Arts and Music

• Eric Clapton (born 1945)

  English musician and singer.

  • 1992 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Tears in Heaven'''' (see list of Winners of MTV Video Music Awards)
  • Member of the Playboy Music Hall of Fame (see list of Playboy Music Hall of Fame)
  • 1992 Grammy winner for best male vocal performance, for ''''Tears in Heaven''''; 1996 winner for ''''Change the World'''', 1998 Grammy winner for best male vocal performance for ''''My Father''s Eyes'''' (see list of Grammy winners for Best Vocal Performance)
  • Musical guest on ''''Saturday Night Live'''' (see list of Musical Guests on ''Saturday Night Live'')
  • Blues guitarist (see list of Guitarists)
• Eric Dolphy (born 1928, died 1964)

  American jazz musician.

  • Alto sax player (see list of Readers' Picks for the Jazz Hall of Fame)

Leadership

• Eric Clay

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Sixth Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)

Miscellaneous

• Eric Hoffer (born 1902, died 1983)

  American longshoreman and philosophical writer.

  • 1983 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Eric Kandel (born 1929)

  Scientist

  • 2000 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Eric R. Kandel

  Biochemist.

  • 1988 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Eric F. Wieschaus

  American physiologist known for his studies of how genes control the structural development of the body.

  • 1995 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Edward Lewis and Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)

Sports

• Eric Dickerson

  American football player.

  • 1983 National Football League Player of the Year (see list of NFL Players of the Year)
• Eric De Freitas
  • Member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame (see list of American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame)
• Eric Guerin

  Jockey.

  • 1947 Kentucky Derby winner (see list of Jockeys Who Have Won the Kentucky Derby)
• Eric Heiden

  American athlete.

  • 1980 Olympic speed skating gold medal winner for 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10,000m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Speed Skating)
• Eric Karros

  Baseball player.

  • 1992 National League Rookie of the Year (see list of National League Rookies of the Year)
• Eric Lemming

  Swedish athlete.

  • 1908, 1912 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Javelin (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
• Eric Liddell

  British athlete.

  • 1924 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Eric Lindros

  Hockey player.

  • 1995 Hart Trophy winner (see list of Hart Trophy Winners)
• Eric Strobel

  American hockey player. Member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic gold medal.

  • 1980 Associated Press Athlete of the Year, with his teammates (see list of Associated Press Athletes of the Year)
  • 1980 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, with his teammates (see list of Sports Illustrated Sportsmen of the Year)
• Eric Vail

  Hockey player.

  • 1975 Calder Memorial Trophy winner (see list of Calder Memorial Trophy Winners)

Stage and Screen

• Eric Braeden (born 1943)

  German-American actor.

  • Actor on soap opera ''''The Young and the Restless'''' (see list of Performers on ''The Young and the Restless'')
• Eric ''Hoss'' Cartwright

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Dan Blocker from 1959-72 (see list of Characters on ''Bonanza'')
• Eric Forrester

  Fictional character.

  • Character on the soap opera ''''The Bold and the Beautiful'''' (see list of Characters on ''The Bold and The Beautiful'')
• Eric Forrester, Jr.

  Fictional character.

  • Character on the soap opera ''''The Bold and the Beautiful'''' (see list of Characters on ''The Bold and The Beautiful'')
• Eric Linden
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Eric Mathis

  Fictional character.

  • Played by Ivan Triesault (see list of Character from Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious)
• Eric Da Re

  Actor.

  • Portrayed Leo Johnson (see list of Actors on ''Twin Peaks'')
• Sir Eric Russell
  • Portrayed by Ian McShane (see list of Characters on ''Roots'')
• Eric Scott
  • Portrayed Ben Walton (see list of Actors on ''The Waltons'')

The Literary World

• Eric H. Erikson (born 1902, died 1994)

  German-born American child psychologist. Founder of psychobiography.

  • 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner for General Nonfiction, for Gandhi''s Truth (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction)
• Eric Friedman
  • 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner for Beat Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting)
• Eric P. Kelly
  • 1929 Newbery Medal winner, for The Trumpeter of Krakow (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
• Eric Lipton
  • 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner for Explanatory Journalism (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism)
• Eric Nalder
  • 1997 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting, with Deborah Nelson and Alex Tizon (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
  • 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting)
• Eric Newhouse
  • 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner for Explanatory Journalism (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism)
• Eric Strellerton

  Fictional character.

  • A lawyer who goes insane in Stephen King''s novel The Stand (see list of Characters in The Stand)