Dick (nickname)

Dick is a nickname for Richard. Notable people with the nickname include:

• Dick Advocaat (born 1947), Dutch football manager and former player
• Dick Ambrose (born 1953), former American football linebacker in the National Football League
• Dick Armey (born 1940), American politician and member of US House of Representatives from Texas (1985–2003)
• Frederick Ashworth (1912–2005), United States Navy officer
• Dick Assman (1934– 2016), Canadian gas station owner
• Dick Attlesey (1929–1984), American hurdler
• Richard Joseph Audet (1922–1945), Canadian fighter pilot ace during World War II
• Dick Ault (1925–2007), American Olympian
• Dick Barber (1910–1983), American long jumper
• Dick Bavetta (born 1939), American retired professional basketball referee for the National Basketball Association (NBA)
• Dick Butkus (born 1942), former American football player, sports commentator, and actor
• Dick Cavett (born 1936), American television talk show host
• Dick Cheney (born 1941), American politician who served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
• Dick Clark (1929–2012), American radio and television personality
• Dick Clark (senator) (born 1928), American politician and US Senator from Iowa (1973–1979)
• Dick Conger (1921–1970), American major league baseball pitcher
• Dick Contino (1930–2017), American accordionist
• Dick Davis (running back) (born 1946), American football player
• Dick Davis (defensive end) (born 1938), American football player
• Dick Enberg (1935–2017), American sportscaster
• Dick Fencl (1910–1972), American football player
• Richard S. Fuld Jr. (born 1946), American banker best known as the final Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers
• Richard "Dick" Gordon (born 1945) Filipino politician and broadcaster
• Dick Hoblitzell (1888–1962), American Major League Baseball player
• Dick Ives (1926–1997), American basketball player
• Dick Johnson (racing driver) (born 1945), Australian touring car driver and team owner
• Richard Lamm (born 1935), American politician, writer, Certified Public Accountant, college professor, and lawyer
• Richard Lyon (1923–2017), United States Navy admiral and former mayor of Oceanside, California
• Richard Marcinko (born 1940), former United States Navy officer and retired Navy SEAL
• Dick Murdoch (1946–1996), American professional wrestler
• Dick Pole (born 1950), American baseball player and coach
• Dick Pound (born 1942), Canadian swimming champion and first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency
• Dick Reynolds (1915–2002), Australian rules footballer who represented Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL)
• Dick Rutkowski, diving medicine pioneer
• Richard "Dick" Savitt (born 1927), American tennis player
• Dick Shawn (1923–1987), American actor and comedian
• Dick Shikat (1897–1968), German professional wrestler and World Heavyweight Champion
• Dick Stanfel (1927–2015), American football player
• Dick Schweidler (1914–2010), American football player
• Dick Tayler (born 1948), New Zealand long-distance runner
• Dick Teague (1923–1991), American industrial designer
• Dick Thornburgh (1932–2020), American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987), and US Attorney General (1988–1991)
• Dick Turpin (1705–1739), English highwayman executed for horse theft
• Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), American actor, comedian, writer and producer
• Dick Vitale (born 1939), American basketball sportscaster
• Richard Winters (1918–2011), officer of the United States Army and decorated war veteran
• Richard McCourt (born 1976), Tv presenter
• Richard Princher (born 1945), actor (Most notably 'Victory is FAKE