Eric Moussambani is an Equatoguinean swimmer. Nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media, Moussambani won brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics for an extremely unlikely victory. Moussambani, who had never seen an Olympic-sized swimming pool before, swam his heat of the 100 m freestyle on 19 September in the unprecedentedly slow time of 1:52.72. This was the slowest time in Olympic history by far, and Moussambani had trouble finishing the race, but he won his heat after both his competitors were disqualified due to false starts. Although Moussambani's time was still too slow to advance to the next round, he set a new personal best and an Equatoguinean national record. He later became the coach of the national swimming squad of Equatorial Guinea.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned actor Eric McCormack, who championed a stunning performance as Will Truman in the award-winning series, Will & Grace.
― Anonymous User 5/26/2023, edited 5/26/2023
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Eric Nam (Korean: 에릭남) is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality based in South Korea. Since his debut in 2013, he was named GQ Korea's Man of the Year in 2016, included on Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia in 2017, and honored as one of YouTube Music's Global Trending Artists on the Rise in 2019.
Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) was one of America’s most legendary war correspondents and television journalists. His name was actually Arnold Eric Sevareid, but he went by his middle name.
One of the Columbine shooters, Eric Harris shot and killed 13 people along with Dylan Klebold.
― Anonymous User 8/21/2021
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Captain Eric Moody was in charge of British Airways flight 9, in which the Boeing 747's four engines were disabled by ash from an Indonesian volcano. After gliding out of the ash cloud and restarting the engines, the crew landed safely at Jakarta without injuries nor loss of life. During the incident, Captain Moody made an announcement which went down as "a masterpiece of understatement": "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."
― Anonymous User 8/2/2021
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Eric Whitney, better known by his stage name "Ghostemane", is an underground American rapper.
Famous bearers of that name are African-American man named "Eric Garner" who was killed by NYPD officers in Staten Island of New York USA on Thursday 17 July 2014 & Madison Police Department officer named "Eric Parker" who slammed Indian national named "Sureshbhai Patel" to the ground in Madison of Alabama USA on Friday 6 February 2015!
― Anonymous User 7/28/2020
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Kenneth Eric Church, goes by Eric Church; a country music singer/songwriter.
Eric Saade is a Palestinian-Swedish singer who represented his country in 2011 Eurovision with the song "Popular". He qualified for the semi final and cracked the Top 10. He also hosted the 2016 Eurovision, acting as the "green room" host.
Eric Yamamoto, the Korematsu Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law, is an internationally recognized expert on issues of racial justice, including racial reconciliation and redress. Flowing from the landmark Korematsu v. United States case, he is known for his work as a member of Fred Korematsu's legal team.
Eric Ken Shinseki is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. His final U.S. Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army. Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Stars for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was the first Asian-American four-star general, and the first Asian-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
A famous bearer of this name is American actor Eric Mabius (b. April 21, 1971), well known for starring in the sitcom Ugly Betty as Daniel Meade and was also a fairly main character in Resident Evil and Cruel Intentions. :-)
Eric Satie was a French composer of such famous piano pieces like "Gymnopedie' and 'Gnossiene'. His style has influenced even some rock musicians like David Bowie.
A famous bearer is American actor Eric Millegan (born August 25, 1974), best known for his role as Zack Addy in the TV series "Bones". He's also known for his work in musical theatre throughout the United States.
Eric Stuart is the lead singer in his own band, ESB. He is also a voice actor for anime shows. He voiced Brock and James for seasons 1-8 in Pokemon and Seto Kaiba in Yugioh! Duel Monsters.
― Anonymous User 11/23/2009
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Eric Delko is a character on CSI: Miami, played by the adorably hot actor Adam Rodriguez.
Eric David Harris was a high school senior who committed the Columbine High School massacre along with Dylan Klebold. They killed 13 people and injured 24 others. Both Harris, 18 years old, and Klebold, 17, committed suicide after the killings.
There's a Monty Python skit called "Eric the Half-Bee". It's about a guy trying to get a "fish liscence" for his pet "'allibut" Eric (which he pronounced "Eddic"). Eric is also the pet bee in the skit (a half-bee, he had an accident). Apparently the guy in that skit names all his pets Eric.
Eric is a character in The Southern Vampire Series, written by Charlaine Harris.
― Anonymous User 2/6/2007
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Eric Birling (fictional) from the play An Inspector Calls put me off this name. But he's also the handsome prince Ariel falls in love with in Disney's 1989 The Little Mermaid.
― Anonymous User 2/2/2007
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Eric Szmanda - he is known as Greg Sanders from "CSI".