Rico (name)

Rico is a diminutive of either the Spanish masculine given name Federico or Ricardo, or of the Italian given name Enrico. Rico can also be a nickname or a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Rico Abreu (born 1992), American race car driver
 * Rico Alaniz (1919–2015), Mexican-American actor
 * Rico E. Anderson (born 1968), American actor
 * Rico Back (born 1954), German businessman
 * Rico Barrera (born 1984), Filipino actor
 * Rico Beats, American record executive
 * Rico Bell, English artist and musician
 * Rico Benatelli (born 1992), German footballer
 * Rico Bianchi (born 1930), Swiss rower
 * Rico Blanco (born 1973), Filipino singer-songwriter
 * Rico Brizuela (born 1946), Filipino businessman
 * Rico Brogna (born 1970), American baseball player
 * Rico Capuano, better known as Rico (Scottish singer) (1971–2022), Scottish musician
 * Rico Carty (born 1939), Dominican baseball player
 * Rico Chiapparelli, American wrestler
 * Rico Conning, British songwriter
 * Rico Constantino (born 1961), American wrestler
 * Rico Daniels (born 1962), English television presenter
 * Rico Dowdle (born 1998), American football player
 * Rico Elmer (born 1969), Swiss ski mountaineer
 * Rico Engler (born 1987), German footballer
 * Rico Fata (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Rico Freiermuth (born 1958), Swedish bobsledder
 * Rico Freimuth (born 1988), German athlete
 * Rico Gafford (born 1996), American football player
 * Rico Gagliano, American journalist
 * Rico Garcia (born 1994), American baseball player
 * Rico Gathers (born 1994), American football player
 * Rico Gear (born 1978), New Zealand rugby union player
 * Rico Glagla (born 1974), German athlete
 * Rico Harris (born 1977), American basketball player and missing person
 * Rico Henry (born 1997), English footballer
 * Rico Hill (born 1977), American basketball player
 * Rico Hines (born 1978), American basketball coach
 * Rico Hizon (born 1966), Filipino broadcaster
 * Rico Hoye (born 1974), American boxer
 * Rico Krahnert, German former figure skater
 * Rico Kühne (born 1982), German footballer
 * Rico Lebrun (1900–1964), American-Italian painter
 * Rico Lieder (born 1971), German sprinter
 * Rico Lins (born 1955), Brazilian graphic designer
 * Rico Love (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
 * Rico Mack (born 1971), American football player
 * Rico Maierhofer (born 1985), Filipino basketball player
 * Rico Malvar (born 1957), Brazilian engineer
 * Rico Mascariñas (born 1953), Filipino chess player
 * Rico McCoy (born 1987), American football player
 * Rico Meinel (born 1974), German ski jumper
 * Rico Morack (born 1988), German footballer
 * Rico Murray (born 1988), American football player
 * Rico Noel (born 1989), American baseball player
 * Rico Oller (born 1958), American politician
 * Rico Peter (born 1983), Swiss bobsledder
 * Rico Petrocelli (born 1943), American former baseball manager
 * Rico Pontvianne (1943–2018), Mexican basketball player
 * Rico Preißinger (born 1996), German footballer
 * Rico Puhlmann (1934–1996), German fashion photographer
 * Rico E. Puno, Filipino technocrat
 * Rico J. Puno (1953–2018), Filipino singer
 * Rico Ramos (born 1987), American boxer
 * Rico Reese (born 1983), American football player
 * Rico Rex (born 1976), German former figure skater
 * Rico Richardson (born 1991), American football player
 * Rico Robles (born 1980), Filipino disc jockey
 * Rico Rodriguez (actor) (born 1998), American actor
 * Rico Rodriguez (musician) (1934–2015), Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist
 * Rico Rogers (born 1978), New Zealand cyclist
 * Rico Roman (born 1981), American ice hockey player
 * Rico Rossi (born 1965), Italian ice hockey player
 * Rico Rossi (musician), American hip hop artist
 * Rico Rossy (born 1964), American baseball player
 * Rico Saccani (born 1952), American conductor
 * Rico Schmider (born 1991), German footballer
 * Rico Schmitt (born 1968), German footballer
 * Rico Seith (born 1994), German singer
 * Rico Smith (born 1969), American former football player
 * Rico Steinmann (born 1967), German footballer
 * Rico Strieder (born 1992), German footballer
 * Rico Suave (wrestler) (born 1970), Puerto Rican wrestler
 * Rico Tampatty (born 1964), Indonesian actor
 * Rico Tan (born 1978), Canadian boxer
 * Rico Tice (born 1966), Spanish-Anglican writer
 * Rico Tomaso (1898–1985), American illustrator
 * Rico Verhoeven (born 1989), Dutch kickboxer
 * Rico Villasenor, American musician
 * Rico Vonck (born 1987), Dutch former darts player
 * Rico Washington (born 1978), American baseball player
 * Rico Wolven (born 1990), Dutch footballer
 * Rico Yan (1975–2002), Filipino matinee idol
 * Rico Zeegers (born 2000), Dutch footballer
 * Rico Zuccaro (born 1942), American baseball umpire
 * Rico Zulkarnain (born 1989), Welsh football player

Surname

 * Antonio Rico (1908–1988), Spanish chess player
 * Art Rico (1895–1919), American baseball player
 * Efraím Rico (born 1967), Colombian road cyclist
 * Fred Rico (born 1944), American baseball player
 * Isidro Rico (born 1961), Mexican marathon runner
 * Loly Rico (21st century), Salvadoran-Canadian activist
 * Sergio Rico (born 1993), Spanish footballer

Fictional characters

 * Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandelle, the title character from the 1931 movie Little Caesar
 * Juan Rico, a character from Starship Troopers, renamed John Rico for the movie
 * Rico, a character in the 2004 animated film Home on the Range
 * Rico Banderas, a character in the videogame Xenogears
 * Rico Dredd, a character from the comic Judge Dredd
 * Judge Rico, a different character from Judge Dredd
 * Rico (Gunslinger Girl), a character in the anime Gunslinger Girl
 * Rico (NX Files), a character in the webseries NX Files
 * Rico Suave (character), in the Disney TV series Hannah Montana
 * Rico (Madagascar), a penguin character from the animated Madagascar franchise
 * Rico, a character in the 2002 crime drama film Paid in Full, based on real-life former drug dealer Alpo Martinez
 * Ricardo Tubbs, a police detective in the TV series and film Miami Vice
 * Rico Brzenska, a character from the manga and anime Attack on Titan
 * Rico Rodriguez, the main protagonist of the video game series Just Cause.