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Dick Murdoch
Dick Murdoch (Hoyt Richard Murdoch, 1946–1996), Texan pro wrestler, half of The Texas Outlaws with Dusty Rhodes, WWF Tag Team Champion with Adrian Adonis, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame 2013.
Dick Murphy
Dick Murphy (Richard Frederick Murphy, 1931-2023), American Naval Academy rower who won gold in the men's eights at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; distinct from baseball, basketball, and boxing namesakes.
Dick Parke
Dick Parke (Richard Averell Parke, 1893-1950), American bobsledder and Cornell graduate who won 1928 St. Moritz Olympic gold in the five-man event with Billy Fiske's recruited, inexperienced USA 2 crew.
Dick Parry
Dick Parry (Richard Parry, 1942–2026) was an English saxophonist from Kentford, Suffolk, and lifelong friend of David Gilmour who played the solos on Pink Floyd's Money, Us and Them, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Wearing the Inside Out.
Dick Portillo
Dick Portillo is an American restaurateur who founded Portillo's in Villa Park, Illinois, in 1963 and sold the Chicago chain for about $1 billion in 2014.
Dick Pound
Dick Pound (Richard Pound), Canadian lawyer, Rome 1960 Olympic swimmer, IOC member since 1978, founding WADA president 1999-2007, architect of the World Anti-Doping Code and the IOC's TOP sponsorship program.
Dick Powell
Dick Powell (Richard Ewing Powell, 1904–1963), American singer, actor, producer, and director; Warner Bros. musical star of 42nd Street, film noir lead in Murder, My Sweet, and president of Four Star Television.
Dick Quax
Dick Quax (Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus Quax, 1948–2018), Dutch-born New Zealand distance runner; 1976 Olympic 5000m silver, 1970 Commonwealth 1500m silver, 1977 5000m world record 13:12.86, later coach and Auckland councillor.
Dick Rodenhiser
Dick Rodenhiser (Richard Peter Rodenhiser, born 1932, Malden, Massachusetts), American ice hockey center; Boston University All-American; won 1956 Olympic silver at Cortina d'Ampezzo and 1960 Olympic gold at Squaw Valley; later Loring Arena manager.
Dick Roth
Dick Roth (Richard William Roth, 1947–2025), American swimmer who won the first Olympic 400 m individual medley at Tokyo 1964 in a world-record 4:45.4 while recovering from appendicitis; later a Hall of Fame honoree.
Dick Rowland
Dick Rowland (born c. 1902, birth name Jimmie Jones, dubbed "Diamond Dick" by Tulsa's white press) was a Black Tulsa shoe shiner whose 1921 false arrest for assaulting elevator operator Sarah Page sparked the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Dick Rutan
Richard Glenn "Dick" Rutan was an American aviator and Air Force pilot who, with Jeana Yeager, flew the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world in 1986.
Dick Sargeant
Dick Sargeant (James Fred Robert Sargeant, born 1936, Kobe, Japan) is an Australian Olympic sailor, gold medalist in the 5.5-metre class on Barrenjoey at Tokyo 1964, Australia's first sailing gold, and fourth in the Flying Dutchman at Mexico City 1968; also 1962 America's Cup Gretel crew.
Dick Sargent
Dick Sargent (Richard Stanford Cox, 1930–1994), American actor, second Darrin Stephens on ABC's Bewitched 1969–1972 after Dick York; films included Operation Petticoat; came out gay on National Coming Out Day 1991; died of prostate cancer.
Dick Schaap
Dick Schaap, born Richard Jay Schaap, was an American sportswriter and broadcaster who worked in print, radio, and television, and hosted ESPN's The Sports Reporters from 1988 until 2001.
Dick Schoof
Dick Schoof (born 1957), Dutch nonpartisan civil servant and Prime Minister 2024-2026; ex-NCTV, ex-AIVD chief, ex-Justice secretary-general; led PVV-VVD-NSC-BBB cabinet that fell over asylum policy.
Dick Scobee
Dick Scobee, formally Francis Richard Scobee, was an American astronaut and Air Force test pilot who commanded the ill-fated final flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986.
Dick Shawn
Dick Shawn (Richard Schulefand, 1923–1987), American comedian and actor of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Producers, pioneer of absurdist one-man shows who died on stage in San Diego.
Dick Sheldon
Dick Sheldon (Richard Sheldon, 1878-1935), American shot putter and discus thrower for Yale and NYAC; won 1900 Paris Olympic shot put gold (14.10 m) and discus bronze; brother of Lewis Sheldon; not born 1880.
Dick Sheppard (priest)
Dick Sheppard (1880–1937) was an Anglican priest and Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, known as the BBC's "radio parson" and as founder of the Peace Pledge Union, whose antiwar pledge drew over 100,000 British members by 1936.
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.