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Famous people called Eric include:

• Eric I of Denmark, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII,
• Eric I of Norway, II
• Eric I of Sweden, IIErik Vaderhatt was a more or less mythic Swedish king. The cognomen Weatherhat refers to the fact that his ships always had good wind when he pillaged around the Baltic Sea. His place in the Swedish line of kings is mysterious, and so he is either conside, IIIErik Bjornsson was one of the sons of Bjorn Ironside, and according to Hervarar saga he succeeded his brother on the Swedish throne, and he was a great sea-king. See also Early Swedish Kingdoms, House of Munso., IVErik Refilsson was a Swedish king of the House of Munso. According to Hervarar saga, two of his sons, Anund Uppsale and Bjorn at Hauge, were to be kings of Sweden. Rimbert relates that at Ansgar's second visit in Birka it was suggested among the people th, VErik Anundsson (d. 882) is most likely identical to Erik Emundsson who, according to the Heimskringla, was also the king of Westrogothia, Dalia, Bahusia and Wermelandia. The saga relates that he lost all of those provinces except for Westrogothia to Haral, VIEric the Victorious (VI), or Erik Segersall ( 985 995), was king of the Swedes during the last two decades of the 10th century. The extent of his kingdom is disputed. In addition to the Svealand heartland round lake Malaren it may have extended down the B, VIIAt the death of his father Stenkil, Erik Anundsson or Erik VII (king of Sweden 1066- 1067) made war on his brother Erik the Pagan (Eric VIII) (king of Sweden 1066- 1067) for the Swedish throne. Both died in the war. Eric 07., VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV
• Erik the Red, the Viking explorer
• Erik The Red, the comic book character

Other uses of Eric:

• Faust Eric, a Discworld novel
• Emotion Eric, a web site
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education that maintains a database of journal and non-journal educational literature at http://www.eric.ed.gov.