# Rik (given name)

Rik is a masculine given name and nickname. Most common in Belgium, it is a short form of the Dutch language given name Hendrik or sometimes Frederik, Erik or Rikkert. As an English-language name it usually is a variant of Rick, a short form of Richard.
Notable people with this name include:
* Rik Barnett (born 1990), English actor
* Rik Battaglia, stage name of Italian actor Caterino Bertaglia (1927–2015)
* Bert Blyleven né Rik Aalbert (born 1951), Dutch-born American baseball pitcher
* Rik Bonness (born 1954), American football player
* Rik van den Boog (born 1959), Dutch managing director of FC Ajax
* Rik Carey (born 1966), Bahamian musician (short form of Patrick)
* Rik Clerckx (1936–1985), Belgian long-distance runner
* Rik Coolsaet (born 1951), Belgian political scientist
* Rik Coppens (1930–2015), Belgian footballer
* Rik Cordero (born 1979), American film director
* Rik Daems (born 1959), Belgian politician and painter
* Rik Daniëls (born 1962), Belgian television director
* Rik De Deken (1907–1960), Belgian footballer
* Rik De Saedeleer (1924–2013), Belgian footballer and sports commentator
* Rik de Voest (born 1980), South African tennis player
* Rik Emmett (born 1953), Canadian guitarist and singer
* Rik Fox (born 1955), American heavy metal bassist
* Rik Grashoff (born 1961), Dutch engineer and politician
* Rik Hoevenaers (1902–1958), Belgian cyclist
* Rik van IJzendoorn (born 1987), Dutch cyclist
* Rik Isemborghs (1914–1973), Belgian footballer
* Rik Jaeken (born 1949), Belgian engineer and businessman
* Rik Janssen (born 1957), Dutch politician and businessman
* Rik Kemp (born 1939), Australian cartoonist
* Rik Kuypers (1925–2019), Belgian film director
* Rik de Lange (born 1956), Dutch politician
* Rik Larnoe (1897–1978), Belgian footballer
* Rik Launspach (born 1958), Dutch actor, writer and director
* Rik Levins (died 2010), American comic book artist
* Rik Lopez (born 1979), English footballer
* Rik Makarem (born 1982), English actor
* Rik Mayall (1958–2014), English comedian
* Rik Massengale (born 1957), American golfer
* Rik Moorman (born 1961), Dutch cyclist
* Rik Offenberger (born 1964), American comic book journalist
* Rik Pinxten (born 1947), Belgian anthropologist
* Rik Renders (1922–2008), Belgian cyclist
* Rik Rue (born 1950), Australian experimental musician
* Rik Schaefels (1827–1904), Belgian Romantic painter
* Rik Schaffer (born 1960s), American game composer
* Rik Schoofs (born 1950), Belgian long-distance runner
* Rik Sebens (born 1988), Dutch footballer
* Rik Simpson, British record producer
* Rik Smits (linguist) (born 1953), Dutch linguist, author, translator and editor
* Rik Smits (born 1966), Dutch NBA basketball player
* Rik Tommelein (born 1962), Belgian hurdler
* Rik Toonen (born 1954), Dutch water polo player
* Rik Torfs (born 1956), Belgian law scholar and politician
* Rik Van Brussel (born 1944), Belgian mechanical engineer
* Rik Van Linden (born 1949), Belgian cyclist
* Rik Van Looy (born 1933), Belgian cyclist
* Rik Van Nutter (1929–2005), American actor
* Rik Van Slycke (born 1963), Belgian cyclist
* Rik Van Steenbergen (1924–2003), Belgian cyclist
* Rik Vandenberghe (born 1953), Belgian sprinter
* Rik Verbrugghe (born 1974), Belgian cyclist
* Rik Vercoe (born 1972), British ultramarathon runner
* Rik Verheye (born 1986), Flemish actor
* Rik Waddon (born 1977), British cyclist
* Rik Waller (born 1981), English singer
* Rik Wheeler, nickname of Mortimer Eric Wheeler (1890–1976), British archaeologist and army officer
* Rik Wilson (born 1962), American ice hockey player
* Rik Wouters (1882–1916), Belgian painter and sculptor
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