Derek (first name)
Derek is a male name .
variants
Theodoric (Old High German) , Theodorich (Gothic) , Dirk (Dutch) , Dietrich (German), Derreck
Name bearer
- Derek Bailey (1930–2005), English guitarist and improvisation artist
- Derek HR Barton (1918-1998), English chemist
- Derek Bell (musician) (1935–2002), Irish musician
- Derek Bell (racing driver) (* 1941), English racing driver
- Derek Bentley (1933-1953), British youth who fell victim to a miscarriage of justice
- Derek Bickerton (1926-2018), American linguist
- Derek Boateng (* 1983), Ghanaian soccer player
- Derek Bok (* 1930), American lawyer, educator, author and university professor
- Derek Bourgeois (1941-2017), English composer
- Derek Clayton (* 1942), Australian long-distance runner
- Derek William Dick (born 1958), Scottish singer, actor and author, see Fish (singer)
- Derek Dougan (1938-2007), Irish football player
- Derek Fazackerley (born 1951), English football player
- Derek Fisher (born 1974), American basketball player
- Derek Forbort (* 1992), American ice hockey player
- Derek Freeman (1916-2001), New Zealand anthropologist
- Derek Gardner (1931–2011), British automobile designer
- Derek Grant (* 1977), drummer in the punk band Alkaline Trio
- Derek Jacobi (born 1938), British actor
- Derek Jarman (1942–1994), British film director and artist
- Derek Jeter (* 1974), American baseball player
- Derek Johnson (1933-2004), English athlete
- Derek Kevan (1935-2013), English football player
- Derek Lamb (1936–2005), British documentary and animator
- Derek Landy (* 1974), Irish writer and screenwriter
- Derek de Lint (* 1950), Dutch film and television actor
- Derek Luke (born 1974), American actor
- Derek Mahon (* 1941), Northern Irish poet
- Derek Meddings (1931–1995), British specialist in special effects and models
- Derek Parfit (1942-2017), British philosopher
- Derek Parra (* 1970), American speed skater
- Derek de Solla Price (1922–1983), British historian of science
- Derek Prince (1915–2003), internationally known Bible teacher
- Derek Pugh (1926-2008), British athlete
- Derek Rae (* 1967), Scottish football presenter
- Derek Raymond (1931-1994), British writer
- Derek Redmond (born 1965), British athlete
- Derek Richardson (born 1976), American actor
- Derek Riggs (born 1958), British artist
- Derek Riordan (born 1983) Scottish football player
- Derek Rowen (stage name Guggi ; * 1959), Irish avant-garde artist
- Derek Roy (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
- Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player
- Derek Sherinian (* 1966), American keyboardist
- Derek Shulman (born 1947), Scottish musician
- Derek Theler (* 1986), American actor
- Derek Walcott (1930–2017), Lucian-British poet and Nobel Prize winner
- Derek Walsh (born 1967), Scottish football player
- Derek Warwick (* 1954), British Formula 1 racing driver
- Derek Watkins (1945-2013), British musician
- Derek Wolfe (* 1990), American football player
See also
- Derek and the Dominos , British rock band