List of Famous people named Dick

Often it's a shorthand for Richard. Similar names: Richard, Dicky, Dickey, Dickie, Deke. Here are some famous Dicks:

Dick Boer

First Name Dick
Last Name Boer
Born on August 31, 1957 (age 68)

Dick Boer is a Dutch businessman. From 2011 to 2018, he was the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the supermarket chain Ahold Delhaize.

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Dick Dillin

First Name Dick
Last Name Dillin
Born on December 17, 1928
Died on March 1, 1980 (aged 51)

Richard Allen Dillin was an American comics artist best known for a 12-year run as the penciler of the DC Comics superhero-team series Justice League of America. He drew 115 issues from 1968 until his death in 1980.

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Dick Spring

First Name Dick
Last Name Spring
Born on August 29, 1950 (age 75)
Born in Ireland

Dick Spring is an Irish businessman and former politician. He was a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kerry North from 1981 to 2002. He became leader of the Labour Party in 1982, and held this position until 1997. He served as Minister for the Environment (1982–83), Minister for Energy (1983–87) and Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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Dick Lucas

First Name Dick
Last Name Lucas
Born on January 9, 1934
Died on April 29, 2020 (aged 86)

Dick Lucas was an American football player. He played college football at Boston College (1953–1955), military football for the Quantico Marines (1956–1957), and professional football for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1958) and Philadelphia Eagles (1960–1963). He died in April 2020, a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dick Anthony Williams

First Name Dick
Last Name Williams
Born on August 9, 1934
Died on February 16, 2012 (aged 77)

Richard Anthony Williams was an American actor. Williams is best known for his starring performances on Broadway in The Poison Tree, What the Wine-Sellers Buy and Black Picture Show. Williams also had notable roles in 1970s blaxploitation films such as The Mack and Slaughter's Big Rip-Off.

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Dick Mountjoy

First Name Dick
Last Name Mountjoy
Born on January 13, 1932
Died on May 18, 2015 (aged 83)

Richard L. Mountjoy was a Republican politician from Monrovia, California.

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Dick Purcell

First Name Dick
Last Name Purcell
Died on April 10, 1944

Richard Gerold Purcell Jr. was an American actor best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1943 film serial, co-starring with Lorna Gray and Lionel Atwill. Purcell also appeared in films such as Tough Kid (1938), Accidents Will Happen (1938), Heroes in Blue (1939), Irish Luck (1939), The Bank Dick (1940), and King of the Zombies (1941),

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Dick Shawn

First Name Dick
Last Name Shawn
Died on April 17, 1987 (aged 17)

Dick Shawn was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor. During the 1960s he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counter culture personalities, such as deadbeat son Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1968), and as the voice of Snow Miser in The Year Without a Santa Claus.

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Dick Smith

First Name Dick
Last Name Smith
Born on June 26, 1922
Died on July 30, 2014 (aged 92)

Richard Emerson Smith was an American special make-up effects artist and author, known for his work on such films as Little Big Man, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Taxi Driver, Scanners and Death Becomes Her. He won a 1985 Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work on Amadeus and received a 2012 Academy Honorary Award for his career's work.

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Dick Elliott

First Name Dick
Last Name Elliott
Born on April 30, 1886
Died on December 22, 1961 (aged 75)

Richard Damon Elliott was an American character actor who played in over 240 films from the 1930s until the time of his death.

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