Rico (name)
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, American race car driver
- Rico Alaniz, Mexican-American actor
- Rico E. Anderson, American actor
- Rico Back, German businessman
- Rico Barrera, Filipino actor
- Rico Beats, American record executive
- Rico Bell, English artist and musician
- Rico Benatelli, German footballer
- Rico Bianchi, Swiss rower
- Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter
- Rico Brizuela, Filipino businessman
- Rico Brogna, American baseball player
- Rico Capuano, better known as Rico (Scottish singer), Scottish musician
- Rico Carty, Dominican baseball player
- Rico Chiapparelli, American wrestler
- Rico Conning, British songwriter
- Rico Constantino, American wrestler
- Rico Daniels, English television presenter
- Rico Dowdle, American football player
- Rico Elmer, Swiss ski mountaineer
- Rico Engler, German footballer
- Rico Fata, Canadian ice hockey player
- Rico Flores Jr., American football player
- Rico Freiermuth, Swedish bobsledder
- Rico Freimuth, German athlete
- Rico Gafford, American football player
- Rico Gagliano, American journalist
- Rico Garcia, American baseball player
- Rico Gathers, American football player
- Rico Gear, New Zealand rugby union player
- Rico Glagla, German athlete
- Rico Gulda, Austrian classical pianist and conductor
- Rico Harris, American basketball player and missing person
- Rico Henry, English footballer
- Rico Hill, American basketball player
- Rico Hines, American basketball coach
- Rico Hizon, Filipino broadcaster
- Rico Hoye, American boxer
- Rico Krahnert, German former figure skater
- Rico Kühne, German footballer
- Rico Lebrun, American-Italian painter
- Rico Lieder, German sprinter
- Rico Lins, Brazilian graphic designer
- Rico Love, American singer-songwriter
- Rico Mack, American football player
- Rico Maierhofer, Filipino basketball player
- Rico Malvar, Brazilian engineer
- Rico Mascariñas, Filipino chess player
- Rico McCoy, American football player
- Rico Meinel, German ski jumper
- Rico Morack, German footballer
- Rico Murray, American football player
- Rico Noel, American baseball player
- Rico Oller, American politician
- Rico Payton, American football player
- Rico Peter, Swiss bobsledder
- Rico Petrocelli, American former baseball manager
- Rico Pontvianne, Mexican basketball player
- Rico Preißinger, German footballer
- Rico Puhlmann, German fashion photographer
- Rico E. Puno, Filipino technocrat
- Rico J. Puno, Filipino singer
- Rico Ramos, American boxer
- Rico Reese, American football player
- Rico Rex, German former figure skater
- Rico Richardson, American football player
- Rico Robles, Filipino disc jockey
- Rico Rodriguez (actor), American actor
- Rico Rodriguez (musician), Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist
- Rico Rogers, New Zealand cyclist
- Rico Roman, American ice hockey player
- Rico Rossi (ice hockey), Italian ice hockey player
- Rico Rossi (musician), American hip hop artist
- Rico Rossy, American baseball player
- Rico Saccani, American conductor
- Rico Schmider, German footballer
- Rico Schmitt, German footballer
- Rico Seith, German singer
- Rico Smith, American former football player
- Rico Steinmann, German footballer
- Rico Strieder, German footballer
- Rico Suave (wrestler), Puerto Rican wrestler
- Rico Tampatty, Indonesian actor
- Rico Tan, Canadian boxer
- Rico Tice, Spanish-Anglican writer
- Rico Tomaso, American illustrator
- Rico Verhoeven, Dutch kickboxer
- Rico Villasenor, American musician
- Rico Vonck, Dutch former darts player
- Rico Washington, American baseball player
- Rico Wolven, Dutch footballer
- Rico Yan, Filipino matinee idol
- Rico Zeegers, Dutch footballer
- Rico Zuccaro, American baseball umpire
- Rico Zulkarnain, Welsh football player
Surname
- Antonio Rico, Spanish chess player
- Art Rico, American baseball player
- Efraím Rico, Colombian road cyclist
- Fred Rico, American baseball player
- Isidro Rico, Mexican marathon runner
- Loly Rico, Salvadoran-Canadian activist
- Sergio Rico, 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.