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Derek Parra
Derek Parra, American speed skater born 1970 in San Bernardino, California; former inline world champion who won 2002 Olympic gold in the 1,500 m and silver in the 5,000 m, both in world-record times, first Mexican-American Winter Olympic medalist.
Derek Porter
Derek Porter (Derek Porter-Nesbitt), born 1967 in Belfast, is a Canadian rower: 1992 Olympic gold in the men's eight, 1993 single sculls world champion, 1996 Olympic silver, later a Vancouver chiropractor.
Derek Prince
Derek Prince (1915–2003) was a Pentecostal Bible teacher and author, born in India and educated at Cambridge, whose teaching on deliverance from demons reached more than 100 languages.
Derek R. Gaston
Derek R. Gaston is an American computational nuclear engineer who founded the MOOSE multiphysics simulation framework at Idaho National Laboratory and received the Presidential Early Career Award.
Derek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley, also published as Derek Lovley, is an American microbiologist who discovered the metal-respiring bacterium Geobacter in 1987 and founded electromicrobiology, known for microbial nanowires and uranium bioremediation.
Derek Ramsay
Derek Ramsay is a Filipino-British film and television actor in the Philippines, first known as an MTV VJ, who won the Metro Manila Film Festival Best Actor award twice, in 2014 and 2017.
Derek Redmond
Derek Redmond (born 1965), British 400m sprinter, former British record holder (44.50), 1991 world 4x400m relay champion, famous for finishing his injury-torn 1992 Barcelona Olympic semi-final helped by his father Jim.
Derek Schmidt
Derek Schmidt is an American Republican politician, a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd Congressional District since 2025 who earlier served 12 years as Kansas attorney general.
Derek Sharp
Derek Sharp (born 1965) is a Canadian rock and blues singer-guitarist, lead vocalist and guitarist of The Guess Who from 2008 to 2024, now leading Derek Sharp & The Champagne Jam; distinct from DJ Derek, Elliott Sharp, and the Sabre executive of the same name.
Derek Shepherd
Derek Shepherd, nicknamed McDreamy, is the fictional neurosurgeon played by Patrick Dempsey on Grey's Anatomy from the 2005 pilot, Meredith Grey's love interest, killed in a 2015 season 11 truck crash and later revived in dream sequences.
Derek Sherinian
Derek Sherinian (born 1966, Santa Cruz, California) is an American rock and fusion keyboardist, ex-Dream Theater (1994-1999), founder of Planet X, member of Black Country Communion and Sons of Apollo, known for a guitaristic Hammond-and-Moog style and solo albums such as Planet X and The Phoenix.
Derek Slap
Derek Slap is an American Democratic politician representing Connecticut's 5th Senate district, first elected in a 2019 special election after one term in the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Derek Stanford (Washington politician)
Derek Stanford is an American Democratic politician who has represented Washington's 1st district in the State Senate since 2019, after serving in the House from 2011 to 2019.
Derek Stingley Jr.
Derek Stingley Jr., Houston Texans cornerback, No. 3 overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft from LSU; 2019 national champion, two-time All-America, 2024 first-team All-Pro, and signer of a three-year, $90 million extension in March 2025.
Derek Theler
Derek Theler, American actor and model, best known as Danny Wheeler on Baby Daddy (2012-2017, 100 episodes); also 68 Whiskey, American Gods, and the unaired Marvel New Warriors pilot as Mister Immortal.
Derek Thompson (actor)
Derek Thompson (born 1948, Belfast) is a Northern Irish actor who played nurse Charlie Fairhead in BBC's Casualty from 1986 to 2024, appeared in The Long Good Friday, and sang with twin sister Elaine as Elaine and Derek.
Derek Tran
Derek Tran, Democratic U.S. representative for California's 45th District since 2025; Army veteran and workers' rights attorney who unseated Michelle Steel by 653 votes in 2024; faces Chuong Vo in 2026.
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks, Jacksonville-born slide guitarist and nephew of Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, leads the Tedeschi Trucks Band with Susan Tedeschi and played in the Allman Brothers Band from 1999 to 2014.
Derek van der Kooy
Derek van der Kooy is a professor of molecular genetics at the University of Toronto known for his 2000 discovery of retinal stem cells in the adult mammalian eye.
Derek Vance
Derek Vance is an Irish isotope geochemist, Professor of Geochemistry at ETH Zurich since 2012 and a Fellow of the Royal Society elected in 2023.
Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott (1930–2017) was a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, and essayist who won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, best known for the Homeric long poem Omeros (1990).
Derek Waters
Derek Waters (born 1979, Baltimore) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, co-creator and host of Comedy Central's Drunk History with Jeremy Konner; also known for Derek & Simon and roles in Hall Pass.
Derek Watt
Derek Watt, NFL fullback (2016-2022) for the Chargers and Steelers, Wisconsin Badgers alumnus, middle brother of J.J. and T.J. Watt; drafted 198th overall in 2016, retired March 2024.
Derek Webb
Derek Webb (born 1974, Memphis) is an American singer-songwriter, founding member of Caedmon's Call and co-founder of NoiseTrade, known for provocative solo albums from She Must and Shall Go Free (2003) to Survival Songs (2025) and a self-described agnostic faith journey.
Derek Wolfe
Derek Wolfe (born 1990, Lisbon, Ohio) is a former NFL defensive lineman, Cincinnati Bearcats star drafted 36th overall by Denver in 2012, who won Super Bowl 50 with the Broncos and retired in 2022.
Derek Wulf
Derek Wulf, Republican Iowa House District 76 representative from Hudson (since 2023), Agriculture chair and former Natural Resources chair, farmer and ex-Cargill swine specialist, 2026 GOP lieutenant governor nominee with Zach Lahn.
Derek Yach
Derek Yach is a South African global health expert who was WHO Executive Director for Noncommunicable Diseases, led the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and later taught at Yale.
Derekh Hayyim
Derekh Hayyim (דרך חיים, "The Way of Life") is a commentary on the Mishnah tractate Pirkei Avot by Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the Maharal of Prague, first printed in 1589.
Derelict satellite
A derelict satellite is an artificial satellite in Earth orbit that no longer performs its mission and is not being operated, whether failed or retired to a graveyard orbit.
Derelict spacecraft
A derelict spacecraft is an inert, unsteerable object in orbit, unable to reach a graveyard orbit. The defunct Cosmos 2251 destroyed Iridium 33 in the 2009 collision.