner. Paul Masquelier, cr ...

(b. 1979) French painter * Éric Cantona (b. 1966) French footballer, known as "Eric Cantona" as an actor * Éric Elmosnino (b. 1964) French actor and musician * Éric Fottorino (b. 1960) French journalist and author *

Éric Geoffroy Éric Geoffroy (born 1956) is a French philosopher, islamologist, writer and scholar in the Sufi studies teaching at the Strasbourg University, University of Strasbourg. He is an affiliate of the Darqawa, Alawiya Sufi Brotherhood. Thought He is ...

(b. 1956) French philosopher, islamologist and writer *

Éric Guirado Éric Guirado (born 16 September 1968) is a French film director and writer born in Lyon, Rhône. Career Éric Guirado started his career as a journalist and his interest in social issues is apparent in the documentary-style of his story-telling ...

(b. 1968) French film director and writer *

Éric Pichet Éric Pichet (born in 1960) is a French economist and a post-graduate professor at KEDGE Business School. His main areas of expertise include market finance, monetary economics, fiscal economics, corporate governance and fiscal governance. Biogr ...

(b. 1960) French economist *

Éric Rohmer Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World ...

(1920–2010) French film director *

Éric Serra Éric Serra (; born 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He is a frequent collaborator of film director Luc Besson. Early life Serra was born in Saint-Mandé. His father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and so ...

(b. 1959) French film composer * Éric Tabarly (1931–1998) French yachtsman *

Éric Troncy Éric Troncy (born 1965) is a French curator and art critic who works and lives in Dijon, France, he co-directs the Contemporary Art Museum, Le Consortium, in Dijon, Burgundy. He is co-founder and director of the contemporary art magazine ''Docu ...

(b. 1965) French curator and art critic *

Éric Valli Éric Valli (born 1952, in Dijon, France) is a French photographer and film director. Valli specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himalaya Mountains. In 1999 he directed the adventure film '' Caravan'' about survival in the Him ...

(b. 1952) French photographer and film director. *

Éric Vigner Éric Vigner (born October 27, 1960 in Rennes, France) is a French stage director, actor and scenic designer. He is directing the CDDB-Théâtre de Lorient, Centre Dramatique National from 1996 to 2015. Biography Éric Vigner graduated from the ...

(b. 1960) French stage director, *

Éric Woerth Éric Woerth (born 29 January 1956) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR). Early life and education Woerth was born in Creil, Oise. He studied at Panthéon-Assas University, HEC School of Management and Institut d'Études Politiques ...

(b. 1956) French politician * Éric Zemmour (b. 1958) French political journalist *

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 28 March 1960) is a Franco–Belgian playwright, short story writer and novelist, as well as a film director. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world. Life Early years Eric-Emmanuel S ...

(b. 1960) French-Belgian dramatist, novelist and fiction writer

Érik (variant)

Érik Boisse Érik Boisse (born 13 March 1980, in Clichy) is a French épée fencer. He is the son of Philippe Boisse. Boisse won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating S ...

(b. 1980) French fencer

People named Éric

Érik (variant)

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