List of Famous people named Derek

Derek John Lawrence was an English record producer, famous for his work for Joe Meek's Outlaws, Deep Purple, Flash, Machiavel and Wishbone Ash.

Derek McGrath is a former Irish rugby union international player who played for the Irish national rugby union team. Educated at St Michael's College, Dublin, he played as a flanker.

Derek Hill is an American production designer. Hill has numerous feature films and Emmy nominated television series to his credit and collaborated with such acclaimed directors as Antoine Fuqua, Kevin Costner, Oliver Stone, Sean Penn, Gore Verbinski, Joe and Anthony Russo, Kevin Reynolds, Bruce Beresford and Jason Bateman to name a few. He has also been honored with several Emmy nominations for his designs on television and recognition for his feature films such as Ozark, The Gifted, All Eyez on Me, The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw, Surviving Compton, Cleveland Abduction, The Forger, Olympus Has Fallen, Hatfields & McCoys, Community, Bonnie & Clyde, Happy Endings, Into the Wild, Extraordinary Measures, W., House, M.D., What About Brian, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Any Given Sunday, Three Kings, Hurlyburly, The Postman, and JFK.

Derek K C Leung is a horse racing jockey. He won the Asian Young Guns Challenge 2010 in Kranji, Singapore. He rode as an apprentice jockey until claiming his 70th win on board Star Of Fame on 1 June 2011. He is licensed as a jockey in Hong Kong for the 2014-2015 season