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Rick Genest
Rick Genest (1985-2018), aka Rico the Zombie or Zombie Boy, was a Canadian model and artist from Montreal with near-full-body skeleton tattoos, known for Lady Gaga's Born This Way video, Mugler runways, and an accidental 2018 death.
Rick Gerson
Rick Gerson is an American investor who co-founded Alpha Wave Global in 2012, chairing the $29 billion asset manager formerly named Falcon Edge Capital, with investments including SpaceX and OpenAI.
Rick Girdler
Rick Girdler is an American politician and Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing the 15th district, covering five counties including Pulaski and Wayne; in 2026 he sponsored Senate Bill 97 on prosthetics insurance coverage.
Rick Gonzalez
Rick Gonzalez (born 1979, New York) is an American actor known as Timo Cruz in Coach Carter, Ben Gonzalez on Reaper, Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog on Arrow (76 episodes), and Detective Bobby Reyes on Law & Order: Organized Crime; distinct from Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez.
Rick Griffin
Rick Griffin (Richard Alden Griffin, 1944-1991), American psychedelic poster artist, Zap Comix founder, Big Five member, creator of Murphy, the Flying Eyeball poster, and the Grateful Dead's Aoxomoxoa cover.
Rick Grimes
Rick Grimes is the sheriff's deputy protagonist of The Walking Dead comic (2003, Robert Kirkman) and the AMC TV series played by Andrew Lincoln; he wakes from a coma into a zombie apocalypse, leads survivors, dies in comic issue #192, exits TV in Season 9, and returns in The Ones Who Live (2024).
Rick Hansen
Rick Hansen (born 1957) is a Canadian Paralympian and disability advocate whose 1985-1987 Man In Motion World Tour covered 40,000 km through 34 countries, raising $26 million, and who founded the Rick Hansen Foundation in 1988.
Rick Harrison
Rick Harrison is an American pawnbroker who co-founded the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas and stars in the History Channel series Pawn Stars.
Rick Hendrick
Rick Hendrick (born 1949) is founder of Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR's winningest team owner with 14 Cup championships and 312 wins, and chairman of Hendrick Automotive Group, the largest privately held US dealership group.
Rick Hill (actor)
Rick Hill (Richard Hill, born 1953, Harlan, Kentucky) is an American actor, director, and writer: star of Deathstalker (1983), Al Gordean on Today's F.B.I., and co-author of the Pete Rose best-seller My Prison Without Bars.
Rick Hoffman
Rick Hoffman (born 1970, New York City) is an American actor best known as lawyer Louis Litt on all nine seasons of Suits (2011–2019, 134 episodes), with earlier roles on The $treet, Philly, Jake in Progress, and later Billions and Thanksgiving.
Rick Hurst
Rick Hurst (Richard Douglas Hurst, 1946–2025), American character actor, played dim-witted Deputy Cletus Hogg on CBS's The Dukes of Hazzard (55 episodes, 1979–1982) and its two reunion films; also On the Rocks, Amanda's, Steel Magnolias; father of actor Ryan Hurst.
Rick Husband
Rick Husband, born Richard Douglas Husband, was an American astronaut and Air Force colonel who commanded Space Shuttle Columbia on the STS-107 science mission, dying in its 2003 breakup.
Rick Jackson (businessman)
Rick Jackson (born 1955) is an American healthcare staffing billionaire, founder and CEO of Jackson Healthcare in Alpharetta, Georgia, and the Republican nominee in the 2026 Georgia governor's race, distinguished by record self-funding over $108 million and roughly $1 billion in state contracts.
Rick James
Rick James (James Ambrose Johnson, Jr., 1948-2004), American funk singer and producer of "punk funk," known for "Super Freak," Street Songs, the Mynah Birds with Neil Young, and his 1990s conviction.
Rick Jones (character)
Rick Jones (Richard M. Jones), Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962). Teen sidekick to the Hulk, Captain America (as Bucky), and Captain Mar-Vell; his distress call formed the Avengers.
Rick Krivda
Rick Krivda (Rick Michael Krivda, born 1970, McKeesport, Pennsylvania) is an American left-handed pitcher who pitched 1995-1998 for the Orioles, Indians, and Reds (11-16, 5.57 ERA) and won baseball gold with the USA at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Rick L. Danheiser
Rick L. Danheiser is an American organic chemist at MIT, known for the Danheiser Annulation and Benzannulation, who has led Organic Syntheses since 2004 and chaired the MIT Faculty.
Rick Larsen
Rick Larsen, born in 1965, is an American Democrat who has represented Washington's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House since 2001 and is the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Rick Leventhal
Rick Leventhal (Richard Gary Leventhal, born 1960) is an American TV journalist, Fox News senior correspondent 1997-2021 known for 9/11 and Iraq embed reporting, now hosting The Leventhal Report on Newsmax2.
Rick Lopes
Rick Lopes is an American Democratic politician serving in the Connecticut Senate from the 6th district, elected in 2020 after six years in the state House.
Rick Lovato
Rick Lovato (born 1992) is a former NFL long snapper from Middletown, NJ, Old Dominion's first NFL player; two-time Super Bowl champion (LII, LIX) and 2019 Pro Bowler with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Rick Macci
Rick Macci, American tennis coach, founder of the Rick Macci Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, Florida; coached Venus and Serena Williams (1991-1995), Roddick, Capriati, Sharapova; USPTA Hall of Fame 2017.
Rick Mahorn
Rick Mahorn (Derrick Allen Mahorn, born 1958, Hartford, CT) is a former NBA power forward, 1989 champion with Detroit's Bad Boys Pistons, All-Defensive Second Team 1990, later a WNBA coach and Pistons radio analyst.
Rick Martel
Rick "The Model" Martel, Canadian wrestler; AWA World Heavyweight Champion (1984–85, from Jumbo Tsuruta), WWF World Tag Team Champion with Tony Garea and Tito Santana, WCW TV Champion; retired July 1998.
Rick May
Rick May (1940–2020) was a Canadian-American voice actor best known for voicing the Soldier in Team Fortress 2 and Peppy Hare and Andross in Star Fox 64.
Rick Monday
Rick Monday (Robert James Monday, born 1945) is a former MLB center fielder, first overall pick of the inaugural 1965 draft, a two-time All-Star, 1981 World Series champion, and rescuer of an American flag at Dodger Stadium in 1976.
Rick Moody
Rick Moody (Hiram F. Moody III, born 1961), American novelist of Garden State, The Ice Storm, and Purple America, plus The Black Veil memoir; Pushcart, Guggenheim, Bonderman Professor at Brown; also records with the Wingdale Community Singers.
Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis (Frederick Allan Moranis, born 1953, Toronto) is a Canadian comic actor, SCTV's Bob McKenzie, and star of Ghostbusters, Spaceballs, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; he left acting in 1997 to raise his children and returns as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs: The New One (2027).
Rick Nash
Rick Nash (born 1984, Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian former NHL left wing, first overall pick in 2002 by Columbus, Richard Trophy winner, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and now Blue Jackets director of player personnel/development.