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Dick Smothers
Dick Smothers (Richard Remick Smothers, born November 20, 1938 or 1939) is the American comedian, bass player, and straight man of the Smothers Brothers, co-host of the censored, canceled CBS satire The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-1969).
Dick Southwood
Dick Southwood (Leslie Frank Southwood, 1906–1986) was a British rower, 1936 Olympic double sculls gold medalist with Jack Beresford, fourth in the 1932 single sculls, and 1933 Wingfield Sculls winner.
Dick Strawbridge
Dick Strawbridge (born 1959) is a British engineer, retired Royal Signals lieutenant colonel, MBE, TV presenter and author, known for Scrapheap Challenge, It's Not Easy Being Green, and Escape to the Chateau with wife Angel Adoree.
Dick the Bruiser
Dick the Bruiser, ring name of William Fritz Afflis (1929–1991), was an American wrestler and former Green Bay Packers lineman who founded the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy: American newspaper comic strip about a plainclothes police detective, created by Chester Gould, debuting October 4, 1931 in the Detroit Mirror; known for grotesque villains, forensic detective work, and adaptations in radio, film serials, and the 1990 Warren Beatty movie.
Dick Tracy (1990 film)
Dick Tracy (1990 film) is an American crime film based on a comic strip. Directed by Warren Beatty, it stars Al Pacino and Madonna and features a distinct seven-color palette.
Dick Trickle
Dick Trickle (Richard Leroy Trickle, 1941-2013), American stock car driver nicknamed the White Knight; Wisconsin short-track legend with an estimated 1,000-1,200 wins, 1989 NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year at 48, winless in 303 Cup starts.
Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin (Richard Turpin, bap. 1705, d. 1739) was an English highwayman, housebreaker, and horse thief hanged at York under the alias John Palmer; the Black Bess ride to York legend comes from Ainsworth's 1834 novel Rookwood.
Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke (born 1925, West Plains, Missouri) is an American actor and comedian of Rob Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show and Bert in Mary Poppins; Tony, Grammy, five Emmy winner, still active at 100.
Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten (Richard Vincent Van Patten, 1928-2015), American actor famous as dad Tom Bradford on ABC's Eight Is Enough (1977-1981); child Broadway performer, star of CBS's Mama, Mel Brooks film actor, Natural Balance pet food co-founder.
Dick Vermeil
Dick Vermeil (born October 30, 1936) is an American former NFL head coach of the Eagles, Rams, and Chiefs over 15 seasons, 126-114 record, Super Bowl XXXIV winner, Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022.
Dick Vitale
Dick Vitale (born June 9, 1939, Passaic, NJ), "Dickie V," ESPN college basketball analyst since 1979 who called ESPN's first college game; former Detroit coach and Pistons coach; Hall of Famer and V Foundation cancer advocate.
Dick Whittington and His Cat
Dick Whittington and His Cat is an English legend attaching a fortune-making cat folk tale to Richard Whittington (c. 1350–1423), the real London mercer and three-time Lord Mayor; first recorded in 1605, retold in chapbooks and pantomime.
Dick Williams
Dick Williams (Richard Norris Williams, 1891-1968), American tennis player and Titanic survivor; won 1924 Olympic mixed doubles gold with Hazel Wightman, U.S. singles 1914/1916, Wimbledon doubles 1920, refused leg amputation after the 1912 sinking.
Dick Wolf
Dick Wolf (Richard Anthony Wolf, born 1946, New York City) is the American producer who created Law & Order and built Wolf Entertainment, behind Law & Order, One Chicago, and FBI, with two Emmys and a Grammy.
Dick York
Dick York (1928-1992), American actor, original Darrin Stephens on ABC's Bewitched 1964-1969 and Bertram Cates in Inherit the Wind; left the sitcom over a back injury and later ran Acting for Life for the homeless.
Dick's Drive-In
Dick's Drive-In is a privately held burger chain in the Seattle area, founded in 1954 by Dick Spady, known for a barely changed menu and $22-an-hour starting pay.
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods is an American sporting-goods retailer founded by Richard Stack in 1948 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, which acquired Foot Locker in 2025 and runs 3,195 stores with $17.22 billion in fiscal 2025 sales.
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Dick's Sporting Goods Park is the Colorado Rapids' MLS soccer-specific stadium in Commerce City, Colorado, opened 2007, capacity about 18,086, with 23 lit fields, a $40 million naming deal, and the highest-elevation MLS venue.
Dicke model
The Dicke model, named for Robert H. Dicke, describes two-level atoms collectively coupled to a single cavity light mode and predicts a superradiant quantum phase transition.
Dickens (Mercurian crater)
Dickens (Mercurian crater): IAU-approved 78 km impact crater on Mercury near the south pole, quad H-15, center about -72.9, 153.3, adopted 1976 and named for English novelist Charles Dickens.
Dickensian (TV series)
Dickensian (BBC One, 2015–16) was a 20-part drama by Tony Jordan placing about 25 Dickens characters, including Fagin, Scrooge and Miss Havisham, in one Victorian street around a Marley murder mystery, axed after one series despite a £10m budget.
Dickey Betts
Dickey Betts (Forrest Richard Betts, 1943–2024) was a founding guitarist, singer, and songwriter of the Allman Brothers Band, wrote "Ramblin' Man" and "Jessica," co-created its twin-lead sound, and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
Dickey–Fuller test
The Dickey–Fuller test is a statistical test for a unit root in an autoregressive time series, introduced by David Dickey and Wayne Fuller in 1979.
Dickeya
Dickeya, formerly pectinolytic Erwinia, is a genus of Gram-negative Pectobacteriaceae plant-pathogen bacteria causing soft rot and potato blackleg; 12 species, including D. dianthicola and D. solani, distinguished from Pectobacterium by lower infective dose and higher-temperature disease.
Dickeya chrysanthemi
Dickeya chrysanthemi, formerly Erwinia chrysanthemi, is the type species of the soft-rot plant pathogen genus Dickeya (Pectobacteriaceae), causing wilt and rot in chrysanthemum, potato, and other crops.
Dickie Bird
Dickie Bird (Harold Dennis Bird, 1933–2025), English cricket umpire from Barnsley; officiated 66 Tests, 69 ODIs, and the 1975, 1979, and 1983 World Cup finals; former Yorkshire and Leicestershire batsman.
Dickie Burnell
Dickie Burnell was a British rower and journalist who won gold in the double sculls at the 1948 London Olympics with Bert Bushnell, then became rowing correspondent of The Times.
Dickie Carr
Dickie Carr (Richard John Carr, 1911-2000), Indian Anglo-Indian hockey Olympian and sprinter; won 1932 Olympic hockey gold, ran the 4x100 m relay, discovered Leslie Claudius, later coached in Australia.
Dickie Goodman
Dickie Goodman (Richard Dorian Goodman, 1934-1989), American novelty record producer, invented the break-in record, an early sampling precursor; hits include The Flying Saucer (1956, No. 3) and Mr. Jaws (1975, No. 4).