Derek
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Derek may refer to: In sports:
- Derek Allen Abney is an American football wide receiver
- Derek Anderson, professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association
- Derek Armstrong, Canadian Professional Hockey Centerman in the National Hockey League
- Derek Bell (auto racer), former Formula One driver who raced for the Ferrari, McLaren, Brabham, Surtees and Tecno teams
- Derek Bell (baseball player), former Major League Baseball player
- Derek Bryant, American heavyweight boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Derek Curry, American footballer
- Derek Hagan is an American football wide receiver
- Derek Jeter, professional baseball player and captain for the New York Yankees of the American League.
- Derek Mills, 1996 Olympic Games gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States
- Derek Riordan, a [[football] player
- Derek Stirling, former New Zealand cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1984 to 1986
- Derek Treacy, an Irish football player
In television and film:
- Derek Batey, 20th Century British television presenter
- Derek Cecil, American actor who was the star of the now defunct TV series Push, Nevada
- Derek Ford, British film director
- Derek Fowlds, English actor
- Derek Francis, British comedy and character actor
- Derek Kok Jing-Hung, Hong Kong actor who has worked for TVB for nearly 20 years
- Derek Luke, American actor who won the Independent Spirit Award for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher
- Derek Martin, soap opera actor who is best known for his role as Charlie Slater in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Derek McGrath, Canadian actor
- Derek the diesel, a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Derek Thompson, British television actor
- Derek Hallworth, British television director
- Derek Venturi is a fictional character in Life With Derek
In other fields:
- Derek Abbott, a physicist and electronic engineer
- Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury, British member of the House of Lords
- Derek Harold Richard Barton, British physical chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
- Derek Bell (musician), Irish harpist and composer
- Derek Dingle, an English magician
- Derek Kirk Kim, cartoonist living in the San Francisco Bay area of California
- Derek Rath, a photographer and radio programmer
- Derek Raymond, English writer
- Derek Wood (author), the author of Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook
- Derek Trucks, virtuoso blues-rock guitarist nephew of Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks.
- Derek Sherinian, virtuoso rock and jazz fusion keyboardist known for his work with Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Planet X, and others.
- Derek Wall, a British politician
- Derek Webster, a publisher
- Derek and the Dominos, a blues-rock group where Eric Clapton was singing
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