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Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Philip Kindred Dick

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction novelist and short story writer. Dick explored sociological and political themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations and authoritarian governments. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, a novel about a celebrity who awakens in a parallel universe where he is unknown, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel in 1975.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Dick Hebdige

Dick Hebdige (born 1951) is an expatriate British media theorist and sociologist, most commonly associated with the study of subcultures, and its resistance against the mainstream of society.He is best known for his influential book in subcultural studies, Subculture: The Meaning of Style, originally published in 1979.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Dick Cheney

Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney(born January 30, 1941), is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. As Vice President, Cheney is also the President of the United States Senate.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Dick Powell

Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Dick Van Dyke

Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, presenter and entertainer, with a career spanning 5 decades.He is best known for his starring roles in Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Diagnosis: Murder.

Personality/ Celebrity / Famous Name: Dick Van Patten

Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten (born December 9, 1928, New York City) is an American actor.

Dick as First Name

Dick Todd     Dick Todd        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dick Todd: was a Canadian singer, active during the 1930s-1950s. He was nicknamed the Canadian Crosby, and was born in Montreal

Dick Daniels     Dick Daniels        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dick Daniels: was a heavyweight professional boxer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Daniels made his professional career with a loss to 105-46-10 veteran Frank Moody, losing by second-round knockout. This debut was followed by 10 consecutive wins, and Daniels had establish

Dick Knight     Dick Knight        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dick Knight: He attended Shoreline High School in Seattle, Washington where he was a high school tennis standout competing with and against other tennis great Tom Gorman. From 1966 to 1970 he attended the University of Washington where he was named Tennis Captain and

Dick Beyer     Dick Beyer        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dick Beyer: is a retired professional wrestler who is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer or Doctor X.Beyer began as a "babyface" wrestler in the mid 1950s. His career as a "masked" wrestler, The Destroyer, began in 1962 in Los Angeles. He used the “figure-fo

Dick Kimball     Dick Kimball        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dick Kimball: is an American former diving champion and diving coach at the University of Michigan. He was the NCAA springboard champion in 1957 and the Professional World Diving champion in 1963. He coached the University of Michigan diving team from 1958-2002 and als

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Dick as Last Name

Philip Kindred Dick     Philip Kindred Dick       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Kindred Dick: was an American science fiction novelist and short story writer. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature of drug use, paranoia and schizophrenia, and mystical experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS.[1]

Andrew R. "Andy" Dick     Andrew R. "Andy" Dick       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Andrew R. "Andy" Dick: Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was adopted at birth by Sue and Allen Dick, a naval officer.[2] As a child, he lived in Connecticut and Pittsburgh. In 1980, he attended Lassiter High School, which was being temporarily housed at George Wal

Dick Stockton     Dick Stockton       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dick Stockton: was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is currently the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of Virginia.

Nancy E. Dick     Nancy E. Dick       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy E. Dick: was the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. She was a Democrat and served from 1979 to 1987 under Governor Richard Lamm. She was Colorado's first female lieutenant governor.She served two terms in the Colorado House of Representatives before being elect

Samuel Dick     Samuel Dick       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Dick: was an American physician who was a delegate for New Jersey to the Confederation Congress in 1784 and 1785.Dick was first elected to represent Salem in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1777. He was also appointed collector of customs for the state's wes

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