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Andre Ricks Andre Ricks (born September 12, 1986) is a former NCAA Division I basketball player. Early life Andre Ricks was born in Detroit, Michigan and is the son of Maxine Ricks and Daniel Paul. Andre comes from a legendary boxing family which includes ...

(born 1996), American basketball player *

Bob Ricks Robert A. Ricks (born October 14, 1944) — known as Bob Ricks and "Backdraft Bob" — is an American law enforcement agent and politician from Texas and Oklahoma. He has worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Governor of Oklahoma an ...

(21st century), American police chief *

Christopher Ricks Sir Christopher Bruce Ricks (born 18 September 1933) is a British literary critic and scholar. He is the William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities at Boston University (US), co-director of the Editorial Institute at Boston Univ ...

(born 1933), British literary critic and scholar *

Doug Ricks Doug Ricks is an American businessman and politician serving as a Republican member of the Idaho Senate from the 34th district. Ricks previously served in the Idaho House of Representatives from 2018 to 2020. Early life and education Ricks was ...

, American politician and member of the Idaho Senate * Earl T. Ricks (1908–1954), United States Air Force general *

Eli Ricks Elias Ricks (born September 26, 2001) is an American football cornerback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He played for the LSU Tigers before transferring to Alabama in 2022. Early years Ricks originally attended Mater Dei High School in Santa A ...

(born 2001), American football player *

James B. Ricks James B. Ricks (December 23, 1852 – June 23, 1906) was an American jurist and politician. Life and career Born in Bear Creek Township, Christian County, Illinois, near Taylorville, Illinois, Ricks went to Illinois Wesleyan University 1869 t ...

(1852–1906), American jurist *

James “Pappy” Ricks James Louis Ricks (1927 – 2011) was an American basketball player for the New York Rens. The entire team was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1963. Ricks was one of the original members of the Rens. He would play wi ...

(1927–2011), American basketball player *

Jerry Ricks Gerald Lawrence "Jerry" Ricks (May 22, 1940December 10, 2007), often billed as "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks, was an American country blues guitarist and singer. Life and career Ricks was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, playing trumpe ...

(1940–2007), American blues guitarist *

Jim Ricks Jim Ricks is an American and Irish conceptual artist, writer, and curator. He has exhibited throughout Ireland and internationally, including a number of public art projects. Early life and education Ricks was born in San Francisco, California ...

(born 1973), American and Irish visual artist * Jimmy "Ricky" Ricks (1924–1974), founding member of the R&B group ''

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Joel Ricks Joel Ricks (February 18, 1804 – December 15, 1888) was a Mormon Pioneer and community leader who helped settled the Salt Lake Valley and Cache Valley, Utah. He was the father of Thomas E. Ricks. Early life Joel Ricks was born on Februa ...

(1804–1888), Mormon pioneer *

Kevin Ricks Kevin Ricks (born 1960) is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school age boys from at least the late 1970s until his arrest in 2010. 1970s Ricks's first known victim was targeted at a summer camp in North Carolina in 1978. This ...

(born 1960), convicted sexual predator *

Lawrence Ricks Lawrence Tallmagde Ricks (born June 4, 1961) is a former American football player. He played college football as a tailback for the University of Michigan from 1979 to 1982 and was selected as a first-team running back on the 1982 All-Big Ten ...

(born 1961), American football professional running back *

Mark Ricks Mark George Ricks (July 4, 1924 – September 29, 2016) was a Republican politician from Idaho. He served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Idaho from June 2006 to January 2007. Political career Ricks' introduction to politics occurred in the ...

(1924–2016), American politician *

Mark Ricks (gridiron football) Mark Ricks (born December 16, 1970) is a former American football defensive back who played ten seasons in the Arena Football League with the St. Louis Stampede, Nashville Kats, Portland Forest Dragons, Portland Forest Dragons/Oklahoma Wranglers ...

(born 1970), American player of gridiron football *

Martha Ann Erskine Ricks Martha Ann Ricks (born Erskine, 1817–1901) was an Americo-Liberian woman who was among the early colonists there. Born into slavery in Tennessee, she was freed by her father George Erskine and emigrated at age 13 with him and her family to Libe ...

(1817–1901), Liberian quilter *

Melissa Ricks Melissa Marie Ricks-Macatangay (born January 9, 1990) is a Filipino actress of American descent. She was a runner-up in the reality talent search '' Star Circle Quest'' on ABS-CBN. Background Career In 2004, Ricks joined the reality talent sea ...

(born 1990), Filipina actress *

Mikhael Ricks Mikhael Roy Ricks (born November 14, 1974) is a former National Football League tight end. Ricks attended Anahuac High School in Anahuac, Texas. He went to college at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he played football and basketball. ...

(born 1974), former National Football League tight end *

Naquetta Ricks Naquetta Ricks is a Liberian-American politician, businesswoman, and accountant serving as a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 40th district. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on January 13, 2021. Early life ...

, Liberian-American member of the Colorado House of Representatives *

Robert Ricks Robert Ricks is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Slidell, Louisiana, where he serves as lead forecaster. Ricks is best known for the strongly worded bulletin he issued prior to the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, warning of "Dev ...

, American meteorologist at the National Weather Service *

Stephen D. Ricks Stephen David Ricks is a professor of Hebrew at Brigham Young University (BYU) and an author and co-author of several books and articles defending the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its teachings. Biography Ricks se ...

, professor at Brigham Young University *

Thomas E. Ricks (journalist) Thomas Edwin "Tom" Ricks (born September 25, 1955) is an American journalist and author who specializes in the military and national security issues. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting as part of teams from the ...

(born 1955), American journalist *

Thomas E. Ricks (Mormon) Thomas Edwin Ricks (July 21, 1828 – September 28, 1901) was a prominent Mormon pioneer, a community leader, and a settler of the western United States. Early years Ricks was born on July 21, 1828, in Western Kentucky, the son of Joel Ricks and ...

(1828–1901), Mormon pioneer and community leader *

Tijuana Ricks Tijuana Ricks (born in Metairie, Louisiana) is an American actress. Education After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis where she received her degree in psychology and performing arts, she attended the Yale School of Drama and rec ...

(born 1978), American television actress

Places

Rick's Café Casablanca Rick's Café Casablanca is a restaurant, bar and café located in the city of Casablanca, Morocco. Opened March 1, 2004, the place was designed to recreate the bar made famous by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the movie classic ''Casablanca ...

, a restaurant, bar and café in Casablanca, Morocco *

Ricks College Ricks may refer to: People * Andre Ricks (born 1996), American basketball player * Bob Ricks (21st century), American police chief * Christopher Ricks (born 1933), British literary critic and scholar * Doug Ricks, American politician and member ...

, Rexburg, Idaho, now Brigham Young University–Idaho *

Ricks Spring Ricks Spring is a karst spring, a natural water outflow from a cave in Logan Canyon within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in northeast Utah. The spring is not an artesian source, but comes from the Logan River. Ricks Spring is the best know ...

, a Karst spring in Utah, USA *

Ricks Township, Christian County, Illinois Ricks Township is one of seventeen townships in Christian County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,223 and it contained 537 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of wh ...

, United States

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* Porter Ricks, a fictional Park ranger from the TV show '' Flipper'' *

Rick's Café Américain ''Casablanca'' is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose ...

, a fictional bar which is the principal set of the film ''Casablanca''

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