Rik is a masculine given name and nickname. Most common in Belgium, it is a short form of the

Dutch language Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speak ...

given name Hendrik or sometimes Frederik,

Erik The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Nor ...

or Rikkert.Rik
at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands As an English-language name it usually is a variant of

Rick Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

, a short form of

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

. Notable people with this name include: * Rik Barnett (born 1990), English actor * Rik Battaglia, stage name of Italian actor Caterino Bertaglia (1927–2015) * Bert Blyleven ''

né The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

'' Rik Aalbert (born 1951), Dutch-born American baseball pitcher * Rik Bonness (born 1954), American football player * Rik van den Boog (born 1959), Dutch managing director of FC Ajax * Rik Carey (born 1966), Bahamian musician (short form of ''Patrick'') * Rik Clerckx (1936–1985), Belgian long-distance runner * Rik Coolsaet (born 1951), Belgian political scientist * Rik Coppens (1930–2015), Belgian footballer * Rik Cordero (born 1979), American film director * Rik Daems (born 1959), Belgian politician and painter * Rik Daniëls (born 1962), Belgian television director * Rik De Deken (1907–1960), Belgian footballer * Rik De Saedeleer (1924–2013), Belgian footballer and sports commentator * Rik de Voest (born 1980), South African tennis player *

Rik Emmett Richard Gordon Emmett (born July 10, 1953) is a vocalist, guitarist, and member of the Canadian hard rock band Triumph (band), Triumph. Career In Toronto, during the mid 1970s, several local musicians formed a progressive rock group called Act ...

(born 1953), Canadian guitarist and singer *

Rik Fox Richard Suligowski (born December 28, 1955), better known as Rik Fox, is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal bassist. He was active mainly during the 1970s and 1980s, in the New York City and Hollywood area rock music, rock and metal s ...

(born 1955), American heavy metal bassist * Rik Grashoff (born 1961), Dutch engineer and politician * Rik Hoevenaers (1902–1958), Belgian cyclist * Rik van IJzendoorn (born 1987), Dutch cyclist * Rik Isemborghs (1914–1973), Belgian footballer * Rik Jaeken (born 1949), Belgian engineer and businessman * Rik Janssen (born 1957), Dutch politician and businessman * Rik Kemp (born 1939), Australian cartoonist * Rik Kuypers (1925–2019), Belgian film director * Rik de Lange (born 1956), Dutch politician * Rik Larnoe (1897–1978), Belgian footballer * Rik Launspach (born 1958), Dutch actor, writer and director * Rik Levins (died 2010), American comic book artist * Rik Lopez (born 1979), English footballer * Rik Makarem (born 1982), English actor * Rik Mayall (1958–2014), English comedian * Rik Massengale (born 1957), American golfer * Rik Moorman (born 1961), Dutch cyclist * Rik Offenberger (born 1964), American comic book journalist * Rik Pinxten (born 1947), Belgian anthropologist * Rik Renders (1922–2008), Belgian cyclist * Rik Rue (born 1950), Australian experimental musician * Rik Schaefels (1827–1904), Belgian Romantic painter * Rik Schaffer (born 1960s), American game composer * Rik Schoofs (born 1950), Belgian long-distance runner * Rik Sebens (born 1988), Dutch footballer *

Rik Simpson Rik Simpson (a.k.a. Rikademus) is a British record producer. He is most recently recognised for his production work with Coldplay on ''Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'' (2008), ''Mylo Xyloto'' (2011), '' Ghost Stories'' (2014), '' A ...

, British record producer * Rik Smits (linguist) (born 1953), Dutch linguist, author, translator and editor * Rik Smits (born 1966), Dutch NBA basketball player * Rik Tommelein (born 1962), Belgian hurdler * Rik Toonen (born 1954), Dutch water polo player * Rik Torfs (born 1956), Belgian law scholar and politician * Rik Van Brussel (born 1944), Belgian mechanical engineer *

Rik Van Linden Rik Van Linden (born 28 July 1949 in Wilrijk, Antwerp) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France, ahead of Eddy Merckx. Van Linden also won several stages in all of the three Grand ...

(born 1949), Belgian cyclist * Rik Van Looy (born 1933), Belgian cyclist *

Rik Van Nutter Frederick Allen Nutter (May 1, 1929 – October 15, 2005), known professionally as Rik Van Nutter and occasionally as Clyde Rogers, was an American actor who mostly appeared in Italian-produced films. He is also remembered for playing Felix Leit ...

(1929–2005), American actor * Rik Van Slycke (born 1963), Belgian cyclist *

Rik Van Steenbergen Hendrik Van Steenbergen (9 September 1924 – 15 May 2003) was a Belgium, Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best among the great number of successful Belgian cyclists. Early life Van Steenbergen was born in Arendonk into ...

(1924–2003), Belgian cyclist * Rik Vandenberghe (born 1953), Belgian sprinter * Rik Verbrugghe (born 1974), Belgian cyclist * Rik Vercoe (born 1972), British ultramarathon runner * Rik Verheye (born 1986), Flemish actor * Rik Waddon (born 1977), British cyclist * Rik Waller (born 1981), English singer * Rik Wheeler, nickname of Mortimer Eric Wheeler (1890–1976), British archaeologist and army officer * Rik Wilson (born 1962), American ice hockey player *

Rik Wouters Hendrik Emil (Rik) Wouters (21 August 1882 – 11 July 1916) was a Belgian painter, sculptor and draughtsman. Wouters produced 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures in his 34 years before his illness-caused death. He died partway through th ...

(1882–1916), Belgian painter and sculptor Fictional characters include: * Rik Ringers, eponymic comics reporter

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