Ricketts

Place names

In the United States:

• Ricketts, Iowa
• Ricketts Glen State Park in Pennsylvania

People

• Anthony Ricketts (b. 1979), former professional squash player
• Arthur Ricketts, (1913–2000), English cricketer
• Bertha Louise Ricketts, original name of Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890–1970), American novelist
• Charles Ricketts (1876–1931), artist/illustrator
• Charles Spencer Ricketts (1788?-1867), commander
• Claude V. Ricketts (1906–1964), United States naval admiral
• Donovan Ricketts (b. 1977), Jamaican footballer, goalkeeper with Los Angeles Galaxy
• Ed Ricketts (1897–1948), literary figure and marine biologist
• Hermine E. Ricketts (1956–2019), Jamaican-born American architect
• Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871–1910), American pathologist
• Joe Ricketts (b. 1941), brokerage founder, billionaire
• James B. Ricketts (1817–1887), American Civil War general
• Juan Landázuri Ricketts (1913–1997), cardinal from Peru
• L. D. Ricketts (1859–1940), geologist, mining engineer and banker, namesake of Caltech's Ricketts House
• Laura Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, gay rights activist, daughter of Joe Ricketts
• Mark Scott Ricketts (b. 1957), Comics Writer and Artist
• Dr. Matthew Ricketts (–), first African American to be elected to the Nebraska legislature, 1892
• Michael Ricketts (b. 1978), English footballer
• Milton Ernest Ricketts (1913–1942), United States Navy Lieutenant and Medal of Honor recipient.
• Palmer C. Ricketts (1856–1934), mechanical engineer, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1901 – 1934
• Pete Ricketts (b. 1964), U.S. politician
• Sir Peter Forbes Ricketts, senior British diplomat
• R. Bruce Ricketts (1839-1918), artillery officer in the American Civil War
• Robert M. Ricketts (1920-2003), US orthodontist
• Rohan Ricketts (b. 1982), English soccer player
• Sam Ricketts (b. 1981), Welsh footballer
• Tosaint Ricketts (b. 1987), Canadian soccer player
• Thomas Ricketts (1901–1967), youngest recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas S. Ricketts, investment bank CEO
• William Reynolds Ricketts (1869–1956), philatelist, of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania

Vessels

• USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5)
• USS Ricketts (DE-254)

Others

• Ricketts baronets, Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

See also

• Rickets, a medical condition with softening of the bones