Rik (given name)

Rik is a masculine given name and nickname. Most common in Belgium, it is a short form of the Dutch language given name Hendrik or sometimes Frederik, Erik or Rikkert.^[1] As an English-language name it usually is a variant of Rick, a short form of Richard.

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 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 (born 1953), Canadian guitarist and singer
• Rik Fox (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, 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 (born 1949), Belgian cyclist
• Rik Van Looy (born 1933), Belgian cyclist
• Rik Van Nutter (1929–2005), American actor
• Rik Van Slycke (born 1963), Belgian cyclist
• Rik Van Steenbergen (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 (1882–1916), Belgian painter and sculptor

Fictional characters include:

• Rik Ringers, eponymic comics reporter

See also

• Rijk de Gooyer (1925–2011), Dutch actor
• Rikk Agnew (born 1958), American rock musician