Rico (name)

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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 (1930–2025), 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 (1939–2024), 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 Flores Jr. (born 2004), American football 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 Gulda (born 1968), Austrian classical pianist and conductor
• 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 Payton (born 1999), American football player
• 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 (ice hockey) (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

• Rico, a character in the 1978 Barry Manilow song "Copacabana"
• 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 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.

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