A–E •
Erik (wrestler), stage name for American professional wrestler Raymond Rowe Sr. (born 1984) •
Erik Aadahl (born 1976), American sound editor •
Erik Aaes (1899–1966), Danish set designer and art director •
Eric Abidal (born 1979), French former professional footballer •
Eric Adams, American politician and retired police officer •
Erich Carl Hugo Adamson (1902–1968), Estonian artist •
Eric the Actor, television actor, radio personality •
Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian artist •
Eric Adler (born 2000), American baseball player •
Erik Affholter (born 1966), American football player •
Erik Agard, American crossword solver, constructor, and editor •
Eric Aho (born 1966), American painter •
Eric Albronda (1945–2024), American musician •
Eric Allen (born 1965), American football coach •
Erick Allen (born 1975), Georgia House of Representatives former member •
Eric Alterman (born 1960), American historian, journalist, author, media critic, blogger, and educator •
Eric Ambler (1909–1998), English writer of thrillers and spy novels •
Eric Andersen (born 1943), American singer-songwriter •
Erik Andersen (disambiguation), several people •
Erik Andersson (disambiguation), several people •
Eric Andersen (artist) (born 1940), Danish artist •
Eric Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people •
Eric André, American comedian •
Eric Andrews (1933–2001), Australian historian, academic and author •
Eric Angle (born 1967), American former amateur and professional wrestler •
Eric Arndt (born 1986), American professional wrestler •
Eric Appel (born 1980), American filmmaker •
Eric Ash (1928–2021), British electrical engineer •
Eric Arnold, American journalist and author •
Eric Arnold (footballer) (1922–2002), English footballer •
Eric J. Arnould, anthropologist and author •
Eric Ayala (born 1999), Puerto Rican basketball player •
Eric Bana (born 1968), Australian actor •
Eric Banks (American football) (born 1998), American football player •
Eric Wollencott Barnes (1907–1962), American educator, diplomat, actor, and writer •
Eric Bauman, eBaum's World founder •
Eric Bauza (born 1979), American voice actor •
Eric Bazilian (born 1953), American singer, songwriter, arranger and producer, member of
The Hooters •
Erich Beer (born 1946), German footballer •
Eric Beishline, American convicted murderer •
Eric Bell (disambiguation), several people •
Eric Bellinger (born 1984), American singer and songwriter •
Eric Bentley (1916–2020), British-born American theater critic, playwright, singer, editor, and translator •
Eric Benét (born 1966), American singer-songwriter and actor •
Eric Bercovici (1933–2014), American television and film producer and screenwriter •
Eric Berry American football player; Kansas City Chiefs strong safety •
Eric Berry (actor) (1913–1993), British stage and film actor •
Erick Berry (1892–1974), American writer, illustrator and editor •
Eric Bieniemy (born 1969), American football player and coach •
Eric Bischoff (born 1955), American television producer, professional wrestling booker, and performer • Eric Marlon Bishop, American actor and musician known by the stage name
Jamie Foxx • Eric Arthur Blair, English author known by his pen-name
George Orwell •
Eric Blore, English character actor •
Eric Boe (born 1964), United States Air Force fighter pilot Colonel, test pilot, a Civil Air Patrol member, and a NASA astronaut •
Eric Bolling (born 1963), American news commentator •
Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907), Swedish landowner and politician •
Erik Bottcher (born 1979), American politician •
Eric Boulter (born 1952), Australian swimmer, athlete, and wheelchair basketball player •
Erik Bulatov (1933–2025), Russian artist •
Eric Butorac (born 1981), American tennis player •
Eric DeWayne Boyd (born 1972), American criminal convicted of the kidnapping, rape and murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom •
Eric L. Boyd, American software engineer •
Erik Brahe (1722–1756), Swedish count executed for treason •
Erik Brahe (1552–1614), Swedish governor, councilor and count of Visingsborg •
Erich Brandenberger, German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II •
Erik Brann (1950–2003), American singer and guitarist known for
Iron Butterfly •
Eric R. Braverman (born 1957), American physician •
Eric Braeden (born 1941), German-born film and television actor •
Erich Brenter (1941–2024), Austrian skibobber •
Eric Brodkowitz, Israeli-American baseball pitcher for the
Israel national baseball team •
Eric "Nick" Bravin (born 1971), American Olympic fencer •
Erik Breukink, Dutch racing cyclist •
Eric Brewer (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player •
Eric Bruskotter, American actor •
Erik Bryggman (1891–1955), Finnish architect •
Eric Burdon, English vocalist, songwriter and frontman of
The Animals •
Erick Cabaco, Uruguayan footballer •
Eric Campbell (disambiguation), several people •
Erik Campbell (born 1966), American gridiron football coach and former player •
Eric Cantona (born 1966), French footballer •
Eric Cantor, American politician •
Érik Canuel (born 1961), Canadian film director and actor •
Eric Carle, children's author •
Eric Carmen (1949–2024), American singer and musician •
Erik Carrasco, Chilean basketball player •
Erick Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer •
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Cameroonian footballer •
Eric Church, American country music singer and songwriter •
Eric Clapton (born 1945), English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter •
Eric Clay (1922–2007), British rugby league referee •
Eric L. Clay (born 1948), United States circuit judge •
Eric Cobham (c. 1700 – 1760?), British pirate whose existence is disputed • Erick Brian Colón, singer, member of
CNCO •
Erich Consemüller, German Bauhaus-trained architect and photographer •
Erik Cornell (1930–2024), Swedish diplomat •
Eric "Bobo" Correa (born 1968), American percussionist •
Eric Christensen (visual effects supervisor) •
Eric J. Christensen, American astronomer •
Erik Christensen (disambiguation), several people •
Eric Cooke (1931–1964), Australian serial killer •
Eric Crawford (disambiguation), several people •
Éric de Cromières (1953–2020), French sports executive •
Eric Czapnik (1958–2009), Polish Ottawa Police Service member •
Eric Dane (1972–2026), American actor •
Erich von Däniken (1935–2026), Swiss author •
Eric Darius (born 1982), American saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter, producer, and educator •
Erik Darling (1933–2008), American songwriter and a folk music artist •
Eric Davidson (survivor) (1915–2009), one of the last survivors of the Halifax Explosion •
Eric H. Davidson (1937–2015), American biologist •
Eric Decker, American football player •
Erik Dekker, Dutch racing cyclist •
Erik Del Bufalo, Venezuelan philosopher •
Erick Delgado, Peruvian footballer •
Erik von Detten (born 1982), former American actor •
Eric Dever, American painter •
Érick Díaz (born 2002), Panamanian footballer •
Eric Dickerson, American football player •
Eric Dier (born 1994), English footballer •
Erik Durm, German footballer •
Eric Easton (1927–1995), English record producer •
Erik Edman, Swedish footballer • •
Eric Embry (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler •
Eric Erickson (disambiguation), multiple people •
Erik Erikson, German-born American developmental psychologist •
Eric Erlandson (born 1963), American musician, guitarist, and writer •
Eric Esch, American boxer •
Eric Esrailian, American physician at the David Geffen School of Medicine •
Eric J. Essene (1939–2011), American professor emeritus of geosciences and a metamorphic petrologist •
Erik Estrada, American actor •
Erik Ezelius (born 1986), Swedish politician •
Erik Ezukanma (born 2000), American football player
F–L •
Erick Farias (born 1997), Brazilian footballer •
Erich von Falkenhayn (1861–1922), Chief of the German General Staff during the First World War •
Eric Felton, American football player •
Eirik Langeland Fjeld (born 1973), Norwegian politician •
Eric Foner (born 1943) American historian •
Erik Frank, Finnish cyclist •
Eric Franklin (born 1957), Swiss dancer •
Erik Ivar Fredholm, Swedish mathematician •
Eric Frenzel (born 1988), German Nordic combined skier •
Eric Friedler (born 1954), American tennis player •
Eric Fromm (born 1958), American tennis player •
Erich Fromm, German sociologist and writer •
Eric Fructuoso (born 1976), Filipino actor and comedian •
Eric Gale (1938–1994), American jazz and R&B guitarist •
Eric Gales (born 1974), American blues rock guitarist •
Eric Garcetti (born 1971), American politician and diplomat •
Eric Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people •
Eric Gargiulo (born 1972), American wrestling announcer, wrestler, commentator, and radio show host •
Eric Garror (born 2000), American football player •
Eric Gee (1913–1989), British architectural historian •
Eric Gentry (born 2003), American football player •
Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish writer, historian, and composer •
Eric Gilliland, American television producer, writer, actor and whistler •
Eric F. Goldman (1916–1989), American historian •
Erich Gonzales (born 1990), Filipina actress •
Eric Gonzalez (disambiguation), several people •
Eric Gonzalez (lawyer), American lawyer •
Eric Gonzalez (musician) (born 1995), Mexican hip hop musician and rapper •
Erik González (born 1991), Dominican baseball player •
Eric Gordon (born 1988), American professional basketball player •
Eric Gorfain, American violinist •
Eric Gray (disambiguation), multiple people •
Erick Green (born 1991), American basketball player •
Eric Gregory (disambiguation), multiple people •
Eric Greitens, American politician, author, and Navy SEAL •
Eric Griffin (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player •
Eric Griffiths (1940–2005), English musician and dry cleaner •
Eric Griffiths (critic) (1953–2018), British academic and literary critic •
Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier •
Eric Guggenheim (born 1973), American screenwriter •
Eric Gutierrez, American college baseball coach and former professional baseball first basemen •
Érick Gutiérrez (born 1995), Mexican professional footballer •
Eric Hacker, American professional baseball pitcher •
Erick Hallett (born 2000), American football player •
Erik Hamrén, Swedish football coach •
Eric Harper, New Zealand sportsman •
Eric Harris (disambiguation), multiple people •
Erich Hartmann, German WWII fighter ace •
Eric A. Havelock, British classicist •
Eric Hayes, British soldier •
Eric Hayes (American football), American football player •
Eric Heiden, American speed skater •
Erik Heinrichs, Finnish general •
Eric Hill, English author and illustrator •
Eric Himelfarb, Canadian ice hockey player •
Eric Hiscock (1908–1986), British sailor and author •
Eric Hoffer (1902–1983), American moral and social philosopher •
Eric Holcomb, American politician •
Erich Holder (1901–1974), German film producer •
Eric Holle, American football player • Eric Holmback (1916–1965), American professional wrestler, also known by ring name
Yukon Eric •
Eric Holtz (born 1965), American Head Coach of the Israel national baseball team •
Erich Honecker, (1922–1993), East German leader •
Eric Hosmer, American baseball player •
Eric Hutchinson, American singer-songwriter •
Eric Idle, English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer •
Eric Jacobson, American puppeteer •
Eric Jarvis (1907–1987), Rhodesian lawyer and judge •
Erik Flensted-Jensen (1908–1993), founder and leader of the Danish Gym Team •
Eric Jensen (racing driver) (born 1970), Canadian race team owner and race car driver •
Erik Jensen (disambiguation), multiple people •
Eirik Jensen, Norwegian former policeman turned criminal •
Eric Johnson, American guitarist and recording artist •
Erik Johnson, American hockey player •
Erik Jorpes, Finnish-born Swedish physician and biochemist •
Eric Jungmann (born 1981), American actor •
Eric Kandel (born 1929), Austrian-American physician and Nobel Prize laureate •
Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish Nobel Prize winning poet •
Erik Karlsson, Swedish hockey player •
Erich Kästner, (1899–1974), German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist •
Erik Keedus, Estonian basketball player •
Erik Johan Gustaf af Klint (1816–1866), Swedish naval officer and murder victim •
Erich Klostermann (1870–1963), German New Testament scholar •
Eric Kraft (born 1944), American author •
Eric Kripke (born 1974), American writer and television producer •
Erik Kromann (born 1946), Danish author • Erich Kulas (1979 – 2002), American professional wrestling fan involved in the
Mass Transit incident •
Eric Kwok, Hong Kong singer-songwriter •
Erik Kynard, American high jumper •
Eriq La Salle, American actor and director •
Eric Laithwaite (1921-1997), English scientist and engineer •
Erik Lamela, Argentine footballer •
Eric Laneuville (born 1952), American television director, producer and actor •
Eric Lange, American actor •
Eric Larson, American animator for the Walt Disney Studios starting in 1933 and one of the "
Disney's Nine Old Men" •
Erik Laxmann, Russian explorer of Swedish origin •
Eric Lefkofsky (born 1969), American billionaire businessman •
Eric LeGrand (born 1990), American former football defensive tackle •
Eric L. Levinson, American jurist and lawyer •
Eric Liddell, Scottish athlete, rugby union international player, and missionary •
Eric Lindell, American singer-songwriter •
Eric Lindros, hockey player •
Eric Lively (born 1981), American actor •
Eric Lloyd (born 1986), American actor •
Eric Lloyd (politician) (1918–2003), Australian real estate agent •
Eric Lombers (1914–1978), British poster artist •
Eric Longfield Lloyd (1890–1957), Australian army officer, public servant, and diplomat •
Erik Lorig (born 1986), American football player •
Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I •
Eric Van Lustbader (born 1946), American author of thriller and fantasy novels
M–Z •
Eric Mabius, American actor •
Erich von Manstein, German field marshal •
Eric Martsolf, American actor •
Erik Mariñelarena, Mexican screenwriter, director and producer •
Eric Maskin, American economist and Nobel prize laureate •
Eric Maturin (1883–1957), British actor •
Eric Mays (1958–2024), American politician •
Eric McCormack (disambiguation), several people •
Erik McCoy (born 1997), American football player •
Erick McIntosh, American football player •
Erik Messerschmidt, American cinematographer •
Eric Milroy (1887–1916), Scottish rugby union player •
Eric Minkin (born 1950), American-Israeli basketball player •
Erik Mongrain, Canadian composer and guitarist •
Eric Montross (1971–2023), American professional basketball player •
Eric Manchester (1964–2023), American actor and model •
Eric Moon, English Librarian •
Eric Morecambe, English comedian •
Erich Muenter (1871–1915), German-American political terrorist, activist, spy, professor and would-be assassin •
Erich Muhsfeldt, German SS officer at Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps executed for war crimes •
Eric Mun (born 1979), South Korean rapper, songwriter and actor •
Eric Nam, a Korean American singer-songwriter, entertainer and television presenter •
Eric Naposki (born 1966), American convicted murderer and former football player •
Eric Nazarian, Armenian-American film director and screenwriter •
Eric Nenno (1961–2008), American sex offender •
Erick Neres da Cruz, Brazilian footballer •
Eric Nicksick (born 1979), American mixed martial artist •
Erik Nielsen (disambiguation), several people •
Erik Nielson (academic), academic and expert in the use of rap music as evidence in criminal trials •
Erik Nielson (footballer) (born 1996), Cape Verdean footballer •
Eric Nkansah, Ghanaian sprinter •
Erik Nordström, multiple people •
Eric Nystrom (born 1983), American hockey player •
Eric O'Dell (born 1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player •
Eric Olson (disambiguation), multiple people •
Eric Oncins, Brazilian professional pickleball player •
Eric Osborn (1922–2007), Australian theologian •
Eric Owens (bass-baritone), American opera singer •
Erik Palladino, American actor •
Eric Pardinho, Brazilian professional baseball player •
Eric Parker (American football), American football player •
Erik Peters, Canadian accountant •
Eric Peterson, Canadian actor •
Erik Peterson (theologian) (1890–1960), German theologian •
Eric Pierpoint, American actor •
Eric Pinkins, American football player •
Eric Pohlmann (1913–1979), Austrian theatre, film and television character actor •
Eric Pollard (skier), American freeskier • Eric Pollard, American musician who records as
Actual Wolf •
Eric Poole (disambiguation), several people •
Eric Pop (born 1975), Romanian engineer and professor •
Eric Prydz, Swedish disc jockey and producer •
Erick Pulgar, Chilean footballer •
Eric Quizon (born 1967), Filipino actor and director •
Eric Radford (born 1985), Canadian pair skater •
Eric Ravotti, American football player •
Erich Redman (1964–2025), Russian-born German actor •
Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970), German writer (
All Quiet on the Western Front) •
Erik Rhodes (actor, born 1906), American film and Broadway actor •
Erich Ribbeck (born 1937), German footballer and coach •
Erik Rico, American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ •
Éric Ripert, chef and co-owner of the New York restaurant, Le Bernardin •
Eric Rivers, American football player •
Eric Roberts, American actor •
Eric Rosswood, American activist •
Erich Roth (1910–1947), Nazi Gestapo member executed for war crimes •
Eric Rubin, American microbiologist and infectious disease specialist •
Erich Rudorffer (1917–2016), German Luftwaffe fighter ace •
Eric Saade, Swedish singer/songwriter •
Eric Saarinen (born 1942), Finnish American cinematographer and film director •
Erik Salumäe (born 1970), Estonian politician •
Erik Santos (born 1982), Filipino singer •
Erik Satie, French composer •
Eric Saubert (born 1994), American football player •
Eric Sbraccia (born 1968), American retired professional wrestler •
Eric Schleien, American politician •
Eric Schmidt, billionaire executive chairman of
Google •
Erik Schmidt (painter), Estonian painter •
Eric Scott (disambiguation), multiple people •
Erick Sermon (born 1968), American rapper and producer •
Eric Sevareid, American journalist •
Eric Shinseki (born 1942), United States retired Army general •
Eric Singer, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer, best known as a member of Kiss •
Eric Singleton Jr., American football player •
Erik Carlsson Sjöblad (1647-1725), Swedish governor, admiral, and baron •
Erik Solbakken, Norwegian television presenter •
Erik Sowinski (born 1989), American middle-distance runner •
Erik Spoelstra (born 1970), Filipino-American professional basketball coach •
Eric Staal, Canadian hockey player •
Erick Stakelbeck (born 1976), American author and television host •
Eric Stanley (violinist), American violinist and composer •
Eric Stanton (1926–1999), American underground cartoonist and fetish art pioneer •
Eric Starczala (born 1996), Canadian football player •
Eric Steele (born 1954), English football player and coach •
Eric Still (born 1967), American football player •
Eric Stokes (disambiguation), multiple people •
Eric Stoltz, American actor, director and producer •
Eric Stults (born 1979), American former professional baseball pitcher •
Eric Swalwell (born 1980), American lawyer and politician •
Erik Swanson (born 1993), American baseball player •
Erik von Sydow (1912–1997), Swedish diplomat •
Eric Sykes, English radio, television and film writer, actor and director •
Éric Tabarly (1931–1998), French Navy officer and yachtsman •
Erik Tennander (1919–2007), Swedish diplomat •
Eric Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people •
Eric Thorne (1862–1922), English singer and actor •
Eric Justin Toth (born 1982), American former fugitive •
Erick Thohir, Indonesian businessman and entrepreneur •
Erik Tomáš (born 1975), Slovak politician •
Eric Trolle (c. 1460–1530), regent of Sweden in 1512 •
Eric Trolle (1863–1934), Swedish diplomat •
Eric Tsang, Hong Kong film actor, producer and director •
Eric Turner (disambiguation), several people •
Erik Valdez, American actor •
Eric Vale, voice actor and script writer •
Erik van der Maas (born 1968), Dutch politician •
Erik Verlinde, Dutch theoretical physicist •
Erik De Vlaeminck, Belgian racing cyclist •
Erick Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist •
Erick Wainaina, Kenyan long-distance runner •
Erich Wasicky, German SS pharmacist at Mauthausen concentration camp in charge of gassing victims and was executed •
Eric Watts (born 2000), American football player •
Erik Watts (born 1967), American semi-retired professional wrestler •
Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz; 1874–1926), Hungarian escapologist and stuntman •
Eric Welsh, intelligence officer •
Eric Wennström, Swedish hurdler •
Eric Whitacre, composer and conductor •
Erik White, American director •
Erik White (Canadian football), Canadian football player •
E. B. Wikramanayake, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician and lawyer •
Eric Wikramanayake, Sri Lankan Sinhala conservationist •
Eric Wilkerson, American football player •
Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish internist (von Willebrand disease) •
Eric Charles Twelves Wilson (1912–2008), English British Army officer and colonial administrator •
Eric Winstanley (1944–2021), English footballer •
Erik Wisén (1889–1978), Swedish diplomat •
Eric Woolfson (1945–2009), Scottish songwriter, musician and executive producer • Eric Lynn Wright, American rapper known as
Eazy-E (1964–1995) •
Eric Yap (born 1979), Filipino politician •
Eric Young (disambiguation), multiple people •
Eric Yuan (born 1969/70), American billionaire, founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications •
Erik Zabel (born 1970), German cyclist •
Éric Zemmour (born 1958), French far-right politician, essayist, writer and former political journalist and pundit •
Eric Zinterhofer (born 1971), American private equity financier •
Erik de Zwart, Dutch radio and television maker ==Fictional characters==