Derek (name)

Derek may refer to:

In sports:

• Derek Anderson, professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association
• Derek Derek, Leader of the Derek he will exterminate the ethnic majority.]]
• Derek Armstrong, Canadian Professional Hockey Centerman in the National Hockey League
• Derek Bell (auto racer), former Formula One driver who raced for the Ferrari, McLaren, Brabham, Surtees and Tecno teams
• Derek Bell (baseball player), former Major League Baseball player
• Derek Bryant, American heavyweight boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Derek Jeter, professional baseball player and captain for the New York Yankees of the American League.
• Derek Mills, 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States
• Derek Stirling, former New Zealand cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1984 to 1986

In television and film:

• Derek Batey, 20th Century British television presenter
• Derek Cecil, American actor who was the star of the now defunct TV series Push, Nevada
• Derek Ford, British film director
• Derek Fowlds, English actor
• Derek Francis, British comedy and character actor
• Derek Kok Jing-Hung, Hong Kong actor who has worked for TVB for nearly 20 years
• Derek Luke, American actor who won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher
• Derek Martin, soap opera actor who is best known for his role as Charlie Slater in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Derek McGrath, Canadian actor
• Derek the diesel, a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Derek Thompson, British television actor
• Derek Hallworth, British television director

In other fields:

• Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury, British member of the House of Lords
• Derek Harold Richard Barton, British physical chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
• Derek Bell (musician), Irish harpist and composer
• Derek Kirk Kim, cartoonist living in the San Francisco Bay area of California
• Derek Wood (author), the author of Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook
• Derek Trucks, virtuoso blues-rock guitarist nephew of Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks.
• Derek Sherinian, virtuoso rock and jazz fusion keyboardist known for his work with Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Planet X, and others.