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Derek Acorah
Derek Acorah, born Derek Francis Johnson, was an English spiritual medium from Bootle, Liverpool, best known as the guest medium on Most Haunted from 2002 to 2005.
Derek Allhusen
Derek Allhusen (Derek Swithin Allhusen, 1914–2000), British Army officer and equestrian; won individual silver and team gold in eventing at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics on Lochinvar, and sixth in the 1948 Winter Pentathlon demonstration.
Derek and the Dominos
Derek and the Dominos: short-lived 1970-71 blues-rock band of Eric Clapton, Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon, with Duane Allman on their only album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (9 November 1970), which flopped then became a classic through the single Layla.
Derek Anderson (American football)
Derek Anderson (born 1983, Portland, Oregon) is a former NFL quarterback, Oregon State record-setter, 2005 Ravens sixth-rounder, 2007 Browns Pro Bowler with 29 TD passes, later Panthers backup; career 10,878 yards, 60 TD, 64 INT.
Derek Barnett
Derek Barnett, NFL defensive end for the Cleveland Browns; former Tennessee Volunteers star and 14th overall 2017 draft pick who won Super Bowl LII with Philadelphia and set the school career sack record.
Derek Barton
Derek Barton, also known as Derek H. R. Barton, was a British organic chemist who founded conformational analysis and shared the 1969 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Derek Blasberg
Derek Blasberg (born 1982, St. Louis) is an American fashion writer, NYU graduate, first Head of Fashion & Beauty at YouTube (2018–2022), Vanity Fair special correspondent, Gagosian executive editor, and author of Classy and Fast + Louche.
Derek Bok
Derek Bok, Harvard's 25th president (1971-1991) and interim president 2006-2007, former Harvard Law School dean, author of nine higher-education books including The Shape of the River and Attacking the Elites.
Derek Boogaard
Derek Boogaard, "The Boogeyman," was a 6-foot-7 NHL enforcer for the Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers who died at 28 in 2011 of an alcohol and painkiller overdose and was posthumously diagnosed with CTE.
Derek Brown (Utah politician)
Derek Brown is an American Republican politician and the Attorney General of Utah, elected in November 2024 after serving in the Utah House of Representatives and chairing the state Republican Party.
Derek Brunson
Derek Brunson, "The One," American middleweight MMA fighter from Wilmington, NC; three-time DII All-American wrestler, 14-7 in the UFC (2012-2023), later signed with the PFL and beat Ray Cooper III in his 2023 debut.
Derek Bryceson
Derek Noel Maclean Bryceson (1922-1980), British-born Tanzanian farmer, TANU politician, and cabinet minister under Julius Nyerere; only European cabinet member in 1965, later Director of Tanzania National Parks from 1972 and second husband of Jane Goodall, who he married in 1975.
Derek C. Angus
Derek Angus is a Scottish-born physician and critical care researcher at the University of Pittsburgh who led its critical care department and led landmark sepsis trials.
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir is a Canadian environmental chemist who studies persistent organic pollutants, PFAS, and mercury in Arctic environments, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2024.
Derek Carr
Derek Dallas Carr is an American former NFL quarterback who played 11 seasons, nine with the Raiders, and retired in 2025 due to a shoulder injury.
Derek Chang
Derek Chang is an American media and investment executive who has been President and CEO of Liberty Media, which owns Formula 1 and MotoGP, since 2025.
Derek Chauvin
Derek Michael Chauvin, former Minneapolis police officer, convicted in 2021 of murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck 9.5 minutes; sentenced to 22.5 years state and 21 years federal prison, appeals denied.
Derek Chisora
Derek (Dereck) Chisora, nicknamed "War", Zimbabwe-born British heavyweight boxer, 36-14 (23 KOs) after 50 fights; British, Commonwealth and European titleholder, three-time world-title challenger, retired April 2026 then announced a comeback against Murat Gassiev.
Derek Chisora vs. Deontay Wilder
Derek Chisora vs. Deontay Wilder, also billed "100", was a 4 April 2026 heavyweight fight at London's O2 Arena, each man's 50th bout; Wilder won by split decision with an eighth-round knockdown in Chisora's billed farewell.
Derek Cianfrance
Derek Cianfrance (born 1974, Lakewood, Colorado) is an American director and screenwriter of Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Light Between Oceans, I Know This Much Is True, and Roofman, distinct from other Dereks by his Sundance Grand Jury Prize and immersive filmmaking methods.
Derek Clayton
Derek Clayton (born 1942), Australian marathon runner, set world records of 2:09:36.4 (Fukuoka 1967, first sub-2:10) and 2:08:33.6 (Antwerp 1969, disputed); Olympian 1968, 1972.
Derek Denton
Derek Denton (1924–2022) was an Australian research physiologist, founding director of the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne, whose sheep and chimpanzee studies established salt appetite as innate and linked salt intake to blood pressure.
Derek DiRocco
Derek DiRocco is an American healthcare investor and Partner at RA Capital Management, where he has worked on public and private biotech investments since joining in 2013.
Derek Dooley (American football)
Derek Dooley (born 1968), American football coach, son of Vince Dooley; head coach at Louisiana Tech (17-20) and Tennessee (15-21, fired 2012), later NFL assistant and 2026 Georgia Republican Senate candidate.
Derek Draper
Derek William Draper (1967-2024) was a British political adviser, lobbyist, and psychotherapist, known for the 1998 Lobbygate scandal and for his long illness with Covid-19; husband of presenter Kate Garraway.
Derek Drouin
Derek Drouin, Canadian high jumper born 1990 in Sarnia, Ontario: Rio 2016 Olympic gold at 2.38m, London 2012 silver upgraded from bronze, 2015 world champion, Canadian record 2.40m.
Derek E. G. Briggs
Derek E. G. Briggs is a paleontologist at Yale University and a Peabody Museum curator since 2003, known for work on the Burgess Shale and the Tully monster.
Derek Fisher
Derek Fisher (Derek Lamar Fisher, born 1974) is a retired NBA point guard who won five championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, hit the famous 0.4-second shot in the 2004 playoffs, holds the record of 259 playoff games, and later coached the Knicks and Sparks.
Derek Fowlds
Derek Fowlds (1937-2020), English actor known as Mr Derek in The Basil Brush Show, Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, and Oscar Blaketon in all 18 series of ITV's Heartbeat.
Derek Griffiths
Derek Griffiths (born 1946) is a British actor, presenter, and composer known for Play School and Play Away, the voice of SuperTed, The Black Mikado, RSC Shakespeare roles, Coronation Street, and an MBE.