Eric (disambiguation)

The common proper name Eric (or also "Éric", "Erik", "Erick", "Eirik", "Eirík", "Eiríkr", "Erich" etc.) may refer to:

In royalty

Danish royalty

* Erik I of Denmark, King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I in 1095
* Erik II of Denmark, king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137
* Erik III of Denmark, the king of Denmark from 1137 until he abdicated in 1146
* Erik IV of Denmark, king of Denmark from 1241 until his death
* Erik V of Denmark, son of Christopher I
* Erik VI of Denmark, son of Eric V
* Erik of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar union

Norwegian royalty

* Eric of Pomerania, the hereditary king of Norway
* Eric I of Norway, the second king of Norway
* Eirik II of Norway, the king of Norway from 1280 until 1299
* Eiríkr Hákonarson, earl of Lade, ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria
* Erik the Red, the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson

wedish royalty

* Alrek and Eirík, two legendary kings of Sweden
* Erik Weatherhat, more or less mythical Swedish king
* Erik Björnsson, one of the sons of Björn Ironside
* Erik Refilsson, Swedish king of the House of Munsö
* Eric Anundsson, Swedish king who ruled during the 9th century
* Eric VI of Sweden, king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century
* Eric VII of Sweden, Swedish monarch
* Eric IX of Sweden, Swedish king between 1150 and 1160
* Eric X of Sweden, the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216
* Eric XI of Sweden, the son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark
* Eric XII of Sweden, rival King of Sweden and to his father Magnus II from 1356 to his death in 1359
* Eric XIV of Sweden, King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568

Other non-fictional

* Eric, a nom de plume of writer Eric Albert
*Eric Idle, former member of the Monty Python troupe.
* Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Erik Satie) (1866–1925), French composer and pianist
* Eric Staal, Canadian NHL player from Thunder Bay, Ontario
* Eric Chavez, American MLB player from Los Angeles, California
* Eric Gagne, Canadian MLB player from Montreal, Quebec
* Eric Hull, Amercian MLB player from Yakima, Washington
* Eric Patterson, American MLB player from Tallahassee, Florida
* Eric Byrnes, American MLB player from Redwood City, California
* Eric Stults, American MLB player from Plymouth, Indiana
* Eric Clapton, English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer from Ripley, Surrey, England.
* Erik Bedard, Canadian MLB player from Navan, Ontario.
* Eric Wareheim, American comedian and actor from Audubon, Pennsylvania.
* Tropical Storm Erick, any of several Atlantic tropical cyclones

In fiction

* Eric Cartman, one of the main characters in the TV series "South Park"
* Eric, or, Little by Little, a novel
* Erec, a character from Arthurian legend
* Erik the Red (comics), fictional character in the Marvel Comics comic book universe
* Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, a disfigured genius, created by French writer Gaston Leroux
* Eric the Cavalier, a character in the TV series "Dungeons & Dragons"
* Prince Eric, the love interest of Princess Ariel in the Disney movie, "The Little Mermaid"
* "Eric" (novel), a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

Other

* Eric Python IDE, integrated development environment for the Python programming language
* Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google
* Education Resources Information Center, branch of the U.S. Department of Education
* Eric Bauman, creator of eBaums World

ee also

* Eric, a name of Scandinavian origin, and the most used male name in Sweden.
* Erich (town), town and a nagar panchayat in Jhansi district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India
* Ericsson