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Dick Clark
Dick Clark (Richard Wagstaff Clark, 1929-2012), American TV host and producer, "America's oldest teenager," who hosted American Bandstand 1956-89, survived the payola scandal, created the American Music Awards, and hosted New Year's Rockin' Eve from 1972.
Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark Productions (DCP) is the American live-event TV producer founded by Dick Clark in 1957, known for New Year's Rockin' Eve, the AMAs, Golden Globes, and Billboard Music Awards, now owned by Penske Media and Eldridge.
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (NYRE) is ABC's annual New Year's Eve music special, debuting on NBC in 1972, hosted by Dick Clark until 2012 and Ryan Seacrest since, culminating in the Times Square ball drop.
Dick Cleveland
Richard Fitch "Dick" Cleveland (1929–2002), Hawaiian-born American sprint freestyle swimmer, Ohio State All-American, 1952 Olympian, 1951 Pan Am triple gold medalist, and first swimmer to use heavy weight training.
Dick Cusack
Dick Cusack (Richard John Cusack, 1925-2003), American advertising executive turned Emmy-winning documentarian, screenwriter of The Jack Bull, character actor, and father of actors John, Joan, Ann, Bill, and Susie Cusack.
Dick Dale
Dick Dale (Richard Anthony Monsour, 1937–2019), the King of the Surf Guitar, created surf music with the Del-Tones at the Rendezvous Ballroom; known for "Misirlou" (Pulp Fiction), and for developing the Fender Showman, Dual Showman amps, and stage reverb with Leo Fender.
Dick Dastardly
Dick Dastardly is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon villain created in 1968 for Wacky Races, voiced by Paul Winchell, who leads the Vulture Squadron chasing Yankee Doodle Pigeon in the 1969 spin-off with Muttley.
Dick Davies
Dick Davies (Richard Allen Davies, 1936–2012) was an American basketball guard from LSU and the Goodyear Wingfoots who won gold with the United States at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, beating the Soviet Union 72–59 in the final.
Dick de Zeeuw
Dick de Zeeuw (born 1951 in The Hague) is a Dutch clinical pharmacologist and professor at the University Medical Center Groningen who led major diabetic kidney disease trials.
Dick Degener
Dick Degener (Richard Kempster Degener, 1912-1995), American springboard diver: 1932 Olympic bronze and 1936 Olympic gold in men's 3m springboard, multiple AAU, NCAA, and Big Ten titles, ISHOF inductee 1971.
Dick DeVos
Dick DeVos (Richard Marvin DeVos Jr., born 1955) is an American businessman who was president of Amway from 1993 to 2002 and lost Michigan's 2006 gubernatorial race.
Dick Durbin
Dick Durbin (Richard Joseph Durbin, born 1944) is the senior Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois, Senate Democratic Whip since 2005, former Judiciary Committee chair, and retiring in 2026.
Dick Ebersol
Dick Ebersol (born 1947) is an American television executive who co-created Saturday Night Live, led NBC Sports from 1989 to 2011, produced 19 Olympic telecasts, and created Sunday Night Football, distinguishing him from other media executives named Ebersol such as his son Charlie.
Dick Emery
Dick Emery (Richard Gilbert Emery) was an English comedian and star of the BBC sketch show The Dick Emery Show (1963–1981, 18 series, about 17 million viewers), creator of Mandy, Lampwick, Hettie, and the catchphrase "Ooh, you are awful... but I like you!".
Dick Enberg
Dick Enberg (Richard Alan Enberg, 1935–2017) was an American sportscaster famous for "Oh, my!", 60 years on air at NBC, CBS, ESPN, and the Padres, Frick Award 2015.
Dick Eve
Dick Eve (Richmond Cavill Eve, 1901-1970), Australian diver of the Cavill swimming family; won gold in plain high diving at Paris 1924, fifth in springboard; later Manly baths manager and Eve Rocker inventor.
Dick Figures
Dick Figures is a 2010-2014 flash-animated YouTube comedy web series by Ed Skudder and Zack Keller about stick figures Red and Blue, produced by Six Point Harness with Mondo Media, spanning five seasons and a Kickstarter-record 2013 feature film.
Dick Fosbury
Dick Fosbury (1947-2023), American high jumper, won 1968 Mexico City Olympic gold at 2.24 m using his backward, head-first "Fosbury flop", which became the universal high jump technique.
Dick Francis
Dick Francis (1920-2010), British steeplechase jockey and crime novelist; rode for the Queen Mother, Devon Loch's 1956 Grand National collapse, then wrote Dead Cert and 40-plus racing thrillers, three Edgars, CBE.
Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan (Richard Peter Gaughan, b. 1948), Scottish folk singer and guitarist from Leith; Boys of the Lough and Five Hand Reel member; 1981 album Handful of Earth; career ended by 2016 stroke; legacy box set R/evolution released 2025–26.
Dick Gautier
Dick Gautier (Richard Gautier, 1931-2017), American actor and comedian; original Broadway Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie (1961 Tony nominee), Hymie the Robot on Get Smart, Robin Hood in When Things Were Rotten, voice of Serpentor and Transformers characters, and caricaturist-author.
Dick Gephardt
Dick Gephardt (Richard Andrew Gephardt, born 1941) is a former U.S. Representative from St. Louis, Missouri's 3rd District (1977–2005), House Majority and Minority Leader, and two-time Democratic presidential candidate (1988, 2004).
Dick Grant
Dick Grant was a Canadian marathon runner who finished sixth in the 1900 Paris Olympic marathon and was runner-up at the 1899 Boston Marathon in his personal best of 2:57:46.
Dick Grayson
Dick Grayson (Richard Grayson) is DC Comics' original Robin, debuting in Detective Comics #38 (1940), later Nightwing (Tales of the Teen Titans #44, 1984) and briefly Batman, distinct from later Robins Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Damian Wayne.
Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory (Richard Claxton Gregory, 1932–2017) was an American stand-up comedian, satirist, author, and civil rights activist who broke into national fame via the Chicago Playboy Club, marched with Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in 1968, and wrote Nigger: An Autobiography.
Dick Gunn
Dick Gunn (Richard Kenneth Gunn, 1871-1961), British amateur boxer, 1908 London Olympic featherweight gold medalist and oldest ever Olympic boxing champion at 37 years 254 days; three-time ABA champion 1894-96.
Dick Hanley
Dick Hanley (Richard Dennis Hanley, 1936–2022), American freestyle swimmer; 1956 Melbourne Olympic silver medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, fifth in the 100 m free, and 200 m freestyle world record holder (2:01.5, 1957).
Dick Harpootlian
Dick Harpootlian (Richard A. Harpootlian, born 1949) is a Columbia, South Carolina trial lawyer, former Fifth Circuit Solicitor, twice South Carolina Democratic Party chairman, 2018–2024 state senator, and Alex Murdaugh's lead defense counsel.
Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes (1918-1980), Argentine-born American baritone crooner, Harry James/Benny Goodman/Tommy Dorsey band singer, Sinatra's chief 1940s rival, State Fair star, nine Gold Records.
Dick Heinegård
Dick Heinegård (1942–2013) was a Swedish biochemist and physician at Lund University whose laboratory identified numerous cartilage matrix proteins and developed biomarkers for monitoring joint disease.