Erik the Viking, Erik the Red, Eric Cartman, Eric Idle, Eric Roberts...

Eric Vandamme - Belgian artist

Famous people named Erik in royalty (courtesy of Wikipedia):

Danish royalty

Eric I of Denmark, King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I in 1095
Eric II of Denmark, king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137
Eric III of Denmark, the king of Denmark from 1137 until he abdicated in 1146
Eric IV of Denmark, king of Denmark from 1241 until his death
Eric V of Denmark, son of Christopher I
Eric VI of Denmark, son of Eric V

Norwegian royalty

Eric of Pomerania, the hereditary king of Norway
Eric I of Norway, the second king of Norway
Eirik II of Norway, the king of Norway from 1280 until 1299
Eiríkr Hákonarson, earl of Lade, ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria
Erik the Red, the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson

Swedish royalty

Alrek and Eirík, two legendary kings of Sweden
Erik Weatherhat, more or less mythical Swedish king
Erik Björnsson, one of the sons of Björn Ironside
Erik Refilsson, Swedish king of the House of Munsö
Eric Anundsson, Swedish king who ruled during the 9th century
Eric VI of Sweden, king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century
Eric VII of Sweden, Swedish monarch
Eric IX of Sweden, Swedish king between 1150 and 1160
Eric X of Sweden, the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216
Eric XI of Sweden, the son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark
Eric XII of Sweden, rival King of Sweden and to his father Magnus II from 1356 to his death in 1359
Eric XIV of Sweden, King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568

So, I guess it's safe to say that "Eric/Erik" is a Scandinavian name . . .

LOL...Yeah, I guess so!

I wonder why Leroux didn't make Erik Scandinavian. He would have had one more thing in common with Christine.

When Christine asks Erik if he is Scandinavian, he says he doesn't have a country & chose the name by accident.

Hmmm . . .

I doubt Christine would have been wrong about Erik being a Scandinavian name, after all she's trying to impress her ex-teacher into letting her leave, not make him think she needs to stay longer for history lessons.

I wonder if was really an accident, or if he chose it knowing of Christin'e background? Oh well...time for me to get back on topic!

Eric Ambler (author)

ABCD 123
Eric the half a bee

(courtesy of Monty Python)

Not famous, but someone I know... my husband is called Erik.

Eric Nederlander (member of the Broadway-theater-owning dynasty)

Erik Vermeulen, a Belgian jazz-artist/musician.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, a french author and now also director.
He´s written Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran, hotel des deux mondes and other successful books.
He´s the director of the new french movie "Odette Toulemonde"

Erich (Anton Paul) von Däniken
(born: Switzerland, April 14, 1935) is a controversial Swiss author best known for his books which examine possible evidence for extraterrestrial influences on early human culture.

Erich Korngold, Old Hollywood composer of movie scores.

Eric Staal. NHL Player.
Erice. Town in Sicilia, Italia.
Eric Adelson. NHL Writer for ESPN.com.

There's more, I'm sure, I'll come up with later on.

check this out (lots of info on famous people, book and movie characters etc named Eric)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Prefixindex/Eric

actually e.g. this one says (from the list at the link above) says 'Erik' once you click on the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_%28V%29_of_Sweden

I think that the prince in the Little Mermaid is called Eric. I don't know if that counts...

My mom thinks that the cartoon is cute, if that helps...

Erik Haufmen

Eric Lustbader. My all-time favorite novelist.
Eric Lindros. Retired NHL player.
Eric Bischoff. Principal writer for the WWE.
Erika Badu. Singer.

Erik Hornung, author & Egyptologist, professor of Egyptology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Erik Erikson. Some sort of psychologist i found in a book at uni!

Erik Butler, photographer.

I was going to say Eric Idle but that's been posted twice, unfortunately.

Another one I found was ERIC: Education Resource Information Center.

Eric Bibb: A Grammy nominated American born/ London based acoustic blues singer / songwriter, my dad met him at a gig once and chatted with him for a while, he's never stopped telling me about it.

Eriq La Salle, aka Dr. Peter Benton from ER, but to me will always be Darryl Jenks, from Eddie Murphy's Coming to America, Prince of the Soul Glow jheri curl products.