Ricky (given name)

Ricky is a male given name in English and Spanish-speaking countries, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Richard, Frederick, Derrick, Roderick, Enrique, Patrick, Ricardo or Eric.

Persons

 * Ricky (musician), Japanese singer and musician
 * Ricky Allen (1935–2005), American blues singer
 * Ricky Anderson (American football) (born 1963), American football player
 * Ricky Anggawijaya (born 1996), Indonesian swimmer
 * Ricky Banderas (born 1975), Puerto Rican wrestler
 * Ricky Barham (born 1958), Australian rules football player
 * Ricky Bell (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ricky Blaze (born 1988), American DJ, producer, singer, and songwriter
 * Ricky Blitt, American screenwriter, producer, show creator and voice actor
 * Ricky Bruch (1946–2011), Swedish discus thrower and Olympian athlete, actor
 * Ricky Carmichael (born 1979), American car racer
 * Ricky Churchman (born 1958), American football player
 * Ricky Cooke (born 1969), Australian racewalker
 * Ricky Davao (born 1961), Filipino actor and director
 * Ricky Davis (born 1979), American basketball player
 * Ricky Evans (darts player) (born 1990), English professional darts player
 * Ricky Fataar (born 1952), South African musician, multi-instrumentalist
 * Ricky Fuji (born 1965), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Ricky Gervais (born 1961), English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, singer, and musician
 * Ricky Glenn (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
 * Ricky Groves (born 1968), English actor
 * Ricky Harun (born 1987), Indonesian actor
 * Ricky Hatton (born 1978), English professional boxer, promoter
 * Ricky Hendrick (1980–2004), American race car driver
 * Ricky Hill (born 1959), English former football player, manager and head coach
 * Ricky Hill (politician), American politician and banker
 * Ricky Hui (1946–2011), Hong Kong film actor
 * Ricky Hunter (1936–2022), Canadian professional wrestler
 * Ricky Kasso (1967–1984), American killer
 * Ricky Kim (born 1981), American model and actor
 * Ricky Lee (American football) (born 1999), American football player
 * Ricky Lumpkin (born 1988), American football player
 * Ricky Martin (born 1971), Puerto Rican pop musician, actor
 * Ricky Meléndez (born 1967), Puerto Rican singer
 * Ricky Morton (born 1956), American professional wrestler
 * Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
 * Ricky Owubokiri (born 1961), Nigerian footballer
 * Ricky Pearsall (born 2000), American football player
 * Ricky Peters (born 1955), American baseball player
 * Ricky Person Jr. (born 1999), American football player
 * Ricky Pierce (born 1959), American basketball player
 * Ricky Ponting (born 1974), Australian Cricketer
 * Ricky Reel (died 1997), British computer science student at Brunel University
 * Ricky Reyes (born 1978), Mexican–Puerto Rican wrestler
 * Ricky Rice (born 1951), American retired professional wrestler
 * Ricky Rich, Swedish rapper
 * Ricky Rickard (born 1958), New Zealand wrestler
 * Ricky Rodriguez (1975–2005), American member of a religious cult called The Family
 * Ricky Rubio (born 1990), Spanish basketball player
 * Ricky Santana (born 1958), American retired professional wrestler
 * Ricky Van Shelton (born 1952), American country music singer
 * Ricky Schroder (born 1970), American actor and filmmaker
 * Ricky Schroeder (rugby union) (born 1991), South African former rugby union player
 * Ricky Shen, Chinese singer, member of South Korean band Zerobaseone
 * Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (born 1987), American race car driver
 * Ricky Stromberg (born 2000), American football player
 * Ricky Tognazzi (born 1955), Italian film actor and director
 * Ricky Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-American actor and musician
 * Ricky Valance (1936–2020), Welsh singer
 * Ricky Vaughan (born 1960), American retired professional wrestler
 * Ricky Walker (born 1996), American football player
 * Ricky Wilde (born 1961), British songwriter, musician, record producer
 * Ricky Wilson (American musician) (1953–1985), American instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
 * Ricky Wilson (British musician) (born 1978), lead singer of English band Kaiser Chiefs
 * Ricky Wright (ring announcer) (born 1986), British boxing and mixed martial arts ring announcer
 * Ricky Yang, Indonesian pool player
 * Ricky (沈泉锐) (born 2004), Chinese singer, dancer, member of k-pop group Zerobaseone

Fictional characters

 * Ricky in Riki-Oh or The Story of Ricky, a manga, an anime series and a live-action film
 * Ricky in Ricky, a 2009 fantasy film
 * Ricky Baker, portrayed by Morris Chestnut in the 1991 film, Boyz n the Hood
 * Ricky Bobby, protagonist in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
 * Richard "Ricky" Chapman/Caldwell, minor protagonist and later antagonist of the Silent Night, Deadly Night series
 * Ricky King in Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
 * Ricky LaFleur (Trailer Park Boys character)
 * Ricky Lang, a character in the 1983 superhero movie Superman III
 * Ricky Matsui, a character in the actual play series Dimension 20
 * Ricky Ricardo, male protagonist in the TV series I Love Lucy
 * Ricky Ricotta, protagonist in the book series Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot
 * Ricky Rapper, protagonist in Finnish books and comic strips series
 * Richard Bluedhorn "Rick" or "Ricky" Stratton, the main character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
 * Ricky Taylor, a character in the 2008 British slasher movie Eden Lake
 * Ricky "Zigzag" in the novel Holes and its film adaptation