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Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

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William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

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:''Note: It is assumed that Dicky is the first name of those in this section, as their articles do not state otherwise.'' * Dicky Cheung (born 1965), Hong Kong television actor and singer * Dicky Firasat (born 1981), Indonesian footballer *

Dicky Gonzalez Dicky Angel Gonzalez Vallenilla (born December 21, 1978) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tokyo Yakult Swallo ...

(born 1978), Puerto Rican baseball pitcher *

Dicky Moore Dicky Moore (born 1 October 1978 in Rochford, Essex, England) is an English, musician and composer, who plays guitar with Scritti Politti and leads the Bristol-based music collective Bearcraft. Scritti Politti Moore joined Scritti Politti on g ...

(born 1978), English songwriter *

Dicky Palyama Dicky Palyama (born March 26, 1978 in Gouda) is a male badminton player from the Netherlands. Early career After winning four junior titles in the Netherlands between 1994 and 1996, Dicky took the European junior U19 title in 1997. His first succ ...

(born 1978), badminton player *

Dicky Rutnagur Dicky Jamshed Sohrab Rutnagur (26 February 1931 – 20 June 2013) was an Indian sports journalist. He was cricket correspondent for the ''Hindustan Times'' from 1958 to 1966, when he became a freelance based in the UK. He covered cricket, sq ...

(born 1931), semi-retired Indian sports journalist *

Dicky Thompson Dicky Thompson (born June 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Thompson joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He won the Ben Hogan Baton Rouge Open and the Ben Hogan Elizabethtown Open ...

(born 1957), American professional golfer

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Richard

Dicky Barrett Richard Michael Barrett (born June 22, 1964), better known as Dicky Barrett, is an American singer who was the frontman of ska punk band The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He was the announcer for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' until 2022. Barrett is known fo ...

(born 1964), American rock singer *

Dicky Barrett (trader) Richard "Dicky" Barrett (1807–1847) was one of the first European traders to be based in New Zealand. He lent his translation skills to help negotiate the first land purchases from Maori in New Plymouth and Wellington and became a key figure ...

(1807–1847), one of the first white traders to be based in New Zealand * Richard "Dicky" J. Bolles (1843–1917), American salesman, one of the first to sell land in Florida, sight unseen, to non-residents *

Dicky Bond Richard Bond (14 December 1883 – 25 April 1955) was an English footballer who played outside right. He was capped eight times by England and spent the vast majority of his playing career at Bradford City where he played more than 300 games. C ...

(1883–1955), English footballer *

Dicky Dorsett Richard Dorsett (3 December 1919 – November 1999) was an English footballer, who played as a striker. Dorsett was sometimes known as "the Brownhills Bomber" after his birthplace of Brownhills, Staffordshire (now West Midlands). Football c ...

(1919–1999), English footballer *

Dicky Eklund Richard Eklund Jr. (born May 3, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1975 to 1985. Known as "The Pride of Lowell", he held the USA New England welterweight title twice between 1979 and 1983. He is the half-brother and ...

(born 1958), American retired welterweight boxer *

Dicky Merritt Richard Merritt (22 July 1897 – 1978) was an English footballer who scored 16 goals from 97 appearances in the Football League playing as an outside left for South Shields, Durham City, Lincoln City and Notts County. He played in the Midl ...

(1897–1978), English footballer *

Dicky Moegle Richard Lee Maegle (born Moegle; September 14, 1934 – July 4, 2021) was an American professional American football, football player who was a Halfback (American football), halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49 ...

(1934–2021), American National Football League player *

Dicky Owen Dicky Owen (17 November 1876 - 27 February 1932) was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Swansea RFCSmith (1979), pg 132. Owen is seen as one of the greatest Welsh scrum-halves and won 35 caps for Wales between 1901 and 1 ...

(1876–1932), Welsh rugby union player * Dicky Pride (born 1969), American professional golfer *

Dicky Robinson Richard Robinson (19 January 1927 – 19 April 2009) was a football player from England. Robinson signed for Middlesbrough after being watched by their manager David Jack. Jack had spotted Dicky playing for local team Marsden Welfare Juniors ...

(1927–2009), English footballer * Richard "Dicky" Suett (1755–1805), English comedian and stage actor, King George III's favourite Shakespearean clown

William

Dicky Richards William Henry Matthews "Dicky" Richards (26 March 1862 – 4 January 1903) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1889. The match was the second in the 1888–89 series against the team led by Sir C. Aubrey Smith, and ca ...

(1862–1903), South African cricketer * Dicky Wells (1907–1985), American jazz trombonist

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Lawrence Adamson Lawrence Arthur Adamson, CMG, (20 April 1860 – 14 December 1932) was a schoolmaster of Wesley College, Melbourne, Australia. Early life Lawrence Adamson was born at Douglas, Isle of Man, the second son of Lawrence William Adamson. LL.D., ...

(1860–1932), Australian schoolmaster *

Dicky Case Roy George Arthur 'Dicky' Case (7 June 1910 Toowoomba, QueenslandBamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway - The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. - 1980) was an Australian international speedway rider who finished sixth in the ...

(1910–1980), Australian international speedway rider *

Dicky Ralph Dicky Ralph (21 January 1908 – 5 October 1989) was a Welsh international rugby fly-half who played rugby union for Newport and rugby league with Leeds and Batley. He won six caps for Wales at rugby union, and also represented Wales at rug ...

(1908–1989), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player *

Lil Dicky David Andrew Burd (born March 15, 1988), better known by his stage name Lil Dicky, is an American rapper, comedian, and actor. He came to prominence with the release of the music video for his song "Ex-Boyfriend" in 2013, which became popular w ...

(born 1988), rapper

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