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Rik Ossenkoppele
Rik Ossenkoppele is a Dutch neuroscientist and associate professor at Amsterdam UMC who studies Alzheimer's disease with tau and amyloid PET imaging, leading the ERC-funded TAU-NOW project.
Rik R. Tykwinski
Rik R. Tykwinski is a Canadian physical organic chemist and professor at the University of Alberta known for synthesizing polyynes and cumulenes as model compounds for carbyne.
Rik Smits
Rik Smits, "The Dunking Dutchman" (born 1966, Eindhoven), Dutch 7'4" center; Marist star drafted 2nd overall by Indiana in 1988; 12-year Pacers career, 1998 All-Star, 2000 NBA Finals, 12,871 career points.
Rik Van Looy
Rik Van Looy (Hendrik Van Looy, 1933-2024), Belgian road cyclist nicknamed the Emperor of Herentals; first rider to win all five Monument classics, twice world champion (1960, 1961), 371 pro road wins, second only to Merckx.
Rik W. De Doncker
Rik W. De Doncker is a Belgian electrical engineer and professor at RWTH Aachen University, best known for inventing the dual-active-bridge DC-DC converter in 1988.
Rika (Pokémon)
Rika (Japanese: チリ, Chili) is a Paldea Elite Four member in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, a Ground-type specialist whose ace is Clodsire; she also appears in Pokémon Masters EX, Pokémon Horizons, and the TCG, and topped Japan's 2022 Yumejoshi crush poll.
Rika Bruins
Rika Bruins (Henderika Bruins, 1934-2025), Dutch breaststroke swimmer from Groningen; 10th in the 200 m breaststroke at Helsinki 1952 and world record holder in the 4x100 m medley relay, 1954 and 1955.
Rika Fukami (深見梨加)
Rika Fukami (深見梨加, born 1963) is a Japanese freelance voice actress and narrator from Saitama, known as Minako Aino/Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon, the dub voice of Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock, and Myung Fang Lone in Macross Plus.
Rika Zarai
Rika Zarai, born Rika Gozman, was a singer from Jerusalem who became a bestselling French variety artist of the 1960s and 1970s with hits like "Casatschok".
Rikako Sasaki
Rikako Sasaki (佐々木莉佳子), born 2001, is a Japanese singer and model from Kesennuma, Miyagi, a third-generation member of the idol group Angerme from 2014 to 2024.
Rikako Yagi (八木 莉可子)
Rikako Yagi (八木 莉可子), born 2001 in Shiga Prefecture, is a Japanese actress and model who debuted at 14 via the #THE NEXT audition, became the 2016 Pocari Sweat girl, and starred in First Love, Sennyū Kyōdai, and Hanae Mori Butterfly beyond.
Rikard Holmdahl
Rikard Holmdahl is a Swedish immunologist who studies autoimmune disease and led the positional identification of Ncf1 as a gene regulating arthritis severity in rats.
Rikaze Diqu
Rikaze Diqu (日喀则地区, Shigatse Prefecture) was a 179,240 km² prefecture of southwest Tibet, also called Houzang, abolished 26 June 2014 to form prefecture-level Rikaze City with Sangzhuzi District and 17 counties.
RIKEN
RIKEN, also known as Rikagaku Kenkyūsho, is Japan's large comprehensive research institute for the natural sciences, founded in Tokyo in 1917 and home to the supercomputer Fugaku.
Riker Lynch
Riker Lynch (Riker Anthony Lynch), American actor, musician, and director born 1991 in Littleton, Colorado; bassist-singer of R5, Warbler Jeff on Glee, runner-up on Dancing with the Stars season 20, and Colorado's 2022 American Song Contest artist.
Rikers Island
Rikers Island: 415-acre New York City jail complex in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, operated by the DOC since 1935; bought in 1884, now slated for closure by 2027 under federal oversight.
Riki Kobayashi
Riki Kobayashi was an American chemical engineer and Louis Calder Professor at Rice University from 1951, whose natural gas measurements became industry standards and earned him National Academy of Engineering election in 1995.
Riki Lindhome
Riki Lindhome, born Erika Joan Lindhome, is an American actress, comedian, and songwriter known as half of the duo Garfunkel and Oates and for Dr. Kinbott in Netflix's Wednesday.
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (力王)
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (力王, Story of Ricky) is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts splatter film directed by Lam Nai-choi, based on a Japanese manga.
Rikidōzan (김신락)
Rikidōzan (김신락, 力道山), born Kim Sin-rak (1924–1963), was a Korean-born sumo wrestler turned professional wrestler who founded Japan's JWA in 1953, became puroresu's first star via an 87.0-rated 1957 Lou Thesz draw, and was later claimed by North Korean propaganda.
Rikidozan (力道山)
Rikidozan (역도산, 力道山), also titled Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary, is a 2004 South Korean biographical drama by Song Hae-sung starring Sul Kyung-gu as the Korean-born wrestler who became postwar Japan's national hero; released in Korea December 15, 2004 and Japan March 4, 2006.
Rikishi (wrestler)
Rikishi, ring name of Solofa Fatu Jr., is an American professional wrestler of the Anoa'i family, known for the Stinkface and inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015.
Rikishi (力士)
Rikishi (力士) is the Japanese term for professional sumo wrestlers registered with the Japan Sumo Association, ranked on the banzuke, living in stables, with sekitori privileges and documented health risks.
Rikke Hørlykke
Rikke Hørlykke (Rikke Hørlykke Jørgensen), born 1976, Danish centre back who won women's handball gold for Denmark at the 2004 Athens Olympics and European gold in 2002; 125 caps, later founder of Hørlykke Performance.
Rikke Møller Pedersen
Rikke Møller Pedersen, Danish breaststroke swimmer born 1989 in Odense; set the 200 m breaststroke world record (2:19.11, Barcelona 2013), won 2016 Olympic relay bronze, and earned 31 international medals before retiring in 2019.
Rikke Petersen Schmidt
Rikke Petersen Schmidt (Rikke Poulsen Schmidt), born 1975 in Aarhus, is a Danish former handball goalkeeper and two-time Olympic champion (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004) with 104 national team caps and a 2004 all-star selection.
Rikke Skov
Rikke Erhardsen Skov (born 1980, Viborg) is a Danish former handball left back who spent her whole career at Viborg HK, winning 3 Champions League titles, 10 Danish championships, and Olympic gold with Denmark in 2004.
Rikken
Rikken is a Dutch four-player trick-taking card game of the whist family with bidding and a called-ace partner, played mainly in Noord-Brabant, Limburg and parts of Belgium; contracts include rik, misère, piek, solos, and troela.
Rikken Kaishinto
The Rikken Kaishinto (立憲改進党, Constitutional Progressive Party) was a Japanese political party founded by Okuma Shigenobu in 1882, advocating a British-style parliamentary cabinet system until its 1896 dissolution.
Rikken Kokumintō
Rikken Kokumintō (立憲国民党, Constitutional Nationalist Party) was a Japanese opposition party of the late Meiji and Taishō periods, led by Inukai Tsuyoshi from 1910 to 1922.